Putting in a Word for Purgatory
Few of us are ready for heaven at once. Yet in the purifying gaze of Christ, God’s justice is revealed as divine mercy, and hope is not extinguished but fulfilled.
Few of us are ready for heaven at once. Yet in the purifying gaze of Christ, God’s justice is revealed as divine mercy, and hope is not extinguished but fulfilled.
COMMENTARY: For an industry built on eternal youth, Hollywood’s aging establishment is increasingly forced to grapple with suffering, death and tragedy.
‘We are created to sing the praises of Almighty God for all eternity,’ the African cardinal reminds the faithful.
The March for Life offers a powerful reminder of Divine Mercy, spiritual warfare and the four last things.
COMMENTARY: In the modern era, the Catholic Church has not sufficiently taught or stressed the Four Last Things in the liturgical, catechetical and devotional life.
Education emerged as a key factor in Virginia’s gubernatorial election, where concerned parents pushed back against curriculum content and school policies on COVID-19. Some say these parents are part of a broader movement for change in the educational landscape. Are we witnessing a reawakening among parents to their rights and responsibilities for the education of their children? This issue we’ll find out. Patrick Reilly, founder and president of the Cardinal Newman Society, is no stranger to the role parents should play in education or in keeping school curricula on target. He joins us today on Register Radio. Then in this month of November we pray for the dead and we also reflect on where we are headed when our souls depart. Will we become saints or lost souls? The Church invites us to make Heaven, Hell, death and judgment a part of our November reflections. We talk to Register columnist John Grondelski about the Four Last Things.
COMMENTARY: The National Catholic Bioethics Center has just released a new edition of 'Ars Moriendi' by Dominican Brother Columba Thomas, a medical doctor.
The Four Last Things end with a period, not a question mark.
The cross is a sign of judgment. A God who dies on a cross is a God who takes love and sin seriously.
The kind of person we’ve made ourselves into at death is the kind of person we are for eternity.
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