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Catholicism
Catholicism is the faith, doctrine, system, and practice of the Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church. Ask questions about the history of Catholicism and the church, beliefs that include the Holy Trinity, Mother Mary, and Catholic Saints; practices, such as Sacraments and Rosary; church leadership, including the Pope who is regarded as the earthly spiritual leader, and more.
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Why are Catholic schools important?
What is the difference between a catholic school and public school?
A Christian school is a school where you can worship God, pray, and do anything relating to Christianity with out getting punished. In public schools you can get in a lot of trouble for doing these things.
They are 8 to 9 in (21 to 23 cm) long and weigh 1.5 to 1.8 oz (42 to 51 g).
There are 5 different species of cardinal. Within those different species, there are also different variations, such as their coloring, and how they differ from the others.
Why do you call astrology religion or spiritual?
Must you pray before eating snacks?
Saying "Grace" before meals is often reserved for actual meals that constitute some substance, and practically speaking, most Catholics do not pray before snacking. It is encouraged to do so, however, as all food, no matter of what quantity, is a gift from God and given from His bounty. What has been lost in modern times is that many foods each have a certain blessing. Many of these blessing have been forgotten as food is now readily available in supermarkets regardless of region or season and often people feel awkward about praying over snacks as is seems a bit over dramatic. In keeping with tradition, when people did not have such convenience as is now available in many countries, one should always say grace always before eating, if not the prescribed prayer, at least a short prayer of thanksgiving. Forgetting to do so is not a sin, but to omit it out of embarrassment or laziness seems a bit vain.
Meat is not eaten on Ash Wednesday and on all Fridays during Lent. Catholics (at least 14 years old) in the United States are obliged to abstain from the eating of meat on Ash Wednesday and on all Fridays during the season of Lent. Catholics (from 18 to 60 years old) are also obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday and on Good Friday. Self-imposed observance of fasting on all weekdays of Lent is strongly recommended. This is where people also give up chocolate, sarcasm, or something else for Lent.
What does the parable of Weeds Among the Wheat mean in the bible?
It means that Judgement will be delayed,so when the weeds were sowed with the wheat, they master said that they should wait until Harvest day ( Judgement day), until they pull up the weeds to be burnt. Judgement is delayed.+ most people don't
know what the parable means
Members of the Catholic Church, including clergy and religious, are free to take any food and drink in moderation, including alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine, and spirits. Many members of the clergy, as well as religious, choose to abstain, however, from all rich food and rich drink; the cost of these then may go to benefit the needy.
What is the purpose of not eating meat on Friday?
Catholics avoid eating meat on Fridays ONLY during the Lenten season (Good Friday is the last Friday of Lent).
How do you address a Catholic archbishop in writing?
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What are the duties of the monks?
The duty of a monk is to pray.
Particularly the monk chants the Psalms in what is called the Divine Office (Work of God).
A typical traditional Catholic monastic prayer day looks like this:
3:30 AM Vigils (12 Psalms)
then about an hour for private prayer
6:00 AM Lauds (Morning prayer, 5 Psalms)
7:30 AM Prime (3 Psalms)
9:00 AM Tierce (3 Psalms)
9:30 AM Holy Eucharist
12:00 PM Sext (3 Psalms)
3:00 PM None (3 Psalms)
6:00 PM Vespers (Evening Prayer, 4 or 5 Psalms)
7:45 PM Compline (Night Prayer, 3 Psalms)
Of course, each monastery has it's own prayer schedule... the one above is just typical for traditional monasteries.
Besides public communal prayer (Liturgy) the monk also is called by his vocation to UNCEASING prayer (Prayer of the Heart). It is a continual remembrance of the presence of God, a continual (sometimes sub-conscious) awareness of God's loving presence and protection... A continual attitude of Adoration and Worship... this is the job of the monk.... to make his heart a continual sacrifice of Praise to God the Father, through Jesus Christ, in the Holy Spirit.
So, PRAYER is the one work of the monk.
What set of instructions from God do Jews live by?
There are actually two sets.
The first are the 'mitzvot' which are the commands found in the Torah.
The second is 'halacha'. Halachot are the Jewish religious laws based on the mitzvot (they explain the details of how to keep the mitzvot) and are found in the Talmud.
Answer:
The Torah.
A priest is a member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. A priest can administer most of the sacraments, say mass and transform bread into His Body and wine into His Most Precious Blood.
Is the exercise of yoga approved by the Catholic Church?
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Yoga, zen, transcendental meditation and tantric exercises lead to an experience of self-fulfilment or enlightenment. Peak-experiences (reliving one's birth, travelling to the gates of death, biofeedback, dance and even drugs - anything which can provoke an altered state of consciousness) are believed to lead to unity and enlightenment. Since there is only one Mind, some people can be channels for higher beings. Every part of this single universal being has contact with every other part. The classic approach in New Age is transpersonal psychology, whose main concepts are the Universal Mind, the Higher Self, the collective and personal unconscious and the individual ego. The Higher Self is our real identity, a bridge between God as divine Mind and humanity. Spiritual development is contact with the Higher Self, which overcomes all forms of dualism between subject and object, life and death, psyche and soma, the self and the fragmentary aspects of the self. Our limited personality is like a shadow or a dream created by the real self. The Higher Self contains the memories of earlier (re-)incarnations.
Aspects such as these are contrary to the teachings of the Catholic faith.
Is Everton Catholic or Protestant?
Neither. no English teams are. there is no animosity in that respect in English football unlike Scottish or Irish football. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_Liverpool_FC_Catholic_or_Protestant
The Catholic Church is divided into smaller diocese run by a bishop. The Pope is the bishop of Rome and currently is Pope Benedict th 16th
If your husband won't attend mass with you and your family is he still Catholic?
Really your husband only has to attend mass on Christmas and Easter, the 2 most important days in the Church, and has to attend reconciliation 1 time a year. - This is not Catholic teaching; The Church tells us we must attend Mass every Sunday. So if he is not attending mass anymore, he is must no longer believe the teachings of the Church. This is a pretty good sign that he has no desire to be Catholic any more.
Answer You did not elaborate what your husband's beliefs are. It must have something to do with that. And why force him?
Answer Assuming that he is Catholic and used to attend Mass with you it would seem that something specific may have caused him to question his faith. If this is so then perhaps you could gently suggest he speak to your priest about whatever troubles him. It is really up to him though, don't try and force him nor get the priest to drop round unexpectedly - you may simply make him dig his heels in further.
Answer If your husband was once a faithful Catholic, and is no longer attending Sunday Mass (which is breaking one of the rules of the Church, and is objectively a sin), then what he is now is a Catholic who is in trouble. No one likes to be nagged or have their personal business pried into, even by those they know love them, and nagging won't help in such a case. Your husband is an adult; he knows missing Mass on Sunday is a serious matter. The best thing you can do is invite him once each week, and ask him if there is anything he needs from you that would make it easier for him. If he says no, then best to drop it. Now all you can do is pray, pray, pray for him. And keep the prayers going up. And just in a casual, friendly way, keep inviting him once a week, as if you're inviting him to a friend's party: "Honey, we'd love to have you join us. No? OK. Fine. Bye, see you in awhile!" That's it. And off you go to Mass without him. Always make sure he knows he's welcome, though. But don't bring it up but once a week, just as you're getting ready. That way, he'll appreciate notbeing nagged, but he'll appreciate being invited.
no! no! no! don't do it! Life is to much important to die for. No one knows what shall happen.
Roman Catholic AnswerAny sin can be forgiven if the person repents, confesses, and receives absolution in the sacrament of penance - this is the normal way that Jesus set things up to receive God's forgiveness. Successful suicide cannot be forgiven for a number of reasons, most obviously because the person is no longer around to seek that forgiveness. The other main reason is that it manifests despair. Despair is an unforgivable sin as anyone who despairs thinks they cannot be forgiven and so they do not even ask. Thus, all the problems a suicide was thinking of avoiding - through suicide - only manifest themselves eternally in hell. Nobody - while alive - is beyond the help of God. So anyone thinking of suicide should call a priest pronto and speak to them to receive God's mercy before it is too late, eternally too late.Can your baby be christened in any church?
Yes. Although some more exclusive Roman Catholics will disagree, baptism is a Christian sacrament and not a denominational one. Therefore if you are baptised/christened in any orthodox Christian church (one that professes Jesus as Lord and Saviour) and are baptised in the name of the Holy Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit, then the baptism is valid, as you are baptised a Christian and not a member of a particular denomination.
How did the black death affect the Catholic Church?
The church was changed drastically as many people began to lose faith the main reason was that the plague was supposedly sent by God ( it wasn't)and people began to question the religion. Also people thought that non-sinners would not be affected and outrage broke out as people realized that more than half of the monks, bishops and so on died as they lived , and slept, so close together. But also the church became even more rich as believers brought potions that were supposed to cure this horrible disease.
What is the official teaching of the Catholic Church regarding artificial birth control?
Catholic Answer
The Catholic Church's teaching on birth control has been constant for twenty centuries, and is best summed up in Humanae Vitae, the encyclical letter of Pope Paul VI on Human Life. In it the Pope reiterates the Church's constant teaching in opposition to any form of artificial birth control as gravely evil.
The Church's teaching on the fecundity of marriage is covered in articles 2366-2372 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. To sum up, it basically says that the marriage act has two essential aspects, unitive and procreative, and that anything that interfers with either of these two aspects would be a sin.
This doctrine "it is necessary that each and every marriage act remain ordered per se to the procreation of human life (Humanae Vitae 11) is based on the inseparable connection, established by God, which man on his own initiative may not break, between the unitive significance and the procreative significance which are both inherent to the marriage act.
In other words, any form of birth control, outside of periodic abstience is, in and of itself, a sin; under the usual conditions it would be a mortal sin-something that would bar you from heaven.
Please note that the Church is teaching this as something received from God, and with man's final end (heaven) in view. It is not something that men, the Church, or anyone else has control over, it is just the way that God made us.
Why can't Catholics use birth control?
The Whole Church teaches that birth control is wrong altogether. It contradicts (Notice contra- ceptives, contradicting with conception) with the natural cycle and does not respect the gift of sex. Even condoms, even if they are used to prevent HIV are not approved by the Church (Although it is not a sin to use it in moral sex), if they can't even effectively stop sperm, how can it stop HIV which is a virus smaller than sperm. Pills also harm the body and thus is a sin also against health.
It also reduces ones virtues (Getting sex whenever you want it is not a virtue).
A better alternative (Which is approved by the Catholic and is morally sound if used properly) is NFP (Natural Family Planning). It is very effective and it is a moral form of birth control. It respects the natural cycles that God made our bodies with. By collecting information about the body, one can know when the woman is fertile of infertile (Only in certain periods a month can a woman get a child through sex). It helps build virtues such as patience.
There is a big difference between "I want sex right now" (Contraceptives), and "It would not be responsible it do it right now since we don't have enough money to support another child, let us wait till Tuesday" (NFP)
Yes, the entire Church opposes birth control (Except for NFP), but there are some Catholics that reject the teachings of the Church.
