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Supernatural Gift of Faith is Another Term for Spiritual Sight

Before sin entered the world and disconnected human nature from perfect union with God, our first parents were able to ‘see’ God through faith, by the unimpeded sanctifying grace that was offered (but rejected). This spiritual sight is restored by the grace won for humanity on the cross, albeit as a bit more cloudy and […]... Read More

How Can Jesus Command Us to Love Our Enemies?

Today’s gospel reading has Jesus exhorting His followers to love their enemies, contrasting this with Jewish and pagan teaching. . There are two places mentioned in scripture that Jesus’ followers express dismay at the difficulty of His teaching: consuming Him in the Eucharist (Jn 6:66) and His ban on divorce (Mt 19:10). If there were […]... Read More

God and His Secondary Causes

Rational inconsistencies fascinate me. . The ancient world had a simple grasp of the universe that saw all phenomena as direct signs from God or the gods. . While almost all modern Christians willingly give credence to the notion that in the order of nature, God as first Cause uses secondary causes to bring about […]... Read More