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Art, faith, and sin

A few months ago, I was on jury duty and witnessed an interesting idea of what Christianity is and how faith and art relate to one another. One of my fellow jurors was an older lady who made it quite clear to us from the beginning of our service that she didn’t want to hear any foul language from us... (www.catholic365.com)

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We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others by their acts.

All of us somehow pass judgments on others, whether verbalized or simply in our minds. We are fond of comparing people with ourselves and with others.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Why We Celebrate St. Mary

Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been much maligned in recent years. Many people mistake devotion to Mary as a sort of worshiping of her. I suppose if we truly viewed her like our own parent, we would understand Marian devotion much more clearly.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Saved by the Bell

The phrase "saved by the bell" does not come from boxing, as most people think, but from seventeenth-century guards at Windsor Castle. any sentry caught asleep on duty incurred the death penalty. One this-accused sentry protested his innocence, stating that he had heard the bell in the clock tower o... (www.catholic365.com)

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Witnessing to a Wavering Catholic

A young man tells me that he has been attending a Protestant church but he has not been telling his family, who is strongly Catholic. He tells me that he had received a call from God to serve Him more and felt that this was a call to be ordained a minister in the Protestant church and asks me what I... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 57 – Pentecost

Pentecost was and is a Jewish holiday that occurs fifty days after Passover (hence the name “pente” which means fifty). This is the day the Apostles are indwelled by the Holy Spirit.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Don't Put Me Down!

How often have you heard stories about children constantly being told by unthinking or uncaring adults, unfortunately some parents, with the attitude; “You’ll never amount to anything”, or “why do you keep trying when you know you’ll fail, you miserable so and so.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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We must be willing to fall flat on our faces. Fearlessly putting ourselves out there is simply a required part of the process. At the very least, it results in the gift of humility and, at best, the triumph of our human spirit.

Self-preservation is a good instinct. Without it, we would have no natural defenses to predators or enemies. Self-care is a good thing. Without it, we risk squandering the gifts of life God has given us. However, in a world in which there is little transcendent reality - little attention to reality ... (www.catholic365.com)

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As The Years Go By

One hundred years have passed, A century of turbulence, unrest, and wars, It was the day when the Virgin’s light Encircled Fatima then, adorned three small children.... (www.catholic365.com)

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There's a two-word epitaph in a small and inexpensive headstone of a lad buried in an obscure country cemetery in England. The words are: "Freddy!" - as if someone had called the boy's name - and underneath, as if the boy had answered, was the one-word question-response: "Yes?" That simple dialogu... (www.catholic365.com)

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Summers in the United States have a rhythm all their own thanks to the three National Holidays that we celebrate. For Americans Independence Day marks the midway point of Summer which ends “officially” on Labor Day. Most will celebrate the day with a cookout and fireworks, but despite the all the ... (www.catholic365.com)

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Jesus' Sacred Heart Beats for You

It was a rainy morning on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. I was tempted to skip Mass and go straight to work to avoid dealing with the weather, but a still small voice guided me to the cathedral doors to receive the Eucharist.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 56 – The Acts of the Apostles

Today we begin the book “The Acts of the Apostles”. The book is written by the same author as the Gospel of Luke, which is the “first book” referred to in the first sentence.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Question: I don't see anything in Scripture that says the 12 Apostles were baptized.

Question: I don't see anything in Scripture that says the 12 Apostles were baptized. I see where St. Paul was baptized. But not the 12. It's in there. Not everything in Scripture is explicit. Protestants, hold to a rule that everything must be explicit in Scripture. But we don't.... (www.catholic365.com)

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God never takes away anything that He doesn't replace with Himself.

The world today rejects the Church because it has already rejected Christ. There can be no fraternity between the world and the Church. We must make a choice. It will be either the Church or the world, but not both. "One cannot serve both God and mammon. He will love one and hate the other. He will ... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Witch Mocks Christians as Stupid

A good friend, Martha, from Madonna House, “happened” to sit beside a self-proclaimed witch on an old bus heading towards the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico. Noticing Martha’s large cross identifying her as a member of the Lay Apostolate, the witch cynically remarked that most Christians... (www.catholic365.com)

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Heaven's Hidden Treasure

A pious shipbuilder in Holland by the name of Peter Jansen reasoned that the basic design for the ark as revealed by God to Noah should be an ideal blueprint for such vessels. So he built a smaller ship of the same proportions - six times as long as wide, and the height one-tenth of the length.... (www.catholic365.com)

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From Terri Schiavo to Charlie Gard

Something is happening in our culture. We are learning how limited our learned men and women really are. We’re seeing a culture of death resort to courts to defeat the preciousness of each moment of life. Two prime examples of courts interfering with parental rights include Terri Schiavo and Charlie... (www.catholic365.com)

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Mother Maria Skobtsova--The Saint of the Open door

What follows is a brief story about a woman who would have had to be considered one of the most unlikely candidates for sainthood. A chain-smoking, twice divorced, left leaning nun with a brilliant mind and a heart so big she just could never love enough.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Day 55 – The Great Commission

Two quick things before we get to the main interest of today. First, notice that the resurrection is clearly identified as happening on Sunday.... (www.catholic365.com)

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