The Choice We Face: Is It Christ or Barabbas?
COMMENTARY: There are many illustrations of this difficult-to-accept reality of sin, but one of the clearest, and most actual, is with regard to sexual morality.
Results from Tag: 'sin'
“Don’t Worry, Be Happy” Is Not a Hymn — or a Liturgical Guideline
In recent decades, liturgical flippancy and theological naivete have helped to erode our sense of sin. Do we persist on this road?
What Was the Worst Year in History?
The Crucifixion, when men killed God, was the worst thing humanity has ever done.
Sin Is So Boring!
I believe in original sin, but there’s nothing original about sin. It’s deadly but dull.
The Immaculate Conception and the Blame Game
“The Blessed Virgin's salutary influence on men … flows forth from the superabundance of the merits of Christ, rests on his mediation, depends entirely on it, and draws all its power from it.” (Lumen Gentium)
![Niccolò Antonio Colantonio [c. 1420-1460], “Crucifixion”](https://publisher-publish.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2020101023104_fb49afce07b5e3ffceb4c8894c2e4b107e131cbd05899ead349d0e2c4ad7ad0e.jpeg "Niccolò Antonio Colantonio [c. 1420-1460], “Crucifixion”")
Saints, Sinners and Suffering
There are two types of saints and two types of sinners. The one thing they have in common is suffering.
What Pope St. John Paul II Said About ‘Structures of Sin’
When any part of the body suffers, we all suffer.
Healing the Family Tree
Some say “time heals all wounds.” This is not true. Only Jesus Christ heals all wounds.
God Gives Us Freedom to Bear Fruit — or to Leave Him Entirely
Every parent knows that the risk of freedom means the possibility of rejection.
A Layperson’s Catechetical Guide to Conversion
BOOK PICK: Overcoming the Evil Within: The Reality of Sin and the Transforming Power of God’s Grace and Mercy
