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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.
If a person commits adultery and then goes to confession, does that person have to ask forgiveness from his or her spouse?
Francis was as much subject to self-doubt as any of us. His motives were purified in prayer; his ego became right-sized there.
Our diocese distributed a pamphlet on examining your conscience. It states that having an abortion or encouraging a woman to do so would mean automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church. If I do that, is this so?
As an 80-year-old Catholic, I was taught that missing Mass through your own fault is a mortal sin that, if unconfessed and unabsolved, could send you to hell forever. I know friends and other Catholics who are good people but no longer go to Mass. How could a merciful God condemn them to hell forever?
The obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation is serious but must be understood in relation to other serious obligations. Caring for a terminally ill spouse or child is a greater obligation than attending Sunday Mass.
Peace is a gift from God. Human actions that cooperate with God’s grace activate peace in the world.
