A joyful day of celebration
Dear Father,
What has happened to Corpus Christi? When I was young it was a beautiful Feast-day. It was .... |
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Is God really there?
Jim Corkery SJ provides some consoling thoughts to a person wracked by doubts about the existence of God. .... |
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Honest prayer
Edmond Grace SJ offers a helpful response to a woman who wonders if joining in a ‘healing circle’ to help her .... |
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An unfashionable concept
Tom writes: When I was young, there was much preaching on hell and the consequences of sin. Nowadays, no .... |
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Infant Baptism
Edmond Grace SJ answers concerned grandparents about the baptism of their grandchild. .... |
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A matter of conscience
Edmond Grace SJ answers a query from a concerned parent about her son who rejects the right of the Church to .... |
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Calling priests 'Father'
Edmond Grace SJ responds to a question about calling priests 'Father', when and how did it come about. .... |
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General Absolution
Edmond Grace SJ clarifies some issues on the sacrament of reconciliation and explains the reasons for .... |
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Confirmation
David Birchall SJ answers an inquiring parent about the sacrament of confirmation. .... |
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I still miss him
Edmond Grace SJ sheds some light on the questions about death from a grieving spouse.
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Beyond mere facts
Edmond Grace SJ responds to a question about the confusions in the Gospels and why sometimes the stories in .... |
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God's plan for me
Jim Corkery SJ provides some clarification on the inquiry about God's plan in our lives and why sometimes .... |
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Worshipping images
Edmond Grace SJ explains the reasons for the different emphasis on the ten commandments in the Chatholic and .... |
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From the known to the unknown
Edmond Grace SJ gives an answer to why is it that we make our prayers 'through Jesus Christ' and what does it .... |
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Limbo?
Question: We don't hear much nowadays about Limbo. At school we learned it was the place where souls who die .... |
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Why Go to Mass?
Finbarr Clancy SJ answers the question about why is it important to go to mass.
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Can I interfere in my grandchildren's upbringing?
A response to a grandparent who is upset at seeing the lack of religious values being trasmitted to her .... |
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Why do we praise God?
Edmond Grace SJ explains the reasons for praising God. .... |
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Praying for the dead
Edmond Grace SJ responds to a bereaved person on the issue of praying for the dead. .... |
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Preaching at Mass
Edmond Grace SJ answers to a parishioner who was upset by a 'continuous' preaching of the priest during the .... |
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Is God punishing me?
Edmond Grace SJ provides some helpful thoughts to a disappointed believer, stricken by an illness and feeling .... |
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Purgatory
How can we make sense today of the idea of purgatory? Jim Corkery SJ offers some contemporary images and .... |
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Showing resentment
Edmond Grace SJ sheds some light on the issue of forgiveness to a hurt and traumatised person. .... |
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Sacrament of the sick
David Birchall SJ answers a query about the sacrament of the sick, when it should be received and they way to .... |
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True God and True Man
Edmond Grace SJ answers the question about Jesus’ relationship to the Father, and if he could have refused .... |
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Unanswered prayer
Gerry O'Hanlon SJ writes some consoling words to a family member who has undergone much suffering. .... |
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Is God unfair?
Philip Fogarty SJ responds to a query about God’s seeming unfairness – specifically about God permitting .... |
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To which person of the Trinity should I pray?
Edmond Grace SJ responds to a question about approaching the Persons of the Trinity in prayer. All prayer, he .... |
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Singing God's Praise
Edmond Grace SJ provides some reasons for using music during the mass to a parishioner, who finds music in .... |
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The gift of faith
Dear Father, many highly educated men and women claim to be atheists. Yet anyone with even a minimum of .... |
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An annual indicator
John writes: I have heard it said that more people are admitted to psychiatric care in the weeks after .... |
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A happy homecoming
Patricia writes: I don't feel comfortable going to the sacrament of penance, so I receive Holy Communion, .... |
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Faith, hope and charity
Frank writes: I brought up my children in the faith, but none of them goes to the sacraments any more. They .... |
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The Holy Spirit
Question: Nowadays there is quite a lot of emphasis placed on praying to the Holy Spirit. I don't know much .... |
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Forgive and forget
Michael asks: "I have been hurt and let down by a close friend in the past. I am obliged to forgive that .... |
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Would you believe?
Amanda writes: How sure can we be that there will be second coming of Jesus Christ and a bodily resurrection .... |
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Taking the rough with the smooth
Brian writes: Sometimes in my prayers I feel as if I have nothing to say to God. I sit in stony silence for a .... |
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Would you believe?
Amanda writes: How sure can we be that there will be second coming of Jesus Christ and a bodily resurrection .... |
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What's in a month?
Why is June known as the Month of the Sacred Heart?
-Róisin.
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What about the rest?
Miriam writes: In the Apostles' Creed every Sunday we say 'we believe in one, holy, Catholic and apostolic .... |
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A single vocation
There seems to be only two vocations spoken of in the Church: to marriage or to religious life. What about .... |
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Only a bit of fun?
My friends at work are going to see a fortune-teller. They want me to come along but I'm a bit afraid of what .... |
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Gone before us
Jim writes: Can departed relatives pray to God on our behalf? And if they are already in heaven should we .... |
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Christ's Mass
Seán writes: It is a law of the Church that Catholics attend Mass every Sunday and on Holy Days of .... |
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Fast and abstinence
Gerard writes: Drinking too much leads to more serious consequences than overeating. Yet fast and abstinence .... |
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Truth and peace
Eileen writes: A passage from Luke (12:49-53) read at Mass last summer disturbs me. To me the Lord is full of .... |
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What's out there?
A concerned mother of a young family writes: At a mission recently in our parish one of the speakers stated .... |
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The Table of the Lord
Winnie writes: "Dear Father,
My adult son and daughter no longer attend the Sacraments. At a recent wedding .... |
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A moveable feast
Bernard McGuckian SJ replys to Janice's query on the Feast of the Sacred Heart and in doing so explains the .... |
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Fear of the Lord
Teresa is bewildered by the suggestion that we should 'fear God'. Bernard McGuckian SJ explains the .... |
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The path to salvation
Elizabeth writes:
Dear Father, Some time ago I was upset when a priest told me that it says in the Catechism .... |
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To thee do we cry
Gerald writes:
Dear Father, 'To Thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve, mourning and weeping in this .... |
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What is asked of me?
Patrick D. writes: 'But I say this to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you' (Mt. .... |
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Welcomed home
Dervilla writes:
Dear Father,
I'm writing to you in despair. My daughter died suddenly and unprepared about .... |
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The Sunday obligation
James D. writes: Dear Father, The Catholic Church insists so much on attendance at Sunday Mass that it seems .... |
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Go forth, Christian soul
This month, Fr Bernard McGuckian SJ breaks with his customary "Your Questions Answers" format and becomes .... |
