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If a person passed away suddenly leaving his/her family on earth, would the departed miss the family if he/she is in heaven? If the departed knows his/her family member(s) will head towards spiritual death, would he/she be sad and concerned in heaven? If yes, is there any sadness in heaven?
When and why are the statues and the cross in the church covered or removed during Lent?
Sorry if this question has been asked before in Mandarin. I am afraid I am going back to basics. Do you need to bless yourself in Holy Water before entering a church? A friend mentioned that her family no longer touches the Holy Water since COVID. Is there a specific prayer to be said when blessing oneself with Holy Water or can you say what you want? Thank you.
The Bible is inspired by God and written by human authors. The question is how do we explain to people who question the validity that the human author did not err with the inspiration?
天主是愛，所以祂愛所有受造物，照咁講天主也愛魔鬼。 如果説我們想效仿天主，那麼從這個意義上我們應該愛魔鬼嗎？當然愛魔鬼並不等於聽從牠，而是去帶牠去「正確」的路。 而聖經裡只講讓我們愛人，遠離魔鬼。St Michael the archangle prayer裡面説把魔鬼打入地獄。如果愛魔鬼的話不是應該祈禱牠改過嗎？多謝！
Do ghosts and demons exist? If so, can demons hurt us and how can we protect ourselves from demons?
We all have accumulated a lot of religious objects, such as prayer cards, rosaries, and pictures of Saints. But some are either worn out or broken. What is the most appropriate way of disposing them ? I have heard that it is a sin to toss them into the garbage ?
作為一個慕道者，因為個人因素，最後沒有領洗，但是仍相信天主是至高存在，而決定把信仰「隱藏」在心中，天主是否會因為這個人的軟弱而憤怒呢？或是不再聽他的祈禱或請求呢？
請問我該如何處理不再使用的念珠呢？我看到有焚燒、掩埋和捐贈出去這三種方法，但是在我的情況下，這三種方法都不可行。請問我可以妥善包裹後，直接丟棄嗎？這樣做是否冒犯天主，我又是否需要辦告解呢？
We pray to different saints at the same time. Pray novenas may be same time for the same cause. Maybe our prayers are heard. how do we know who helped us if so more in this regard
My cat is diagnosed with diabetes and needs insulin twice a day plus glucose level test twice a day. If eventually he needs to be put down (euthanize), what kind of sin I commit? I feel guilty of killing him but I do not want to see him suffer!
我的兒子選擇在聖堂以外結婚，我是否不能參加他們的婚禮呢？不能見證呢？ 雖然兒子及未來媳婦已經領洗，但不是虔誠教徒。
I count on GOD and trust GOD to protect my family. Recently we got 2 car accidents within 3 months and both were not our fault. I am so scared of when will be the 3rd one. Why does GOD allow that to happen again and again in such a short time? I don’t know what I did wrong or pray wrong? I always pray to allow the Holy Spirit in our hearts to walk us thru the life planned from GOD and give my family wisdom to select the choice GOD likes. I am so scared and how to avoid the 3rd one.
If God the Father is a Spirit, how can He made human according to his own image? When I was young I always thought God the Father is a old man hovering over the earth. I gradually realized this is a wrong thinking. But then I remember in the Old Testament it describes God is invisible and like a force / wind, then how can He create human according to His own image?
![If Adam and Eve were the original human, our ancestors, then, all descendants were a result of incest? Or, God had made more than two human somewhere else [descendants of Adam met somewhere else]?](https://askfrfrancis.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/moscow-518864-300x300.jpg)
If Adam and Eve were the original human, our ancestors, then, all descendants were a result of incest? Or, God had made more than two human somewhere else [descendants of Adam met somewhere else]?
Why St. Paul said “…that through death he might destroy him who has the power of death, that is, the devil..” I thought only God has power over death and life. The devil does not and cannot rule or govern human lives?
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?
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?
