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The Usefulness Trap

"To be useful, serve," Saint Josemaria wrote. What does that mean for Christians who want to make a difference in the world? How do we avoid the danger of perfectionism?

Saint Raphael

"Why do we want to get married?"

Jesu and Joaco (Chile) share their responses to some of the questions Christian couples ask themselves. Jesu, 24, is a journalist, and Joaco, 26, is a physicist.

The World & I

"Is this it?"

In the second installment of the "Conversions" series, Anna Riina (Finland) talks about her path from Lutheranism to Catholicism. What does it mean for God to be your "everything"?

Saint Raphael

What are you trying to prove?

A short case study about harmony and differing interests and personalities in family life.

The World & I

A Long-Term Intention

A fill-in-the-blank prayer guide with questions to inspire your personal conversation with God when you've been praying for the same thing for a long time.

For Prayer

Introduction

These fill-in-the-blank prayer guides are full of questions to inspire your personal conversation with God.

For Prayer

Do you need more time... or more order?

A day with only 24 hours in it feels a little impractical. There's never enough time for everything you have or want to do, and you wish you could hit pause to have some time to breathe and calm down. Where does that sense of hurry come from? There's no magic quick fix, but bringing a bit of order into life makes a big difference.

The World & I

What a Coin is Worth

This time we’re going to put ourselves in Matthew’s shoes. He was the apostle who left his job and his life as a tax collector to follow Jesus from the day He called him to the day he died.

For Prayer

Faith

Having faith does not mean blindly believing things that make no sense. Instead, it means that there are some truths that are too big to fit in our heads in their entirety.

I Believe

The Evening of the Last Supper

“We all took our places at the table. The mood was bittersweet,” Peter says in this dramatized account of the apostles’ feelings at the Last Supper.

For Prayer