God Wastes Nothing

God Wastes Nothing

God is behind every hardship and difficulty. Through them, He teaches us and disciplines our souls. God trains us to love and serve him better and better. Every difficulty we encounter in our lives, is either sent by God or permitted by Him for our benefit.

It Is How We Live That Matters

It Is How We Live That Matters

It is the work that grows from grace that will be a testimony to how we have lived our lives. For Christians true success is measured in the way we use our assets in service to others this is how we lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven.

Master of Sacred Arts at Pontifex University With a Concentration in the Theology of the Body Taught by Christopher West

Master of Sacred Arts at Pontifex University With a Concentration in the Theology of the Body Taught by Christopher West

This is the program by which you learn to paint the ultimate picture of Christ in which you are both the artist and the image! As Pope St John Paul II put it: ‘Through his “artistic creativity” man accomplishes above all in shaping the wondrous “material” of his humanity.’ 

Webinars on Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors and Other Great Lectures at the Institute of Catholic Culture this Summer

Webinars on Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors and Other Great Lectures at the Institute of Catholic Culture this Summer

The Institute of Catholic Culture is a Catholic community that is simultaneously local and global. It is local in that it builds up a real community of devoted Catholics who attend their talks in Virginia; and global in that they offer these and other talks as webinars that are watched by a large and committed international audience.

A Technique for Memorizing Passages of the Liturgy When You Are an Old Man!

A Technique for Memorizing Passages of the Liturgy When You Are an Old Man!

Is your memory so bad that you even forget what it is you’re supposed to remember? That’s what I’m like. I’m trying to combat this with a technique that uses the psalms and sacred art to improve it. It will help deepen my participation in the liturgy too. That’s the hope at any rate.

Perseverance and the Gospel Plow

Perseverance and the Gospel Plow

This earth is no longer our home, and the closer we get to Christ, the more we realize it, the more we feel its sufferings and imperfections. This is the lesson Jesus teaches us with his comment about setting our hands to the plow, once we do so, we look forward, we do not look back.

Can You Paint a Holy Icon of Someone Not Yet Canonized? The Answer is Yes!

Can You Paint a Holy Icon of Someone Not Yet Canonized? The Answer is Yes!

The painting of the image is part of the natural process of growing devotion that always occurs prior to canonization. This is the process by which we collectively and organically recognize the sanctity of someone. The official canonization comes after this and does not make someone a saint, it merely accepts what is already known.