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The Amazing Married Deacon/Sacrament/Music Analogy

There is only one kind of person that is blessed to receive all seven sacraments in their life: a married deacon or priest. So in this regard, a very small fraction of men are supremely blessed.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 94 – The Bureaucracy of Rome

Today we read sort of a mundane but insightful vignette in the beginning of what will be Paul’s final journey. Being held in custody in part to protect him from the Jewish crowds and in part because of the Romans pathological need to keep the peace the Roman leader learns of a plot to kill Paul... (www.catholic365.com)

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Warriors for the Working Day

I was always looking for something! St. Augustine says "You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.” Well, I finally found rest in the Blessed Sacrament of the Altar, the Holy Eucharist! The first time I walked into a Catholic Church, I knew I was home!... (www.catholic365.com)

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The great need today is for Christians who are active and critical, who don't accept situations without analyzing them inwardly and deeply……

When Jesus delivered the Sermon on the Mount including this beatitude about the reward for enduring persecution, Herod’s recent murder of John the Baptist must have been painfully in his mind and that of the crowd.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Community! God's Way of Spreading His Life and Love with Man.

Some questions recently asked of me; “Why do I need to attend church? Can’t I just pray alone or do good for others? Is there a need to be at church and hear the same thing over and over drifting into monotony?... (www.catholic365.com)

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Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher, regarded even numbers as feminine and odd numbers as masculine. He preferred odd numbers, freely admitting his prejudice against the even, "feminine" ones. This is one mild example of how women have been treated as second-class citizens for centuries.... (www.catholic365.com)

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I have post partum depression. And that's ok.

Three days ago I was diagnosed with post partum depression (PPD). I was prescribed medication because PPD is an actual medical diagnosis that requires treatment. Part of that treatment includes getting counseling. What I was completely unaware of, was just how long depression and anxiety were contro... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 93 – Onward to Rome

Paul is being held by the Romans for his own protection. He is taken to the Sanhedrin so the Romans can learn exactly what he is accused of. There he debates with the Jewish leaders.... (www.catholic365.com)

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29 year old seeking portion control

L.M. writes, "I am 29 years old and have diabetes. Can you help with portion control?" L.M., life is not fair to a dieter when the packaged food you get from the supermarket or cooked food from restaurants are actually good for numerous servings, yet only made evident if we bother with the food lab... (www.catholic365.com)

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The national anthem of Hell is "I Did It My Way"

Most of us were baptized as infants: in a way we have been "caught" for Christ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Three days---Give God Three Days

When what seems to be the worst or the most frightening thing to happen comes your way—remember what all was done in Three Days.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Nothing Left But God

On this last day at work before a layoff, a Los Angeles man received an emergency call to hurry home, where he was horrified to find his house in ashes and his wife and four small children dead. Totally bereft of family, house, job, and even insurance, he wept in his neighbor's arms, "I have nothing... (www.catholic365.com)

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Conflicting Theories of Law and the American Political System: A Commentary on Thomistic & Hobbesian Conceptions of Law & the American Republic (Part II)

Surely few thinkers are more opposed to the Thomistic legal system than Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes’ disagreement with Aquinas is more than a surface level opposition; Hobbes posits a radically different human anthropology and metaphysics.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 92 – Paul, A Roman Citizen

Today we read a short passage of how the crowd of Jews rejects Paul after he tells them that Jesus sent him to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. The resulting fury of the crowd compels the Roman tribune to remove Paul from the Temple. For good measure, he decides to have Paul scourged.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Repentance: Conforming one's life to reality

When Christ began his ministry he announced: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mt 3:2, Mk 1:15). These first words of the incarnate Son of God are perennial words spoken to all people throughout all time. They remind us that something wondrous yet mysterious is waiting beyond the visib... (www.catholic365.com)

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Handling stress before stress handles you

One of my bookstore finds today is a stress prevention handbook for emergency responders by a psychotherapist who helped in the Oklahoma bombing and other mass disasters.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Food, Faith, and Fellowship

Over the summer I was given the opportunity to go on nine day pilgrimage. While the sites and food were enough to make it memorable, the people on the trip really put it over the top. On paper, it shouldn’t have worked. Our group consisted of 40 people from all across the United States.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Some Plead Ignorance, Others Breed Ignorance

Ignorance comes in two models: culpable and incupable. The former implies malice in refusing to learn what God wants us to know. The latter is not malicious.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Encouraging and helpful quotations from the Bible for your reflection (5)

In this article, you will find some encouraging and helpful quotations from the Bible for your reflection, which can help you in your life. Use these quotations for your meditations, share them with people who need encouragement, and make them part of your daily life.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 91 – Paul's Speech in the Temple

Today we read the speech delivered by Paul to the crowd in the temple that wants to kill him. He starts by speaking Hebrew. This is to let the crowd know that he is a Jew. Then he details his bona fides that he studied under the great Rabbi Gamaliel and that he previously earnestly persecuted th... (www.catholic365.com)

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