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Join us for a discussion with one of our favorite financial planners, John Kennedy of Candor Path Financial Services. John will share ideas with us about how to get your finances in shape for 2020.

The Compass Catholic blog has more ideas for you to consider.

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:

 

02:51 - Can you explain how Catholics present the Scripture (esp. the gospels)? How is it different from how Protestants would present it? 

13:54 - What are the gnostic gospels? Why are they not in the Canon of Scripture? 

19:44 - My father was a verbally abusive man, but he hid it outside the home. My father is now deceased, and people tell me how much they liked him and what a good man he was. How can I charitably but truthfully respond to these comments? 

28:35 - When did the marriage between Mary and Joseph take place?  

38:50 - If we believe that life starts at conception, why don’t we baptize babies when they’re still in the womb?  

43:15 - Ephesians 2:8 proves that salvation cannot be lost. How do you respond to that? 

50:25 - Can you define what deliberate consent is in the case of mortal sin?

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:

07:32 - What is the Catholic perspective on righteousness? How do we obtain it? 

16:59 - How can we know if a teaching from the early Church was passed on orally and recorded in Scripture or if it came from Scripture? 

21:50 - How can I deal with Mormon missionaries? 

32:40 - What is the origin of Christianity? Is Catholicism the first Christian religion? 

37:45 - In my area, they combined three Catholic Churches to form one parish called Our Lady of Guadalupe. Why would they do that when Aztecs performed human sacrifice?  

44:42 - Is Revelation 22:18-19 a good verse to prove that we can lose our salvation? 

48:53 - How do we talk to Protestants who don’t believe in papal infallibility? 

52:48 - How do you interpret the extremely long lifespans recorded in the book of Genesis?

This week on the Podcast we talk about the prophecy of the baptism and the fulfilment in Christ. We really go into our response to holiness. In maturity we are able to rejoice in the gifts of others, not tear them down in jealousy or envy. We talk about how John recognised his role and questioned his worthiness to complete it. It was allowed for the fulfilment of scripture. We also talk about attitudes in which we question God in our confusion or misunderstanding, John does not fall into the same sin as his father.

As we continue our conversations about his book Meeting the Protestant Challenge, Karlo Broussard asks: How can the Catholic Church teach that we can’t have absolute
assurance that we’re going to heaven if the Bible says that we can? How can the Catholic Church teach that it’s possible for us to lose our salvation when Jesus says that no one can snatch us out of his hand?

In this podcast, Tony offers seven spiritual resolutions for your new year.  We are either on one of two trajectories, growing in our relationship with God, or frankly, we are growing away from God (toward the devil).  As we are reminded in the book of Romans; we are either moving toward darkness or moving toward the light.

Scripture: And do this because you know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed; the night is advanced, the day is at hand. Let us then throw off the works of darkness [and] put on the armor of light.  Romans 13:11-12

Quote: “The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul. –G.K. Chesterton

Prayer:

 

O Jesus,through the Immaculate Heart of Mary,I offer You my prayers, works,joys and sufferingsof this day for all the intentionsof Your Sacred Heart,in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Massthroughout the world,in reparation for my sins,for the intentions of all my relatives and friends,and in particularfor the intentions of the Holy Father.

                                                                                                                               Amen.

Reflections: What are your resolutions for the new year?  Have you included some spiritual goals?  What is the one things that you can resolve for 2020 that will change your spiritual life for the better?

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I am about of a Priestfit group. I will be using their hashtags as a way of supporting healthier living among priests. One example is the #presentationchallenge2020. A recent video that they put out is on the topic on cleansing.  What does it mean to cleanse our lives? I try to address that question and some ideas for Lent prepare in the episode today.

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