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For whenever unbaptized persons die confessing Christ, this confession is of the same efficacy for the remission of sins as if they were washed in the sacred font of baptism.

Why would God choose to get baptized? He certainly didn’t need what it is that baptism gives to a person. When you were baptized, two changes happened to you. First of all, the Original sin that you inherited from Adam and Eve was washed away.... (www.catholic365.com)

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I Just Want to be Fed

"I just want to be fed", my Catholic friend bemoaned to me. I hear this a lot from my fellow Catholics. I also have witnessed many of my former classmates from Catholic School leave the Faith for other denominations. I would imagine that they left for similar reasons as the statement above. They... (www.catholic365.com)

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Delving Deep in History Brought Me Home

We’ve all heard the maxim, “Your starting point always determines your conclusion,” and ordinarily I would wholeheartedly agree. Yet there are exceptions to the rule... (www.catholic365.com)

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Saint Anthony the Great - Feast Day

Saint Anthony was a Christian monk from Egypt. He was known as the “Father of All Monks”. Anthony’s parents both died when he was only eight-teen years old. They were wealthy and left all their money and possessions to Anthony. Not long after they died Anthony heard a reading from the book of Matthe... (www.catholic365.com)

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A Tailor's Inspiration Brought the World a Pope *

The influence of St. John of the Cross, the great poet and mystic of the 16th century, reached across the centuries and inspired a simple tailor in Nazi occupied Poland to aspire to sainthood.... (www.catholic365.com)

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When God Goes Silent

When God goes silent – it can be frustrating, painful, and challenging to our faith.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Eight Things to Love About the Catholic Church -- Part III: Why We Love Mary

“Mary, Mary, quite contrary” is what some could call the one who is so misunderstood in her various titles: Mother of God; the Immaculate Conception, Mary Ever-Virgin and others. Far from worshipping Mary the Church highly venerates Mary as the fairest among creatures. Let’s unpack these and see wh... (www.catholic365.com)

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Regardless of the advertising campaigns may tell us, we can't have it all. Sacrifice is not an option, or an anachronism; it's a fact of life. We all "cut off our own limbs to burn on some altar". The crucial thing is to choose the "right altar".

“He must increase; I must decrease.” – One of the most important phrases in the Bible. What does it mean? It means when we die to ourselves, making sacrifices for others, the Holy Spirit fills us with the very spirit of God.... (www.catholic365.com)

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I Must Stay Home from Mass

Evergreen trees and my heart are full amid raving beauty: snow-silence. Unplowed roads bid me, “stay home.” Perhaps danger... (www.catholic365.com)

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Holy Family Was No Picnic for St. Joseph

The Holy Family is the model for all families. The household of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph was filled with peace, serenity, and love. For 2,000 years, the Holy Family has been the shining example all families strive to emulate.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Church is the Final Age, but...

"It is the last hour," says St. John in his first Catholic Epistle, but, if some Fathers could break up the Old Testament into five sub-phases, why not break up the New? For even though the New age is the final dispensation, the Church has passed through various phases in her history.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Understanding the King Holiday: A Reflection and a Poem

Throughout the history of this nation, African Americans have been the victims of unmerited suffering, and Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke directly to this issue. However, in King’s mature thought, he emphasized equality. The events of the preceding years showed him that the dream would not be impleme... (www.catholic365.com)

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Eight Things to Love About The Catholic Church -- Part II: The Mass

The Mass—from the Latin, Missa; in Greek, Leitourgos, meaning “the work of the people”. It is the most sacred and solemn action whereby heaven and earth meet. It is the place where Catholics find their weekly (even daily) sustenance before heading out anew to live and proclaim the Good News of Jes... (www.catholic365.com)

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How do we know if we have a servant's heart? By how we act when we are treated like one!

What qualified John the Baptist to be the “first evangelist”? Perhaps it was his humility... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Truce Between God and Us

Since 1974, we Catholics begin the new year celebrating the Queen of Peace. New Year's Day is the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God. Benedictine Oblates also begin a new read of the Rule of Benedict.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Blessed Journey

Life is a gift and it is a journey. There are those you journey with, some for a long period and some short, but each of us is called to a specific vocation which is ours alone. My journey thus far has been full of hills and valleys; moments of clarity and moments of confusion. During one particular... (www.catholic365.com)

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Faith In Action--Love In Correction (Nagging wives, take note)

Truly when one is suffering from sin, until one achieves true and deep repentance, the accusations and condemning will be there, sometimes it will stay after Confession, for us to reflect some more the gravity of what we committed so we will be convicted to not do it again. For healing to happen, ... (www.catholic365.com)

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It is a bitterly cold January morning. Today we are moving my Mom from her retirement apartment to a small bedroom in a very nice adult family home. Mom has had three falls since Oct. 6th that have necessitated using her LifeLine, two of them involving EMS. Her memory is getting poorer and her abili... (www.catholic365.com)

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Eight Things to Love About The Catholic Church -- Part I: The Role of the Bishop in The Church

For the past 41 years—since I received the Sacrament of Confirmation (or there about)—I am the only one in my family of origin who is still Roman Catholic.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Words are wind, even words like love and peace. I put more trust in deeds.

In this first reading from Mass, St. John looks at honesty from a different angle. He faces the problem of pretending to love. Pretending is by definition dishonest.... (www.catholic365.com)

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