Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

Thank you once again, Allison Gingras at  Reconciled To You  and Elizabeth Riordan at  Theology Is A Verb   for hosting Worth Revisiting each week. It is a privilege to share our work with you and your followers . Musings on Sin and The Salvation of Souls (Originally published May 13, 2013) (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) If one un-confessed mortal sin will result in eternal damnation, then how can we be so complacent about sin and about the salvation of souls? Why are so many in the Catholic Church lightening quick to voice their public support for favored legislative proposals like immigration and health care reforms, international treaties, global warming initiatives or gun control, but virtually silent on the teachings of  Humanae Vitae ,  or when the military seeks to prohibit a soldier or his chaplain from sharing their faith, or when self-identified Catholic politicians persistently and obstinately s...

We thank Allison Gingras at  Reconciled To You   and Elizabeth Riordan at  Theology Is A Verb   for once again hosting Catholic bloggers at  Revisiting Wednesday .  It is a privilege for us to share our work with them and their followers . Stop by for a visit now .  What follows is my contribution for this week: Monday Musings - Will We Use Our Ears To Hear? (Originally published on July 24, 2017) Some Catholic theologians, clergy and writers teach that  we should have a reasonable hope all men and women will be saved. We should reject this erroneous prediction of  our eternal residency. Even a simple man like I can understand that this claim of universal salvation doesn't really pass the smell test.  How could it when Jesus Himself told us:  "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it (Matthew 7:14)? Less we would forget this es...