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What is a patron saint? What is a saint? Who is your favorite? A saint is basically anybody who lives happily for eternity with God in heaven. The Baltimore Catechism # 1 (and 2) question 6 asks, "Why did God make you?" It answers by saying that "God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him forever in the next." Thus, it is proper to say that our purpose in life is to become saints, and that the purpose of the Church is to help us... Read More
A while back I wrote a speculative post for the Nicene Guys about the possibility of infant salvation. The point of the post was that many people--Catholic and Protestant alike, and the detractors of both in common especially--have this idea that all unbaptized infants must be hell-bound. Some have speculated on the existence of Limbo: Dante, for example,... Read More
For the Lord Himself, with a word of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God, will come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first . . . (1 Thessalonians 4:16). A foreboding pressure - like an ominous, palpable presence - spread over me. It pressed against my chest like a vise. I tried to push it away, but couldn’t move my arms. I tried to scream, but couldn’t open my mouth. I fought to force air through my lips, but my body refused to respond. I tr... Read More
The Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has just released a proposal calling for "the redistribution of wealth and the regulation of world economies by international agencies. Obama would be so proud of the Pope! This is definitely in opposition to conservative values, but I guess it explains the priests who are preaching redistribution of wealth; socialism and New World Order from the pulpits. Now where is that separation of Church and State when we need i... Read More
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