The Bible is full of interesting people. Some of them walked with God and some of them walked away from God, and most of them did a little bit of both. It is fascinating to watch the people in the Bible making decisions. So many decisions are based on fear and so few are based on faith. Do you make your decisions based on fear or faith?

As Christians we are called to transform every activity in our lives into a prayer. This is how we become the-best-version-of-ourselves and live holy lives.

Please pray for Christopher. He has a thyroid tumor and the operation will be this Thursday, March 16th. May the Lord Jesus Christ heal him.

Each and every day, God invites us to change and to grow. When we say yes to that invitation, we find a happiness that is far beyond anything this world has to offer. That’s when we become most fully alive.

Youth Ministry would like to welcome it's newest Youth Minister, Jackie Ayala! Jackie has been an active parishioner at St. Paul the Apostle for about 7-8 years. She has been an active Cross+Trainer, Eucharistic Minister, Co-coordinator for the EDGE Core Team, and is currently a Confirmation 1 Catechist. Welcome to our family, Jackie!

One of the greatest mistakes in history has been to go off looking for God in the extraordinary. God occasionally uses the extraordinary to get our attention, but since the beginning, his favorite place has been amid the very ordinary things of life.

It is good and healthy to think about death from time to time. It puts things in perspective and reminds us what really matters. The perspective that death is inevitable reminds us to get busy living.

We all have an inner life. This consists of our thoughts and feelings, our hopes and dreams, our character and our relationship with God. We all have an outer life, which consists of the things we do, places we go, and things we build or own. We tend to focus on the outer life, but it is only a tiny fraction of our life. Much more takes place as part of the inner life. The outer life is an overflow of the inner life.

How do you see God? These are the four words that embody the Christian challenge: Thy will be done. Take a few minutes to reflect on your image of God. Write down the qualities that make up the way you see God. Try to trace each quality back to its roots in your life.

Ask God for his advice. Take 10 minutes sometime today to sit with him in silence. Present to him the biggest question you are struggling with at this time in your life and ask, “God, what do you think I should do?” The moment we open ourselves up to God’s plans is the moment miracles begin to happen in our lives

Do you ever have the sense that something is missing in your life? We all do from time to time. Most people push it aside fairly quickly, because we are afraid of where it might lead. But we really should pay a little more attention to our dissatisfaction.

What hard battle are you fighting? What actions can you take to confront your mess? "It's time to confront our own mess, how it affects us, and how our mess affects others. But it is also time to reach out to others who have mess greater or smaller than our own and be with them in their mess"

Do you resist God? Have you ever considered that God wants you to be happy even more than you want it for yourself? God is happiness... are you ready to stop resisting happiness? Let’s ask God to help you to embrace His dream for your life.

Who or what is at the center of your life? If God were central in your life how might your life be different? Lent is a great time to take a step back and look at our lives. If you want to make sense of everything, place HIM at the center. Today is First Friday, have you tried Eucharistic Adoration? Consider making Adoration a part of your devotion this Lent 2017 to grow closer to Christ and watch your inner life change... www.sptacc.org/adoration

Are you happy? Do you know what makes you happy? Do you know what gets in the way of your happiness? Matthew Kelly shares that prayer, exercise and jumping into the day are the things that will help him to have a fabulous day, yet resistance is present every morning calling to him.