As horrible as his action was, I simply have a hard time believing that the kid committed a mortal sin by Catholic standards. And I look at people who grew up with horrible abuse during their childhood or poverty or continual gang experiences, and I wonder if they are really free to act...
John teaches us in his gospel that “in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” and that “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:1, 14). Jesus is the Incarnate Word, “the Word became flesh,” the God-man. But because he ...
In addition to these recitations, the priest takes certain actions at particular times during the rite: He sprinkles holy water on everyone in the room, lays his hands on the subject, makes the sign of the cross both on himself and on the subject and touches the subject with a Catholic r...
At the same time, no existing document proves that he was not. Finally, most of the theories in "The Da Vinci Code" about Jesus's relationship to Mary Magdalene, whether they had a child, the "real meaning" of the Holy Grail and the history of the Catholic church come from one ...
Theologically, it echoes the broader biblical theme of the righteous suffering unjustly, a motif seen throughout the Psalms and in the life of Jesus Christ, who was also maligned and rejected by men (Isaiah 53:3). How long will you love vanity and seek after lies?The "vanity" here ...
Cross References Mark 4:38-40But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?” / Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died do...
Every time we look at a crucifix or image of Jesus on the Cross, we remember Christ’s sacrificial love, how He bled and died for all of us, including His enemies. Jesus cared about those who despised Him; while He was suffering, He cried out,“Father, forgive them, for they know ...
Heavy lifting, indeed! St. Teresa of Avila in chapter 31 her autobiography explains how she was being tormented by demons. She used holy water against them and wrote: “From long experience I have learned that there is nothing like holy water to put devils to flight and prevent them from ...
Caller:Okay, I actually was a Catholic, I grew up a Catholic, and I became seriously a Catholic when I became an adult. However, I’m now nondenominational, I’m an Evangelical, and I just, you know, I left the Catholic Church primarily because, you know, I believe that Jesus only ...
I’m glad Huff brought this up because it also refutes the claim that the earliest Christians thought Jesus was just a wise teacher or even some kind of angelic being when the first Christians clearly believed Jesus was God incarnate. I’ll put on the screen the actual graffiti where you ...