The Narrow Gate Blog
Reflections about faith, life, struggles, and our hope for our ultimate home, Heaven. But the only way through, is via The Narrow Gate.
Can Salvation Be Lost?
This article first appeared at: catholic.com Once a person has entered a state of justification, can this be lost? If so, how would this happen? Protestants have proposed a variety of answers to these questions. Luther, based on the idea of justification...
St. Patrick’s Three Invincible Weapons that Every Apologist Should Use
This article first appeared at: catholic.com “I, Patrick, am a sinner; the most uncultured and smallest among all the faithful, indeed many people consider me to be worthless.” — St. Patrick, Confessio Those might be surprising words from a man we remember...
St Joseph Always Answers Prayers
Above Image: This image comes from the cover of Fr Donald Calloway's book, 'Consecration to St Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father' (Marian Press). Each year, the Church dedicates the whole month of March to St Joseph. On more than one occasion, I...
What is the Shroud of Turin? Here’s What Science Says.
This article first appeared at: magiscenter.com The Shroud of Turin is a burial shroud of linen cloth, woven in a 3:1 herringbone pattern. Measuring 14 feet 3 inches in length and 3 feet 7 inches in width, it is a single piece of cloth bearing a front and...
Science: God’s Gift to Man
This article first appeared at: magiscenter.com “…Those laws are within the grasp of the human mind. God wanted us to recognize them by creating us after his own image so that we could share in his own thoughts… and if piety allow us to say so, our...
Parousia News – February 2022
Lenten Pilgrimage 2022 Above: The Artwork for this years Lenten Pilgrimage The Lenten Pilgrimage will begin on 2nd March this year. We are excited to be partnering with Allan Smith once again. This year, our theme is going to be, 'The Seven Last Words of...
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen – My Trusted Guide for Lent
As I prepare for Lent each year, I ask myself the same questions: what am I going to give up, what works of mercy will I perform, or what spiritual reading might I entertain this year?
The older I get, the more I realize that I cannot go wrong with the tried and proven writings of the saints. Classics such as St. Alphonsus Liguori’s The Way of the Cross, and Lenten reflections from the writings of St. Teresa of Avila and St. Francis de Sales, are staples in my home. But to be honest, it is the writings of the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen that continue to be my trusted Lenten companion.
The Gift of Miracles
This article first appeared at: catholic.com Some of the greatest gifts God has given to the Church for evangelism are the gifts of miracles. As a Pentecostal before I became Catholic, I believed God still performs miracles, but I never saw anything close...
The Catholic Mass Is Profoundly Biblical
This article first appeared at: catholic.comAre Catholics Bible Christians? A Catholic who ponders this question may think, “Well, I know that Protestants call themselves Bible Christians, and Catholics don’t really use that terminology; so I guess I would...
Conversion of St. Paul
This article first appeared at: Catholic News AgencyThe great apostle was a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin. He surpassed all his peers in zeal for the Jewish law and their traditions, which he thought to be the cause of God, and became one of the most...
Why Be Catholic and Not Just Christian?
Once you believe in Jesus, can’t you be done? Why do we need to belong to the Catholic Church instead of any other Christian congregation? Trent Horn discusses these questions.
Parousia News – January 2022
Welcome to 2022 Above : The Bible in a Year Podcast was #1 worldwide again, in all categories, for the second year running! Welcome to 2022. I pray that this year will be a spiritually uplifting one for you. With all that is going on in the world, it's a...
