by Creed 101 Team | Jun 25, 2015 | Church, Sacraments
Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers tells us how to obtain an indulgence. Indulgences can be obtained, once the three prerequisites are met. First, you must receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The indulgence is not about just getting a free pass to Heaven. Reconciliation...
by Creed 101 Team | May 4, 2015 | Sacraments
Fr. John Boyle discusses transubstantiation, which is the moment when the bread and wine offered at mass becomes the body and blood of Jesus Christ. It is not a mere imitation or symbol of the presence, but truly transformed in substance. At the Last Supper, Jesus...
by Creed 101 Team | Apr 27, 2015 | Sacraments
Fr. John Kerns shares why Catholics baptize infants, when many other denominations wait to baptize until much later. He asks, do we let children decide where to go to school, or what to choose for nutrition, or when to eat? What about how to behave? No, we make...
by Creed 101 Team | Mar 30, 2015 | Sacraments
Fr. Mark Bentz discusses the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. To begin this discussion, we have to accept two things: (1) that the Bible accurately tells us what Jesus said and did, and (2) that Jesus is God. Without accepting these two points, the discussion...
by Creed 101 Team | Mar 23, 2015 | Sacraments
Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers addresses why the Catholic Church does not support same-sex marriage. Marriage was handed down to us from God as a union between a man and woman. In the book of Genesis, it says that man and woman are made in God’s image and likeness. But...
by Creed 101 Team | Mar 16, 2015 | Sacraments
Fr. Theodore Lange explains why Catholics confess sins to a priest. He relates the conversion story of a man who had been away from the church for 40 years. This man had acquired a lot of material wealth, worldliness, and sin. After his conversion, he began going to...
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