Open Forum – Questions Covered:

02:43 – Why didn’t God just open back up the gates of heaven after the Fall? Were Adam and Eve meant to live forever?

13:36 – How can sabbath be symbolic in Genesis if he speaks of it elsewhere as a literal 24 hour period?

21:36 – What’s the Church’s position on boycotting organizations like Disney or Target?

31:04 – What is the nature of the resurrected body of Jesus? He was able to eat but also bilocated and other things

36:08 – Is everything that the Church requires us to believe found in the Catechism?

41:08 – My Lutheran friend says that the Lutherans that the Catholics dialogue with are Satanists. What is the Church’s view on this?

48:53 – I want to become Catholic but I have a hard time letting go of Eastern Orthodoxy. How do I give up the Divine Liturgy when it feels like a step down?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

05:12 – My neighbor is passing away and I think she is Catholic. I don’t know her very well. How would I approach her?

07:45 – Did the stories in the Old Testament actually happen?

15:25 – What Jewish sources are there for Mary and Joseph’s legal betrothal?

20:35 – During Mass when the priest or altar server crosses the altar they look at the altar and bow, shouldn’t they be looking at the tabernacle?

28:44 – Can someone actually sell their souls to the devil? If so, can they get it back?

36:22 – What do Catholics believe about salvation by grace alone vs with works?

46:50 – I’m starting OCIA. How do I respond to the claim that I cannot convert because I was born Jewish and will forever be Jewish?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

05:12 – My neighbor is passing away and I think she is Catholic. I don’t know her very well. How would I approach her?

07:45 – Did the stories in the Old Testament actually happen?

15:25 – What Jewish sources are there for Mary and Joseph’s legal betrothal?

20:35 – During Mass when the priest or altar server crosses the altar they look at the altar and bow, shouldn’t they be looking at the tabernacle?

28:44 – Can someone actually sell their souls to the devil? If so, can they get it back?

36:22 – What do Catholics believe about salvation by grace alone vs with works?

46:50 – I’m starting OCIA. How do I respond to the claim that I cannot convert because I was born Jewish and will forever be Jewish?

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Questions Covered:

05:00 – How do we have free will in heaven and are also prevented from sinning?

11:47 – Can I consume the Eucharist Saturday vigil, and Sunday Morning and Sunday afternoon?

17:32 – Can a person who was in civil marriage that is now divorcing, receive communion?

22:39 – Can the devil be present in a chapel where Jesus is present?

29:16 – Is the Pope metaphorically the bishop of Rome or is he actually in charge of the diocese of Rome?

34:11 Can a child be baptized if only one parent wants them baptized?

43:01 – Why does the eucharistic prayer say “The blood is poured out for many” and not all?

46:57 – Why do we worship on Sundays? Where do we find that?

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Questions Covered:

05:00 – How do we have free will in heaven and are also prevented from sinning?

11:47 – Can I consume the Eucharist Saturday vigil, and Sunday Morning and Sunday afternoon?

17:32 – Can a person who was in civil marriage that is now divorcing, receive communion?

22:39 – Can the devil be present in a chapel where Jesus is present?

29:16 – Is the Pope metaphorically the bishop of Rome or is he actually in charge of the diocese of Rome?

34:11 Can a child be baptized if only one parent wants them baptized?

43:01 – Why does the eucharistic prayer say “The blood is poured out for many” and not all?

46:57 – Why do we worship on Sundays? Where do we find that?

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Questions Covered:

31:45 – How do we present veils as empowering?

42:48 – The rise of Catholic women biblical scholars has been such a great contribution.

47:36 – I would say that the blessed mother was the first to see Jesus after the resurrection, not Mary Magdalene.

48:40 – How do you think Catholic theology will develop around womanhood?

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Questions Covered:

31:45 – How do we present veils as empowering?

42:48 – The rise of Catholic women biblical scholars has been such a great contribution.

47:36 – I would say that the blessed mother was the first to see Jesus after the resurrection, not Mary Magdalene.

48:40 – How do you think Catholic theology will develop around womanhood?

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