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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
Note: This is part one of a series of five posts about God. These were originally written as an rcia presentation about God the Father. These posts are in an expanded form, and the presentation as given does not necessarily follow the posts exactly. I was constrained in the presentation itself to keep the time to under about 45 minutes or so, and to be somewhat conversational (sine it was their first formal session). Here is the full written transcript, which goes beyond what I did in the pre... Read More
I had an interesting week in RCIA. I learned that it takes a lot of preparation to engage in active conversation about the church. I came to class thinking that I was ready to go. My teacher hit us with “What is the difference between God in the Old Testament and God in the New Testament? Well, well well, my head started to race hummmm is there a difference? What is it? I was caught with my pants down so to speak. The lesson went on about how God was pretty rough in the beginn... Read More
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