For God to grant me a spirit of mortification and fasting
I am terrible at fasting need help. Bk
View ArticleI need your help to improve parishes through a survey
I am working on a survey to improve parishes in evangelization and otherwise. Please fill out this survey The goal of this survey is to share ideas that work, so that parishes can improve together. The...
View ArticleWhy is ALL of Jerusalem troubled at Jesus birth?
What are we to make of this line in today's Gospel: "Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star at its rising and have come to do him homage." When King Herod heard this, he was greatly...
View ArticleSinger Kim Burrell off 'Ellen' show after anti-gay sermon
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View ArticleCalifornia funds 1st US inmate sex reassignment surgery
http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/...t-10842989.php
View ArticleHow did the Magi know of Christ?
I've often wondered about where the Magi got their knowledge of Christ since there appears to be no setup beforehand. I've heard that they are a myth. Does anyone know what the tradition is about them?...
View Articlefor Michael
Please pray this prayer and pray for my son and I during my labor that everything go according to God's wonderful plan for us. Please pray for the Doctors and nurses. Please pray for my husband but...
View ArticleMeryl Streep called out Donald Trump at the Golden Globes. Read her speech here.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.95ad6a4db74e This may be the part of Streep's speech that most resonated with me: "It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat...
View ArticlePrayers requested for financial/professional success and other things
I have been struggling financially and also relationshipwise for sometime now. I have decided to supplement my academic income with a small side business in copywriting that I intend to start next...
View ArticlePrayers needed for our house, norovirus
Please pray for my family. First it was DD Friday, then DS Sunday, thrn FIL and MIL last night and DH in the wee hours this morning. We have a rough next couple of days. I may or may not have had it...
View ArticlePrayers for my Brother in Law who took his own life 8 years ago today
Hi everyone Just wanting to ask for your prayers for my Brother in Law (Bill) who took his own life 8 years ago today. He was a great guy.....had people around him who loved and cared about him yet he...
View ArticleIs it the soul or the mind that accepts/rejects Jesus?
This is hard to put into words/explain but I am finding that now,after having prayed more and developing greater understanding about God/Jesus/the Catholic Church that I am getting the feeling to...
View ArticlePlease pray for my cat Shadow
She's being kept at the vet on a drip for a serious abdominal infection. Please pray that our Shadow Cat will be OK. She's only 2 years old and we love her. We're worried and :bighanky:
View ArticleBaptism of Jesus day and singing Mass
Today was Baptism of Jesus Day at Mass. The Priest sang a lot of the Mass, as did we. Great Homily today. What is the difference, if any, between sung or spoken. This Priest has a great voice and can...
View ArticlePriestly Pronunciation on Death and Salvation
Scenario: rural Australia. Funeral of a man who was openly homosexual, a "cradle Catholic", aged about 48; Priest approaching retirement, not connected with the deceased or his family for the 35 years...
View ArticleGirl Scout Cookies...to buy or not to buy
It's that time of year again in Missouri. I find this very confusing since the catholic schools have girl scouts and the troops are selling cookies...It's well-established that the parent company of GS...
View ArticleThe Katechon
Who or what is the Katechon referred to (with both masculine and neuter pronouns) in Paul's Second Letter to the Thessalonians? The verse is 2 Thessalonians 2:67. Saint Paul explains that the advent...
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Church Christmas Plant?
Today I helped one of the parishes I go to clean up their Christmas decorations. When we were done they offered me to take a plant. At first I was hesitant, and said I don't think we have any room, but...
View ArticleGlory Be in the Divine Office
In my husband's copy of the Liturgy of the Hours, it calls for us to pray, "Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen."...
View ArticleTrump National Security Pick Monica Crowley Accused of Plagiarism
http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/...y-10842613.php
View Article'Very high' chance of terror attack on Rome, Italian official fears [CC]
The possibility of a terrorist attack in Italy is "very high," warns one of the country's top civic officials. More...
View ArticleCatholic standing-up at non-Catholic weddings
I'm a single young adult male and have a lot of local friends who are not Catholic, or lapsed Catholics. I've been asked to be a groomsman at their non-denominational or Protestant weddings over the...
View ArticleBaptism of the Lord not Omitted
In my version of Christian Prayer it says that when Epiphany falls on January 8 the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord is omitted. Yet other liturgical calendars and actual practice show that it is...
View Articlenear occasion of sin
what exactly are near occasions of sin? and apparently it's a sin to put yourself in this situation? I get a lot of unwanted feelings and thoughts, however there is no desire to act on these thoughts...
View ArticleName something that you don't accept as real, but everyone else does
Rules are pretty much in the title. Name something you refuse to accept as real (e.g. Idaho). The something can be anything you want. Mine would be Utah.
View ArticleCardinal Muller: no need to clarify Amoris Laetitia [CC]
Cardinal Gerhard Muller, the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), has said that there is no need for clarification of Amoris Laetitia. More...
View ArticleReasoning versus Tactics: Can you show (S implies T) by demanding that others...
... explain how it is imaginable for a scenario to arise with S true and T false? Ordinarily, there is a notion that the person who makes a claim accepts an obligation to attempt to support the claim....
View ArticleDonate rosary
I have several rosaries I have picked up through the years, I would like to donate, Any suggestions as ti where to send them? Some need repaired, but most are in good shape.
View ArticlePope throws down gauntlet to religions: No killing in Gods name
In his annual address on Monday to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Francis signaled that 2017 will be a year in which his press for peace gathers steam, and laid down a clear...
View ArticleAutomated replies to Ask an Apologist
Would it be possible to improve answers to Ask an Apologist? It seems to me that a huge opportunity for education and evangelisation is being ignored. For instance, the query on Jan. 7th regarding...
View ArticleWhy did God give man meat to eat (for the first time) after Noahs flood?
Initially, man was created vegetarian as God gave Adam only plants to eat: And God said (to Adam), Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every...
View ArticleBlasphemous Thoughts
Hey there. I get heinous blasphemous thoughts quite often. I know they aren't sinful if they are involuntary, however sometimes (in frustration) I sort of dwell on them and think them through instead...
View ArticleYour opinion on homosexual relationships
Hi everyone. So for a project I'm working on I need to select a current issue facing the catholic church and do research on it, and for my topic I chose Homosexuality. I figured in addition to just...
View ArticleHacking for national security
Putting questions of legality aside, does the Church have a clear position on the ethics of one nation hacking into another nation's intelligence? For example, if the U.S. found a way to hack into a...
View ArticlePoll: Prayers against distracting thoughts
In the Catholic Prayer Book, "Blessed be God" there is a morning prayer that asks the Lord to free our minds from all distracting thoughts, allowing us to pray continuously throughout our day. I have...
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