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Is the power of your prayers lost or diminished if your mind wanders while praying?
Fr. Vincent Serpa O.P.
Can a person gain an indulgence without intending to do so?
Jim Blackburn
May we pray for conditional baptism for the unborn?
Peggy Frye
If a person asks in prayer for assistance but no answer comes, should the person just give up praying?
Fr. Vincent Serpa O.P.
If you sell a blessed item, is it no longer blessed?
Jim Blackburn
Can we pray directly to God or must all prayer go through Jesus?
Jim Blackburn
Where can I find a copy of the Divine Office?
Fr. Vincent Serpa O.P.
What does Hosanna mean?
Jim Blackburn
Why did the Church ban the Divine Mercy devotion from 1959 to 1978?
Michelle Arnold
Why do some communicants approach the priest with a rosary in their hands?
Michelle Arnold

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