Category: Daily Column

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Our lives are won and lost on bets.

Every choice is a bet. Each of us make big bets. We bet on choosing our spouse. We...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Protestants tend to make bad bets.

Dozens of millions of people make this wager: “I bet I can get to Heaven if I’m a...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Clearly, St. Paul warns of Protestantism.

The Daily Reading from Eph 4:7-16, includes this passage. Once again, St. Paul warns about schisms. We have...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Using Pascal’s Wager to Evangelize.

Pascal’s Wager is “If the lottery prize is large enough, we it is foolish not to buy at...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Pascal. Right and wrong at the same time.

Many converts were are led toward Catholicism by considering Pascal’s wager. “If the reward is great enough, it’s...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Jesus’ message to Catholic clergy.

There is a message to the Catholic clergy in Today’s Reading. Peter, himself, asks for whom it is...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

“Whose souls are in Purgatory?”

The answer to “Whose souls are in Purgatory?” is “The ones God sends there.” The Judgment and eternal...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

About 27 billion souls per cubic yard.

The sheer brilliance of Dante’s work, The Inferno, has given us a view of hell that leads us...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Protestants open the door, then block it.

Many Protestants bring people to a knowledge of Jesus through Baptism, marriage, and their services. They open the...

Ceiling painting of Christ and his apostles

Heaven as Programming HQ.

We human programs are downloaded within the huge, automated galaxies whose components act according to immutable laws. There...