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Why is the Church opposed to contraceptive use? And what is Natural Family Planning (NFP)? The Church has always taught that contraception (and, for that matter, abortion) is a sin, with statements to this effect being found in such first century documents as the Didache and the Epistle to Barnabas. Basically, contracepti... Read More
What is a patron saint? What is a saint? Who is your favorite? A saint is basically anybody who lives happily for eternity with God in heaven. The Baltimore Catechism # 1 (and 2) question 6 asks, "Why did God make you?" It answers by saying that "God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him forever in the next." Thus, it is proper to say that our purpose in life is to become saints, and that the purpose of the Church is to help us... Read More
Will we be bored in heaven after an eternity? I was asked this question by a friend yesterday after Mass--she was passing the question on after having been asked it by her brother (if I am properly recalling). Can we be blissfully bored? Can the state of infinite happiness exist alongside of infinite boredom? My instinctive answer is no. In order to give a better, answer, it's worth recounting a story about Saint Thomas Aquinas. Here is a saint whose philosophical writings are so formid... Read More
A friend wrote in with this question:
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Hey JC, Ive been wanting to read some apologetic books and things of the sort, but I really don't know where to start....I know nothing of apologetics, so as you could imagine, I really d... Read More
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