St. Ignatius’ psychological advice … long before psychology was even invented
His 4 tips will help you understand your feelings better. St. Ignatius Loyola gives such revealing, accurate, and universal adv...
Sin, Emotions and Virtue Explained
Can your feelings be sinful? Fr. Mike Schmitz reminds us that "sin and virtue do not reside in the emotions, they reside in the...
The Virtue That Takes Virtue to the Next Level
Fr. Mike introduces us to the virtue that makes other virtues excellent: magnanimity. If someone asked you what the most essent...
Learning The Same Lesson Over and Over is Not Failure - It’s Love
I’m a famously terrible handyman. Usually my attempts to fix things end in frustration for me and something around my house bro...
Patron Saints for Introverts: How to Live Your Best Introverted, Spiritual Life
We live in an extroverted world, and as an introvert and a writer, I love the idea of shutting out the rest of the world for se...
Finding Your Spiritual Motto
St. Josemaría Escrivá when speaking to the laity of his newly founded Opus Dei order, would often encourage, “Say slowly and in...
How to Keep Your Faith When You’re Just Not Feeling It
In 2014, I knelt in the pew at the Easter Vigil Mass having just been confirmed in the Church moments before. Many months of pr...
The Folly of Following Your Heart
To thine own self be true. It’s one of the most venerable bits of cultural wisdom in our Western world. It’s short. It’s eloque...
How to Question Your Faith Well
The Catholic Church loves questions, but are we asking them for the right reasons? One of our Doctors of the Church, St. Thomas...
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