Tag: Confession
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Ten “Fatal Flaws” of Catholicism?
A CatholicG33k Response to Mike Gendron Editor’s Note Mike Gendron’s Ten Fatal Flaws of Catholicism is frequently presented as a biblical exposure of what the Catholic Church supposedly teaches. The difficulty is not that Gendron cites the Catechism. The difficulty is that he repeatedly cites Catholic sources and then interprets them in ways those same…
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God Became Man So That Man Might Share in the Life of God
Understanding the Astonishing Teaching of Catechism 460 There are certain sentences in the Catechism of the Catholic Church that should make us stop reading for a moment. CCC 460 contains one of them. The Catechism teaches that: “The Word became flesh to make us ‘partakers of the divine nature.’” That is not merely poetic language.…
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Amen, Amen: Faith, Works, Sacraments, and the Gospel of John
Brothers and sisters in Christ, and especially my Protestant brothers and sisters, I want to begin with a simple question. If every outward action connected with salvation is dismissed as a “work,” then what do we do with the Gospel of John? When we read John carefully, we find that Jesus repeatedly presents divine grace…
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The Catholic Gentleman: Manhood Is Not a Costume
A CatholicG33k Reflection on Sam Guzman’s The Catholic Gentleman: Living Authentic Manhood Today There is a way to read The Catholic Gentleman badly. You could read it as a Catholicized masculinity manual: dress like an adult, drink like an adult, work hard, protect your family, develop some discipline, stop looking at pornography, learn some manners,…
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The Courage to Become the Man God Created You to Be
What does it truly mean to be a man? In Be a Man! Becoming the Man God Created You to Be, Fr. Larry Richards challenges the world’s definition of masculinity and points readers toward the only perfect example Jesus Christ. This reflection explores authentic manhood through the lens of Scripture, repentance, sacrificial love, and holiness,…
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Fatima: The Message We Keep Hearing but Still Struggle to Hear
There are some Catholic books that teach us something new. Others remind us of something we already knew but had allowed to become distant. Fatima: A Message More Urgent Than Ever by Luiz Sergio Solimeo belongs to the second category. Most Catholics have heard of Fatima. We know the names Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta. We…