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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Taking care of your responsibilities… did you call Mom?
Taking care of your responsibilities… did you call Mom?
We all have responsibilities given our relationships with others. Children call their mothers on Mothers’ Day and generally keep in touch. Parents provide for their children and keep them safe. We all know our responsibilities. We do not always live up to them all of the time, but that should not keep us from trying. And our relationship with Heaven and those within also gives us a respons
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The Rules of Love:  The 10 Commandments
The Rules of Love:  The 10 Commandments
This may seem absurd to some. How can a bunch of ‘thou shalt nots’ be considered the rules of love? Being so old, they may seem outdated. But I do not think the problem is that they are too old, but that they are not adhered to. When we teach our children how to live, we give them rules. Do this, but not this. In fact, we are giving our children rules to live by, but also rules to love by
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"Do whatever He tells you." – Mary to us [Luke 2:5]
"Do whatever He tells you." – Mary to us [Luke 2:5]
These are Mary’s words to the servers at the wedding in Cana. Mary does not put the focus on herself; she never does. Her focus is on us getting closer to Jesus. In a truly motherly way, she wants us to get closer to Jesus. She wants us to cooperate with Jesus, to see His miracles, not because of the miracles, but so that we might believe in her Son, which is what is best for us.
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No matter the tortures, Jesus would not turn from His Father.  Will you?
No matter the tortures, Jesus would not turn from His Father.  Will you?
In the agony of the garden, Jesus asks “Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me.” He sees His Passion before Him, yet He continues, “still, not my will but yours be done.” [Luke 22:42] He did not want to accept His Passion, but He would not separate Himself from His Father to do so. He lives out the prayer He gave us by submitting His will to ‘thy will be done.’
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Why do my children not come to me?" – Mary
Why do my children not come to me?" – Mary
Mary is our mother. Jesus gave us His Heavenly Father as Our Father, especially in the Lord’s Prayer/Our Father. But Jesus also gave us His Mother. While being crucified, “Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, behold, your son.’ Then he said to the disciple, ‘Behold, your mother.’ And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.” – [
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"Where is your heart?" – Jesus
"Where is your heart?" – Jesus
True love is demanding. Instead of an one-time exchange of items, true love is a life-long gift of self.
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Where is your joy?
Where is your joy?
Do you have joy? And if so, where is your source of joy? Indeed, our greatest joy should be in Jesus Christ. In Jesus Christ, we see the depths of God’s love for us. We see our worth.
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"Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life." – John 6:54
"Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life." – John 6:54
For some, the Catholic Church’s teaching on the Eucharist is hard to believe and sometimes a stumbling block. We must recall that it was when Jesus taught it too! In the Bread of Life discourse in John 6, we find the only time Jesus had disciples leave Him. “As a result of this, many [of] his disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied him.” – [John 6:66]
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With all of this chaos and suffering in our world, what can I do?  I am only one person.
With all of this chaos and suffering in our world, what can I do?  I am only one person.
George Floyd has died tragically. COVID-19 is a worldwide pandemic killing thousands. And yet, abortion is still killing the most innocent of us, even more than COVID-19. Our world is suffering. Well, of course it is. We did not need COVID-19 or the tragic death of George Floyd to know that, but sadly that is what it has taken for us to finally realize it. Are we just too dense?!?
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Prayer is needed!  It always has been, but we have let it slip for too long.
Prayer is needed!  It always has been, but we have let it slip for too long.
Prayer itself is a spiritual battle. “Oh come on, a spiritual battle?” Yes. If we realize that there is a God and there is a Devil, then there is a battle. Obviously, not a physical one, though it can spill into the physical, especially in us who are spiritual and physical beings at the same time.
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Pray with your whole heart!
Pray with your whole heart!
Do you want to move mountains? Well, you can. “Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” – [Matthew 17:20] Jesus’ disciples wondered why they could not drive a demon from a boy. He rebukes the demon and when the disciples ask why they could not, He tells t
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Are you as courageous as the signers of the Declaration of Independence?
Are you as courageous as the signers of the Declaration of Independence?
Back at the time of the Declaration of Independence, the signers became the most wanted men. The British wanted to make an example of these men. The signers knew this. John Hancock’s large signature seemed to be a taunt to the British; “come and get me”. These men had courage and lived in hope that their courage could overcome tyranny.
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Hate is not your friend.  It will only destroy you.
Hate is not your friend.  It will only destroy you.
Hating a hateful person is also hate. Many of us feel justified in our hate because we are only hating the hateful people. You know, them. But hate will get us nowhere. We all know this. Yet hate stirs up within us. It starts as anger and then gets twisted into hate. Anger towards a wrong, like hate, is justified. But allowing anger to become hate itself worse; we now have more hate.
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How can we make it through this?
How can we make it through this?
With this current pandemic and the chaos in our country, it seems too much for us to confront. Our lives can feel that way sometimes without a pandemic or nationwide chaos. We can feel like we are sinking in the sea. But we need to focus on what, or more specifically Who, has conquered the chaos in our lives. Just as Jesus can rebuke the winds, He can conquer the troubles in our lives too.
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With all of this chaos and suffering in our world, what can I do? I am only one person.
With all of this chaos and suffering in our world, what can I do? I am only one person.
With all of this chaos and suffering in our world, what can I do? I am only one person.
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