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I've noticed at my parish that during the Gloria we now bow our heads slightly in reverence to the Name of Jesus Christ while singing the hymn. Does your parish do this, or is this just a particular thing?
 
I go every 2-3 months, but I may make it more frequent now that my daughter has made her confession and done First Communion (so she can go with me). DH can go 5-6 months before making a confession. I know my in-laws go monthly.

ETA: I'm not sure how often the average family goes, but I'm guessing depending on whether they're a traditional parish, maybe every month or so, vs. those who aren't and maybe don't even attend weekly mass (maybe 1-2x per year, if that).
 
Galadriel said:
I go every 2-3 months, but I may make it more frequent now that my daughter has made her confession and done First Communion (so she can go with me). DH can go 5-6 months before making a confession. I know my in-laws go monthly.

ETA: I'm not sure how often the average family goes, but I'm guessing depending on whether they're a traditional parish, maybe every month or so, vs. those who aren't and maybe don't even attend weekly mass (maybe 1-2x per year, if that).
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I personally go every few weeks but was thinking about the whole family going monthly or every two. I don't want it to be excessive.
 
Purgatory is the place where all souls that are saved go but have to go through final purification. There are sins that remove salvific grace and break your relationship with G-d totally and if you died in them, you would go to hell. Purgatory is for the saved and that would include all people in the world. I'll leave you a link to read up on it. Good question!

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12575a.htm
 
Thank you for answering! I understand there are some basic similarities between Catholicism and Protestantism, but there are also some major differences.

@kanozas or @Galadriel I tried reading through that article, but it literally went over my head :lol: What type of sin would keep you from entering heaven?
 
Divine. said:
Thank you for answering! I understand there are some basic similarities between Catholicism and Protestantism, but there are also some major differences.

@kanozas or @Galadriel I tried reading through that article, but it literally went over my head :lol: What type of sin would keep you from entering heaven?
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Take it slowly, re-read it, a little at a time. Sins that remove grace totally are final unrepentance (rejecting G-d finally), unconfessed murder, unconfessed fornication, ...many. But venial sins are "little" sins like a white lie. Mortal implies something very grave and serious and full volition/will to violate the prohibition of it. Maybe this article is a little easier to get through:

https://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/mortal_versus_venial.htm

I hope others chime in as well.
 
Divine. said:
I'm not Catholic but I have a question. Is purgatory a place available to Protestants who do not know about it?
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@Divine.

BTW really good question

According to the catechism

843 The Catholic Church recognizes in other religions that search, among shadows and images, for the God who is unknown yet near since he gives life and breath and all things and wants all men to be saved. Thus, the Church considers all goodness and truth found in these religions as “a preparation for the Gospel and given by him who enlightens all men that they may at length have life.”…

1260 “Since Christ died for all, and since all men are in fact called to one and the same destiny, which is divine, we must hold that the Holy Spirit offers to all the possibility of being made partakers, in a way known to God, of the Paschal mystery.” Every man who is ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of his Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God in accordance with his understanding of it, can be saved. It may be supposed that such persons would have desired Baptism explicitly if they had known its necessity.


http://forum.chnetwork.org/index.php?topic=11537.0



Divine. said:
Thank you for answering! I understand there are some basic similarities between Catholicism and Protestantism, but there are also some major differences.

@kanozas or @Galadriel I tried reading through that article, but it literally went over my head :lol: What type of sin would keep you from entering heaven?
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An example would be premeditated murder with the full knowledge that it is a mortal sin and is morally wrong and goes against G-d and the person still carries it out.
Now the perpetrator can confess and truly repent and come to G-d, prayer acts of contrition, faith and works. (Which is what we Catholics believe saving grace, confession, repentance, faith and works but Protestants beleive in prayer, saving grace, faith alone and sola scriptura =word alone)

There are more differences but those are some big ones.

James 2:14-26

14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does itprofit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your[a] works, and I will show you my faith by my[b] works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?[c] 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”[d] And he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.

25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?

26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.





http://www.saintaquinas.com/mortal_sin.html


Mortal sins must be specifically confessed and named along with how often they were done.[12] It is not necessary to confess venial sins although they may be confessed. Venial sins are all sins that are not mortal. The Church encourages frequent use of the sacrament of confession even if a person has only venial sins.

Some acts cause automatic excommunication by the very deed itself e.g. renunciation of faith and religion, known as apostasy,[13] a person who desecrates the Eucharist[14]and "a person who procures a completed abortion".[15] Those mortal sins are so serious that the Church through law has made them crimes, like abortion or heresy, to make their gravity realized. The Church excommunicates also so sinners come to repentance quickly when they would not otherwise. Because commission of these offenses is so serious, the Church forbids the excommunicated from receiving any sacrament (not just the Eucharist) and also severely restricts the person's participation in other Church liturgical acts and offices. A repentant excommunicated person may talk to a priest, usually in a confessional, about their excommunication to arrange for the remission. Remission cannot be denied to someone who has truly repented their actions and has also made suitable reparation for damages and scandal or at least has seriously promised according to church law.[16][17]However, even if excommunicated, a Catholic who has not been juridically absolved is still, due to the irrevocable nature of baptism, a member of the Church in the sense that they are still considered members of the Catholic Church, albeit their communion with the Christ and the Church is gravely impaired. "Perpetual penalties cannot be imposed or declared by decree...."[18] However, "the following are expiatory penalties which can affect an offender either perpetually...."[19]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_sin
 
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Belle Du Jour said:
I got into the habit of doing this anytime Our Lord's name is said during mass. I've noticed older people tend to do it and I see it at traditional/TLM parishes too :yep:
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We also bow or just bow our heads (actually the deacons bow) when saying the credo part where it says he came down from Heaven and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate from the Virgin Mary and became man ...
 
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@Lucia it's interesting you brought up that scripture in James. As I was studying that chapter one day, God quickly showed me that saying I have faith in Him is not enough. I need to show it through my actions. I define works a little differently (not just good deeds, but being intentional about living righteously) but the point is all Christians are supposed to do more than just sit around and expect God's grace. He didn't create us to be idle!

Anyways I just wanted to say that :lol:
 
Lucia said:
We also bow or just bow our heads (actually the deacons bow) when saying the credo part where it says he came down from Heaven and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate from the Virgin Mary and became man ...
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We're all asked to bow during that portion over here. One parish uses projector and it's indicated right before. I also wonder why we do it. at the mention of the incarnation.
 
Divine. said:
@Lucia it's interesting you brought up that scripture in James. As I was studying that chapter one day, God quickly showed me that saying I have faith in Him is not enough. I need to show it through my actions. I define works a little differently (not just good deeds, but being intentional about living righteously) but the point is all Christians are supposed to do more than just sit around and expect God's grace. He didn't create us to be idle!

Anyways I just wanted to say that :lol:
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ITA :lol:
 
I remember a priest from Trinidad that was stationed in St. Lucia but traveling all over. He came to our parish to ask for support for their missions and he talked about the incident where some men hacked some nuns and congregants to death inside a catholic church there. I never forgot it. Our own from my former parish in my former state said something similar before the incident abo0ut there coming a time when we might lose our lives over our faith. It's scary.
 
Makes sense! http://secondexodus.com/


"God would never come to his people through two separate religions that disagree on the most crucial point of all. There is only one continuing revelation § 839, called Jewish when it was the religion of the Judean people, and Catholic when it was opened to all the world."

Read the whole website, it's wonderful.
 
ANIMA CHRISTI (SOUL OF CHRIST) -- This prayer gives me so much peace.

Soul of Christ, sanctify me.
Body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, inebriate me.
Water from the side of Christ, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
O good Jesus, hear me.
Within your wounds, hide me.
Separated from you let me never be.
From the malignant enemy, defend me.
At the hour of death, call me.
To come to you, bid me,
That I may praise you in the company
Of your Saints, for all eternity.

Amen.
 
Ladies you can send prayers to Mary Undoer of knots into this website watch this video
In honor of the Popes visit, hope he will stay long enough to pray as well, people will pray over the requests or knots and then release them. What a great idea.

Website to submit knot
http://mercyandjustice.org

 
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Ladies you can send prayers to Mary Undoer of knots into this website watch this video
In honor of the Popes visit people will pray over the requests or knots and then release them. What a great idea.

Website to submit knot
http://mercyandjustice.org

 
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