Based on the Catholic Therapy Center Podcast episode Feb 28, 2026 Watch Episode Growing up Catholic, I heard this phrase more than once in hard seasons: “Just be grateful.” Count your blessings.At least you have food.It could be worse.Thank God for what you have. And while gratitude is beautiful… sometimes those words land like a…
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To Offer It Up… Or Give It Up
I’m going to say something that might rattle you: We are made to flourish—even on this side of eternity. Redemption begins now. Each time we pray the Our Father and say, “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven,” we aren’t just hoping for Heaven as some far off,…
C.S. Lewis, A Friend in Grief
C.S. Lewis has been an unexpected guide to me spiritually in grieving the loss of my sister. If you are grieving, maybe he’ll be helpful to you too. His books A Grief Observed and Till We Have Faces, and his letters to Sheldon Vanauken in Vanauken’s book, A Severe Mercy, offer insights into different aspects…
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