Confession

The First Confession

All Christians should be well aware of the details of Our Lord’s Passion.  One small part of Passion, His interaction on Calvary with the two

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Begin Again, Now And Always

“Begin again.” Good advice from Venerable Bruno Lanteri, founder of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary. If we’ve been away from the Church, no matter

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Target Hardening for Your Soul

The term “target hardening” generally refers to strengthening the security of a site against attack. It’s something we may hear or read about after terrorist

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Loneliness, repentance

A Holy Death

“She died a holy death,” a priest who knew her well told me. Just the day before her death from an aneurism, she’d come up

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The Grace of the Assumption

As far as dogmas go, the Assumption is unfortunately named.  The belief itself, though – that Mary, conceived without sin, and sinless throughout her life,

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Divinization, Baptism

Baptism Is Not a Human Work

Have you ever had a conversation with a Protestant who rejects water baptism as necessary for salvation? This belief stems from the false faith-alone doctrine

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