Become a Good Steward of Treasure

Becoming a Good Steward of Treasure

July 1, 2025 Leave a comment

An anonymous author observes: “Money will buy a bed but not sleep, books but not brains, food but not an appetite, finery but not beauty, a house but not a home, medicine but not health, luxuries but not culture, amusement but not happiness, and a crucifix but not a Savior.” Our greatest treasure is found not in our material wealth, but in the richness of our faith in God. While our financial treasure should be used to support our spiritual treasure, the contribution we offer to God is a small token compared with the great blessings He bestows upon us.

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Becoming a Good Steward of Time

Becoming a Good Steward of Time

May 1, 2025 Leave a comment

We can’t stop it, we can’t store it, we can’t touch it, and we can’t change it. Time is one of our most precious gifts from God. This month, we explore the stewardship of time. In gratitude for all of time that God freely gives to us, for each of our earthly lives, and for the promise of eternal salvation, we dedicate a portion of our time to God through prayer, sacred studies, and execution of His good works.

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Thelogical Virtues: Three Qualities that Enable Our Union with God

Theological Virtues: Three Qualities that Enable Our Union with God

April 1, 2025 Leave a comment

Our Christian teaching supplements the four cardinal virtues with the three theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity (or love). These theological virtues elevate and perfect our habits, thus directing us toward the supernatural happiness that can only be achieved by our union with God. Theological virtues are infused in our souls through God’s gift of sanctifying grace.

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Cardinal Virtues: Four Qualities that Hinge the Moral Life

Cardinal Virtues: Four Qualities that Hinge the Moral Life

March 1, 2025 Leave a comment

The cardinal virtues are the four moral virtues thought by ancient philosophers to form all other virtues acquired by human effort and repetition. The concept of these virtues–consisting of prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance–traces back to Plato. Saint Ambrose later assigned the designation “cardinal,” stemming from the Latin root “cardo” or hinge, to emphasize that on these four qualities hinge the moral life.

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Overcoming Vice By Growing in Virtue

Overcoming Vice By Growing in Virtue

February 1, 2025 Leave a comment

In the spiritual battle of good versus evil, virtue is our armor to guard against the temptation of vice. Virtues are rooted in the healthy habits that allow us to readily discern and freely seek that which is good. While virtuous habits promote our disposition of love, habits of vice demonstrate our failure to love.

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Spotting the Red Flags of the Seven Deadly Sins

Spotting the Red Flags of the Seven Deadly Sins

January 1, 2025 Leave a comment

The seven deadly sins are fundamental vices that threaten spiritual death by engendering our actual sins. This month, we will explore these red flags as unhealthy habits that separate us from God.

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The Season of Advent: A Time to Prepare

The Season of Advent: A Time to Prepare

December 1, 2024 Leave a comment

The season of Advent gives us an opportunity to prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of Christ at the end of time, on the anniversary of his birth, and every day in between. “The Lord is coming, always coming,” notes the Reverend Henri Nouwen. “When you have ears to hear and eyes to see, you will recognize him at any moment of your life. Life is Advent; life is recognizing the coming of the Lord.”

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Endurance of Joy

Endurance of Joy

September 1, 2024 Leave a comment

Christian joy is a deep, abiding state of the soul that comes from living in communion with God. It provides the serene and steadfast assurance that every instance is a celebration of the beauty of life and the unfailing love of the Lord. Joy lifts the veil of circumstance to reveal the eternal and unchanging promise of God’s presence, illuminating the sacred influence in our daily lives. It comforts us along our darkest paths and turns our challenges into blessed journeys.

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