• Can you explain why the two disciples and Mary Magdalene couldn't recognize Jesus? After all the time they spent with him, wouldn't they know his face? What does it mean to "have their eyes opened?"
• I have heard that the Easter Vigil didn't count towards the Sunday obligation at my local parish. Was this more of a historical thing or is it enforced now? I've also heard that the Vigil was celebrated earlier in the day back then.
• During Lent, are you allowed to ring the bells during the consecration? Are women ever forbidden from wearing a hat or scarf (chemo head covering) when receiving Communion?
• Is it a sin of scandal if someone has a statue of an Egyptian idol on a shelf in their room as a decoration?
• Is it a problem to remove my roommate from our lease due to complications?
• Can someone really be a "cafeteria Catholic" or is that just an oxymoron?
• Is it mandatory to receive Communion on Good Friday?
• If a person has to leave the Good Friday service early due to unforeseen circumstances, does that need to be confessed?
• Would anything like a history of substance abuse could bar a man from being accepted into a Seminary?
• I am engaged to be married and a few of my relatives are in marriages not recognized by the church (divorced and remarried/married outside the church) and I am wondering if it is a sin to address their wedding invites with, for example, Mr. And Mrs. Johnson, or even send one wedding invitation to one house if the couple is not in a valid marriage. I don't want to be approving of their situation.
• As I understand it, our suffering is the result of Adam and Eve's original sin. The Blessed Mother was conceived without original sin.  Please explain how it is that she suffers.
• Does the Church permit Masses to be said for deceased animals?

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