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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 I Am Attracted to Someone Who Is Not My Spouse?”
Q: I have been married for 40 years. I am very attracted to another man. I have no intention of ever sleeping with this man. But I like him very much. He feels the same way about me. We see each other. He is also married. We do not see ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If My Husband Is Crazy About Hunting?”
Q: I adore animals and cannot imagine bringing any harm to them, whether that means killing them for food, or especially sport, which is exactly what my husband does. When he isn’t hunting them, he’s watching hunting shows on TV, going to gun shows, and hanging out with the guys ...
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“Ask a Priest: Can I Reconcile With God After Being an Atheist?”
Q: I was an atheist for many years after being raised Catholic. After 12 years of not believing, the only thing that did was to make me believe that I need God and his grace to guide me in this world. How do I reconcile with God, after my blatant ...
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“Ask a Priest: Can a Mass Get an Unrepentant Sinner Into Heaven?”
Q: In a recent conversation with a friend of mine who is a devout Catholic (I am not), he said a few things that I did not understand. I made the comment that a person who lives a life of habitual unrepentant sin will not go to heaven, whether he ...
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“Ask a Priest: What Is My Obligation in an Irregular Marriage?”
Q: I’m Catholic, 62 years old, widowed at 54 after 36 years of marriage. I got remarried two years later to a Lutheran who used to be Pentecostal. He was married in the Lutheran church, got a divorce, remarried a Baptist but was widowed in less than a year. When ...
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“Ask a Priest: What Does a Death-Heralding Dream Mean?”
Q: I had a dream that a piece of paper told me that I would die at age 23. I dreamt that my grandma was in the hospital and everyone else thought she was dead, but she talked to me and she wasn’t. (She’s not dead in real life.) So ...
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“Ask a Priest: 40 Years of Pornography — How Long Will God Put Up With Me?”
Q: I have had a porn addiction since my teens. I am now 59. I try to go to confession at least twice monthly and rarely do I not confess “falling.” I try so hard and still end up in Satan’s clutches. I will admit it has gotten better, but ...
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“Ask a Priest: What Do Christians Think of the Torah?”
Q: Can you please provide me with an authentic doctrinal answer to the following: 1) What is the official Christian view regarding the Jewish Torah? 2) What is the difference between the Jewish God and the Christian God — I mean, is it the same Person? 3) Are the stories ...
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