The Now Word

Protestants say Catholics invented it. Catholics say it's essential for many to enter Heaven. What does the Bible say?

WE have produced a culture in which the vulnerable and weak are being encouraged to check out and die. Physician-assisted suicide is rapidly spreading through the West... but is it right?

SAINT Paul taught that hope is the fruit of enduring one's afflictions, which shape one's character. However, one can put up with trials, so to speak, in a state of bitter resignation, anger, and resentment, which actually leads to despair.
 
Rather, Paul showed us that this endurance of suffering is only fruitful in holy abandonment...

St. John's Revelation speaks of a confrontation between a "woman clothed in the sun" and a "dragon." The interesting thing is that it takes place, literally, in the "sky" (Greek: ouranus). Both Jesus and St. Paul spoke of signs, good and bad, that would appear in the sky. It's happening now...

HOW do we find hope in hopelessness, whether it's in our personal situation or as we gaze at the horizon of world events?