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What is Conversion and Why is It Necessary?

In the early Church, adult conversion came first, then catechesis for catechumens, and finally baptism. Today, this order is most often reversed. Infant baptism is first, then catechesis, and finally conversion.... (www.catholic365.com)

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"Obedience to God is the mark of true saving faith."

If you strive for obedience to the will of the Father in your life, you will also share in the blessings of His life.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Artists painted the serpent as a woman to emphasize a love triangle in Eden.

We all love a good melodrama. In surveys of television genres, it is consistent that dramas and soap operas are the runaway most popular and far ahead from comedies that come a distant second.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Sanctifying Your Loneliness

One night when I was praying the evening Liturgy of the Hours, I was struck by one of the prayer intentions for widows who “eased their loneliness and sanctified it by prayer and hospitality.” Sanctifying loneliness. Is this something I could do?... (www.catholic365.com)

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Time is a Gift…How are You Using It?

Certain poems can be easily registered in one’s memory. This is due as much to the profundity of the words as their rhythmic meter. Such is the case with the following passages of a poem by Fr. Joseph Stedman.... (www.catholic365.com)

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"When you forgive, you love. And when you love, God's light shines upon you."

This sinful woman was now the first witness and first messenger to the Resurrection.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Pope Francis Nurtured with Salesian Spirituality

Did you know that Pope Francis’ upbringing and education were greatly formed by the Salesians, and he is very thankful for this?... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Need for Sts. Ann and Joachim's Example Today

St. Ann and her spouse, St. Joachim, were the parents of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Their feast day is celebrated on July 26. It's believed that St. Joachim supplied the sheep for the temple sacrifices in Jerusalem.... (www.catholic365.com)

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When mercy is shown, mercy is given.

One key truth we can learn from this passage is that God calls us to interpret His law through the eyes of mercy.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Life is about love and so, rejecting life rejects love.

Jesus said the “whole law” comes from two commandments of love: loving God and loving others.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Faith-Filled Friends Are a Gift

One of the gifts I am becoming more and more grateful for in my life are my Catholic girlfriends. I'm lucky to have girls in my life who find joy in a faith community, want an active and living faith, desire to share time in prayer and Adoration, talk about faith, and pray for one another.... (www.catholic365.com)

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"The world can create trouble in peace, but God can create peace in trouble."

What is it that burdens you? What is it that weighs you down and tempts you to fall into depression, sorrow or even despair?... (www.catholic365.com)

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Stop Holding Your Nose and Start Speaking Out

There’s an old Latin legal maxim: Qui tacet consentire videtur, ubi loqui debuit ac potuit (Whoever is silent, when he is able and ought to speak, must be seen to consent). The other side of this coin is Martin Niemöller’s haunting poem, “First they came …”.... (www.catholic365.com)

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God of Laughter

I was on a retreat recently and at one point in the retreat we were asked to reflect on the images of God that we had. We were given a list of various images and were told to circle ones that fit how we viewed God and who God was to us right now in our lives.... (www.catholic365.com)

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"Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy"

In the passage above, Jesus affirms that the Father reveals His answers and wisdom to those who are childlike.... (www.catholic365.com)

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I was sitting at Panera eating dinner after work one evening before I had to be at a meeting, staring out the window. I was somber this particular evening and I could hear inside my soul… “I see you.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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POPE GREGORY III, A CONTINUATION OF A BATTLE

Both Popes Gregory II and Gregory III had to confront one of the most important storms in the Church’s history, the Iconoclast Controversy. This controversy began under the reign of Pope Gregory II, when he condemned the Byzantine Emperor, Leo III, for the destruction of all religious images. Gregor... (www.catholic365.com)

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We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a sin.

This action of Jesus could at first be perceived as an emotional outburst of anger. But that’s the key distinction.... (www.catholic365.com)

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How often do we seek the protection of our Blessed Mother as we go about our daily living? Seeing and sharing in the suffering of her Son Jesus Christ—suffering caused by the sins of the world—Mary provides us her greatest shield—her heart.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Gratitude for Religious Sisters

While on a retreat recently at the motherhouse of a local religious congregation, I took a walk in a nearby cemetery. Hundreds of religious sisters' graves were there, marked with crosses.... (www.catholic365.com)

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