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Memento Mori: Remember That You Will Die
Why the Catholic remembrance of death is not morbid, but a school of wisdom, repentance, freedom, and hope CatholicG33k — Faith. Truth. Reason. There is a sentence the modern world does almost everything in its power to avoid: You are going to die. Not eventually in some vague, abstract sense. Not merely as a biological…
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True Repentance, Humility & Doing the Will of God
Catholic Bible Study · 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Ezekiel 18:25–28 · Psalm 25:4–9 · Philippians 2:1–11 · John 10:27 · Matthew 21:28–32 These readings tell one unified story: God calls us to repentance, gives us the grace to change, and invites us to imitate the perfect obedience of Jesus Christ. We must…
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Prayer in the Early Church: What Tertullian Really Says—and What Answering Catholics Leaves Unexamined
A Catholic Response to Answering Catholics on the Lord’s Prayer, the Early Church Fathers, the Communion of Saints, and Christian Intercession Patrick O’Brien’s Answering Catholics published a page entitled “Prayer Discussed by the Early Church Writers.” The article reproduces a passage from Tertullian’s On Prayer, Chapter 2, concerning the opening words of the Lord’s Prayer.…
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How Can I Be Saved? When “Faith Alone” Says More Than Scripture Does
A Catholic Rebuke of Answering Catholics on Salvation, Justification, Baptism, and Good Works Patrick O’Brien’s Answering Catholics asks the most important question a sinner can ask: “How can I be saved?” That question deserves a serious biblical answer. And to Patrick’s credit, his article begins with several truths Catholics wholeheartedly confess. Man cannot save himself.…
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The Miraculous Staircase of Loretto Chapel: The Mystery of St. Joseph’s Carpenter
The extraordinary story of a mysterious carpenter, nine days of prayer, and a remarkable staircase that has inspired Catholic devotion for generations. In the historic city of Santa Fe, New Mexico, stands a beautiful Gothic Revival chapel containing one of America’s most extraordinary examples of nineteenth-century woodworking. Known as the Loretto Chapel, this former Catholic…
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THE CROSS BEFORE CALVARY? — EZEKIEL 9
There is a mysterious scene in Ezekiel that Christians have been reflecting on for centuries. Before judgment falls upon Jerusalem, God commands the man clothed in linen: “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem: and mark Thau upon the foreheads of the men that sigh, and mourn for all the…
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Does Worship Require Sacrifice Today? When the Fathers He Quotes Point Back to the Altar
A Catholic Rebuke of Answering Catholics on the Sacrifice of the Mass, Hebrews, Christian Worship, and the Testimony of the Early Church Patrick O’Brien’s Answering Catholics asks a question that goes directly to the heart of Christian worship: “Does Worship Require Sacrifice Today?” His answer begins with something Catholics wholeheartedly affirm. Jesus Christ fulfilled the…
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Does 2 Maccabees Teach Christians to Pray for the Dead? When Scripture Calls It “Holy and Wholesome”
A Catholic Response to Answering Catholics on 2 Maccabees 12, Purgatory, the Canon of Scripture, and Prayer for the Dead Patrick O’Brien’s Answering Catholics asks whether 2 Maccabees really supports the Catholic practice of praying for the dead. His answer is no. According to the article, the Catholic argument fails because 2 Maccabees is supposedly…
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Walking with Mary: The Yes That Has to Be Given Again
Edward Sri’s Walking with Mary: A Biblical Journey from Nazareth to the Cross initially appears to be a book about Mary. By the end, it becomes clear that it is really a book about discipleship. Mary is the one walking ahead of us. The genius of the book is that it does not present the…
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From the Tree of Eden to the Tree of Calvary
The Divine Mystery of Sin, Sacrifice, and Redemption How the disobedience of the first Adam was overcome by the perfect obedience of Jesus Christ, the New Adam—and how the Cross became the Tree of Eternal Life. “For as by the disobedience of one man, many were made sinners: so also by the obedience of one,…