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Essential Catholicism: Baptism in the Holy Spirit
By Greg Schlueter
BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT is not something for a particular type of Catholic. Or personality. To be Catholic is to be open to all God desires for us. Whether we understand it or not. Whether it has been represented well or not.
"When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change; at such a moment, there is no point in pretending that nothing has happened or in saying that we are not yet ready. The challenge will not wait. Life does not look back"
By Joe Reciniello
Reflect, today, upon the presence of God in your life. How has God spoken to you, helped you and been there in your time of need?
Where God guides, He provides.
Reflect, today, upon how God sometimes calls you to follow Him in ways that do not immediately make sense.
"What happens when people open their hearts?........They get better."
Reflect, today, upon those who fall into this category in your own life. Who is it that is hurting and in need?
By Carol Monaco
With the baptism of Jesus, we see the unity of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The heavens opened up, and the Spirit of God descended like a dove upon Jesus and the voice from Heaven said: "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased." [Matthew 3:17] The Spirit of God invested Jesus with a mission—to show the way, the truth, and the life—that gives freedom from sin.
What does sex mean?
By Steve Pokorny
A few years ago, psychologists at the University of Texas at Austin asked the question, "What is sex for?" They received 237 different answers. There were lots of interesting answers, such as "makeup sex" or "birthday sex." There were also some screwed up answers, from "revenge sex" to "get ahead in my career" sex.
If it is "daily bread," why do you take it once a year?
Think about that statement: "Behold the Lamb of God…"
The Peril of "I Made You"
By E.M. McCarthy
There is a trend which is captured in a recent commercial when a woman says to her mother-in-law: "how did you make someone I love?"
Living The Worthy Life: The New Evangelism Is For You
By Michael Cunningham
Bishop Fulton Sheen explained it this way, "Fundamentalism assumes that the Bible is fundamental. Catholicism retorts…that the Bible is not a book but a collection of books, and hence the question more fundamental than Fundamentalism is: Who gathered the books together, and declared that they would constitute a Bible, and be regarded as the revealed Word of God?
Did Mary Know?
By Elizabeth Thomas
I read a blog about the song MARY DID YOU KNOW? A beautiful song that was called horrific for it put Mary down I guess. In a way it did for Mary, when she said YES---did know this was the Son of God, her Savior, our Savior, the Lamb of God and when she kissed His face, yes, she knew---she was kissing the face of God. The Subject though, or the question that popped into my mind----DO WE KNOW?
Have you made a New Year's Resolution? Here is a Suggestion.
By David Torkington
A hermit I know used to say, 'When you stop falling you will be in heaven, but when you stop getting up, you will be in hell'. The fact of the matter is, we all fall. The secret of spiritual growth is how long we take before we get up again.
"The devil does not bring sinners to hell with their eyes open: he first blinds them with the malice of their own sins. Before we fall into sin, the enemy labors to blind us, that we may not see the evil we do and the ruin we bring upon ourselves by offending God. After we commit sin, he seeks to make us dumb, that, through shame, we may conceal our guilt in confession"
We learn from John that the first step to a life of holiness is to "make straight the way of the Lord."
Move Beyond Your Fears to Total Trust in God
By Kevin J. Banet
How can we tame our fears and walk with confident faith in God? If we want to move beyond servile and mercenary fears for a higher form of love, should we always forget about those lesser fears, or ignore them? There is a saying from Nelson Mandela: "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
Nobility did not come to the manger, but humility bowed in awe and wonder. Only lowly shepherds visited that night.
Reflect, today, upon the holy and captivating relationship that Mary would have shared with her Divine Son.
The Eucharist, Our Foretaste of Eternity
By JP Nunez
Most Christian churches (whether Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox) recognize that the Eucharist looks forward in some way to Jesus' second coming and the consummation of God's plan of salvation. This is taught pretty explicitly in Scripture. For example, when talking about the Eucharist, St. Paul says, "For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death
The Faithful Are NOT To Use the Orans Posture During the Our Father
By Jason Izolt
Hell: What is it and who goes there?
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
A prayer before work
By Pam Spano
5 Reasons the Catholic Church is the True Church
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