在若望福音4:1-3 「耶穌一知道法利塞人聽說他已收徒,施洗比若翰還多──其實耶穌本人並沒有施洗,而是他的門徒──便離開猶太,又往加里肋亞去了。」這段福音章節提及耶穌的門徒施洗。請問,這些門徒的施洗,是與若翰洗者的施洗是同樣性質,只是悔罪的施洗嗎?我在瑪竇福音28:19 裡讀到,耶穌升天前吩咐門徒去使萬民成為門徒,因父、及子、及聖神之名給他們授洗,似乎耶穌復活後才正式吩咐門徒因父、及子、及聖神之名授洗。如此的話,是否因為護慰者聖神未正式降臨,門徒之前所做的施洗只算得上是悔罪的施洗?謝謝!
家中的長輩已成為基督徒60年,雖然仍可行動,但近年患腦退化症,已忘記參與彌撒及領聖體的意義,我亦怕她輕微的動作會騷擾到其他教友,故已減少帶她往教堂了,參與網上彌撒時亦好像遊魂似的。請問程神父我應否讓她繼續往教堂參與彌撒及領聖體?
魏神父對教友張小姐說:劉先生久不進堂,他不辦告解,我不給他領聖體。 張小姐說:他不一定要找您辦告解,他可以找別的神父啊! 魏神父說:我要問鄰近教堂的每一位神父。 劉先生是不是久不進堂,劉先生有沒有辦告解是劉先生的秘密,和張小姐完全沒有關係,魏神父怎麼可以把劉先生的秘密洩漏給張小姐? 請問您:魏神父犯什麼罪? 有一天,劉先生到鄰近的教堂找沙神父辦告解,第二天早上在平日彌撒前,劉先生問魏神父:劉先生昨天有到竹南找沙神父辦告解,劉先生可以不可以領聖體?魏神父拿起他的手機打電話,打完電話告訴劉先生:你可以領聖體。劉先生回家後問沙神父,沙神父告訴劉先生,魏神父有打電話問他劉先生是不是確實有找他辦告解,他說有,劉先生可以領聖體。 請問魏神父有必要這麼做嗎? 魏神父犯什麼罪?
My husband is not a Catholic, and we were married at a Catholic Church. For the past 47 years, he has taken me to Mass every week. Is it possible to have a Catholic funeral Mass for him when he dies?
Dear Fr. Francis, How are you ? I am one of your followers and attend your daily mass everyday. However, I unable to find your May, 2022 daily masses posted in your website. Not sure if anything changed. Please check and let me know. Thank you in advance, Father God Bless.
我有一位教友長輩(約60多歲), 她的兒子帶女友回家同居,這位長輩的媽媽(約80多歲),看不下去, 便責怪她沒有把兒子教好。她夾在中間不知所措。 她為此找了一些神父辦修和聖事.大部分的神父都指出要勸兒子改過,使她又陷入困擾中。最後有位神父說:現在的大環境是這樣,別在意.那位長輩終於如釋重負的解脫了。 請教程神父,真的是這樣嗎?
If wine is truly transformed to Blood during Eucharist, why would “someone cannot consume wine because of health reasons” become one of the problems when receiving the sacrament? Doesn’t transformed wine become non-wine oriented?
On the days of fasting such as Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, Catholics aged 18-59 in Canada are bound to fast; those 14 and older just abstinence. My mom is over 60 so she does not have to fast, but does she still need to abstain from meat?
因為疫情嚴重影響實體彌撒舉行;某天早上往一聖堂領受耶穌聖體,神父送出2片聖體,心理未完全有準備下,接受了!翌日,同一事件也發生,但神父事前講清楚話因為明天起不能實領聖體了,所以會給教友們多一片! 請程神父指示在禮儀或者神學層面上,會否有不妥之處?謝謝您,主佑。