Photo Credit: Flickr/Kevin Simmons/Mayberry Health and Home/ www.mayberryhealthandhome.com. (Copied from Catholic365.com, www.catholic365.com/article/7783/what-is-love.html) Love is such a basic word, used frequently and also very misunderstood, over-utilized and a term very much perverted in our culture and society. We confuse the idea of love with so many things that are very far from the virtue of love that … Continued

(Printed from: www.catholic.org/lent/mardigras.php) Mardi Gras is strongly associated with wild bacchanalia and debauchery, but the original intent of the holiday and how it’s kept by the faithful is much different. Fat Tuesday, as it is known in English, is a long-standing tradition of the Catholic Church and it marks the last day of ordinary time … Continued

The Catholic Papacy’s apostolic succession is one of if not the oldest institution of succession in the history of the world.  How did a Church with a First Pope who actually denied even knowing Christ during his lifetime, along with a gang of other misfits who were mostly uneducated, poor, working class and simple people … Continued

I heard this quote not long ago and it stopped me in my tracks. It spoke to me in a very honest and open way, and caused me to reflect on my life, and how I was filling it up. We seem to think that being “busy” is a badge of honor in our society these … Continued

Last Advent I was given the gift of preparing for Christmas in a new, very real way. I was very pregnant with my second child and due not long after Christmas. Being pregnant along the same timeline as Mary gave a whole new, very real meaning to what we are preparing for: a real human … Continued

This Friday is the The Immaculate Conception of The Blessed Virgin Mary. It is a Holy Day of Obligation. The Blessed Virgin Mary is such a part of the fabric that makes us Catholics we can sometimes forget the magnificence with which she came into this world. For that reason, The Immaculate Conception of The … Continued

A Baptist minister once spoke to a Catholic congregation and acknowledged he did not believe that the presence of Jesus comes to us in the Eucharist.  However, he respected the Catholic belief and commented on what a wondrous event it must be during the Mass. The minister went onto comment about how great God is … Continued

As Catholics, we have learned the spirit of giving and reminded of it often as we approach Thanksgiving and the Christmas Season. We are blessed and called on to share our blessings in our “Service to Others”. There are two corner stones to our Catholic beliefs, though. “Service to Others” and “Community”. In addition to … Continued

Every morning around 5:45 a.m. I receive a video message from my best friend who lives in Albany, New York.  She uses a video message app, called Marco Polo, as a way to keep in touch with me and our other best friend who lives in Dallas.   Typically, when I view the video telegram, … Continued