Life Advice from Pope Benedict
As I type this, I’m preparing to fly to Rome for the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI. By the...
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Tag: choice
Are Modern Laws Making Us Less Free?
Before we understand the purpose of our law, we should ask, “What does it mean to be free?” Is it simply the ability to choose whatever we want to do even if what we want is not morally sound? St. John Paul II would say that...
Read MoreThe Importance of Free Choice
The Role of Our Will Though agape comes from God, it resides in our free will as human beings. Its home is not the body or the feelings, or even the intellect, but the will. True, the intellect has to work with it. But it is not...
Read MoreEncountering the Word — Joshua 24:14-15
A Daily Quote from Sacred Scripture “Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. And if you be...
Read MoreEncountering the Word — Joshua 24:14-15
“Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness; put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. And if you be unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this...
Read MoreDaily Quote from C.S. Lewis
There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, “Thy will be done,” and those to whom God says, in the end, “Thy will be done.” All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that...
Read MoreThe Problem of Evil
The Problem of Evil The problem of evil is the most serious problem in the world. It is also the one serious objection to the existence of God. No sane person wants hell to exist. The problem of evil is the most serious problem...
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