Can you explain the difference between the old covenant versus the new covenant?

What happened to the Ark of the Covenant with the 10 commandments? Is it somewhere still today? God's presence is with us all today but are the actual tablets still on earth?

How does God speak to you? I hear many people say "God told me ----", as if they were hearing God speaking to them personally, even God using their name. I know God speaks to us through His Word, sermons, and nature but do you or most people hear God personally like that? I know the saints did. What am I doing wrong that I don't hear God directly?

How do you know God's love? Growing up in the 50's church with erroneous teachings or I somehow processed it wrong but the fear of God is my default and find it a struggle to know and experience the love of God despite reading of God's unfailing Love and grace in the Scriptures but it gets canceled out by all the fear and wrath passages despite sincere prayer& confession.Does God understand?

A parishioner reads our answer to the in vitro fertilization question and has some follow-up information.

Everyone I know would like to drink from the cup but no one I have ever talked to likes drinking after anyone. Why is there no better way to let everyone receive. Mostly the same people sit right in the front seats so they can partake before other people's germs?its a common subject in the community and makes you feel guilty not to receive but health concerns are a medical fact.

My wife and I have been trying to have a baby for many years and it is just not happening. Our doctor suggests trying in vitro fertilization but my wife is uneasy about it. We really want to have children. What does the Church say about this?

I do feel that when you are answering the question concerning holding hands or lifting hands during the Our Father, you should specifically mention that you are addressing "traditional Catholics." I am Catholic Charismatic. I can tell you positively that not only does the congregation hold hands during the Our Father, but we also sing that prayer too, reverently. It's awesome.

I have just started coming to St Luke and I noticed that people either hold hands or hold their hands up like the priest during the Our Father. At the Church that I came from, this was not allowed. What is the proper thing to do?

I was raised Baptist, my husband Catholic. I have two children from a previous relationship. I was always told I could never convert due to my children. My husband is set on attending a catholic church but I was under the assumption I would never be accepted.