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How God broke and healed Caralyn
“After I had my breakthrough in the chapel, I had my come-to-Jesus moment. We were singing, Here I Am To Worship. In that moment, Jesus absolutely broke through the stone fortress I had built around my heart and my knees buckled and I fell to the floor and I knew that Jesus forgave me of…
Forgiveness is a choice
“When you bring things to light, it loses its power. It’s so hard when you live in darkness and you don’t know who you can trust. Looking back, it was one of the best things that could happen to me as a starting point of healing.”
Guardian angels and spiritual warfare | Fr Ripperger
Originally posted on What Laura Likes:
Do you know who Fr Ripperger is? If not, and you’re Catholic, you must be hiding under a rock or hanging out with lukewarm Catholics. Fr Ripperger is a Catholic exorcist who has many, many talks online regarding the spiritual life, more especially spiritual warfare. GUARDIAN ANGEL https://youtu.be/HROH926Ln-A Video…
Why is the fundamental difference of the conception of grace between Catholics and Protestants crucial to understand?
Introduction Catholic and Protestant reformers of the 16th century disagree about man’s justification, namely, how grace, the gift of God won by Jesus’ sacrifice, works on the human soul[1]. Protestants believe grace covers up but does not remove sin. Luther sees “human nature or soul as dung-covered snow, so grace covers up our ugliness.” Catholics…
Why are the moral virtues considered cardinal? Which aspects of man does each govern?
Moral/ Cardinal virtues “A virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do good. Virtue allows a person to give the best of himself” (CCC 1803). Virtues can be divided into moral and theological virtues. Theological virtues (faith, hope, and charity) direct us to our End (God), while the moral virtues direct us in our…
What is Man’s Final End?
Thomistic ethics best answers this question on Man’s Final End and how we arrive at this conclusion from a Catholic perspective. Thomistic ethics begins with the end in mind; and defines happiness as knowing, loving and serving God. We know this as this corresponds with our natural faculties/ Reason which enables us to…
Most persuasive Theistic arguments for the existence of God
The theistic argument that is most powerful or persuasive to a person depends on their spirituality type. The cosmological arguments would probably appeal better to Thomistic types (like my husband), while the Augustinian types (like myself) may prefer the argument from desire and design. For the Thomists, the argument from contingency appears convincing as the…
