May 9, 2020

Confession Assures Us of God's Love

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.

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Obtaining the Bread and Wine

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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Skewed view of church

What Is Your View on Reality?

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?

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?

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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Holy Family

Did Jesus Have Siblings?

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

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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