DWQA Questions › Tag: Catholic FaithFilter:AllOpenResolvedClosedUnansweredSort byViewsAnswersVotesA viewer asks: “Does praying the rosary keep you from being earthbound after death?”ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Prayer320 views0 answers0 votesA viewer asks: “I have an interesting question to add to the question of Communion. I can say that when my first marriage ended, I felt that I was no longer welcome in the Catholic Church. My understanding was that divorced persons were not welcome to participate in this sacrament. I did, and do not, have any faith in the process of annulment, which I believe is justified only if the price can be paid. Could it be that dark manipulation of beliefs of what Creator would allow has cost the Church some believers unnecessarily?”ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Limiting Beliefs394 views0 answers0 votesA client who was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer, visited Wisconsin’s National Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, the only place in the U.S. recognized by the Catholic church as a site where the Virgin Mary appeared. The client’s tumors on her left lung disappeared. “We just knew when I walked out of the chapel that day that I was going to be cured,” she said. Was this a divine miracle, and did Mother Mary participate in bringing it about?ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Prayer302 views0 answers0 votesIs there any value in the average person purchasing a bottle of holy water through Amazon and using it?ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Religions405 views0 answers0 votesCan Creator comment on the practice of “Baptism?” What exactly happened when John the Baptist baptized Jesus? Was this sacrament/ritual actually “necessary” for Christ to fulfill his divine mission?ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Religions523 views0 answers0 votesWhile on the topic of blessings and automobiles, Catholics are generous in the use of St. Christopher medals. From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Christopher “Legends about the life and death of Saint Christopher first appeared in Greece in the 6th century and had spread to France by the 9th century. The 11th-century bishop and poet Walter of Speyer gave one version, but the most popular variations originated from the 13th-century Golden Legend. According to the legendary account of his life, Christopher was initially called Reprobus. He was a Canaanite, 5 cubits (7.5 feet (2.3 m)) tall and with a fearsome face. While serving the king of Canaan, he took it into his head to go and serve “the greatest king there was.” He went to the king who was reputed to be the greatest, but one day he saw the king cross himself at the mention of the devil. On thus learning that the king feared the devil, he departed to look for the devil. He came across a band of marauders, one of whom declared himself to be the devil, so Christopher decided to serve him. But when he saw his new master avoid a wayside cross and found out that the devil feared Christ, he left him and enquired from people where to find Christ. He met a hermit who instructed him in the Christian faith. Christopher asked him how he could serve Christ. When the hermit suggested fasting and prayer, Christopher replied that he was unable to perform that service. The hermit then suggested that because of his size and strength Christopher could serve Christ by assisting people to cross a dangerous river, where they were perishing in the attempt. The hermit promised that this service would be pleasing to Christ. After Christopher had performed this service for some time, a little child asked him to take him across the river. During the crossing, the river became swollen and the child seemed as heavy as lead, so much that Christopher could scarcely carry him and found himself in great difficulty. When he finally reached the other side, he said to the child: “You have put me in the greatest danger. I do not think the whole world could have been as heavy on my shoulders as you were.” The child replied: “You had on your shoulders not only the whole world but Him who made it. I am Christ your king, whom you are serving by this work.” The child then vanished. Christopher later visited Lycia and there comforted the Christians who were being martyred. Brought before the local king, he refused to sacrifice to the pagan gods. The king tried to win him by riches and by sending two beautiful women to tempt him. Christopher converted the women to Christianity, as he had already converted thousands in the city. The king ordered him to be killed. Various attempts failed, but finally Christopher was beheaded. Therefore, he is the patron saint of travelers, and small images of him are often worn around the neck, on a bracelet, carried in a pocket, or placed in vehicles by Christians.” Is the story of St. Christopher, as recounted in Wikipedia, accurate?ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Religions359 views0 answers0 votesDoes a St. Christopher medal tucked in a glove box actually impart divine protection to the vehicle? Will its efficacy vary depending on the priest who blessed it? What if the priest blessed many at the same time?ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Religions331 views0 answers0 votesIf St. Christopher medals really are effective, does the material they are constructed with make any difference? If a child in Sunday school were to draw a stick figure of St. Christopher and say a sincere prayer to St. Christopher that the drawing protect any and all who possess it, can that serve the same purpose and impart the same level of blessing and protection?ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Religions310 views0 answers0 votesIs the story in this post on the Internet of a miraculous power of holy water true? If so, did the faith the author’s great-grandmother had in the efficacy and potency of the holy water she possessed, help play a critical role, if not THE critical role, in effecting the cure for her uncle born with a serious skin condition? https://forums.catholic.com/t/a-real-story-of-miraculous-power-of-holy-water/379977ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Religions303 views0 answers0 votesDid the holy water itself have additional energetic properties and efficacy that made it an indispensable component for the cure? If somebody had, let’s say, opened and accidentally spilled the water, and replaced it with locally sourced water without telling the owner, would it have made ANY difference in effecting the cure?ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Religions296 views0 answers0 votesAssuming the priest’s level of belief is paramount, does the addition of holy water to the exercise make any genuine difference?ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Religions311 views0 answers0 votesHow much will the owner’s belief quotient and partnership status detract from the power of the blessing conferred? If a priest blesses the car of an atheist husband at his wife’s request, and the husband is never told, what are the likely long-term benefits, if any?ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Religions290 views0 answers0 votesA practitioner asks: “I have two cousins who are advanced yogis and who claim that they are, as well, very spiritual. They are vegan and have told me they have experienced extraordinary feelings while meditating. One of them saw himself going up on the spiral staircase (I believe) and claims to have had extraordinary tantric sex, etc., however, he does not seem very grounded to me. My other cousin is more grounded but she is also a practicing Catholic. As a matter of fact, the male cousin (her brother) did not abandon Christianity either but does not practice it, but rather just practices Yoga. Please let me know and please feel free to share the answers with the group.”ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Disinformation412 views0 answers0 votesA viewer asks: “November first is “All Saints Day” and the night before is “All Hallows Eve” that has since become Halloween. All Saints Day is supposed to be a day of “remembrance” for all the departed, including saints. But lately, it has become just another dutiful day for the typical Catholic to attend Mass. It will be a remembrance of the exalted nature of the saints as role models for righteous living, but little else. There will be precious little discussion of death itself, the hazards of transition, the dark fate and existence of many earthbound departed loved ones who are assumed to be safe and are not. What was the original intent for these holidays and how has that intent been lost over time?”ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Human Lost Soul Spirits273 views0 answers0 votesWas Christ a walk-in replacing the old soul, “Jesus?”ClosedNicola asked 3 years ago • Divinely Inspired Messengers499 views0 answers0 votes