聖l瑪竇及馬爾谷福音中提及「天主國的奧義只賞給了你們,但對那些外人,一切都用比喻,使他們看是看,卻看不見;聽是聽,卻聽不明白,免得他們回頭,而得赦免。」耶穌不是說過祂到來是為罪人的得救嗎?為甚麼福音記載這背道而馳的話語,好像是決心拒絕某些人得救呢?
聖瑪竇福音中記載聖家從白冷逃難到埃及,而聖路加福音則有記載聖母於耶穌八日後獻耶穌於主堂,後回歸納匝肋定居。這些記載在地理及時間上好像有矛盾。請問(1)聖家是從那兒逃難的呢?(2)黑落德當時的府第應在耶路撒冷,東方賢士為朝拜耶穌過訪黑落德,後到白冷。由耶路撒冷到白冷不是太遠吧?聖家八日上耶京行潔淨禮,不正是「自投羅網」嗎?
聖瑪竇福音和聖瑪爾谷福音都有記載婦人為耶穌傅油:一在頭、一在腳。《瑪》注明是在拉匝祿家中,傅油者為他的妹妹瑪利亞;《谷》則記載在癩病人西滿家,有人說傅油者是瑪利亞.瑪達肋納。請問兩篇福音記載是否同一件事?
Why do Catholics believe that the bread and wine offered at mass becomes the body and blood of Christ?
After struggling with bone cancer for over 10 years, God brought my elder sister back home last Saturday. Before she passed, she expressed that she preferred to have a burial at sea(海葬) . What is the teaching and attitude of the Catholic Church towards this issue?
「凡出言干犯人子的,可得赦免;但出言干犯聖神的,在今世及來世,都不得赦免。」(瑪12:32),「人子」作何解釋,是否指耶穌?「來世」又是什麼意思?因為有人將來世看作再投胎。假如 「人子」是指耶穌。為甚麼干犯耶穌的,可得赦免,干犯聖神的,不得赦免?