What About Sins of Omission?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
June 24, 2025
I cannot find an examination of conscience for sins of omission. Does such a list exist?
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Red, White, and Green Martyrs?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 23, 2020
In the book How the Irish Saved Civilization (Doubleday), Thomas Cahill talks about both green and white martyrdom. According to Cahill, Ireland was unique in that Christianity was introduced there without bloodshed (red martyrdom).
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Three Lenten Questions
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 22, 2020
Lent is based on Christ’s 40-day fast in the desert, which recalls the 40 years that the Hebrew people wandered between leaving Egypt and entering the Promised Land.
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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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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 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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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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