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Early Church Councils

A knowledge of Church history is more important than most 21st century Christians realize. The various doctrines we adhere to today regarding God, Jesus, the Holy Trinity, the scriptures, salvation, etc., did not occur in a vacuum. They are the result of 2000 years of theological discussion – the fo... (www.catholic365.com)

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By our fruits we will be known, not by what name we have called ourselves.

Weeds are an inescapable part of our being, growing alongside our good wheat.... (www.catholic365.com)

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My Neighbour...

My neighbour... my neighbour is a divorced person, my neighbour is a drug addict, my neighbour is unemployed, my neighbour is disabled, my neighbour is lonely, my neighbour is Jesus.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Activate your super powers.

We can have super powers like super heroes. Our super powers come not from ourselves, but from God. Jesus even told us, “whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father.” – [John 14:12]... (www.catholic365.com)

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Working for Mercy

In a day and age that perpetually screams at you if you attempt to tell someone that what they are doing is morally wrong, it can be pretty hard to convince yourself to even try anymore. Frankly, we as a people are starting to find it a little easier to just turn our cheek the other direction to pre... (www.catholic365.com)

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Someone I Love Was Never Born

I won’t get to post pictures, she won’t be showered with gifts. I’ll find solace in the memory that she once did exist. I heard her heartbeat and she now lives in mine, will never forget that sound that began to change my life.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Prayers We All Should Know: The Rosary

As Catholics, we are blessed to share a rich and vibrant prayer heritage that has accumulated over literally thousands of years. One staple of our Catholic tradition is a treasured collection of prayers that most of us were taught from a very young age – the Rosary.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Repentance lifts a man up. Mourning knocks at heaven's gate. Holy humility opens it.

Because of the recent feast of Saint Mary Magdalene (July 22), we might want to begin our reflection with the request , “Would the real Mary Magdalene please stand up?”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Pope St. Sylvester, Builder Of The Temporal Church

The thirty-third bishop of Rome, Sylvester was consecrated January 31, 314 and was buried December 31, 335, having completed nearly 22 years as head of the Church at Rome. A native Roman, Sylvester's parents were Rufinus and Justa. Legend has it that he was ordained by Pope Marcellinus before the Di... (www.catholic365.com)

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Election Novena 2016

If you're anything like me, you're probably asking yourself, "how could this happen in America?" Yep, folks, I can't bear to choose between Hillary or Trump. I don't want either one of those to be Commander in Chief of our country.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Passing on Our Faith

Being a lifelong Catholic, I've gotten to experience a lot of things in my faith. I got to be one of the first girl altar servers at my parish. I've sung in the choir and folk group since I could open my mouth. I helped to teach younger kids in Sunday school when I was younger. I was able to take my... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Devil's Counterfeit of Heaven

There are nine total sacramental steps in life, from birth to death: 1. Natural Birth 2. Supernatural Birth, or Baptism 3. Confession 4. Confirmation 5. Eucharist 6. Marriage 7. Holy Orders 8. Unction 9. Natural Death... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Delicate Balance of Idleness and Work

Idleness is the enemy of the soul. When I first read that opening sentence of Chapter 48 of the Rule of Benedict, I recognized my paraphrased internal maxim created long ago: Boredom is a cancer of the soul. As a Benedictine oblate, I read through the Rule three times per year. One would think that... (www.catholic365.com)

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If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet...maybe we could understand something.

One of the most frustrating weaknesses of humankind is our ability to be ignorant and spread ignorance like a plague. In our media-driven world where the knowledge and facts are readily available, one would think that ignorance would be hard to come by.... (www.catholic365.com)

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An Integration of Church and State

I don't often post political pieces. In fact, this may be a first. But as I sit at my desk writing this, I find myself deeply troubled by our current state of affairs. In our nation, the term, separation of Church and state, has been aggressively employed in an effort to remove any influence of reli... (www.catholic365.com)

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Serving Like Him

Some people serve, and some people serve like Christ. Yesterday I was more than inspired by one particular person who serves like Christ.... (www.catholic365.com)

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God's Glorious Gift of Grace

On the bulletin board in the old school building at church, I saw a poster on which these words were written “Year of Grace 2014.” It made me start to think about Grace, how good it is that God gives us Grace and how much God loves us. I thought about how extremely important Grace is to us, so I dec... (www.catholic365.com)

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I Don't Want To Be Martha!!

Ever hear a kid loudly proclaim—“I don’t want be a veggie or the turkey” in a school play. Well many are the times we still will protest “I don’t wanna!!”... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Near-Hit In Another Sense Of The Word--Wyd And Sacrifice

in 1995, the World Youth Day took place in Manila Philippines. At that time, the closing Mass was the largest crowd ever assembled--5M people--which was bested only in the same location last year when Pope Francis visited--at 6M people. But many people do not know that it could have been a major tra... (www.catholic365.com)

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Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again.

So what if only some of our seeds sprout and grow? The only thing that matters is that we are called to be farmers. We are not responsible for making the seeds grow; we are only the sowers.... (www.catholic365.com)

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