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What is Old Becomes New

I’ve always found today’s Gospel reading difficult to understand. It feels as though Jesus was light years ahead of John’s disciples, and even his own for that matter. Then a thoughtful soul explained that, no, you really can’t fast in the middle of a feast.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Why a Celibate Priesthood?

An article entitled “Vast majority of US Catholics who left the church can’t image returning, study says” appeared on September 2, 2015 in the Washington Post. The article referenced a study by the Pew Research Center that gave reasons why Catholics had left the Church.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The past is gone; our Future is Now!

An old problem that continues to exist; when we confess our sins but won’t forgive ourselves. When I ministered to women in early recovery, their one decry was, “I know God has forgiven me, but I can’t forgive myself.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Of Gods and Men

China @1041 AD Bi Sheng scooped a handful of sticky clay and set it on a wooden sideboard.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Saint Maria Goretti: Forgiveness Eluding You?

The virtue of forgiveness is challenging for many of us. When someone confronts us with wrongdoing and causes us distress and misery the pain that we endure from such torment can blind us from having the ability to seek peace and love.... (www.catholic365.com)

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I had the opportunity to be working with some young men at a juvenile detention center. On one occasion, I was helping the young Catholic men prepare to give their confession that would take place the following weekend.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Where is God? A rhetorical question that may be echoed over and over in a world filled with unrest, confusion, and the constant search for something beyond us, but what that is still remains a mystery.... (www.catholic365.com)

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"Getting fascinated by an idea is just a short-term feeling, putting it into practice takes a long-term thought process, but the result will certainly require a long-term commitment of not giving-up."

The way you judge a person’s true character is not by their tiny little character flaws, minor sins or shortcomings. The Pharisees did that. You judge what they do, what their actions have actually produced.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Catholic Brain: A Fun, Informative Hub of Activities for Passing Along the Catholic Faith

The web has an enormous variety of content, and it can be challenging to sift through it for that which is worthwhile, let alone rewarding. When it comes to the New Evangelization, there are numerous opportunities to engage with the faith online.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Why Religion Matters

These days, a lot of people substitute morality for religion. They say that being a good person and helping those in need are more important than praying and going to church on Sunday, and they want to focus on what really matters.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Cardinal Merry del Val—He not only was chosen by Pope St. Pius X to be "his Cardinal" , he also penned the Litany of Humility which he said every day after Mass.

The definition of a litany: a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation.... (www.catholic365.com)

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How simple the message is to treat others how we want to be treated. I struggle with this commandment, but reflect on the positive return when I fail. What a wonderful world if we all treated others as we wish to be treated.

Perhaps today we could reflect on the Golden Rule in a different light.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Special kinds of love: clarifying common misconceptions about Catholic devotions

“Why do Catholics love and worship Mary?” “Why does the Church love the saints?” “Aren’t we supposed to love God and God alone?” Nearly every Catholic encounters questions like these at some point in their lives.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Praying for the Intercession of Moses? - Can Catholics ask for the prayers of those who lived before Christ?

I do not mean for this question to come across as blasphemous. But from a brief skim of the Old Testament, I would answer this question in the title of this article in the affirmative: yes.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Martyrs of La Rioja; They died "In Odium Fidei" Two died on July 18; one was born on July 18.

It is estimated that in Argentina during the years 1976 thru 1983, between 10,000 and 30,000 people died by torture and execution. They called it The Dirty War, and it was one of the darkest periods in the nation’s history.... (www.catholic365.com)

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"A lot of lip service gets paid to being honest, but no one really wants to hear it unless what's being said is the party line."

Socrates locates the beginning of wisdom with the admonition to “know thyself.” Few in Plato’s dialogues move in this direction.... (www.catholic365.com)

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How Miracles Are Possible

Miracles would be nice, but really - are they possible? One of the biggest stumbling blocks in Christianity for most people is the belief in miracles. After all, Thomas Jefferson famously took scissors and cut out the miracle verses in his Bible because he found them too hard to believe.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Why It Is Hard to Be a Catholic (but also totally worth it)

We all have non-Catholic friends. Ok, perhaps we have no friends.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Venerable Maria Guadalupe Ortiz de Landazuri Fernandez de Heredia---Her Beatification will take place in 2018

On December 12, 1916, in Madrid, Spain, the fourth child and only daughter of Manuel Ortiz Landazuri and Eulogia Fernandez-Heredia, was born. Since it was the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, her parents named her Maria Guadalupe, bestowing a great blessing on their child.... (www.catholic365.com)

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St. John the Baptist was born to preach the message of repentance: the need to accept ourselves as sinner, and the need to accept Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away our sins and those of the whole world.

We live in a world where personal attacks however false are used to destroy the opposition.... (www.catholic365.com)

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