This mark is just above the radiator on the wall of my Church and I’ve always seen three things in it. A bird like creature on the top,(could be the HS??) A man in the middle,(depicting Christ) and a sort of swirl or wind,(Depicting God the Father). This could just be me seeing things but I thought I’d share it with you all. Hope you all have a blessed Sunday!

Hi everyone, I’m considering visiting a Catholic Church and I know the answer is most likely no but consider my question.

The facts: I’ve been baptised and confirmed in a high anglican Church and received communion there. I am a firm believer and have had communion many times. I am not new to the faith and have been baptised in the Biblical way (in the name of Father, Son and Holy Spirit etc).

My opinion: I really don’t see how I wouldn’t be allowed to receive communion based on the fact im a believer, I’ve been baptised and confirmed in the faith. I understand there is a difference between the way confirmation is done in the Protestant and Catholic Church, but as a genuine believer why should I be refused something as fundamental as communion? Consider the disciples and early Church - they would have been baptised and had communion together regardless. I just want to be able to partake in something I feel qualified to receive based on the teachings of Jesus. He said “do this in memory of me” not only do this if you have done a 6 month course on Catholicism and been confirmed by that denomination.

I just think about if this was the early Church, and I turned up to a house group…would I be refused communion based on what I’ve described? At the end of the day it’s between me and the Lord and my intentions to genuinely receive him should matter the most?

P.s - If it’s the matter of transubstantion, I don’t have an issue of believing that the Eucharist is the literal body and blood of Jesus.

Is this even possible to do?

I dont mean like Jesus die and come back, I mean that the heart monitor went *beeeeeeeeeep* and I got recucetated and came back by defibrialator and came back.

Just curious what you would do. I feel pretty sick. Fever or flu or something. Serious headache and stool not normal.

It's not a serious blessing I don't think. They just do this sometimes and bless families... I think its more so the church can see new families and stuff.

What would you do. I don't really want to go to mass and get people sick but fiance wants me to go

I was baptized Catholic as an infant, and went to Catholic school throughout my elementary. I drifted away for more than a decade, and I am barely finding my way back home to the church. To my surprise. I’m finding out that many Catholics don’t believe in the creation story as literal. They see it more as metaphorical. I see many people here say that the Big Bang can exist side-by-side with Genesis. I have a big problem with this ,and it’s eating me up inside.I believe that the creation story is literal. The Big Bang theory suggest that land came first and then the waters, Genesis suggest that the waters came first and then dryland. Genesis suggests that The earth came before the sun, the Big Bang says the opposite. I just don’t understand how this can be allegorical. when people try to fit Genesis into the Big Bang theory, it just feels like confirmation bias. I surely can’t be the only Catholic that feels this way, can I? If the very first page of my entire faith is not literal and is only a metaphor, it makes me have big doubts. For those who disagree with me, at what point in genesis do you draw the line and say it’s literal? Sure, the Big Bang has SOME “metaphorical” similarities to genesis, but everything about it contradicts our very 1st page of our whole faith. Just need to hear some feedback! Thanks 🙏

I’m sorry but as someone who has been cheated on I can’t get past this. I don’t agree. The woman was caught IN THE ACT of adultery, with no time to repent. There was no evidence of her repentance in the story. She didn’t agree to sin no more.

Jesus REFUSES to condemn her. Sorry but no?????? She deserved to be condemned! She didn’t care! She did the most hurtful thing imaginable! I’m not saying she deserved to die, but to not even acknowledge her GREAT sin is WILD! And I imagine the person she hurt would be even more pissed and hurt after this.

And some people try to say take it as a parable in order to do your own self reflection. Okay, but no. This happened. And in the process, Jesus actively hurt the person she hurt. Choosing to defend a heinous action like this is in and of itself, heinous. Full stop.

I have spent the past TWO YEARS trying to wrap my head around forgiveness and reconciliation. Literally just look at my post history. I have tried to forgive. I have tried to forget. I’ve tried to move on. And it always comes back to me as (from Catholics) that you don’t actually have to forgive if the person isn’t sorry. Even Jesus is this way. That’s why reconciliation exists.

So WHY DID HE NOT CONDEMN HER? WHY DID HE FORGIVE HER IF SHE WASNT EVEN SORRY?

You may think this sounds extreme or something stupid to not be able to wrap my head around but this has been the most painful situation of my entire life and it just feels like Jesus doesn’t even care. And this is evidence of that. It’s fully making me want to quit Catholicism.

I’m (31m) returning to faith and want to follow Church teaching by abstaining until a sacramental marriage. But my wife (32, civil marriage) isn’t ready yet. She was raised Catholic, but she's not religious. She's open to getting married, baptizing our infant son and exploring her faith, but she needs more time.

Last night we had a difficult conversation about it and my wife helped me realize how self centered I was:

I was fine with having sex until I became ready to abstain (4-5 months of hesitating). But now I'm not giving that option to my wife, I'm deciding for her. I know God's will is to not have sex outside of marriage, but I'm shocked how self absorbed I am about it.

Any thoughts about it? Just to be clear, I don't want permission to keep sinning, just some words of wisdom and encouragement.

With all the stuff happening now, do you think the ( title )

For context I buy most of my clothes 2nd hand. The other day my mom told me that it says in the Bible that it’s bad to wear 2nd hand clothes because it comes with the bad energy of the person who wore them in the past had; and that it transfers to you? Is this true or nah? (I’m not religious at all by the way I’m just super curious if it actually says it in the Bible).

The disciple John is referred to the beloved disciple multiple times in the book of John. However, Peter was given the keys of heaven and made the first pope. If John truly was the beloved disciple, why wasn't he given the keys? John was even at the foot of the cross when Jesus was crucified while Peter denied that he knew Jesus after he was arrested.

Here’s our situation: before vacation, we planned ahead for Mass, found a Mass time that would work. It happened to be the day we were also seeing a famous national park. We thought we could drive through the park in the morning and attend Mass at 11:30. (this was the only option)

Well, we found out that morning that the drive through the park would end up taking more time than we expected, and we wouldn’t be able to make it to Mass. In this case, our choices were:

• skip seeing the National park we’d traveled to see and go to Mass (no option to see the park another day)
• see the national park and tune into a podcast Mass (this is what we chose)

I am pretty sure it was a sin not going to Mass, but I’m not sure if it’s a mortal sin or a venial one under these circumstances. What would you say?

I was at work and my co worker had to preform a somewhat unfortunate task, and he was not happy and let us know. He was joking about the situation and we were all laughing, and then he took the lords name in vain, and I was still laughing, not really aware of the seriousness of the situation. I now realize that what I had done could have been offensive to God. Is it a sin or not? Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

I am having to get an annulment before my wife of 1 year can get confirmed into the Catholic Church. My first marriage ended in 2002. I cannot find a copy of the divorce decree (I have checked the four neighboring counties, and none has record of the divorce). I sent a messsage to my ex via Facebook Messenger, and she reported me for harassment. My account was deleted as a result.

What are my realistic options? I can turn the forms into the Tribunal, but have no documentation or witnesses.

We got married last year. The first months were really fantastic, even though we were forced by my parents to cohabitate and you know that it can generate friction, but we were extremely happy.

We have or at least I still have all these plans to move away from this shitplace we live in (shit city, small flat), have children, and spend the rest of our lives together.

Last month my boss told me I can't move to another city and my wife told me that she needed to leave because she was getting depressed in this place, only wanted to sleep, won't have kids in this shitplace, and then comes the next part:

The day of our marriage, the priest forced us to confess, because he said otherwise he will not do the mass. He took her and cajoled her into confession in a room and gave her absolution before she even had a chance to finish confessing the sins, only so he could give us communion.

Now she thinks that the marriage has been cursed because she communed before saying her sins properly and therefore she communed in sin. Now our marriage is doomed from the start and can't be saved. She's also been saying she doesn't understand "why we follow a 2000 year old book that is not aligned with modern age", all the priests are bastards, the commandments are stupid...

She has a maladaptive tendency to blame everyone but herself. She told me she needed time to be alone, I gave it to her. Some weeks later, she tells me she wants to end the marriage because what kind of a shit husband does not take care of his wife (I have nothing but doting on her, I have constantly put her needs above me, given her love, hugs, kisses, I have put her above family and friends every time, taken care of her when she was ill)

I'm not the most organized guy, and that's my fault and I'm changing for her. I'm a forgetful guy sometimes, but I'm changing as well. I can postpone things I don't like to do and I'm trying to change.

But it's never enough, which is aggravated by the fact that she will do exactly the things she complains I do. She's always been loving to me except when she starts blaming and can't stand to be told what she does wrong.

She has a history of screwing up and I clean after her, which she takes for granted. I have never ever told her off on this because I believe as a husband I should lay down my life for my wife without complaints and without comments. Maybe I'm stupid and I should have, who knows.

Lately she just wants to get separated, but is not willing to do any paperwork or actually leave our house, which leaves me the slightest sliver of hope. Or maybe that's because her relationship with her parents is shit and she wouldn't go back to them. She's also a stay at home wife, I provide for us both, which is what she wanted.

She categorically opposes going to confession again because the priests are evil and bastards. She doesn't want to go to counseling, or a shrink. She also has endometriosis, which made it so hard to engage in relations, the marriage is not consummated technically. She refuses to see a gyno.

Hey, I've messed up as well. I'm the worst sinner. I go to confession frequently for the same sins. She's been telling me to load weight of 1 year and I can't do it no matter how hard I try. Doesn't help that she makes dinner for 2, eats 10% of hers, and tells me to eat that or she throws it away. But that's my fault anyway.

I just don't understand, man. She tells me to leave her alone to do what she wants. I leave her. She says I'm a shit husband for leaving her alone. I don't get it. God please help me I don't want our marriage to end, and I suspect it's just another of her shit decisions that will go wrong for her like every other time. But it's us, man. We're made for each other like no one else, and we have a life ahead of us.

Can't believe I'm writing this, I would never. But that's just how bad things are and I hope and pray for a miracle.

Happened on a Sunday, where Christians and Muslims stop fasting together. Why not, but inside a church ?

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I was just curious, for those that gave up Target for lent, how are you feeling as we come to nearing the end of the 40 days? Do you miss it? Will you be be back after Easter, or continue your boycott?

After attending church with my mum this morning, I thought to myself that "if I'm still single by the time I'm 30, then i might become a priest"

How would I go about doing that? :D

I read up a bit on how the church banned books. Upfront i wanna say it kind of makes sense in the medieval, post reformation context. But i'm having trouble imagining this in the context of the 20th century, like is it harmful for a university student or a regular informed catholic to read Machiavelli? I'm fully on board submitting, but is one able to dissagree with this?

Also, are these books still sinful to read? The abolition of the list goes along with it saying that it remains morally binding (and i don't understand the terms written there. Link: https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19660614_de-indicis-libr-prohib_en.html ). This is well beyond ny understanding.

(I would of course submit, God forbid i go against his Church).

I was aware one had to get rid of things one shouldn't have (amulets, demonic books and stuff), but i often see people say to burn them. Thing is, i can find no official church teaching on the matter, just opinions(as in, individuals). Is it more like a traditional thing, therefore you don't need to literally burn them, just get rid or destroy it, or is it a sin if one does not burn them?

Or as Believers, should we solemnly affirm instead?

1. I have a professor who is basically forcing the class to use pirated materials online. Since I intent to continue doing so would my confession be invalid?

2. Say in the past you've liked social media posts that contain music that uses the Lord's name in vain or other content that might be considered sinful. Do you have to go back and unlike them for confession to be valid? I realistically could do so.

I know this really is a dumb question considering my prayer life is really limited to like usually doing like a rosary a day or something, but how does one pray the stations of the cross? I've only recently returned to the Church around a year ago and I don't know where to find them. I was given this penance after confessing today and my penance was to pray the stations of the cross in Friday.