To my son, Timothy, my daughter, Laney, and any and all subsequent children the Lord should bless us with, With any luck, by the time you’re each of the age when everything in this letter will truly matter to you, I’ll have done my job as a good Catholic father, and the two of you … [Read more…]
It’s widely known that the Catholic Church doesn’t allow non-Catholics to receive the Eucharist (read about it here), but what about the flip side of that coin? If for some reason a Catholic is attending a Protestant service, can they partake in communion? No, they cannot. Under no circumstances are Catholics to receive communion from … [Read more…]
In my last essay, I discussed how divorce is pretty much never okay. Since then, some questions have been raised to me about Paul’s teachings on divorce, and I’d like to address them now. Before I dig into the scripture, however, I’d like to express my bewilderment at how many Christians are so quick to … [Read more…]
Whenever a Catholic debates the Faith with a non-Catholic — Christian or atheist — the very first argument that often gets brought up is that Catholic teaching contradicts the Scriptures. “Catholics believe (X), but (X) isn’t in the Bible” First off, let me put this out there and get it over with — Catholics do … [Read more…]