Troy Kroening

Though a great sinner, God has blessed me with a wonderful wife and 8 lovely children, 2 of which have gone to Heaven before leaving the womb.

 

I love the Rosary and started sharing little Catholic reflections with others. My little Catholic reflections have helped deepen my faith and I hope they can help others as well.  Though not always fully inspired by the Holy Spirit, I enjoy when He takes over and seeing what direction He takes the reflection.

 

Please say a prayer for me and I will continue to pray for all who read my little reflections, especially for the inspiration to read them as the Holy Spirit intends.  St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for the success of my little reflections and for all of Catholic365.com.

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Be who YOU are!
Be who YOU are!
You were made to be loved and to love in return. Indeed, all of the cosmos were made from love.
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Do we see Jesus?
Do we see Jesus?
Of course, there are many ways for us to see Jesus. We can see Jesus in others, much like St. Mother Teresa. We can see Jesus in the sacraments, most notably in His real presence in the Eucharist.
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You deserve to be loved
You deserve to be loved
You and I deserve to be loved. And not with just some feeling of love. No, a real love not dependent upon feelings. A love shown in actions, in words, and in a gift of heart. A complete and pure love. We seek this love in many ways, many times in others. And so we search with our heads down on Earth. But Jesus asks us to raise our head and see His love for us.
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Feast or Fast
Feast or Fast
“Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?” – [Mark 2:19] These are Jesus’ words in response to the people asking Him, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” – [Mark 2:18]
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Why this waste? It could have been sold for much, and the money given to the poor.
Why this waste? It could have been sold for much, and the money given to the poor.
Have you ever thought this? I know that I have. Actually, those are the words of Jesus’ disciples in the Gospel of Matthew. “[A] woman came up to him with an alabaster jar of costly perfumed oil, and poured it on his head.” – [Matthew 26:7] We probably remember the story. The woman uses the costly perfume to anoint Jesus and His disciples objected. Then, Jesus corrected them.
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Blessed to be here
Blessed to be here
Yes, we are all blessed to be here, as in blessed to be alive. We have a Creator that loved us enough to create us and He showed that love by dying for us. But this is not what I mean.
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Do you see Easter in your Lenten observance?
Do you see Easter in your Lenten observance?
What we give up or possibly add as a Lenten observation often times weighs on us. It can be hard. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel, or a celebration at the end of the suffering in Easter. If we focus on the suffering, it may seem overwhelming. But what did Jesus do throughout His suffering? He was focused on Easter.
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Patience, yeah how long will that take?
Patience, yeah how long will that take?
We all have times that try our patience. Every single one of us. The saints are no different, yet they were commonly able to keep their patience. Not because of special tricks or just an apt for patience that we will never know, but because they trusted. Have a trying issue? Well, maybe God has given you an opportunity to trust Him.
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How is it going?
How is it going?
Lent can be hard, but at times Lent can be easy. Lent can be easy for two reasons: either we enjoy giving to Jesus or we are not giving much. If we are not giving much, we should not be discouraged.
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Lent a spiritual fight
Lent a spiritual fight
It might seem odd to call Lent a spiritual fight. After all, fasting is physical and not spiritual, right? Well, not only is fasting spiritual, but abstaining from meat is also spiritual. Indeed, they are both. Our body and soul are not separate pieces that do not affect each other. What we do with one affects the other.
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Getting prepared
Getting prepared
We get ourselves prepared for many things. We prepare to face the outside cold with a coat and possibly gloves and a hat. We prepare ourselves for going to work. We prepare ourselves as best as we can sometimes.
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Jesus pulls us into the love of the Trinity.
Jesus pulls us into the love of the Trinity.
The Trinity is supremely awesome. Three Persons, but one God. Where you find one Person of the Trinity, you find the others. As Jesus said, “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.” – [John 14:9] He even goes so far as to say, “I am in the Father and the Father is in me.” – [John 14:11] You see, the Trinity is inseparable.
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Do you have lines that you will not cross or allow others to cross?
Do you have lines that you will not cross or allow others to cross?
I think of these lines as morals. I stand strong to prevent others from crossing this line. We all share many of these. It could be a direct attack on us or a loved one physically. Sometimes though, we have a moral stance that we feel powerless to stop or prevent. Bullying comes to mind right away. The sexual harassments made public come to mind as well.
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If we want things to get better, we must know where we are.
If we want things to get better, we must know where we are.
We want many things to get ‘better’. But do we truly take inventory of where we are? If we do not, how can we know if we got better? And normally, taking inventory is exactly how we determine what it is that we need to do to make things better. The elephant in the room becomes obvious, if we never noticed it before.
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An attack on one person's human dignity is an attack on human dignity itself.
An attack on one person's human dignity is an attack on human dignity itself.
Human dignity belongs to humanity, each and every human. If we deny it to anyone, we have attacked human dignity itself, not just the person(s). Human rights come from human dignity. Your right to free speech and freedom of religion stem from human dignity.
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