Sin

For St. Catherine, the merciful love of God so essentially defines who He is that, along with St. Augustine and St. Thomas, Catherine understands that it is precisely despair of His mercy that constitutes the only unforgivable sin.

In order to understand St. Thomas Aquinas' theory of atonement, we need to be clear about what he meant in saying that Jesus Christ makes "satisfaction" for our sins.

Do you ever get frustrated by your own tendancy to sin?

Turn to any page of St. Faustina’s Diary and you find spiritual gems. Like this one.

One reader has a great question about the original "Vilnius" Divine Mercy Image. Another writes, "Dear Father, in the June Friends of Mercy newsletter, you said all sins confessed 'are forever dissolved in His mercy,' which I have always struggled believing."

"He was taking all of that abuse on Himself to save the world," says Fr. Anthony Gramlich, MIC.

Readers of St. Faustina's Diary sometimes come across passages that do not seem to put her in a very good light.

Are we accountable for the sins of our parents and ancestors? The answer is clearly laid out in Holy Scripture.