Our belief in the communion of saints and the reality of heaven implies that we can continue to ask the most faithful of Christians to pray for us, even after death, from their places in heaven.

Remember, this preference is based on our faith in the Resurrection of Christ.

Scripture actually proves Mary’s perpetual virginity.

Four types of disagreement with the homily message come to mind as I ponder this question.

It is not explicitly prohibited, but it’s also not called for.

God wants us to bring our petitions to Him and while prayer does not change His mind, it does change us.

The deposit of faith was given to us by Christ and entrusted to the Apostles, to this we must all humbly submit ourselves.

We should stir up in our hearts this contrition each day by examining our own conscience and praying the act of contrition fervently.

One cannot say it enough: God always loves us and will always love us.

The good news is that Jesus came into our world to conquer sin and its deadly effects through the mercy of His Holy Cross.

Confession remedies an eternal problem while indulgences remedy a temporary one.

The short answer is yes. The reason for this is simple: we are bound by a most solemn obligation to attend Mass every Sunday.

Loving someone means, at times, that we have to let them go.

We have guardian angels, certain spiritual beings created beforehand by God who protect us and inspire us to do God’s will.

We can, and should, always pray for the souls of the dead, hoping they find themselves at least in purgatory.

We can powerfully deal with the evil by frequently and ardently asking Jesus for His mercy.

So, whenever you say “amen” at the end of your prayers, you are basically saying, “and I mean it!”

As a practicing Catholic, is it a sin to attend a wedding in a Protestant church, and the marriage isn’t being blessed by the Church?

There are few things more “Catholic” than the praying of the rosary.