Category: Bulletin Articles

Bulletin Q&A Article; Published 5-26-24: What can be said to someone who attends Mass regularly and receives Communion, but has not been to confession in years? How can they be encouraged to receive sacramental confession? Let us begin by looking at the Church’s requirements for receiving the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. The Catechism refers… Continue reading Encouraging Confession

Bulletin Q&A Article; Published 5-19-24: Father mentioned during his homily that after Pentecost we will be in Ordinary Time. Why is it called Ordinary Time? In the liturgical year we have two seasons of preparation, Advent and Lent (Tempus Adventus and Tempus Quadragesimae), and two seasons of celebration, Christmas and Easter (Tempus Nativitatis and Tempus… Continue reading Ordinary Time

Bulletin Q&A Article; Published 5-12-24: Can we attend the wedding of a Catholic outside of the Church (at a banquet hall) if we know the couple will have a smaller Catholic wedding later this year out of state? (Not a close relative.) I must wonder what the circumstance is that would cause a Catholic to… Continue reading “Two Ceremony” Marriage

Bulletin Q&A Article; Published 4-28-24: Can you give a little history regarding the brown scapular? And how do you become enrolled in the brown scapular confraternity? The word scapular comes from scapula, the technical name for the shoulder blade. The scapular was originally worn by monks for practical reasons. It consisted of two long pieces… Continue reading The Brown Scapular

Bulletin Q&A Article; Published 4-21-24: Is time travel a sin? Someone stopped me after Mass a couple of weeks ago with this question. It caught me off guard and I simply responded that I didn’t believe in time travel and he turned and walked away. In hindsight, my response was very abrupt and probably a… Continue reading Time Travel

Bulletin Q&A Article; Published 4-14-24: What are your thoughts about the Red Heifer and the Mount of Olives? Questions come to me from a variety of avenues. This question came to me from a young man as I stood in the aisle of Harbor Freight trying to select a router bit to purchase. I had… Continue reading Red Heifer

Bulletin Q&A Article; Published 4-7-24: On Palm Sunday we had the reading of the Passion from the Gospel of St. Mark. It talked about a young man running away naked. What’s up with that? What’s up indeed? The passage referred to is: “Now a young man followed him wearing nothing but a linen cloth about… Continue reading The Naked Young Man

Bulletin Q&A Article; Published 3-24-24: I came across a prayer to St. Raphael that stated: “I humbly pray you to heal …” and “ask of you the great grace of purity …” Should we be asking this directly or asking for the intercession of saints for our healing and graces? Can saints heal and give… Continue reading St. Raphael Prayer

Bulletin Q&A Article; Published 3-17-24: What is the proper procedure if a host is dropped? Someone I know was told by a Eucharistic Minister that they should not touch it, only the EM could and she was required to consume it. Before I address the question, let me start by dealing with the term Eucharistic… Continue reading Dropped Host; EMHC

Bulletin Q&A Article; Published 3-10-24: I would like to know if the deceased in Purgatory can pray for us. I know that we can assist them with prayer, and that they cannot pray for themselves. But can those reaching Purgatory pray for us on earth? When I went online to research this topic, I found… Continue reading Can Souls in Purgatory Pray for Us?