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Join Paul Murano in this first episode of a new Bts series on The Creed, called, The Creed: Beneath the Surface

 

Here we begin with Paul and his guest Bob Leblanc delving beneath the surface on the first two words of the Nicene Creed: I believe

 

Some of the questions tackled:

What the difference between belief and faith?

Belief and knowledge?

Can you believe and still not accept?

When is belief salvific?

How can our Catholic schools be renewed?

Questions Covered:

14:30 - I think the state of affairs of the Catholics schools is looking pretty bad and they don’t seem viable. The schools that are remaining open are getting overcrowded. 

20:09 - I was a Catholic school teacher in a small school and I’d like to thank you for what you’re doing. I think Christ needs to be put back in Catholic schools. 

30:06 - Is there some way that public funding can possibly be utilized to support Catholic schools? 

33:05 - I heard about Our Lady of Victory High School. I have a sixth grader. Would it be a good fit for him since he is dyslexic? 

35:04 - What do you think about making the school day start with Holy Mass for all students and staff? 

39:25 - Do you think that all Catholic teachers took an oath of fidelity to the Catholic Church/faith that a lot of the nonsense would be removed from the schools? 

41:20 - We homeschool because of the lack of good Catholic schools. In our co-op, which is Protestant, it has been challenging as my kids have gotten older. It seems like Catholic homeschool has not progressed the way Christian homeschooling has. 

45:35 - Some families just simply cannot afford tuition. What is your solution for that? 

49:35 - How much is Catholic social teaching involved in the renewal of Catholic schools? 

Questions Covered:

 

Renewing Catholic Schools by Dr. Staudt

Why has feminism been so destructive?

Questions Covered:

 

15:58 - If someone says that gender is a fluid concept, how can a person even say that they’re a feminist? How would you address that? 

22:47 - Feminism has changed over the last 50 years. People have different understandings of what feminism is. I think a woman having the right to have equal opportunity for employment is really important. I don’t think feminism is always wrong. 

31:37 - My wife is very much a feminist. She believes in gender fluidity. How can I speak with her about these issues in such a close relationship? 

36:27 - How can I speak to people about the joy and importance of motherhood? 

45:20 - What do you mean that some people might be born in the wrong body? 

50:22 - Now that there is a push to have new labels for gender, it is weird to hear people talking about “women’s” bodies, when people seem to think that they can be whatever they want.

Continuing with our most international season to date, we welcome Julia Golding from Oxford, England. Julia is a writer and the director of Project Northmoor, a campaign to save J.R.R. Tolkien’s home (where he wrote The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy) and to establish the first literary center in the world dedicated to Tolkien. 

Though it sounds as if it could have been written today, Julia’s quote fittingly comes from Tolkien himself, namely from The Fellowship of the Ring:

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

We also discussed these words from Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis:

“Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.”

And if you’re wondering about White Horse Hill, here’s some more info: Uffington White Horse. 

Contribute to Project Northmoor at www.projectnorthmoor.org and follow progress on Instagram. 

To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com.

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Until next time, God bless you!

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The 1st reading and the Gospel reveal Jesus' authority in His Word and in our lives.

To read this week's readings, go to: usccb.org

ROUND ONE:

CONTESTANT ONE Q1. – Consubstantiation is:

A) The Catholic doctrine that says Jesus is present with the bread and wine of the Eucharist.

B) Not a Catholic doctrine.

C) The teaching that Jesus and the Father share the same substance.

 

 

CONTESTANT TWO Q1 – Divinization is:

A) The Christian teaching that we shall be made like God.

B) The Christian teaching that the Eucharist becomes God.

C) Actually, a Buddhist teaching having to do with us all being part of God.

 

CONTESTANT ONE Q2. – Material cooperation with evil is:

A) Always sinful.

B) Not always sinful.

C) Not always a mortal sin, but always at least a venial sin.

 

CONTESTANT TWO Q2 – The conditions for a mortal sin are usually given as:

A) Grave matter, full knowledge, and consent of the will.

B) Malice, pride, and lust.

C) The age of reason and full knowledge of the teachings of Jesus.

 

CONTESTANT ONE Q3– The Catholic office of “cardinal” is:

A) One of the levels of Holy Orders instituted by Christ.

B) An office instituted over time by the Church.

C) An office reserved only to bishops.

 

CONTESTANT TWO Q3. – The oldest existing written copy of biblical book dates to:

A) Roughly the fifth century A.D.

B) About the time of Christ.

C) At least 100 years before Christ. (Isaiah scroll from Dead sea scrolls)

 

 

 

ROUND TWO:

CONTESTANT ONE Q1 – Souls in purgatory:

A) Can benefit from our acts of charity.

B) Can only benefit from our prayers and fasting.

C) Cannot experience the love of God until they get out.

 

CONTESTANT TWO Q1 – Souls in Purgatory experience:

A) Joy

B) Suffering

C) Both Joy and Suffering

 

CONTESTANT ONE Q2 – One reason Invitro Fertilization is morally unacceptable is:

A) God creates life without our cooperation, and we cannot interfere with that.

B) IVF separates a child’s conception from the conjugal act of its parents.

C) There is no certainty that an artificially conceived person will have a soul.

 

 

CONTESTANT TWO Q2 – By Original Sin humanity has been:

A) Totally Corrupted.

B) Deeply Wounded.

C) Deprived of any sense of right and wrong.

 

CONTESTANT ONE Q3 – Anointing of the Sick is:

A) Directly taught by Jesus (Mark 6).

B) Only taught in the Letter of James.

C) A practice that is not directly taught in the New Testament.

 

CONTESTANT TWO Q3 – Anointing of the Sick can be received:

A) Only when death is imminent

B) Only three times in a person’s lifetime

C) As many times as is needed

 

FINAL JUDGMENT

FALSE: The human intellect of Jesus is infinite.

TRUE: The human will of Jesus is perfect.

TRUE: By nature, Jesus is infinitely higher than Mary.

TRUE: Mormon baptism is not accepted by the Catholic Church.

FALSE: Once we die, we are completely outside of time.

FALSE: Baptism must be done in fresh water. (No, any natural water can be used.)

TRUE: Fallen angels cannot be saved.