By Martina Casey Recently I attended a talk by Catholic author, Scott Hahn. A man of faith and fatherly wisdom, Mr. Hahn said he goes to confession weekly. Back in 2013 Pope Francis said that...
By Martina Casey In Tractates on the Gospel of John, St. Augustine says that "the confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works," so here it goes: Twelve years ago I was working...
Have you ever heard the phrase that competition is envy's ugly sister? As a society we idolize a winner. Our culture doesn't judge people based on their holiness or piety but on the number of degrees,...
One of my favorite Old Testament stories is the story of the exodus, which begins when God frees the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and leads them across the Red Sea, eventually into the Promised...
Judging - it’s something that we do so easily. It can be difficult to live out the phrase “love the sinner, hate the sin”. Learning how to love our neighbor well, while recognizing their sin...
I initially dismissed FABM’s (Fertility Awareness Based Methods) because I didn't understand them. “This is just another form of birth control” I thought, albeit natural, but birth control nevertheless. My flawed thinking was the result...
One of the most common struggles in the Christian life is doubt. Doubt in a nutshell is a lack of trust in God’s love for us. When we doubt, we don’t believe that God truly...
Two weeks ago the State of Arizona introduced a resolution that would declare pornography a public health crisis. Yes, you read that right: a crisis. If the resolution passes Arizona will become the thirteenth State...
My newsfeed is filled with #Prolife comments and memes. People all over the country are rightly outraged by a bill signed into law on Jan 22 that permits late term abortions up to the day...
When reading through magazine headlines, these are some of the common headlines you will come across: Heat up sex! Sex you crave! Be a sex genius! Great sex tips from his mum? Tis the season...
If you recall last week’s blog, we spoke about how a woman looks and feels different during the fertile time of her cycle. She is more interested in sex and also more attractive to the...
We are in the fourth and final week of exploring the four Cardinal Virtues as outlined in the Catechism of the Catholic Church ("CCC"). We previously covered prudence, justice, and temperance. In this final week we'll...
In a four-part series, we are exploring the Cardinal Virtues. The Catechism of the Catholic Church ("CCC") lists four; prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude. Last week, we covered justice and the week before prudence . Today,...
This is the second installment in a four-part series exploring the four Cardinal Virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance. You can read more on what the Cardinal Virtues are, and learn how to practically implement...
God has a funny way of using our struggle with sin as a means of molding us into saints. He grants us the grace to not only overcome these sins and lead Holy lives, but...