Dealing with our persistent fears and anxieties can be very difficult. As a result, relying on God can be very effective in managing your persistent fears. With this in mind, here are some suggestions on how a person should rely on God in his or her own struggles. God is stronger than your fears and anxieties. A person does not have to be religi

Dealing with our stresses and fears can be very difficult. As a result, relying on God can be very effective in managing your stresses. With this in mind, here are some suggestions on how a person should rely on God in his or her own struggles. God is stronger than your fears and anxieties. A person does not have to be religious to use the power

The rosary has a long and honored tradition and its present form it can be dated back to the last 14th century. The present day rosary seems to have been the work of the Dominican fathers however there is parts that actually date back to St. Dominic, the founder of the Dominican order. St. Dominic was handed the method to pray the Rosary directl

My life was perfect and as a wife, mother and a leader in my church, I was respected. Everything changed when the Holy Spirit took my heart by surprise. God wanted more from me than the ordinary way of the so-called right way to live. He wanted a complete change of mind. He wanted me to stop depending on what people said was the right way to

The future has been abolished! Does that statement seem outlandish? Let me explain. Secularism, whether it's called Secular Humanism or atheism, is the belief that there is no God and no accountability to God in the afterlife. To the secularist death results in the ending of consciousness. Secularists believe that humans evolved from pond s

Many of you reading this article may not have any relationship with God, but I want you to know this, God loves you and cares about you; and desires to bless you. Today you can come to him in faith and ask him to help you. God truly desires a relationship with you. God loves you more than any one in this world can ever love you and I pray you

God calls His army, large and strong! Take up your battle arms. The day has come for one and all to slay the evil dragon Satan. Don't be afraid, raise high your swords, the word of God is true. It's time to fight and win the war against evil on the side of good. Christian soldiers, you have a mission! Be brave and true to your call to def

The war between brother and sister began as the chess board was placed on the center of the table. Tension filled the air with every move. Mom worriedly looked at our faces hoping and praying that we would finish our game in peace and not in another fight. Any game my brother and I played together was certain to lead to a continued standoff.

At the end of the day, bathing in the soft light of a candle, lying still on your favorite easy chair, surrender to the silence, and you will find within it, music to disappear in. Franz Kafka, one of the major German-language novelists and short story writers of the 20th century, whose unique body of writing is considered amongst the most influ

No sooner has Thanksgiving Day been celebrated with the family, than the thoughts of adorning the home with Christmas decorations begins. Often the Christmas decorations are packed away in the attic or other storage room within the house waiting to emerge and allow for cascading memories and joy to fall upon the home once again. Often the decora

What can make a kiss so sensational, that it is still talked about and discussed generations later, and even heatedly debated a couple thousand of years later? It makes you wonder, that must have been some kiss! and it really was. The kiss in question was between Jesus and his now infamous disciple Judas Iscariot, whom as you may recall, signal

Compte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade (1740 - 1814), better known as the Marquis de Sade, was a famous French atheist and writer. He spent 27 years of his adult life in the prisons and insane asylums of the French monarchy, the French Republic, the revolutionary terror and Napoleonic Imperial France. In short, his sexual perversion and crue

Today was a big step for any Candidate or Catechumen in the Catholic Church. This was the day that they are recommended by their parishes to the Bishop or Cardinal of their dioceses. In the first rite of the day the catechumens are asked to stand before the congregation and let the congregation know that they are prepared and ready to take the ne

Prayer is difficult. Surely God doesn't listen to me. I really don't know how to pray. These nagging questions are simply myths about prayer. 1. It's hard to pray. That's what is so much fun about a myth. It's easy to show the truth through it. Praying is easy. Like anything else, if you want to do it really well, okay, that wi

The other night my wife and I made a late mad dash to the Columbia Target on Route 175. Something about an expiring coupon that was about to self-destruct if we didn't use it before 10pm tonight. So anyway, as we are making our way to the car my wife remarks that it seemed unusually dark in our parking area tonight. I responded with a typical gr