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I didn’t fast sometimes on Fridays. Is it considered to be a mortal sin for not fasting on Fridays?

Please first read On the days of fasting such as Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, Catholics aged 18-59 in Canada are bound to fast; those 14 and older just abstinence. My mom is over 60 so she does not have to fast, but does she still need to abstain from meat? Except...

為何聖週四彌撒內不念信經？

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聖週四彌撒不唸信經，主要原因是因為聖週四的彌撒其實並未完的。聖週四的主最後晚餐彌撒，聖週五的紀念耶穌受難禮儀（這並不是彌撒）和聖週六晚的逾越節前夕大慶節彌撒——這三天的禮儀，合起來並不是三個禮儀，而實在是一個三天的彌撒聖祭，故此拉丁叫作“Triduum”，「三日」之意。這三天禮儀也是候洗者的最後準備。傳統上他們該三天都在團體當中，讓眾人為他們特別祈禱。既然他們在週四和週五的禮儀都在準備週六晚領洗時作第一次宣認信仰，自然週四也沒有信經了。這也是為所有已洗的教友準備週六晚上重申領洗盟誓的。...

程神父午安，願您眼睛的健康日進，天主降福保佑！最近在FB看到一條視頻，關於朱恩榮神父在聖家堂彌撒（看似是殯葬彌撒），在離開聖堂時，看見仿似朱神父的骨灰缸。印象中，好似記得骨灰是不能進入聖堂進行殯葬禮的，是嗎？請神父更正我的謬誤。天主保佑神父！

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骨灰進聖堂是沒問題的。

Is that true others’ sins won’t be the ‘root cause’ of reasons need for inner healing?

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The confusion here is not inner healing or “generational healing”– these are legitimate, but the terminology “generational sin”. The idea is that the pattern of sin of our ancestors can affect us in a way that we are not consciously being aware of. This is true, since...

請問如果常因爲犯了大罪而告解，但是迫於現實生活還是會繼續犯罪，神還會原諒嗎？

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呀！耶穌當然會一次又一次寬恕我們！看看祂在瑪竇18:21的比喻就可知道。再說，祂的門徒多次誤解祂，並背棄祂，祂也願為他們及所有罪人而死，祂自然會寬恕我們重覆的罪。我請你閱讀我之前寫的這回答： http://askfrfrancis.org/qa/how-can-we-stay-away-from-sin-after-confession 問題不在於天主會否寬恕，反而在於我們是否信任祂不會捨棄我們，而因此在每次失敗中願意再走近祂，讓祂在告解聖事中醫治我們，並讓我們願意寬恕自己。...