What Color Vestments Can Be Worn at a Funeral Mass?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
I have seen celebrants at funerals wear white, purple or black vestments. Are all of these colors permitted? Isn’t this a Mass of Resurrection?
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How Many People Have Received the Stigmata?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
Who besides St. Francis of Assisi and St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina have received the stigmata, the marks of Christ’s five wounds? Have any women received the stigmata?
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Is Suicide a Sin?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
I once read in a Catholic newspaper that suicide may not be a sin if a person is depressed or mentally ill or does not appreciate that what he or she is doing is wrong. What does the Catholic Church ...
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What Is the Curse of Ham?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
What can you tell me about the curse that Noah placed on his son Ham? What about Ham’s brothers, Shem and Japheth? Where is this story in the Bible?
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Fearing God the Father
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
I find the infant Jesus and the adult Jesus very approachable. When I think of God the Father, however, I am very afraid.
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When Couples Divorce
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
What happens when a couple divorces? One person may not want a divorce but is unable to stop it in a state where there is a nofault divorce law.
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