Category Archives: The Catechism Explained

We call by the name of divine providence God’s preservation and government of the world. 1. God maintains the world, i.e., He preserves all creatures in existence as long as He wills. A ball hanging from a piece of string falls to the ground as soon as the string is cut. So the whole world […]

Man can suffer in body or soul or both. The apostles, when they were scourged (Acts 5:41), suffered in body; Judas, when he threw down the pieces of silver in the Temple, suffered in his soul. Holy Job suffered in both. Suffering is either merited or unmerited. The sufferings of the prodigal son were merited, […]