Security in authority: it’s not something I could find in Protestantism and sola scriptura. What is found in Protestantism, is a seductive individualism in which each person seeks out his own, personal interpretation of scripture.
Archives for August 2023
Should Abortion be Illegal in All Cases?
The Church’s moral doctrine teaches that abortion is an intrinsic evil (CCC 2270-2274). Vatican II defined abortion as “an unspeakable crime” (Gaudium et Spes, 51). This means that the act of intentionally and voluntarily killing an innocent unborn child is always morally illicit.
The Assumption or Dormition of Mary Reveals the Meaning of the Christian Life
On August 15 in the Western Church Liturgical Calendar, we celebrate the great Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Most of our Eastern Christian brethren also acknowledge the same great event on this Feast, calling it the Dormition of the Mother of God
Saint Maximilian Kolbe and the Theological Virtue of Hope
Christ crucified beckons us to see in hope the “now” and beyond it into eternity. In doing so, aided by the Spirit and thus empowered to live in a new, even astonishing, recreated and transformed way, we join our voices confidently and with conviction to St. Maximilian Kolbe’s: “I wish to die for that man.”
The Transfiguration of Christ Offers a Window Into Humanity’s Future
The Transfiguration of Christ offers a window into the future of the elect. By the power of the resurrected Christ, his followers are destined to become like him, glorified and transfigured in eternal life.