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How much do you think about your holiness and whether or not you are growing in it? Are you truly making an effort to die to yourself?

Apologist and author Ken Litchfield joins me on the program this week.  We discuss his book and some common objections to Catholicism.  He answers the question of what church did Christ establish and where we got the Bible.  It os very informative.

 About Ken's book:

This book is an introductory guide to the Catholic Faith. It is great guide for new Catholics, fallen away Catholics and cradle Catholics. It would be very useful supplement for a confirmation class or an RCIA class.This book explains what the Catholic Church teaches in plain language for the regular pew sitter. It explains the Old Testament Jewish roots of Catholic teachings and the New Testament references for Catholic teachings. As a bonus I provide quotes from early Christian teachers that give the a Catholic interpretation of the Old and New Testaments before 500AD. The book is laid out to take a person from pagan to Catholic in 100 pages or an individual chapter can be read on its own. This book is a first step into the field of Catholic Apologetics with plenty of references for further study.

 Check out the book here:  https://www.amazon.com/How-Old-Your-Church-Introductory-ebook/dp/B07JDD4RGH/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=ken+litchfield&qid=1593990106&sr=8-1

Episode #78: I'd like to share with you the scripture from the book of Revelations that I think is probably the most important scripture for today's times. It's Revelations 3:16. And let’s look at it from the perspective of another 3:16 – John 3:16. “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish, but might have eternal life.” Today the world is so full of evil doings that many people are perishing. Jesus has strong words for us about this in Revelation 3:16. Listening to this episode is extremely important right now.

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Join Paul and his guests John Tuturice and Daniel Flaherty, owner of TheSportsNotebook.com

 

 and author of the book "Great 1980s Sports Moments," delve beneath the surface on why sports exist and why we care so much about them!

Questions Covered:

 

12:24 - How can Catholic politicians who are pro-abortion still be allowed to receive communion? This made me leave the Catholic Church. 

18:12 - How can the Catholic Church say that there isn’t or hasn’t been corruption in the Magisterium that hasn’t led to error in the Church? 

28:54 - How do you get a Protestant to accept your words when they are saying the same thing as you but not admitting it? 

34:54 - My sister recently headed toward the Lutheran church and I want to bring her back to the Catholic Church. How can I tell her that the Lutheran church is not the same as the Catholic Church? 

43:09 - Can you explain the intercession of saints? 

49:06 - When the Catholic Church grants an annulment, does it make the children from that removed marriage illegitimate? 

51:28 - What are ways to evangelize our Catholic children?

Drawing on his personal discussions with John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis, as well as his decades of experience with Catholics from every continent, George Weigel examines the major challenges confronting the Catholic Church and its 1.3 billion believers in the twenty-first century: challenges the next pontificate must address as the Church enters new, uncharted territory. To what is the Holy Spirit calling this Church-in-transition? What are the qualities needed in the man who will lead the Church from the Chair of Saint Peter?

Questions Covered:

 

23:20 - As a Catholic, how can I defend Pope John Paul II to other Catholics? 

29:00 - What would you recommend to a person who is not outgoing but wants to evangelize? Is there a book that would be helpful to read? 

47:40 - I love Pope Benedict XVI. Are you planning to write a book about him and his writings? 

49:55 - Why aren’t we hearing from the pulpit JPII’s prophetic warning from 1976 about the family and marriage?

The seismic shifts that are underway in every aspect of our culture these days are nothing compared to the seismic shifts God is calling me to personally, perhaps calling all of us too if there is to be any resolution that will promote the human advancement of us all.

We can no longer face anything the same way we did five months ago. It seems like such a breath of time, and yet a centuries-wide chasm has been broken open by the processes and changes that are fracturing and reshaping the world as we have known it.

We collectively stare into a widening canyon of uncertainty as life spins into unexpected directions. Uncertainty: where will all this end? What will happen to me? Will I be able to keep what I have? Am I somehow also responsible for this? Am I all that God has put me on this earth to be and to do?

Yet a window of possibility is emerging…The possibility that we might feel with courage…That we might decide with love…That we might listen with neutrality…That we might be willing to lose something that another might have,to die that another might live…

Join  Fr. Scott Mansfield, Pastor of St. John Vianney, Tony Wilimitis, and Will Tapia as they give an in depth review of the Gospel from the Fifteenth week in Ordinary Time: An Hour with Deacon Jordan.

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On this week's show, we meet Mark Bosco, S.J. and Elizabeth Coffman, the filmmakers behind the new documentary "Flannery" coming soon to virtual cinemas nationwide.

About the Filmmakers:

Elizabeth Coffman has produced and directed films about communities in crisis from Louisiana to Bosnia. Many of her films include or are about writers, such as Flannery, One More Mile with writer Aleksandar Hemon, Veins in the Gulf with Martha Serpas and Souls and Sonnets with Rita Dove. She works with Ted Hardin at Long Distance Productions.

Mark Bosco, S.J. is a Jesuit priest and a professor. He is an authority on the works of Flannery O'Connor and Graham Greene. Mark’s most recent book is Graham Greene’s Catholic Imagination, published by Oxford University Press. He is the Vice President for Mission and Ministry at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Flannery is his first film.

 

About Flannery:

 

Winner of the first-ever Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, Flannery is the lyrical, intimate exploration of the life and work of author Flannery O’Connor, whose distinctive Southern Gothic style influenced a generation of artists and activists. With her family home at Andalusia (the Georgia farm where she grew up and later wrote her best-known work) as a backdrop, a picture of the woman behind her sharply aware, starkly redemptive style comes into focus. Including conversations with those who knew her and those inspired by her (Mary Karr, Tommy Lee Jones, Lucinda Williams, Hilton Als and more), Flannery employs never-before-seen archival footage, newly discovered personal letters and her own published words (read by Mary Steenburgen) alongside original animations and music to examine the life and legacy of an American literary icon.

 

For More Information:

www.FlanneryFilm.com

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