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Tales Of A Tornado Alley Catholic

I grew up in a Colorado that is without mountains. That might seem hard to imagine. Growing up on a thousand-acre Northeastern Colorado farm and ranch might also seem hard to imagine. 1,000 acres is a lot of land by most people’s estimations.... (www.catholic365.com)

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When you are around lots of different people, you see they appreciate many different things. Some appreciate the simple things and others the not so simple things. Lately though, I’ve had numerous people remark that prayer is the best gift you can give someone. Yes, prayer, talking to God.... (www.catholic365.com)

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They shall bear fruit even in old age; vigorous and sturdy shall they be...(Psalm 92)

Chronologically, I have moved from elderly to old, I’m a participant in the process of aging and dying. I can go kicking and screaming or I can be bold - Not be a Sadducee, but choose to be a believer in the God of the living.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Ask yourself this question - "Why would the apostles lie? Liars always lie for selfish reasons. If they lied, what was their motive, what did they get out of it? What they got out of it was misunderstanding, rejection, persecution, torture, and martyrdom. Hardly a list of perks!"

In this Gospel passage, Our Lord tries to make clear to the Sadducees the meaning of the Resurrection. We too, however, even if we understand and believe in both the Resurrection of Our Lord and the promise of resurrection that God offers to all who die, perhaps may need to realize what type of clai... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 46 – The Parables of the Unfaithful Servant and the Wise and Foolish Maidens

In today’s reading Jesus continues on His theme of making the point that we do not know when the end times will arrive. In both parables the people are caught unprepared for the arrival of the master / bridegroom. Thus, in today’s parables Jesus emphasizes that it is necessary to remain constantly... (www.catholic365.com)

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Coaching from the Sidelines

In Cincinnati, more than a century ago, an artist who was also a chess expert painted a picture of Satan apparently checkmating a hopeless-looking young man, Of the hundreds of chess players that viewed the painting, only one detected a possible loophole strategy on the painted chessboard that could... (www.catholic365.com)

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Body and Blood of Christ a Hard Teaching

A few years ago, a friend of mine was attending an inter-faith religious service in a nearby town. When it was time for Communion, the minister leading the service explained how his denomination usually conducted the ceremony. At the end of his explanation, he threw in a snide comment: “And of cours... (www.catholic365.com)

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Body and Blood of the Lord

Why is the Eucharist so important? Let's go to the book of Hebrews to find out.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Top 5 Early Church Quotes That Protestants Don't Know

Protestant preachers tend to stick to talking about the Bible and C.S. Lewis. No doubt, there is plenty to explore in the words of Sacred Scripture and in a great writer like Lewis. What you won't find is a comfortable Protestant who knows these quotes here...some of which are taken from men who w... (www.catholic365.com)

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What Christ could have foreseen of Church history in His Human Nature

We know that Christ, before the Resurrection, and IN His Human Nature, was not aware of certain things on account of the limitations of His Human Nature. For example, "And He grew in wisdom [and stature]....". In another Gospel passage, He asks, "Where is he/she?"... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 45 – Stay Watchful

Most of the substance of today’s reading is included in yesterday’s discussion of the Olivet discourse. It is immediately after this discourse the Jesus utters his famous admonition, “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven or the Son, but the Father only.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Regretfully Yours

It is often only in retrospect that we see the great value of things we have allowed to slip through our fingers. Perhaps our moment of most poignant awareness (and regret) will be the moment after death, when God "will reward each person according to what he has done" (Ps 62:12; see Romans 2:6).... (www.catholic365.com)

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Being a Merciful Person

Mercy. Being a merciful person is the ultimate key to taste and see that the Lord is good. What does it mean to be a merciful person?... (www.catholic365.com)

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Patron Saint of Missing Socks, Pray For Us

As a mother of a large family, struggling to wash, dry, and fold three or four loads of laundry every day, I secretly wondered if there was an obscure saint, with little to do, who could fill in as my patron saint of missing socks.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Gordon R. Howe was the richest man in the world. As he approached his ninety-second birthday, his lovely wife gushed about how he took three dollars and invested it in the stock market in oil way back before most people owned cars. It was a lucky guess he told her and one that shaped the rest of his... (www.catholic365.com)

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Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

Many people today talk about separation of church and state, but our great nation was founded on freedom for religion, not freedom from religion. Our founding fathers constantly prayed and invoked God’s blessings publicly on our infant democracy 240 years ago.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 44 – The Olivet Discourse

Jesus’ discourse on the Mount of Olives about the signs of the end of the world is a fascinating study of the structure of ancient speech making. The people of Jesus’ day are from an oral tradition and they used memory tricks to organize and remember speeches and stories.... (www.catholic365.com)

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How to Grow Old Gracefully

Regardless of our age, we should periodically take a "rearview mirror" inventory of our life up to the present, as well as a "windshield view" of the future, as David did in Psalm 71.... (www.catholic365.com)

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So, HOW Do We Live in the Love of Christ?

To the casual observer, I appear to be a devoted Catholic mother who has lived a sacrificial life worthy of a modern saint. Little do people realize that, although I did pour out my life struggling to raise nine kids on a small farm with little disposable income, I actually missed the core of Christ... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Feast of Corpus Christi

The feast of Corpus Christi, or in more modern terms the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, was introduced into the Church calendar in the mid 1200’s to give the Eucharist special recognition outside of the solemn remembrance of Holy Thursday.... (www.catholic365.com)

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