謝謝神父提供機會,可以讓我們提出疑難問題!我一位朋友,她是教友,她結婚後,夫家的婆婆和大姑苛待她,後來他們就離婚了;過了幾年,她再婚後,就不敢再進天主教堂了!若她想去辦annulment(上次婚姻無效),可是這麼多年她和前夫一直都没有聯繫(他們沒有孩子),請問神父,若是tribunal找不到她的前夫,那怎麼辦呢?
In John gospel, it mentions “first day of the week” total Eight days, can you tell me how they come up with eight days?
Where in the Bible does it tell us it’s ok to pray to dead saints or the dead mother of Jesus? I only see where we can pray to God through Jesus and nobody else.
My 92 year old grandma has been Buddhist all her life. She feels it would be betrayal to Buddha if she converted to Catholicism. What should I do?
God is omnipotent so shouldn’t He have done something more impressive than just sacrifice Himself all the while knowing He will be raised from the dead anyway? Maybe He took the only way to save us and the goal was not to impress us?
I am curious, this ‘praying to saints’. The Bible teaches to be absent the body is to be present with Christ. And we also learn that Christ is at the right hand of God the Father. So, wouldn’t they be in awe of the presence of God? Also, many people ‘pray to Mary’, but Mary is an individual. Even assuming she would not be in awe of God, but be looking at Earth, how could she hear it all? This seems to ascribe Godly attributes to created beings. Angels can’t be everywhere at once either.
California’s bill SB360 on child abuse learned in confessionals. I know the Scripture says Jesus gave the apostles authority to absolve sins; but does the Bible say all has to be kept confidential? I understand the practicality of confidentiality- otherwise many people won’t want to confess- but if a Catholic is truly repentant for child abuse, shouldnt he/she be willing to face imprisonment? If that’s the case then shouldn’t priests have no issue handing them over to police?