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March 30th, 2012
You are in very good company indeed in asking this question for the ages. For thousands of years humans have struggled with the question of why bad things happen to good people or why God ...
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March 29th, 2012
No matter what your profession, you can’t leave your moral obligations at the door when you report for work. You have to strive to do what is right, whether no one ever sees you or ...
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March 28th, 2012
An ecumenical council is when the entire Church, through the bishops, gathers together to address one or more issues vital to the life of the universal Church at a given period of time. The ...
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March 23rd, 2012
With all the talk in Catholic circles these days about the move toward a “direct equivalence” translation of the mass parts, some may not realize that the translation of scripture (the “spoken word”) we hear ...
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March 22nd, 2012
The image of marriage in popular culture, as presented on "The Bachelorette," is a serious distortion of the real meaning of marriage, as understood in the Catholic tradition. Both involve two people expressing love for ...
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March 21st, 2012
There are two Catholic organizations in the United States which work very closely with each other to further the ecumenical mandate of Christ as expressed in John 17:21ff and embraced by the Second Vatican Council ...
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March 20th, 2012
Holy Water is found at every Church entrance-no matter where in the world you may be! It is holy because it has been blessed by a priest. We, as Catholics use it to ...
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March 19th, 2012
Though they are a prominent part of Nativity sets and Christmas pageants, the magi only make one appearance in the Gospels, in Matthew 2: 1-12. (Though we commonly call them “kings,” the term magi ...
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March 16th, 2012
Although some words to the mass have changed, the stance of scripture scholars to translating the Bible hasn’t. Any serious scholars and translators of the Bible have to make choices in translation. They must either ...
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March 15th, 2012
Did your future brother-in-law do something silly and harmless, or was it inappropriate enough that you have concerns for your sister’s well-being? If his behavior reveals a pattern of disrespect for himself, for your sister, ...
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March 14th, 2012
Question: It seems like Catholics and many mainline Protestant denominations are getting farther and farther apart on moral issues like abortion, the definition of marriage, and the ordination of active homosexual clergy. How ...
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March 13th, 2012
The amice is a piece of rectangular cloth with two thin-longer strands on either side (to be honest- it kind of looks like an apron!). The amice used to be a mandatory liturgical vestment ...
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March 12th, 2012
There’s not a lot of information about this in Scripture. We have the story in Mark 3: 21 where Jesus’ relatives come to seize him, saying, “He is out of his mind,” but it’s ...
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March 9th, 2012
Your question presupposes the literal historicity of the story of Noah’s ark found in Genesis 6-8. Although the story was assumed to be literal for hundreds of years, since about the 19th century mainline scripture ...
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March 8th, 2012
The Masons are a worldwide fraternal organization which originated in 18th century Europe. Membership includes ritual practice, charitable activity and adherence to a moral code; members seek to develop a broader sense of the self ...
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March 7th, 2012
Question: If Jesus prayed that we should all "be one" then ecumenism must be possible, right? Otherwise wouldn't Jesus be praying an impossible prayer?
You are right. Ecumenism is possible precisely because Jesus prayed ...
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March 6th, 2012
A purificator is a small square piece of cloth, with a cross in the center, that is used during the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
Specifically, Eucharistic Ministers who distribute the Blood of Christ use ...
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March 5th, 2012
Mary was human, not divine, so she did not possess the power to miraculously stop the crucifixion from happening. Like the other witnesses of Jesus’ death, she could only stand by, watch, and ...
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March 2nd, 2012
The Book of Jonah is a very short prophetic book. In it, Jonah ran away from his calling (God asked him to preach repentance to the wicked city of Ninevah) only to endanger the sailors ...
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February 29th, 2012
Yes. Depending on what the result of our impatience is, it could be a quite serious sin.
For example, if we are impatient in waiting for someone to die who is in great suffering and ...
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