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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:

 

06:35 - When can you disagree with the state and cease obedience? 

16:24 - If a person commits serious crimes against children and commits murder, then suicide, is there any chance that he could be in purgatory? 

20:36 - What is the role of Church councils? 

28:33 - What is the difference between a soul and a spirit? Are they the same thing? 

39:55 - I thought that if we received communion and had confession by Divine Mercy Sunday, our sins and the eternal punishment would be removed from us. Is this true? 

49:03 - Can a Catholic be a vegan?

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:

 

06:10 - What does the Church teach about dreams and interpretations? 

15:13 - How can I defend Mary’s Immaculate Conception to a non-Catholic? 

24:22 - Is a soldier committing a mortal sin if they kill someone in battle? 

37:17 - How can Catholic people claim to have objective morality? 

49:38 - If you go to confession and die right away, do you still have to go to purgatory, or do you go straight to heaven?

With public Masses slowly starting it is important to understand what is happening. Maybe we took it for granted. Author Charles Johnston joins me on the program today to discuss the importance of the Eucharistic prayer. Check out his book titles "The Beauty of the Mass" on Amazon.

The author of Meeting the Protestant Challenge asks how Catholics can believe that the Church is a visible hierarchical institution when Jesus says that the Church in Matthew 18:20 is an invisible union of believers?

Why is the Church so defensive about marriage even when it is not sacramental? Why does the Church insist on the goodness of natural marriage? What does this say about sacramental marriage?

In this podcast, Tony discusses God’s gifts and how sometimes a simple thank you is better than answering every question through worry and anxiety.

Scripture:Can any of you by worrying add a single moment to your life-span? Matthew 6:27

Quotes:“Aam Khao, ped, kyon ginte ho?”  (Enjoy your mango, and don’t worry about what particular tree it comes from.)

Reflection:What are you going to do to recognize God’s gifts and enjoy the mangos?

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We are continuing a series of six Podcasts looking at Light and Darkness - Courage and Faith - Healing and Hope through a Marian Lens. Each episode features an event in Mary's life and a particular image we have chosen to prayerfully reflect on together. This Podcast Series accompanies the launching of the Third Edition of my book: Surviving Depression: A Catholic Approach. In today's episode we explore how Jesus is in the darkness with us and ideas for praying in the darkness. We learn in our Marian lens into the moment when Jesus was taken down from the cross.

This is today's image:

Image Credit: Ugolino di Nerio [Public domain]  1280-1330Image is in the public domain.

 

Surviving Depression: A Catholic Approach (Third Edition) available at www.paulinestore.org

 

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I am praying the Holy Spirit Novena and today's focus was faithfulness.  That is a loaded word, what does it really mean to be faithful?

As we prepare for Pentecost, I offer up a need for us to reflect on 1 John 3: 18. It is a verse that calls us to deed and truth. How are we to live our Christian lives? I wrestle with that question today in this episode.

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