Dealing With A Father’s Abuse
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
I am the youngest in a large family. Many of my siblings suffered physical or verbal abuse from our father when we were growing up. Although he has abused our mother verbally and continues to do so, she has stayed ...
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Did the Church Make Up Purgatory?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
My middle-aged daughter recently told me that there is no purgatory, that the Catholic Church made that up.
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Where Should the Tabernacle Go?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
Most members of our large Catholic community have been trying to rescue Our Lord from a tabernacle on a side altar. Some churches have kept the tabernacle where it belongs: in the center of the main altar.
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Did Jesus Have Siblings?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
If St. James is Jesus’ brother, would James not also be God’s son? Were Mary and Joseph the parents of James?
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Faith and Family for May 17: The Advocate
Franciscan Media
May 9, 2020
READ JN 14:15-21 Jesus said to his disciples: “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, whom ...
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A Celebration of St. Monica
Lawrence S. Cunningham
May 9, 2020
Educated by a household servant, Monica cared for her father and siblings until she married Patricius, a pagan landowner and minor Roman official of the same town.
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