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 …
If you where curious about the original Christian Church, you could begin with the many ‘cultural clues’ around us. For example: Christmas = Beyond any doubt, Christmas is a contraction of the word’s “Christ’s Mass” – the day we celebrate the birth of Jesus with a solemn and beautiful Mass! Holiday = is a contraction of …
Whether it is charges of millions of dead during the Spanish Inquisition, or modern charges of priestly pedophilia, or Bible burning during the Protestant Reformation, or alleged Papal silence during WWII’s Nazi atrocities, there are a host of charges brought against Catholics and the Church. What about that long list of sins? First, we must …
There are 1.1 Billion Catholics worldwide. This makes the Catholic Church the largest Christian Church in the world. Respected historians agree that the Catholic Church was begun by Jesus Christ, around the year A.D. 33. This makes the Catholic Church almost 2000 years old. This also fulfills the Lord’s prophecy that even ‘the gates of …
When the Roman Empire was beginning to collapse, Catholic priests, monks and religious began establishing first monasteries, and later schools, colleges and universities. It’s a historic fact that the modern university is in large part the product of centuries of Catholic work in education. Catholic education can be found at the elementary school, middle and …
