Vancouver, Canada
In Genesis 9:16, “Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.” God made a covenant with Noah never to destroy life by the waters of a flood. I personally saw a rainbow on Oct 24. And a double rainbow appeared in the sky of Vancouver on Nov 5 which a lot of people saw and captured on camera. But yet BC had an extreme flooding on Monday. Is God mad at us?
可以在坐廁時唸經嗎？會不會唔尊重天主/聖母？搭巴士用手機朝拜聖體，是不是不太尊重聖體？
I was recently told by a Catholic friend that we shouldn’t receive holy communion by hand, and should only receive directly on our tongue. Reasons being only priests’ hands are consecrated, if we receive by hand, traces of small particles of Jesus’ body will be on our hands. Moreover, the likelihood of dropping the bread is higher if we receive it by hands. Could you share what is the Catholic history and teaching on this? Are there certain groups of Catholics who were taught differently?
聽說我們在聖若瑟年每天都能為煉靈求大赦，希望程神父能拍一個video清晰地解釋一下如何gain a special plenary indulgence in the Year of St. Joseph。是否每天只能為一個煉靈祈求？或每天可為多個煉靈祈求？是否只需每天按教宗意願祈禱唸天主經、聖母經及光榮頌，然後每月辦告解一次及領聖體便可？謝謝神父的解答和教導。
This was given by 2 priests under 2 occasions. 1. Church celebrates St John’s birthday in addition to his death because of his free of original sins when father tried to explain why only 2 saints, including Mother Mary, were celebrating birthdays. 2. Jesus visited St John before his death in person since John was martyred before Christ. Your kind clarifications are most needed. God Bless.
After the priest blessed the Eucharist, some people would stand up, while others would prefer to continue to kneel. Which way is correct?
離婚者領洗 我在7年前已離婚，現在是慕道者，將接受領洗。但是要向主區申請，因為曾經離婚，但我離婚之後再沒再婚，只是同居，那麼我還要向主區申請嗎？ 我其實已經收到主區寄給我的表格申請，我英文好差，找人代看，但是表格是給離婚者想再婚，還要給予1000$手續費。 我實在非常混亂。只想早日能夠領洗。 慕道班那邊神父又不太清楚我的問題。
程神父安好，祝願神父手術成功，早日康復！天主保佑！ 今天（星期六April 24）若望福音中有一句話唔明，請神父指導：『除非蒙父恩賜的，誰也不能到我這裏來。』十二門徒是耶穌所親選的，我的理解應都是天父所恩賜的，是嗎？如果不是，那猶達斯怎會是被選中呢？我接受耶穌給與每個人——包括罪人——機會，但以上的句子又好像是有些矛盾。請神父開解！主佑！
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?
It is now my understanding that this “saint” which Jesus had asked all of us to strive for differs from the “Saint” that I was confused with whom are “Canonized” through Church.
今天（April 13）若望福音記載耶穌向尼柯德摩說的話中，有一句唔明，想請神父指導： 『…除了那自天降下而仍在天上的人子。』耶穌明明是「天主聖子」從天降下，亦是祂自稱「人子」，祂為何說『仍在天上的人子呢？』
程神父為什麼不同地方主日讀經會有不同？
In John’s Gospel today, he mentioned that “…Jesus healed many who were sick with various diseases …” Why did not Jesus cure everyone there together, vs individually? I truly believe Jesus has that power in curing everyone at once. This passage, however, leads me to “see” that Jesus were tired or worn out after curing all these people “individually” – one-by-one. Am I misreading the Word of God somewhere? Your kind guidance is very much needed. Thank you Fr. Francis. God Bless you Fr.
如神父聽過 Silence 這部去年的 film 有關 Jesuit神父在日本傳教的事蹟，請問在這威迫情况下，那兩位神父應不應背教呢？這 topic causes quite a controversy and discussion.
請問什麼是辦“總告解”？什麼時候需要去辦的？
耶肋米亞先知書 25:8-12提到，「為此，萬軍的上主這樣說：由於你們不聽我的話，看，我必遣人召來北方的一切種族 － 上主的斷語 － 和我的僕人巴比倫王拿步高來進攻這地方…」顯然巴比倫是上主的“僕人”，是聽從上主的話去行事，但為甚麼到最後，「但是，一滿了七十年，我必要懲罰巴比倫王和這民族的罪惡。」 竟然會受到上主懲罰呢？
斯德望被人誣告說過褻瀆梅瑟和天主的話而被人用石頭砸死，但為何耶穌時，司祭長不煽動群眾用石頭砸死耶穌？反而說羅馬法律不允許他們處死任何人。
為什麼耶穌要到成年後才受洗，而如果我們的父母是教徙，我們一般卻會在幼年或嬰兒時便領洗？
『出谷紀』12:1-14 這樣記載：“這一夜我要走遍埃及全國，將埃及國一切首生，無論是人是牲畜都要殺死，對於埃及的眾神，我也要嚴加懲罰：我是上主”。請問這裡指的「埃及的眾神」是否指作者自己的推理有別的神；還是教會教導宇宙的而且確有其他的神存在？
