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If it is "daily bread," why do you take it once a year? . . . Take daily what is to profit you daily. Live in such a way that you may deserve to receive it daily. He who does not deserve to receive it daily, does not deserve to receive it once a year.

The miracles of feeding multitudes with a few loaves of bread are signs of the power of God; they are also a sign of God's loving care for the people who were hungry and needed to be fed.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Call to Be Poor

In our consumer society, the word “poverty” has a very negative connotation. Nobody wants to be poor, everyone strives to have a better life, to earn more money, to have more social status. But then how to understand Jesus’ call to poverty?... (www.catholic365.com)

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Chalcedon and the Condemnation of Nestorianism

The Council of Chalcedon took place a mere twenty years after the Council of Ephesus. Its impact on Christology and doctrine is one that cannot be understated.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Prayer of the Beloved to the Holy Family

I felt the Lord ask for a prayer yesterday on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart. Today on the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart, it was written.... (www.catholic365.com)

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If there is purpose in everything... (www.catholic365.com)

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Why do Catholics confess our sins to another man (i.e., a Priest) rather than to God directly?

I was asked, “Why do Catholics confess their sins to a Priest, a fellow sinner, instead of to God Himself?”... (www.catholic365.com)

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It is not by our own merit that we are “good” or are we even able to do truly good deeds. It is only with God acting through us – since He is the source of all goodness. We can consider what we think to be good, based upon our own limited understanding, but how are we to actually know what is truly... (www.catholic365.com)

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The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.

If one were to choose a saying of Our Lord from elsewhere in the Gospel to summarize today’s Gospel passage, one might choose: “Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required” [Luke 12:48]... (www.catholic365.com)

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Contracepting Children Is Like Contracepting Christ

Peter Kreeft, Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and prolific Catholic author spoke in Immaculate Conception, Tuckahoe, NY conference on Humanae Vitae on an incontrovertible witness.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Our Lady of Puy-- The Site of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary after Her Assumption into Heaven

The first recorded apparition of Our Blessed Mother occurred in the year 40 A.D. She was still alive at the time and living in Jerusalem. But she had made a promise to the apostle, James the Greater; she had told him that she would visit once he started his journey of carrying the gospel message to ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Deliver us from Evil

Deliverance can sound like a scary word to some people. I am not sure why because we pray for it in the Our Father. As you all know I have been taking classes about all this.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Rose in Christian Symbolism

The rose is considered by many to be the most beautiful and fragrant of flowers, and because of this the rose became a symbol of Mary, the Mother of God. The rose also has been used as a symbol for Jesus.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Servant of God; Maria Domenica Lazzeri---the last 14 years of her life she ate nothing except for receiving Holy Communion

Maria Domenica Lazzeri was born in Capriana, Italy, on March 16, 1815. She was the youngest of five children born to Margaret and Bartolo Lazzeri, who was a miller by trade. However, Bartolo died in 1829 from pneumonia. The loss of her dad had a profound effect on his youngest child.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary; This was Her defining Virtue

July 17 we celebrated the Humility of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The dictionary defines humility as the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one’s importance, rank, etc. A few synonyms for the word humility would be; lowliness, meekness, or submissiveness.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Don't deliver yourself to the Torturers

Have you ever really read, I mean really read, what Jesus is saying in the parable of the unmerciful servant? We all know the story, Peter asks the Lord how many times he should forgive, 7 times, and Jesus says, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.” And then he tells the story.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Not Devaluing The Person And Sex Is The Gift Of Humanae Vitae

Listening to the talk of Fr. Donald Haggerty in the July 21, 2018 Immaculate Conception Church’s conference celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Humanae Vitae made me somber on two points but I will get to that later.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Marriage Covenant written in our bodies

***Warning*** I have written some graphic content in this piece. This is not for children. In my prayer, as I am sure many people have also felt, the Lord has impressed upon me the importance, to an overwhelming degree on my soul, of marriage.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Learn Leadership from the Saints. Why Not

For centuries, we have looked to the Saints for prayers, intercessions, healing, and guidance on just about everything in life, from how to worship God to how we must go about our relationships with one another, and even to finding missing keys. But rarely have the Saints been looked to as leadershi... (www.catholic365.com)

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Spiritual Desolation

This is an item that should be mentioned more but there might be some trepidation to talk about it since the very essence gets right into the heart of the Church. We have heard about the “Dark Night of the Soul” and know there are countless mystics who have lived this void or absence of a deep rela... (www.catholic365.com)

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On the straight and narrow path, there are simply no corners to be cut.

The solution to a culture that canonizes barrenness, self-promotion, and immediate satisfaction of one’s every desire is the Way of our Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ.... (www.catholic365.com)

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