Indulgences are “Back!”
Is there any explanation for indulgences? The following is a forwarded message from my brother. Is this another one of the many mistakes the of the Church that we all thought was a part of its past, or is there really something to it? I don’t intend to actually “Stump the Priest,” but I unfortunately [...]
Some Scriptural Clarifications.
Matthew 6:5-8 When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But you, when you pray, go into [...]
Some Questions on Prayer
So what is the point of praying anyway? Doesn’t God already know what is going to happen? So why bother praying? Do prayers have any effect on us or on other people? [display_podcast]
Some thoughts on Heaven and Hell…
This question was posed by a High School Student: “When you die, do you see heaven as a bright white room and hell as a really dark room that never lights up?” (See also my homily at Totalpossibility.com) This question concerns part of the afterlife and what it will be like. Frankly, no one knows [...]
