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Today, I talk about Christmas prep in the time of the Corona Virus.

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Join Gary as he takes a closer look at the Mass readings for the 2nd Sunday of Advent. This week, the message centers around preparation. What can we do to prepare to welcome Jesus? Tune in and let's discuss!

Today author and Catholic Convert Charles Johnston joins me to discuss the role of the laity in the Mass. He is the author of a great book I recommend you all check out titled "The Beauty of the Mass".

So what is the role of the laity? Do we just show up, or is there more to our involvement? Charles takes us deep into the various sections of the Mass to show how the laity are an integral part in the celebration. Check out his book on Amazon at : https://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Mass-Exploring-Central-Catholic-ebook/dp/B07L17YJSC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+beauty+of+the+Mass&qid=1607058760&sr=8-1

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:

 

07:05 - How should we navigate which sins should be made illegal? For example, abortion versus adultery. 

23:46 - Why is the Church against alkaline hydrolysis? If the liquid left over was disposed of respectfully, then would it be okay? 

32:53 - After we receive Communion, are we required to kneel? 

34:53 - I grew up in a very Protestant area and became an atheist in my teens. I was converted to theism in college. I like some aspects of Catholicism, but I don’t feel like I fit in at the Churches by me because of my Protestant background and the fact that the Masses are in Spanish. What can I do? 

45:55 - The 3 wisemen gave three gifts to Jesus. Did they know that he was going to die and save the world from sin? 

48:55 - Did the Catholic Church change the sabbath from Saturday to Sunday?

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:

04:07 - Can I use a Protestant Bible for Bible study? I am a convert to Catholicism and have mostly Protestant Bibles. 

07:29 - Was John the Baptist considered to be a priest? He baptized and forgave sins. 

12:06 - Is affirmative action intrinsically evil? 

15:48 - Is Jesus the only divine person in the Bible to appear as a Theophany? 

18:25 - Is not voting for a pro-life candidate a sin? 

22:53 - What is the difference between Protestant and Catholic belief on what happens when a person dies? 

32:00 - I ended up in the hospital fighting for my life recently. I felt like I was fighting for my soul against an evil entity that seems to still be with me now. How can I discern what to do or what this thing is? 

41:53 - Since you were a Protestant, how did the deuterocanonical books change your perspective of Catholicism? 

46:55 - I am in a spiritual crisis, the worst I’ve ever had. How can I get through this?

This week on the podcast we talk about how Isaiah called for the proclamation of the "good news" in earnest. In his time and in the fulfillment of Christ, we are to proclaim the Gospel of our Salvation. St Peter reminds us that the judgement is coming, we need to be prepared because we do not know when. Each generation has had signs to encourage us to turn to Christ before it is too late. Christ desires for all to repent, and we should be praying for that to fulfill the desires of God. 

Fr Ian announced that we have a new platform for Catholics to converse outside of the normal Social Media sphere. HealthyMinds is a community platform you can join and it functions similar to social media but without the ads and the drama. We are hosting an Advent Meditations Group on that platform that contains daily meditations on the Mass readings and a very short video for more understanding and ideas to contemplate. Come join us! https://healthyminds.webflow.io

Jeanie Egolf, the founder of Perpetual Light Publishing joins Bill Snyder on this episode of Young Catholics Respond to talk about her faith journey and mission. For more info about Jeanie and Perpetual Light Publishing visit perpetuallightpublishing.com. 

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There are many resources that explain the validity of the Immaculate Conception. Let’s take that one step further. After we accept this truth, how does it benefit our walk with the Lord? Listen as Richaél Lucero covers this along with how the celebration of the Immaculate Conception fits perfectly within the Advent season. SHOW NOTES: —Episodes mentioned: -Doctrines and Dogmas: What’s the big deal? : https://clumsytheosis.net/2019/05/17/dogma-and-doctrine-whats-the-big-deal/ —Catechism references: -CCC 491 Pope Pius IX proclaimed: The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Savior of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin. - CCC 494 St. Irenaeus saind, “Being obedient she became the cause of salvation for herself and for the whole human race." Hence not a few of the early Fathers gladly assert. . .: "The knot of Eve's disobedience was untied by Mary's obedience: what the virgin Eve bound through her disbelief, Mary loosened by her faith." Comparing her with Eve, they call Mary "the Mother of the living" and frequently claim: "Death through Eve, life through Mary.” —Scripture references: -Hail Mary, Full of grace. Luke 1:28 SOCIAL MEDIA: Instagram— https://www.instagram.com/clumsytheosis/ Twitter— https://twitter.com/ClumsyTheosis Facebook— https://www.facebook.com/clumsytheosis VISIT MY WEBSITE: http://www.clumsytheosis.net

3 Things to be Avoided by Parents according to the Catechism of the Council of Trent

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More of an action this week than a gear. Build up the Advent season by taking your children out caroling!

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Straight from the Catechism of the Council of Trent:

Three Things to be Avoided by Parents He should also admonish them to guard particularly against three things, in which they but too often transgress. In the first place, they are not by words or actions to exercise too much harshness towards their children. This is the instruction of St. Paul in his Epistle to the Colossians: “Fathers, he says, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. For there is danger that the spirit of the child may be broken, and he become abject and fearful of everything.” (Col. 3.21) Hence (the pastor) should 424 require parents to avoid too much severity and to choose rather to correct their children than to revenge themselves upon them. Should a fault be committed which requires reproof and chastisement, the parent should not, on the other hand, by undue indulgence, overlook its correction. Children are often spoiled by too much lenience and indulgence on the part of their parents. The pastor, therefore, should deter from such excessive mildness by the warning example of Heli, the high priest, who, on account of overindulgence to his sons, was visited with the heaviest chastisements. Finally, to avoid what is most shameful in the instruction and education of children, let them not propose to themselves aims that are unworthy. Many there are whose sole concern is to leave their children wealth, riches and an ample and splendid fortune; who encourage them not to piety and religion, or to honorable employment, but to avarice, and an increase of wealth, and who, provided their children are rich and wealthy, are regardless of their good name and eternal salvation. Can anything more shameful be thought or expressed? Of such parents it is true to say, that instead of bequeathing wealth to their children, they leave them rather their own wickedness and crimes for an inheritance; and instead of conducting them to Heaven, lead them to the eternal torments of Hell. The priest, therefore, should impress on the minds of parents salutary principles and should exhort them to imitate the virtuous example of Tobias, that having properly trained up their children to the service of God and to holiness of life, they may, in turn, experience at their hands abundant fruit of filial affection, respect and obedience.