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Bad Arguments in the Debate about Homosexual Activity

One of the biggest issues facing Christianity today is the morality of homosexual activity. While most Christians throughout history have considered it a sin, many are reconsidering this traditional position and arguing that our faith does not actually require it.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Speaking the Truth in Love

In this week’s Scripture readings at Mass, a few verses jump out: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you” (Jeremiah 1:4); “When the people…heard this, they were all filled with fury” (Luke 4:28); “Love is patient, love is kind….it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth” (1... (www.catholic365.com)

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"Only you can be you. God designed each of us so there would be no duplication in the world. No one has the exact same mix of factors that make you unique. That means no one else on earth will ever be able to play the role God planned for you. If you don't make your unique contribution to the Body of Christ, it won't be made."

This process of the Word of God taking shape in the New Testament by means of tradition teaches us an important lesson about the Church.... (www.catholic365.com)

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IT'S NOT THE DYING, LORD, -- IT'S THE "GOODBYE-ING"

Rather, it is the expected or the unexpected--death is inevitable in everyone's life. In fact we are in the process of dying everyday. Recently, there was a death in my daughter's family. Her mother in law died--a expected but unexpected death.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Donus was another old man elected Pope. He, too did not last very long.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Lonely in a noisy world

The tragic reality is our society offers more ways to connect, strengthen relationships, form new friendships, and increase our social circle than ever before – but our teenagers are lonely. Actually, let’s admit it: we are all lonely and social media usage increases feelings of loneliness, isolatio... (www.catholic365.com)

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Love Enemies in Our Hateful Culture

If you haven’t noticed, our culture is very polarized these days. The level of hateful anger is alarmingly high. Historians tell us this is not the worst it’s ever been in U.S. history. For example, back in 1968 our nation was almost ripped apart, with an unpopular war in Vietnam, racial strife, ass... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Beautiful Gift of the Eucharist

The Eucharist had become a treasured gift to me over the last few years. There are three words I would use to describe my experience of the Eucharist: Sustenance. Nourishment. Peace.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Why Rome Matters

Bob Dylan wrote a song called "Gotta Serve Somebody." The song echoes the deep human need to worship something, anything. Whether people know it or not they listen to a particular authority, and, in turn, some entity has ruling influence over them. Today, this mysterious entity is the pop culture.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Cuomo, Pelosi, abortion and the Bible

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has received a lot of push back, even including demands for his excommunication from the Church, because of signing the Reproductive Health Act. First, let’s recap briefly what he actually signed into law. The Reproductive Health Act allows those who are not doctors to... (www.catholic365.com)

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We are sometimes tempted to look upon the poor as so many ne'er-do-wells we can simply ignore. But they will return to haunt our peace, because they are greater than their badge of suffering, because they are human."

We live in a society that tends to dismiss the sick and the poor. We are told that because sick people can spread germs, we should avoid them: “Stay clear of anyone coughing with a runny nose or you’ll get sick too.” We are told that the poor are poor because of some deficiency, usually a moral defi... (www.catholic365.com)

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PUT YOUR FLAG IN THE SAND!

We all know the moving image of Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima. The tremendous sacrifice it required. What it was for. But do we recognize that right now we are on a much more epic battlefield? With much graver consequences? Do we recognize that how we respond today is a story that will be tol... (www.catholic365.com)

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I Need the Practice

Family love...not easy but worth it...... (www.catholic365.com)

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Catholic, Conservative, White Male: The New Underclass

As the story of the post-March for Life encounter between an Indian activist and a Covington Catholic HS student continues, much misinformation remains.... (www.catholic365.com)

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"Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth."

“Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.” One of the worst afflictions within the Church today is a privatization of the Faith: that is, believing that one’s faith should only be a personal matter, something best kept to oneself, and which is merely for the sake of getting oneself to Heaven.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Great Deception

I went to bed after having saying prayers ready for a restful nights sleep, but it was not to be. I was startled awake by a sensation pouring over my body, and a weight pressed so strongly into my soul, it physically pressed me into my bed. And the Lord spoke a word to me. “MERCY.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Governor's Tale: Satire for the Empire State

The elegant chandelier filled the conference room with light. Twelve men entered, dressed in tuxedos and smoking cigars. One carried a baseball bat, swinging it as he entered. If someone stumbled across the group, at first glance it would appear these were important men of high status and the observ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Lessons We (Probably) Won't Learn From the Coventry Catholic Debacle

Believe it or not, this is my fifth attempt at this article on the confrontation between Nathan Phillips of the Omaha Tribe and the Covington Catholic High students. (I had actually submitted the fourth attempt, only to retract it when some last developments came up. The perils of commenting on curr... (www.catholic365.com)

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An Open Letter to My Aborted Daughter, Nicole

I watched the movie, Gosnell, last night because I felt I owed you that. To know precisely what was done to you all those years ago, while I slept, unconscious. I thought I would sob through the entire film; instead, I was dry-eyed throughout. I could think of little else all evening as I thought ab... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Girl, the Woman, the Jews, the Separated Christians and the Two Witnesses

Jairus’ Daughter and the Hemorrhaging Woman The girl grew up. The woman hemorrhaged, each for 12 years. The woman was healed, and the girl reached maturity for childhood, 12 years old... (www.catholic365.com)

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