We often misunderstand the actual nature of the Sacrament of Confirmation and how it directly affects our lives. In this talk, Dr. Brant Pitre invites us to understand better the tremendous graces and calling received through this Sacrament. He points to various passages in Scripture that provide...
It is through the Sacrament of Confirmation that a Catholic is fully initiated into the Church. Why then do so many newly confirmed Catholics never come back? In this talk, Fr. Mike Schmitz addresses this concerning trend in the Catholic Church with honesty, energy, and humor. Focusing on the tru...
Every Catholic Christian is invited into a living relationship with the Holy Spirit. It is in living life with the Holy Spirit that we find answers to some of teens’ deepest longings: Who am I? Where do I belong? How do I know what to do with my life? Is this all there is?
Combining person...
Atheistic and agnostic writers are aggressively attacking traditional religious beliefs. Philosopher and prolific writer Peter Kreeft is up to the challenge in this work of popular apologetics aimed at both teens and adults. The masterful Kreeft tackles sixteen crucial issues about the deeper mea...
Atheistic and agnostic writers are aggressively attacking traditional religious beliefs. Philosopher and prolific writer Peter Kreeft is up to the challenge in this work of popular apologetics aimed at both teens and adults. The masterful Kreeft tackles sixteen crucial issues about the deeper mea...
Saint Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, espoused the ideal of becoming "contemplatives in action." He was convinced that contemplation (the deep awareness and appropriation of the unconditional love of God) should affect our actions, and that our actions need to be brought back to cont...
We often misunderstand the actual nature of the Sacrament of Confirmation and how it directly affects our lives. In this talk, Dr. Brant Pitre invites us to understand better the tremendous graces and calling received through this Sacrament. He points to various passages in Scripture that provide...
The Sacrament of Confirmation completes the grace that was received in Baptism, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit comes upon us superabundantly. However, this extraordinary presence and power of the Holy Spirit is given to us in this sacrament so that we, like the Apostles at Pentecost, can b...
Most of us are familiar with the word "sacrament." We participate in sacramental rites often as Catholics. But do we understand what a sacrament is—and what it means for us and our everyday lives?
El Sacramento de Confirmación completa la gracia recibida en el Bautismo, y la efusión del Espíritu Santo viene a nosotros sobreabundantemente. Sin embargo, la presencia y poder extraordinarios del Espíritu Santo se nos dan en este sacramento para que, como los apóstoles en Pentecostés, seamos en...
Cuando recibimos el sacramento de la Confirmación en nuestras vidas, recibimos plenamente la gracia bautismal. Confirmamos nuestra fe y nos comprometemos con la misión confiada por Cristo a la Iglesia, de extender su Reino en todas las naciones.
El sacramento de la Confirmación completa la iniciación cristiana y confiere la plenitud del don del Espíritu Santo. Es un nuevo Pentecostés, que nos llena de la fuerza y la luz del Espíritu de Dios, marcándonos para siempre como testigos de Cristo Resucitado.
La mayoría de nosotros estamos familiarizados con la palabra "sacramento". Participamos en ritos sacramentales constantemente como Católicos, pero, ¿entendemos lo que es un sacramento?; y, ¿qué sentido tiene para nosotros y para nuestras vidas diarias?
It is through the Sacrament of Confirmation that a Catholic is fully initiated into the Church. Why then do so many newly confirmed Catholics never come back? In this talk, Fr. Mike Schmitz addresses this concerning trend in the Catholic Church with honesty, energy, and humor. Focusing on the tru...
