Catechetics

CE Forum : Did the Consecration of Russia Take Place or Not?

by CE Editor on May 23, 2013 · 1 comment

Welcome to the Catholic Exchange Forum! CE readers always keep the combox very lively, and that gave us the idea to start a once-a-week Forum specifically for you, the reader, to discuss and debate particular tough questions related to the…

Mary Is Venerated in the Bible!

by Stephen Beale on May 22, 2013 · 3 comments

Don’t ever let a Protestant skeptic tell you veneration of Mary is unbiblical.
Anyone who takes the truth of the Incarnation seriously must accept Mary as the Mother of God, a title which demands some degree of honor to the…

Scripture Speaks: Pentecost Sunday

by Gayle Somers on May 17, 2013 · 1 comment

On Resurrection Day, Jesus breathed on His disciples, a gesture odd in itself but packed with meaning for our celebration of Pentecost today.
Gospel (Read Jn 20:19-23)
Today’s [May 19] Gospel tells us that Jesus surprised the disciples “on the…

The Five Most Surprising Names for the Holy Spirit

by Stephen Beale on May 16, 2013 · 1 comment

In Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, we have two persons who appear to us in radically different forms, or so it often seems.
Christ is God in the flesh nailed to the Cross. He is the God who wept…

The Six Strangest New Testament Verses

by Stephen Beale April 18, 2013

When we think of strange verses in the New Testament, the fantastic visions of Revelation immediately leap to mind. But Revelation isn’t the only place. From weird words used by St. Paul to the trance of St. Peter, here are…

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Why Gregorian Chant Rocks

by Judy Keane April 15, 2013

Today we can scarcely go to a clothing store, a health club or even a gas station without being besieged by a variety of thumping, agitating and jarring music blasting from speakers above.  While I appreciate a variety of music,…

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Confession and General Absolution

by Cathy Caridi, J.C.L. April 9, 2013

Q: Last year, I visited my relatives at Christmas time, and we all went to their parish to a communal penance service before Christmas. There were probably almost a hundred people there, and only one priest. He didn’t hear each…

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We Are All Immortals

by Stephen Beale April 4, 2013

The resurrection confirms that Jesus is, as He claimed, truly not of this world.
Put in human terms, He comes from another world—although, it might be more accurate to say that God contains heaven, rather than the other way around.…

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Did Jesus Really Go to Hell?

by Stephen Beale March 29, 2013

Buried in the middle of the Apostles’ Creed is a profound mystery of the Christian faith, the affirmation that Christ ‘descended into hell.’
This clause explains where Christ in the three days between the crucifixion and the resurrection.
But this…

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Scripture Speaks: Palm Sunday

by Gayle Somers March 22, 2013

Gospel (Read Lk 22:14-23:56)
On Palm Sunday, Catholics all over the globe, in every nation and time zone, in public and sometimes in secret, stand at attention to hear the longest Gospel narrative of the entire liturgical year.  This riveting…

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