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Why Do We Have Sacraments?(Post)

CHALLENGE: If what is ultimately important is our faith in God, there is no reason for the Church to have sacraments.DEFENSE: Interior dispositions like faith are not the only thing that is important.

Advent Apologetics: What Does Scripture Teach us About Private Revelation? (Post)

Scripture gives us many passages that call us to reflect on the role of the supernatural in our lives of faith. St. Paul encourages us to be open to the supernatural when he reminds us, “Do not quench

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 Euchari

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 stori

The Discipline of the Secret(Post)

He who devotes himself to the study of the law of the Most High . . . will be concerned with prophecies . . . and penetrate the subtleties of parables; he will seek out the hidden meanings of proverbs

Do You Want To Go To Heaven?(Post)

The famous evangelist Billy Graham once visited a small town to preach at the local church. Before he went to the church he needed to mail a letter back home, so he went looking for the post office.

False Christs Will Arise(Post)

Just before he went to the cross, Jesus prophesied that false Christs would arise in the future.Some would perform great signs and wonders in order to deceive, if possible, even God’s elect or “chosen

Debunking Arguments Against the Resurrection: The Swoon Hypothesis(Post)

One of the more common arguments to the Resurrection is that Jesus passed out or “swooned” on the cross. Unless you broke the legs of the victims, it could take days for a person to die, but the Gosp

Mother of God | Luke 1:43(Post)

Why Catholics Call Mary the Mother of God? This excerpt from Meeting the Protestant Response explains why Luke 1:43 supports Mary’s title “Mother of God.” Broussard answers the objection that Elizabe

Meeting the Protestant Challenge Head On(Post)

“You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition…thus making void the word of God through your tradition which you hand on.” -Mark 7:9,13“Where’s that in the B

Advent Apologetics: What is the “Word of God”? (Post)

The term word of God refers to God’s divine revelation to humanity, in which he reveals himself to us for the sake of our salvation. The Vatican II document Dei Verbum (DV) explains: Through divine re

What We Mean By "Saint"(Post)

Sanctus and Hagios The word saint comes from the Latin word sanctus, which means “holy one.” The Greek equivalent hagios (which means “sanctified,” “set apart,” or “holy”) is used in a variety