My girl feels guilty in getting married in a Catholic Church as they may plan not to have children. This would forbidden them to a Catholic matrimony. Is it true?
When a person has severe mental health issues and cannot control hurting and harming himself , like addiction or attempt suicide …, is he committing a sin? What does Catholicism say about mental health?
In the Bible, it says “ Everything happens by the will of God. We don’t need luck because as Christians, we have the maker and upholder of all things in the universe watching over us and living inside of us!” (Jeremiah 29:11) I am Chinese and luck and fortune is a big thing in my culture. I’m just conflicted on what to believe.
一個人若在信仰認知和心態上非常努力去找資料去深化自己的信仰,祈禱,辦和好聖事,參與彌撒領聖體,但因為經常在生活中會跌倒犯罪,而自己也渴望對信仰冷淡的父親有一天能夠回到教會做一個熱心的教友,也渴望不是天主教徒的母親有一天也能夠領受洗禮成為天主教徒,但自己不知怎麼帶領他們。加上他們會說我做這些並這沒有用,請問這種對信仰的心態和認知是否正確?我們既然不完美,所以做這些事並沒有用?
相信許多教友在信仰的認知層度和態度和出發點上不一定是完全成熟或完全的。以天主教信仰作為準則在生活中,以基督的教導去衡量,或是以怎麼樣的一個正確心態去面對人生問題。對於每個教友存在的這種問題,教會怎麼看待?
父您好: https://askfrfrancis.org/qa/what-if-daughter-and-father-separated-in-heaven-and-hell 數年前,我問過您這個問題,但是 我前陣子看關於俄羅斯名勝的紀錄片時,拍攝一個教堂的片段,有提到:史達林在納粹德軍即將進攻莫斯科之際,有透過一個宗教聖人,向聖母求援 結果聖母應允他的請求,讓莫斯科獲得了拯救。 這讓我感受史達林私下是有信仰的,也無法想像他在面對救主耶穌的審判時 聖母不會站在他與主耶穌之間 流淚懇求:我兒,你能否饒恕我的另一個兒子約瑟夫? 而不免為史達林的靈魂祈禱,這妥當嗎? 另外 我最近讀本信仰方面的書籍,書中思想是天主是罪人的辯護律師,而非嚴厲的法官或者檢察官,對罪人是愛與治癒 而非一昧嚴懲, 我心中不免想: 天主必然有祂的方法,超越我們的想像,治癒每個靈魂,這想法神父會反對嗎?
God has given us all freedom to make decisions, to live our lives. Yet, we always said “God has a plan for each of us”. What if, for example, if God has a plan for me to be a mother and yet, I choose not to have any children. So how does God’s plan work on me? Is there a contradiction here? If not, how are they related to each other then?
What do we do when people are constantly angering us by their words and actions and causing us to lose our peace, even when we try to be loving?
程神父您好!最近有看到新聞說德國的教會將允許祝福同性結合,個人認為以教會的立場祝福同性婚姻是有些不合適的,既不符合教會法與教理也不符合聖經與教會的傳統。雖然聖座已表達反對,但德國教會方面態度似乎也很堅定,最後結果很可能是教會會趨於分裂,或者聖座為免於教會分裂而被迫默許這種做法,那到時候如果祝福同性婚姻在教會內越發廣泛,恐良心上會有矛盾,因此非常擔心。請問程神父,應該如何看待這個問題?
Jesus never broke any commandments and laws in the Old Testament Books of Laws, I wonder does he obey anything in the Wisdom Books, for example, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Sirach? I also wonder how should we view the words of Wisdom Books? Are we also obliged to do as the Wisdom Books says?
Are all incorrupt bodies related to the Catholic Church or have ties or are they just well preserved bodies?