Category: The Catholic Faith Explained
Heaven and Hell – What Every Catholic Must Know About “The Four Last Things” (third in a series)
Editor’s Note: Catholic teaching identifies the Four Last Things as death, judgment, Heaven and Hell. In the first two parts of this series on the Four Last Things, we examined what every Catholic needs to know about death and judgment. In this installment, we will look to where our death and judgment leads… Heaven or Hell. Heaven and Hell [...]
Judgment – What Every Catholic Must Know About “The Four Last Things” (second in a series)
Editor’s Note: Second in a series on the Four Last Things. Catholic teaching identifies the Four Last Things as: Death Judgment Heaven Hell In the first installment of this series on the Four Last Things, we examined what every Catholic needs to know about death. In this second installment, we will look at the Particular and Universal [...]
Five Sundays that will Change Your Eucharistic Faith
Editor’s Note: Today’s Into the Deep article looks at the Eucharistic teaching contained in chapter 6 of John’s Gospel. Deacon Mike Bickerstaff’ will resume his series on the Four Last Things next Sunday. Five Sundays ago, I mentioned here that the liturgical calendar of the Church was taking a short break from the Gospel of [...]
Death – What Every Catholic Must Know About “The Four Last Things” (first in a series)
Editor’s Note: First in a series on the Four Last Things. One of the recurring themes you will read on this site is that we are not made for Earth, but for Heaven. We are pilgrims on Earth, journeying to our true home in Heaven. Each of us has a beginning (conceived by our parents) and each [...]
The Virtue of Fairness
It may very well be that the first moral judgment a child utters is “That’s not fair!” Virtually all studies on the subject report that children as young as four already have an active and flourishing sense of fairness. The difference between fairness and justice, though subtle, is pivotal in the area of virtue education. [...]
The Miracle and Gift of the Eucharist
On the Second Sunday after Pentecost in the United States, we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ – Corpus Christi. Jesus began to prepare us for this great gift of the True Presence of His Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity in the Most Holy Eucharist when He performed the miracle of the Multiplication of [...]
The Holy Spirit: A Father Barron Commentary
One of my favorite texts in the New Testament is Galatians, Chapter 5, because people ask you all the time when you are a priest, “How do I know what God wants me to do?” … Watch and listen to Fr. Barron’s commentary on “The Holy Spirit.” Father Barron can be found on the Internet [...]
The Healing Power of Jesus’ Word
Editor’s Note: The following is the text of a homily delivered by Father Landry at St. Anthony of Padua Parish, New Bedford, MA on the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (Job 7:1-4,6-7; 1Cor 9:16-19,22-23; Mk 1:29-39) Understanding Jesus’ Priorities In today’s readings, we encounter a lot of suffering. In the first reading, Job [...]
“Catholics Aren’t Christians” – and Other Common Myths
I was once thoroughly stunned when a lady asked me, in all seriousness, whether Catholicism was a cult. This was the first of many times I have found myself attempting to debunk myths about my faith. Here are some rather prevalent ones with ammunition for setting the record straight: Catholics worship Mary. Here’s the truth: [...]
Are We Happy Yet?
Catechesis Corner - Are We Happy Yet Sister Timothy Marie, O.C.D. Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles Dorothy, in The Wizard of Oz, followed her yellow brick road to find happiness. Charlie Brown summed up his thoughts on the topic of happiness with his statement, “Happiness is a warm puppy.” Ah, elusive [...]
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