The Gospels and the Eucharist Changes Lives
Read the four gospels, and see why every meeting with Jesus Christ brought a change in so many lives. Fr Ralph de Hahn, Cape Town – From time to time the Eucharist has been mentioned...
Category: Apologetics
The Medieval Traditions used by Luther to form his Stance on Justification
“We confess together that all persons depend completely on the saving grace of God for their salvation. The freedom they possess in relation to persons and the things of this world is no freedom...
How is the Pontiff Supreme?
The pope and the world’s bishops together make up one college of authority in the Church, known as the magisterium. In what way, then, can the pope be given the privilege of being called...
Is Holding Hands in the Liturgy OK?
Is it a Church rule that we are not supposed to hold hands during the Our Father at Mass? Catechist Holding hands during the sacred liturgy is quite foreign to the Roman Rite. Nowhere...
Is the Trinity Three Distinct Persons in One?
When we speak of God the Father and his Son born, begotten and so on, we imply that the Father is the origin or source of the Son. Then we say the Holy Spirit...
How Can God Be Tempted?
Psalm 95 is often recited as the responsorial psalm during the liturgy. One verse refers to the way the Israelites tempted God in the desert: “Harden not your hearts as at Meribah, as on...
Animal Sacrifices?
My son is upset because his Grade 9 catechism class and teacher were in favour of animal slaughter. Surely appeasing ancestors in this way is not Christian. Christ’s was the ultimate sacrifice, so other...
A Double Baptism?
A newborn baby is baptised by a deacon because it is not expected to live. It survives, and the deacon arranges for the sacrament of baptism to be completed later in a ceremony in...
An Empty Tomb and a Bodily Resurrection: Why it Matters
Catholics and other Christians have grown up believing in the Resurrection, but the Apostles themselves were among the first who were skeptical that Jesus arose from the dead. They didn’t believe it at first...
Is Only Jesus the ‘Son of Man’?
Please explain the term Son of Man, often mentioned in the Old and New Testaments. Does it refer to Jesus only? The term Son of Man is frequently used in the Old Testament to...
Saviour of the World?
I have become more aware than ever of the millions of human beings that people the earth. So many are obviously not Christian. Perhaps they have never heard of Christ nor do they care...
Foot-Washing Rite at Holy Thursday Mass
Guest Editorial by Michael Shackleton – The foot-washing ceremony on Holy Thursday is perhaps one of the most meaningful of the Sacred Triduum’s liturgical moments. It has been made even more significant now. –...
