Ascension/Assumption question
Is heaven a physical place? Could you go there in a space ship or airplane? I know it sounds silly. If the answer is no, where did Mary and Jesus go during the assumption and ascension respectfully?
View ArticleQuestion on ordination and marriage
This is a tricky question to ask clearly. Let me be as precise as possible, and PLEASE read it carefully before offering your opinion. I've tried asking people this before and inevitably I get an...
View ArticleGreat spiritual warfare information
http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/featu...rpt2_aug04.asp I have seen a lot of confusion and misinformation about these issues on this forum. I invite anyone who is going through these tribulations...
View ArticlePlease help refine a presentation -> Aligning Big Bang and Creation
Hello, Thank you for your time and consideration. I am working on a video which attempts to show an alignment between the Big Bang Theory and the First Day of Creation. I would like to submit this...
View ArticleFor a co-workers friend...
Please offer up prayers for "Junior" who is going through the end stages of leukemia. Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, And blessed is the fruit of thy...
View ArticleFor family tempers and peace
Please pray if you would for my family, particularly my father, mother, and brother, that they have peace among them and that their tempers are held in check. I find it difficult to pray for this...
View ArticlePrayer for our Nation -United States
God, Father Almighty, bless our great nation with your loving grace that it can do all things within your almighty love and ever be faithful to the precepts of Jesus Christ. We also ask that the unborn...
View ArticleSacramentals and Superstitions: Where do we draw the line?
The Italian half of my family are all Catholic, go to Church and everything, but they have these practices that trouble me. They have this one thing called the Italian Horn which they say protects you...
View ArticleFirst time at Divine Liturgy (Byzantine)
There is a Byzantine Rite church about 30 minutes away from my house and I am very curious about attending a Divine Liturgy. I have an opportunity to go next Sunday and am looking for some tips so as...
View ArticleTeenage advice
Okay, I did not know if I should put this question here or in parenting, but I decided in family life. We have a 13 year old daughter who I homeschool and have since the 3rd grade. She use to have so...
View Article"Evil Eye"- Real or just Really Superstitious?
I found a 6 year old thread on the topic of the "Evil Eye" that I wished to participate in but it was closed. I decided to open a new thread for the subject... The basic question is this- Is belief in...
View ArticleWhat Do I Do?
In Australia some back bench Senators and the Green Party are pushing for a royal commission into alleged claims for child abuse within the Catholic Church. I heard this news and it upset me greatly...
View ArticleI value my whole life, sins and all!
I don't think I would change any of my life. Engaging in the 'pleasure of the world' allowed me to experience sin, of which, I have learned a lot. I greatly value the sacrament of reconciliation, for...
View ArticleSuffering and hope
Here's the Reader's Digest version...I am 40. I've had moderate depression since high school, which has always been a daily battle. For the past 5+ years, I've also been dealing with a 'illness' that...
View ArticleThe re-election of Obama - Another sour fruit of Vatican II?
Many people were shocked and saddened by the results of the election. Many have commented that we are no longer a Christian nation, and they are most likely correct. The main problem, however, is the...
View ArticleChrist being all holy and communing with s sinners
Christ being all holy and taken on human flesh and dying and rising and taking on our sin without being sin....how is it even if we have venial sins on us when taking communion, how can Christ become...
View ArticleThe Healing of Families book by Fr. Yozefu Ssemakula
Has anyone read this book? I've been thinking of reading this and would like to read any input on it. Thanks in advance. http://healingoffamilies.ecrater.com...-families-book
View ArticleLoving God
I believe in the teachings of the Church but cannot understand how to love God because I cannot see him. I love other people but the Gospels say that loving other people comes second to loving God....
View ArticleWhy is everyone Just talking about America
Hi everyone you do know in the history of every nation, when you can't find work or hate how your life is and its conditions you move somewhere else. So many people come to America but why doesn't...
View ArticleECOWAS agrees to Mali intervention force
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa...710305682.html This concerns the civil war in the west Africa nation of Mali. The rebellion had been ongoing for decades until early this year, when the rebels...
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