Why Should We Go To The Cemetery?
We can pray for our deceased loved ones at home or at church. So why go to the cemetery? What do we seek at a grave, and what should we do when a loved one’s grave is too far away?…
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Where Do We Draw Knowledge About The Afterlife?
How do we know about the afterlife? From messages delivered by The Blessed Virgin Mary? From near-death experiences? What is precisely the source of the knowledge we have about it? Rather than knowledge shouldn’t we rather call it faith or…
Do You Have To Believe In Order To Go To Heaven?
Nearly 60% of the French claim they do not believe in God. Yet some of them still believe in life after death. So, is there any hope for someone who has never known God, who does not believe, or who…
How Should One Pray For Their Departed Loved Ones?
Praying for our departed loved ones is an old, almost instinctive act, and yet one that is often questioned. What does this prayer still mean today? What is its purpose? How can we practice it when the absence becomes overwhelming?…
Remarrying After the Death of your Spouse
After the death of their spouse, some people choose to remain alone whilst others consider rebuilding their life by marrying again. This question touches on fidelity, missing the other, grieving and the role the deceased person had in their personal…
Does Faith Change My View of the World?
Father Charles Lenoir, chaplain at the Shrine Notre-Dame de Montligeon was invited for an interview by RCF Orne-Calvados-Manche as part of their program Sanctuaires Normands to address a simple, key question: does faith change my view of the world? In…
Shall we resurrect or reincarnate after death?
After death, shall we resurrect or reincarnate? Can Christian faith welcome the idea of reincarnation? Intuitively, we feel that the answer is no, since the Christians confess the resurrection of the dead, not the return of a soul into another…
Hell is Other People – Really?
Man is a relational being. He grows with others, he flourishes thanks to them. He suffers with them and weeps because of them. Since ancient times, man has remained a mystery to himself and to his fellow creatures. As Plautus…
Praying? What’s the use?
What is the use of praying, when we have been praying for years and feel we are not being answered? In the program Sanctuaires normands, broadcast on RCF Orne-Calvados-Manche, Father Charles Lenoir, chaplain at the shrine of Notre-Dame de Montligeon,…
Is there an end to mourning?
Is there an end to mourning? How can we come to the realization that a loved one is gone without denying their death nor hushing up the pain? Drawing on his experience as a counselor with bereaved persons at the…