Hell is a choice. As St. Augustine famously pointed out, God created us without our consent, but he will not save us without our consent.
The Eucharist: It’s More Than Just A Meal
Each Sunday millions of Catholics gather the world over to celebrate an event of cosmic proportions: an event in which the meaning of time itself unfolds; an event of incomparable joy in which the eschatological dimension of man’s existence is encountered, and on which the foundation of hope and joy held in every Christian heart is based.
The Eucharist is Christ: All Else in Life is Expendable
The American novelist Flannery O’Connor once commented about how the Eucharist was the center of her existence. “All the rest of life is expendable,” she said. If we plumb the depths of the Eucharist in faith, we are met with the fact that we cannot live without it.
Lust: Path into Darkness
As Aquinas observes in the Summa, the vice of lust gravely disorders the powers of reason and will.
The Dogma of The Holy Trinity as Gift from God
What do we know of this wondrous mystery of three divine, distinct Persons who are one God? It is unfortunate that there is a rather prevalent and inconsiderate habit of not thinking too deeply about the Trinity. True, the doctrine can seem dauntingly confusing. It is, after all, ultimately a strict mystery.