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I’m a Widow — Is It OK That I Watch Mass at Home?
Q: I lost my spouse and moved out of the state. I tried to attend the local church and didn’t feel right. Am I committing a sin for not attending? I do watch TV Mass or EWTN or Mass on YouTube. Keeping my faith is the only thing I have to hold me together. I hope I’m doing something right. — K. Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC: Please accept my condolences on the death of your husband. May Our Lord rest his soul. There is still one man with you who loves you dearly and who wants you close ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If My Husband Steals From Work?”
Q: I have been married for almost 40 years, and I never know how to deal with this problem. My husband brings home things that he takes from work. These are usually small things like garbage bags, pens, stacks of paper towels, even cleaning products. Whenever I notice that he ...
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“Ask a Priest: How Can Jesus Both Give Rest and Divide Families?”
Q: Please explain two quotes by Jesus that seem to conflict with each other. Beginning at Luke 12:51, Jesus says, “Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division. From now on a household of five will be divided, ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If I Don’t Want My Son Near a Certain Girl?”
Q: I have been friends with a woman and her family for 10 years. We met through Eucharistic adoration, and I assumed they are just like me in my beliefs. Although we got along, I noticed her daughters always talked about boyfriends and having husbands—to the point that two of ...
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“Ask a Priest: Is It OK to Have an Interest in Genies and Mermaids?”
Q: I was wondering if it was a sin to find interests in genies, aliens, fairies, vampires, mermaids. Not idolizing them or like praying to them, but is liking them OK? I like playing a life-simulation game. I can play as an alien family or a mermaid who owns a ...
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“Ask a Priest: Is a Light Penance Normal?”
Q: I’m a 51-year-old male who went to a Catholic elementary school but for more than 40 years didn’t attend Mass. During the pandemic I felt a need to re-establish a relationship with the Church. I became confirmed. I spent a lot of time thinking about my sins over four ...
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“Ask a Priest: Could We Do a Mass Without a Priest?”
Q: Can Catholics hold Mass without a priest present? For context, I and my friends want to hold some sort of reciting of Mass during our hourlong lunch break at our high school. We don’t want it to seem mocking or anything, and we don’t want to do anything we ...
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“Ask a Priest: Is Selling ‘Pride’ Clothes Sinful?”
Q: What level of cooperation in sin results in an action being a sin, in particular with respect to Pride month in the workplace? I work at a clothing store where there is a “Pride collection” sold and was asked by a customer where the rest of the merchandise could ...
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“Ask a Priest: Should I Let a Priest Know How an Anointing Seemed to Help Me?”
Q: I’m reaching out because my priest administered the anointing of the sick for me because I’m very ill. This was last month. I’ve changed nothing in my treatment, and all of a sudden, I’m in remission from my illness. This is truly a miracle and I have not yet ...
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