What are we waiting for? What are we preparing for this Christmas?
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Who is the most important, influential person in your life? Maybe one of your parents or your spouse or a close friend. It could be your supervisor at work or an aunt or uncle who was deeply invested in your upbringing.
Read moreSilence Is Not Absence →
In 1977, two psychologists, Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, conducted a study to prove how easy it can be to underestimate how much time it will take to accomplish a task. They called it the “planning fallacy.”
Read moreHow to Practice the Presence of God →
Throughout the Gospels Jesus says, “Remain in me” or “abide in me,” which—in simplified terms—means whatever you do, invite Jesus along. Ask him to “come with.”
Read moreGod's Presence in Suffering →
This week, Fr. Mark Toups meditates on the Transfiguration, and how God journeys with us even in the midst of suffering. Suffering is a natural part of life, and each individual’s suffering is completely unique to the person next to them. The evil one likes to tell us that we’re alone during these trials, but the reality is that the Lord is perhaps even closer to us in our suffering than he is to us in good times. We have never been alone: all we have to do is let God in and trust in his glory.
Read moreGod’s Race for Us Is the Answer →
“You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept me from you; yet if they had not been in you they would not have been at all.” ~ St. Augustine
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