If killing is a sin, why did the Popes allow Holy Wars?
Fist of all, I am guessing that by “holy wars”, you meant the many wars between Catholics and Protestants after the Reformation.
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想請教一問題。告解只赦罪惡，不赦罪罰，所以教友會求大赦（如諸聖節時）。但若然天主的寬恕是絕對及完全的，我們何以仍需要接受罪罰？我若完全寬恕了別人，應不計較他所欠我任何形式的賠償，而這亦是耶穌的教導. 若我仍要懲罰得罪我的人，怎能說我的寬恕是完全呢?
小孩子貪玩，踢波打碎了鄰居的玻璃窗，那麼這孩子要做兩件事：一是要自己去與鄰居道歉，二是要賠償他打破的玻璃窗。
Read More →天主教徒為什麼可以火化？不是說我們相信肉身的複活嗎？火化了，沒有肉身了，還可以復活嗎？
天主教的確相信肉身在末日要復活，我們每人將領回自己的身體，好能回復人的靈肉完整，到永罰的全人去受罰，到永福的全人被光榮。
Read More →何謂癮癖性的行為？如果手淫、自慰行為是癮癖和無法克制的算大罪嗎？
在天主教教理，有關自慰，並不是說是大罪，而是說是嚴重行為，或嚴重失序(grave matter)。要一個行為是大罪（或死罪），要事情是嚴重的，而當事人是明知故犯及有相當的自由去犯。
Read More →Jesus never broke any commandments and laws in the Old Testament Books of Laws, I wonder does he obey anything in the Wisdom Books, for example, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Sirach? I also wonder how should we view the words of Wisdom Books? Are we also obliged to do as the Wisdom Books says?
The sayings in the wisdom literature are not considered to be “law” per se, but rather as observations and reflections of the law and the prophets. They appeal to human wisdom not so much that God’s teachings depend on reason, but that God is the source of human wisdom.
Read More →神父您好，我正在進行「九個首星期五敬禮耶穌聖心」的敬禮，現在已經到第二個月了，但是我發現下個月的首星期五正好是聖週五，那天就沒有彌撒了。
所有的敬禮，其實都是讓我們對主耶穌更加虔敬。所以我不相信以太法定式的模式去做。九個首週五，就是要我九個首週五去參與。既然今年四月的首週五是受難日，沒有彌撒，只有受難日禮儀，那麼就足夠了。
Read More →Are all incorrupt bodies related to the Catholic Church or have ties or are they just well preserved bodies?
I want to really encourage you to read a few stories of the incorrupt saints. They are quite incredible and fascinating. Their stories are all over the internet, and typing in incorruptible in amazon can find you many good books.
Read More →最近好多人都有關注到韓國的攝理教教主性侵案 ，請問神父，我們該如何分辨邪教？有沒有一些標準，因為在分辨宗教和邪教時，又會擔心對別的宗教不敬。
我想，一般人想如何分辨一個派別是否邪教，原因只有幾個：是純理性上好奇，是自己想入某宗教但不知是否邪教，或是親人入了或想入某教但你怕是邪教。
Read More →程神父你好，我和男朋友均為教徒，之前因為貞潔問題而訂立了一些身體界線，例如當親吻到有性刺激的感覺時就要停止、不舌吻，但男朋友因此感到親密接觸為他帶來壓力，也越來越抗拒。請問面對這些關於身體界線的問題，情侶之間應該如何溝通/處理呢？謝謝
首先，感謝天主，你們願意嘗試為貞潔而努力。我支持你們。這不是為守法而做的，而是為愛主和彼此相愛。夫婦之愛，是要把對方和家庭的珍貴放於自己之前，要能寧願犧牲自己一時所慾，亦不願濫用及侵犯對方來滿足自己。當中要學會為配偶及孩子的好說是，不好說不是，是要由此刻未婚前開始的。
Read More →I committed a grave sin and I believe it was God who sent a message that his doors are locked to me. The message was given through an acquaintance who out of the blue told me about his ‘‘brother’’s sin which not only was identical to mine but included details about me that no one knows. Finished by telling me that I should be ‘proud’ of all the good things I had done for they could not be covered with one hand (obviously all the sins) Is there any hope I can still be saved?
I believe your discernment is incorrect. For a discernment to be true, among many things, it cannot contradict what God already reveals in scripture and in tradition. Both scripture and the Church clearly teaches that God will not refuse anyone who repents. The only unforgivable sin is when we refuse to trust in His mercy.
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