How should Christians think about Islam and Muslims? In this meditation, Fr Gavan starts with the Catechism's teaching on salvation and works through what Islam gets right, what it lacks, and what Pope Benedict's famous Regensburg lecture revealed about the dangers of setting reason aside. He draws a careful distinction between Islam as a religion and the radicalism of Islamism, and closes with a call to love Muslims, pray for their conversion, and hold onto the fraternity that should exist between our faiths.

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Is purity really possible, or is it a battle we are doomed to lose? In this meditation, Fr Gavan addresses one of the hardest struggles in the Christian life: chastity. He explains why sins against purity are uniquely difficult, what it means to avoid the occasions of sin, and why God's grace is not optional but essential in this particular fight. Drawing on the wisdom of Our Lady and the Book of Wisdom, he offers a clear and honest word of hope: purity is not only possible, it is worth every bit of the struggle.

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Do you think of Sunday Mass as an obligation to fulfil, or as something far more important than that? In this meditation, Fr Gavan unpacks what the Catechism actually says about the Sunday Eucharist: that it is the foundation and confirmation of all Christian practice, a testimony of belonging to Christ and his Church, and the sacred beat that gives rhythm and meaning to the whole week. A reminder that Sunday Mass is not just a duty but a gift, one that orients our entire lives.

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Meditations | Ep. 99

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