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We Must Identify With Prodigal Son's Father

This week’s gospel reading includes what is possibly Jesus’ greatest parable: the Prodigal Son.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Not long ago, I discovered something about myself that horrified me. I was going about my day, running my usual errands, driving from post office to bank, and repeatedly peeking in the rearview mirror to check on my son. From seemingly nowhere, I felt the words that gave me pause.... (www.catholic365.com)

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One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared.

This passage is a parable Jesus told to illustrate a certain truth about his Second Coming. The parable itself is a little masterpiece, with each detail adding a piece of crucial information. As I have studied this parable, I have been struck by one phrase in verse 10: “And the door was shut.”... (www.catholic365.com)

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Endurance in times of suffering

I don’t need to know you personally to know that you have had to endure “persecutions and afflictions” in your life. Big one’s perhaps, or even things that may seem trivial to other but which have irked and disturbed you: the neighbor’s dog eats your flowers, the monk next to me in choir sings off-k... (www.catholic365.com)

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Invite God into Your Classroom

One of my favorite billboards ever is one that I saw online. It said, "I loved the wedding, how about inviting me to the marriage--God" We all feel a deep calling to homeschool as part of our God-given vocation. However, have we ever stopped to invite God into our homeschool classroom?... (www.catholic365.com)

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Praying before Communion

When the Holy Eucharist is distributed, most people go back to their pews and say a prayer of reflection and thanksgiving. How many people say a prayer before receiving?... (www.catholic365.com)

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An Open Letter to Catholic Children—of all ages. What must you be thinking?

I’ve asked myself that question numerous times over the last several years about my young adult children and their friends.... (www.catholic365.com)

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My kitchen is a mess. The school year has barely begun and there’s papers and projects and water bottles (why are there always water bottles?) and various other items strewn about. My counters are covered in half bags of chips and snack boxes and containers and spices and other little odds and ends.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Feminism: An Unladylike Contradiction

Everyone should be treated the same and given the same rights, shouldn't they? Or has the idea of equality become skewed over the years?... (www.catholic365.com)

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"The world being unworthy to receive the Son of God directly from the hands of the Father, he gave his Son to Mary for the world to receive him from her."

Matthew's genealogy of Jesus tells a story involving long and complicated names with less-than-noble pedigrees. We might expect to hear how Jesus, the King of Kings, descended from a long line of upright and virtuous kings. It starts off promising with the familiar and popular Abraham, Isaac and Jac... (www.catholic365.com)

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Let's Talk About Mom: Spiritual Mothers - Religious Sisters

I’ve written before about spiritual mothers, and the many forms and layers that they come in. We know who the greatest of all spiritual mothers is: Our Blessed Lady, Mary Mother of God; she who intercedes for us and loves us with all the dedication and ardor of any mother for her children.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Pope St. Damasus I, Supporter Of Orthodoxy

Pope Damasus was born and grew up around Rome. As a child, his parents, Antonius and Laurentia, seperated so that they could live the rest of their lives in the consecrated state. Antonius became a priest and his house became the church, San Lorenzo. Damasus served with his father in this little chu... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Joy of Suffering

We know Jesus loves us, but will we share the Cross with Him? When we say “Jesus, I trust in you,” what are we saying? Mainly, we are surrendering everything to God: The fate of your life, your health, your mind, and your loved ones. St. Padre Pio says to “pray, hope and don’t worry. Worry is usele... (www.catholic365.com)

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6 Reasons to Brave Taking Your Children to Mass

I’m not going to pretend that taking children to Mass is not filled with peril and adventure…and terror and mortification…and nightmares and sometimes nosebleeds…It’s all of that and much, much more.... (www.catholic365.com)

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A teen's legacy sealed in blood

At the tender young age of 14, he had a love and affection for Our Lord Jesus and for Our Lady of Guadalupe. Blessed Jose Luis Sanchez del Rio also had an immense love and enthusiasm for the Blessed Sacrament, which continued to feed and sustain his deep faith and trust in the Lord.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Moral Relativism Continued: The Benefits of Suffering

You may have read a recent article that I wrote about moral relativism in which I lamented the rampant spread of views that reject fixed and authoritative moral truths in favor of “individual truths” which are subject only to the subject’s own views of moral reality and moral boundaries.... (www.catholic365.com)

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Saint Teresa of Calcutta's daily prayer

Help me to spread your fragrance wherever I go. Flood my soul with your spirit and life.... (www.catholic365.com)

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What's Your Hurry?

It always amazes me to see how some people are in such a hurry to leave mass! They can't wait to flip up the kneeler and roll out. I'd like to ask them sometime, what's your hurry?... (www.catholic365.com)

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In the Footsteps of the Apostle of India

In faraway and legendary India, there are vivid traces of St. Thomas’ passage through those lands. By paying a visit, we somehow feel the evangelizing fire of the ardent disciple.... (www.catholic365.com)

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The Whale's Prayer

For all we know of the world, we know so little. Whales sing, of this we are aware, but more than that is pretty much a mystery. Scientists tell us that the blue whale’s song, projecting waves of sound that touch neither the sea bottom nor the foamy surface, can extend five thousand miles through th... (www.catholic365.com)

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