Lent is a time of reparation -- a season of sorrow for sins committed and expressions of a sincere desire to reform our lives. But what does it mean to be sorry? What are the components of real remorse?
As the faithful continue to journey through Lent toward Easter, Dr. Greg Popcak, author, counselor and radio host, looks at the need for family members to dedicate their sacrifices to things that will facilitate love withing the home: “As we continue through
Dr. Greg Popcak explores the problem with trying to adapt practices of monastic living to family life: “While families can certainly gain tremendous inspiration from our monastic and religious brothers and sisters, when families try too hard to adopt monastic spiritual practices
When you read the phrase, “spiritual direction,” what comes to mind? Monks in a monastery? Nuns in a cloister? Saints? Have you ever thought that spiritual direction might be meant for you? In an In Focus for Our Sunday Visitor, Doctor Greg
As he and his wife, Lisa, prepare to give the opening keynote address at the 2022 World Meeting of Families in Rome, Dr. Greg Popcak writes, and Pope Francis agrees, that one of the major problems facing the Church today is clericalism.
Greg Pocak shares that The Vatican Dicastery for Laity, Family, and Life recently asked him and his wife, Lisa, to present the opening keynote for the Tenth World Meeting of Families in Rome this June: “The Rome event is billed as a
Columnist Greg Popcak addresses the false attitude many Catholics have about their desires. In this season of Lent, he writes: “The traditional practices of prayer, fasting and almsgiving present a challenging, but welcome opportunity to turn away from distractions and seek the
Doctor Greg Popcak asks the important questions about the Christmas season: “What is the real reason the Word became flesh at Christmas? What does the Church say is really the ultimate reason we are called to follow Christ? Most importantly, why did
Dr. Greg Popcak, host of the popular call-in radio show More2Life, examines the concept of forgiveness in his latest column: “What does it really mean to forgive someone? It is possible to forgive someone … and still feel pain or anger, or
With COVID-19 cases rising because of the delta variant, more and more schools are having to put protocols in place to help slow the spread of the virus: mask mandates, distance or hybrid learning, social distancing and others. In his latest column,