Catholic Answers Focus

Questions covered:

15:19 – My friend is a drug addict and tends to lash out a lot. I no longer want to be his friend and I’m not sure how to break the news to him.

18:20 – Is there a time and a place for righteous anger? If so, how do we discern whether our anger is righteous or sinful?

20:15 – How do we control our anger towards someone we know is never going to change?

23:41 – I’m not angry at my family, but I am angry at the force that is dividing us. How can we identify what is dividing us, and what should I do next?

34:16 – How can I talk to my atheist husband who uses the name of Jesus in vain?

40:14 – How can I deal with my husband’s anger problem?

43:09 – I had a conversation with somebody who got mad at me for becoming Catholic and I’m not sure if I handled it well.

47:21 – I heard that a lot of times anger comes from hurt. I’d like to know Dr. Ray’s thoughts on that.

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Questions covered:

07:34 – How can I defend the Catholic canon of scripture to Protestants who don’t accept the Church councils?

15:57 – How do you defend the pro-life position against someone who says you must also be vegan?

25:06 – How do you answer someone who doesn’t believe in God’s plan in the context of miscarriage?

31:35 – How can Catholics rationalize the belief of Adam and Eve with evolution?

42:22 – What female apologists do you recommend?

49:29 – How can I respond to anti-Catholics who use 1 Tim 2:14 to say Adam was not deceived?

53:50 – What’s the difference between the word “saint” as used in the Bible and as we use it today?

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Question Covered:

03:51 – Would it have been morally just for Elrond to have thrown Isildur into the fires of Mt Doom when he refused to destroy the One Ring, as a way to ensure its destruction?

14:02 – I have one question about The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy.

I do not understand the words Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

Father and Son are One Divinity, right? So… how can I offer God to God when there is One God?

17:18 – Have there been any documentaries, or at minimum, speculations of people who have claimed to come back in time from the distant future (with perhaps a story to tell —and what is heading our way)?

20:06 – If you were involved in a teleportation accident that created a duplicate of you, would that person have to confess your sins?

23:40 – If Christ died to Redeem all, would alien scriptures reference an alien Redeemer, or are all aliens Unfallen, thus not needing Revelation and Salvation? Related to this, if Satan knew that the Incarnation would occur on Earth, did he then ignore aliens, thus leaving them Unfallen? Therefore, if and when Humanity travels to the stars, might we be the cause of their Fall? Continuing on this theme, since working with tools was a punishment due to Original Sin, it could be argued that technology is a sign of a Fallen species. Since we haven’t seen any evidence of ETs, might that be proof that aliens are Unfallen?

32:49 – What are your thoughts on Gulf War Syndrome?

39:45 – If a family wanted their child baptized in Klingon or a pre-Christian Babylonian language. Assuming an accurate but not Vatican-approved translation, would it be valid? This is obviously theoretical but speaks to the point of whether a translation or interpretation is assumed to be valid or not before any Vatican intervention on the text.

45:00 – Would it have been possible to hold a spelling bee in ancient Egypt?

48:50 – Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons?

51:45 – Is it possible for a species (such as an alien, or an understudied cephalopod) to have a powerful brain comparable to or even greater than our own, but not an immortal soul?

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Questions Covered:

31:13 – I’m divorced and have a child with my ex. She remarried but I still battle with wanting her. Am I committing the sin of lusting over another man’s wife?

36:10 – My daughter in law is abusive to my son. Is there anything I can do as an outsider?

42:32 – My ex-husband decided that our marriage was over because the Holy Spirit wasn’t with us. He also had a porn addiction. Does a porn addiction play a role in the annulment process?

45:25 – Forgiveness of a habitual sin is necessary only when they are willing to be forgiven.

48:18 – What happens when you have a husband who proposed because a medium said he would marry a woman that looks like me?

51:27 – Does the unwillingness to have children after we’ve already had kids fall within your broad definition of infidelity?

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Questions Covered:

06:46 – Why do we as Catholics believe that we are sinful by nature when we were created in the image likeness of God? 

13:57 – When a person dies does a guardian angel get reassigned? 

17:51 – How can I balance my Faith during so called Pride month? 

29:37 – Where did the Church decide the order of the Mass? 

40:57 – Do souls in heaven have eyes and other sensory capabilities? 

50:08 – My son had said that it is unreasonable to expect a person with SSA to be celibate for their entire life. How do I respond? 

 

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Questions Covered:

03:40 – Why doesn’t the Acts of the Apostles match our current experience? Why does God seem so hidden now? 

12:33 – Is sheep stealing unbiblical? What’s your opinion? 

17:44 – Why is Hebrews considered a part of the canon since it is anonymous? 

21:24 – When I read the Old Testament I become more critical of faith. Why does God care if the temple was precise? 

32:57 – Why did God allow Solomon to have many wives but now it’s not allowed? 

35:00 – In your book Daily Defense, why are the pronouns for God not capitalized? 

42:49 – I work for the US Forest Service and we sometimes work for 14 days straight and am unable to get to mass. Should I confess this? 

46:00 – How do we distinguish between thinking that we’re chosen for a grand plan from grandiose thinking? 

49:17 – How can I be more susceptible to hearing the voice of God? 

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Questions Covered:

02:58 – I’m trying to find encouragement. I find myself more Catholic than the Catholic Culture around. Any advice?

12:33 – My father started a new church in our home and a year ago I began exploring and discovered the Mass. I have a lot of questions. How do I proceed? How do I discern if Catholicism is true?

19:57 – I see that in the Shroud the nails go through the wrists but in stories of stigmata the wounds happen in the hands. Should I not believe in these stories?

29:53 – Why do we need repetitive prayer like the rosary?

34:53 – How do I explain to my child that my recent ex-wife is engaged? As a Catholic how do I approach this?

40:30 – When is it appropriate, after entering the Church, to start considering a religious vocation?

43:52 – My granddaughter has been diagnosed with a tumor. We will be going to a healing Mass, what should we expect?

53:55 – Is the process of working through the doctrines a barrier of evangelization?

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Question Covered:

14:31 – What would you say to someone struggling with Marian doctrine?

19:20 – What is allowed for Catholics to do with their bodies after death? Is decomposition allowed?

32:55 – It appears the Church puts Mary in a higher position than Jesus. What’s the teaching?

44:10 – In the Hail Holy Queen prayer it says that Mary is our life, sweetness and hope. Wouldn’t this be Jesus?

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One strategy used by those who want to denigrate the Bible is to say it doesn’t meet Christian standards of what is acceptable in the media. It’s a clever move, but is it true that the Bible is too sexy and violent for respectable reading?

 Cy Kellett :

Should the Bible be reserved for mature audiences only? Trent Horn is next.

 Cy Kellett :

Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and if you’re going to defend your Catholic faith you’re going to have to defend the Bible....

One strategy used by those who want to denigrate the Bible is to say it doesn’t meet Christian standards of what is acceptable in the media. It’s a clever move, but is it true that the Bible is too sexy and violent for respectable reading?

 Cy Kellett :

Should the Bible be reserved for mature audiences only? Trent Horn is next.

 Cy Kellett :

Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host, and if you’re going to defend your Catholic faith you’re going to have to defend the Bible.…