Question: Why are Catholics required to give money to the Church? Answer: Offering money and other goods to God and the Church is, before all else, a statement of gratitude. We see this when we look at how our spiritual ancestors showed their gratitude to God for the gifts they had received (e.g. Genesis 14:18-20…
In the modern lexicon, the quality of “kindness” is often equated with politeness – but real, virtuous kindness is so much more. Virtuous kindness is a way of seeing others through the eyes of God. God is not polite – God is kind, and His kindness is abundantly evident in all of creation. It was…
The Guardian Angel Prayer, also known as the Angel of God Prayer, invokes the protection of one’s guardian angel. Often one of the first prayers taught to children, it consists of two rhyming couplets: “Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God’s love commits me here, ever this day be at my side, to…