Articles in 'Prayers & Devotionals'
The beginning of self-giving love.
The beginning of self-giving love.
By Troy Kroening
Well, to say there is a beginning of self-giving love is a bit misleading, but we can talk about where its origin. Self-giving love originates in the Trinity. The three Persons of the Trinity have a self-giving love towards each other. So much so that they wanted more to love, and so creation.
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A Lenten Reflection
A Lenten Reflection
By Ralph Hathaway
This reflection uses the five senses each of us is endowed with; sight, touch, taste, hearing, and speech. I have attempted to place each one within the framework of the five weeks of Lent before Holy Week. In this way the reader will be able to reflect in a positive way the connection of human endeavor with the observance of penance and God’s forgiveness.
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Man Does Not Live On Bread Alone
Man Does Not Live On Bread Alone
By Deacon Frederick Bartels
In the First Sunday of Lent’s gospel (Mt 4:1-11), we hear about how Jesus Christ was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. Christ, then, walks into the desert with a firm purpose in mind: not only to encounter the devil and resist him, but to definitively defeat his temptations.
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Problems and Trust
Problems and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Even oldsters may have forgotten that there was once a popular TV program called, “Father Knows Best.” The phrase is schmaltzy, perhaps, but there’s a profound truth in these simple words when they refer to our heavenly Father, who always knows best. Our challenge is to let ourselves be really convinced of that verity.
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Reflecting on Ashes
Reflecting on Ashes
By Charlie Johnston
Ash Wednesday may be behind us, but it would benefit us to remember the readings of that day, and not just during Lent but all year long.
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Lent - A Reflection on its Meaning
Lent - A Reflection on its Meaning
By Ralph Hathaway
“What are you giving up for Lent?” is the normal discussion every year as this most holy season rolls around and the thoughts of Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving are on the minds of people attending services on Ash Wednesday.
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Waiting on God
Waiting on God
By Trish Stukbauer
It’s been said that God answers every prayer. Sometimes he says yes; sometimes he says no; and sometimes he says not yet. It’s that last one that is by far the most difficult to cope with for most of us.
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Fish, Pork, Abstinence, Maccabees, the Antichrist, and the Jewish Conversion
Fish, Pork, Abstinence, Maccabees, the Antichrist, and the Jewish Conversion
By Scott Pauline
One of the primary errors of the Jewish People is the failure to discern between mere discipline versus doctrine, between what is merely external and what is internal, which is the only thing that really matters. In the Old Testament, Pork was absolutely forbidden--on any day or any time.
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Adversity and Trust
Adversity and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
One of the most difficult challenges we face in our spiritual life is trusting in God’s loving providence when we are hurt by the malice of other humans. It’s one of the most anguishing tests of our spiritual maturity. Trusting God to bring good from evil is in itself not too difficult--unless we are the targets of that evil.
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The Second Word of Jesus
The Second Word of Jesus
By Richard Maffeo
During my prayer in our hotel suite, I heard a young child outside our door call anxiously to her father, “Daddy, wait for me. Please.” I assume he stopped, and I heard a muffled response, “Come on, we need to go.” A moment later, I heard small feet patter past the door and down the hall.
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Our Lady of Miracles March 12th Feast Day
Our Lady of Miracles March 12th Feast Day
By Julie
There's a special statue of Our Lady in Paris and this is how this statue came about: Back in the 11th Century, a lord who was ill decided to pray to Our Lady for his health to be restored promising that if it was he would enter a monastery. His petitions were heard and he entered the monastery.
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Newman Centers- Lighthouses of Grace in Secular Education
Newman Centers- Lighthouses of Grace in Secular Education
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
Many years before I became a Catholic I 'met' Blessed Cardinal John Henry Newman. Intrigued by comments like this definition of the practical use of education, Newman represented intelligent scholarship and rigorous thought...along with a core of attractive rebelliousness. (To one who had left the Episcopalian Church as a teen.)
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Lenten Prayer
Lenten Prayer
By Helen Losse
I ‘d been dreaming about a prayer— words now forgotten— in one of those dreams that repeats itself in a contiguous loop
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Suffering and Trust
Suffering and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
One of my favorite squibs is the probing insight on the popular “bumper snicker”: If you feel far from God, guess who moved!
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The Holy Trinity - Creeds, Grace, Easter
The Holy Trinity - Creeds, Grace, Easter
By Ralph Hathaway
We often ponder the dictates of the Catholic Church, it's position in the world, and the relationship to our sister Christian religions. One only listen intently to the words of the Creed; Apostles or Nicene, and absorb the real essence of the thoughts and labor put into these truths.
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Turn Back to Me For Greatest Lent Ever!
Turn Back to Me For Greatest Lent Ever!
By Elizabeth Thomas
Tis the season to be suffering? Oh no, tis the season to see things differently!! Dynamic Catholics is challenging us to have the Best Lent EVER! It is God however who is leading my spirit to have the Greatest Lent ever.
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Love and Trust
Love and Trust
By Rev. John H. Hampsch, C.M.F
Consider four situations in which you might exercise trust. First, it’s very risky to entrust your life savings to a person who hates you. Second, it’s less risky but still quite chancy to entrust your life savings to a stranger who neither loves nor hates you.
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