This question is one that a lot of people wonder about- so let's break it down. Matthew 23:8-10 does say "Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven," when translated into English. In this verse, Jesus was emphasizing that no one has ultimate authority but God alone, not saying that we literally can call no one our father. We know this because there are many verses in the Biblical texts, including the New Testament, where people other than God alone a

I saw a comment on someone’s post that said, “I’ll be keeping you in my thoughts.” and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it... Because here’s the thing: Our thoughts don't have the power to change things directly. Thinking ≠ Interceding. The Saints in Heaven- our Cloud of Witnesses that we hear about in the 2nd reading today- are they in Heaven just THINKING about us? No. They're praying. our Father listens to His Children's cries. Prayer changes things. Pleading wit

"What is a Holy Day of Obligation?" Holy Days of Obligations are solemnities in the Church calendar that are to be treated with the same obligation as a Sunday Mass. This means that we are to treat those days as days of rest and attend Mass on those days, as we would on Sundays. "When are they?" In The United States...Jan. 1, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God; Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter, the Solemnity of the Ascension; Aug 15, the Solemnity of the Assumption of t