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My 49-year-old daughter left the Catholic Church several years ago. She loves praying by herself to God the Father but avoids public prayer. How can she not recognize Jesus’ presence in the Blessed Sacrament?
Our temptation is to admire saints from such a distance that we forget they were still human beings who cooperated with God’s grace.
I don’t understand why the name of God was so important to the Israelites. I thought God’s name was simply “God.”
If a person commits adultery and then goes to confession, does that person have to ask forgiveness from his or her spouse?
Some people speak as though particular prayers or a series of prayers (such as a novena) are more powerful than simpler prayers. Is this true? Also, if I believe that God’s will is always done, why should I pray for a particular outcome?
Francis was as much subject to self-doubt as any of us. His motives were purified in prayer; his ego became right-sized there.
In one of your columns, you mentioned in passing that the church does not rule on stigmatics. Why is that?
