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.
How can I concentrate when I pray, even though every time I reminded myself have to concentrate, don’t think of others stuff but always fail, even I’m attending a Mass, can’t 100% concentrate on all the readings or during sermon. Does it means i don’t have faith or not enough?
神父您好。我們被告知需要在告解中告說明白自己犯下的大罪及相關的次數。 今天在辦告解的時候，我告明了自己所犯下的大罪，但忘記提及了當中的一些細節及次數，例如我曾經否認或者懷疑聖餐變質說、聖母無染原罪說，近日我決心放棄被天主教定為異端的說法，努力保持正統的信仰，但我只記得提到自己曾經否認或者懷疑聖餐變質說等等，但忘記了提到自己曾經否認或者懷疑聖母無染原罪說等等。 又例如我提到自己有時會受不住誘惑去觀看包含可能會引起情慾的一些成份的電視劇及小說等等，但忘記了提及次數（就這件事，我不太肯定是否大罪，甚至不肯定是否罪過，因為這些會引起情慾的成份不是內容的主體，我也主要是對劇情感興趣才觀看或者閱讀這些作品，但確實曾經受到了情慾的誘惑，也擔心它們即使不是大罪，也是小罪，所以選擇告明這些事情）。可是，我不是故意隱瞞這些細節及次數，而在事前也盡力省察清楚自己所犯的各種罪過，我在告解結束時也請求了神父赦免我所犯的我省察不清或者我省察不到或者已被我忘記的罪過。我在離開告解亭之後才想起這些細節及次數，我有點擔心這會算作是沒有告說明白大罪。在這種情況下，請問我所犯下的大罪是否已經得到赦免？
天主教平信徒，可以攻讀教會辨的正式哲學，神學嗎？可以得教會的承認與錄用嗎？有年齡限制否？ 謝謝您，敬愛的程神父。
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.
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