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Where’s the Authenticity?

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. It is through the Church that we access Jesus and salvation

We cried and he died

Lent helps us appreciate deeply that salvation comes through calling upon the name of God.

Turn salvation questions into teaching moments

For Catholics, being saved is not a one-shot deal; it is an ongoing process that ends after we die.

The Year for Priests

By Msgr. Owen F. Campion. The continuum of salvation in Christ

The price of scandal

By Carl E. Olson. Salvation from demons, sin, death and damnation is found only through Jesus Christ

The gifts of salvation

By Carl E. Olson. The healing gifts of salvation are abundant when we choose to open our eyes to God

The Church's view of suicide

The Catechism says 'We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives' because God shows mercy.

TCA Faith

By Father Ray Ryland. The Catholic Answer to your questions about Scripture, theology, morality and apologetics.

The Letter to the Hebrews has a distinctive way of describing how God chose to redeem us: ''[I]t was fitting that [God] . . . in bringing many children to glory, should make the leader to their salvation perfect through suffering'' (Heb 2:10).

Spiritual exodus

By Carl E. Olson. Jesus Christ -- the new Moses -- leads us from the slavery caused by sin to salvation

Sign of the Crucified One

What should the Cross mean to us?

September 10, Friday Weekday

Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.

Saved in Hope

This article has free access for all visitors. A new encyclical answers questions about a neglected virtue.

Salvation Is for the Taking

Homily Background for October 9, 2011 - Year A. (Subscription required)

Praying with the Psalmists

By Robert Sargent. The psalmists see God's loving hand in all our circumstances.

Pastoral Answers: Is baptism needed for heaven?

By Msgr. M. Francis Mannion. Lack of baptism for Old Testament saints doesn’t mean they are not saved; baptism of desire is valid

Ours to Lose

Homily Background for November 1, 2009 - Year B

Our Own Readiness

Homily Background for August 22, 2010 - Year C

October 21, Friday Weekday

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October 12, Monday Weekday

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November 29, Monday Advent Weekday

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November 17, St. Elizabeth of Hungary

Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor for November 17, 2009, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.

Nonbelievers' salvation

While baptism is necessary, the magnitude of God's kindness is beyond our comprehension

Need for purgatory

By Msgr. M. Francis Mannion. Most people, even if baptized, die in imperfection, so the process of salvation carries on after death

Musical influences

By Msgr. M. Francis Mannion. Introduction of folk and popular styles into liturgy came from cultural trends that developed in 1960s.

Msgr. Mannion: Understanding the end times

This Protestant interpretation of the end times emphasizes an unnecessary attention to details

Msgr. Mannion: The Church's role in salvation

Doctrine challenges Church to make Christ visible in the world, so that all may know him and be saved

Msgr. M. Francis Mannion: Protestants' salvation

Church does not view other Christian communities as places in which salvation is not operative. (Subscription required)

Msgr. M. Francis Mannion: Leaving the Church

It is a serious matter, but God alone is the judge of salvation for Catholics who stray from their faith. (Subscription required)

May 6, Wednesday Easter Weekday

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Mass cross confusion

Christ's death is fulfilled in his resurrection, and it makes no sense without pain of Calvary

March 30, Tuesday of Holy Week

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Lost and found

By Carl Olson. Although seemingly ‘lost’ himself in today’s Gospel reading, Jesus came to seek all of the truly astray

Limbo document emphasizes 'hope of salvation'

Theory has 'no clear foundation in revelation,' so unbaptized infants are left to God's mercy.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor about capital punishment, cardinals and salvation. (Subscription required)

John Norton: A pastor who wants to double number of parishioners

Each parishioner will be asked to commit before God to trying to shepherd one soul to the Church.

Jesus’ descent into hell

By Msgr. M. Francis Mannion. ‘Hell’ has two meanings in Catholic theology — the place of the damned and where dead await salvation

January 8, The Epiphany of the Lord

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January 31, Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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January 20, Thursday Weekday

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January 16, Second Sunday in Ordinary Time

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In Focus: Putting the prison system on a penitential path

By Scott Alessi. Solutions to climbing incarceration rates may lie in returning prisons to places of penance, not punishment

February 28, Second Sunday of Lent

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February 27, Monday Lenten Weekday

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February 23, Thursday Lenten Weekday

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February 2, The Presentation of the Lord

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Father Barron: Catholic Church is fullest expression of Christ's grace

By Father Robert Barron. Membership in the Catholic Church is not just one option out of many

Exhortation connects Catholic life, Eucharist

Pope Benedict XVI's postsynodal document examines Church, salvation and worship in light of the Blessed Sacrament

December 23, Wednesday Advent Weekday

Our Sunday Visitor's My Daily Visitor for December 23, reading, feast of the day, saint, Bible verse, meditation, and prayer.

Carl E. Olson: Passing through the narrow gate

By Carl Olson. No one is exempted from striving, by God’s grace, to be a true son and daughter of Our Lord

Carl E. Olson: Learning how to cultivate humility

We learn how to be humble and resist acts of pride when we recognize who we are in relation to God

Carl E. Olson: Final, full revelation

Christians understand last judgment not as a time for dread, but as one of fulfillment of promises

Blessed Virgin Mary — Immune from all sin

By Mark Shea. Mary was protected from contracting original sin, thus allowing us to see a model human person completely saved by Christ

Be Imitators of Jesus

Homily Background for March 21, 2010 - Year C

August 31, Monday Weekday

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August 20, St. Bernard

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Are You Saved?

What to say when someone pops the question.

April 21, Wednesday Easter Weekday

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Apocalypse how?

Book of Revelation doesn't involve top-secret technology, but the salvation of God's flock.

Ancient liturgical tradition

By Msgr. M. Francis Mannion. The use of incense was a pre-Christian ritual, but nevertheless has significance in our own liturgy. (Subscription required)