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Even though Christmas is a time for hope, it's easy to get discouraged. Sometimes Christmas seems more hopeless than any other time (especially if finances are not so good). It's good to be reminded that there are reasons for hope in the world.

I always thought it was 12 days, from Christmas onwards - hence the 12 days of Christmas. I just checked in Wikipedia and that says that from 25 December to 5 January is the period known as Christmastide. But then Wikipedia could be wrong as well. It has always annoyed me how people speak of...

I think if someone had come to me and said they had stolen to feed their family, then I wouldn't judge them harshly. It's understandable - and one could say that the sin of letting your children starve is greater than the sin of stealing. But to tell people it's okay to steal from large...

I think some horror movies have some really good messages about God. Even though they may not be theologically correct, horror has the ability to talk about God and spiritual things, without seeming religious. For instance, Stephen King's Desperation was a good movie about God. And I am Legend...

Hi, Saint Cajetan apparently is the patron saint of jobseekers. I was going to send a link about him, but I don't have a post count of 50, so I can't. The link also would send you to the saints site, where you can search for any patron saints you want to. If you do a search for patron saints in...

Sorry, if this is topic. But it just reminded of something. One thing I heard someone say once was that he wouldn't listen to anything anyone said about remaining celibate, because that person was a virgin. I always found that kind of weird. I guess he thought that the person didn't...

Maybe you need to try out a few different things to find out what it is that you do love. Perhaps learn a few new skills or try out some different hobbies. Also, perhaps there's nothing that you think in love in terms of career, but maybe there's thing you love doing that you don't think of as a...

I think that everybody who preaches morality should try their hardest to live a moral life, so that they don't seem hypocritical. However, none of us our perfect. Everybody has moral failings. If we only wanted perfect people to preach, there would be no preachers. And considering that...

Would it be moral for Christ to disown everyone that lies and cheats and does bad things? Probably. But he doesn't do it. He continues to offer forgiveness. And we are called to follow in his footsteps. However, just because you don't disown them, doesn't mean you need to trust them.

I think Christians tend to be pickier than other people, because they expect God to give them the man (or woman) of their dreams. If he or she is not absolutely everything they wanted, then they think God isn't in it and they should search for someone better. I think this is especially the case...