Category Archives: Doctrine

David’s articles on the teaching of the Catholic Church.

About Those Invalid Baptisms, Part 3

I remember someone pointing to the tabernacle saying “what’s in that tabernacle is not the Eucharist. Eucharist is something that we do.” Of course, that statement is not true! I heard another statement years ago that was something to the … Continue reading

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An Important Part of Preparing the Way

I’m writing this here in the Second Week of Advent. The reading from this past Sunday was about St. John the Baptist. He tells us to prepare the way of the Lord in a very certain way – by repenting … Continue reading

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The Weight of Sin, and the Truth of Purgatory

In my last article, I wrote about the need to pray for the holy souls in Purgatory who are undergoing immense suffering. However, some people who may have read this don’t believe in Purgatory. If you don’t, I would invite … Continue reading

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Please Don’t Say This When I Die

Death is never a pleasant subject. It was not part of God’s original plan for the human race, but it came into the world because of the sin of our first parents. When someone dies, it’s only natural to look … Continue reading

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Changes to the Blog

I have never really liked my names that I have given this blog, so I have now chosen a new one that reflects the underlying thoughts behind many of my posts.  Rather than put it in a blog post, I … Continue reading

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God Revealed Himself

In the last ten years, I’ve been a more avid reader of theological and spiritual books.  It wasn’t always so. In fact, I found a lot of the spiritual books I read in the first few years of being Catholic … Continue reading

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