For all you Catholics out there, how many of you know  today is Divine Mercy Sunday, a mandatory  feast day?
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I believe you are referring to the plenary indulgence that was available for saying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy in a church on Divine Mercy Sunday.\n\nA plenary indulgence is a complete release from the *temporal effects* of sin (such as Purgatory).  Our sins are forgiven only when we go to Confession.  But even when they are forgiven, there still remains temporal effects that we must live up to.  For example, if I spill something on the floor, my mom will surely forgive me, but she will also make me clean up the mess.  Having to clean up the mess is the temporal effect of our spilling something on the floor.  Whenever we sin, even if we are forgiven, we still have to "clean up the mess" we made.  \n\nThe conditions for receiving a plenary indulgence are: to do the indulgenced act (such as praying the Chaplet of Divine Mercy in a church on Divine Mercy Sunday), to receive the Eucharist, to participate in Confession, to pray for the Pope's intentions, and to be detached from all sin, even venial--i.e. to be willfully set against commiting even the least sin.\n\nIf not all of those conditions are fulfilled, the indulgence will be partial instead of plenary.  So part of the temporal effects of sin will be taken away.\n\nNote that there are many ways to earn indulgences.  Saying the Rosary in a church or in a family group is one way to earn a partial indulgence--you can earn those every day!  Indulgences can be applied to yourself or to the dead who are in Purgatory, but not to other living people.
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Ask the pope or your local priest, is there is a mass scheduled.
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Grace unto you, and peace,\nfrom God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.\n\nOf two biblical parts notably played:\n- "their part": God is evil(law) spoken of ... law\n- "your part": God is (grace) glory-fied ... grace\n\nEvery Pope obviously plays "their part".\nAnd "their end" shall be according to "their works".\nEg: the last pope (John-Paul II) said this, in 1999\n"long tradition of sacrifice must continue in 3rd millennium"\nCompare this to the stated will of God:\n"I will have mercy, and not sacrifice"\n(Ps 40:6; 51:16; Hos 6:6; Mt 9:13; Heb 10)\nNot to mention the third day isn't a millennium.\nRather third day also seventh day when counting.\n\nEg: Cardinal Law, in Boston?\nHe did cover up thing, got exposed.\nHe's now hidden away with some nuns.\n\nAnd talk about partiality & hypocrisy.\nOld homosexual priests can still minister.\n(because they're desperately short of priests)\nBut no new homosexual priests can minister.\n\nOver 50% of existing priests have come out,\nand openly declared they are homosexual.\n\nWhat they are is ensnared by evil concupiscence.\nhttp://www.godshew.org/Concupiscence.htm\nhttp://www.godshew.org/ShewBread5.htm#evilc\n\nBut such isn't only among RCC, also Protest-ants.\nTranslators of the Bible spoke to both sides;\ncalling the RCCs "popish persons"\ncalling Protestants "self-conceited" brethren\nhttp://www.godshew.org/EpistleDedicatory.htm\nwho maligned and traduced translators on both sides\n\nNo matter, for the end of the shew is already written:\n\nThe "grace" of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe, we turn to you who are the protectress of unborn children and ask that you intercede for us, so that we may more firmly resolve to join you in protecting all human life. Let our prayers be united to your perpetual motherly intercession on behalf of those whose lives are threatened, be they in the womb of their mother, on the bed of infirmity, or in the latter years of their life. May our prayers also be coupled with peaceful action which witnesses to the goodness and dignity of all human life, so that our firmness of purpose may give courage to those who are fearful and bring light to those who are blinded by sin. Encourage those who will be involved in the March for Life; help them to walk closely with God and to give voice to the cry of the oppressed, in order to remind our nation of its commitment to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people. O Virgin Mother of God, present our petitions to your Son and ask him to bless us with abundant life.
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No one can be in favour of abortion and be simultaneously a Catholic. It's one or the other. You might continue attending Mass and whatever else but your pro-choice belief is totally at odds with the faith of the Church and automatically excludes you from being in full communion with Christ and His Church.
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Did you hear the Pope is gay?\n\nHe can't decide if he is divine or simply fabulous.
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St. Monica's feast day in the Roman Catholic Church was May 4, but currently 27 August. She is the patron saint of wives, mothers, and abuse victims.
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More than can fit on the calendar, and these are the officially declared saints, the ones who have been canonised.  There are also levels of the declaration, for a while they are beatified and referred to as Blessed ...\n\nOrdinary saints are people who die in the "State of Grace"  i.e. on good terms with their maker.  At this level I like to think all loving people go straight to heaven and I hope the rest ask for forgiveness at the end of their "review of life" you know where it all flashes before your eyes.  Even those who have, unfinished business, might feel the need to purify, make up for the bad they have done, eventually are admitted to God's solace.\n\nSo while I have to allow for the possibility that a person may reject everything loving and good, choosing despair over grace, I think you could just count the number of human beings, round it off and that would be pretty close to the number of saints.\n\nFor the official list go the the Vatican site or pick up a Penguin Book on Saints
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Yes Richard especially as this is the month that the church remembers in a special way the Holy Souls in Purgatory, there are many prayers with a plenary indulgence attached to them you can buy a little prayer book and say them however the Chaplet of Divine Mercy is a powerful obtainer of the release of souls.\n\n2 Machabees 12:46, it is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead,that they may be loosed from sins.
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dont forget prayer to saints
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not only christian, catholic too!!!
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!i dont know but happy st. patrics day!
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Being the Pope of the Roman Catholic (Catholic means universal) Church ... All of them ;-)
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The Eucharist, Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar.  How could I choose another, when this one grants me the grace of having the Body and Blood of Christ fill me?  \n\n:-)
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yes.  His undying love and forgiveness continues to wash away my sins and it is His divine mercy that raises me towards Christian purity.
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Catholics and many other Christians have celebrated Annunciation on March 25 (nine months before Christmas) for centuries. This is when the Blessed Virgin Mary said yes to God and Jesus was conceived.\n\nRespect for unborn human life is not something new.\n\nCatholics believe that a human is created at the time of conception. All human life is sacred and should be respected. Humans should not be frozen. Also most of these frozen humans will be killed instead of being brought to full term and born.
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Then you should ask those who are Roman Catholics, maybe they know more about it. But why do you ask?\n\nI overheard my friend said that holy Friday celebration begin after the God's rebirth but I forgotten the details about it. Maybe it could be wrong because I wasn't quite listening when he was telling the other person about it.