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“Ask a Priest: Am I Doomed If I Leave the Church?”
November 1, 2024
Q: A few years ago, we had a family trauma regarding my son and several people who attended a Catholic school. When things got tough and we needed community, the parish was unsupportive. We found ourselves isolated from the very people we had shared pews with for so many years. That forced us to look elsewhere for support. We found a Protestant church that exemplified the things that we had expected from our church, and so we began to attend its Bible studies. For the first time I felt close to God, closer than I had ever experienced the Spirit ...
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“Ask a Priest: Am I Doomed If I Leave the Church?”
Q: A few years ago, we had a family trauma regarding my son and several people who attended a Catholic school. When things got tough and we needed community, the parish was unsupportive. We found ourselves isolated from the very people we had shared pews with for so many years. ...
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“Ask a Priest: Is Wanting to Look Thin Sinful?”
Q: Is it a sin to want to lose weight if you are not overweight to start with? If not, when does it fall into the sin of vanity? Is it a sin if you want to lose weight to be happier/more satisfied with your appearance if you’re at a ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If I Badmouthed My Ex-boyfriend?”
Q: I broke up with my boyfriend a while ago, and in a lot of pain and hurt, I gossiped a lot about it to anyone who would listen. It was a form of coping for me and a way to feel better about it. But it was wrong of ...
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“Ask a Priest: Why Would the Clergy Bristle at Questions?”
Q: In my life I have had some doubts. It seems to me that when questions are raised, clergy of many denominations are defensive or take offense. I want to be clear that I would never mock anyone for having a belief. So why do some clergy take offense at ...
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“Ask a Priest: Should I Skip Receiving Communion Altogether?”
Q: I always go to Mass and I am a lector, but I do not partake of the Eucharist anymore because I do not have any confidence in the sacrament of confession. I know the three things that need to be in place for a sin to be mortal, but ...
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“Ask a Priest: Is It OK to Be Happy for a Friend Who Plans to Cohabit?”
Q: I am a scrupulous person and have been struggling recently. But I am wondering if I can be happy for my friends even when they live a sinful lifestyle. One friend who is not married is planning to live with her boyfriend, and she is excited about it. She ...
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“Ask a Priest: Why Does God Give Unequal Gifts?”
Q: Why does God create us unequal? It has been a dream of mine to stand as a defender of the Catholic faith when I am older, as the great theologians of the Church did, and yet I feel hindered by my average level of intellect. At times it feels ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If Our Priest Doesn’t Want to Hear the Same Sins?”
Q: Our priest has told us he doesn’t want us to go to confession with him if we are going to confess the same sins every time. I thought I’d read or heard in a religion class that it was OK to confess the same sin until you no longer ...
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