In today’s gospel, Jesus exorcises the demoniacs, and then drives the demon-infested swine heard into the sea, demonstrating his divine power over Satan’s evil kingdom.
Sin
Courage Found in Christ: Fear no one, but only the one who can kill both body and soul
In this Sunday’s gospel (Mt 10:26-33), Jesus speaks to the Twelve about what should be the real object of their fear. “Fear no one,” the Savior insists, but the “one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.”
Third Sunday of Lent: Repentance In The Desert
It is important to understand that sin and God’s holiness are incompatible. There is a radical conflict between the total and infinite purity, goodness, perfection and holiness of God, and the horrid, empty, constrictive and dark nature of sin. Every sin is an attack against God, his purity, holiness and truth. At the heart of sin is always a disordered self-love, a pride which seeks to suppress the truth about God and supplant the Creator with the creature.
Reflection: The Forgotten Sense Of Sin In The Modern World
The Second Vatican Council spoke of upheavals in a new age of history in which some aspects of man’s intelligence have recoiled upon him, “upon his judgments and desires, both individual and collective, upon his ways of thinking and acting in regard to people and things.”
Mortal and Venial Sin: Does All Sin Cause The Same Harm?
A long-standing issue between Catholics and Protestants is the nature of sin. The disagreement lies in sin’s seriousness and the effects of sin on the soul. The question is, are there different types of sin with different effects upon the soul?