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Hi there. I’m Sr Kathryn Hermes and thank you for joining me as we explore the Love that is the heart of the world and the work of the Heart that helps us become this Love and to discover it in the world so that all the world becomes to us like the miraculous burning bush. We have been invisibly stamped with the signature, the seal of the God who bends over us with such tenderness.

In these days I have felt helplessness, disbelief, horror that one human being could do to another what we all witnessed in the last 9 minutes of Mr George Floyd’s life. Dismay that one person could do this to his brother, yes to his brother and mine, for we all, as sons and daughters of one Creator are brothers and sisters to each other, members of one another. How can we allow this to happen to our brothers and our sisters who have struggled for centuries under the intolerable burden of racism. I go back to that Gaze, the Gaze of Jesus that moment when he said to keep the quiet eye of my heart focused on him.

 

Quotes from the podcast:

Sometimes I just want to bury my face in my hands as a kneel before Jesus. Quiet. Rest. Serenity. Wisdom. Love. I need it all to bring a shattered heart back into one. Particularly in times of civil unrest, periodically shielding my heart from the opinions and actions of others gives me a chance to breathe. To breathe in the Spirit. To gaze at the world with the eyes of Christ.

It is the Gaze by which Jesus makes me his sister, his friend, his beloved. We communicate our hearts and our heart’s love or hate through our eyes. In the Gaze of Jesus I see the eyes of every single person in this country who at this time is trying to grapple with this. When I raise my eyes of Jesus in the Eucharist, I see their faces incorporated in his risen Body.

Somewhere deep inside me there is that flowing river of love that can hold in itself every brother and sister no matter how broken...

Look into yourself and see God within you.Fasten your eyes on your heart and God, rising out of your heart, will shine on your soul.

 

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EPISODE 442

Abuse is a tough thing. Many face it, and few talk about it. Father wounds are a deficiency of love. Bob Kroll shares his story of how he learned from his own experience and what you can do to be a loving father.

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:

02:45 - Will the Knights of Columbus be able to defend their name following the desecration of many statues of Columbus around the country? How? 

10:49 - Why do I need annulment before remarrying?  

21:13 - I have trouble fully agreeing with the Church’s teaching on abortion. Can I be in full communion with the Catholic Church? 

32:22 - Must a person have faith and works to gain eternal life? 

42:49 - I am starting to read the Bible. Which Gospel should I start reading and which is the best translation to read? 

50:21 - If I go to confession and confess my sins, receive and complete my penance, will I still have to pay for that sin later when I die?

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:

 

02:55 - If a Catholic couple is struggling with infertility, can the man provide a sperm sample to a fertility specialist in a moral way? 

04:47 - As Catholics, do we believe that Moses and Elijah are going to return before the final Judgement?  

11:48 – Regarding the spread of Christianity in history, why did Catholicism not spread in the mid-East as it did in other parts of the world? 

14:08 - A lot of people claim that reality has a secular liberal bias. How would an apologist combat this? 

19:59 - Judges 11:35-26 talks about a human sacrifice. Did this really take place? 

28:48 - What historical proof is there of Peter being the first Pope? 

35:35 - What is papal infallibility? How exactly is it defined?  

43:55 - In the book “Antiquities of the Jews” by Flavius Josephus he refers to James as the brother of Jesus. Would this mean brother or could it mean “cousin” as well? 

48:37 - Are Christians allowed to listen to metal music and, if so, what kind?