Tag: judgment
Seeking Authenticity
We live in such a cynical world – a world seeking truth in all the wrong places; a world full of lies and scams and cheats. How did we get here? We’re more concerned with the personal lives of semi-celebrities than the sad realities in our own homes or the changes being made in our [...]
NFP and a Surprise Pregnancy
Little over a month after my husband and I converted to Catholicism I became pregnant with our second child. There was no real surprise in the news. We were trying to conceive and actually found the information we’d learned in our class on Natural Family Planning to be immensely helpful in the process. The real [...]
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 [...]
It’s All Right to Be Wrong
Dear Dr. Ray, I worry a lot about making mistakes in raising my children. How do I know what I’m doing now won’t hurt them in some way later in life? ―Nervous Few things can ruin the enjoyment of parenthood more surely than a fear of mistakes. Nowadays so many parents live with the daily [...]
How Many Souls will be Saved?
Lord, will those who are saved be few? I once heard a comment from a friend who was preparing a homily. He was finding it difficult to preach on the “fact” that there will be so few in heaven. He has no problem on preaching about death, judgment, Heaven and Hell; but, he is sad that there [...]
What the Hell? (I’m Kidding on the Title)
Time and again, as I go about the work of evangelization, I encounter from both believers and non-believers, a fierce objection to the doctrine of Hell. In its most radical form, it runs something like this: how could a God who is described as infinitely good create, sustain, and send people to a place of [...]
Purgatory Made Simple
Short and Simple One of the most misunderstood teachings of the Church, and maybe one that is least reflected on, is the teaching on purgatory. To understand and embrace this teaching does not require deep, exhausting theological study. A short and simple explanation of its meaning should wash away the distortions that cause so many [...]
Comparing Christianity and the New Paganism
The most serious challenge for Christianity today isn’t one of the other great religions of the world, such as Islam or Buddhism. Nor is it simple atheism, which has no depth, no mass appeal, no staying power. Rather, it’s a religion most of us think is dead. That religion is paganism — and it is [...]
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