Unique and Irrepeatable
Did you know that there are 108 billion people that ever existed? That is a lot. If I wanted to count from zero to 108 billion, that would take me 3,429 years. So it seems like it would be so much easier for God just to name us a generic name. So if God is talking to anyone, he would just say, hello, generic human beings. In the gospel, Jesus calls on Bartimaeus, saying that Bartimaeus is not one among…
What can ONE PRAYER do?
Rosary is a great tool for peace, it can allow us to quiet our minds and start living with our hearts with God. This was something that Kristin truly believed and with that, she founded One Hail Mary at a Time, a community for women and moms who are living their lives one prayer at a time. This video tells the story of how this community came to be.
How to Go to Spiritual Direction
What is spiritual direction really about, and how do we do it? Nowadays, it seems that there is an increasing trend of people seeking spiritual direction; however, there aren’t many spiritual directors to help us with that. In today’s episode, we will try to explain what spiritual direction is, who needs it, and what would be the best way to do it to try and bridge that gap…
Is your LIFE getting HARD?
Kristin is a mother of seven kids, working full-time in banking, and the founder and creator of One Hail Mary at a Time. This video is an introduction and a beautiful, inspiring story of a Catholic mom who shows us that we are all called to be a saint wherever we are in our lives.
The Right Ambition
Elon Musk, Simone Biles, Dwayne ‘The Rock, Johnson, Mulan, Tony Stark. What do all of these people have in common? Ambition. They have this drive to be great. In the gospel for this Sunday, James and John, the Sons of Thunder, have ambition. All they want to do is sit on Jesus’s right and left and be the most awesome. And the crazy thing is Jesus doesn’t take that away from them. Jesus…
On Beauty
How do you experience beauty, and how does it move you? God presents to us the gift of the beauty of the world. Beauty is usually in the eye of the beholder; we all experience and see beauty differently. But at the same time, it is commonly an experience of awe and wonder before the other or the world. We are invited to be more open to the beautiful things in our lives, be moved…
Gate To Heaven
So, at the end of your life, you get to the gates of heaven, and the person guarding the gates of heaven, either St. Peter or Morgan Freeman, asks you, “Why should I let you into heaven?” And we could have so many answers, like ” because I’m awesome,” ” because I gave much money to the poor,” ” because I went to mass every Sunday,” or “I’m not Voldemort.” We can give many good answers…
Know Your Heart
If you don’t value something, does it mean it’s not valuable to others or the world? Our life experiences form us, and our hearts respond in different ways, mainly where there are areas of something we didn’t experience or grew up without. We can have a coping mechanism or a defense mechanism of numbing and closing that part of our hearts so that it doesn’t become an open…