by Karlo Broussard | Aug 10, 2020 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
When it comes to the saints, one of the most common questions Catholics get is, “Why would I seek the help of saints when I can go straight to Jesus?” There are two ways that we can answer this question. The first is to address the problematic assumptions. The second...
by Karlo Broussard | May 21, 2019 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
The Catholic practice of invoking the intercession of the saints assumes that the souls in heaven can know our interior thoughts. But for some Protestants this is a problem because it attributes to the saints a power that the Bible says belongs to God alone. 2...
by Karlo Broussard | Feb 5, 2019 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Catholics often appeal to Revelation 5:8 as support for the intercession of the saints: And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each holding a harp, and with golden bowls full of incense, which...
by Karlo Broussard | Sep 21, 2017 | Q & A
Full Question Can my prayers benefit the holy souls in purgatory if I am in a state of mortal sin? Answer The short answer is no. The reasoning that St. Thomas Aquinas gives is that just as an act cannot be meritorious for the doer of the act if he is in a state of...
by Karlo Broussard | Jun 6, 2016 | Articles, Philosophical Apologetics
As many saints have testified, and many Christians affirm, the life of prayer is not a piece of cake. It’s hard work. It requires great effort to keep a prayer routine in the midst our daily activities. It can also be a very humbling experience to be faced with God’s...
