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Answering Questions About the Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception.For non-Catholics, this dogma of the Church may be one of the most misunderstood doctrines there is.Here are some common questions Catholics get, and how to respond to them:Question:Why does Mary have to be holy at the moment of her conception instead of being purified shortly before God chooses her to be his mother?Response:God chooses and elects those who are to cooperate in his plan of redemption from before the foundation of the world (Eph. 1:4), anticipating his pl
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Dec 8th 2023
The Suffering of Purgatory is Bound Up with Joys Beyond This World
Among those throughout
the history of the Church who have written and spoken about purgatory, many
have emphasized the sorrows or pains. They have done so
rightly, since the sufferings of purgatory are real.However, I think it’s
safe to say some have over-emphasized the pains of purgatory, such that many
have lost sight of its joys. It’s important that we find a happy medium. St. Francis de Sales
taught, “If purgatory is a species of hell as regards suffering, it is a
species of paradise
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Oct 27th 2020