How to Ask for Forgiveness

This is one of the most important questions that a person can ever ask himself. If someone is asking this question, he is probably far better off than the majority of people who do not even think that they need forgiveness. Our society has become so insensitive to sin that so many people do not…

The Urgency and Importance of Marian Consecration

I am urging the readers of this paper to consecrate themselves to the Blessed Virgin Mary if they haven’t already in the past. Salvation, enjoying for eternity of the beatific vision, is something that only few will experience, Jesus tells us in Matthew 7:14: “For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that…

Commentary on “The Case For Jesus” of Brant Pitre

This article has a threefold structure, first I will state my main thesis, then in Part 1 I will analyze the book in its content, and finally in Part 2 I will elicit my personal comments and speculations. Main Thesis The author, Brant Pitre explicitly states in the first page of his book “This book…

Preparation for Confirmation

The lack of catechesis in the Church is frightening, the lack of theological preparation of young catholic men and women is sad. The current preparation for Confirmation is the symbol of our suffering modern Church. If one is curious to understand the state of crisis in our Church he has to simply attend confirmation classes…

Is the Church Still Against Contraception?

The short answer is Yes, the Church is still against contraception. I want to anticipate that this article doesn’t have the objective of explaining why contraception is wrong, nor it wants to explain the true nature of sexuality, but this article has simply the goal to inform what the Church believes. My hope is that…

Why did God let my Grandma Die?

Growing up as a sort of “practicing” Catholic I was confronted since a young age with existential questions coming from my non-believer classmates. When I was actually very young, in elementary school (or maybe even before that), I was told by a friend of mine that he stopped believing in God because his grandmother was…

What is Grace?

The word “Grace” is probably one of the most used words in the Christian world, but probably one of the terms that people understand the least. I’ve heard people who have been going to church since more than 20 years ask me “what does it means that Jesus died for us”, or “I believe in…

The Message of the Gospel

What are the Gospels? What would we say about the Gospels to a loved one who does not know Jesus? What is the essence of these books that changed the course of history? We must start by considering what the word “Gospel” itself means: it derives from old English “god spel” meaning “good news.”[1] What…

How Robert J. Spitzer Makes his Case for Christianity

Robert J. Spitzer is a brilliant Catholic priest and apologist. In the past few years he wrote a series of four books that represent his case for Christianity. The books are “Finding True happiness”, “The Soul’s Upward Yearning”, “God so loved the World” and “The Light Shines On in the Darkness”. Spitzer’s case for Christianity…