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My Best Friend/ The Holy Spirit

Who would think that a simple mortal could believe that The Holy Spirit of God might become like another mortal and be a friend one that we would be able to confide in, speak with, and share so many intimate thoughts? I hope to enforce that idea with this reflection.... (www.catholic365.com)

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You are Either Catholic or Not!

You know, you are either Catholic are you are not. There really is no middle group or compromises on this notion. Being a Catholic means that you adhere to the precepts of the Church, all of them. It also means that you follow the teachings of the Church, all of those too. Not just the ones that ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Here I sit, at 2:18 a.m. on Friday morning, unable to fall asleep. I've had way too much on my mind lately, causing me to not get enough sleep. Is it even possible to become an insomniac within a week? If any of y'all are doctors, let me know.... (www.catholic365.com)

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What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

In this gospel we hear the infamous promise of Saint Peter: “Why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!” Our Lord knows that Peter’s promise is one that he is too weak to keep. Yet does Jesus disown Peter? In this we see the Lord’s love for us.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Mary, the Mother of Many Children

Catholics have always believed that Mary is ever-virgin. In Sacred Art, some images of her show three stars: one on each shoulder and one on her forehead – to signify she is a virgin before, a virgin during, and a virgin after the conception and birth of Christ.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Strength and Trust

A quaint and ancient Welsh proverb states, “Three things give hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.” Today, in our more knowledgeable age, adherence to that proverb would have very few devotees; we would find a more convincing source of “hardy strengt... (www.catholic365.com)

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He's Always There.

God is always with us but sometimes I think we forget that. That is until something happens, and we realize He did something for us.... (www.catholic365.com)

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This Year, Experiencing Death and Resurrection during Holy Week has become a Personal Reality

Marty’s funeral was April 6th. Everything was perfect; the Mass, the music, the people, the cemetery and the traditional “fellowship” that followed. I arrived back home about 3:30 pm and headed to the dining room table. I looked around and the reality of the moment sent a shiver though my body. I r... (www.catholic365.com)

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Seven lessons from the Garden of Eden

The imagery of Genesis 2:7 likens God to a potter who creates man out of the earth. Since non-living material things can only result in other non-living things, mankind would not be alive at all unless life was infused into him.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Life's real name is Choices.

At the beginning of Holy Week, we saw that that many people were working against Jesus. His death was not an accident. But for every person whose choices helped put Jesus on the Cross, there was a choice.... (www.catholic365.com)

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...what reward will you have?

There seems to be a disturbing trend plaguing our society that instills in me a fear far greater than any fear that I might derive from the thought of terrorists or active shooters or any other kind of boogeymen that the talking heads on TV might try to force feed our already-weary psyches.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Acceptance and Trust

Some nimble-witted sage once said, “It’s better to lose an argument than to lose a friend by winning an argument.” Those who enter into arguments with God most frequently are those who are prone to resisting his providence when he allows adversities in their life. Biblically, Job was the pioneer of ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Pope Anastasius II, The Failed Arbitrator

Anastasius was only the second pope to not be considered a saint, the first being Liberius. This is probably due to the problems Anastasius had in trying to end the Acacian schism.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Resurrection Scenes as Revealing Jewish Conversion Mystery

The answer to all mysteries of history must lie within the already extant Deposit of Faith. That is, for example, the Fundamentalists are crazy and short-sighted when they think that the “mystery of iniquity” has to do with some secret societies or such.... (www.catholic365.com)

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To enumerate or even consider the many descriptions of the Essence of Almighty God would be an insurmountable task within the scope of man’s finite mind. It isn’t something we can just sit down and begin to list within our human ability of describing entities beyond our own conception of existence.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The ego's capacity for self-deceit and rationalization is enormous and endless. It is truly a most cunning invention of the imagination.

The film “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ (1975) made a profound impact on me as a young man. Its story of an recidivist criminal (Randal) who whilst guilty of serious crimes, has feigned mental illness in order to find a way into an ‘easier’ life of detention in an asylum rather than a regular jai... (www.catholic365.com)

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Safeguarding our Home Parishes

Sunday morning found us sitting in the back gathering area at our church, as we had arrived a little late that particular morning. Fifteen minutes, or so, into Mass a young and disheveled man entered. He was muscular with his shirt wrapped around at his waist. Something like a black bandanna was ti... (www.catholic365.com)

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Optimism and Trust

The story is told of a faithful parishioner who, before she died, arranged to have a plastic fork in her hand when she was laid out in her coffin. Those attending her wake who inquired about this strange request found a moving mini-sermon in the explanation.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Pro-Life Motherhood: A Feminist Career Choice

Raising children is not a default chore for women who were not successful in the world of business, power, and wealth. However, the trend in the last few decades has been to delegate childcare to women who are often treated like second-class citizens. Society seems to dismiss and even ridicule wome... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Reflection on The Resurrection

The Resurrection, means that Jesus has been swept up out of the world of space and time in which he'd lived before, not to leave us alone, but to be closer to us than ever before, and as he promised ‘even to the end of time.’... (www.catholic365.com)

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