| I am a practising Catholic and have received all the sacraments of the church. I however do not fulfil the sacrament of reconciliation due to fear. I know this is a sin (not to go for confession). How do I overcome this fear and return to all sacraments? |
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| Why is the Eucharist so important to Catholics? |
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| What actually happens during the Eucharist? |
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| What are the main symbols used during the Eucharist? |
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| Can God still in today's world full of lawlessness and all human weakness intervene? Is this not the same God who spoke through the apostles ,the prophets and great saints in history,can he not understand our human existence? |
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| Why do Catholics celebrate the Eucharist? |
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| Is there a minimal age for one to become an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion? What other criteria is there? |
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| Why do Catholics have a Saturday night Mass? |
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| Is there a Christian community I can join to strenghten my Christian walk? |
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| Is it biblical to venerate Mother Mary and why does the Catholic church emphasise on this more than the Protestant churches. Are we worshiping Mary and why do we present our petitions through her when the Bible says that Jesus is our High priest..... |
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| Is it wrong to carry the Blessed Sacrament from the church? |
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| Do you need to be baptised to receive communion during Mass? |
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| What other things will I need to do – to be baptised? |
| | If you have never been baptised, that is ‘christened’, then if you proceed you will be baptised as an adult and confirmed. If you have been baptised in another Christian Church whose rite of baptism the Catholic Church recognizes as valid the Catholic community accepts that baptism, and welcomes your experience of Christianity in that church. You cannot be baptised again, so you are confirmed and ‘received into full communion’ with the Catholic Church, often with others who have to be baptised as adults. In some parishes those who need to be baptised are prepared separately from those who have already been baptised in another church; in others everybody is prepared together.
Catholics, normally as children and as they grow up, receive several sacraments:
Baptism (becoming members of God’s Church)
The Eucharist ( receiving Our Lord as the Bread of Life).
Reconciliation, also known as Confession ( Receiving the strength to be soldiers for Christ).
Depending on your present situation (baptised or un-baptised etc), you may be introduced to all of them along this new journey.
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| How does the learning process begin….and end? (Becoming a Catholic) |
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| How do I find out some basic information? (Becoming a Catholic) |
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| How do I get started? (Becoming a Catholic) |
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| What does the Catholic Church claim to be? |
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| What steps do I need to make to become a Catholic? |
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| Q. How did the first Christians live Unity? |
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| Q. Who Can Receive Communion? Receiving Communion or not? |
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| Q. Is there a structure or program followed during the Mass? |
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| Q. So it sounds as if the Church can't do without the Mass? |
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| Q. It does seem a wonderful gift. Is it given only for ourselves? |
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| Q. So at Mass we offer ourselves to God – don’t we receive anything back? |
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| Q. You said the Last Supper took place just before Jesus died – Why is that significant? |
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| Q. Who invented the Mass? |
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| Q. What makes the Mass so important? (What Happens at Mass?) |
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