Questions Covered: 

10:50 – Do church authorities, the Popes and Bishops, synthesize the sources of our tradition or use tradition as guidelines when making authoritarian teachings? 

22:38 – My priest only provides the host and not wine. Is that appropriate? 

33:50 – I have heard that we can venerate statues of Saints, but not pray to them. Can I pray to a statue of Jesus? 

40:29 – In the past I heard if you watch the Mass that you will not receive a blessing. Why wouldn’t I receive a blessing if I participated in the Mass?  

45:13 – Jesus gives thanks to his Father for giving him disciples except Judas who he called a devil. How can Satan tempt a devil, Judas? 

47:14 – I read information on a living icon in a Byzantine Church. Can you explain this description? 

50:41 – I heard a response to school shootings is that God is no longer present in schools. Is this a reasonable response? 

 

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