Open Wide the Door

Open Wide the Door

“Do not be afraid! Open, indeed, open wide the doors to Christ! Open to his saving power…Do not be afraid!” Pope St. John Paul II Before kindergarten graduation, my classmates and I were each given a sheet of paper. We were told to draw what we wanted to do when...
Novissima Pt. 4: Purgatory

Novissima Pt. 4: Purgatory

This article is the final article of a four part series. The previous article in this series can be found here. We know that there is a Heaven and there is a Hell, realities attested to by the constant teaching of the Church and Sacred Scripture. As I consistently...
Novissima Pt. 4: Purgatory

Novissima Pt. 3: Death

This article is part three of a four part series. The previous article in this series can be found here. We have to be prepared, because we do not know when God will call us (cf. Matthew 24:43; 25:13). In order to be ready for our personal judgment, it is important...
Novissima Pt. 4: Purgatory

Novissima Pt. 2: Called to be Saints

This article is part two of a four part series. The previous article in this series can be found here. As we mentioned in part one of this series on the novissima, or the four last things, we are all created to know, love, and serve God in this life, so as to be happy...
St. Joseph: Just, Wise, and Faithful

St. Joseph: Just, Wise, and Faithful

In this year of St. Joseph called for at the universal level of the Church by Pope Francis and locally by Bishop Joseph Strickland, we are being invited to familiarize ourselves with the person of Joseph, to ask his intercession more frequently, and to imitate him in...
Novissima Pt. 4: Purgatory

Novissima Pt. 1: Judgment, Hell and Heaven

We are created to know, love, and serve God in this life, so as to be happy with him in the next. In fact, everything exists for our union with God, through Christ, in His Mystical Body, the Church. While God’s plan for each person differs from person to...