‎1. Learn your Catholic faith and live it. Our confidence comes from being rooted in Jesus Christ, and the Catholic Church has so much to offer in order to deepen your relationship with God.

2. Pray often and do not be afraid to share your deepest desires or deepest fears with Jesus. Our Lord wants to heal us, and ou...r Lord also wants to encourage us. The latter only happens through a deep and constant life of prayer.

3. Live as simply as you possibly can given God’s call for your life. The stuff – material possessions, commitments, obligations – of our daily living can be a source of grace, but these same things also can be a source of tremendous distraction from God. We cannot be afraid of losing things if we never had them.

4. Finally, surround yourself with holy men and women who challenge us to become saints.