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    Music in religious services

    Make a joyful noise to the Lord! At my Roman Catholic church, we use everything-from organs to drums. Especially at our youth Masses. I love it. I don't think it affects our salvation in anyway. God loves music! Those who sing, pray twice!
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    The Authority of the Church

    Bad fruit? What do you mean by bad fruit? Do you mean bad people? No matter what their denomination, faith or creed is, there is always bad people. I don't know how the Catholic church has mad bad "fruit". Bad people make bad fruit, not faiths. Explain please.
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    Does God Speak To Us?

    I have a relationship with God. He speaks to me through the Bible. Why? Because the Bible is His inspired words. Human hands wrote it down, after God inspired them to write them. So, you need other things than just the bible to have a relationship with God, like prayer, but the Bible is...
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    Does God Speak To Us?

    I think God speaks to us every day, though not always in the same way. He speaks to us in a sunrise, or a flower, or the snow. He speaks to us when someone simles at us in the hall. He speaks to us in people that we meet. Also, he calls us. He calls us to listen to what he wants us to do...
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    Ettiquette for Church

    Don't feel bad feeling out of place. Everyone feels out of plave when they go somewhere they don't usually go to. I feel out of place when I go to my cousin's services at her church. You don't have to do what everyone else does. If you don't want to stand, or kneel, you don't have to. This...
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    Religious Schools.

    I went to a Catholic elementary school, K-6th grade. I loved it. Everyone had to go to Mass on Fridays. If you wern't Catholic, you didn't have to participate in Mass or the sacrements, but you had to go to mass, just for supervision. I loved to go to Mass and learn about Religion in class...
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    Should women be ordained?

    Ok, yeah, the Catholic Church's hiearchy is patriarchal. The Pope, a male, is at the top. But, women can lead the church in soo many ways. I can be a leader. I am a leader. I might not get to lead from the Priest's chair, but I lead in my own ways. This is just a question, shouldn't you...
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    Should women be ordained?

    Did I really stop people from responding to this one? Wow...hehehe.... :-)
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    Can You Be Religious and Be Yourself?

    Yes. Totally. Part of me is Catholic. And I love it!!! I think it is the best part of me. I love living my faith. I don't know who'd I be without it.
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    Kerry said to be excommunicated

    Blunt is a good word. I am sorry that you dislike (thank you for not using hate) the Catholic Church. I really am. I am more sorry that you would wish a bad thing on anyone. Isn't that a bit harsh?
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    Catholic wisdom for the day.......

    I love this quote! I keep it in my journal! It is soo true!
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    Kerry said to be excommunicated

    Why? Just wondering.
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    Does Confession Help Us?

    That is a good way of putting it. Yes, God knows we sin. In Reconciliation we want to be forgiven, with our whole heart. We say that we sin and God forgives us. It takes a load off of us, God forgiving us.
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    Christian: Mary, Mother of God

    Mary is sin-less because God made her that way. Don't ask me how, because I do not know. It is a wonderful mystery. I, myself, love Mary! She is the best! She is my Mother, and she is just awesome!!! I ask her to pray for me, and I look up to her because at such a young age, she said...
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    Should women be ordained?

    Ok, now for the Catholic Girl's point of view! I am not at all descriminated because I cannot be a priest. I am totally fine with it. Women have an important role in the Church. Just by being women we are adding to the dynamics of the Church. Women can be called to be nuns. Nuns are awesome...
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    Does Confession Help Us?

    "Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you might be healed." (James 5:16) Jesus told the apostles, "Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained." (John 20:22-23)
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    Catholics

    Many Doctrines come from the Bible. Most everything has it's beginings in the Bible. There are some things that come from tradition. Tradition is a HUGE part of the Catholic faith, a beautiful part of it. Which doctrine are you refering to?
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    Catholics

    When you are a baby you might not have the desire to be baptised. You really don't know what is going on. When you get older, and have the chance to receive Confirmation, then you really need to have a desire. At Confirmation-which is an awesome sacrement-we say yes to God, and to the...
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    Are Catholics Christians?

    I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell; the third day He rose again...
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    Are Catholics Christians?

    http://www.justforcatholics.org/a21.htm “suffer in purgatory” I hate that phrase. One doesn’t suffer in purgatory. One gets pure. Think of it like a car wash. We are the dirty car. To go to the Oscars, we need a reallllly clean car. What do we do? We get the car washed. Some cars...
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