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Saturday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Philippians 4:10-19
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Luke 16:9-15
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Wilson Zanola (via e-mail) In every Eucharistic celebration, Jesus makes Himself present to be offered in sacrifice and received in Communion. In the Catholic Churches of the Eastern rite – Melkite, Maronite and Ukrainian, among …
30, November 2025
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João Carlos Alvim – São Paulo To adequately answer this question, we need to remember what prayer is. The Catechism of the Catholic Church adopts the classic definition: “Lifting up the mind toward God” (CCC …
31, October 2025
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Maria Aparecida Ferreira – Brazil Yes, superstition is a sin against the First Commandment of Divine Law, as taught by the Catechism of the Catholic Church (cf. CCC 2110-2111), which also explains that it is …
31, August 2025
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Oswaldo Wójcik – Ponta Grossa (Brazil) The question is very timely, as it gives us an opportunity to clarify a very common doubt. In the classical language of the Church, the terms Holy Fathers, Fathers …
31, July 2025
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Antonio Borda – Bogotá Only God has the power to create. Other beings, however sublime and powerful they may be, are incapable of doing so. However, in certain cases some Angels have manifested themselves in …
30, June 2025
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Marianne Farias – Recife From its earliest days, the Catholic Church adopted the custom of burying the bodies of deceased Christians. Proof of this are the catacombs – which still exist and receive many visitors …
31, May 2025
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Willian Silva Torres – Coronel Fabriciano (Brazil) According to a beautiful assertion of the Pontifical Magisterium, the Church values the Latin language, “in which wisdom itself is cloaked, as it were, in a vesture of …
30, April 2025
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Verônica Dias Gonçalves - Via revista.arautos.org When we talk about prayer, we must take into account two related elements: efficaciousness and merit. Prayer is considered efficacious when the supplication is favourably heard and achieves its …
31, March 2025
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Stefânia Machado – São Paulo The Church teaches us that “divine law binds all the Christian faithful to do penance each in his or her own way.” Thus, “penitential days are prescribed on which the …
28, February 2025
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Catarina de Assis Fonseca – Brazil Our inquirer is already certain that wasting time is a sin… and she is absolutely right! First of all, to ensure that everything is clear, the initial question is: …
31, January 2025

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