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New Episode: Your family, your friends, your parish – all beautiful gifts from God. What are the good things you do with them? The Two Guys reflect on what we do with gifts or “loans” from God. Join us as we start thinking about Sunday’s Gospel today.

In today's passage Jesus comes to John the Baptist for baptism, but why?  It is a very important section that shows that Jesus came to fulfill Old Covenant rites in the New.

Have you ever said that to yourself?  I bet you haven't because this world tells us we are never good enough and comparing ourselves to others is engrained in our minds.  Let's take a moment and appreciate how wonderfully unique we are for a moment, shall we?

This episode is a recording of our first Live event, hosted on both Facebook and YouTube. Caitlyn and Diana talk about some questions we are frequently asked about personal finances. If you were unable to join this live event, we still encourage you to post your questions in the comments. Caitlyn and Diana can answer these questions at a future live event or use them as inspiration for a future podcast episode!

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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:

 

04:28 - How can I build a prayer life? 

13:08 - Do wedding rings continue to have a sacramental blessing if the spouse has died? 

15:39 - What is the reason Catholics wear a brown scapular? 

20:04 - Is the Eucharist a means to forgive sins or must your sins be forgiven before approaching the sacrament? 

28:42 - Were Adam and Eve Jewish? 

31:04 - Is it impossible to avoid purgatory? 

41:35 - How can I explain that the Eucharist is not just a symbol? 

50:28 - With the divine office, there is an ordinary and extraordinary form. What is the difference between the two? 

52:57 - What is an independent Catholic Church? Are they in communion with Rome?

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:

03:24 - My Protestant friend believes that Hebrews 9 and 10 disprove Catholicism because Catholics continually offer sacrifice. How can I explain that it is one sacrifice? 

09:08 - Who invented the Holy Trinity? 

14:53 - Since neither candidate is completely pro-life, we would be voting for the lesser of two evils. Are we as Catholics called to write in an entirely pro-life candidate? 

19:05 - Is it wrong to worship outside of the Catholic faith? I watch videos on YouTube from LDS churches to comfort myself since my dad died. 

30:34 - My 24-year-old daughter is trying to convince me that Reincarnation is real and wants me to go to an event where they take me through my past lives. How can I best respond to her? 

34:40 - What is the definition of the ‘morning star’? 

41:53 - If we have truly free will, why can’t we do what we want? 

45:45 - What is the unpardonable sin mentioned in Scripture and why is it unpardonable? 

49:14 - with all these fake prophets all over the world deceiving many people, will their followers go to hell? 

51:24 - My husband was taught in an RCIA class that all Jewish people will go to heaven because they are God’s chosen people. Is this true? 

Resources Mentioned:

 

Billy Sprague

Mark Heard

Ep. 93 and 94 from Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World

In the Gospels Jesus often asks seemingly useless questions. He asks a blind man, “Do you want to see?” He asks a leper, “What do you want me to do for you?” He asks a man who had been sick for thirty-eight years and is sitting by the side of the sheep pool, “Do you want to be made well?” What answer was Jesus expecting?

 

If we are suffering with anxiety or depression, or just trying to to survive these last months of 2020, the attempt to just survive can contract our personal universe to a “safe” size. Our thinking patterns can become caught in overcontrolled ruts. We lose flexibility in favor of the fight/flight/freeze mechanism that leads to hypervigilance and shutdown.

Jesus invites us to see in new ways.

In today's passage we learn a little more about the ministry of John the Baptist.  He baptizes with water, but how does this differ from what we experience in the sacrament of baptism?

Are you feeling depressed, anxious, fearful or tempted and spiritually empty?  You must listen to this and find your rightful joy and peace!

With election season passions heating up, Catholics are more willing than ever to excommunicate each other online. But what, exactly, does it take to be put out of the Church? We asked the king of careful distinctions, Father Sebastian Walshe.