Recent content by Mavzylor

I’m getting married in 2 months, and still have no job after looking for 6 months. I have a lot of social anxiety and have had about 20 interviews, and I am running out of steam. I also just found out that my brother is homosexual. My extended family doesn’t have faith, and my immediate family...

[Romans 13] {13:1} Let every soul be subject to higher powers. For there is no power but from God: and those that are ordained of God. {13:2} Therefore, he that resisteth the power resisteth the ordinance of God. And they that resist purchase to themselves damnation. Paul didn’t want Christians...

My family doesn’t really respect the authority of the church. They think they are fine to “keep the sabath day holy” without going to mass at home with prayer. Sometimes they will go with me and receive the Eucharist, even though skipping mass is a mortal sin. They don’t go to Reconciliation...

I am considering going to both since they are apparently extremely different. Since vigils fulfill sunday obligations, would receiving at the vigil and on Sunday be equivalent to receiving twice in one day?

I want to avoid religious obligations, and hope that God will excuse me for my ignorance. I don’t want to disturb my family and uproot the customs I have lived with my whole life. I have already been thoroughly convinced that another religion is true. I don’t believe in truth, only human...

What does Mark 13:32 mean? “But of that day or hour no man knoweth, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.” I thought Jesus knew everything the Father knows because He is a person of one God. What does this mean?

I know there is a silence observed from 12-3 on Good Friday. I know there is a special mass each day of the Paschal Triduum. Are there any other special observances throughout Holy Week or any traditions I should be aware of?

My family traditionally watches The Greatest Story Ever Told, but I’m looking for something new to watch. Does anybody else watch a movie about Jesus on Good Friday? What do you recommend?

I don’t mean to compare pregnancy to illness, but just human nature to human nature. It is wrong to use artificial birth control pills because it goes against the natural way God designed us. How is this different from using chemical medications to cure diseases, when our human nature leaves us...

I’m not at all interested in contraception, but I’d like to fully undersrand the topic. Contraception obviously isn’t unitive since you are rejecting your spouse’s fertility, and in the case of certain ones there is physically a barrier preventing unity. However, when it comes to the...

My fiance wants pitures and videos of our wedding specifically during the mass/wedding ceremony. I don’t want to split anybody’s attention from God by giving them such a task during mass. Is it even allowed? If so, why? I really don’t want to be the cause of someone’s focus being removed from...

Does anybody know of some companies that make shoes without sweatshops?

This is the first year I learned about The Little Black Book, and got one at the beginning of Lent. Today’s page in The Little Black Book is about Saint Walburga, and there is a little note at the end that says, “It is said that Walburga inspired the character of Walburga Black, a witch in the...

I saw an article about the list a couple years ago listing 37 companies that directly support planned parenthood. It said the list is updated twice a year, but I haven’t ever found the actual list. Does anybody know where it is or another reliable, frequently updated list is? I’ve tried using...

Nobody in my family cares about skipping Mass. They only come with me occasionally. What can I do? I tried sending them articles on why Mass is important and great, but they don’t seem to have any interest in attending weekly again. They especially avoid other obligations like Christmas Mass...