“Sin is a reality in this fallen world,” Fr. Wade Menezes, C.P.M., says to Doug Keck on EWTN Bookmark, “but an even greater reality is God’s grace and mercy.” In Fr. Wade’s new book, Overcoming the Evil Within: The Reality of Sin and the Transforming Power of God’s Grace and Mercy
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Fr. Wade Menezes, C.P.M., Overcoming the Evil Within “Sin is a reality in this fallen world,” Fr. Wade Menezes, C.P.M., says to Doug Keck on EWTN Bookmark, “but an even greater reality is God’s grace and mercy.” In Fr. Wade’s new book, Overcoming the Evil Within: The Reality of Sin and the Transforming Power of God’s Grace and Mercy...
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OVERCOMING THE EVIL WITHIN We all recognize that we are sinners. We constantly strive to do God's will, and when we fall short, we go to the confessional to experience God's healing mercy in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Yet for all too many of us, when our sins are washed away, the shame of sin may linger on our hearts and plague us even as we resolve anew to follow Christ. This shame is one of Satan's most insidious means of separating us from God's love and forgiveness... |
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