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Questions Covered

 

03:33 - How should I interpret Jesus’ visit to Martha and Mary? 

07:07 - Is there another meaning to the stories of Jonah & the whale and David & Goliath? 

13:23 - Did the big bang really happen? 

23:11 - What language did Adam and Eve speak? 

28:59 - Why did Jesus say “behold your mother; mother, behold your son?” 

32:00 - Did God create all animals before humans or did he keep working after humans were created? 

36:00 - Why is it bad to grumble and how do I fix it? 

42:06 - In Romans 8 it says “For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son.” What does that mean? 

47:53 - Are you a baby in heaven before you’re a baby on earth? 

49:25 - If a priest blesses you, but he doesn’t want to bless you, do you still get fully blessed? 

51:17 - How many disciples were there? 

53:02 - How long after Adam and Eve were created did they sin?

Questions Covered:

30:01 - Will this topic be taught in Dr. Staudt’s upcoming master’s class at the Augustine Institute? 

32:05 - We went very quickly from a Christian culture to an atheist/pagan culture. How do we start to change it back? 

35:50 - How can we practically begin to build the intergenerational communities Mr. Staud referred to? 

45:00 - How do you see the future of the Catholic Church in America? 

Resources Mentioned:

Restoring Humanity by Dr. Jared Staudt

Category: Social Justice Tag: Bible reading, faith, faith and works, social justice

A basic moral test is how our most vulnerable members are faring. In a society marred by deepening divisions between rich and poor, our tradition recalls the story of the Last Judgment (Mt 25:31-46) and instructs us to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first.

“The poor not only suffer injustice, they also struggle against it! . . . [Solidarity] means that the lives of all take priority over the appropriation of goods by a few. It also means fighting against the structural causes of poverty andinequality; of the lack of work, land and housing; and of the denial of social and labor rights. It means confronting the destructive effects of the empire of money: forced dislocation, painful emigration, human trafficking, drugs,war, violence and all those realities that many of you suffer and that we are all called upon to transform . . . Love for the poor is at the center of the Gospel.” —Pope Francis, Address to the First World Meeting of Popular Movements

Topics Discussed:

Catholic social justice principle #4, the preferential option for the poor and vulnerable 

How to serve without superiority

What Jesus meant by “take my ‘yoke’ upon you” 

Overview:

Minutes 00:12:00 – The secret to successful ministry, the preferential option for the poor   

Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Who are the poor, how do I serve them?

Minutes 24:01-36:00 – Serving without superiority, enabling the poor to thrive

Minutes 36:01-48:00 – The primary purpose of the option for the poor: to enable them to become active participants in society.

Additional Resources:

Pope Francis, The Joy of the Gospel (Evangelii Gaudium)

St. Ambrose, “You are not making a gift of what is yours to the poor man, but you are giving him back what is his. You have been appropriating things that are meant to be for the common use of everyone. The earth belongs to everyone, not to the rich.” (Populorum Progressio,Pope Paul VI, 23)

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching

Book, Amazon: Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and USCCB

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Questions Covered:

00:47 - Why does the Church allow organ donation but not the scattering of ashes? 

06:02 - I read a protestant claim that said early Church worship was much closer to modern charismatic services than it was to the Catholic Mass. 

14:06 - What’s the current role of the Camerlengo of the College of Cardinals? 

16:48 - Is it ok for me to attend the bridal shower of my friend who fell away from the faith? 

20:32 - The Church claims it’s the only authority of scripture, but according to natural law we’re able to reason to moral truths ourselves. Isn’t that a double standard? 

28:43 - My atheist friend says religion is just something people tell themselves for a long enough time until they believe it. How can I respond to him? 

34:24 - What’s the distinction between spiritual gluttony and the pursuit of wisdom? How do I know which I’m engaging in? 

41:22 - How was God created? 

44:50 - If every soul has to pass through purgatory to get to heaven, then what does the Catholic Church say happens to the souls of Protestants, who don’t believe in purgatory? 

48:22 - In Exodus 21:20 there’s a law that says if someone beats their slave to death they’re punished by death, but if the slave recovers, they’re not punished by death because a slave is his master’s property. Why is the slave, made in the image and likeness of God, someone’s property?