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Hello Father,
My girlfriend lives about an hour away from me and I often go visit her especially on the weekends. We are both pretty devout Catholics, and we have both agreed to save ourselves for marriage. My question is, would it be okay for me to stay at my girlfriends apartment on her couch (in a completely different room)? I understand we are not to put ourselves into near occasions of sins as well, but we had a genuine conversation about our values and it seems evident that we both agree we want to save ourselves, and wouldn’t even want to tempt one another if I were to stay the night on her couch. I know sins of the flesh are dangerous and anyone is capable of committing them, but I believe I’m mature in my faith and would be able to control myself. Would it be necessary for me to pay the extra money for a hotel room or would I be fine to stay on her couch? Thanks father!
Hi. I attend daily mass, and lately I start to involuntarily tremble before and during the Holy Holy and Consecration. Has anyone experienced this?
My nephew struggled with addiction and died from an overdose this weekend. I consecrated myself and put the names of all my family members on the green scapular. Mary promises the gift of final perseverance to those whose names are on her green scapular.
Is he saved from Hell? Is that what final preservence means? Even if he wasnt faithful during his life.
Hello, there is a Catholic film online titled “Perdition: a nun’s dream and the letter from beyond” and am wondering what your thoughts are on it? Thanks
Here is the link: https://youtu.be/d0WBOyIkng4
I was wondering what you have to say in response to the fact that Vatican 2’s proclaimations on ecumenism contradict the past proclaimations of the Popes along with the Council of Trent:
Thank you
I was wondering what you have to say in response to the fact that Vatican 2’s proclaimations on ecumenism contradict the past proclaimations of the Popes along with the Council of Trent:
https://faithalone.net/topical-articles/articles/catholicism/there-is-no-salvation-outside-the-catholic-church.html
Thank you
Fr Joe,
I have been tortured by terrible intrusive cursing thoughts. My thought comes sometimes out of nowhere and sometimes it doesn’t. When I try to pray sometimes these horrible thoughts come. I live with someone who constantly curses taking Gods name in vain. I know it’s wrong. How can I stop it? When is it a sin?
Hello Father,
because of the recent pandemic events, I blindly followed media and due to my own cowardness and fear of being an outsider, I took vaccine shots. Only now my eyes are being open about the lies and mark of the beast. Is there a way I can ask God for forgiveness, can I be forgiven? What can I do to improve myself in Gods eyes. Can I fix my mistake, because in time of fear I turned to fake science instead of word of God?
Archbishop Vigano says the covid vaccine is a satanic baptism and the mark of the beast He says it is all connected to a worldwide satanic plot .What do you think?
My child fell away from the church in her middle school years and now that she’s gone to college, is set on converting to Judaism. She’s apparently been studying since January of this year and is going to finalize the process this January, even though she hasn’t told me until this week. My less religious wife however, has known about this entire process since the start. I don’t know why she didn’t tell me. She seems very determined. What do I do?
One question. Why do you not respect the word of God in the Book of Romans chapter 1 verses 18 through 31. God is a spirit of intelligence and we must worship God in the spirit of Truth not in lies. And I’m pretty sure you’re going to say that you cannot answer this question because you can’t. this is how unintelligent your belief is.
Science Project.
This is a study on why people cannot grasp the concept to teach common sense on planet earth, And to teach common Sense we need to ground everybody on truth and discredit the lies that people believe in, because it’s not common sense to believe in a lie and it’s not hate or disrespect to bring understanding to make everyone see the truth but it’s more disrespectful to deceive somebody or allow those people to live in deception, even if revealing a hard truth will have a serious effect on their emotions. The first lie we have in this world that science can discredit is the LGBTQ, now keep it simple, because the 1st piece of evidence we have is that humans only reproduce one way, male/female there is no intelligent reason to go against nature and claim that you are correct, those body parts are used for reproduction and to get rid of human waste, so there is no intelligent reason to abuse it just for their emotions and feelings, it leads to many negative situations with heartbreaks rape, domestics, abortions..and they justify their beliefs with emotions, and emotions cannot bring no intelligence to the table to discredit that is not against nature yet they are “proud” about believing in a lie and parading around about it?? To be proud about believing in a lie is not intelligent nor something to be proud about. It’s a serious problem when humans believe in a lie on that level because common sense becomes more evasive,and ‘love is love’ does not discredit science and a transgender is a lie that DNA can discredit, but unfortunately people decided to bend the definition of science for the liking of people and named them transgenders. But everybody knows it’s physically impossible for one gender to transform into the other gender and make up and a dress does not define a female. And it is not intelligent to point out the actions of animals and use that as a excuse to abuse sex act like one. We have intelligence for a reason but the LGBTQ likes to hang up rainbow flags to mock intelligence and the people they hated for not accepting a lie. it’s the reason why this continues to be a problem in our world today is because the LGBTQ attacks others for seeing the truth in the lies that they believe in with the homophobic and transphobic label, and no matter how you argue we can never get to the next level of intelligence when people believe in things that are not intelligent and defend things that are not intelligent, they hated against Christians Liberty to believed in the truth because they did not want to believe in their lies and they became a hate group against people who believed in the truth and against Christians. And you cannot suppress a group of liberties with another group of liberties in this country. but this is not fear or hate, how could it be fear or hate for seeing the truth for what it is? And it’s not right to attack people who see the truth, this is about respecting intelligence and defending intelligence because defending a lie only opens the door for you to be discredited. And you cannot have equality when a group of people’s beliefs(lies) are forced on people who believe in the truth. And the results of this science project is going to be intelliphobia. Because people are going to become intelliphobic and hate or fear this truth. And that is not intelligent but many will be infused with their emotions and they will allow their own emotions to do their thinking for them, yet they cannot bring any intelligence to the table and discredit what I said but instead get mad and hold on to that anger and their emotions and go out of the way trying to justify their beliefs with no intelligence to discredit what I said or to prove what they believe in is true. This is proof how emotions can be a very destructive in the way emotions control how people think.
Note, Alethophobia, uncountable, is the dislike or fear of the truth. Unwillingness to come to the truth or facts.
So this is not Alethophobia, because people are going to HATE and fear this truth. Dislike and hate are two different emotions.
So this is Intelliphobia. ( The official naming of the word pending)
Note, keep it simple and do not let the emotions of a group of people overshadow the bigger picture, it’s knowing how to teach common sense, this is something that has never been known to the world. And that knowing will take humans to another level of intelligence. Example, ‘LITERALLY’. The word ‘LITERALLY’ is born out of bias because in the beginning not all literature was true yet people belittled the ones who didn’t know how to read with illiterate (you illiterate fool, you know nothing!), and then came the word literally being defined as actually but not all literature is true so the definition of the word literally is false and the human language morphs from slang and laziness. So keep it simple, you don’t know everything, And the fact that the word literally is false is proof that this world needs common sense, and this science project will reveal how the intelligent species on this planet will react to the truth. Some will see the truth for what it is, others will become intelliphobic. And the Antidote for those who suffer from intelliphobia is TRUTH.( The truth takes longer for some people, depending on their emotional state of mind) Because no matter what you believe or feel it will never discredit this truth so there is no point in wasting time and energy going against something you can never discredit. And anybody in the government has a responsibility to accept this Truth for what it is because if they cannot handle this truth over their emotions they are unfit to be in that seat, because others decisions can happen down the road where their emotions will overshadow the truth and a wrong decision could be made, affecting the lives of the people they’re supposed to govern. And keep it simple and understand that this truth has not been on this level of understanding before and that’s because human emotions throw common Sense out the window, This is why we were never able to construct a concept to teach common sense.
The government and educational system has a responsibility to the people to stand by this truth and not allow people to be left in deception, and the department of education has a bigger Responsibility of teaching the kids the TRUTH and not telling them that it’s okay to believe in a lie (lgbtq). that is not intelligent. And they can believe and do what they want to do but they have no right using the education system and the government to deceive others. And if the truth is revealed at a younger age they will not become infused with that belief and end up acting out in a non intelligent way that opens the door for a negative situation to happen, unless they can think above their emotions. Keep it simple. Truth is truth.
Book of Romans
Chapter 1 vs 18-31
IF evolution was true(but it’s not)… then the next step would begin on how we think.
Hi Father Joe,
Is enjoying the fight sequences in movies a sin? I don’t enjoy the people getting hurt part, but I do enjoy the adrenaline rush and how cool the choreography for the fight looks, for example in a marvel movie.
I have a gay daughter who is bipolar who in July the girlfriend of 4yrs who has a daughter that my daughter got so attached to left her and my daughter is not handling it well I am so stressed cause she keeps telling me to call this girl who already has another girlfriend that she wants her back, is it wrong to go to a faith healer for prayers and a candle to light in situations like this.
Is war a sin, the reason I ask this is because I was planning on enlisting in the National Guard.
At what point in our “Christian walk” can we trust our own decisions? I know we are supposed to lean not on our own understanding (Prvbs 3:5-6) and that the human heart is a wicked thing and deceitful (Jer 17:9) so “following my heart” is a bad idea. But I have to make a very big life decision involving in part whether or not to move across the country. I’m fearful of both my motives to stay and my motives to leave (whether they are good or selfish, etc). I have been studying the Bible, praying, etc. for some time on the issue and I came to realize that my desire to trust in God and not myself has led me to have almost complete doubt in my own ability to make wise decisions. Obviously I want to do as God wants, not as I want, but I don’t know how to determine that, and I’m also afraid of falling into “I will just do what will make me most miserable” in order to avoid “following my heart”, since that doesn’t seem wise either. I’ve worked myself up into a state of total self-doubt, so every choice feels like a bad one. How can I trust myself to make wise decisions? Should I ever? If not, how should I make choices? Thank you!
I got married through the Catholic Church many years ago. While in the process of doing our marriage prep I found out I was pregnant. I decided not to tell anyone except my now husband and we didn’t tell the Deacon that was preparing us. Before my wedding day I went to confession and confessed having premarital sex and becoming pregnant out of wedlock. Is it possible that my marriage is invalid because we didn’t say anything during our marriage prep?
Hey Father,
is playing violent video games a sin?some games i find interest in are nintendo games which arent as violent,GTA games and Doom games
Hi Father Joe,
My question is whether it is a sin to watch Disney movies and buy their products. This may seem like a silly question at first, but becomes more serious as you see the various problems of Disney. Probably the worst thing they have done is film extensive for some scenes for the live action remake “Mulan” a few miles from a concentration camp in China, one of multiple camps detaining a sum of a million Uighur Muslims. The Chinese government’s goal, quite simply, is to get rid of them. To my knowledge (China tries to keep these things secret), they don’t kill them, as I don’t think any of the few have escaped have said so (or know so), but they do sterilize the females, torture them, politically indoctrinate them, and subject them to forced labor. Disney also thanked in the end credits eight government entities in Xinjiang, such as the public security bureau in the city of Turpan, where multiple of these camps are being operated. Thankfully, the film didn’t do as well as they hoped because A: the film sucked (so I heard) and B: the lead actress had also been supporting the Hong Kong police (which sparked a boycott). One of the other things they do is very poor labor conditions in Chinese factories they buy from, such as overtime up to 175 hours a month, which is against the Chinese labor law of 36 hours per month, but the factories would often implement a “comprehensive working hour scheme” with the local government. Workers weren’t being given the 24 hour safety training (required by law) and unable to protect themselves from toxic chemicals. Employers often failed to provide necessary safety equipment for chemical contact. Workers are forced to sign blank employment contracts and are provided with poor living conditions (housing eight people in one room with unsanitary facilities and no hot water). Note that this is from an investigation showing findings from groups such as China Labor Watch. Payment examples are earning $435 per month plus one cent for every doll produced (the example is from a doll factory). Disney literally has their hands in everything. They make money from anything Star Wars, Marvel, or any of the brands they own, which make it difficult. Anyways, thank you. I know this was a big one, but Disney has a lot of problems.
Fr Joe,
A couple living together unmarried with children just moved and the man wants to bless the house going room to room with Holy water. I feel participating in that would be wrong. I was planning on politely declining the invitation to participate. Am I correct? I do not want to have any part in condoning sinful behavior. It seems everyone blurrs the lines these days. Please advise.
Jeff
Islam says a child born out of wedlock is not the child of the person islamically and needs to observe hijab. Why observe hijab if there will be no sexual attraction in the first place? What does Catholicism say about this?
Hello Father,
I am thinking of getting a Bachelor’s Degree on this particular higher institution but the problem is that the owner is not Catholic but a member of a religion that broke away from the Catholic Church many centuries ago.
The good thing with this particular higher institution is that they will accept me even though I told them my checkered past.
Can I take this Bachelor’s Degree course from this institution?
Thank you,
Percy
, holy water is water blessed by a clergy. When you are baptized you are also blessed by a clergy. Humans are 70% water. Does that mean that baptized people are technically holy water/made up of holy water
If I willingly eat meat on any Friday (not in Lent) does a Penance still count as something like taking a cold shower, less screen time, more Bible study/prayer time? Is it a sin even if I still do a different Penance?
Hi Father,
Is watching Marvel a sin (as in Iron Man, Captain America etc.).
Hello Father
Im looking into bible journaling. Is it disrespectful to doodle, write, and color in the holy bible?
Thank you