by paul | Dec 8, 2019 | Catechesis Q & A, Devotions, General Knowledge, Jesus
Why Do Catholics Use Crucifixes Instead Of Plain Crosses? Catholics are often questioned why they wear and hang crucifixes, which are crosses to which a “corpus” or the Body of Christ is attached, versus just wearing and adorning themselves, their rosaries, their...
by paul | Dec 8, 2019 | Catechesis Q & A, Church Discipline, Jesus, Satan
Why Was Jesus Tested for Forty Days in the Desert? The Gospel for the First Sunday of Lent in 2015 commemorates Jesus’ forty days of testing in the desert. Jesus decided to spend forty days of testing in the desert as preparation for His adult ministry (forty days is...
by paul | Dec 8, 2019 | Bible, Catechesis Q & A, Eucharist, Jesus
Where in Scripture Does Jesus Speak of His Body and Blood as Food? The Eucharist is a sacrament in which is contained, by the marvelous conversion of the whole substance of bread into the Body of Jesus Christ, and that of wine into His precious Blood, truly, really,...
by paul | Dec 7, 2019 | Catechesis Q & A, Jesus, Sacraments
Why was Jesus Baptized? Every January the Church celebrates the Baptism of Jesus Christ, an event recorded in all four Gospels. But the question is often asked, “Why was Jesus Baptized?” Baptism, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (Paragraph 1279),...
