‘Blessed assurance’? Sadly not for Catholics

Leonardo De Chirico  |  Features
Date posted:  20 Oct 2025
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‘Blessed assurance’?  Sadly not for Catholics

Fanny Crosby (1820-1915), author of the hymn Blessed Assurance. Source: julieroys.com

In my conversations with Catholic friends, I have found it useful to reference the five “magnetic points” expounded by British theologian Daniel Strange. There are five fundamentals that all human beings are looking for and to which they are magnetically drawn. Because of their universal presence in people’s lives, they can be seen in Catholics.

According to Strange, each religion responds in various ways to these five questions. Their responses are points of attraction for people to be drawn to them. The questions are:

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