When Did Jesus become a Catholic?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 19, 2020
Q: A few years ago, I overheard a Catholic woman ask her friend, "When did Jesus become a Catholic?" A few of us laughed but did try to explain that Jesus was the Christ. He was born Jewish and died Jewish. ...
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Is Social Justice Marxism?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 19, 2020
Q: I am a big supporter of Glenn Beck and all the work he is doing to save the country. On one of his programs, he was discussing social justice, which is Marxism, and how the government is trying to absorb the ...
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Aren’t Martyrs Automatically Canonized?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 19, 2020
Q: The feast of Saint Charles Lwanga and companion martyrs (June 3) recently raised a question for me. On July 17, 1794, 16 Carmelite nuns were guillotined in Compiègne, France, for their faith. As a secular Carmelite, I have always considered them ...
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Is There More Power in Praying for One Person?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 19, 2020
Q: When I pray a petition, I can't help feeling that if I pray for one person only, the prayer will be stronger or more effective than if I pray for 20 people at once. For example, is "Please help David" ...
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Faith and Family for May 24: Go and Make Disciples
Franciscan Media
May 19, 2020
READ MT 28:16-20 The eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had ordered them. When they saw him, they worshiped, but they doubted. Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on ...
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