What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man conceived,
what God has prepared for those who love him.
(1 Corinthians 2:9, RSV)
1. C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain, New York: HarperCollins, 1996, p. 92.
2. Vic Scaravilli, “Catholic Basics,” YouTube video, 69 video segments, 2008, https://youtu.be/17SXYlZvEbU. Also available at http://www.catholicdigitalstudio.com/.
3. Baltimore Catechism #3, 1891 version, http://www.baltimore-catechism.com/index.htm, Q. 150 (emphasis added).
4. St. Ignatius of Antioch, “Epistle to the Smyrneans”, Ch. 8.
5. D.D. Emmons, “Did the Council of Trent Change the Church?,” Our Sunday Visitor, May 29, 012, https://www.osv.com/Article/TabId/493/ArtMID/13569/ArticleID/2565/Did-the-Council-of-Trent-Change-the-Church.aspx.
6. “The List of Popes,” The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 12., (New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911), accessed April 26, 2018, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm.
7. Father Larry Richards, The Mass Explained, (Lighthouse Catholic Media 2009), Audio CD. Also available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PPvx2lPsOxY.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid.
10. Ibid.
11. See Neal Lozano, Unbound: A Practical Guide to Deliverance. (Baker Publishing, 2010).
12. Pope John Paul II, “Evangelium Vitae” [“The Gospel of Life”], 28.
13. Pope Paul VI, “Humanae Vitae” [“Of Human Life”], 11-12.
14. Ibid., 17.
15. John Hardon, The Catholic Dictionary (Crown Publishing Group, 2013), p. 159.
16. Pope St. John Paul II, “Ecclesia de Eucharistia” [“On the Eucharist and the Church”], 25.
17. “Significance of the Sign of the Cross – Bert Ghezzi on the Meaning Behind the Ancient Gesture,” ZENIT International News Agency, 2004, accessed at Eternal Word Television Network, https://www.ewtn.com/library/liturgy/zsigncro.htm. Further study on the sign of the cross can be done by reading Bert Ghezzi’s book, The Sign of the Cross: Recovering the Power of the Ancient Prayer (Loyola Press, 2006).
18. Ibid.
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