By Fr. Nnamdi Moneme, OMV, Catholic Exchange, October 8, 2024
Fr. Nnamdi Moneme OMV is a Roman Catholic Priest of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary currently on missionary assignment in the Philippines. He serves in the Congregations’ Retreat Ministry and in the House of Formation for novices and theologians in Antipolo, Philippines. He blogs at www.toquenchhisthirst.wordpress.com.
Do all religions really lead to God?
This was the question trending on social media recently. It came to my mind when I was preparing to preach on Mark 9:38-48. Providentially, Jesus shows in this passage why the notion that all religions lead to God is deeply wrong and carries damnable consequences for those who propose it and those who believe it.
St. John had tried to prevent someone from casting out demons simply because the person was not in their company. Jesus asked him not to prevent the man from doing so because the man was actually doing something to advance His kingdom: “Do not prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me.”
Jesus also used this opportunity to teach us three truths that we must not forget. …