What Do Catholics Believe About the Rapture?

March 6, 2024March 6, 2024 Articles, Catechesis, The Patrick Madrid Show

“Rapture” is the term often used by Christian denominations to describe one of the last phases of human existence in which the believers of a particular creed will be ... Read more

Does God hear our prayers if we aren’t in the state of grace?

February 4, 2024February 4, 2024 Articles, Catechesis, Father Simon Says

“Mortal sin destroys charity in the heart of man by a grave violation of God’s law; it turns man away from God, who is his ultimate end and his ... Read more

“I left the Catholic Church. What will happen to me?”

February 1, 2024January 31, 2024 Articles, Catechesis, Father Simon Says

Does God care if you leave His Church for a Protestant denomination? What will happen to those who abandon the Eucharist and follow a community instead of the truth? ... Read more

Why do we suffer?

January 28, 2024January 24, 2024 Articles, Catechesis

One of the most common arguments against the existence of God, namely a benevolent and all-powerful one, is the existence of pain, suffering, tragedy, and evil in our world. ... Read more

Jumping Through Hoops or Following Jesus?

January 27, 2024January 24, 2024 Articles, Catechesis, The Patrick Madrid Show

Recently on The Patrick Madrid Show, Patrick received a call from a listener named Joseph who requested an explanation of why Catholics are required to go to confession and ... Read more

What’s the Church’s teaching on reincarnation?

January 20, 2024January 19, 2024 Articles, Catechesis, The Cale Clarke Show

A listener wrote in to The Cale Clarke Show to ask Cale about the concept of reincarnation. He said that he knows that the Catholic Church teaches that reincarnation ... Read more

Embracing the Power of Forgiveness

January 15, 2024January 16, 2024 Articles, Catechesis

Pope Francis reminds us of the importance of forgiving others: Jesus does not say, “Blessed are those who plot revenge.” He calls “blessed” those who forgive and do so ... Read more

Love is Not Boastful

January 1, 2024January 1, 2024 Articles, Catechesis

Precepts of the Church (CCC 2042) 1: Attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation. 2: Confess your sins at least once a year. 3: Go to Communion ... Read more

Love is Meek

December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 Articles, Catechesis

Blessed are the meek… because “love is patient” (makrothyméi). Pope Francis links this assertion of 1 Corinthians 13 to God’s meekness and mercy: Makrothyméi… the Greek translation of ... Read more

Hungering for the Lord’s Day

November 20, 2023January 22, 2024 Articles, Catechesis

Hungering for the Lord’s Day Holiness is a right relationship with God: “Be holy; for I the LORD am holy” (Leviticus 20:26). Our hunger and thirst for righteousness makes ... Read more

How long should your confession be?

November 17, 2023November 17, 2023 Articles, Catechesis, The Cale Clarke Show

Many of us have been there: Standing in the confession line, waiting our turn, wondering what’s taking the people in front of us so long to confess their sins. ... Read more

The Trolley Car Dilemma

November 16, 2023November 15, 2023 Articles, Catechesis, The Patrick Madrid Show

Have you ever heard of the “Trolley Car” dilemma? On The Patrick Madrid Show, Patrick discussed this hypothetical quandary in the context of choosing who lives and who dies, ... Read more