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How can we give better answers to those who have questions on the truthfulness of Sacred Scripture? Scott Hahn has an answer that might surprise you, and it centers around the Mass and the Eucharist. Learn more on this episode of The Road to Emmaus.

Is profitability a core value? Profitability is a laudable business goal and I’m all for profits. But defining profitability as a core value can lead to unintended consequences. In this episode of By Your Life, we talk about cultivating a values-centered culture at work and personally cultivating a Christ-centered heart.

The varsity girls golf coach at St. Francis High School in the San Jose, California, area, where she is also the Assistant Athletic Director for Mission and Engagement. She previously was the junior varsity girls golf coach at St. Ignatius Prep in San Francisco. In her college days she attended the University of Notre Dame, where she competed in rowing for four years. She is also the author of a book called, "Pray and Practice with Purpose: A Playbook for the Spiritual Development of Athletes," and she has completed three marathons.

EPISODE 446

We live in troubling times. Every time you turn on the news or open up your social media accounts it just seems like the world is burning all around us. We are in a battle and God is gathering men for the war. Will you join us?

Jerry Usher is a man living his dream. Jerry is a radio host, speaker, founder of Catholic Answers radio show among other existing ventures. Jerry can be heard daily Monday thru Friday from 12noon to 1pm ET on ETWN radio call-in show Take 2 with Jerry and Debbie.

 

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On this episode of Young Catholics Respond, Bill Snyder talks about the story of David and Goliath and how the lessons of the biblical story can help us fight back against the giants we face in our society and culture today.

This week Tim Glemkowski stopped by to discuss parish renewal. We took a particularly hard look at how this has morphed since the covid pandemic. Grab your copy of Made for Mission: Renewing Your Parish Culture 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:

02:02 - What is the procedure that can be done to prevent pregnancy when a woman is raped? Were you referring to abortion? 

06:49 - At the Final Judgement, does a person in heaven experience judgement again? 

12:50 - What does the Church teach about the Rapture and tribulation? 

20:58 - How do I answer an atheist who criticizes and ridicules the Old Testament because of the “commandment” to stone women? 

24:37 - Can you give me some Scripture verses demonstrating the 12 ministers and royal stewards of the Old Testament? – she’s waiting for a book 

32:59 - Why are so many people having rapture dreams? 

40:42 - Pentecostals use 1 Corinthians 14:2 as evidence that their speaking in tongues is valid and good. How do Catholics view this verse? 

47:44 - My cousin believes that the devil is a son of God. How can I refute this? 

53:15 - What is a spirit?

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 - What does Matthew 24:24 mean? 

08:53 - Did Abraham think that he was going to sacrifice Isaac? 

13:42 - What is the Catholic perspective on land promises to the Jews in the book of Jeremiah? 

18:46 - Why don’t Catholics celebrate Jewish festivals like the early Church did? 

24:15 - Is it ever moral to prescribe contraception as a nurse practitioner? 

31:33 - How do you know that the miracles in the Bible are not just exaggerations or hyperbole? 

36:00 - I just graduated high school. What pointers do you have for future apologists? 

46:08 - How can an all-knowing God create a human knowing that some people will not accept him, banishing them for eternity? 

52:46 - In iconography, Jesus seems to be making a gesture by joining his thumb, ring, and little fingers. What is the purpose of this? Would it be acceptable to make the sign of peace like this? 

Resources Mentioned:

Chosen by God by Jimmy Akin  

The Mysterious “Lost” Tribes of Israel – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World

National Catholic Bioethics Center – ncbcenter.org 

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

Catholic Answers School of Apologetics: Beginning Apologetics Online Course

5 DUTIES OF PARENTS WITH DAVID WILLIAMS FROM SAINTCARDS

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Parents have the first responsibility for the education of their children. They bear witness to this responsibility first by creating a home where tenderness, forgiveness, respect, fidelity, and disinterested service are the rule. The home is well suited for education in the virtues. This requires an apprenticeship in self-denial, sound judgment, and self-mastery – the preconditions of all true freedom. Parents should teach their children to subordinate the “material and instinctual dimensions to interior and spiritual ones.” Parents have a grave responsibility to give good example to their children. By knowing how to acknowledge their own failings to their children, parents will be better able to guide and correct them:

He who loves his son will not spare the rod. . . . He who disciplines his son will profit by him.Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.