“Ask a Priest: What If Relatives Are Blocking Me From the Church?”
Q: A few years back my dad baptized me in the Name of the Father, in the Name of the Son and in the Name
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“Ask a Priest: Is God intervening in my life?”
Q: To start this off, I do not consider myself a Christian. I consider myself as a spiritualist/Buddhist, but I still believe in God, so
“Ask a Priest: How can I explain Mark 10:25 to an atheist physics teacher?”
Q: I’m writing to an atheist physics teacher, who thinks that Mark 10:25 (“It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of
“Ask a Priest: Should We Be Practicing Extreme Mortification?”
Q: A priest at Mass was talking about mortification. He spoke of Saint Rose of Lima whose feast day it was. Saint Rose used to
“Ask a Priest: Can a layperson pray the Liturgy of the Hours?”
Q: I feel God is calling me besides daily Mass to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. I have prayed them before when I was
“Ask a Priest: Can a person lose sanctifying grace?”
Q: I know we get sanctifying grace every time we receive the sacraments. Does this grace stay with you for your whole life or can
“Ask a Priest: What If My Mother-in-Law Seems to Be Living Unchastely?”
Q: My mother-in-law’s husband passed away a few years ago. She is Catholic and recently began dating another Catholic man. They recently went on a
“Ask a Priest: Am I able to marry in the Church without an annulment?”
Q: My fiancé and I are both practicing Catholics. I have never been married before, but my fiancé has. We got engaged December 2012. He
“Ask a Priest: How do I respond to a teenager who questions Church teaching on same sex marriage?”
Q: How would you best respond to a teenager’s questioning the Church’s opposition to gay marriage? -S.O. Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC A: In
