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How rough was that week? I've got an exercise for you and a separate exercise you can do with your spouse to end the week on a peaceful note!

Guess what, lady? This is not a sprint, it's a marathon. Let's start training for this.

Lent is a time of restoration. Our souls are being restored to better reflect the image of Christ. Enjoy the final episode of our 2020 Lenten series aimed at helping the faithful delve into the spirit of this season. Listen as Richaél Lucero concludes this series with a practical explanation of how we are to live out the last three beatitudes in order to be renewed images of Christ in the world.

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—Episodes mentioned:-2020 Lent Series on the Beatitudes:-Beatitudes Introduction- clumsytheosis.net/2020/02/28/beati…es-introduction/-Beatitudes and Imitating Christ (Part 1 of 3)- clumsytheosis.net/2020/03/14/beati…mitating-christ/-Beatitudes and Imitating Christ (Part 2 of 3)- clumsytheosis.net/2020/03/21/beati…ist-part-2-of-3/

—Other references:-Examination of Conscience (Skip to the section on the Beatitudes) www.royaldoors.net/2015/02/examina…nce-for-adults/

—Scriptures referenced:-Matthew 5:1-16 “Beatitudes”-Isaiah 11:1-2 “Gifts of the Holy Spirit”-Ezekiel 36:26 “A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will take out of your flesh the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.”-Isaiah 43:19 “Behold, I am about to do something new; even now it is coming. Do you not see it? Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness and streams in the desert.”

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On this week's show, we discuss the Church's teachings on the afterlife with Dr. James Papandrea, author of the newly released book What Really Happens After We Die from Sophia Institute Press.

About Dr. James Papandrea:

James L. Papandrea is a Catholic professor, author, speaker, and musician. Baptized Catholic but raised Protestant and eventually ordained in a Protestant denomination, Jim reverted to the Catholic Church through his studies of the Church Fathers. He holds an M.Div. degree from Fuller Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in the History and Theology of the Early Christian Church from Northwestern University. Jim is currently Professor of Church History and Historical Theology at Garrett-Evangelical Seminary at Northwestern University, as well as a consultant in Adult Faith Formation and a regular speaker in parish and lay formation programs across the Chicago area.

About What Really Happens After We Die:

Here professor of Church history Dr. James Papandrea gathers in one place all that is known about the afterlife — drawn from the teachings of Jesus, the Apostles, the Church Fathers, and the Church’s Magisterium — affording, for the first time ever, a complete, authoritative, detailed portrait of the state of souls after death and the realms we enter.

Learn more about What Really Happens After We Die from Sophia Institute Press

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This episode was recorded before we understood what the coronavirus was. Before school closings. Before social distancing. Way before Pope Francis’s Urbi et Orbi blessing and message.

We share this information because of the surprising relevance this episode carries, right down to the Gospel passage on which Pope Francis reflected last week. We hope you are encouraged, inspired, and lifted up by the hand of our God over this conversation.

Val Kelly is a daughter of God, wife, and mom, as well as a co-founding team member of You, Me and NFP. Her quote comes from her husband, Brendan. It’s a prayer he has often prayed when the couple needs to rely on God and trust in the faithfulness of Christ.

“God you have never failed us in the past and you will not fail us in the future.”

Val also calls on Mark 4:35-41:

“On that day, as evening drew on, he said to them, ‘Let us cross to the other side.’ Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ He woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Quiet! Be still!’ The wind ceased and there was great calm. Then he asked them, ‘Why are you terrified? Do you not yet have faith?’ They were filled with great awe and said to one another, ‘Who then is this whom even wind and sea obey?’”

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Today in the Gospel, we hear the classic story of the Raising of Lazarus.

To read this week's readings, go to: usccb.org

Do you have a question that you’ve always wanted to pose to a priest? Today is your day!

Questions Covered:

02:43 - I have noticed that lectors and altar servers at Masses being streamed online are not receiving Communion at those Masses, only the priests are. Why is that? 

07:12 - Why is it wrong to sprinkle a person’s cremated ashes in the wind? 

14:31 - In Colossians 1:24, St. Paul speaks about what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ. What does he mean? 

18:24 - How can I get things blessed without a priest available to do it? 

22:20 - Are there certain prayers that are strictly meant for only priests to say? 

24:12 - Can a divorced person receive Communion? 

30:16 - I had a knee replacement and they offered to give me my knee to bury with me someday. I said no and they threw it away. Is that a sin? 

32:33 - Is the Pope telling people to just confess to God or are people still meant to confess to priests? 

44:23 - The catechism says, the sacrifice of the Eucharist is also the sacrifice of the members of His Body. What does this mean?

Do you have a question that you’ve always wanted to pose to a priest? Today is your day!

Questions Covered:

 

14:35 - I was atheist for most of my life and am struggling to transition into being Catholic now, in that, it is difficult to talk about. How can I better express my faith in words? It feels strange to have faith after declaring not to for so long. 

24:23 - What is invincible ignorance? Could my brother, who was raised Catholic, but fell away, still be saved? 

32:31 - My husband left me 7 years ago. I got an annulment. Am I supposed to tell my husband that I forgive him? Can I just forgive him in my heart and let it go? 

36:55 - Is it untoward to contact a priest during this time and ask to sit in on their private Mass? 

45:22 - What are your thoughts on the suspension of the Mass?