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We are in the Fourth week of Lent.  What is going to be a major focus of this podcast during Lent?  St. Teresa of Avila and her book The Interior Castle.  For the episode today we are touching on the way she tells us to understand the purpose and need of the fourth dwelling place. 

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It's pretty obvious to most of us that we have gone through twelve months like no other in our lives. Hopefully the end of the tunnel is near! Many of us have struggled emotionally and physically through this pandemic. Many of us have dealt with a large dose of worry. Gary Zimak joins me this week to discuss worry, how we can overcome it, and what good may have come from the pandemic. Get a copy of his latest book Give Up Worry for Good!: 8 Weeks to Hopeful Living and Lasting Peace here.

Questions Covered:

 

4:26 – We know that the devil tempted Jesus. Is there evidence that the devil tempted Mary? 

08:24 - I am being received in the Church this Easter. I was raised with the teaching that Jesus said divorce is unacceptable except when adultery is committed. I think the Catholic Church says it is never permissible. What is the reason for this? 

19:13 - During a Catholic marriage, is it permissible for the betrothed to prostrate themselves, like the priests do when they are ordained? 

22:24 - When you pray, is there any limit of prayer intentions that you can attach to your prayers? 

30:24 - How many angels did God make originally? Does he still make angels now? Is there a finite number of demons? 

34:04 - For the Passover meal, would the Jewish people take the lamb into their house to sacrifice it, or would they sacrifice it outside and then cook it inside? 

36:52 - In the Old Testament, they talk about the Holy of Holies in the Temple and in the Mass, the Real Presence. I thought God was everywhere. How can I understand him being everywhere but more so in one place? 

43:38 - Why does the Old Testament canon differ in content, depending on which codex it was? 

47:53 – A number of parishioners have approached me about the validity of the writings of Luisa Picaretta and the Divine Will. It is not approved by the Church at this time. How should I guide them? 

52:55 - What can one do when researching an issue, but finding that two orthodox moral theologians disagree on that issue? How can one find the correct view?

Questions Covered:

 

03:51 - How valid are the healings done on TV on channels like the 700 club?  

11:12 - How does the Church interpret or understand what unclean spirits are in the Bible? 

14:20 - If God can do anything, can He sin? 

17:18 - Is Mass and the consecration valid if the priest only uses ASL and does not speak? 

21:16 - Are Christians expected to work on the Sabbath or can they keep the Sabbath? 

24:10 - What is the origin of the word dicastery? 

30:09 - Do popes and nuns and priests automatically go to heaven when they die? 

31:55 - Can you explain why Jesus is so harsh to the Canaanite woman in Mark 7:27, calling her a dog? 

36:36 - Where did the expression “robbing Peter to pay Paul” come from? 

43:26 - I have been trying to prove the existence of God and have been having trouble connecting the immaterial nature of God to Jesus’ very material existence on earth and Incarnation. Can you help me? 

46:55 - Is there any evidence that Joseph took a vow of virginity? 

50:35 - Guadalupe radio network…What causes someone to be excommunicated from the Church?

Blessed Humbert of Romans is a lesser-known medieval Dominican priest who wrote on prayer, St. Augustine, and solidified the Dominican Liturgical Rite. We discuss in this week’s episode what he says on prayer.

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Bl. Humbert of Romans in his book De Oratione discusses the importance of location, community, and different aspects of prayer.

On the holiness that must be found in prayer:

1. Intention of the mind 

2. Frequency of assiduity 

3. Holy purity 

“Know, then, that in order to have holiness in prayer, one must take heed that the praying tongue be not infected by sin.”

The Theological and Cardinal virtues associated with Prayer:

Faith: so that our requests may be made in faith

Hope: so that the one praying does not doubt

Charity: Moves on etc holy desires, which our Lord will grant more willingly

Prudence: so that not harmful things be sought, but helpful ones

Justice: Giving God what He is due. Our love and admiration

Fortitude: Which is part of courage, in order that one may persevere in knocking.

Abstinence: which is a part of temperance. For this is a characteristic of holy men, that they join fasting to their prayers.

On being thankful when a prayer is answered.

3 evils result from ingratitude

1. The first is being deprived of the good that one has received. Chrysostom, “thanksgiving is a kind of tax which our Lord levies upon whatever goods He bestows; and so, just as one who does not pay his property tax may be legally deprived of the property on which it was due, so is it with the ungrateful man and the good things he has received.

2. The second evil resulting from ingratitude is that it hinders future benefits. For it is neither usual nor reasonable that a man who is ungrateful for what he has already received should be granted other things.

3. The third evil is punishment, even in this life. For our Lord is not content only to take away from the ungrateful what He had given them, and to bestow nothing else, but sometimes He also adds some temporal penalty.

3 good things result from thanksgiving

1. Preservation of those goods which have already been received

2. The multiplication of good things

3. That one obtains greater things in the next life.

3 things that particularly hinder prayer from having its effect:

1. The first is the awareness of some serious sin

2. The second is unmercifulness

3. The third thing is cruelty toward another

On this episode of Young Catholics Respond, Bill Snyder talks about how to get your Lent back on track. 

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Living in the present and loving thy neighbor are intertwined ... some may not think this way!

Join Gary as he looks at the Mass Readings for the 4th Sunday of Lent. This week, as we look toward Easter Sunday, the Church invites us to pause and rejoice. Even though we're still in Lent, we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. For that reason, we rejoice!

Bill Snyder joins me to discuss living the faith in our everyday lives. Our lives are full of challenges and we are pulled in several different directions. Bill gives us some practical advice on how to navigate with faith. Bill is also releasing a book soon and we discuss this as well.

 

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