question corner with father kenneth doyle CommentaryFeatureGuest CommentaryQuestion Corner Questions: Holy days of obligation, vegetarians in Lent Jenna Marie CooperJanuary 9, 20234 min read It can be a beautiful practice to go to Mass on a feast that isn’t strictly obligatory simply to enter more deeply into the spirituality of our liturgical year. CommentaryFeatureQuestion Corner Purgatory and the good thief/ Weddings during Lent Father Kenneth DoyleMarch 15, 20223 min read It has been a clear and consistent belief of the church, “All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven” CommentaryFeatureQuestion Corner Remain a Catholic?/ Holy Communion with Alzheimer’s disease? Father Kenneth DoyleMarch 1, 20223 min read Would it be a mortal sin if I left the church? I believe in Jesus as my savior, and I look forward to receiving the Eucharist. Am I a hypocrite in staying? CommentaryQuestion CornerSaints Will Sister Ita Ford be a saint?/ Refusing Communion Father Kenneth DoyleFebruary 23, 20223 min read Sister Ita Ford was a Catholic Maryknoll Sister who grew up in Brooklyn. She served as a missionary in Bolivia, Chile and El Salvador, working primarily with the poor. CommentaryQuestion Corner Why is cremation OK now?/ Bowing to a priest Father Kenneth DoyleFebruary 9, 20223 min read Cremation is now permitted for Catholics, so long as it is not chosen in denial of the Christian teaching on resurrection and the sacredness of the human body. CommentaryQuestion Corner Duty of fraternal correction/ Why did Jesus say ‘tell no one’? Father Kenneth DoyleJanuary 25, 20223 min read Is it not our duty to point out when a friend is committing a sin? Otherwise, if we don’t try to save the soul of a sinner, then we too can be found guilty. CommentaryFeatureQuestion Corner Does Jesus free us from sin and death?/ Donating gambling winnings Father Kenneth DoyleJanuary 18, 20223 min read We do sin, and we do die; but Jesus, by his own suffering and death, offers us the path to ultimate happiness. CommentaryQuestion Corner Are silent prayers heard by God?/ Shouldn’t we ‘fast before a feast’? Father Kenneth DoyleJanuary 3, 20223 min read Q. I am an 88-year-old Korean War veteran with a question that is not earth-shattering but one that bothers me almost every day. I talk and pray to God, to Jesus and to the Blessed Virgin Mary out loud — every morning and at night before I go to bed. But there are also times when I pray silently — just in my head — especially if I wake up during the night. So what I need to know is whether those prayers — the silent ones — are heard. CommentaryQuestion Corner Hosting unmarried couple/ Call no man ‘father’ Father Kenneth DoyleDecember 17, 20213 min read When grandchildren who have been living together for years without being married come to visit, do I put them in separate bedrooms? People laugh at me for this, but I have a real problem: Is living together no longer a sin? (Sorry — I can’t move on from my upbringing.) (City and state withheld) CommentaryQuestion Corner The Sabbath: Saturday or Sunday?/ Catholic view of ‘the rapture’ Father Kenneth DoyleNovember 29, 20213 min read Why do some religions say that the Sabbath day is Saturday while others — including Catholics — say it’s on Sunday? Previous 1 … 1 2 3 … 12 Next
