Mass and Heaven

Dear Grace,
I come from a large Catholic family and some of us attend Mass every week. There are also those who never go, but they are not bad people. They are prayerful, but never attend church.
What I want… Read More

Why No Miracles for Me?

Dear Grace,
I’ve heard and read about God working miracles for people, but I’ve never had anything miraculous happen to me. Does this mean God doesn’t consider me important? Is God ignoring me? Doesn’t He love me as much as… Read More

Repeating Communion

Dear Grace,
I am the director of religious education (DRE) of my parish. Recently, our second graders celebrated their First Holy Communion. Because we are a very large parish, and wanted to accommodate all the families and their guests, we… Read More

Suffering and Love Part One

Dear Grace,
Lent is so difficult for me every year because of the focus on the suffering of Jesus. It’s so hard for me to think of it. I couldn’t even get myself to go see the The Passion of… Read More

Keeping and Sharing the Faith

Dear Grace,
A close group of friends were talking. All were brought up Catholic — three are practicing Catholics, one had an annulment and is remarried to a Protestant, and one is remarried without an annulment and now going to… Read More

When Godparents Fail

Dear Grace,
I’ve read many articles lately on the importance of baptism. However, I need information on what happens if someone renounces their baptismal rights, as my sister’s family has done by leaving the Church.
They are my children's godparents.… Read More

The Sin of Lying

Dear Grace,
I understand that lying is wrong, but is it always wrong? Are there not situations when it would be permissible?
Lying is indeed a very serious matter and many do not even realize how serious it is. The… Read More

Life’s Greatest Mysteries

Dear Grace,
Why was it necessary that Jesus come into the world and suffer as He did? If God knows everything, then why did He create us knowing that we would sin as we did? How does the Catholic Church… Read More

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