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Words of Life for Cutting Words: A Catholic Response to Teens on Social Media Writing Sites, Part I

With more and more young people reaching out to one another through social media, there has been an increased call for new forms of ministry to teens within these virtual worlds. With the advent of public writing sites that allow for the free-flowing expression of ideas through poetry and prose, the... (www.catholic365.com)

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Come Away WIth Me

In chapter 6 of Mark's Gospel, the disciples have just returned from a mission that Jesus sent them on. They were excited, and eager to tell Jesus everything that had happened, but they were also tired. Knowing their need for rest, Jesus invited them away from the crowds gathered round about them,... (www.catholic365.com)

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Counterfeit Repentance

God describes somewhat poetically through Isaiah the totality of sin remission: “I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist” (Isaiah 44:22).... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 270 – The Presbyters

Today’s reading: 1 Ptr 5 My footnotes define “Presbyters” as “official appointed leaders and teachers of the Christian Community”. Many translations use the term “elders”.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Pope Pelagius I, Trying To Right Wrongs

The popes of the early Dark Ages had an uphill battle trying to do anything. Pelagius was no exception. Born, most likely, in the late 400s, Pelagius was the son of a noble Roman family. His father, John, was the vicar of one of two civil districts in Italy. Therefore, Pelagius would have been well ... (www.catholic365.com)

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A transformed life is the greatest of all miracles.

Christ can change anybody.... (www.catholic365.com)

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But We're Not Bitter Part 1

You know you can spot us. We’re the parishioners who stubbornly try to genuflect instead of bowing. We stumble over consubstantial during the Creed because “one in being with the Father” still is the tip of our tongue. Fish on Fridays all year long. We’re the Cradle Catholics.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Prayer Is the Source of Strength

In this week’s gospel reading, Jesus spent time at Simon Peter’s house. When the local villagers heard that Jesus was in town, they brought sick people to Him to be healed. It was non-stop work for Jesus, as a sizable crowd pushed and shoved around Him all day long.... (www.catholic365.com)

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To elicit our response to his mercy more effectively, the Lord may present himself in many postures – for instance, as the Good Shepherd who seeks out and rescues his beloved lamb that has strayed into the brambles of sin. We can at any time bleat out our cry for help to our Good Shepherd and allow ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 269 – Suffering Stops Sin

Today’s reading: 1 Ptr 4 Today we read one of the Christians proposed solution to the question as to why we suffer.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Four Words Every Catholic Should Remember

If you are a Catholic Christian you will want to read this article. Catholic Christians are very often the subject of rumor mongering with regards what it is we believe. This could be because a Catholic is not really much for talking about what they believe. Why is this?... (www.catholic365.com)

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The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist…… "The second greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he is the good guy

Many times in our lives we are "possessed" by many things: without knowing it, we have been subtly enslaved by our senses, by our craving for wealth and material things, by our desire for power and influence.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Sorrowful Mysteries - Crowning of the Thorns

Sweet, Jesus, how You humbly accepted unkindness, humililation, and torment as your torturers tried to remove your cloak of identity and cover you with false perception. You then accepted the piercing pain of a crown of thorns jabbed into Your sacred head.... (www.catholic365.com)

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St. Raymond Nonnatus: Healing Prayers for the Divorced

St. Raymond Nonnatus is a saint from the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy or the Mercedarian Order and was born in 1204 in Barcelona, Spain. He is called Nonnatus or “not born” referring to his Caesarean section birth.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Sincere change for the better is essentially an act of the will. There’s no mental action more demanding of trust than the act of sincere repentance. We trust the Lord to respond to our protestation that we’ve really changes, that we’ve made a “firm purpose of amendment” change as radical as a U-tur... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 268 – Baptism Now Saves You

Today’s reading: 1 Ptr 3 Today Peter makes a statement that must seem strange to some.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Book of Life

Have you ever wondered, what if ... what if the whole of your life is just a book. You do not actually exist, but you are a character in a book, and there is someone out there reading all about you and your life. Whatever you do, or did, in life, from the moment you are born, is written in this book... (www.catholic365.com)

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When a man finds no peace within himself it is useless to seek it elsewhere.

Faith is a gift freely given, but it’s also a gift that must be freely accepted.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Why Not Forty Days of Christmastide?

The frigid moon opens a casebook of wonderings. Frozen reflections and frost-writing on windows overshadow the foreshadowing of the coming... (www.catholic365.com)

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Read the Whole Bible in One Year

During 2017, I did something interesting. I read the entire Bible, from Genesis 1:1 all the way through to Revelation 22:21. Back on January 1st, 2017, I downloaded a smartphone app that laid out a very specific daily schedule. By reading 3 or 4 chapters each day, the Bible can be completed in exact... (www.catholic365.com)

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