I keep hearing Catholics say “to offer up your suffering”, or “uniting your suffering with Jesus on the cross”. Would you talk about what that means, and why you would do that? How can I learn more about it?
Can I get a priest to bless a portrait of my loved one? But he is not a Christian and unwilling to know about Christian faith. I hope the Holy Spirit will enlighten him. Thank you.
神父,某大國際機構的創辦人利用他多年來公司股票升值多倍而設立一個慈善基金作很多嚴重缺乏道德的工作,例如提倡LGBT、Planned Parenthood 等等。其主要目的是de-population. 請問我還可使用他公司的產品和買賣它的股票嗎? 因他的公司是行業龍頭,我們根本冇可能唔用佢啲產品。
Can a Christian live without reading the Bible? Can a person who only goes to Sunday Mass but does not say any prayer everyday experience change? What can you suggest youths to pray for their own life, their family, and their community whether at school, church or the office? I see many youths are struggling in the youth ministry in terms of participation and some are also struggling to voice their opinions.
Protestants like to ask Catholics why we pray ‘repetitious prayer’ like the Rosary and quote that Jesus said not to pray ‘vain repetitions’ in Matthew 6:7? How should we respond?
In the case of pregnancy resulted from rape, didn’t God grant each of us a free will? Rape is not the free will of the girl yet she is restrained by the church to keep the child. Shouldn’t a child be born of love?
有人天生嚴重殘障,或智障或有嚴重精神病,他們不能理解常人的正常事情及沒有能力理解天主的道理,大部人都需要人照顧。 請問:在教會的教理上,他們的生存意義是什麼?常人能自由選擇善惡,但他們連理解善惡的能力都沒有,為什麼他們要來到這個世界?
我和朋友談到一個問題,究竟天主是不是一個仁愛的神?如果祂是愛人類,為什麼在聖經裡面說過祂層經殺死了不聽從祂的人來懲罰他們 ?我明白天主給人自由去選擇做什麼,包括不聽從祂;但天主應該是明知道有些罪人是不會悔改的,也有些人根本沒有機會認識天主,他們都被殺死了。談到這裡,我們都無法理解。我自問不是勤讀聖經的教友,信仰知識都是從網上彌撒得來。程神父,請指導。
An atheist approached me and asked : “Why does God, who is so good, allow suffering? If God is all-powerful, why does He allow evil to exist and does not defeat Satan in the first place? “. How should I answer?
經常聽到別人說,主保聖人有不同的功能,例如, 遺失物品會求失物主保聖安多尼。最近在某聖堂咖啡閣的牆上看到說聖德羅戈(Saint Drogo)是咖啡主保。 但翻查資料,聖安多尼生前行過很多奇蹟,大部分都關於醫治或修補家庭關係,並非幫人尋找失物。而聖德羅戈生於法國1105年至1186年,咖啡在15世紀才由土耳其奧特曼軍傳入歐洲。聖德羅戈以堅定,虔誠和自我克制而聞名。咖啡卻是令人上癮不能克制的飲料,為什麼他會成為咖啡主保?請問,這些聖人的「功能」是誰定立的? 假如我們為求達到物質上某個目的,而向聖人祈禱,是否導人迷信?謝謝。
Do dreams mean anything? Can we interpret our dreams? I often dream about a childhood friend who gave me a Miraculous Medal when we were little. We haven’t been in touch for over ten years. Is there anything I can do besides praying and offering Mass for this childhood friend of mine?
With a toddler and a baby, I find our family missing mass quite a bit during the winter cold and flu season as sickness rotates throughout each of us! Is missing mass due to a child’s sickness (or even our own) considered a sin that will require confession each time before receiving communion?
I have tried so hard to change myself but most of the time I failed. What should I do to stop my shortcomings?
I always have this doubt. How can we tell if this is really God’s plan or just a coincidence, but we tell ourselves it is so we feel good about it?
程神父您好,虛心請教了。請問一個人有信德,充滿了聖神,天主試探他,是什麼樣的試探,是試探他是順服聖神,還是順服舊我的試探嗎?我以前就是在試探上沒有堅守信仰。那我這樣的試探是怎樣的試探啊?期待你的回覆,謝謝,天主保佑我們!