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How the Pandemic Taught Me New Ways of Practicing the Faith
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Difficult times often challenge us to rethink, renew, and deepen our commitment to being faithful disciples of Jesus Christ. Because we lacked many of the things we rely on to nourish and support our faith during the pandemic (and some of us still do), we’ve been...
The Extraordinary Benefits of Eucharistic Adoration (Part 2)
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In the first article of this two-part series, I shared with you the benefits of regularly participating in an hour of Eucharistic adoration and offered some advice on how to fully experience freedom from sin, temptation, and addiction. I want to now explain how...
The Extraordinary Benefits of Eucharistic Adoration (Part 1)
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As Catholics, we receive the Eucharist during Mass. However, there is another opportunity for us to experience the Blessed Sacrament through Eucharistic adoration. The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains the importance of incorporating adoration into our prayers...
Saying “Yes” to God’s Invitation to Suffer for Love
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In February of this year, I began to experience severe lower back and leg pain. It began exactly two weeks before Ash Wednesday and with it began a powerful Lenten experience that continues today. I had to totally abandon myself to God in complete surrender and...
Spiritual Resources for Finding and Maintaining Recovery (Part 2)
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Growing up I felt like I was just going through the motions when it came to going to church. I just knew that we had to stand up, sit down, listen to a few songs, and repeat. However, I do remember getting excited about seeing others that I knew there (it was as if we...
Spiritual Resources for Finding and Maintaining Recovery (Part 1)
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As someone who knows the terrible depths of addiction and fell away from the Church during my youth, today I am careful to remain as close as possible to Christ to maintain my recovery and live out my vocation as a sober Catholic wife and mother. Below are two...
3 Crucial Ways St. Joseph Assists Our Recovery and Spiritual Life
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The month of March is an important month in the Catholic Church’s liturgical calendar. Not only does this month occur during the Lenten season, but over thirty saints are celebrated over the course of the month’s 31 days. What a gift that the Church holds up so many...
Seven Patron Saints to Help You Overcome Porn and Sexual Addiction
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Often, we may plateau on our recovery journey. This is when we experience renewed temptations because we have grown in positive habits and acquired new tools but have not yet conquered our pride. Pride is, in truth, the biggest stumbling block for addicts. This is...
Advice for Making Lent More Spiritually Enriching
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The season of Lent has fallen upon us once more, offering us time to reflect on the forty days Jesus spent facing temptation in the desert. What are certain Lenten practices for those in recovery to consider adopting to strengthen our recovery as well as our faith in...