May 9, 2020
Confession Assures Us of God's Love
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
I read about a person who went to confession, repenting of not wanting the sufferings that God had allowed. That person was healed. Because I have many sufferings, I did the same thing but was not healed.
Obtaining the Bread and Wine
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
Over the centuries, how have priests managed to obtain the bread and wine needed to celebrate Mass in remote areas? I have always wondered about that.
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What Is Your View on Reality?
Richard Rohr, OFM
May 9, 2020
Everybody looks at the world through their own lens, a matrix of culturally inherited qualities, family influences, and other life experiences.
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Did the Church Make Up Purgatory?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
My middle-aged daughter recently told me that there is no purgatory, that the Catholic Church made that up.
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Where Should the Tabernacle Go?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
Most members of our large Catholic community have been trying to rescue Our Lord from a tabernacle on a side altar. Some churches have kept the tabernacle where it belongs: in the center of the main altar.
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Did Jesus Have Siblings?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
If St. James is Jesus’ brother, would James not also be God’s son? Were Mary and Joseph the parents of James?
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Faith and Family for May 17: The Advocate
Franciscan Media
May 9, 2020
READ JN 14:15-21 Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom ...
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