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Articles:Gnosticism and the Struggle for the World's Soul - Father Alfonso AguilarAt the beginning of the third millennium three worldviews compete to conquer the minds and hearts of peoples and cultures, the world's soul: materialistic relativism, Gnosticism and Christianity. The New Evangelization demands a clear-cut separation between Gnosticism and Christianity if we want to bring every thirsty person to the Water of Life. Email This Article God Our Father - Kenneth Baker, S.J.In the Christian tradition, we are accustomed to call God our “Father”. Jesus himself taught us to pray, “Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.” Email This Article Going to Heaven - Grace McKinnonDear Grace, I come from a large Catholic family and some of us attend Mass every week. There are also those who never go, but they are not bad people. They are prayerful, but never attend church. What I want to know is, if they died in the state in which they are living, would they go to heaven even though they never attended church, yet lived as good people? Email This Article Good Friday - Grace MacKinnonDear Grace, I have never understood why the day Jesus died a horrible, painful death on the Cross is called "Good Friday." Please tell me why we call it good. Email This Article Graciousness: a Cardinal Virtue - Donald DeMarcoGraciousness is the virtue that counts human dignity to be infinitely more important than the more conspicuous features of talent, status, or reputation. Email This Article Gratitude - Donald DeMarcoThere can be no happiness without gratitude. We need to know whom to thank for the gift of life. But we also need to thank Him, and the proper form of thanks is to safeguard and cherish what we have been given. Email This Article Growing in Virtue - Fr Augustine H.T. TranWhen you enter into the Basilica of St Peter in Vatican City, one of the first works of art that you notice off to the right is that of Michelangelo's famous Pietà, his depiction of the Blessed Mother holding our Lord after He has been taken down from the Cross. This sculpture was the only work of art that Michelangelo signed, and here's why. Email This Article Guardian Angels - CHRISTINE J. MURRAYThe guardian angel simply has one task that has many facets — to lead the human to the Passion and Cross. Embracing the cross is the only way human beings reach heaven. He does this mainly through pricking our conscience so we can follow the will of God. Email This Article Hallowed Be Thy Name - Scott HahnWhenever we pray the Lord’s Prayer, we acknowledge God’s name as “hallowed” — that is, as holy or sanctified. But what do we mean by this? Do we mean what Jesus meant? Email This Article Handling Issues of Conscience in the Academy - J. BudziszewskiOne doesn’t become confused about wrong and therefore start committing it; rather one commits wrong, knows it is wrong, and therefore finds a way to confuse and reassure himself about it. My personal conviction is that half of the issues of conscience in the Academy have their origin right here. Email This Article Pages: [<<] ... 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ... [>>] Related Categories:
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