Overcome Satan's misanthropic vision

How To Overcome Satan’s Misanthropic Vision For Humanity

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Misanthropy, the deep-seated distrust or hatred of humanity, has resurged in various forms throughout history, often with devastating consequences. Whether in the nihilistic movements of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the anti-natalist ideologies of today, or the totalitarian regimes that have justified mass slaughter, the devaluation of human life always leads to suffering. […]

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Grace, free will, and salvation: The Rich Man and Lazarus

Grace, Free Will & Salvation: The Parable of Lazarus

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“If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.”—Luke 16:31 There is something rather alarming about this passage. It suggests a kind of blindness in the human heart so stubborn that even a miracle—one as dramatic as resurrection itself—would fail to open

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The Mysterious Presence of the Hidden God

The Mysterious Presence of the Hidden God

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A Personal Reflection on Divine Hiddenness During a period of Eucharistic Adoration, I witnessed something interesting that sparked this reflection. As sunlight streamed through a stained glass window containing small round glass beads, it cast a spectrum of vibrant colours across the painted wall near the tabernacle. This simple yet insightful physical phenomenon—white light revealing

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The Life and Legacy of Origen: An Early Catholic Scholar

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Origen of Alexandria, born around A.D. 185, stands as one of early Christianity’s most significant theologians and scholars. His life and works reflect a deep devotion to Scripture, a relentless pursuit of truth, and a controversial legacy that shaped Christian theology for centuries. This blog explores what we know of Origen’s life, based on historical

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Discovering the New Ark: Mary’s Role in the New Exodus

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The Ark of the Covenant has long captivated the human imagination, from ancient Jewish worship to modern pop culture, famously through Raiders of the Lost Ark. Yet, beyond its legendary status, the Ark serves as a significant biblical and theological cornerstone. In Chapter 3 of Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary, Brant Pitre explores

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Give Us This Day Our Supersubstantial Bread: The Eucharistic Heart of the Lord’s Prayer

Give Us This Day Our Supersubstantial Bread: The Eucharistic Heart of the Lord’s Prayer

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When I first contemplated the words of the Lord’s Prayer, the line “Give us this day our daily bread” initially seemed straightforward. At the time, I interpreted it as a clear reference to the Eucharist, which I was receiving daily. However, I began to question the phrasing—why the apparent redundancy between “daily” and “give us

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Is Reality a Constant Miracle? The Moment-by-Moment Genesis of Being

Is Reality a Constant Miracle? The Moment-by-Moment Genesis of Being

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In the bustling landscape of modern theological understanding, few concepts are as misunderstood as God’s relationship with creation. Popular imagination often portrays the divine as a distant clockmaker—one who wound up the universe at the beginning of time and then stepped back, allowing mechanical processes to unfold without further intervention. But what if this view

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Aquinas’s Fourth Way: How Goodness, Truth, and Being Point to God

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St. Thomas Aquinas’s Quarta Via (Fourth Way) forms part of his famous Quinque Viae (Five Ways) found in his Summa Theologiæ, which collectively provide arguments for the existence of God. The Fourth Way, often summarised as, “If things are more and less good, there must be a best, and this something is God,” offers an

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The Third Way of Aquinas: Contingency and Necessity

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Thomas Aquinas’s Third Way (Via Tertio), outlined in his Summa Theologiae, argues for the existence of God through the concepts of contingency and necessity. This argument centres on the observation that the existence of contingent beings (those that depend on external factors for their existence) requires the existence of a necessary being, which Aquinas identifies

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