Tagged: Holy Spirit

CWG: Are you a bridge to Catholicism?

Featured on CatholicWritersGuild.com Did you know that 45 percent of Americans (about 112 million people) have some meaningful connection to the Catholic faith in some way? Some bridge of trust? Only 20 percent of them – 50 million — are Catholic. This statistic means more than twice as many Americans claim a connection to the...

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Beginning your journal

Part 4 in the Journaling toward God series In Part 3,  you learned how to make any journal a spiritual journal by including God in what you write. If you have never kept a journal, do not fear! No one is looking over your shoulder critiquing what you write or how you write it. Your spiritual journal...

Fruits of the Spirit

Fruits of the Spirit

by Margaret Rose Realy, Obl. OSB When I think of the Fruits of the Spirit I compare them to a prism in the window. When sunlight enters in and bends as it exits, a rainbow becomes visible. But the metaphor here is not about the worn phrase that we are a beautiful rainbow of many...

Got JOY? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 10-9-15

Got JOY? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 10-9-15

Featured Favorite: Why I Remain Catholic – #WhyRemainCatholic I was created for Truth, created to be Catholic. There’s no going back from where I belong. Pope Francis: The Church is and must be the family of God – In today's papal audience, Pope Francis speaks on how the spirit of the family is the constitutional...

Got Joy? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 9-25-15

Got Joy? Latest JOYAlive.net posts 9-25-15

Pope Francis: Jesus has no ‘shortlist’ – Pope Francis in America: The canonization of Blessed Junipero Serra: Jesus has no ‘shortlist’ of people worthy of His message. The flavor is skin deep – Deanna Klingel recalls how her toddlers learned that skin color doesn’t matter. It’s what inside that counts. Joy Stories: Conversion–This journey of...