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The Advent season is a time of preparation for the anniversary of the Lord's birth on Christmas. This episode of the Compass Catholic podcast provides 5 helpful tips to keep your holiday spending in line so you can enjoy the Advent season without stressing about your credit card bill.

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Questions Covered:

 

01:32 - Can you explain the Divine Mercy chaplet to me? 

12:13 - When someone passes and they don’t receive last rites, what happens to them? My dad died last week and because of covid, couldn’t receive last rites. 

21:15 - I heard that in the Old Testament, men could become priests of the tribe of Levi by marriage. Did Zechariah become a priest by marriage? 

28:40 - Can a person be fully healed from sin by God? Does one need confession still if this happens? 

33:00 - I know a lot of Catholics use 1 Corinthians 3:10 to justify purgatory. Does this passage encourage works and faith? 

46:30 - What is the difference between the deity of Christ and the divinity of Christ? 

47:40 - What did the cross look like that Jesus carried? 

52:48 - How do I explain Mary’s importance to someone who doesn’t believe in free will?

Questions Covered:

 

02:48 - Were Adam and Eve able to have kids when they were in the garden?  

06:03 - Is it possible for God to not love us? Is he capable of that? 

12:20 - Why did early Church fathers, like St. Jerome, believe that the Septuagint is not inspired? 

20:11 - What does it mean that Mary was free from original sin? 

35:30 - Can my wife and I switch rites within the Catholic Church? 

44:53 - When Christ institutes the sacrament of penance, what does it mean when he says, “Whoever’s sins you retain, they are retained”? 

50:38 - How do you respond to people who claim that the Immaculate Conception and Assumption are based in Gnosticism?

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