Tag: Sin
Q&A with Fr Flader: Healing the family tree
I have friends in the charismatic movement who speak of healing the family tree, when there has been serious sin in a previous generation which has supposedly affected a descendant. I can’t understand the logic of this practice. Is there any basis for it?
On confession and stubborn sin
Like many Catholics, I often find myself asking why I commit the same sins over and over again. This Lent, I wanted to see if I could change—but how do we go about conquering habitual sins?
Philippa Martyr: Repentance is where true joy can begin
I promised you some joy this week. But bear with me - it’s all connected with why Catholics need to be different, and why...
Mark Shea: Vice signalling
Last time in this space, we discussed Virtue Signalling, the rather common human tendency to do good things for selfish reasons. We discussed the...
Simcha Fisher: One way that God isn’t meme-able
Have you seen the memes showing Jesus and Satan as musclebound arm wrestlers?
Sometimes people share it sincerely and sometimes as a joke, but either...
Simcha Fisher: 17 ways to make confession easier for your kids
Adult converts sometimes sheepishly admit that confession scares them. What they may not know is cradle Catholics often feel the same way. Very often,...