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Our Urgent Call | Free Talk by Peter Herbeck

This is for all of you who've ever been up the mountain. Who have encountered Jesus Christ in a powerful way. Whose lives are changed. Who know it wasn't for a fleeting moment of entertainment, but an outpouring movement of all-in engagement. This is for those of you who desire it.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Merciful Retirement Plan

During this Year of Mercy, when there continues to be so much bad news about the economy and stock market. I want to offer readers a small Lenten gift of hope: an economic outlook steeped in "mercy" and faith.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Pondering in my Heart

Twenty weeks into my third pregnancy, I found myself crying hysterically as the ultrasound technician glided a magic wand over my swollen belly. She had just told me I was having a boy. I crumbled.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Infant Baptism and implied consent

Earlier this year, we went through our annual first aid and CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) training. And, for the hundredth time, they mentioned a concept which I had heard before, but which I hadn’t connected to our faith before.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Fasting: The Solution to Many Problems

Wars, persecutions, terrorism, famine, greed, abortion, oppression, immorality, human trafficking, indifference, addictions, suicide, divorce: one need only look at the state of our world and at our own lives to know that there is a spiritual war going on, a battle between good and evil. Many of us ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue.

In this Gospel, we hear that Jesus was “filled with the Spirit” as He was lead into the desert to confront the devil. Just a few weeks ago we read that Jesus, returning to His home town to preach as He began His ministry, was filled with the Spirit. If Our Lord needed the Holy Spirit as He started... (www.catholic365.com)

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Playing with Fire: Our Dangerous Game

Our dangerous game. It took place during those drought weeks at the end of summer. We were middle school boys. Restless. Adventurous. In need of reprieve from daylong sports under the watchful eye of our parents. Bonded by a penchant for the mildly reprehensible, we’d venture deep into Wisconsin bac... (www.catholic365.com)

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Some Slick Answers for Opponents of Transubstantiation and the Real Presence

About a month ago, a friend approached me with an idea to get a kind of "Theology on Tap" thing going before poker nights at a local bar. I thought it was a good idea, and what started out as inviting just Catholics to talk on various theological issues, soon grew into inviting people from other Chr... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 7 It's All About Love

Well we are into Lent! How are you doing so far? I am not doing as well as I expected. You see, I sometimes have high expectations of myself and God for that matter. I feel that if I am doing my part things should go smoothly. Like the feeling you get when you are deep in prayer.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Resurrection Evidence: Eye Witness Accounts Part 1

There is little evidence more compelling and convincing in a court of law than that of an eye witness. In the case of the Resurrection of Jesus, we fortunately have available to us the testimony of several witnesses to His ministry, death, burial, resurrection and post resurrection appearances.... (www.catholic365.com)

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... "Oh, I am a great sinner!" "All the better! Go to Jesus: He likes you to tell him these things!" He forgets, He has a very special capacity for forgetting. He forgets……

The older we get, the more often we find ourselves visiting the doctor. And the older we grow, the more types of doctors we visit, for ailments of different parts of our bodies. But the average Joe, when he begins to sense a serious sickness, weighs in his mind two counter-balancing dislikes.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Third, Seventh, and Ninth Stations of the Cross: A Mercy Reflection

In the Third, Seventh, and Ninth Stations of the Cross, we remember that Our Blessed Lord fell more than once while carrying His Cross, as He made His way to Golgotha.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Skip To The End

*WARNING. This article contains spoilers about your eternal salvation. When I was in 4th grade, my class was reading a book together for English. An early chapter ended in a cliff-hanger, and our teacher asked us to draw a picture of what we thought was going to happen next.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Our Christian Duty

Elections are upon us. I don’t know about you, but to me, it feels as if I’ve been holding my breath … waiting for the end of the current administration. Our nation has disintegrated into a state of chaos, immorality and divisiveness thanks to our local, state and national leaders. But who put the... (www.catholic365.com)

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5 Step Refutation: Catholics Worship Statues

Catholics worship statues. Raise your hand if you’ve encountered that statement. That’s a lot of hands.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Peter and The Keys

Once Peter has been handed the keys to the Kingdom, Jesus harshly-even cruelly, rebukes him for his most understandable response to hearing Christ predict his own horrific suffering, rejection, humiliation and execution. Mark writes that Peter "took him aside and began to rebuke him."... (www.catholic365.com)

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Happy in Heaven If Loved Ones Not There?

The Bible is very clear that Heaven is wonderful. Scripture says that once people are in Heaven, the Lord “will wipe ever tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, for the old order has passed away” (Rev. 21:4).... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Whole World is a Friary

When St Francis of Assisi had rebuilt a tumbledown little church given to him by the Benedictines, he called it St Mary of the Angels. It was here, over eight hundred years ago, that he heard God speaking to him through the Gospels while attending Mass.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Standing up for Truth

I remember a few years back our district rolled out their new comprehensive math curriculum, our daughter was in second grade. We were amazed by the way the new curriculum was written. The children were to work in groups and they no longer concerned if the students got the right answer but were mo... (www.catholic365.com)

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Resurrection Evidences: Introduction

Some years ago now I graduated from Central Christian College of the Bible in Moberly, Missouri. One of the requirements for my degree was the preparation of a publishable paper on a given subject. This series of articles is a condensed version of that work…The Resurrection.... (www.catholic365.com)

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