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Ministering to the Homebound

Recently, I was very ill and homebound for several days. The experience was pretty brutal, and led me to reflect on how the homebound feel in their suffering, and the challenges they face physically, emotionally, and spiritually so that I can better minister to them.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Teen Book Review - The Other Side of Freedom

In case you’re not familiar with Cynthia T. Toney, this very talented writer is the author of the award-winning Bird Face series of books – 8 Notes to a Nobody, 10 Steps to Girlfriend Status, and 6 Dates to Disaster. I have read them all and thoroughly enjoy her signature style of creating intriguin... (www.catholic365.com)

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Does God still love us when things are hard?

I'll be the first to admit that it's hard for me to practice what I preach. A lot of bad things happen. But still, before it happened to me, I could always say with confidence--God still loves us. We don't know why we suffer, but it isn't because He doesn't love us. It's what I'd been taught. I full... (www.catholic365.com)

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"Wisdom is less about academic intelligence, cognitive abilities or analytical skills, although these can help significantly. Instead, wisdom refers to the ability to see the "big picture" and translate one's experience and knowledge into good judgment and decisions."

The relationship between the believer and wisdom is bound to bear difficulties.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Church Has Lost Moral Authority

In a previous essay, I mentioned that the Catholic Church has lost her moral authority in our culture. There was a time in recent memory when the Church was a beacon of morality in American society. Those days are long gone. There are a couple of reasons for this. First, the ongoing clergy sex ab... (www.catholic365.com)

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She Enters the Convent - and Dad Has Mixed Feelings

What is it like for parents whose daughter wants to enter the convent? It is not always one of complete joy. Of course, most parents want their children to be happy in life. But parents often think along the lines of their child finishing their education, getting married and starting a family. Th... (www.catholic365.com)

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Where Is My Hope Now?

Kevin stared at the red tube going from the pole into his arm and knew that he was going to die. At forty-five, he was still young enough to feel that he still had way too much ahead of him to quit now. But then, he sighed, I’ve had a better life than many of others. Still…... (www.catholic365.com)

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"I am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I feel. I am moved only by what I believe."

In this gospel Jesus speaks to the heart of the matter: the lack of faith. He had moments before describing His disciples as a “faithless generation”. Now He says to the father, “Everything is possible to one who has faith.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Spirituality of Labor and Delivery

My first pregnancy was the most spiritual memories for me. Each night, I would sit and rock and feel for kicks from the baby, while I prayed the evening Rosary. It always seemed baby was active as I was trying to settle down for my evening time for bed.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Secret of Being an Author

I am a positive person by nature. I truly love my life and am so grateful for my blessings. But I don't want you to think that my life is by any means perfect, that I am somehow better than anyone. Because it's not, and I'm not. Like anyone else, I fight my own tough battles daily. I screw up. I mak... (www.catholic365.com)

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Mispronouncing "Mercy"

It seems that we are in a deeply disturbing place today and it is a war of words. I read an article in USA Today about a woman named Kate Carson who aborted her daughter in a late term abortion because the child had severe birth defects. The mother described the abortion as an "act of mercy."... (www.catholic365.com)

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"...You say to God, "I have never seen you provide for me." God says to you, "You have never trusted Me."

These readings are lessons in discipleship and trust…. trusting God. The most difficult words to obey are: Trust God. We hear it every day, we sing about it in church, and we read about it in scripture, but could we say that our hearts are open enough to just do it?... (www.catholic365.com)

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Finding My Story

I've heard Christ calling me to love Him more since I was five or six years old. But I was stubborn. I was afraid of Him. I didn't love Him. And so I resisted Him. But Jesus never gave up on me. Like C.S. Lewis, it wasn't until I was older that I truly began to love Jesus Christ.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Early Christian Spirituality - The Fruits of Contemplation

In 1968 Bishop Casey of Brentwood appointed me director of his retreat and conference centre at Chingford in North London. The centre, otherwise known as Walsingham House, was owned and staffed by Dominican sisters. My tenure lasted from 1969–1981. All the courses for priests and religious were aime... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Timeless Truth

Henrietta has escaped, and my daughter is dearly worried. Henrietta has been missing all day. Henrietta is a hamster. The truth is, I heard Henrietta scrabbling at her cage, saw that it was two in the morning, mumbled, “No bloody way,” and pulled the covers over my head to keep out the cold. And ... (www.catholic365.com)

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"When God wants to sort out the world, as the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount make clear, he doesn't send in the tanks. He sends in the meek, the justice hungry, the peacemakers, the pure-hearted and so on."

Jesus’s discourse in todays Gospel from Mass begins with a key phrase, “to you who hear...”. One would assume the hearing is intact for the great majority of people who were gathered, so why begin is discourse with that phrase?... (www.catholic365.com)

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This Present Darkness: Six Lessons

When news of Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’sletter first broke during August of 2018, it felt emotionally crushing. As converts to the Catholic Church in 2005, it was particularly challenging for our family to stomach the allegations.... (www.catholic365.com)

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How to Live the Life of Honor

The noted Catholic thinker, Prof. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira once observed that the decay of the Middle Ages occurred in the fourteenth century with a “transformation in mentality.” He explained that “Chivalry, formerly one of the highest expressions of Christian austerity became amorous and sentimen... (www.catholic365.com)

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Am I My Brother's Keeper

A struggle continues within me and today the reading was about Cain struggling with his brother. Jealousy led him to kill, after he had been told by the Lord-- “Why are you so resentful and crestfallen. If you do well, you can hold up your head;... (www.catholic365.com)

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"The call of God is not just for a select few but for everyone. Whether I hear God's call or not depends on the condition of my ears, and exactly what I hear depends upon my spiritual attitude."

The “power of the keys” is used in many ways: some are specific to the Office of Peter (that is, the papacy), while others are shared with those ordained to priestly ministry (for example, the Sacrament of Confession).... (www.catholic365.com)

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