The formal relationship between the Church, be it the Catholic Church or other religious denominations, and the State extends the relationship between faith and politics onto an institutional level.
One common objection to the real, bodily presence of Christ in the Eucharist goes something like this: “How can you say the Eucharist becomes the Body and Blood of Christ when it still looks like bread and wine?...”
At the beginning of His public life on the hill of the Beatitudes, Our Lord preached: "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted" (Matt. 5:5).
Lazarus belonged neither to the circle of the twelve disciples who accompanied Jesus on his travels nor to the wider circle of seventy disciples, but occupied another, special, position in relation to the Master and the apostles.
Many of us carry wounds from our upbringing, from dysfunctional family life, from traumatic events, or from patterns of unhealthy behavior we developed over the years.
I suppose there are few difficulties more universally felt than that of making a good thanksgiving after Communion. Spiritual writers tell us we ought not to use books, at least not for some time afterward.
When students come to know God and are immersed into Catholic culture, they still must learn how to live the faith in the world, especially after they graduate.