Faith is filled with paradoxes. But if you ‘enter into’ these paradoxical mysteries, you will find that you can understand, learn and grow. You can find answers, healing and strength. Jesus was a paradox too! Jesus said “I came that you may have life, and have it more abundantly!” (John 10:10) Truly, He came to die for …
Scripture tells us that God’s Ways are higher than man’s ways (see Isaiah 55:9). Unless we put on ‘the mind of Christ’ (1 Cor. 2:16) we can’t understand God properly, much less His gift to us of His Bride the Church (Eph. 5:23–32)! God has given us free will, the ability to choose right from …
‘But what about all those rules and regulations!’ Ah, yes! Glad you asked! Every orderly society has rules and regulations. The Church does too! Caring parents have rules and regulations and keep certain rituals…the time to rise, or times to eat, or the time to sleep…all out of love for the children. These are analogies to …
He that eats My flesh, and drinks My blood, has everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day. For My flesh is meat indeed: and My blood is drink indeed. He that eats My flesh, and drinks My blood, abides in Me, and I in him. — John 6: 55-57 (see also Mt. 26:26) …
“Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want” – Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta Baptism “The creed is not a collection of propositions; it is not a theory. It is anchored in the event of Baptism — a genuine encounter between …
We find today a number of popularly believed notions that often go unchallenged. Let’s take a brief survey – and challenge – these ideas in an imaginary dialogue between two people. “YOU CAN’T LEGISLATE MORALITY.” Ok, then I can kill you! “No!” Why not? “Because killing is wrong!” Oh, I thought you said that morality should not be legislated? “I see …
