God did not make, ask or even suggest Judas to betray Him. It was entirely his free choice.
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Ask Fr. Francis: Are Mental Illnesses Considered Sins?
Mental illnesses are diseases, not sins.
Dcn. Daniel Ramos, CC Ordained to the Diaconate
The Companions of the Cross are happy to announce the Ordination to Transitional Deacon of Daniel Ramos, CC which took place on August 13, 2022.
Ask Fr. Francis: Was it Necessary for Mary to be Without Original Sin?
This is a very good question. This means that the reason for Mary to be without original sin has nothing to do with preserving Jesus from sin, since He was God and was without sin anyway.
Detach from the World
Our spirit is weakened when our flesh is strengthened. Our spirit becomes passive and falls asleep.
Live by Faith
“Faith is a gift from God that gives us the capacity to know and the power to act.”
Ask Fr. Francis: Why Did God Harden Pharaoh’s Heart Again and Again?
It would be wrong to interpret that God forces Pharaoh to be stubborn, and so engineered a catastrophic genocide for the Egyptian innocents to prove a point.
Ask Fr. Francis: How Does the Church get the Relics of the Saints?
When we talk about “relics”, literally “remains”, of the saints, we are talking about several kinds of objects, namely…
Ask Fr. Francis: Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Jesus came as one of us, not to remove suffering and evil, but to conquer evil and sin, and turn suffering into a voluntary sacrifice, that in exchange becomes our salvation.
Get Into Your Heart
Let’s get out of our heads and into our hearts.