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There is a difference between the created good and the creative good. The saying “goodness is diffusive of itself” as a natural, involuntary quality refers to the created good, and this quality was infused by the creative good who wills it to be so.

多語彌撒其實很普遍，教會亦有指引。基本上來說，為着牧民需要，彌撒不同部份是可用不同語言的，甚至每一個讀經，每一個信友禱文，和共祭神父在感恩經個別唸的部份，都可轉語言。

耶穌在《若望福音》17章多次懇求聖父，願他們合而為一。今天教會四分五裂，就是將基督的身體分裂，實非祂的心願，亦極有損福音的公信性。惟願一天我們能接受真理，在聖神內合為一家。

We must first delineate what we mean by “pride”. It encompasses so many things: some are good, but so many aspects are explicitly against God’s teaching in the Scriptures. These things need to be evaluated separately and not get confused.

洗禮消除了原罪及本罪，但卻不能再賜我們原始正義的特恩，因為罪還在世界。但天主卻賜下聖神及各樣恩寵，好教導我們改正怎樣運用自由。藉着靈修，祈禱，善功等等，我們與天主合作，再學習接受天主的愛，無私地去愛身邊的鄰人。

各人的內心選擇，只有天主跟他知道。天主既切願吸引眾人得救，他們就自有選擇得救的機會。但作為天主教徒的我，天主的確命令我要棄絕自己去跟隨祂，並向眾人宣講基督。我既洗禮時承諾了，若不作，不去結果實，怎麼能得救？

There is nothing wrong with praying with many different saints besides praying directly to God. As Catholics, we believe that saints are our family. They are friends of God. They are powerful intercessors. And they love us and are cheering us to succeed more than we can imagine. And God loves to see us befriending them His family of good friends as we learn to fight the good fight on earth.

地獄並不是一個「地方」，而是一個靈魂的狀况。人死後其實全都在天主的光榮前，而這光榮至善至美，比千萬烈火還猛烈，除非已是一生因愛天主而被煉淨的人，是絕對不能忍受的，所有靈魂中的骯髒及不完美，都會完全顯露，亦會知道全是自己的錯。

懷疑有附魔的這類問題，教會及各教區是有既定程序的，必須由所屬堂區主任司鐸先處理，由他審斷是否有可能屬靈性上受纏擾，繼而與教區聯絡，教區才發出指引去處理。因為，是不是屬附魔，不是平常人說是就是的。

There are two sides to this answer. First of all, the question is not a question of doubt; it should be a question of trust.

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如果一台彌撒有不同語言群體的人，而需要使用不同語言的時候，可否建議整個流程（例如讀經、福音能否雙語或多語宣讀、信友禱詞等）如何安排？

Is it against Catholic beliefs to celebrate pride?

神父你好！我在慕道班學到，聖洗聖事赦免了人的原罪及本罪，那麼人進教後為什麼還會跌倒呢?

天主教, 基督新教, 東正教, 猶太教及伊斯蘭教, 他們都是信同一個主, 如果聽從他們的教義並遵行教訓, 能否獲得永生?

我聽過，人死後如果仍拒絕天主，就只有留在黑暗裏，即地獄，因為天主是光明。但天主不是無處不在嗎？為何有地方是天主不在的？或祂的光明不到的？

程神父，我有一位公教家庭的朋友，她的女兒現30餘歲，兒時身體健康，但到少年時突然患了癫癇。發病時抽搐口吐白沫。目前無法工作。他們在内地一直轄看過各家醫院也束手無策，他想請教會爲其驅魔。請您給予幫助。

We know Blessed Virgin Mary is the Immaculate Conception because Jesus has saved her first. From this, we see the salvation of Jesus transcends time. Then, may I know why Jesus didn’t also first saved the Faithful in the Old Testament? Instead, He let them stay in Limbo for centuries?