Yikes. I was rather liking the "once and done" idea. It will be painful enough going through it the first time. I never really understood the gener...

I really like your analogy! I'm not much of a masochist; that word comes up when I think of the notion of welcoming suffering. While I endure what ...

When I was a little kid, we learned that unbaptized babies went to limbo. I never quite understood that and felt that those babies were short changed...

Agreed, Rajan. I tend to think of them as being lukewarm. I remember a description in the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Novena that describes the lukewarm...

God made us in His Image and Likeness. He sent His Only Begotten Son to die on the cross in our place; that cross is the bridge between ourselves (wi...

My understanding is that atheists profess that they do not believe in any sort of religion or supernatural life. When they die, that's it; their life...

I've not watched the video; this is my opinion: Purgatory does exist. It's a Gift of Mercy and Love from God. When we die, we may well have remnant...

The Ark of the Covenant carried God's Word; the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary carried God Himself - the Word of God made flesh.

In my family, we talk to one another - child to child, child to parent, parent to parent, parent to child, family members to family members. I will ...

I can't get into Dr. Sri's head, but I would interpret the statement by saying that Mary was the perfected new Ark of the Covenant. She was the First...

She inherits her place at the King's right hand. She is "His second." The King will listen to her in a special way because she is His mother. To br...

As I had stated elsewhere, the devil is "spiritual."

We know that the Church will prevail, no matter what 'kwap' is thrown at it, no matter how much the evil one desecrates it. There are too many in the...

Not much to add to the excellent reply above. We are all God's Creatures - His Creation. We, who have been baptized, are God's Children. This makes...

I also haven't watched the video. On the aspect of being "spiritual." some years ago, I worked with a woman who told me exactly that: I am spiritual...