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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: Am I Wrong to Hang Out With Sinners?”
Q: I have an ongoing argument with my mother. She is a faithful Catholic, and I admire her for all she does in our church. Recently, however, she seems to be allowing the sins of others to affect her. To get to the point: she basically said that God would ...
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“Ask a Priest: How Can We Recruit Priests for Our Parish?”
Q: We are a rural Catholic church in the South. As you can expect, we are having problems throughout the diocese in finding priests for our parishes. Our current pastor has about a year and a half left before he retires. We would like to attract a priest to pastor ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If I’m Considering Catholicism but at a Crossroads?”
Q: I am scheduled to be baptized in a few months in a nondenominational church. I am a college student and have been a Protestant my whole life. I do not want to put off my baptism if at all possible. However, this last year I began researching Catholicism and ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If Marian Devotion Seems Too Much?”
Q: My husband and I are Catholic and converted from Protestantism. We have been Catholic for years but still struggle with all the attention Mary receives. To us she receives more prayers, attention, devotion, processions and obedience than Jesus, which to us still after all these years is worship and ...
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“Ask a Priest: Why Does Jesus Evade Mary’s Question in the Temple?”
Q: When Jesus was 12 years old his parents were looking for him and after three days they found them in the temple. Why did he not make a direct, literal response to his mother about why he went missing? Instead of giving a proper explanation, he surprised her by ...
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“Ask a Priest: If Mary Spoke to Me in a Dream, Is That Clairvoyance?”
Q: I’ve always been told that psychics are bad and immoral. But throughout the Bible prophets have seen or spoken to God, and to me that sounds like aspects of clairvoyance. Is clairvoyance OK if it is used to seek a deeper connection with God instead of for personal gain? ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If My Friend’s Kin Think I’m a Godless Sinner?”
Q: So, I was raised partially in a Methodist church. I didn’t learn much, and the whole process seemed meaningless. My family stopped going while I was in the seventh grade. For a time, I quietly would pray to a god or the universe or something that I had not ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If I Intensely Dislike My Brother-in-Law?”
Q: I have one sister that I am very close with. However, I severely dislike her husband, and I am finding it increasingly difficult to be around him and to have my children around his inappropriate behavior even if only for few hours at family functions. I love my sister ...
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