Stepping Forward with Hope-Filled Commitment
By Sean Mulcare. Like a mustard seed, the faith in the soul that was once almost imperceptible grows and grows. The little seed is now becoming a mature tree. The soul in the 5th and 6th stages of the spiritual life has grown a tremendous amount...
By Isaiah Schick. This past weekend, I--along with about eight of my fellow seminarians from St. Francis de Sales Seminary in Milwaukee and with over 20 other young adults from the Diocese of Superior--attended the SEEK 2019 Conference put on by FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) in Indianapolis. It was AWESOME!...
By Sean Mulcare. In the 4th stage of the spiritual life, there are numerous things that start to happen in and to the soul. After the 3rd stage, it can no longer advance any further on its own efforts in order to reach the 4th stage; God has to act on the soul, and this action is initially very painful...
By Sean Mulcare. In the third stage of the spiritual life, the soul has come as far as it can “on its own.” The soul has progressed to the point that all further growth needs to be done by God, since the soul can't put forth any more effort since it is already giving its all to God...
By Kevin Johnson. God gave you talents. Use them. You might be surprised at how he works through them, in all their great variety.
By Br. Nathan Linton, OFM, Cap. Every saint has a past, but that is good news because it means that a sinner can have a future! Br. Nathan discusses St. Francis's conversion from selfishness and worldliness to life in Christ.
By Isaiah Schick. Jim Caviezel, the actor who played Jesus in the famous 2004 film The Passion of the Christ, surprised attendees at the FOCUS Student Leadership Summit earlier this year...
By Isaiah Schick. I don't know how many of you have ever gone to a World Youth Day event or how many of you are planning on going to the one that is coming up soon in Panama. But I do know that even if you don't go, you want to know what the theme song is...
By Sean Mulcare. In the second stage of the spiritual life, the individual has made some progress in resisting sin, although there is still a lot of work to be done...
