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Can I Trust Hallow? – The Voice of Liam Neeson and the Voice Heard in Ramah
“The same voice that was heard in anti-Catholic, pro-abortion video advertisements in Ireland will be offering prayerful reflections to Catholics this sacred season.” – Dan Burke
St. Alphonsus Liguori’s Reflections on the Eucharist
One of Alphonsus’s most beautiful writings is his Visits to the Blessed Sacrament, written in 1745, when he was in his fifties. This was his
A War Plan With a Word of Consolation for Weary Soldiers in the Lord’s Army
“With Western culture collapsing and many in the Church seeking to adapt the Lord’s teaching to the modern (and collapsing) age, we need to stand firm, not lose heart, and actively resist notions that seek to set aside what the Lord has clearly taught.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
Finding Peace in the Storm Part 2: Trials
Join us for this episode of Divine Intimacy Radio “Finding Peace in the Storm Part 2: Trials” as we talk with Jordan Burke about how
Answering the Call of Christ the King
“In the meditation known as The Call of the King, Christ is beckoning us to a perfect loyalty to Him, one that is founded in and driven by love.” – Debra Black
Behold the Man
Join us for this episode of Divine Intimacy Radio “Behold the Man” as we talk with Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers about the Catholic vision of male
Gratitude is Always “In”
“Gratitude lifts you into a space that is beyond you.” – Sr. Mary Scholastica, O.C.D.
A Short Reflection on Pain
“Yes, suffering is painful; it is a fearsome grace of God but it is a grace.” – Monsignor Charles Pope
Book Review: Finding Peace in the Storm
“While reading Finding Peace in the Storm, I realized I was wishing away the pain and suffering we were going through.” – Sarah Damm
The Christian, an Unusual Person
To the extent that a Christian professes his faith and tries to live it, he becomes unusual to believers and unbelievers. This is because the
Finding Peace in the Storm Part 1
Join us for this episode of Divine Intimacy Radio “Finding Peace in the Storm Part 1” as we talk with Jordan Burke about how everything
St. Athanasius: Pillar of the Church
“Let what was confessed by the Fathers of Nicaea prevail.” So wrote Athanasius to a philosopher in his final years. Even to this day, Catholics
This Present Paradise: St. Elizabeth of the Trinity
“Elizabeth lived her life with constant awareness of the life of the Trinity within her. In the center of her soul, the ‘secret cellar,’ she found a bottomless depth of the divine.” – Claire Dwyer
Humanality
Join us for this episode of Divine Intimacy Radio “Humanality” as we talk with Andrew Laubacher about the nonprofit that helps people heal and detox
The Role of Asceticism in the Christian Spiritual Journey
A degree of asceticism is as necessary to the spiritual life as a degree of discomfort is necessary to the natural life. Just as the
