The Glory of the Cloud of Witnesses
“Having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head . . . let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us” – Hebrews 12:1.
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7 Important Quotes About Heaven From the Saints
It’s still Easter. We Catholics like to party—for a while! After rising from the dead, but before the Ascension, Jesus was so kind and affectionate to want nothing more than to visit the holy women, Mary Magdalen, the disciples of Emmaus, the Apostles, and his Blessed Mother. And don’t forget his affection when Jesus went …
We Will Meet Our Loved Ones Again in Heaven
Death is a theme that surrounds the Catholic life. In the Mass, we partake of the crucified Christ, remembering his death for our salvation, acknowledging and living the reality that his body brings us salvation and life. We retell the stories of saints—some of whom died gruesome deaths at the hands of others, some who …
Here’s Why Advent Is the Perfect Time to Think About the Four Last Things
Why should you think about something as dark as death and the end times during a season full of preparing for Christ child? Isn’t Advent supposed to be filled with the light of the purple and pink candles and the joy of the upcoming Christmas season? It’s true, death and the final times are a …
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Striving Towards Heaven? Try Jesus’ 8 Step Program
Striving towards Heaven in today’s culture can be a tough undertaking. Wouldn’t our path be easier if Christ had laid out a step-by-step program for how to know him better? Luckily for us, He does give us an eight step program, instructing us how to find true happiness. In one of his lesser known homilies, Saint …
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3 Quick Takes from Dante’s Purgatory
November is the month dedicated to the Holy Souls on the Church calendar, and it is a golden opportunity to deepen our understanding of Purgatory while praying for those on their way to the Beatific Vision. You can’t spend too much time thinking about Purgatory and the afterlife without having your thoughts turned towards Dante. …
Don’t Wait For The End Times, Prepare NOW
True story -the other day I had this conversation with my teenage daughters: While they are quite wrong (especially if you are reading this after September 23rd), people have long been fascinated with the end of the world, death, judgement and what is to come in the final days. …
6 Things the Saints Want to Say to You When You’re Grieving
In 1862, The Vienne Post said that there was a book that “deserves a distinguished place in all Christian libraries, and should be on the table of every pious family that faithfully preserves and celebrates the memory of its deceased members.” The book they were talking about is In Heaven We’ll Meet Again: The Saints and Scripture …
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10 More Fascinating Angels Facts That Will BLOW. YOUR. MIND.
Just over two years ago, I published my first article here at EpicPew, 10 Facts about Angels That Will Blow Your Mind. While I was reflecting on the past two years of writing for EpicPew, a wave of nostalgia inspire me to revisit the subject of angels and how mind-blowingly awesome they are. Here’s some …
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10 Surprising Facts About Purgatory That You Probably Didn’t Know
We can all learn bit more about purgatory. Far from being the much-maligned second-chance hell or hell-lite that critics make it out to be, purgatory actually well reflects the beauty of the Church’s teaching. Here are 10 things about purgatory that may surprise you: 1. The Fathers taught it Purgatory is usually associated with medieval …
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