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Why Do Catholics Pray To The Dead?

November 2, 2021 by Deacon Frederick Bartels 8 Comments

graveyard, cemetary

One area of misunderstanding between Catholics and our Protestant brethren is the subject of praying to the saints. Catholics are occasionally charged with “praying to the dead,” which gives rise to dark images of seances and Ouija boards.

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Sacred Tradition: It’s Vital to the Life of the Christian

January 29, 2021 by Deacon Frederick Bartels 4 Comments

Jesus and the Doctors

One point of contention between Catholics and many Protestants is the subject of Tradition. Protestants maintain that the Bible alone (sola scriptura) is the sole rule of faith; neither the authority of the Catholic Church nor the existence of Sacred Tradition should play any role in determining what Christians believe.

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Is Jesus Really Divine?

January 28, 2021 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

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C.S. Lewis put forth this argument: Jesus is either Lord, liar or a lunatic. You must decide. There is no alternative.

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The Passion of John the Baptist: A Man Who Gave His Life for What is True

August 29, 2020 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

The Beheading of John the Baptist

If we comply with the corruption of this age, living according to its evil tenets and communicating it to others through our willing adherence to its errors, we might well live more comfortably: we might receive approbation from the powerful and attain to high status among a society gone awry, plagued by moral fragmentation. In the end, however, we will have lost everything that really matters.

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Saint Augustine of Hippo: Defender of Truth

August 28, 2020 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

St. Augustine

St. Augustine’s life provides us with an example of the sublime fruits of grace which Christ bestows upon those who fall in love with the Divine Teacher of Truth. In doing so, Augustine was drawn to the Catholic Church, the holy dwelling place in which the fullness of truth subsists through the ages.

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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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