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NEW MESSAGES/HOMILIES CHRISTIAN REFLECTIONS DEFENDING THE FAITH
Dear Father Joe,
I was wondering if fishing was wrong. I know Jesus did it and he served the people fish. I know it is okay for food purposes, but what about catch and release? Is that causes unnecessary harm to the fish? Lately I have been cutting the barb off the hook because apparently it reduces a little pain but the downside to that is you lose a lot more fish. I was wondering if it was necessary for me to cut the barb off my hooks? Thanks.
I heard in a homily today that Jesus, in his human body, was fully male and in his glorified body he is also fully female. Can you enlighten me on this?
My understanding is that God is neither male nor female. The father, and the so are male, the spirit is niether and Mary being assumed and crowned queen of heaven represents femeninity in heaven.
Dear Father,
I have a friend who was excepted into the FSSP seminary and will start attending in September. He has been discerning his vocation for awhile now but I am concerned. He was in a relationship which ended last August. Since then he has told me that he loves his ex-girlfriend, regrets every single day not marrying her, and was hoping he wouldn’t be excepted into the seminary. I know he wants God’s will and to live it out through his vocation and there is nothing wrong with going into the seminary to discern but would you say he might have a vocation to the married life? Do you have some advice I could pass along?
God Bless,
FM
Hi Father,
I recently found out that Disney is planning to boycott Georgia over the Fetal Heartbeat Bill. We have Disney passes is it a sin to go there knowing this? I want to cancel them but my family doesn’t want to. What would you do? I a so disappointed in Disney. Thank you for your time. Take care and God bless
Dear Fr., I am dieing from terminal cancer and worry about mortal sins I remember from the past. Many of these probably were not confessed as there were times I didn’t go to confession over a span of decades. I really have tried to make more thorough confessions recently, but continue to remember past sins that were mortal. I have trouble coming to terms with death. I want to see Jesus as my savior and not just a judge. I offer my suffering up to Jesus and unite it with His on the cross for my salvation and the salvation of others, but I continue to be obsessed with eternal death. If possible I would like to find happiness in meeting our Lord, please offer help me to find peace in this transition.
Father Joe,
How do we properly thank God for all He does for us, especially answered prayers?
Hello Father,
I had a question regarding restitution. I haven’t been able to find a good answer as to how binding the requirement to provide restitution is for offenses that are either minor, occurred a while ago, or a combination of those. For example, what if someone eats twenty dollars worth of food that belonged to a roommate and hasn’t maintained any signicant contact with that person, and reaching out to repay restitution was be extremely awkward. What kind of restitution is owed? What if there isn’t any way of quantifying damage done in a relatively minor offense? How would restitution be completed in that case?
Thank you!
Today I was feeling a bit tired and I almost ran a red light and then hit a man on a bike cause I didn’t look in my blind spot. Is this an unforgivable sin?