You know when someone says that a car was ‘totaled’? Simply put, it means the insurance company calculated that it would cost more to fix the car than to scrap it and get a new one. Do you ever feel that way in your spiritual life? “There is something about experiencing brokenness in our lives […]Read more

What vice do you struggle with most? Greed? Sloth? Pride? What if you could overcome that vice and put the battle behind you? Patrick Madrid, host of The Patrick Madrid Show on Relevant Radio, offered some advice to a caller who expressed his struggle with anger while engaging in conversations with those who mock or […]Read more

Ash Wednesday is fast approaching. Have you started to consider how you might learn, grow, and deepen your faith during this Lenten Season? Yes, a season of preparation requires a little preparation in itself. If you wait until the eve of Ash Wednesday, you risk making a quick and rushed decision that might not result […]Read more

We all hit stumbling blocks or speed bumps on our prayer journey, and sometimes we need to take a detour to get back on track. Growing in our prayer life means deepening our relationship with God, and it’s a process that takes time and patience. Sometimes it isn’t easy and we need to persevere through […]Read more

The Lenten Season is a season of fasting in the Church. On Fridays during Lent we abstain from meat and on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, we both abstain and observe days of fasting. This can be difficult for some who aren’t able to participate, but fear not, everyone can find some alternative ways to […]Read more

We live in a world that attempts to avoid the realities of life—pain, difficulty, suffering. As Catholics, we are taught to embrace every aspect of life as having purpose or merit—joy and sorrow, rejoicing and grieving—and not try to hide from them. While the culture turns to every way possible to mask the “bad” parts […]Read more

Does sin get you feeling really discouraged? After you sin—and God, in Confession, has forgiven you—do you dredge up feelings of guilt, over and over? Do you become frustrated and feel like a lost cause? We’ve all been there at one point or another, but those thoughts are not from God. Satan is sometimes known […]Read more

When we enter a Catholic Church, we make a sign of reverence towards the tabernacle where the Holy Eucharist is kept. But when we celebrate the Holy Mass and the Liturgy of the Eucharist, should our focal point shift? Msgr. Stuart Swetland, host of Go Ask Your FatherTM, shared his insights. Outside of Mass, we […]Read more

The estimated number of those affected by the Coronavirus (officially named Covid-19) outbreak has increased dramatically in recent days. Well over 60,000 are said to have been infected in 28 countries, with over 1,600 deaths in mainland China. Though the mortality rate is relatively low, the disease’s rampage in China has caught the world’s attention. […]Read more

Eyes have been on the Vatican’s Amazonian Synod for months. Worries and rumors have swirled… will the Catholic Church allow married men to be ordained in the Amazon? What will this mean for priestly celibacy across the world? On February 12, Pope Francis released his Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, “Querida Amazonia”. This document contains some clear […]Read more

God teaches us to persist in prayer. (See Luke 11:8.) But when we keep asking and our requests aren’t being answered, should we just ‘take a hint’ and move on? Bill called Msgr. Swetland, host of Go Ask Your Father, to express his frustration with prayer of petition. I tell you, if he does not […]Read more

Today is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, an apparition of the Virgin Mary. She appeared on this day in 1858 to a fourteen-year-old girl from a poor, working family. This young girl’s name is Saint Bernadette Soubirous. “Bernadette Soubirous was absolutely startled by what she saw—this beautiful lady dressed in white and praying […]Read more