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Hair of the Dog

An ancient Roman belief was that "like cures like." Thus, as a remedy for a dog-bite the victim would attach to his skin a patch of hair fro the dog that bit him. From this evolved the modern version of "hair of the dog" - "curing" a morning-after hangover from a drinking binge by taking a stiff dr... (www.catholic365.com)

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Father Ignatius’ policy with the people he met was to be as open and honest as possible when discussing matters or when giving advice or guidance.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 59 – Unclean and Peter's Second Sermon

The Apostles are becoming bolder and have come out of hiding. They travel to the temple to preach. There Peter heals a man who has been lame for life.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Whatsoever You Do...........

A question was once posed to me wherein the inquisitive person asked; “If you had just one scripture verse or particular theme to lean on and conduct your life accordingly, what would it be?”... (www.catholic365.com)

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On the straight and narrow path, there are simply no corners to be cut.

Jesus urges us “to enter through the narrow gate.” He calls us to strive continually to live the life to which he calls us, a life that entails dying. Dying to self and rising to life in Christ. The process leads to life just as Jesus’ dying on the cross lead to the resurrection. Modeling our lives ... (www.catholic365.com)

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What does is mean to be free?

One of the main reasons people refuse to follow the teachings in Catholicism is because people are too addicted to the pop culture. And, in case you haven’t figured out the obvious, the teaching in Catholicism and the teaching in the pop culture is about as opposite as you can get.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Loving makes you Lovable

The ennobling pattern of love fascinated the probing mind of a great Spanish philosopher, Jose Ortega y Gasset. Love, he said, "consists in the constant beaming forth of a favorable atmosphere...a light in which we envelop the beloved, so that all his or her good qualities can reveal themselves.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Letters From Prison

When the Director of the Prison Ministry for the Diocese of Phoenix, Kevin Starrs, gave me the opportunity to join the Prison Ministry as a layman to minister to the inmates incarcerated in the Phoenix, Arizona jails, it was a true blessing in my life.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 58 – The First Converts

Today’s we read the second half of Peter delivering the first preaching of the Apostles. A large number of the crowd are quickly converted and then hey quite naturally ask, “What shall we do?”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Art, faith, and sin

A few months ago, I was on jury duty and witnessed an interesting idea of what Christianity is and how faith and art relate to one another. One of my fellow jurors was an older lady who made it quite clear to us from the beginning of our service that she didn’t want to hear any foul language from us... (www.catholic365.com)

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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.

All of us somehow pass judgments on others, whether verbalized or simply in our minds. We are fond of comparing people with ourselves and with others.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Why We Celebrate St. Mary

Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been much maligned in recent years. Many people mistake devotion to Mary as a sort of worshiping of her. I suppose if we truly viewed her like our own parent, we would understand Marian devotion much more clearly.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Saved by the Bell

The phrase "saved by the bell" does not come from boxing, as most people think, but from seventeenth-century guards at Windsor Castle. any sentry caught asleep on duty incurred the death penalty. One this-accused sentry protested his innocence, stating that he had heard the bell in the clock tower o... (www.catholic365.com)

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Witnessing to a Wavering Catholic

A young man tells me that he has been attending a Protestant church but he has not been telling his family, who is strongly Catholic. He tells me that he had received a call from God to serve Him more and felt that this was a call to be ordained a minister in the Protestant church and asks me what I... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 57 – Pentecost

Pentecost was and is a Jewish holiday that occurs fifty days after Passover (hence the name “pente” which means fifty). This is the day the Apostles are indwelled by the Holy Spirit.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Don't Put Me Down!

How often have you heard stories about children constantly being told by unthinking or uncaring adults, unfortunately some parents, with the attitude; “You’ll never amount to anything”, or “why do you keep trying when you know you’ll fail, you miserable so and so.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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We must be willing to fall flat on our faces. Fearlessly putting ourselves out there is simply a required part of the process. At the very least, it results in the gift of humility and, at best, the triumph of our human spirit.

Self-preservation is a good instinct. Without it, we would have no natural defenses to predators or enemies. Self-care is a good thing. Without it, we risk squandering the gifts of life God has given us. However, in a world in which there is little transcendent reality - little attention to reality ... (www.catholic365.com)

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As The Years Go By

One hundred years have passed, A century of turbulence, unrest, and wars, It was the day when the Virgin’s light Encircled Fatima then, adorned three small children.... (www.catholic365.com)

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There's a two-word epitaph in a small and inexpensive headstone of a lad buried in an obscure country cemetery in England. The words are: "Freddy!" - as if someone had called the boy's name - and underneath, as if the boy had answered, was the one-word question-response: "Yes?" That simple dialogu... (www.catholic365.com)

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Summers in the United States have a rhythm all their own thanks to the three National Holidays that we celebrate. For Americans Independence Day marks the midway point of Summer which ends “officially” on Labor Day. Most will celebrate the day with a cookout and fireworks, but despite the all the ... (www.catholic365.com)

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