OCD & Scrupulosity (Religious Anxiety)

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (849+ words) Posted February 26, 2026 | Reviewed by Ekua Hagan Guilt may be the most unpopular emotion. If you feel guilty from time to time, you’re not alone. It is not limited to criminal, cruel, or extreme behaviors. Guilt is felt in some way…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (609+ words) On a sunny Oct. 3, God’s grace shone on the Discalced Carmelites of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel as the monastic community celebrated 100 years of unceasing prayer, peace, and faith in historic Morristown, N.J. For a century, these…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (529+ words) We Write · You Decide Public access to portions of the historic Santo Tomas de Villanueva Parish (Miagao Church) has been temporarily restricted following a magnitude 4.7 earthquake that struck off Antique late Sunday night, June 14. The Miagao Municipal Tourism Office announced…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (281+ words) From St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, June 14, Pope Leo XIV turned the attention of pilgrims gathered for the midday Angelus toward the southern Philippines, where a powerful earthquake the week before had left dozens dead and entire communities reeling. “I…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago   (564+ words) Posted October 25, 2025 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Shame is one of the most painful emotions we experience, yet it’s also one of the least understood. It thrives in secrecy and silence. It tells us we are not enough, and it convinces…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (423+ words) You have probably had a guilty pleasure at some point. It’s when we enjoy something that most people view as bad. The charm of guilty pleasures is in this contradiction. They make us feel a bit naughty, yet they also…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (572+ words) I share this with you, wondering and hoping you can relate to my experience. For many of us, we find it difficult to get beyond our past sins, even when we have confessed them and repented. We tend to remember…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (434+ words) "What the world is made up of" is a great question, but "How to conduct yourself in the world" is a far greater one. What we want from our lives is not necessarily unending bliss, but instead an adventure, and…...

6+ mon, 6+ hour ago   (287+ words) She shared this with the outlet. "I'm like a cat. I've had nine lives, and I genuinely feel like God has always had His hand on my life. He has always been there in some way, even when I wasn't…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago   (331+ words) Updated March 12, 2026 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina According to much research, guilt and shame have pro-social characteristics. In one 2017 study from the journal Frontiers in Psychology, researchers found that guilt can encourage a person to act morally in the future. In…...