Thanksgiving with Saints Philemon and Apphia
Theresa Doyle-Nelson
May 9, 2020
This holy couple offers four lessons for your feast.
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A Celebration of St. Monica
Lawrence S. Cunningham
May 9, 2020
Educated by a household servant, Monica cared for her father and siblings until she married Patricius, a pagan landowner and minor Roman official of the same town.
Faith and Family for May 17: The Advocate
Franciscan Media
May 9, 2020
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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 the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows him.
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by Father Greg Friedman, OFM
Did Jesus Have Siblings?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
If St. James is Jesus’ brother, would James not also be God’s son? Were Mary and Joseph the parents of James?
Where Should the Tabernacle Go?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
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.
Did the Church Make Up Purgatory?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
My middle-aged daughter recently told me that there is no purgatory, that the Catholic Church made that up.
Dealing With A Father’s Abuse
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
I am the youngest in a large family. Many of my siblings suffered physical or verbal abuse from our father when we were growing up. Although he has abused our mother verbally and continues to do so, she has stayed with him all these years. They are now in their 80s.
Three in the Bible
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
In reading the Bible, I’m noticing numerous references to the number three or sets of three. For example, the three calls of Samuel, three temptations of Jesus in the desert, the Trinity, three days in the tomb, Jesus’ three-year ministry, 33 when he died!
Catholics and Communion in Other Churches
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
I will be attending a family wedding in an Orthodox church. May I receive Communion during the wedding Mass?
The Pilgrim Statue of Fatima
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
Can you tell me anything about the pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima? I’ve been to Fatima and am very interested in the statue which I see mentioned in our Catholic paper as being at various churches. What is the significance of it?