Articles by Mary Kris I. Figueroa

The film initially seems enticing to watch, because who wouldn’t be curious with who Jesus as a child, what He was like, and the things he did? And if you are Catholic, I suggest that you don’t watch it for many reasons. First, it’s based on Anne Rice novel, titled …

When Catholics speak of the word “Saint”, it both means, “Saint” with a capital S, or “saint” with a small S. “Saint” refers to “Canonized Saints” who were ‘known’ or ‘popular’ to the public for their holiness and virtues, formally declared through the long and careful investigation for Beatification, and …

This prayer is for asking God’s protection against spiritual attacks of the Evil One and other spirits, which can cause health, relationship, emotional, and/or different areas of life problems. – Prayer from “Deliverance From Evil Spirits” by Francis MacNutt

Being born in the late 80’s, I was already a living human being while the Blessed Virgin Mary was appearing in the other side of the world. If your date of birth was even earlier, then all of us were, at those moments, all alive and kicking. How special we …

When we read the Bible, or the Scripture, Catholics are instructed that it must be a guided reading. By ‘guided’, I mean that you must be using the Catholic-made Guides, like the Gospel and daily Mass Readings, including those books with reflections about them, or like the Liturgy of the …

It is love that defines good works. Not all ‘good’ works that people do are pleasing to God. Some people do Charity works that supposedly help the poor and marginalized people, with their personal worldly intentions. I heard that there are private Foundations or Groups out there who ask for …

Revelation 12:1- talks about the Woman clothed with the sun. Our early Church fathers considered the ‘Woman’ as 3 symbolisms for: Israel, the Church, and Our Blessed Mother. But Catholics in span of centuries have considered that the literal translation of the verses best explains who the ‘Woman’ is, which …

There are many False Christians, those who are calling themselves as ‘Bible-only Christians’ like the Born Again ‘Christians,’ who claim that a lot of Catholic teachings are “unbiblical” (including the Marian Dogmas, the Holy Sacraments and the existence of Purgatory, among many others), while all their teachings are solely from …

Confession, through the Sacrament of Reconciliation, is a good work. There are reasons, including shame, why it takes a lot of bravery to say your sins to a priest. But once you’re done, you feel free, and it’s a great feeling. That’s because it’s a good work. You feel sorry …

My Reflection To know God and to love God — This is what defines the “life of man.” As the Prologue of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) explains, “God draws close to man. He calls man to seek him, to know him, to love him with all his …