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Thursday of the Lord’s Supper: Christ Loved His Own To the End

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

The entire meaning of Lent, Holy Thursday, the Easter Triduum, can be summed up in this sentence from the gospel of John, “He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end,” since it speaks about the entire content of the life and mission of Jesus Christ; that is, to love his disciples and his brethren—us, you, me, humanity—to the very end.

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The Holy Trinity and Salvation

By Kaitlyn Boyd

As we approach Holy week and the Easter season, it is important to meditate on the love that is revealed through the Trinity.

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“O Mother of God, [none] attains salvation except through thee”

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

Why is it logically and theologically correct to say that salvation is attained through Mary?

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Are You Saved?

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

The “Are you saved?” question is, more often than not, a loaded question.

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Twisted in Knots by ‘Romanist Errors’

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

Understanding Church authority is key to navigating today’s troubled and confused waters.

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Hell: It’s Your Choice

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

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.

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Does “Grave Sin” mean “Mortal Sin”?

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

A careful reading of Church documents like canon law or the Catechism (and others), reveals that when the Church uses the term “grave sin” it means “mortal sin.”

Mary holds the infant Jesus

The Mother of God: A Title Essential to the Christian Faith

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

Why is the Solemnity of The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, important—essential even—for Christians?

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Happy New Year 2025: To Begin Again

By Deacon Keith Fournier

With the differing time zones, the celebrations of the New Year are staggered around the globe as we welcome the end of one calendar year in the secular arena and the beginning of a new one.

Love is Born on Christmas Morn, and the World is Born Anew

By Deacon Keith Fournier

The Christian faith claims that God is more than an idea, more than the summit of all the aspirations of the human heart.

A Christmas Reflection on Trust In Providence

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

We often set off on an unceasing quest to distance ourselves from every anxiety, and thus begin to live in such a way as to constantly seek change for “the better.” There is a self-inflicted stress in such a life; a nervous movement toward some savored goal.

Pre-Tribulation Rapture?

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

Christians who are alive on earth just prior to the second coming of Christ will experience a “final trail,” a “final unleashing of evil,” and a “final cosmic upheaval” before the Lord returns in glory at the last judgment.

Advent and Homesickness

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

I’m sure you’re familiar with homesickness. Perhaps you, like me, feel a little homesick right now. Perhaps you, like me, feel as if you’re never really home, no matter where you go, no matter where you live.

The Church Fathers and Their Importance

By Deacon Frederick Bartels

It’s not uncommon for people to portray a fundamental misunderstanding of not only who the Church Fathers are, but also the place they hold in terms of expounding Catholic doctrine.

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Pope St. John Paul II:

Jesus Christ meets the man of every age, including our own, with the same words: “You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” These words contain both a fundamental requirement and a warning: the requirement of an honest relationship with regard to truth as a condition for authentic freedom, and the warning to avoid every kind of illusory freedom, every superficial unilateral freedom, every freedom that fails to enter into the whole truth about man and the world.  (Redemptor Hominis No. 12)

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