Tag: Presumption

Dare We Hope

Several years ago, I published an essay for my blog the Gospel Truth that contained my musings on life after death. It created some interesting feedback. My treatment of salvation caused the greatest concern. My main critic erroneously thought that...

God Wants to Welcome Us to Heaven

In 1925, a 65-year-old man collapsed and died outside a Catholic church in Dublin, Ireland. Having on him only a prayer book and a rosary, no one knew who he was until his sister came and identified him. It was discovered that the deceased man was...

Of Presumption and Prejudice

The Gospel passage from Matthew (15:21-28) reminds me of my favorite representation of the Crucifix: the one whose arms are perfectly horizontal, as to embrace the whole world. Similarly, the readings for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Is 56:1, 6...