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Father Mike Responds to "General Absolution"
If you're Catholic, you know the drill: we sin, we break our relationship with God, and then he offers us the incomprehensible mercy to restore that …
4 years ago
Will Smith, Vladimir Putin, and When Rules Get Broken
Will Smith slapping Chris Rock. Vladimir Putin and Russia invading Ukraine. COVID ripping through the world. What do these all have in common? The ru…
4 years ago
What (Not) to Do with Criticism
When we receive criticism from someone it's easy to think that we can either put up our fists and fight it or let it defeat us. But are those really …
4 years, 1 month ago
How Long Can You Be Miserable?
Sometimes they're things we don't want to do... but we have to do them anyway. Sometimes you make it through saying, "I'll learn to like it." But wha…
4 years, 1 month ago
If Lent Doesn't Make You Feel Good...
Want to know what the #1 goal of Lent is? Believe it or not, we don't have to feel the joy of the season to reach it. Instead, we have to focus on li…
4 years, 1 month ago
Lent Is a Process—Not an Event
Lent has begun and with it our season of penance and fasting. What are you planning on giving up or adding to your spiritual life?
Today, Fr. Mike he…
4 years, 1 month ago
When Attending Mass Virtually Just Doesn’t Cut It
"It’s time to stop watching and start worshiping." - Fr. Mike
Today, Fr. Mike continues part two of his series on worshipping God each Sunday at Mass…
4 years, 2 months ago
God Ain’t Your Grandma (Making God an Idol)
What does God want from us? What does God deserve from us given that he's our creator?
Today, Fr. Mike shows how we can actually turn God into an ido…
4 years, 2 months ago
Why Get Married If It Doesn't Exist in Heaven?
Why should you consider getting married, if as Jesus states in Matthew 22:30; "at the resurrection, they neither marry nor are given in marriage but …
4 years, 2 months ago
If God is Good, Why Do We Need to Pray?
Today, Fr. Mike delves into this age old question.
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