Posts in the "A relationship with God" category
Human beings are spiritual beings. We were created with a deep desire in our hearts for God. Baptism is the sacrament that consecrates that desire, putting us in a direct relationship with God as adopted sons and daughters. Articles in these categories are meant to help people discover that call to a relationship with God. They help people respond to that call in baptism, whether by helping people come to the sacrament of baptism itself, or by helping people to rediscover their baptism by helping them to renew their relationship with God.
Find out by listening to this homily, offered on the feast of All Souls.
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Doesn’t being A Christian mean somehow that we have met the risen Christ, that we live now not just for him, but with Him?
Every Easter season we read the passage of Luke’s Gospel about two disciples on their way to Emmaus, a town outside Jerusalem. This Gospel account is about a journey that often […]
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A reader sent in a link to a site produced by Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio called The Crossroads Initiative. She reports that she finds it especially useful for Bible study. Dr. D’Ambrosio is well-known as a reliable witness to the Catholic faith, so I am going to add this link to our Adventus list […]
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Last Tuesday (March 11) I was interviewed on the Joe Cannon show (940 AM Montreal) regarding the so-called “new sins from the Vatican”. I found this whole affair to be a tempest in a teacup, and I said so on the air. Joe was a challenging interviewer (he clearly likes to keep things […]
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This post is especially for those persons who attended the parish mission at Holy Name of Jesus parish from March 2-4. I promised to put a downloadable version of the slides on this site, and here they now are:
Evening 1: Who is God, and if God is good why is there evil in […]
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You just HAVE to see this top notch site on Catholicism called Catholics Come Home, with high level ads plus tons of resources of all kinds. Whatever you do, make sure you watch TV Ad 1. These ads are very high quality, much higher than I’ve seen in most Catholic media. As […]
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To my THEO 211L students: you can now download the Stuff to Know document.
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The course page for THEO 211L has been updated with the audio files for week 6:
The earthly life and ministry of Jesus:
Lecture, part 1
Lecture, part 2
The audio for part 1 of the lecture is not very good, unfortunately, because the recorder was accidentally set to “meeting” rather than “dictation”. I did use some software […]
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The course page for THEO 211L has been updated with the audio files for weeks 4 and 5:
Week 4 - Evil and salvation:
Lecture, part 1
Lecture, part 2
Week 5 - Jesus, Son of God and Son of Mary:
Lecture, part 1
Lecture, part 2
Sorry for the delay!
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