763 results for 'hard sayings'

If We Just Love Jesus, Does It Really Matter Which Church We Go To?(Post)

When I was considering joining the Catholic Church, I sat down with some of my non-Catholic friends to see if they could talk me out of my decision. They were Christians, but they didn’t consi ...

The Restoration of St. Peter (Post)

The next conversation I want to consider is that between Jesus and Peter on the beach after the Resurrection. It is the encounter of every sinner with Christ after his repentance.When they had finish ...

Do You Want the Eucharist to Be True?(Post)

Do We Want the Eucharist to Be True? I want first to address those who might still be unsure of whether to believe in the Eucharist. To them, I would ask (or you might ask), “Do you want the Euchar ...

Beginning Apologetics: Asking Questions(Post)

Asking questions is an important part of the apologetic process, and it is important for every apologist to devote conscious thought to the art of asking questions—what they are used for, how they sh ...

Mary's Rapture(Post)

Roots of Mary’s Assumption Some are surprised that the doctrine of Mary’s bodily assumption was not defined until 1950, using little biblical support. The pope decreed that all Catholics must ...

Does the Number of Books in Your Bible Really Matter?(Post)

One evening I had the sad duty of attending my neighbor’s funeral. The assistant pastor from the church stood up and after a few remarks about the deceased began to give a sermon. The first te ...

Finding Mary in the Old Testament(Post)

The most obvious references to the Virgin Mary are those that mention her explicitly. These may be few, but they are the most important. Literal references take priority in any doctrinal discus ...

Explaining Apparitions and Visions of Angels(Post)

Church teaching, including Scripture and Tradition, holds that angels are purely spiritual beings. Yet we also believe that they occasionally appear to have physical bodies, as in the Scripture stor ...

Advent Apologetics: How Can Words and Material Objects Give God’s Grace? (Post)

God is eternal: he is outside of time, he has no beginning and no end. As described in the very beginning of the Bible, he created the universe and everything in it by his word, by willing it all ...

The Pope Francis Problem(Post)

Remember Zika?In 2016 the virus was linked to birth defects in thousands of Brazilian newborns striking fear across the countryIt was in that climate that, aboard a plane headed from Mexico back to R ...

Jesus and the Man Born Blind(Post)

The parables Jesus told are filled with powerful secrets that reveal the mysteries of God’s kingdom.In this excerpt, Fr. Walshe takes a look at the Gospel reading from last weekend, the fourth Sunday ...

Holy Mary, Mother of God?(Post)

Is Mary the Mother of God? Let's look at one argument non-Catholics use against this claim, and how to respond. The belief that Mary is the mother of God is not unique to Catholicism. T ...