Tag: Grace
Temptation
When we are tempted, we are battling an envious enemy who wants to separate us from God by causing us to doubt his plan...
The Theological Virtue of Faith
The virtue of faith is what allows man to know and believe in God. By faith, Catholics also believe what God has revealed through...
The Theological Virtue of Hope
The virtue of hope is a gift from God that gives Catholics joy, confident that their all-knowing and merciful God has promised eternal life...
The Unforgivable Sin
Despite all of the assurances that God is merciful and can forgive all sin, all three synoptic Gospels quote Jesus referring to a sin...
Children of God
Catholics are true sons and daughters of a loving Father, baptized into God’s family and able to share in his divine life. Even though...
Faith Alone
While believing in Jesus Christ is absolutely necessary for salvation, Christian faith must be lived out with works of love and mercy. A Catholic...
Holy Communion and Mortal Sin
When receiving Holy Communion, baptized Catholics experience Jesus in the most intimate way and therefore must be in a state of grace, free of...
Confessing to a Catholic Priest
As God, Jesus has the authoritiy to forgive sins. He shared this authority with the Apostles and this same authority and power continues to...
Purgatory
The souls of the dead who are in God’s grace but in need of final purification go through a state called Purgatory. By his...
Confirmation
Along with Baptism and the Eucharist, Confirmation is a Sacrament of Initiation, one of the fundamental rites that bring a person into the Catholic...