你有信仰、宗教、神學或與天主教教會有關的問題嗎? 程明聰神父在此為您解答。
Got questions about faith, religion, theology or anything related to the Catholic Church? Fr. Francis will answer them here.
Catholics often say we can offer our suffering as a sacrifice to God in exchange for salvation for ourselves and others. At the same time, we are told that salvation is a free gift from God. Are these two sayings contradictory?
除了教區和修會以外，獨立辦學團體可否以「天主教」的名義辦學？
問吓程明聰神父： 1)麵餅（聖體）是什麼物料造成的？ 2)有冇一定規格？ 3)有冇無麩質的麵餅造的聖體？ 4)是不是教會允許的製造商做的。
We have been trying to conceive naturally over years but in vain. We have also been receiving hormonal therapy but turn out that the side effect has to put the therapy on halt. If sperms are collected through conjugal act & if parents shall instruct medical team to conduct IVF in a way so that fertilisation shall happen within wife’s body, would this be considered theologically not as mortal sin? What are other conditions for assisted conception be moral?Will parents giving birth be condemned?
程神父：想請問，九日敬禮意義，以前不是向聖人或聖神才提出去做嗎？ 但近日見到，生命恩泉出現，已故教宗方濟各九日敬禮/教宗選舉九日敬禮？ 本人稍感迷亂似迷信感，為何本是神聖的敬禮，好像改變這種敬禮像信友禱文呢？可否說多點，九日敬禮真正的意思呢？ 謝謝。
神父你好，最近我接觸到了兩種靈修方法，分別是lectio divina與centering prayer，但是裡面的很多步驟差不多，但是又分不清這兩種的區別，可以展開講講嗎，盼復祝好
I often thought Holy Spirit is always upper case H and S, until when I read NEW AMERICAN BIBLE (NAB), and it is written as “holy Spirit”. Example would be “and the holy Spirit was upon him” (Lk 2:25). Would you please explain?
程神父你好，你之前在祈禱的作用中說過，有時候天父的一些恩寵要等到我們祈禱後才給我們，耶穌也說過我們求的要合符天主旨意祂才會給我們。但為什麼有些壞人甚至不用求就嚐盡榮華富貴？而好人的祈求常常好像天父沒有垂聽？如果天父不會把不好的給我們，為什麼壞人就可以享受種種不好呢？我好困惑，望神父解答。謝謝。
神父:最近我剛剛從日本九州朝聖回來，聽過很多當地教難的事蹟，除了緬懷殉教者外，我對於發起迫害的日本統治者：如豐臣秀吉與德川家康，我雖不會詛咒辱罵他們，但很難再喜歡他們。無論電視劇、電影、電玩、書籍怎麼吹捧他們，我都很難對他們有好感。甚至朝聖途中我有替一個明朝皇帝與一個被處決的死囚獻彌撒(由同團神父主持 同行教友參與) ，但卻不願替這些日本統治者獻彌撒。我這樣算有恨意、有罪嗎?
I have a friend who calls himself an atheist. But he reads religious and theology literature extensively probably knows the Bible better than I. He asked me the following question and I don’t know how to answer appropriately: According to the Bible Herod killed many innocent children by his decree. This is infamous as an evil act. God killed many innocent children who were the 1st born child in Egypt. This is celebrated as a mark of God’s goodness. How do you reconcile the inconsistency?
神父:在北韓,信仰基督教是重罪,不是被處決就是送入集中營,假設有個北韓基督徒為了避免曝光而被殺被關,總是在公開場合表現的比其他人還狂熱愛戴金正恩,私下無人時才敢讀聖經祈禱,他是否有違反第一誡?
關於即將到來的「救主慈悲主日」以及「神聖慈悲敬禮」，我一直不明白。天主的正義與祂的慈悲之間是什麼關係？以及，按照神哲學，天主是純粹的、單一的精神體，祂並沒有部分，祂就是純粹的「一」，那麼，祂的慈悲與正義為統一，二者是同一，而不是天主一部分正義，另一部分慈悲。我這麼理解正確嗎？
We know that Jesus came to us by both water and blood (1 John 5:6). However, during Mass not all chalices have water put into them. Thus not all people who are called to share in this mystery get the water. Why is this so?
神父好，請問我們能相信緣分嗎？是不是一切發生在我們身上的事都是源自主的安排呢？還有守聖時時，我就靜坐在聖體龕前一小時左右，默想主的犧牲和對主說話可以嗎?
你好，我是最近才剛領洗的新教友。是這樣的，我有嚴重的情緒病。每當情緒失控的時候我就會自我傷害， 但我知道第五誡毋殺人指的不僅是傷害他人，也包括傷害自己，但問題是我控制不到，想問上帝會原諒我嗎？ 或還是需要辦告解？
What am I supposed to feel when my younger brother brings his girlfriend to our house to stay overnight every day, even when I tried to voice out that this somewhat feels not right, but then my parents and my brother are totally against me and even arguments happened and made me feel so hurtful as they think that I am too conservative. Nevertheless I‘d apologised for voicing out and not being very polite to the girlfriend. Can I just keep quiet from now on already since nobody will listen to me.
程神父，我想請問一個問題。 在十字架上耶穌應允右邊的盜賊 “今晚你就與我在樂園裏。” 猶太人在黃昏六時已經是新一天的開始。耶穌在星期五第九時辰（即下午三時）斷了氣。那麼三小時之後就是“今晚”的完結。 雖然婦女及門徒們在星期日大清早證實耶穌已不在墓穴，已經復活。但並不表示耶穌是在星期日才復活，有可能是星期五黃昏六時前已經復活，只是因為安息日的緣故，沒有人跑去墳墓去看，直至星期日才見到復活後的耶穌。 那麼耶穌的遺體可能只在墓穴逗留最多三小時，即是耶穌死後三小時內已經復活。我這個想法對嗎？
你好，神父。 想請問當我對罪仲有依戀，覺得之後自己會再重犯的機會很大。 這個時候我可以辦告解嗎？ 因為我覺得自己並沒有真心想改過嘅決心，但當我去到聖堂嘅時候，見到告解亭，就好疑惑好矛盾。
Some folks from the church introduced Catholic charismatic prayer practice. One of them said she was a prophet who could deliver Jesus’s raw thoughts about my life to me. I feel uncomfortable and weird. What is your opinion on this kind of prayer practice?
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