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August 29th, 2009
Your question is an interesting one and one we've talked about before. While you have good intentions in trying to keep your Sunday obligation to God by listening to the podcast of mass, you're missing ... |
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August 28th, 2009
Dan Brown created quite a stir with his book The Da Vinci Code and the resulting movie in which he purports that the Church has been covering up the marriage of Jesus and Mary Magdalene ... |
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August 27th, 2009
Dreams are simply manifestations of one's UNCONSCIOUS mind. For sin to be considered sin we have to CONSCIOUSLY choose them. So no, your sin in your dream is not something you need to confess.
However...(there's always a ... |
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August 26th, 2009
As the question does not specify what kind of a non-Catholic wedding (e.g. Protestant or Orthodox Christian, or Hindu?), the answer must of necessity be broad as well.
Be a respectful observer. Participate to the extent ... |
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August 25th, 2009
Consult professionals who deal with people who experience your condition. It is only relatively recently in human history that we have discovered so much about our world (think of the advances in physics and biology ... |
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August 24th, 2009
Unfortunately, there’s no tidy answer to this. The Protoevangelium of James, an apocryphal text written around A.D. 150, tells an elaborate backstory of Mary’s childhood, portraying her as destined for holiness. Of course, this text ... |
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August 22nd, 2009
Burying the statue of St Joseph in your backyard offers no guarantee of the house actually being sold. What it does offer is that St Joseph will pray for a successful sale of your home.
That ... |
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August 21st, 2009
Miracles require faith and faith has no proof. Catholic tradition holds that Jesus’ multiplication of the loaves and fishes (the only miracle told by all four Gospels: Mt 14:13-21; Mk 6:32-44; Lk 9:10-17; Jn 6:1-13) ... |
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August 20th, 2009
Buddhism refers to a variety of traditions—Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana—whose source point was in Northern India 2500 years ago. Buddhism, like Christianity, comes from the name of its founder, Buddha, or “awakened one”, as Siddhartha ... |
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August 19th, 2009
This is more of a question of etiquette and personal taste than of religion or ethics! Some people are more tethered to their techno-gadgets than others. Some don’t want to be reachable every single moment. ... |
