Acts 15 - it could look like Peter is not the head of the Church because James actually got up and made the decision regarding circumcision. Paul and Barnabas have returned from their first missionary journey and there is a crisis in the church of … [Read more...]
Goal of the book, Happy Are You Poor - to separate the wheat from the chaff on what is true Gospel poverty. The following 5 points are what I learnt: 1. We are all confused about true Gospel poverty and how it applies in our … [Read more...]
Scott Hahn addresses the following 3 major points in his talk on "the fourth cup"... The following are quotes taken from this lecture series: 1. How Christ in the Last Supper and in the Eucharist offers himself up as the new covenant Passover, and … [Read more...]
The following is a story by Scott Hahn... Let's renew and deepen our commitment to Christ by renewing and deepening our commitment to the Holy Eucharist in the blessed sacrament of the altar. This isn't superstition or hocus-pocus. I was teaching … [Read more...]
The following is what I learnt from Scott Hahn's free Scriptural Study on the Gospel of Matthew from www.salvationhistory.com (quotes taken directly from the Bible study course). Lesson One: Learning to Listen for Echoes: A New Approach to the New … [Read more...]
Purgatory = comes from the Latin word, "purgatorium," means to cleanse, or purify. The Catechism of the Catholic Church has 3 paragraphs on purgatory (CCC 1030-1032) and explains the following: 1. That there is a purification after death. 2. … [Read more...]
I was recently asked some questions from a Protestant friend. The following answers are taken from different resources I used via Catholic Answers, and other trusted Catholic sources. What is required to be united with Christ for eternity? The … [Read more...]
The following quotes are taken from To Sell is Human: Once upon a time only some people were in sales. Every day, they sold stuff, we did stuff, and everyone was happy. One day everything changed: All of us ended up in sales - and sales changed from … [Read more...]
Late one night St. Francis Borgia arrived unexpectedly at a Jesuit house, in a snowstorm. He knocked and knocked on the door, but all to no purpose because the community being asleep, no one heard him. When morning came all were embarrassed for the … [Read more...]
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