ARE YOU SAVED? HOW A CATHOLIC MUST RESPOND. “ARE YOU SAVED?” This is a typical question a fundamentalist or Born-again Christian poses to Catholics. As we all know they (the Born-again and some fundamentalist/evangelical protestants, and other sects) believe that their salvation comes from -the Lutheran tenet which posits that- the mere acceptance of…
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12th Sunday O.T. (C). CHRISTIANS: LIVE FOR CHRIST! LIVE CHRIST’S LIFE. “FAITHALONE” (Solafide) WITHOUT WORKS IS NOT BIBLICAL.
12th Sunday O.T. (C) A CHRISTIAN LIVES FOR CHRIST AND LIVES CHRIST’S LIFE. “FAITH ALONE” WITHOUT WORKS IS NOT BIBLICAL. Dear brethren in Christ, today’s Sunday liturgy underlines a very important idea: THE CHRISTIAN IS THE ONE WHO LIVES FOR CHRIST THE MESSIAH AND LIVES CHRIST’S LIFE. In the Gospel (Lk 9:18-24), we…
5th Sunday of Easter:THE NOVELTY OF THE GOSPEL. JESUS’ LOVE: “AS I HAVE LOVED YOU.”
5th Sunday of Easter: THE NOVELTY OF THE GOSPEL. JESUS’ LOVE: “AS I HAVE LOVED YOU” Dear brethren in Christ, today’s Sunday Mass highlights the novelty of the Gospel which restores all things −man, life, history, the entire universe−to God. Easter season constitutes the highest renovation and instauration of all things in Christ which,…
Summaries of Catholic Teaching. Topic 6: CREATION.
Summaries of Catholic Teaching. Topic 6: CREATION Author: Santiago Sanz Profesor of Dogmatic Theology, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome) INTRODUCTION The importance of the truth about creation comes from its being the “foundation of God’s saving plans . . . the beginning of the history of salvation, which culminates in Christ” ( Compendium, 51). Both the…
Pope Francis: SALVATION COMES FROM LITTLE THINGS.
Pope Francis SALVATION COMES FROM LITTLE THINGS. In his daily morning Mass homily at Santa Marta, Pope Francis reminded the faithful that SALVATION COMES FROM THE SMALL AND SIMPLE THINGS OF GOD. “When Jesus proposed the way of salvation, He never spoke of great things,” but about “little things.” These are “the two pillars of…
Nov. 30: WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO LIVE THE SEASON OF ADVENT? Novena to the Immaculate Conception. Day 1
On Advent (4): WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO LIVE THE SEASON OF ADVENT? Novena to the Immaculate Conception. In my weekly Catechetical Masses for Grade 4 students in the school where I am one of the chaplains, I always make it a point that the homilies are interactive: I ask the young…
22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time (B): ON TRUE WORSHIP. Worship God not only by being hearers but by being doers of His Word; not only with our lips but above all with works which proceed from a pure heart.
22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time (B): Worship God not only by being hearers but by being doers of His Word; not only with our lips but above all with works which proceed from a pure heart. OUTLINE OBSERVE GOD’S LAWS TO LIVE A HOLY (JUST) LIFE. DOERS OF THE WORD. DEEDS OF CONVERSION AND OF…
Catholics Striving for Holiness (OLD) 