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The Quest For Truth: A Reflection on Prayer

January 27, 2010 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

woman prays in a field

“Come, then, O beautiful soul! Since you know now that your desired Beloved lives hidden within your heart, strive to be really hidden with Him, and you will embrace Him within you and experience Him with loving affection” – St. John of the Cross

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Is Religious Freedom Correctly Understood?

December 10, 2009 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

America and Freedom

We live in a nation where religious freedom is a reality, but are the benefits of this freedom adequately understood? Further, is this freedom used correctly?

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Are Catholics Required to Assent in Obedience to The Catholic Church?

August 18, 2009 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

St. Joseph Catholic Church in the Easter Season

Are Catholics required to submit to the Church? Those who thirst for God do not see “requirements” or “demands”; rather, they thirst for God’s precepts as a dry, parched land thirsts for rain.

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Mortal and Venial Sin: Does All Sin Cause The Same Harm?

August 4, 2009 by Deacon Frederick Bartels Leave a Comment

Cain Killing his Brother Abel

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?

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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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