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Be Your Own Bodyguard

The Mayan Indians admired the looks of slightly cross-eyed people. To cause it in their own children, they hung beads close to their babies' faces. Deliberate and often grotesque deforming of the body has been common in many aboriginal tribes - and it is not altogether uncommon in the more "civilize... (www.catholic365.com)

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Human dignity in its fullest recognizes humanity as made in the image and likeness of God.

This reality truly puts humanity upon a pedestal. Not that we put ourselves there, but that we recognize that God put us there. With that comes great responsibility. If we are to respect, honor, and love God, are we not to do likewise for the image and likeness of God? One cannot expose a love f... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 85 – Confirming the Church in Ephesus and Paul's Apron

Recall that yesterday we met Apollos, who was Jewish convert, a disciple, well versed in the scripture, eloquent and fervent in the Spirit. Despite all this there we are not told that he had any success in making converts.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The forgotten Key, Our Eucharistic Lord

The mission of the Church is to preach the Gospel, the good news! The above word picture of a pedestrian delivering the good, while beautiful and evocative, has little in common with the "New Evangelization" so prominent in the Church today! The great irony, as I see it, is summed up in the word ped... (www.catholic365.com)

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Today, society does not talk about hell. It's as if it did not exist, but it does.

We might begin reflecting on this parable by asking a question. Who exactly are the weeds, and who are the wheat? At the end of the long form of today’s Gospel passage, Jesus explains the parable: “the good seed” are “the children of the kingdom”, while the “weeds are the children of the evil one”. ... (www.catholic365.com)

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What is Lost Must Be Found – So You See

Know that every human being from the moment of conception began to receive what would become the person and their personality that they are. Jeremiah 1-v 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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The "Laurel and Hardy" Principle

Like ham and eggs, fish and chips, lox and bagels, or corned beef and cabbage, some things seem to be meant to go together. And that is true for persons as well - like a happily married couple, or close friends, or compatible business partners (see Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)... (www.catholic365.com)

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Suffering - A Way to Redemption?

From the book “Discernment” by Henri Nouwen; “Pain and Suffering” are no longer obstacles to the glory of eternal life, they have become the inevitable way to it”.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 84 – Apollos and explaining the way of God more accurately

Today we read more details of the growing evangelization mission of Paul. We see him growing Churches in two major cities, Corinth and Ephesus. Later, the letters he writes the Churches in these two cities will become part of the Bible.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Necessity of Regular Confession and Dependence on God's Mercy

Confession is something that boggles the minds of many. Often the question comes up, “If we can confess our sins directly to God, then what need have we for Confession, for the Sacrament of Reconciliation?” – the question is not only asked by Protestants, but Catholics also.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The first person the Risen Christ appeared too on Easter Sunday was a repentant sinner – Mary Magdalene – NEVER FORGET THAT!

In this gospel, Mary Magdalene found herself lost because her Lord had been taken away. She receives reassurance from the comforting words and presence of Jesus himself.... (www.catholic365.com)

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He Died without Mercy

I haven't wanted a room without a view, and yet I'm in this claustrophobic attic surrounded by the past relics of bygone years. Shame on death for linking me to this world when I was too young to die. I could have done exceptional things had I survived the dip in the river last September.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Don't Bash the Trash Collector

Garbage collectors are somewhat taken for granted as they go about their malodorous task. But their importance becomes obvious when a city-wide garbage collectors' strike erupts; that's when the maggoty garbage piles up day after day, as flies and rats breed freely. If the strike is unresolved, the ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Dialogue over the Question of Divine Justice.

A question arose regarding the Theology of Divine Justice; as to how this makes sense and it brought up the essence of the Cross, Jesus becoming the very sin of humanity and dying to redeem us. If in fact all these events are real who is it that actually was on the Cross?... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 83 – Paul in Athens

Paul’s preaching to the philosophers of Athens is unique and interesting. It shows that there is not just one way to preach the gospel and that the evangelist who knows his audience and tailors his message (without compromising the truth of course) is wise.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Sparring with Shadows

One of the biggest waste of that time is engaging “trolls”. That is an Internet term for people who just want to sling mud (or less mentionable material) at people without any desire to discuss whatever subject they are ranting about.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Go to your checkbook and see what you spend money on. In an instant, you will know what is important to you because your money goes toward it.

One of the most important things in human life is to learn how to set and keep proper priorities.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Getting Renewed at the Catholic Charismatic Renewal's Jubilee Conference

There will be times when the spiritual battle is hardest when the goal is closest or most advantageous. So I took two days and many cancellations and regrouping before finally landed on Pittsburgh on what would have been only a 5.5 hour trip, but I did get to the part of what I needed to hear.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Why Can't You Tickle Yourself?

This is a question with a good news/bad news kind of answer. The bad news is that no one really knows the answer; it's one of countless mysteries still unsolved by science. The good news is that all mysteries, both scientific and religious, will be known eventually - most of them probably in the nex... (www.catholic365.com)

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"The Lonely Man of God"

One must often think about the realm of God and how he, man, is to cope with the throes of evil that exist without him regarding how and where that evil begins, or to where it is going.... (www.catholic365.com)

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