How to Rid the World of Evil
Over the years I have heard both helpful and not-so-helpful ways of thinking and speaking about evil.
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Over the years I have heard both helpful and not-so-helpful ways of thinking and speaking about evil.
“As the deer longs for streams of water, So my soul longs for you, O God.” (Psalm 42:2)
A lot of people have questions about heaven, hell, and purgatory. To better understand hell, let’s review a bit. Everything about God and us centers on relationship. Heaven is complete and perfect union with God for eternity. Purgatory is union with God (through sanctifying grace), which is imperfect and incomplete.
Several years ago, 40 pilgrims, with me serving as chaplain, crossed northern Spain by motor-bus. We had the good fortune to visit—in the following sequence—the shrines and birthplaces of four prominent Spanish saints: Saint Teresa of Avila, Saint John of the Cross, Saint Ignatius Loyola, and Saint Francis Xavier.
I’m pleased to share these memories so that readers can follow our path across Spain and become better acquainted with these inspiring saints.
It is a venerable Christian tradition to turn in prayer to Anthony of Padua—and to other saintly men and women already enjoying the glorious presence of God. Of course, we are encouraged to pray to Saint Anthony and to God in our own words. At times, however, you may find it convenient to use prayers that are addressed to Saint Anthony and already in popular use. The following seven prayers to him are related to specific circumstances and needs.
Elizabeth Seton had no special gifts. She was not a mystic or stigmatic. She did not prophesy or speak in tongues. She had two great devotions: abandonment to the will of God and an ardent love for the Eucharist.
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