Apologetics Essay

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Can an auto run without a generator? So also, of God's world. Apologetics is not apologies. It is the art of defending the faith. It accounts for our hopes. If human beings tried to invent God, they would never come up with one that died on a cross to save us. He who is love could not help but love us! He chose the way of the cross to save us. Imperfection doesn't deny the truth of faith in God; e.g. contented Catholics and Protestants, brain-washed jihadists, largely negative Limbaughs, dull of faith Dawkins and Dennett. "Fools say to themselves: 'there is no God!'" (Ps.14:1) Ever seen a quark or a nano? A scientist proceeds with both faith in the unseen and his data. Science and religion lean on each other. "Faith and reason are …show more content…

A golden censer held by an angel at the altar. A LONG WAY OFF!
Creation, Natural reason, Revelation, and the Bible in the Divine Economy by which God reveals His plan. Cosmic covenant for the obedient and faithful. WHITHER THY GOAL?
Justified by faith in God's grace as gift; Imperfect church of imperfect people come to the messianic mission and the Eucharistic banquet. WE BECOME GOD'S CHILDREN!
Peals of thunder and flashes of lightening; Blessed are those who die in the Lord joining the collective of God's holy ones. COME TO ME, MY DELIGHT wonder./write/discuss
1. No one has all the answers. Where do you go to get answers to your questions of faith?

2. Do Catholics really honor or worship icons, or honor the person of the icon? Do you believe in the literal interpretation of the creation story in Genesis? What literary genres can you identify in the …show more content…

Therese of Lisieux translated by Alan Bancroft)

Recall O Jesus, Word of Life, to show your love, You died for me! and so I, too Wish in return to love You, madly - oh! I, also, wish to live and die for you. You know it, O my God! My one desire's to make You loved and then to be a martyr for your sake! Of love I wish to die; Lord, I want this, I beg You recall.
Though Sacrament of Love, You have your foes . . . In spite of all the blasphemies You face . . . You show how much You love me--for You chose To come and make my heart Your dwelling place! Divine and holy Host! Yourself as Bread You give: I live no longer I, it's by Your life I live, Ciborium of gold most dear to You, Jesus my All.
My wish is to console you in your pain My only Love! oh, grant me this to gain - To have a thousand hearts for loving You! Too few! Let Beauty then this greater grace impart: Give me, to love You with the Heart of God - Your heart! This, my desire (for I'm afire, and all the time!) O Lord, recall.
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