I have been getting acupuncture treatments for sometime now but have been getting mixed comments from different people in regards to acupuncture not being accepted in our Catholic faith.  Could you please clarify?

I have been getting acupuncture treatments for sometime now but have been getting mixed comments from different people in regards to acupuncture not being accepted in our Catholic faith. Could you please clarify?

For some reasons, acupuncture has been getting a bad name among those who are warning people about the evils of New Age, particularly since some YouTube recordings of certain priests on this topic had come out some time ago. While I do not want to criticize these...
聽說天主教徒不能學瑜伽、氣功和太極。為什麼?

聽說天主教徒不能學瑜伽、氣功和太極。為什麼?

有關瑜伽,我以前已用英語回答過:http://askfrfrancis.org/qa/should-christians-do-yoga 以下用中文簡略說明: 梵帝岡沒有禁止,但很多時教廷是不會對不明朗的事下判斷 有好幾個有名的驅魔人見證有不少人因練習瑜伽而導致附魔 但因梵帝岡沒有斷案,證明不是所有有關瑜伽的都是壞的。 瑜伽的主要問題不可能是來自單單動作而已,而是一并修練的默想和哲學思想,那是出於印度教,為着藉着動作和內心的呼應,去接觸那「唯一」的。而這「唯一」的,那些驅魔人認出就是魔鬼。...
如果在星期三和星期五的守齋日有應酬,改在別的日子守齋和做補贖,是否可以的呢?如果不想家人不滿,星期五選擇做補贖來代替不吃肉可以嗎?

如果在星期三和星期五的守齋日有應酬,改在別的日子守齋和做補贖,是否可以的呢?如果不想家人不滿,星期五選擇做補贖來代替不吃肉可以嗎?

其實教會對有關齋戒方面,並不希望我們變得墨守成規的。齋戒是一種自願選擇的犧牲,是一種奉獻,是一種靈修,而並不是一個規矩。正因如此,教會已經不再以罪罰來要求我們每星期五守齋,而將之變成一種不可或缺的善功和靈修生活,要我們每人自願選擇。 每人的情况,每人靈修的階段,使我們齋戒的能力也有分別。雖然齋戒的價值是沒有其他善功可代替,教會教導我們,若真的不能在週五齋戒,也可以刻意做一個特定的善功來補償。 所以如果週五有不能避免的應酬,可以考慮週四守齋和週五加做些善功。...
My siblings are planning a family vacation for our elderly parents. We are Catholic but not all practicing. They want to go to a remote resort where I may not be able to find a church to fulfill my Sunday obligation. I am torn between 1) going for the trip & missing Sunday Mass, or 2) skipping the trip & disappointing my elderly parents. Any advice?

My siblings are planning a family vacation for our elderly parents. We are Catholic but not all practicing. They want to go to a remote resort where I may not be able to find a church to fulfill my Sunday obligation. I am torn between 1) going for the trip & missing Sunday Mass, or 2) skipping the trip & disappointing my elderly parents. Any advice?

The main issues of your questions are: – you are with family members who may not be as keen as you to go out of their way to go to Mass while they are on vacation. – this is a trip with your elderly parents so not going might be perceived as not honouring...

請問輔祭在彌撒中應當在何時跪下、何時搖鈴及如何使用提爐奉香及搖擺香爐次數?

這個是禮儀上很專門的問題,也很是乎各地的習慣。 下跪 一般來說,輔祭下跪該與教友下跪同步,即: – 聖聖聖之後到大阿們之後 – 「主我當不起祢到我心裏來⋯⋯」之後到領聖體。 但有些地方選擇了減少下跪的時間,禮儀指引就要求最少要從成聖體前覆手到信德的奧蹟必須下跪。 搖鈴或敲鐘 嚴格來說,搖鈴或敲鐘並不必要,因此也容許很多各地不同習俗的自由。搖鈴或敲鐘是用來指示給教友禮儀中不同的時段,讓他們準備。所以若有搖鈴或敲鐘,必須只在以下的時間做: 1. 光榮頌(聖週四、復活前夕和整個復活週) 2. epiclesis,...