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We were a happy family - until a recent problem threatens us, threatens to tear us apart. I don't even know what to think or whom to side with. Please pray intensely.

Friday abstinence is Friday abstinence. Syro Malabar particular law does not mention such substitution. I shall bring it up in Confession.

UPDATE So we went today. I had planned to not order meat for myself; and things were fine, until - It was a new place, and we went as a family of seven, exploring the options, and whatever everyone ordered was kinda broken, with the social expectation that everyone take a piece. And so, I joined in....

The law is to abstain from meat on Fridays.

Are you allowed to make rare exceptions? Like you are going with your family to a restaurant, once a year?

Doom wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:22 pm Each one of those observations is a separate group of studies, to list them all would take 3-4 hours at minimum, and I am not going to invest that kind of time

The point re: crime etc

Atheism is inherently bad on purely secular terms. It is known from sociological research that Atheists are far more likely than theists never to marry, and not just never marry, but never have romantic relationships of any kind, even purely casual ones Atheists rarely have children, if they do, th...

So omnipresence actually means omnipotence and omniscience?

God is a spirit, ie formless and bodiless. He does not occupy space. Then how can he be omnipresent?

Thank you

How are they different - my own concept of faith seems to necessarily include hope

Now, Good Friday is a day of fasting for those in my age group, except for those with health issues and similar series reasons. We (as a family) plan to donate blood on Holy Saturday. I cannot fast today if I am to do that. It's not a "must" that I have to donate tomorrow, but it's very co...

The last theory exam tomorrow

During the Holy Week, the number of penitents becomes too high, and even after a long time there's still a long queue. In such a situation, may the priest give a general absolution?

The thing is, letting just anyone claim an otherwise unwanted body could lead to chaos. If the deceased had left specific instructions that his friend get custody of the body, that would be one thing. But absent a legal relationship, I don't see how it's prudent to release a body to someone without...

Yes. His family refused to claim his body, having already rejected him for being LGBT.

And so, the boyfriend was the only person who wanted to claim the body and give him a proper burial

Based on an incident that happened in Kerala An LGBT person died in a hospital His family had already disowned him, because he was LGBT His boyfriend was with him The hospital did not give the dead body to the boyfriend, because he was not a legal relative. Gay marriage is not yet recognised in Indi...

That time of the year again. Exams

The words "cursing" and "swearing" admit of various meanings. By accusing themselves of these sins penitents sometimes mean profanity, or the use of sacred names in anger against some creature (venial sin); blasphemy, the use of such names in anger against God or in contempt of ...