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Finding God in Our Imperfections

Weakness. Imperfection. Brokenness. We all have some of it. Some of us try to hide it. Others get overwhelmed and discouraged by it. Then there are those who refuse to see it.... (www.catholic365.com)

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After a street fight, a Chicago man found himself in the awkward situation of having one ear on his head and another on his stomach. The ear on his stomach had been detached in the fight, and was surgically implanted in his abdomen between layers of skin and muscle to heal there before being reattac... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Divine Puzzle: Which Piece are we? How do we fit?

Recently my thoughts were centered on the dichotomy of events that so many people constantly find themselves in. “Why has this happened to me?” one might say as they view one tragic event after another in their waking moments, perhaps daily.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 87 – Healed by the Eucharist

First, note that we are told that this is the first day of the week. Thus, we see the author and the Holy Spirit confirming that Christians are gathering for worship on Sunday... (www.catholic365.com)

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Daily dependence on Holy Spirit gives fruit

I was able to have a Secondary Traumatic Stress handout from colleagues doing child fatality reviews. It mentions that because the toll of abused children are over 10 million, the people caring for them in the familial, social, pastoral and medical spheres will inevitably get to listen to trauma sto... (www.catholic365.com)

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Do you want the Lord to give you many graces? Visit Him often. Do you want Him to give you few graces? Visit Him rarely.

We usually interpret the Parable of the Seed and the Sower in terms of how different people respond to the word of God, the "seed" in the story. The different types of ground are people who receive the word.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Jesus Is NOT Angry at You

Years ago, I remember hearing a story about people trying to get into Heaven. In the story, Jesus, the stern judge, was holding court at the entrance of Heaven. Everyone who wanted to get in, first had to stand before Jesus and listen as He loudly proclaimed all their sins.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Default of De Conscience

A conscience-smitten tax cheat sent $500 to the IRS, adding that he hadn't slept well since he defaulted on his taxes in 1980. "If I don't sleep better now,", he added, "I'll send the rest."... (www.catholic365.com)

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Pope Saint Felix IV, Definer Of Grace

Felix is actually only the third pope of that name, the one known as Felix II being an antipope. A native of Samnium, which is approximately where the Province of Benevenuto is today in southern Italy, all we know of Felix's early life is that his father's name was Castorius. He may have been the De... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 86 – Christianity is not good for business

Paul is continuing his travels during which a situation develops in Ephesus. So many people are being converted that the business of manufacturing idols for people’s homes is dropping off. The silversmiths are starting to feel the pinch and become angry that their livelihood is being threatened.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Lessons to Learn from Charlie Gard's Case

Charlie Gard is with God now. He is probably much better off than he would be here on Earth, with all the turmoil he and his parents went through. However, looking forward, there are some important lessons I think we can all learn from this case that was so widely discussed on a global scale.... (www.catholic365.com)

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When you listen, it's amazing what you can learn. When you act on what you've learned, it's amazing what you can change.

How ready am I to hear God's urgings in my life?... (www.catholic365.com)

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Jack lived a few yards down the road from St Vincent Church, just the other side of the Convent. One Friday evening he was waiting outside the Fish and Chips Shop just opposite the church when Father Ignatius joined the queue. “How are you keeping Jack?” he asked, “you look really miserable right no... (www.catholic365.com)

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Be Your Own Bodyguard

The Mayan Indians admired the looks of slightly cross-eyed people. To cause it in their own children, they hung beads close to their babies' faces. Deliberate and often grotesque deforming of the body has been common in many aboriginal tribes - and it is not altogether uncommon in the more "civilize... (www.catholic365.com)

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Human dignity in its fullest recognizes humanity as made in the image and likeness of God.

This reality truly puts humanity upon a pedestal. Not that we put ourselves there, but that we recognize that God put us there. With that comes great responsibility. If we are to respect, honor, and love God, are we not to do likewise for the image and likeness of God? One cannot expose a love f... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 85 – Confirming the Church in Ephesus and Paul's Apron

Recall that yesterday we met Apollos, who was Jewish convert, a disciple, well versed in the scripture, eloquent and fervent in the Spirit. Despite all this there we are not told that he had any success in making converts.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The forgotten Key, Our Eucharistic Lord

The mission of the Church is to preach the Gospel, the good news! The above word picture of a pedestrian delivering the good, while beautiful and evocative, has little in common with the "New Evangelization" so prominent in the Church today! The great irony, as I see it, is summed up in the word ped... (www.catholic365.com)

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Today, society does not talk about hell. It's as if it did not exist, but it does.

We might begin reflecting on this parable by asking a question. Who exactly are the weeds, and who are the wheat? At the end of the long form of today’s Gospel passage, Jesus explains the parable: “the good seed” are “the children of the kingdom”, while the “weeds are the children of the evil one”. ... (www.catholic365.com)

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What is Lost Must Be Found – So You See

Know that every human being from the moment of conception began to receive what would become the person and their personality that they are. Jeremiah 1-v 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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The "Laurel and Hardy" Principle

Like ham and eggs, fish and chips, lox and bagels, or corned beef and cabbage, some things seem to be meant to go together. And that is true for persons as well - like a happily married couple, or close friends, or compatible business partners (see Ecclesiastes 4:9-12)... (www.catholic365.com)

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