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Nancy Ward Joins me this week.  She is the author of a great book titled "Sharing Your Catholic Faith Story".  In this great book she gives her story on her journey into the church and it includes the stories of others as well.  We talk about how the Holy Spirit helps us, developing our relationship with the Holy Spirit, and our call to evangelization.  Learn more about Nancy and her great work at www.nancyhcward.com and www.joyalive.net.

Differences of opinion in a marriage are healthy if you can find a compromise that works for both of you. Being on the same page is important in all areas, especially as you plan for retirement.

Maybe one of you wants to move closer to the grandkids and the other wants to move to a deserted tropical island. Where you’ll live and what you plan to do is a conversation that needs to start long before that last day at work.

The Compass Catholic blog has more ideas about planning for a happy, productive retirement.

In this week’s episode, Diana and Caitlyn speak with John Flanagan from the Laboure Society. John is the executive director of the Laboure Society which is a nonprofit organization that aims to help aspirants tackle their student debt load so they can discern their potential calling. John talks about the method Laboure has implemented that is Canon Law and IRS compliant. The Laboure method was also designed to grow a community of stewardship and ownership of our calling as laity to support vocations.

 

Links from this week’s episode:

The Laboure Society

https://rescuevocations.org

To Donate to the Laboure Society

https://rescuevocations.org/give/

 

Equifax article about the FICO Resilience Index

https://www.equifax.com/business/fico-resilience-index/

 

Compass Catholic Ministries

https://compasscatholic.org

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:

 

04:00 - Did Martin Luther get a few things right at the time of the Reformation? 

08:55 - How do you know if someone is a male or a female? What determines gender? 

16:42 - If the saints are in purgatory as stated in Revelation, then how can they also be in the presence of God? 

23:16 - At the Second Coming, what will happen to people who need to go to Purgatory? 

28:58 - Can we trace a historical lineage for Jesus, Mary, and Joseph? Can we know that they were real people? 

33:30 - It seems like Genesis 3:14 and Genesis 6:5 are in conflict. How should we understand this? 

42:30 - How should Catholics respond to churches like Hagia Sophia that was taken over by Muslims? 

46:25 - Why do Catholics believe that saints can aid in salvation? 

51:07 - Is the word homosexuality in the Bible? Was it introduced recently?

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:

 

08:25 - Can two transgender people date and marry each other if their genders at birth were male and female? 

15:44 - St. Iranaeus says that both Sts. Peter and Paul established the Church. How do you know Peter was the first pope and not Paul? 

18:51 - How is the Mass an unbloody sacrifice? 

40:20 - Why do Catholics perform infant baptisms?

Is there a Catholic model for economics? If so, what is it? If not, what contribution can Catholic Faith make to economic theory and practice?

The sacrament of Confirmation can be baffling to today’s Catholics. What is it? What does it do? And what is the correct age to receive it? Father Hugh Barbour answers all our questions.

Every week, when I tee it up with my buddies, we have an unwritten rule that everyone get a mulligan. A mulligan is basically a do-over, a second chance to redeem ourselves from a really bad shot. God is that way with sin. In this podcast Tony’s discusses forgiveness.

Scripture: If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrongdoing. 1 John 1:9

Have mercy on me, God, in accord with your merciful love; in your abundant compassion blot out my transgressions. Thoroughly wash away my guilt; and from my sin cleanse me. Psalm 51 NAB

If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions. Matthew 6:14-15

Reflection: Do you ever think that your sins are unforgivable? We all have core sins, do you confess the same sins over and over again? Does that fact that God forgives a humble sinner give you a feeling that with God you can do all things?

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The episode today goes out the day before the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. I speak about the Gospel passage we Carmelites use on that feast, along with a perspective on the Brown Scapular of our Lady. Remember, a devotion to the Brown Scapular always brings us to a special and need place with our Lady.

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