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UNDERSTANDING INCULTURATION IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

May 12, 2025
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What is inculturation? I much want to understand this topic.

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This is the best article on the topic. Inculturation – What it is and Isn’t - https://realclearcatholic.com/2018/07/29/inculturation-what-it-is-and-isnt/

However, if you want to...Read more

My Preliminary Thoughts on Pope Leo XIV by Jesse Romero

May 8, 2025

People are quick to make rash judgements, detract and calumniate (cf. CCC 2478, 2479) the new Pope, its only day one, let’s take a deep breath and give him a chance to step into the office and start governing. Just...Read more

CAN I BAPTIZE MY GRANDCHILDREN?

May 7, 2025
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I was speaking to a priest about my grandchildren ages 13 and 11. My son and his ex wife were not married in the Church and they never had their kids baptized, despite my years of encouragement....Read more

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HE CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH US

May 15, 2025

The ascension means we have a high priest in heaven who can sympathize with our weaknesses because He once bore our human lot. First, we say that there’s a human nature in heaven. When God came to this earth, He took upon Himself a human nature. That human nature was thrown into the pyres of Calvary in reparation for the sins of man; it rose and now ascends. There is a continuity between the Incarnation and the ascension. In the Incarnation our Lord took a body, yes, but not just a body to suffer. Otherwise He would have taken it for only a time. If He took that human nature just in order to suffer for our sakes, why did He not divest Himself of that human nature?  After all, his garments had been soiled and stained. They had borne the heat and burdens of the day. Why not throw them off? Christ's human nature was taken not just to atone for our sins. The end and purpose of God coming to earth was to bring us to perfect union with the Father. How could He do this? He could do it by showing that our flesh is not a barrier to that intimacy, by taking it up to heaven itself, and by showing that those who pass through trials and suffering in this life will have their body glorified. By sharing in Christ’s cross we share in His glory. The goal of all humanity is in some way reached in the Ascension.

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