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Recently, we had 4 men make their solemn profession. Today, I speak a bit about the great spiritual richness that comes into our lives if we spend time in prayer going over the prayers of the liturgy.    

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Living in the Spirit of God is so different than trying to live my the rules and commandments.  Listen in to see what a difference it is to love the  Lord's precepts

We all have a little voice of God within. It is called our conscience. The question is, do we listen to God or to everyone else? In this week’s episode of By Your Life, we talk about the consequences of choosing who we listen to.

He played baseball in elementary school, soccer in high school, and now in his adult life is an avid marathoner, including having participated in events from southern California to New York City to Naples, Florida, and even Rome, Italy. Meanwhile, he wrote a book called, 100 Ways John Paul II Changed the World, and has won more than two dozen awards from the Catholic Press Association. He met Pope St. John Paul II five times!  He also talks here about having gone five times to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

Guest quotes:

“My dad had had two goals in life.  One was to be married for 50 years, which he accomplished, and have a large family and raise them in the faith, which he did… His pride and joy was knowing that he raised his family … to know Jesus and to love their Catholic faith.”

“The faith… was the base that I grew up with and when times got tough, I turned to God and the church and never looked back.”

“As human beings we’re a body and spirit, so we need to feed both of them and some of the lessons I learned in sports, both in baseball and in soccer, have stayed with me.”

“When I get to heaven… I’ll just be overwhelmed by God himself and the heavenly hosts and all that.”

“Basically, my whole career as a journalist, as an editor, as a publicist, has been in the Catholic faith.  So, God had this plan for me, that I never could have foreseen to be working in His church for my entire life.”

“And my boss said, ‘Would you like to meet the Pope?’  And I said, ‘Do you need to ask?! If there’s a list, just put me on it, please.’  And they put me on the list and on October 1st, 1997, I met John Paul II for the first time.”

“I’m just a farm kid from Saskatchewan, I’m speaking to the greatest Pope in a thousand years and he’s listening to me.  Incredibly humble.  I felt very humble to have that opportunity…  Not only that, I got to attend his Mass, in his private chapel, in the Papal apartments, across the hall from his bedroom, his study where he did all of his great work.  In his private chapel where he prayed and did some of his greatest work.  And it was one of the greatest days of my life.”

“I do find (Pope St. John Paul II) as – because I met him so many times – as one of my personal patrons.  So absolutely, I pray for his intercession pretty regularly.”

“When I was a teenager, I made a pledge to ride my bicycle across Canada – five thousand miles – to raise awareness for Pro-Life issues.  My parents vetoed that idea, but I publicly said that I would do this and made the commitment to do this as a 16-year old Canadian kid. So, Pro-Life has been one of my passions.”

Related link:

Patrick’s book – 100 Ways John Paul II Changed the World

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Bear talks with young men about Plato’s Cave & how we need to wake up to the Reality of Christ. Vincent Roberts tell us how he felt compelled to be a witness to his generation in his new podcast “Out of the Cave” Mama Bears this is a great episode to share with younger members of your family.

Learn more about Vincent’s podcast at https://www.outofthecavepodcast.org/

More and more families are making the tough decision to abandon the public school system and instead choosing to homeschool their children. These can lead to some very stressful times for first-time homeschoolers. What curriculum should they use? How will each school day look? Will they fail or succeed? Was this the right decision. Join Karen Salstrom and I as we discuss the trials and tribulations of being homeschoolers. Check out her book Confessions of a Catholic Homeschool Mom here.

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:

02:26 - What media is alright for Catholics to watch and play? 

11:06 - Will formal heresy depose a pope of his office? 

15:48 - Since God exists in eternity where there are no time constraints, are our prayers efficacious for our ancestors who we never knew? 

20:15 - Why does the Catholic Church feel the need to define the doctrine of transubstantiation? 

28:40 - A lot of people on social media claim to have dreams about the Rapture and end times. Could this be true that they really are getting warnings about end times? 

36:03 - Are people not supposed to make vows to God? Are they only permitted to vow when they can ensure that they keep the vow? 

42:43 - Can you please explain 2 Samuel 24:1 and 1 Chronicles 21:1? Who instigated counting the fighting men of Israel?  

46:40 - Where were the nails placed on Jesus body, the hands or the wrists? 

49:00 - If a person is infertile, can they marry? Also, what would marriage do for them if they couldn’t have children? 

Resources Mentioned:

 

The Bible Is A Catholic Book 

Teaching with Authority 

A Daily Defense: 365 Days (plus one) to Becoming a Better Apologist 

The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church

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:

 

03:35 - Is there any significance that the Catholic high school I went to was owned and used by Freemasons? There are Mason statues and symbolism all over the grounds. 

07:01 - In Kings 13:1, why did the young prophet receive punishment from God for eating and drinking when it was the fault of the old prophet who lied to him? 

12:20 - Were the books of the New Testament really written by their given authors? Is it heretical to think otherwise? 

21:00 - How is bending the knee and making the sign of the Cross in front of a sacred image not idolatry? 

28:59 - How can I know that I was validly baptized? How can any of us know that we were validly baptized? 

35:19 - How do Catholics reconcile themselves with American democracy, considering its origins? 

47:40 - What is the Catholic Church’s stance on penal substitution? 

52:30 - Why is 3 such a special number?

Bill talks about the need for hope in our lives on this episode of Young Catholics Respond.

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