One of my favourite words in the Bible

In a little village in Germany in 1483 Martin Luther was born.  Martin Luther was, under God, the instigator and one of the biggest drivers of the protestant reformation in Europe – with its subsequent break from the Roman Catholic Church.  By the 15th Century Roman Catholicism was dominant religion in Europe. After school Luther went… Continue reading One of my favourite words in the Bible

Praying for the dead

Should we be praying for our loved ones that have died?  Do our prayers somehow help or comfort them?  The Roman Catholic Church teaches that we should pray for the “faithfully departed” in purgatory.   According to Catholicism, our prayers help them during their time in purgatory, so that they can enter more quickly into the… Continue reading Praying for the dead