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Saint Ephrem the Syrian; "The Harp of the Holy Spirit"

Imagine it is Sunday morning and you are in your pew at church waiting for the celebrant's entrance. The organist hits the keyboard, you stand, the priest enters and everyone begins singing. Question; did you ever stop and ask yourself, who was the first person to sing at a Mass?... (www.catholic365.com)

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It Ain't Heavy - It's Just a Cross

When the burdens of life weight us down, we may feel at times that we are carrying far more than our own weight. From the time of Christ, society has given a name to these burdens - they're called crosses. Even before Jesus carried and died on his own cross, he told his followers, "If anyone would c... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Origins of the Pentateuch Made Simple

The term “Pentateuch” means five books. The Jews call it the Torah. It is after all, part of their Holy Scripture. Whatever name you call it, the term refers to the first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures, also known as the Old Testament.... (www.catholic365.com)

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World Views in Conflict

[In this week’s second reading at Mass, from the epistle to the Romans, St. Paul explained: “Through one man (Adam) sin entered the world, and through sin, death, and thus death came to all men, inasmuch as all sinned.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Fortunately, most of us are not called upon to lay down—or even risk—our lives for a friend, although we wonder if we’d have the courage to do so. Throughout history, ordinary people have proven they had extraordinary resilience and valor to protect other persons even if it meant risking or losing t... (www.catholic365.com)

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The God you worship will shape the values you hold, and the values you hold will shape the lifestyle that you choose.

Every Christian is, by virtue of baptism, called to be a teacher.... (www.catholic365.com)

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St. Madeleine Sophie Barat; The Preemie Who Grew Up to Change the World

It was December 12, 1779 and Madame Fouffe Barat was seven months pregnant with her third child. She had been sleeping comfortably when screams and the smell of smoke awoke her. She sat up and saw the flames outside her window. They were coming from her neighbor's house.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Stick-to-it-iveness in a Teflon World

Every culture has its own particular gestures for specific meanings - some of which may seem strange to us. But one of the few body language gestures that anthropologists recognize as being common to all nationalities and tribes on earth is the tossing upward of the hands as an expression of frustra... (www.catholic365.com)

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Poetry: "The Way"

It began in the Garden when You were seized; Continued with a crowd that insulted and teased. A rigged trial where You were ridiculed, condemned;... (www.catholic365.com)

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On Being Judgmental

“Do not judge, lest ye be called judgmental.” In a world that has lost a sense of sin, there remains one unforgivable sin—being judgmental. Many who are biblically illiterate can readily quote Jesus’ admonition “Stop judging, that you may not be judged” (Mt 7:1).... (www.catholic365.com)

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God's Endless Grace

Grace is a most powerful yet most revealing portion of God’s deep Love to share His Life and Love with us (Col. 1: 26). Let’s take a moment to digest the real impact on each of us when God’s Grace enters into our very being, not filtering down as pixy dust or something misunderstood, but an actual ... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Unforgiving World We Live In

The world we live in does not harbor a culture in which being a religious person, especially Catholic, is an easy thing to do. First and foremost, our education system does nothing less than degrade the human soul and make our conscience erroneous, or non-existent. As Catholics, we believe we have t... (www.catholic365.com)

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Pope Saint Hormisdas, Negotiator

One of the few popes to ever have children, Hormisdas' actually raised his son to be a pope, Sliverus.... (www.catholic365.com)

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O, Say, Can You See?

A surprising number of things we observe every day are distorted in our mind; our more "farsighted" outlook is impeded by what psychologists call "selective perceptivity."... (www.catholic365.com)

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Extended radial below upholding plus sign upright for all to determine... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Desecration of Isis and What We Can Do About It.

Two days ago, I witnessed something I never thought I would see in my lifetime, a Catholic Church being destroyed, burnt to the ground. Isis Militants in the Southern Region of the Philippines invaded a church, ransacking the sanctuary, throwing statues to the ground, smashing them into nothing.... (www.catholic365.com)

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O' Most Holy Trinity

O’ Most Holy Trinity, Three persons being one, Existing unto Infinity, though the battle is not won.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Raising Daughters, College and The Notebook...

There's a fine balance between being a strong father and alienating your children. It's a fine line I don't always walk too gracefully, especially, in recent weeks, according to my wife.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Temptation usually comes in through a door that has deliberately been left open

In the Gospel reading Jesus says that we should prefer to lose our eye or whatever part of the body responsible for the sin, rather than risk damnation because of sin. If something or some place might cause us to sin, avoid it.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Catholic Human Sexuality

In today’s world, we are told that the Catholic Church is “outdated” because of its teachings, especially about human sexuality. It’s the world that doesn’t understand sex, not the Holy Spirit.... (www.catholic365.com)

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