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Each person has a unique set of knowledge and experiences they rely on when solving problems and making decisions. These differences that are at the same time complementary and cause conflict.

Today, I am pondering over John 20: 19-21.  Christ showed his wounds to the disciples.  It is this action that I am pondering over.  I hope it helps you throughout the week.

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We live in a pretty messed up world and the only thing that will fix is to refocus on God. But how do we know if we are doing religion right? Father Kirby returns this week to discuss his book Real Religion: How to Avoid False Faith and Worship God in Spirit and Truth. Get your copy here.

Questions Covered:

 

04:47 - How do Catholics answer Protestants about each of the five solas? 

13:40 - Why do Catholics rest from work on the first day of the week rather than the seventh day, like the Jews do? 

18:45 - Was there any difference in demonic activity or possessions before Christ’s resurrection and after, since death was defeated? 

30:32 - Why do Catholics wear or use medals and use holy water? 

39:11 - Who were the disciples on the road to Emmaus? 

42:46 - Do we have to sell all our possessions in order to truly follow Christ and be saved? 

50:00 - A Protestant pastor told me that Romans 8 is evidence against the Catholic Church being the true Church. I don’t know what he’s talking about. How can I respond? 

52:12 - Was St. Joseph a virgin like Mary?

Questions Covered:

02:40 - Is one plenary indulgence on behalf of the dead enough for them to be released from purgatory into heaven? 

06:15 - In Mystici Corporis Christi number 86, it says, “They make the Divine Redeemer and the members of the Church coalesce in one physical person.” What does that mean? Why is it an error to think of Christ and those who make up the body of Christ as one? 

12:41 - When Jesus was sent to Pilate, why didn’t he just send him to Herod, since Jesus was Herod’s subject? 

16:07 - I asked my priest for Holy Water to put in my home. He asked me to bring in a bottle of water and he said a simple prayer over it. Is it really blessed, or do I need to have something more done? I thought the rite for blessing water was more involved than that. 

17:48 - Are physical mortifications self-harm or mental? When is it appropriate to inflict mortifications? 

23:54 - Since eternity is outside of time, is it possible that we will all reach heaven at the same time? 

31:31 - The four Marian dogmas are keeping me from becoming Catholic. I believe that Mary is the mother of God, but not the other three. What should I do? 

44:26 - How can I evangelize a Christian neighbor of mine without pushing her away or ruining the friendship? 

49:22 - Is it rational to believe that God made the universe in an instant but also to believe in the age of the Earth presented by scientists? 

Resources Mentioned:

 

Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World

What does it mean to believe in Jesus Christ? Join Gary as he explores the Mass readings for the 2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday). In addition to taking on the question of what it means to believe, we'll also discuss God's infinite mercy.

The Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. He has run 24 marathons in 17 cities, three of those in Europe. He is nicknamed "the holy goalie" for -- to this day -- continuing to play that position in hockey. In 2013 he was inducted into the Sports Faith International Hall of Fame. He has just put out a brand-new book called, "Running for a Higher Purpose: 8 Steps to Spiritual and Physical Fitness," which follows a book he had previously written called, "Holy Goals for Body & Soul: 8 Steps to Connect Sports with God and Faith."

Being the change you wish to see in the world, is easier said than done. Sometimes just doing it is the only way to get it done.

Josef Pieper strikes again! We talk about his book, In Tune with the World, and what ingredients Pieper says are required to have a true festival.

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In this stimulating and still-timely study, Josef Pieper takes up a theme of paramount importance to his thinking – that festivals belong by rights among the great topics of philosophical discussion. As he develops his theory of festivity, the modern age comes under close and painful scrutiny. It is obvious that we no longer know what festivity is, namely, the celebration of existence under various symbols

Pieper exposes the pseudo-festivals, in their harmless and their sinister forms: traditional feasts contaminated by commercialism; artificial holidays created in the interest of merchandisers; holidays by coercion, decreed by dictators the world over; festivals as military demonstrations; holidays empty of significance. And lastly we are given the apocalyptic vision of a nihilistic world which would seek its release not in festivities but in destruction.

Formulated with Pieper’s customary clarity and elegance, enhanced by brilliantly chosen quotations, this is an illuminating contribution to the understanding of traditional and contemporary experience.

About the Topic:

– Festivals can only arise from a working day (fast before the feast).

– It has to be leisurely – a realm of activity that is meaningful in itself.

– Ingredients of a festival:

– Play or leisurely

– Contemplation (“the simple intuition of reason. The mind’s eye resting on whatever manifests itself.”)

– Phenomenon of wealth (Existential richness – aka abundance)

– Affirmation – (Pieper says affirmation is the substance of festivity.) Festivals are impossible to the “naysayers”. The more money he has, and above all the more leisure, the more desperate is this impossibility to him.

– Joy (Joy is the response of a love receiving what he loves). A festival becomes a true festivity only when man affirms the goodness of his existence by offering a response of joy. 

– In concrete form. In reality.

– Public in nature; affairs of the community

This time of the Easter Ovtave reminds me about the need to live in the Spirit of God each day.