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May 18th, 2008
No, I don't think there was a backdoor agreement between the fishermen and the bishops over the whole fish on Friday thing.
Since about the second century of Christianity, Christians abstained from meat on Friday as ...
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May 18th, 2008
From the quality and concern of your question, I would judge that you are a conscientious and compassionate person of faith.I wish that there were an easy and equally straightforward way to answer your question, ...
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May 18th, 2008
To answer your question I have to provide a little history.
Up until 1965, Mass was celebrated everywhere in the Catholic church in Latin according to the "rite" (order or ritual or worship) determined at ...
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May 18th, 2008
"Lectio" is the Latin word for reading. In Catholic language a lector is a reader and a lectionary is the book of scripture readings. So the Latin "Lectio Divina" translates into English as "Divine", "holy" ...
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May 18th, 2008
A good place to begin is with your own diocesan newspaper. Most dioceses publish a weekly or monthly newspaper and these often contain excellent movie reviews or an evaluation of current films with respect to ...
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May 18th, 2008
Opus Dei is what is known as a "personal prelature" of the Pope. This means that unlike a diocese or a parish, Opus Dei has their own Bishops and priests that aren't connected with ...
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May 18th, 2008
I am very interested in investigating paranormal activity, such as trying to contact spirits or search for "energy" using audio or electrical equipment. I have not done any of this yet because I'm conflicted with this as I do not want to go against the Church. What does the Catholic Church think about this and is it okay for me to do my investigations?
Attempts to contact or communicate with the spirits of the dead are warned against both in Scripture (Deuteronomy 18:10-12, Leviticus 19:31, I Samuel 28:8) and in the teaching of the Catholic Church (Acta Apostolicae Sedis ...
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May 18th, 2008
You asked how adoration chapels came about. I found a link that should prove helpful which describes the history of Eucharistic adoration. It is from the old Catholic Encyclopedia:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01152a.htm
It seems that Eucharist adoration ...
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May 18th, 2008
Jesus is very clear in the gospels that we can and should ask God to help us with our needs and that we can depend on God to respond. In fact, there are two prayers ...
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May 18th, 2008
First of all, I'd like to encourage you in your desire to pray on a daily basis. Daily prayer is an important way of maintaining and fostering a relationship with God. You mentioned that your ...
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