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Do we think in Abstract Terms as we walk to Calvary?

During Lent, we envisioned the suffering Jesus underwent on His way to Golgotha. We knelt at each of the 14 stations as He walked the Via Dolorosa, bleeding, living our pain, falling three times under our weight called sin. At the Cross He embraced, our hearts felt heavy.... (www.catholic365.com)

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"If there is to be reconciliation, first there must be truth."

In this gospel, Jesus shows that he is the embodiment of living water. He speaks words of healing to accomplish healing in a broken man, which waters in the pool could not accomplish. His word proceeded from a deeper source, which contained true life that was sufficient to turn brokenness into who... (www.catholic365.com)

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When You Realize Sin is Hurting You

Recently, I had quite the epiphany in my Lenten journey: Sin is bad because sin is hurting me. I think something changes within us when we realize that some of the sins we are holding onto, that have become habitual, are doing us no good. In fact, they are only harmful and unhealthy for us.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Contraception and Homosexual Activity: You Can't Have One without the Other

We Catholics get a lot of flack for our Church’s teaching on contraception, even from other Christians who stand with us on most disputed moral questions (such as abortion and homosexual activity). Even conservative Orthodox and Protestants usually have no problem with contraception, so on this issu... (www.catholic365.com)

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Jesus says, ‘Go, and Sin No More'

In the Gospel reading at Mass this weekend, we have another example of God’s overwhelming love and forgiveness: the story of the woman caught in the act of adultery. Jesus’ opponents, the scribes and Pharisees, brought an adulterous woman before the Lord, and demanded, “In the law, Moses commanded u... (www.catholic365.com)

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"By the Mystery of this water and wine....humbled Himself to share in our Humanity"

“By the mystery of this water and wine……humbled Himself to share in our humanity” During the Holy Mass the deacon, or in his absence the priest, takes the cruets filled with water in one and wine in the other and quietly recites these words as he blends the two elements being careful to only add ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Time to Get Back to Basics

Do you ever get the feeling that every aspect of your life has become fast-paced, frantic, and complicated? You don’t? Really? Well, then you’ll have to tell me the secret of your serenity, because these days my life feels like I’m pedaling a bicycle in the middle of the Indianapolis 500. Everyth... (www.catholic365.com)

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Living is Aging with Wrinkles

Like many women, today I saw myself in the mirror, but only like some women, those middle age women, I saw my wrinkles. How long it has been since I could not sit and see my face in front of a mirror. Always running, working, cooking, there is not much time for oneself as a mother and wife, there is... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Frank and Earnest Conversation About Metanoia – Act 3

Aloha nui loa, Omea! May blessing always be with you and may God bless you, Belovéd! Today we pick up on the end of a conversation between two buddies named Frank (F:) and Earnest (E:) with some help from the Narrator (N:). We finished up with the Narrator asking, " (WHAT STOPS US FROM REPENTING?... (www.catholic365.com)

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An Open Letter to NJ Gov. Murphy on the PAS Bill

I am sure you want to stay alive but the physician-assisted suicide act would not help on that and, instead, harm you and many other New Jerseyites.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Constitution and Christianity

On this year’s May 23rd Germany celebrates the 70th anniversary of its constitution, the so called “Grundgesetz”, marking the foundation of the Federal Republic. Because of this important date I wrote a book that has a focus on the Christian roots of the German constitution.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Eternity Come to Earth

Walk that invisible line between day and night... Frying chicken has its hazards. Tom stood back and considered the state of his kitchen. Flour covered the counter, grease specked the stovetop, blood dripped down the side of the sink, and the smoke alarm was blaring.... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Frank and Earnest Conversation About Metanoia – Act 2

Today we pick up in the middle of a conversation between two buddies named Frank (F:) and Earnest (E: ) with some help from the Narrator (N:). We finished up where Frank had just asked Earnest about what would happen if he stopped taking his diabetes medication.... (www.catholic365.com)

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"Go to your checkbook and see what you spend money on. In an instant, you will know what is important to you because your money goes toward it."

When the scribe challenges Jesus to identify the prime commandment of God, Jesus quotes from Deuteronomy the prayer known as the Shema. This prayer, which is as important to Jews as the “Our Father” is to Christians, commands you when you pray it to “love the Lord your God with all your heart … soul... (www.catholic365.com)

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Mini-Retreat - Labor and Birth -

Labor and Birth are some of the most fun and trying times of a pregnancy. Some mothers find this time also the most fearful time of pregnancy. I am kind of borrowing an idea from our Catholic Doula Program and sharing it here.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Suffer Well and Become a True Servant of God

The nature of suffering is always a difficult topic, especially when we discuss the idea of “embracing suffering” as God’s will, or as pleasing to God. That is the topic at hand in a recent Visitation Spirit chat room conversation. Read on to explore this topic in its beauty and mystery and difficul... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Frank and Earnest Conversation About Metanoia – Act 1

Today I'd like to share with you a frank and earnest conversation about the "WHY" of metanoia {Grk: met-an'-oy-ah, Eng: met-an-oy'-ah}, the word used in the New Testament for repentance. It comes from the verb metanoeó {met-an-o-eh'-o} which means to change one's mind or purpose, or to turn around 1... (www.catholic365.com)

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"There can be no accountability in relativism. Those who answer to themselves ultimately answer to no one of consequence. And this makes it impossible to distinguish relativistic morality from self-interest or ethical egoism."

When we follow God’s commands, we are not only like little children who are obeying their Father’s Word. The commandments and other forms of God’s divine revelation are also a source of wisdom for us, offering insight into the mysteries of human life.... (www.catholic365.com)

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My 4,357th Second Chance

"PLEASE, just give me one more chance! I know I can do it!" How many times have we heard that one? And how many times have we thought, "What difference does it make? You're a hopeless case."?... (www.catholic365.com)

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Teen Book Review - Awakening

Awakening is one of those books that is hard to set aside. You just can’t help but continue to flip the pages, anxious to find out happens next. I found myself wanting to read just one more chapter after one more chapter. Even after I finished the book, my mind couldn’t put it aside, thinking about ... (www.catholic365.com)

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