I continue to speak about the opera I saw called The Damnation of Faust. I speak about a line that Faust sings early in the opera “My misery is jealous of their joy.”  I talk about the context of this line and what we can learn from it as Catholics.

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What is the reason and purpose of fasting?

Non-Catholic callers are welcome to call and ask any question about the Catholic Church.

Questions Covered:

 

04:08 - I was baptized as an infant and am currently in RCIA. What will happen if I die before I am confirmed? 

14:28 - How do you explain the Inquisition, when Catholics were killing Protestants? 

22:58 - How can God exist when there is evil and suffering in the world? God created people knowing that some will choose hell. How can this be? 

37:04 - What does the Catholic Church believe that is different than Protestantism?  

45:25 - My fiancé is Catholic, and I am Greek orthodox. Will we still be able to have a valid marriage? 

47:54 - How can the Pope or the Church determine infallibly that a person is in heaven as a saint? 

52:18 - How do plenary indulgences work?

Non-Catholic callers are welcome to call and ask any question about the Catholic Church.

Questions Covered:

 

04:20 - If the papacy is not the antichrist, who or what is it? 

07:33 - Did Mary have pain during childbirth? If she did, that means she was not free from original sin. 

14:12 - I am attracted to the Catholic faith but I am concerned that it could be the harlot of revelation. 

22:26 - Where in the Bible does it say that Catholics are supposed to go to confession to a person before receiving the Eucharist?  

38:00 - I know that Catholics honor Mary, but it seems like they worship her. How do you respond to this? 

46:23 - The Bible says nothing about denominations, it just says to be holy. Why do you claim that being Catholic is right?

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