Hope you had blessed Sunday! 🙏✝️
Time for another Catholic Meme Monday.
Catholic Meme Monday— Issue 216
The Simple Catholic Sunday Funnies: Episode 26
Welcome to another The Simple Catholic Sunday Funnies! Growing up, one of my favorite parts of Sunday was flipping to the comics section of the newspaper: a little pocket of humor, color, and light-heartedness to start the week.
Now, in that same spirit, I’m excited to share this weekly collection of wholesome, funny Catholic comic strips. Thanks to the incredible talents of artists like Father Alvaro Comics, The Catholic Cartoonist, Sam Estrada, Tomics, and Fr. Michael DeBlanc. These comics bring a joyful twist to our shared faith, reminding us that laughter is one of God’s great gifts.
Enjoy Catholic comics!
Continue readingYour First Catholic Pilgrimage: Simple Steps to Prepare Heart, Mind, and Backpack
By: Darcie Nielsen, Co-founder of CatholicGO
Begin With the Heart: Setting Your Intentions
Going on a pilgrimage for the first time (even locally) is a lot like visiting extended family you haven’t met or seen in years. There’s a sense of anticipation, familiarity, and yet very much unknown. There’s spiritual preparation as much as there is material preparation.
The material preparation is easy in the sense that you pack the snacks, drinks, a picnic meal, some matches to light candles, and your rosary. It’s the spiritual preparation that takes some deeper thought. A few questions can help guide this process:
Continue readingHeart Speaks to Heart: Shining Christ’s Light in the Darkness
Guest Post by: David Tonaszuck
A reflection on the Gospel of Matthew 5:13-16
Dear friends in Christ,
In the gray shadows of Auschwitz, where hope seemed all but extinguished, Father Maximilian Kolbe moved quietly among the prisoners. He had been there only a few weeks, yet already, men whispered his name with something close to reverence.
Kolbe’s kindness was simple: a crust of bread slipped to a starving neighbor, a whispered blessing in the night, a scrap of fabric shared to ward off the chill. He never spoke of fear, even as the guards barked orders and men vanished from their bunks. Instead, he spoke of Mary – “Our Mother, our confidence”, Her example that through Jesus we have a love stronger than death, a peace that could survive even in the worst of conditions.
One morning, the camp was thrown into chaos when a prisoner escaped. In retaliation, the commandant ordered ten men to die. As the condemned were pulled from the line, one man broke down, sobbing for his wife and children. Kolbe stepped forward. “Let me take his place,” he said, his voice steady. The guards, taken aback, agreed. Kolbe and the other chosen men were locked in a starvation cell. In that darkness, Kolbe led prayers, sang hymns, and comforted the dying. When the guards checked the cell, they found not despair, but a strange calm. Kolbe’s presence seemed to push back the gloom, his integrity shining in a place built to destroy it.
Continue readingCatholic Meme Monday— Issue 215
Hope you had blessed Sunday! 🙏✝️
Time for another Catholic Meme Monday.
Finding the Silver Lining: Trusting God’s Promises in the Beatitudes
Guest Post by: David Tonaszuck
Dear friends in Christ,
Simon hadn’t thought about his fifth-grade teacher, Mrs. Marples, in years. She was always cheerful and often said, “Every cloud has a silver lining, Simon—especially when we trust in God. You just have to look for it.” At the time, Simon dismissed her words as just another cliché. But sitting outside the hospital, anxious about his father’s illness and his own job troubles, he remembered her kindness as a child—how she shared her struggles and her faith that God would provide, even if help came in unexpected ways.
That night, Simon prayed not for a miracle, but for trust—to see the silver lining, whatever it might be. The next day brought no sudden solutions, but he felt a new peace in his heart: his father was awake and smiling, and his boss offered support instead of criticism. Simon realized that God’s promise isn’t always to fix things instantly, but to love us through them—and that grace, even in hardship, is the true blessing. Mrs. Marples’ lesson echoed in his heart: with faith in God’s love, blessings can be found even in the hardest moments, just as Jesus teaches us in today’s Gospel through the Beatitudes.
Continue readingCatholic Meme Monday— Issue 214
Hope you had a blessed Sunday! 🙏✝️
Time for another Catholic Meme Monday.
