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Stay away from sites like the one you linked. The people running the site claim to offer healing from black magic, but what they're offering sounds like energy healing which itself is occult and spiritually harmful. The problem is that any kind of 'magic' that isn't from God necessarily must...

This article explains it better than I could: We Can Work It Out. I hope this helps and answers your question.

I remember when I was a Protestant I read the whole New Testament and then I started hearing on Christian radio things about faith alone, not works, and once saved, always saved. And I remember thinking that was not the impression I got from the bible, at all. What I read seemed to clearly say...

I want to add that the reason you have to believe in all the teachings of the Catholic Church if you become Catholic is because it's not simply a church, it's the church. In Matthew 16, Jesus said that he would establish his church with Peter as the leader, and he gave Peter a special authority...

Tradition I think is something majorly misunderstood, because of the mindset of our current society which tries to undermine or get rid of it. What people think tradition means is holding on to something outdated for no particular reason other than it's the way things have always been done. But...

Jesus came first in humility, but in his second coming he will come in glory. Why should our churches portray only his humility and not his glory?

Hi and welcome to the forum! I would say that if you want to change someone, you should start with yourself. Not that it's all on you or the other person doesn't have a role in whatever conflicts there are, but it's that we all have the most ability to change ourselves. We can't make another...

To me these things weren't weird and didn't push me away, but I think actually drew me to the Catholic Church. Rituals are reverent. They show that we aren't just going to church to talk about God, but to worship him. People meet to talk about things all the time. People will go to lectures to...

I think I saw a video by Fr. Ripperger, an exorcist, where he mentioned ghosts. He said there are two kinds of ghost sightings. In one case, it's actually a demon, and in the other case, it's a person seeking prayer. St. Faustina in her diary actually mentioned an instance where someone from...

I think anger at people or one's church can be a diversion that keeps people from seeing what's really happening in their relationship with God, so they think they're making a decision based on what this or that person did and God never enters the picture in their mind. But God is always...

I think this is the root of the conflict you're dealing with right now. You mention here that even back then, you had doubts about the suffering and sovereignty of God. I don't know the details of what you mean, but I think if someone doesn't accept the teachings about suffering, what's going to...

Keep praying for guidance and don't give up. Everything is overcome with prayer. I'm a convert from Protestantism. I had heard all kinds of false things about Catholicism, things which made me decide that even if I didn't know what denomination to choose, I would be anything but Catholic. But...

""For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."" - Jeremiah 29:11 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your...

Sometimes it really helps to have structure. Have a set time each day for praying, and be committed to it. Don't skip it no matter what. Resist the thoughts that your prayers won't matter. "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." - Romans 12:12