The rosary is not the only prayer to help you hear God, but for me it has been the most effective.
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How writing about migrant farmworkers in the U.S. changed this Irish farmer’s faith
I didn’t travel to the United States to find God. I went to write about farm workers. But in the orchards and onion fields, and in a quiet church where I wept for all the injustices I had seen—God found me.
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Baptism isn’t just about the baby
Con O’Mahony, Vicar for Education in the Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, and pastor at St. Margaret Mary Parish explains that preaching doesn’t start at the ambo—it begins in personal encounters, especially when preparing for sacraments as intimate as baptism.
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‘What do you ask of God’s church for your child?’: Preaching the Rite of Baptism
In this episode of Preach, Christina Mines joins host Ricardo da Silva, S.J. to explore how preaching can make baptism a moment of grace not just for parents and godparents, but for the whole community gathered to witness and welcome a new member into the Body of Christ.
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How do you know if you’ve had a mystical experience?
One of the dangers of talking about mysticism is that people can feel sad or left out if they feel that they have not been gifted with such an experience of the divine.
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Jim Gaffigan reminds us that we all feel like ‘frauds’ in the spiritual life
It is normal to feel that other believers somehow have it all “wrapped up” when it comes to living a spiritual life.
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‘Sacraments aren’t vending machines’: Preaching God’s grace as encounter, not transaction
Ricardo da Silva, S.J., speaks with Anthony Ruff, Benedictine monk and professor of liturgy to unpack what sacraments truly are—and how to preach them with both depth and imagination.
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Meet the longest-serving Native American Catholic deacon in the United States
Deacon Black Bear made it his mission to integrate Native American spiritualities and Catholic rites and rituals.
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Carlo Acutis and I: The (complicated) spiritual connection of a shared cancer journey
It is precisely because of our shared cancer journey that I fondly recall first hearing about Carlo Acutis, whose cause for canonization was opened on Oct. 17, 2012, shortly after I learned my own cancer was in remission.
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Jesuit Cardinal Stephen Chow on the true meaning of discernment
“Do not trivialize discernment,” Cardinal Chow says on today’s episode of “The Spiritual Life” with Father James Martin. ”Like, hmm, what lunch do I want to have?”