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Nutritionists like to quote the ancient adage, “You are what you eat.” While it is true that our body is basically made of and sustained by what we eat, that’s not the essential constituent of our being, or even of our personality.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 229 – What makes a family?

Today we read the famous scene when Mary and Jesus’ relatives come to see Jesus but they can’t get to him because of the crowd.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Visions of Grandeur

A mother’s love—strong yet humble wisdom...... (www.catholic365.com)

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"Our Lord was born not just of her flesh but also by her consent."

Mary is a person as God created human persons to be.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Viewing The Son as the Sun

During the difficult trials that we go through in life, it can sometimes be tough to keep our faith in Christ. In the death of a family member, while facing illness or disability, or in the loss of a job, there may seem to be no evidence of a loving God. This past weekend brought quite a bit of rain... (www.catholic365.com)

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We Have Lost Our Story

The Catholic Papacy’s apostolic succession is one of if not the oldest institution of succession in the history of the world. How did a Church with a First Pope who actually denied even knowing Christ during his lifetime, along with a gang of other misfits who were mostly uneducated, poor, working ... (www.catholic365.com)

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When we realize that we’re sinners--a weakness derived from the original sin of our protoparents, Adam and Eve--and that we’re not good enough to meet God’s standards, and realize how helpless we are on our own, we are given the choice to be lifted out of that bondage or to remain in it.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 228 – John the Baptist's Questions for Jesus

John the Baptist was the preordained herald of the Messiah. He fulfilled is mission perfectly. He clearly knew who Jesus was and announced him as such when Jesus came to the Jordan river to be baptized.... (www.catholic365.com)

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We choose our blindness.. Kelly shuffled forward in line at the Save-All Market and averted her eyes.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men. It has sown violence and discord at the heart of the most intimate human relationships. It has aggravated the derogation of the father's role in an increasingly fatherless society. It has portrayed the greatest of gifts--a child--as a competitor, an intrusion and an inconvenience.. .

In the first book of the Bible, after the fall of Adam and Eve, God curses the serpent and declares: “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He will strike at your head, while you strike at his heel.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Karate Kid, a False Fire Alarm, and Calvinism

Well, OK, I got into a useless debate with a Calvinist, at least useless to convert him. But I still shared the truth, and I am gonna share the truth with y’all now in hopes it might help with a more reasonable Calvinism.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Readers may remember a curious piece of Trump Derangement trivia that hit the culture in the months following Donald Trump’s inauguration. Beginning with the waning moon in February, a bevy of witches vowed to cast a “binding spell” on President Trump with the intention of destroying his presidency.... (www.catholic365.com)

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A tour guide who was showing a group of people through a steel mill astonished his listeners by saying that they could painlessly wipe their finger briefly through a small stream of glowing molten steel poured from a ladle, but only if the finger was first wet and dusted.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 227 – Enter Under My Roof

Today’s reading: Luke 7:1-23 Today we are in Luke, Chapter 7 and the account of Jesus healing the slave of a Centurion.... (www.catholic365.com)

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St. Margaret of Scotland--This Remarkable, Pious Woman, is Patroness to Mothers, Large Families, Widows and Deceased Children

In the year 1066, a displaced English princess, named Margaret, sought refuge in Scotland. Her father had been overthrown by the Danes and before she was born had gone into exile. While still very young Margaret returned to England to live in the court of her great-uncle, Edward the Confessor.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Elizabeth's barrenness and advanced age--a double symbol of hopelessness--became the means by which God would announce to the world that nothing is impossible for Him.

Advent is a time of prayer and hope. It is the perfect time for the Church to reflect upon the interplay between barrenness and fruitfulness. There is so many things that seem barren at first glance.... (www.catholic365.com)

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God never gives us more than we can handle... right?

I used to think this. But then I'd think to myself... this and this is happening. Wait, I can't handle this. This is too much. I have anxiety. I have depression. I'm mega stressed out. God, why are you doing this to me? Sound familiar?... (www.catholic365.com)

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Christmas Carol or Christmas Song?

Some of us may still be confusing the difference between Christmas carols and Christmas songs, especially when we are going around spreading the joy of Christmas in our neighbourhood, community, or even church (including the times we go around Christmas carolling). While the two are "supposingly" ab... (www.catholic365.com)

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A store Santa Claus, trying to be kind and complimentary to a youngster, said, “I know everything about you.” Yet he was taken aback by the kid’s defensive response: “But, Santa, I’ve changed!”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 226 – Hearers and Doers

Today’s reading: 6:32-49 In an easy to understand and straightforward passage, Jesus instructs us that good works are part of our obligation as Christians.... (www.catholic365.com)

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