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Praying As You Can, Not As You Can’t

June 2, 2026

What do you do when you don’t have the desire to pray?Today Fr. Mike encourages and challenges us to ask God to give us the gra...

The Busy Catholic’s Guide to Finding Time to Pray

June 2, 2026

Prayer: Start Here St. Paul's call in Thessalonians 5:17 is to "pray without ceasing", but how do we do that in our busy lives...

When God Doesn’t Answer Your Prayers

June 2, 2026

If it feels like God isn't answering your prayers, that can be disheartening. But it can also be devastating.  Today, Fr. Mi...

How to Build Your Prayer Life This Year

June 2, 2026

Father Mark-Mary shares a goal-setting technique that helped make Google...well, Google. But instead of using this goal-setting...

How to Build Your Prayer Life This Year

June 2, 2026

Father Mark-Mary shares a goal-setting technique that helped make Google...well, Google. But instead of using this goal-setting...

The Unpleasant Ancestors of Christmas

June 2, 2026

Tamar, Judah, Solomon, and company are not exactly the ideal ancestors of the King of Kings; but in this video, Fr. Mike Schm...

Does God Hear My Prayers If I’m Stuck in Sin?

June 2, 2026

"Do you ever feel like you're too bad to pray? Like the sins in your life discount you from reaching God's ears? Is intimacy wi...

What St. Philip Neri Can Teach Us About the Sabbath

November 10, 2025

If you’re anything like me, then the call to keep holy the Sabbath is something of a challenge, thanks to a constant struggle t...

The Problem with People Pleasing

November 10, 2025

“I kneel before the Father, that He may grant you in accord with the riches of His glory to be strengthened with power through ...

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