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Chesterton and the Virtue of Common Sense

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) has been dubbed the apostle of common sense. An apostle is sent to preach the Gospel - in ordinary and/or extraordinary ways. Chestertondid just that using common sense arguments. ‘Critics recognized that he wrote in defense of the Christian faith but mistakenly presume... (www.catholic365.com)

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Tis The Season.......For Divine Mercy

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” With the recent celebration of Christmas and New Years, I am sure you have heard these epic lyrics written by Andy Williams at some point this past holiday season.... (www.catholic365.com)

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A stone tossed into a heap of wool doesn’t rebound, says the proverb. Likewise, an angry remark won’t rebound from a gentle soul who absorbs abuse without retaliation. Experience supports the classic axiom: “A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger” (Prv 15:1).... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 250 – One Bride for Seven Brothers

Today the Sadducees ask the questions about whose wife a woman would be in the next life if she had seven (7) husbands in this life. From this story, we learn several things. First, there is definitely a resurrection.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Pope Virgilius, First Byzantinian Pope

Virgilius, born around 500 AD, was the child of an aristocratic Roman family. His father, Johannes, was an emperor-appointed consul, although only an honorific at that point. His brother, Reparatus, was a senator. And one of the senators taken hostage by King Witigis during the Gothic king’s rampage... (www.catholic365.com)

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Love our Lady. And she will obtain abundant grace to help you conquer in your daily struggle.

January first used to be celebrated as the Octave Day of Christmas and the Circumcision and Naming of Jesus.... (www.catholic365.com)

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St. Augustine's Confessions and My Quest for Greatness in the Confessional

Eight years ago, I was a twenty-three-year-old college student who had abandoned her Catholic faith for the sinfully self-gratifying lifestyle that seduces so many of us in our youth.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Greeting the New Year---the Catholic Way

According to Georgetown University , as of October 2017, there are 1.28 billion Catholics in the world. 70.4 million of them are in the United States. The USA has a population of approximately 330,000,000 people. That works out to about 22% of the American population being Catholic.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Process of Living

Put on your thinking cap for a moment. Quickly, think of any number between one and ten. Double it. Add six. Divide by two. subtract your original number, the remainder is three.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 249 – "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."

Chapter 20, starts with the priests and scribes asking the Lord by what authority he teaches.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The best person I know

I remember when I was growing up, a personal relationship with Jesus was the last thing on my mind. I hated going to Mass (yeah, you read that correctly), and I strictly avoided any type of prayer whenever I could. When I look back on it now, I really believe the reason is because I didn’t have any ... (www.catholic365.com)

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When you open your heart with a quiet mind love rushes in.

Knowing our faith and believing in the message of Jesus is not a joke, it is not something that we should take lightly… but we are called to believe… we are called to have faith.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Survival of the Fittest

Ling believed in wood-folk with her whole soul. The magic of a mid-winter snowstorm over sleeping fields opened a doorway into a world of scheming squirrels and spirit-filled pine trees. A cawing raven warned the tree-stump mouse family of a stalking calico cat while swaying trees forecasted an impe... (www.catholic365.com)

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Prayers of wants

Praying can be difficult at times. We think that we have it all together. We go to God. We tell God what we want. And somehow it magically appears. However, prayer does not work like that. Prayer is not going to Him with all our problems and concerns and somehow managing to come up with a grand answ... (www.catholic365.com)

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A witty but oxymoronic T-shirt quip reads: “I’m humble and proud of it.” That would be a profound theological statement, yet less witty, if it read: “I’m proud to be me, and humbled before him who made me to be me.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 248 – Jesus Predicts the Destruction of Jerusalem

In today’s reading, Jesus enters Jerusalem. He is greeted as a hero. The crowd wants to declare him a king. In the past, Jesus rejected these overtures and would slip away from the crowd. However, now the time has come to ascend to his throne. However, it will not be a crown of gold that he wil... (www.catholic365.com)

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Art Thou Reckless?

Nowadays, I see more and more people driving at high speeds, especially on the highway (North-South highway, LEKAS highway (some of the many highways in Malaysia), doesn't matter. You get Formula-1 wannabes). The speed limit is 90 Km/h or 110 Km/h, depending on which highway one is using, but these ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

We cannot give what we do not have.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Don’t you get tired of it? The mundane? The same old, same old? The status quo? Sure, going to the bar and finding a girl to go to bed with has some sense of thrill and excitement to it. If it did not, why do it? Drinking to excess leaves all the cares in the world behind at least for now. Drugs off... (www.catholic365.com)

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One day I was sitting alone, working to pull out some kind of sentiment toward God. You know, trying to pray. Not the easiest thing to do when you are like a piece of bread left on the counter for the length of Advent.... (www.catholic365.com)

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