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February 28th, 2012
The corporal is a small square piece of white cloth that is placed on top of the altar during the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The paten and chalice are placed on top ...
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February 27th, 2012
At the wedding feast at Cana, when Mary tells Jesus that there is no more wine, Jesus responds, “Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour is not yet come.” (John 2:4). ...
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February 24th, 2012
Did Jesus know how to read? Someone told me he was illiterate.
The vast majority of the population in Palestine in Jesus’ day would have been illiterate, with some historians suggesting that less than 10% ...
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February 23rd, 2012
Question: If I caught a student cheating, but he’d lose a scholarship to a good college if I turn him in, should I look the other way? He is poor and from the inner city.
This is ...
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February 22nd, 2012
While many Christians wear ashes on their foreheads on Ash Wednesday, few, if any, don sackcloth! And yet, the two are often mentioned in the same breath in Scripture (1Mac 3:47; Esther 4:3-4; Is 58:5; ...
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February 22nd, 2012
If you’re already familiar with the US Bishops’ document Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, you’re off to a good start. This document, reissued in 2011 in anticipation of the presidential election cycle, helps Catholics discern ...
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February 21st, 2012
Bringing up the gifts at the offertory is a great ministry mainly because it is so simple—there is no training needed. And as for actually getting to participate sometimes you just have to be ...
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February 20th, 2012
When Mary became pregnant with Jesus, it was surely a terrible shock to Joseph. Though he and Mary were betrothed, meaning they had given public and binding vows to each other, they had not ...
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February 17th, 2012
No literature from the Sadducees has survived, so we have little historical information about them. What we do know is that like the Pharisees, the Sadducees comprised a sect of Judaism around the time of ...
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February 16th, 2012
As Catholics participating in civic life we have the responsibility to inform ourselves about candidates and issues and to form ourselves with the teaching of the Church, rather than blindly (or lazily) following any kind ...
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February 15th, 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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February 14th, 2012
Question: At bars, I kiss my roommate (we're both female) to get the attention of guys. It's just kinda fun and we think it's harmless and we don't go farther than that. Is that a ...
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February 13th, 2012
During the time of Jesus, the Jewish marriage process involved two separate parts, the first of which was betrothal. This was an exchange of consent made between a man and a woman before witnesses. ...
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February 10th, 2012
The Pharisees were lay leaders, a sect of Judaism that held great influence among Jewish people of Jesus’ day. They were characterized by observance of both the written laws (the Torah or Old Testament teachings) ...
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February 9th, 2012
The Catholic Church's teaching on all aspects of human sexuality is derived from our belief that God created human beings, male and female, out of love, and gave us a special vocation to love and ...
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February 7th, 2012
The word liturgy has developed over many years. In classical greek, leitourgia is a work done on behalf of the people. In ancient times, any work that was done by someone for ...
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February 6th, 2012
There’s zero obligation for Catholics to go to Marian shrines. The decision to visit them is totally voluntary. Many shrines do attract large numbers of pilgrims; the Marian apparition site at Lourdes, ...
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January 20th, 2012
Mary is the English translation of the Hebrew name Miriam. There are different opinions ...
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January 10th, 2012
The best way to become a lector is to either talk to your pastor or talk to the person in charge of the Lector ministry in your parish. I suggest that you go to the ...
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January 5th, 2012
A Call to Worship is the moment at the beginning of prayer or Mass when someone calls us together and centers us as a community. The Call to Worship usually takes the form of ...
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