Being Catholic

Beliefs, Practices, Perspectives






Elements of a Devotional Life To live a life in Christ requires that we have a balance of various aspects of spiritually.
Binding and Loosing Jesus made some remarkable statements to the Apostles and to Peter in particular which the Catholic Church uses as the basis for some important, foundational doctrines.
What Catholics Believe Many Protestants that I talk to have many misconceptions about what the Catholic Church teaches, practices, and believes. The purpose of this article is to provide a detailed summary of the basics of the Catholic faith.
Catholic Life In this article I discuss what it is like to be a Catholic. At the time of this writing I have been Catholic for only two years and was introduced to Catholicism only a year before that. As a Protestant Fundamentalist I had no idea what it was like to be a Catholic.
The Eucharist To discuss the Catholic doctrine of the Eucharist and to demonstrate that it was the belief of the very early church.
Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius To Conquer Oneself And Regulate One's Life Without Determining Oneself Through Any Tendency That Is Disordered.
The Rosary Reflections on the prayers and mysteries of the Rosary.

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