Fr. Gabriel Lickteig is the chaplain for Northwest Missouri State University's Newman Catholic Center in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri.
As a priest, I can say that one of the great events of the year is administering Holy Communion to children for the first time. I would like to take a few moments for deeper reflection on what the Lord asks us to do for these children that God entrusts...
Run, sprint…cannonball into Mercy! Don’t believe the lie. The sacrament of Confession is one of the greatest things on the face of the Earth! Why is this? Simply put, it’s due to the fact that we are guaranteed, after making a humble and entirely sincere Confession, to...
The most beautiful of God’s creatures is Mary. There is no comparison. The sweetest name we can utter after that of Our Lord Himself is that of Mary, our spiritual Mother and our Queen. We can never do enough to honor or celebrate her. It’s impossible. As William...
The devil is the one who loves to steal our joy. We are told to be vigilant against his attacks, snares and temptations. One of the particular attacks he launches against us is something called “diabolical oppression”. This involves more of an exterior attack from the evil one: “diabolical oppression...
One of the most powerful prayers on the face of the Earth is the Divine Mercy Chaplet. This applies especially for the dying. Our Lord once told St. Faustina these words: “My daughter, encourage souls to say the Chaplet which I have given to you. It pleases Me to grant...
Ven. Mary of Agreda, also known as Sister Mary of Jesus, was a 17th-Century Mystic in Spain who received supernatural revelations from Our Lady about her holy life, which she wrote and compiled into a magnificent four-volume work titled The Mystical City of God. During this time of quarantine, one...
