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Jesus Suffered; Nailed to the Cross, Shed His Precious Blood

Think back to that time when Jesus was born; for you and me He came with one goal. Our soul we can’t see or feel its longing; was there He came to secure for God.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Our hearts will be restless until they rest in You.

The world we live in has run amuck, So much noise, so many distractions, no anchor; Our bodies and souls pulled back ‘n forth As if on an unending roller coaster.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Catholic Trilemma: Why The Catholic Church Is Either Founded By Christ, By Man Or By Satan

C.S. Lewis (the man whom God used to save my faith) famously argued that given what Jesus claimed about Himself, He was either Lord, liar, or lunatic — that if He wasn’t God, He couldn’t be considered merely a good man or a moral teacher. Lewis explained in Mere Christianity (the book that changed m... (www.catholic365.com)

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Ash Wednesday, 2018

Again we receive ashes on our forehead, Our outward sign to remember… “That you are dust, and dust you shall return.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Compassionate Mercy

One of the many unappreciated ways in which God exercises his compassionately mercy involves ever ubiquitous human suffering and adversity. “The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD rescues them from them all” (Ps... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 288 – Pass it on

Simple stuff today. But often the most simple is the most profound. …2 and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 2 Tim 2:2... (www.catholic365.com)

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Why Do We Catholics do that? A Lenten Proposal

The other Sunday I came across a little blurb in my parish bulletin, you’ve probably all seen something similar. The headline is usually something like this; “WHY DO CATHOLICS DO THAT?”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Lent invites us to ‘let go' of whatever it is that keeps us from building the Kingdom of God. What ‘facts' does Jesus want to show you this Lent?

Lent is a journey in the desert for each of us. It's quieter and clearer in the desert. There are fewer distractions, fewer toys, fewer addictive behaviors, fewer arguments.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Avoiding Bad Decisions through Prudence

As humans, we make bad decisions, which often result in actions that jeopardize the salvation of our souls. Fortunately, we can minimize the harmful outcomes of our decisions by paying closer attention to our actions[1]. They, however, need to be regulated by virtue; not by feelings, emotions, and i... (www.catholic365.com)

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God's Words Sends Us Forth--Empowered--Daily!

I loved the recent reading from morning Mass from Isaiah 58!! So full of God’s promises to us if we hear and obey these Words from Him.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Channeling God's Compassion to Others

A little virtue in a God-focused person goes a long way too. The Creator’s marvelous plan is to use his human creatures as the privileged instruments of the proliferation of his Divine Mercy to all of his precious people.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 287 – The 2nd Letter to Timothy

Today we begin Paul’s 2nd letter to Timothy. It has been a few years since Paul assigned Timothy to Ephesus. Paul has been imprisoned in Rome for the second time.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Among the spruce and maples, surrounded on three sides by vast fields of freshly tilled soil, Joy pushed her baby girl in a swing. Her husband couldn’t pass the wooden structure without slapping a beam and grinning. “Solid as a rock!”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Fasting is an act of humility that spotlights our weaknesses and reveals dependence on things rather than on God.

A Facebook meme says, "Fasting without prayer is dieting." This meme reflects the reality that fasting is much more than denying oneself of food. When one fasts, he does so in order to be in closer union with God.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Christianity is ‘Revealed Religion'

Last week I discussed a recent visit to my cardiologist. While waiting in the exam room, I noticed posters on the wall that show the complexity of the human cardiovascular system. I wondered how a doctor possibly could be an atheist, given his or her knowledge of the intricacy and precision of biolo... (www.catholic365.com)

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What is the True Nature of Lent?

This question could be renamed to, say “How many of us actually understand the essence of Lent, it’s reason for sacrifice, and most of all the parallel with the walk that Jesus took to Calvary?... (www.catholic365.com)

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God Thinks Big – He Made Elephants, Didn't He?

There’s an oft-told anecdote about the great luminary of theological insight, Saint Augustine. One day, walking along the seashore, pondering the greatness of God and his boundless goodness and mercy, he came upon a tine child at the water’s edge, repeatedly dipping a spoon into the water and emptyi... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 286 – Obey Your Leaders

In the closing chapter of Hebrews, twice the author says for the faithful to obey their leaders... (www.catholic365.com)

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Hope Lost Hope Regained

Perhaps one of the most tragic and damaging things that can befall man is the loss of hope. Whatever our situation may be, if we lose hope, if we cannot see the prospect of our situation changing for the better, we are in danger of shutting down completely and accepting the inevitable outcome.... (www.catholic365.com)

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All God's plans have the mark of the cross on them, and all His plans have death to self in them.

The following of Christ for us would most probably not entail the physical cross and suffering Christ himself embraced for love of us. What is Christ asking of his followers when he demands that his followers "deny yourself [themselves] and take up your [their] cross each day and follow me"?... (www.catholic365.com)

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