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Having difficulty discerning your vocation — or know someone who is? These tips might help.

Can you really know the will of God? I mean, can you really know the will of God for your life, for your day-to-day life? Indubitably. And it������Ƶapp not as hard as you might think.

What should we do when faced with a crisis too big to handle? How do we get ourselves out of the depths of despair, a worst case scenario, an unexpected downturn, a sudden tragedy, a seemingly unsolvable dilemma, a grief that never seems to end? Often, there������Ƶapp no way out but through, and as in all things, we must turn to God.

When I was a kid, my brother came home from Catholic summer camp singing a dirge that went like this: “Pray for the dead and the dead will pray for you; seems like they have nothing else to do.”

We often think of faith as belief or trust, which it is, but have you ever thought of faith as endurance? I’m beginning to think endurance and perseverance are a big part of the faith picture. Let������Ƶapp begin with this bracing statement: “When you come to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for trials.” Yikes! Why is that? It������Ƶapp the mystery of the Cross.

Is it okay to call God “Mother”? Well, what does God want to be addressed as, and how do we know what God wants? It������Ƶapp all in the Bible. God has various titles in the Old Testament, but God������Ƶapp “final word” was revealed to us by Jesus in the Gospels.

Did you ever make an Hour of Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament and wonder if there was a more fruitful way?

The Shroud of Turin—venerated as the burial cloth of Jesus for centuries—has been vindicated.

October gets all the glory, sporting so many lovely feast days. But let������Ƶapp not forget September. In fact, September may just well outshine the month of the Holy Rosary!