Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist, Question Corner
A faithful Catholic may indeed receive holy Communion twice in one day — but the second reception must be within the context of a Mass.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Worship & Sacraments
Canon 924 is telling us that the wine, which is to become the blood of Christ, must be something that can truly be considered “wine” in a strict sense.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Vocations
Consecrated virginity is a unique vocation for women in that it is centered in the local diocesan church rather than a particular group or religious community.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Worship & Sacraments
Receiving holy Communion while standing is the local norm for the United States, but this doesn’t mean that those who choose to kneel for Communion are doing anything wrong or “illegal.”
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
On a practical level, through Catholic baptism, infants become official members of the Catholic Church, which among other things qualifies them to receive the other sacraments.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
The church has constantly taught the belief in Mary’s perpetual virginity from her very foundation, this teaching has also been somewhat of a “hot topic,” even in ancient times.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
God uses the lowly, the humble and the unexpected to achieve his purposes. It perfectly sets the stage for the greatest “surprise” of all, that the King of Kings should come to us in humble circumstances, born of a virgin and laid in a manger.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
If we consider sin as a turning away from God or breaking God’s commandments, then it would seem to be a logical impossibility for Jesus to sin. Jesus, as God, cannot turn away from or betray himself. And we know that Jesus never did sin in actual fact.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Worship & Sacraments
In a beautiful way, the church’s law in this area echoes the words of Jesus himself: “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these” (Mt 19:14).
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Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life, Question Corner
As our Catholic funeral liturgy reminds us, for God’s faithful “life is changed, not ended” with bodily death; and by analogy we can also conclude that although the love of spouses may be changed into something different from specifically married love, this does not mean that this love no longer exists.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Worship & Sacraments
The solution for competing solemnities is to transfer the liturgical celebration of the non-Sunday holy day to the first subsequent available date. Thus, in the year 2024, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated in our liturgy on Monday, Dec. 9.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Uncategorized
The Catholic customs of praying for the souls of the dead, praying to the saints who have gone before us in earthly life, and of venerating relics are based primarily in the church’s long-standing tradition and theology rather than explicit scriptural “prooftexts.” However, the Bible does indeed allude to these practices.
