Searching for More

We are God's children through baptism. No matter what we go through on the day-to-day, God gives us the grace necessary to do what is pleasing to him. We need only rely on him and ask for the grace t…

The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes a saint as "someone who practiced heroic virtue and lives in fidelity to God’s grace." (828) And in the simple words of Mother Teresa, saints are “only …

Should Catholics have a sense of humor? Why is it important and even necessary for us to find things funny and how does that relate to humility?

It's no coincidence that humor and humility share a co…

Has a saint ever found you?

A saint is somebody who finished the race - who fought the good fight - who persevered until the end. Those souls, now fully alive in heaven, are given to us by God as mod…

Imagine if every person in the world obeyed the Ten Commandments.

No lying. No stealing. No murder, cheating, or hate.

Imagine the peace and joy that we would experience! God made us to be in union w…

Your home is where Jesus lives. Your home is a place where Jesus lives because you live there and he resides in you.

But when we’re home, how often are we reminded that he is with us? Think of ways y…

Is love, or the virtue of charity, really just a feeling? Can we just think nice thoughts about somebody and truly say that we love them?

Scripture and tradition say otherwise. Love is active, not pa…

How does hope keep us afloat even when things get tough?

Or when it feels like we are enslaved to chronic sin? 

Hope sustains us because it is found in Jesus Christ. He became man to save us from our…

Especially in a season like Advent, it is good to sit with Mary.

The Mother of God models our waiting for Jesus after her waiting. Think how often throughout those nine months she had to put faith in…

The entire Christian life bears the mark of the spousal love of Christ and the Church. What does this mean?

This spousal love is in fact Jesus' longing to give himself to us through his Church. This …

"You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:32)

As brought to light in Scripture, truth and freedom are not mutually exclusive. Truth is in fact the birthplace of freedom. Whe…

God knows the desires of our hearts.

Whether we are interceding on behalf of a friend or praying for our vocation, we know that God always hears our prayers. He desires that we trust he will see it t…

Catholics are known for their pro-life beliefs. Have you ever considered how giving somebody your undivided attention supports our belief in the dignity of every human person?

We have countless engag…

"What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" (Micah 6:8)

Bishop Burbidge explains how this verse came to be his priestly, and later h…

Are we making Sundays what they can and should be? Are we experiencing Sunday the way that God wants and calls us to live?

In this episode of Searching For More, we reflect on the kinds of rest we sh…

What makes something alive? How has God created humans different than other living things?

In this episode of Searching For More, we consider the specific characteristics of humans that set us apart …

God put us in the world to know, to love, and to serve him, and so to come to paradise. We are here on this Earth for these reasons, so that one day we might get to spend eternity with Him.

What is d…

Who we think we want to be, who the world wants us to be, and who God wants us to be may not be one in the same. We were created for so much more than what we "do" — we were made to *be* fully oursel…

Can artificial intelligence truly "know"? Can AI replace human knowledge? Do computers have memory like humans do? What does it take to truly know someone?

Innovations in technology lead us to ask …