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Callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief. 

Questions Covered:

05:08 - What are Zohar and Kaballah? What do they have to do with our faith? 

14:47 - Is Tzar Nicholas II considered to be a saint in the Catholic Church? 

16:25 - What is needed to be a godparent in the Catholic Church?  

21:22 - I recently found out that being Jewish is dependent on your mother, but your tribal lineage comes through your father. Doesn’t this contradict Matthew’s and Luke’s genealogies? 

30:15 - Everywhere, I see images of people holding their thumb and forefinger together. What does this mean? 

32:27 - How can I deal with a radical Pentecostal who is very anti-Catholic?  

47:08 - I just returned from a pilgrimage to Israel. Is Israel still considered the Promised Land to the Jewish people? Is God still calling us back to Israel or is the promised land now heaven? 

51:15 - Can you help me to understand the doctrine of the Trinity? Why is important that God is three persons in one God and not three gods?

Callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief. 

Questions Covered:

03:18 - What is a good resource to give to someone who is being mentored by the new age ideas? 

05:07 - What is the best way to help homeless beggars on the street that leads them to a better life? 

13:30 - Did Adam and Eve exist?  

20:40 - There’s a stereotype that after the second Vatican Council, catechesis really declined. What could have caused this change from good catechesis to bad? What can be done?  

28:20 - Were the communities receiving Paul’s letters Catholic communities or were they denominations?  

35:57 - If I give something up to God, does that mean that I no longer put any effort into it other than praying? 

42:30 - In Paul’s letter to Timothy, what is he referring to when speaking of the ‘noble confession’? 

46:00 - Philippians 2:6 – “…who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped…” What does this verse mean?

49:57 - In the papal bull Dum Diversas, there is a statement from the pope saying, “We grant you [to the kings of Spain and Portugal] permission…to reduce [these] persons into perpetual slavery.” Does this fall under papal infallibility? Is there another interpretation we can take from this? 

Resources Mentioned:

Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today’s Students by Allan Bloom

They drink, they smoke, they make a popular show for Catholic men, so we ask Adam and David to justify Catholic teaching on the acceptability of drinking. Wouldn’t God prefer that we all just stay away from the sauce and stick with tea? That depends, it turns out.

We often read of that still, small voice that is in each of us. It is a voice guiding our path, discerning right from wrong, helping us make decisions that will forever be part of our lives.  In this podcast Tony discusses a well formed conscience.

Scripture and Catechism: “For man has in his heart a law inscribed by God. . . . His conscience is man’s most secret core and his sanctuary. There he is alone with God whose voice echoes in his depths.” CCC 1776

“Faced with a moral choice, conscience can make either a right judgment in accordance with reason and the divine law or, on the contrary, an erroneous judgment that departs from them.” CCC 1799

“And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.” –1 Kings 19:12 KJV

Reflections: Do you ever make a decision that you know is wrong but do it any way?  Do you follow your conscience?  When you follow you conscience do you get a good feeling?

My province has begun are year of vocations.  In the episode today I speak about why we are having it, what we are doing, why it is important, and what you can do to support it.  Enjoy!

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#principleoftheday: How could someone know if David could beat Goliath? Could Saul have prevented it?

#principleoftheday: Fear must be confronted by truth and love.

Fall is my favorite but partly because I say no to a lot of the activities going on!Read more at http://coffeeandpearls.libsyn.com/podcast/no-one-can-make-you-october#cmv8qHkAADTASd1o.99

A BTS look at the why of abuses in language: blasphemy, profanity, and vulgarity

Dr. Stacy Trasancos answers questions about the compatible truths of faith and science.

Questions Covered:

04:08 - I love your book! Is there a multifactorial link between homosexuality and promiscuity? 

19:38 - The scientific community has recently tried stop reparative therapies for homosexual people who want to overcome that lifestyle. What do you think the future in science looks like in this area? 

28:41 - How much of evolution can a Catholic agree with?  

33:50 - How do you explain how science doesn’t contradict faith to middle school age students? 

38:32 - Is there any evidence that vaccines have affected the increase in transgender dysphoria?  

42:50 - “God is an ever-shrinking pocket of scientific ignorance.” said by Dr. Tyson. What do you think of this? 

49:27 - I understand evolution of animals, but don’t ever hear talk of the evolution of plants. What do we know about this? 

51:25 - Even if they find a gay gene, won’t homosexuality still be wrong? How would it change our lives? 

Resources Mentioned:

Particles of Faith: A Catholic Guide to Navigating Science by Dr. Stacy Trasancos