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POPE ST. SERGIUS I, CREATOR OF "AGNUS DEI"

Pope Sergius I was the third in a line of six Syrian popes. At that time, the emperor, located in Constantinople (now, Istanbul, Turkey), tended to side more closely with those popes from the East. It worked for a little while….... (www.catholic365.com)

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Rebuilding Notre Dame: A Reflection

Hearing the news of the destruction of the Notre Dame Cathedral on April 15th due to fire came as a shock and great sadness to the world. Whether we heard the news on our phones, from a family member or friend or on TV, nearly everyone seemed to be affected in some way by this great loss. Occurring ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Where is our moral compass?

No one knows the inner turmoil of another, the inner struggles of life which affect some more than others. Suffering man, often hidden by a smiling, seemingly carefree behavior, even one who seems to have everything, sometime fall, unable to rise from the abyss.... (www.catholic365.com)

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My Resurrected King Has Resurrected Me

A few years ago my life exploded. I felt like I was living my own version of the Passion. Many areas of my life died: a committed relationship, a home, finances, health and wellbeing, career, and a sense of who I was at the core and my purpose.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Easter Mysteries and The Mystic Way

The very reason why Christ sent out his love on the first Pentecost day was so that it could enter into all who would receive it. This love that would draw us up into his mystical body and then into his mystical contemplation of his Father was God’s plan from the beginning, so that through contempl... (www.catholic365.com)

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Memories of First Confession

Let’s be honest. Receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation is often uncomfortable. No one likes to admit their deepest, darkest failings to another person. Going to Confession can be embarrassing and awkward. I’ve been going to Confession on and off for 55 years (mostly off).... (www.catholic365.com)

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He Was Strengthened in His Agony

On Passion Sunday, a certain line struck me in the Gospel, when Jesus was praying ardently to His Father to take this cup away during the Agony in the Garden on the night before His death.... (www.catholic365.com)

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One Aisle at a Time

Wilson stared at the blinking cursor and couldn’t think of a thing to write. His brain seemed frozen, unable to articulate one creative thought. All he could do was lean back on his swivel chair and let his gaze wander around the room.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Lord, Even If There Were 40 Righteous | Jesus and Peter on the Beach

“Lord, I have been thinking. You have said that he who hears Us hears You, and he who rejects Us rejects You. Is this really true, Lord?”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Last of the Mini-Lenten Retreat -Hosana in the Highest Holy week!

Well, I forgot to post something last week, but anyway now we are in Holy Week! It seems like this Lent has dragged on for me - I do not know why. Maybe, I still miss my old pastor or who knows! It just feels different this year for me.... (www.catholic365.com)

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What is Meant to Be, Will Be

I've been thinking about Saint Dismiss a lot lately. St. Dismiss is the good thief.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Salvation was bought not by Jesus' fist, but by His nail-pierced hands; not by muscle but by love; not by vengeance but by forgiveness; not by force but by sacrifice

Tradition has it that some of the same people were likely in the crowd a few days later yelling “Crucify him!” to Pontius Pilate. We often feel holier than thou and wonder how they could have possibly been so fickle, so easily swayed, so rootless in their spiritual depth.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Who Forsook Whom?

At 3:00 on the first Good Friday, Jesus had been on the cross in unutterable agony for six hours, and he called out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” I’ve always believed those words were Jesus’ prayer to God, his Father—words coming from the anguish of Jesus’ humanity, a quote from an... (www.catholic365.com)

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Reflecting on the Death of Jesus

The Stations of the Cross are a deeply prayerful devotion. Pilgrims meditated on the path that Jesus walked as early as 335 AD. Praying The Way of the Cross creates an everlasting bond between those who read them and JesusContemplating events such as Pilate's unfair show trial give us a new understa... (www.catholic365.com)

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Good Friday: Judgement or Mercy?

G“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Words of supplication in agony; are not heard, seemingly! But, God hears all of our prayers and certainly not only heard but felt the very agonizing request of His Son, writhing in pain and humanly a... (www.catholic365.com)

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For whom the cock crows?

Sunday Mass was over and everyone had left. Father Ignatius was clearing up in the Sacristy when Arthur, a young Altar Boy, came in sheepishly.... (www.catholic365.com)

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"We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them."

Love our enemies? Yes. But don't be naive.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Blessed Mariano—Before dying, He tended to the wounds of one of his executioners and helped a sick child.

His name was Mariano Mullerat I Soldevila, and he was born on March 24, 1897, in Tarragona, Spain. He was the sixth of seven children and his parents, Ramon Mullerat and his wife, Bonaventura, were devout Catholics. Mariano, was baptized on March 30, one week after his birth.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Hear I am Lord, I come to do Your will

“Here I am Lord; I come to do Your will.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Beware of False Prophets; You Will Know Them By Their Screenshots

And Jesus said: “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their screenshots.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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