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Q: Was Jesus male before the Incarnation?
A: Before the Incarnation the Son was pure spirit, just as are the Father and the Holy Spirit. As such, he did not have gender at that time. Only when the Son incarnated as the man Christ Jesus did he become male. The Father and the Holy Spirit remain pure spirit and so do not have biological gender.
For the purpose of revealing himself to us, God has revealed his Trinitarian self primarily in masculine terms because he is the instigator, the first cause; it is he who initiates salvation. It is the Church that is revealed in feminine terms because the Church is the recipient of salvation and the one who nurtures Christians with the graces received from God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Q&A from Catholic Answers, "Quick 5" (San Diego: Catholic Answers, 2001)
For the purpose of revealing himself to us, God has revealed his Trinitarian self primarily in masculine terms because he is the instigator, the first cause; it is he who initiates salvation. It is the Church that is revealed in feminine terms because the Church is the recipient of salvation and the one who nurtures Christians with the graces received from God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Q&A from Catholic Answers, "Quick 5" (San Diego: Catholic Answers, 2001)
Q: How come there are no women priests?
A: The reason that women are not to be ordained is because they are not men. Sounds politically incorrect, doesn't it? But the fact is that God created men to be men and women to be women. When God chose to incarnate, he did not just choose to become a human being; he chose to become a man. Just as he chose to incarnate into a specific time, place, people, family, and woman, so he chose to become a specific human being, the man Christ Jesus (1 Tim. 2:5). Thus, those human beings who serve as priests in the person of Christ are men and not women. And that's why all of the 12 Apostles chosen by Jesus were all men.
Q: If God knows what we will do because he knows what our life entails, isn't that predestination and not free will?
A: God is all knowing but that doesn't mean He is the one that makes us do the things we do. We choose everything through our own free-will and act on it. God knows about it before we act or even think about it, but that doesn't mean He makes us do it. Imagine that you see a person walking on the road. They are looking back and not paying attention to where they are going. If there is a pole in front of them that they are about to walk into, you as the observer can know what will happen (the person will hit the pole). But that doesn't mean you made them do it.
Q: Besides Sunday, what other days are e required to go to church as Christians?
A: As Catholics we are called to go to Mass on all Sundays of the year and on the Holy Days of Obligation. The Holy Days of Obligation change depending on the country you are in. For us here in Canada the only Holy Days of Obligation are January 1- The Feast of Mary, Mother of God and December 25 - Christmas. But it is better to do our best to take part in Mass as often as we can, especially on special feast days and solemnities.
Q: Why do we have to go through purgatory?
A: The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) teaches that "All who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven" - CCC 1030. So Purgatory is there for us to be purified before we can enter into Heaven, where everything is pure and perfect. However mortal sins are not purified in Purgatory. If we die in mortal sin then we have chosen to go to Hell.