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- #11975 Finding Peace in Advent - Gary Zimak
Questions Covered:
- 15:50 – How does a man separate worry from his duty as a husband and father?
- 19:40 – What scripture can I meditate on to ease my guilt of leaving a job that is in desperate need?
- 30:00 – What are your thoughts on Phil. 4:6 saying not to worry. What do you think of false guilt?
- 36:13 – How can we find peace when our children and grandchildren don’t practice the faith anymore?
- 42:50 – Had a moment where a work situation stole my joy and peace. Offered it up through Mass but still had to deal with it afterwards. Besides trying to trust and continuing to “offer it up”, what can I do to not worry and trust Jesus more?
- 47:57 – I was diagnosed with chronic anxiety. I need help and answers.
- 50:50 – I am currently working to be a certified spiritual director. What piece of advice for someone who suffers from severe panic attacks?
56 min - #11974 Ask Me Anything - Tom Nash
Questions Covered:
- 09:17 – How did Protestant lose the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception?
- 16:17 – What is the status of the devotion of Jesus King of all nations?
- 20:16 – How would you word the Divine Simplicity of God not having a body without it becoming a heretic?
- 29:38 – What proof do we have that the Catholic church was founded by Christ?
- 36:30 – Having a hard time understanding why Mary is immaculately conceived but no else?
- 46:17 – The Pope and Trump have differing views on building a wall, who am I supposed to believe?
- 50:11 – how did protestants go from the catholic belief that faith without works is dead to faith alone?
- 52:00 – in a protestant bible study who is going to argue with her about confession… why do we have to confess to a priest?
56 min - #11973 Ask Me Anything - Tim Staples
Questions Covered:
- 04:54 – Why did the Jews of Jesus’s day believe in the power of Satan to drive out demons?
- 15:20 – How do we evangelize people who are uncomfortable hearing about God?
- 22:14 – On Christmas Eve the Jubilee begins. If I can’t get to Rome, how can I observe the Jubilee?
- 48:40 – Did Jesus or the Apostle kneel before statues or pray to Saints?
56 min - #11972 Internet AMA - Jimmy Akin
Questions Covered:
- 01:15 – Hi Jimmy! What does a real Paranormal investigator do and what methods do they use compared to all “ghost hunter” sensationalist types out there? I’ve had a couple of genuine experiences myself and I don’t fall for the bogus methods (spirit boxes. SLS cameras) out there. I’m Catholic (and certainly don’t think “everything is demons”) and I don’t believe nonsense like tarot or go looking for these encounters. Just curious if there’s any real scientific research in this area. Thanks!
- 13:45 – In light of recent studies on psychedelics such as psilocybin or DMT being an effective treatment for depression, PTSD, and smoking cessation, how can Catholics understand this and how does it apply to paragraph CCC 2291?
- 20:40 – What are your thoughts on reverse speech?
- 30:30 – What is the church’s teaching on usury? On economic injustice?
- 33:43 – I’m pregnant with my first child. When I receive the Eucharist, does my baby also receive?
- 35:27 – What I get from the online discourse is that the only mood for mass is reverence. I get that this is because of the sacrifice of Christ at the cross. But then, why can’t I feel joy or excitement? Or if I can, when is it appropriate to show it and how? Also, some resources for learning about liturgy would be nice.
- 42:45 – If God picks your time of death, wouldn’t this mean he could choose if you go to heaven or hell? Because your will might be at point A towards God and at point B against God
- 48:58 – If a person is prayed for that may already be in heaven, can those prayers help other family members or someone else who might be in need of those prayers?
55 min - #11971 Internet AMA - Jimmy Akin
Questions Covered:
- 03:33 – What are your thoughts on determinism and free will, can they be combined?
- 7:20 – How does God know he’s not a brain in a vat?
- 08:14 – My 5-year-old asked “Did Jesus’ death on the cross make God the Father sad?”
- 12:44 – Where does the idea of “the rapture” come from? I’ve heard that it isn’t actually biblical, but pop culture and many Protestants would claim otherwise.
- 19:30 – I am a later in life convert and I did not baptize my two now young adult children as infants. Is it possible to conditionally baptize them due to their other parent preventing their baptisms? The situation they are in is not typical I gave birth to them within a same sex marriage prior to conversion and then I was radically converted. The same sex marriage ended 10 years ago I am now married to a man in the Catholic Church. Neither of the children desire to attend Catechism classes and my son is 17 and my daughter is 20. I pray a Novena daily for Baptism for them to occur. It’s the Saint Therese of Lisieux Novena asking for her prayers for my children. Thank you Jimmy and God bless you.
- 21:47 – Hello Jimmy, i am Catholic from Africa how can I help people around me who refuse to be Christian or Catholic saying it is because it is an invention to keep Africa poor calling it « the white man’s religion »
- 28:40 – Hi Jimmy, someone had asked if there would be bacteria in Heaven and you said it’s possible if God allows us to eat and Heaven is like a big banquet with the saints. So if we eat in Heaven does that mean there’s death in Heaven since things would have to die for us to eat it?
- 36:44 – What would the Church do to celebrate the Eucharist in the event of a blight that killed all wheat on the planet?
- 42:41 – How should Christians understand these words of Jesus: “For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter shall pass from the Law, until all is accomplished! Therefore, whoever nullifies one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” Doesn’t this mean the Law of Moses still applies to Christians?
- 46:30 – In a previous AMA, you said in response to someone’s question that if a person were assimilated by the Borg, the state of their soul adjacent to confession would remain unchanged. If someone were assimilated, could they conceivably receive anointing of the sick?
- 47:55 – To what extent can a priest alter the words of the mass? For example, a priest at a chapel I go to says “This is Jesus, the Lamb of God” instead of “Behold the Lamb of God”, which I think is quite beautiful, but I am unsure if it’s correct.
- 49:17 – Doesn’t the act of naming someone a pope fit the definition of a sacrament? It’s 1-a rite 2-Instituted by Jesus (Matthew 16) 3-to convey grace (infallibility)
- 52:59 – Are orthodox bishops and old catholic bishops and sedevacantist bishops real bishops?
55 min - #11970 Weird Questions - Jimmy Akin
Questions Covered:
- 01:50 – Mr. Akin ….I had my future told to me after I had a staring contest with a guy who had the ability to view my future life like watching a video in fast forward….pausing when he saw things he thought important….this is how he explained it to me…He was able to see all the way to my last day….something he said he hadn’t been able to do with others…. not only could he see my life through my eyes …but could also see what was going on all around me….. I met him at work …. Mr. Akin have you ever heard of this type of ability before…..can you help me understand what happened and why please….
- 12:47 – What if the priest doing Mass is really old and suddenly dies during the service? How’s that handled?
- 15:50 – Which Church Sui Iuris would extraterrestrial join if they accepted the Faith?
- 16:56 – Has Protestant exorcism ever been validated??? Is Protestant exorcism only the goofy stuff like Bob Larsen and Benny Hinn yelling and throwing invisible spiritual inner chi fireballs at their subjects? Or does it have any credulity like the most severe case I’ve seen with the Warren family helping MAURICE “Frenchy” THERIAULT on camera footage?
- 21:58 – Did Jesus have a body before he was born as a man?
- 24:54 – How does Odo not turn into a pile of goo when he uses a transporter?
- 32:52 – Most people get half of their DNA from their mother and half from their father. I assume Jesus got at least half of his DNA from Mary, but what about the other half? Was he 100% Mary? Did God just “invent” 50%? Do you think God made him resemble St. Joseph?
- 35:24 – Could someone be a Catholic atheist?
- 39:36 – If we discovered the Creature from the Black Lagoon, would it be permissible to eat it on Lent?
- 45:07 – If a ship of volunteers is collected to go to Mars, should the Church insist on sending a Bishop?
- 50:05 – I work with a non-Christian lady who used to be a Hindu and claims to believe in the Christian God. She was not a very nice person from what I saw how she treated other people. One day, she told me a story that when she went to a Church to pray because she was having a problem at that time, she saw blood on her palm. The light in the Catholic church was dim so she looked at the palm intensely and didn’t know what it was. After few seconds the blood disappeared. She got spooked and thought that was a spooky Church so she went to the Anglican Church nearby. Before she told me the story, I was listening to the life of St Padre Pio who had stigmata. My question is does stigmata happen to anybody?
56 min - #11970 Weird Questions - Jimmy Akin
Questions Covered:
- 01:50 – Mr. Akin ….I had my future told to me after I had a staring contest with a guy who had the ability to view my future life like watching a video in fast forward….pausing when he saw things he thought important….this is how he explained it to me…He was able to see all the way to my last day….something he said he hadn’t been able to do with others…. not only could he see my life through my eyes …but could also see what was going on all around me….. I met him at work …. Mr. Akin have you ever heard of this type of ability before…..can you help me understand what happened and why please….
- 12:47 – What if the priest doing Mass is really old and suddenly dies during the service? How’s that handled?
- 15:50 – Which Church Sui Iuris would extraterrestrial join if they accepted the Faith?
- 16:56 – Has Protestant exorcism ever been validated??? Is Protestant exorcism only the goofy stuff like Bob Larsen and Benny Hinn yelling and throwing invisible spiritual inner chi fireballs at their subjects? Or does it have any credulity like the most severe case I’ve seen with the Warren family helping MAURICE “Frenchy” THERIAULT on camera footage?
- 21:58 – Did Jesus have a body before he was born as a man?
- 24:54 – How does Odo not turn into a pile of goo when he uses a transporter?
- 32:52 – Most people get half of their DNA from their mother and half from their father. I assume Jesus got at least half of his DNA from Mary, but what about the other half? Was he 100% Mary? Did God just “invent” 50%? Do you think God made him resemble St. Joseph?
- 35:24 – Could someone be a Catholic atheist?
- 39:36 – If we discovered the Creature from the Black Lagoon, would it be permissible to eat it on Lent?
- 45:07 – If a ship of volunteers is collected to go to Mars, should the Church insist on sending a Bishop?
- 50:05 – I work with a non-Christian lady who used to be a Hindu and claims to believe in the Christian God. She was not a very nice person from what I saw how she treated other people. One day, she told me a story that when she went to a Church to pray because she was having a problem at that time, she saw blood on her palm. The light in the Catholic church was dim so she looked at the palm intensely and didn’t know what it was. After few seconds the blood disappeared. She got spooked and thought that was a spooky Church so she went to the Anglican Church nearby. Before she told me the story, I was listening to the life of St Padre Pio who had stigmata. My question is does stigmata happen to anybody?
56 min - #11969 Weird Questions - Jimmy Akin
Questions Covered:
- 02:22 – I heard this as an argument against the body and soul being distinct and advocating strict materialism, i.e. it’s all in the brain: If we consider that memories, emotions, reasoning, consciousness, personality, etc. are distinct from the body in the senses of sight, sound, smell, touch, taste then what accounts for the changes that occur when drinking alcohol or taking drugs for a temporary effect, or the habitual use of psychedelic drugs which cause a permanent effect? A spiritual soul should be unaffected by the chemical changes in the brain, but since behavior is changed passively from ingestion in this and not by an active decision, doesn’t that prove materialism and disprove a spiritual soul?
- 13:26 – I have asked multiple priest and exorcists about “perfect possession “and have yet to have anyone give me an answer. I have read about this characterization of complete possession of a person by Fr. Malachi, Martin, as well as a few other exorcists, but no thorough definition or had any current exorcist or priest confirm that perfect possession is true and possible. Could you please expand on this? It seems in these crazy times perfect possession would explain a lot of what we see in the church at large and the world. Example, people openly and flagrantly in the state of mortal sin able to go to mass, receive the sacraments, come into contact with holy objects, receive communion etc., without any adverse reaction or manifestations towards these holy things. I am hopeful and humbly asking that you will answer with clarity about perfect possession
- 22:25 – If aliens made of anti-matter showed up and wanted to become Catholic, how would we accomplish this when the sacraments like baptism, ordination, and the Eucharist involve contact with matter?
- 31:30 – Which, if any, pagan gods are real?
- 34:46 – Did Neanderthals have immortal souls?
- 44:02 – Why does time seem to go by faster as we get older?
- 47:26 – How tiny can the Blessed Sacrament be? Many years ago I once asked a priest to clean the paten better because I noticed some particles of the consecrated bread remained on it. He answered that my problem was that I believe that Jesus is present on each of those tiny crumbs. I was very indignant. I like a verse in a Corpus Christi hymn that mentions that Jesus is really present on each of the small pieces of the consecrated bread broken. Now, recently I was reflecting on that indignant moment, saying to myself well, Jesus is present as tiny as a molecule, atoms, fundamental particles or strings, if they exists… until I said wait a minute… at some point on those levels one cannot distinguish bread. There is even a theory that says that all the electrons of the universe are the same thing. So I think the limit is not scientific but philosophical: Jesus is present up to the point when one can still perceive the attributes of bread. But then… maybe that priest was not that wrong at all… Mr. Akin, is Jesus present in the crumbs and if so to which level of smallness?
56 min - #11969 Weird Questions - Jimmy Akin
Questions Covered:
- 02:22 – I heard this as an argument against the body and soul being distinct and advocating strict materialism, i.e. it’s all in the brain: If we consider that memories, emotions, reasoning, consciousness, personality, etc. are distinct from the body in the senses of sight, sound, smell, touch, taste then what accounts for the changes that occur when drinking alcohol or taking drugs for a temporary effect, or the habitual use of psychedelic drugs which cause a permanent effect? A spiritual soul should be unaffected by the chemical changes in the brain, but since behavior is changed passively from ingestion in this and not by an active decision, doesn’t that prove materialism and disprove a spiritual soul?
- 13:26 – I have asked multiple priest and exorcists about “perfect possession “and have yet to have anyone give me an answer. I have read about this characterization of complete possession of a person by Fr. Malachi, Martin, as well as a few other exorcists, but no thorough definition or had any current exorcist or priest confirm that perfect possession is true and possible. Could you please expand on this? It seems in these crazy times perfect possession would explain a lot of what we see in the church at large and the world. Example, people openly and flagrantly in the state of mortal sin able to go to mass, receive the sacraments, come into contact with holy objects, receive communion etc., without any adverse reaction or manifestations towards these holy things. I am hopeful and humbly asking that you will answer with clarity about perfect possession
- 22:25 – If aliens made of anti-matter showed up and wanted to become Catholic, how would we accomplish this when the sacraments like baptism, ordination, and the Eucharist involve contact with matter?
- 31:30 – Which, if any, pagan gods are real?
- 34:46 – Did Neanderthals have immortal souls?
- 44:02 – Why does time seem to go by faster as we get older?
- 47:26 – How tiny can the Blessed Sacrament be? Many years ago I once asked a priest to clean the paten better because I noticed some particles of the consecrated bread remained on it. He answered that my problem was that I believe that Jesus is present on each of those tiny crumbs. I was very indignant. I like a verse in a Corpus Christi hymn that mentions that Jesus is really present on each of the small pieces of the consecrated bread broken. Now, recently I was reflecting on that indignant moment, saying to myself well, Jesus is present as tiny as a molecule, atoms, fundamental particles or strings, if they exists… until I said wait a minute… at some point on those levels one cannot distinguish bread. There is even a theory that says that all the electrons of the universe are the same thing. So I think the limit is not scientific but philosophical: Jesus is present up to the point when one can still perceive the attributes of bread. But then… maybe that priest was not that wrong at all… Mr. Akin, is Jesus present in the crumbs and if so to which level of smallness?
56 min - #11968 Ask Me Anything - Jimmy Akin
Questions Covered:
- 02:30 – Why was the early church so divided on things like the dating of Easter?
- 12:29 – Did Mary have a choice to say no since God had already made her without sin?
- 17:45 – Did the events of Joshua actually happen? If not, what consequences would that have?
- 30:20 – How do I defend the Marian Assumption to protestants?
- 36:17 – How do I remember and internalize epiphanies that I have during prayer?
- 43:37 – How do last rites and apostolic pardon tie into redemptive suffering?
- 50:07 – When are teachings infallible? How do we figure when something is open for discussion, like female priests?
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