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October 03, 2024#11877 Ask Me Anything - Tim Staples
Questions Covered:
02:23 – How do we make sense of how we are not crucifying Christ during the mass?
18:38 – I’ve noticed that some Catholics and Protestants are acting as though we are in the end times. How do I go about talking with them?
35:19 – I need help responding to some saying that Mary disproves the Eucharist?
47:41 – Why does a bishop have to give permission to perform an exorcism?
56 min
October 03, 2024#11876 Ask Me Anything - Joe Heschmeyer
Questions Covered:
02:34 – When we choose our investments for retirement, can a Catholic invest in companies who we know are contributing money to Planned Parenthood?
11:26 – Since James was writing before the events of Acts 15, did he fully understand the gospel?
17:14 – How would you talk to someone for the World Mission Society, Church of God?
22:34 – How do I evangelize my agnostic brother?
29:19 – Can you recommend a source on the history of communion?
34:18 – Is it permissible to bless my home with blessed oil?
36:22 – Why do Catholics keep using the word pray when it comes to communicating with the saints? If they change the wording it may not cause as much confusion?
43:06 – Do you think an individual blessing given during communion is in violation of Fiducia Supplicans?
56 min
October 02, 2024#11875 AMA: Marian Consecration, Explaining the Sign of the Cross, Pro-Abortion Politicians, and Celebrity Conversions - Joe Heschmeyer
Questions Covered:
07:35 – What is Marian Consecration and how do I go about doing it?
14:40 – How do I explain the sign of the cross to a 4-year-old from a different faith background?
20:19 – Considering the Church calls abortion evil, why hasn’t the Church sanctioned Catholic politicians who are vocally pro-abortion?
31:52 – Where do Catholics get the idea of honoring Mary in the rosary?
41:19 – Why is it that it takes ordained ministry to celebrate most sacraments but not marriage and baptism?
45:17 – Why is it that we are seeing a spike in celebrity conversions?
51:58 – Could you clarify what you mean by visible Church and invisible Church in your book Pope Peter?
56 min
October 02, 2024#11874 The Why’s of Catholic Belief - Karlo Broussard
Questions covered:
02:17 – It seems like a lot of non-Catholic religions in which people speak in tongues. Why don’t Catholics do that? And what is the Catholic position on speaking in tongues?
11:49 – What must one do to be saved?
16:49 – What are the rewards that we can obtain in heaven?
19:29 – Why are we still split with the Orthodox over the filioque when Greek is no longer the dominant language in the Church?
24:53 – Can you help me understand the Church’s current teaching on the death penalty in relation to its older teachings? It seems like it’s done a complete 180, not a development.
44:32 – If someone knowingly votes for a person who supports abortion and then dies before confessing, does he go to hell?
49:59 – Why is an infertile person allowed to be married but an impotent person is not?
56 min
October 01, 2024#11873 The Why’s of Catholic Belief - Karlo Broussard
Questions covered
09:19 – Why doesn’t the New Testament refer to priests with the Greek word hiereus?
22:06 – Why are so many people fascinated by exorcisms, especially in horror movies?
18:06 – It seems like there are so many things you have to do and rules to follow in Catholicism.
41:01 – if everything happens according to god’s will/plan, which is what it says in the bible, then people have no freewill.
46:49 – Why do Catholics revere relics?
49:30 – In Luke, the word kecharitomene is rendered “full of grace” and I always thought Luke made up that word. Someone told me the same word in the masculine is used in Sirach and it’s translated “gracious.” Why is it translated differently?
56 min
October 01, 2024#11872 Questions from Non-Catholics - Tim Staples
Questions Covered:
01:36 – I’m a Baptist. If I attend a Catholic service why can’t I receive communion?
17:16 – How do we harmonize intercession of the saints and purgatory?
41:10 – It’s hard for me to get over the idea of the Eucharist being the body and blood of Jesus as a nondenominational Christian, because I feel like I would deify the wafer. How can I get over this hurdle?
51:41 – I was told that some of the saints may be pagan gods and goddesses like St. Brigid. Is this true?
56 min
September 30, 2024#11871 Questions from Non-Catholics - Tim Staples
Questions Covered:
08:03 – My wife and I aren’t confirmed yet. Does practicing do anything yet since we’re not fully initiated into the Church?
25:25 – I’m Jewish. What is the Catholic interpretation of Psalm 110?
36:47 – Why can’t we have premarital intercourse?
50:29 – Why does the show prompt there’s a non-optional requirement to be Catholic? Why does the Church think that it bears any weight in an individual’s relationship with God?
56 min
September 28, 2024#11870 AMA: Jimmy’s Daily Routine, Latin vs. Other Languages in Prayer, Organ Donation - Jimmy Akin
Questions Covered:
01:42 – What does a day-in-the-life of Jimmy Akin look like? I know so many of us are in awe of your depth and breadth of knowledge. It would be interesting to see how you structure your day with learning etc.
06:40 – I have a few questions that I have had on my mind for some time now. It is said that Latin is especially efficacious for prayer and exorcisms because it is the official language of the church. My question is this, for an Eastern Rite Catholic, who would be under the authority of their church’s head (although the Pope’s authority is, of course, universal and preeminent) and have their own Codes of Canon Law, would the native language of that church be more efficacious or similar in efficacy to prayers in Latin? Or would this only apply to the ancient languages? E.g. Latin, Greek, Aramaic, Coptic, Hebrew, and possibly Church Slavonic and Arabic.
14:22 – What’s your thoughts about whether animals and our pets can be in heaven with us or not?
18:55 – Does the church condone organ donation?
20:28 – Also should we vote for a candidate who is for abortion, when there is no one who is prolife. Should we vote for the lesser of two evils?
21:51 – I have full confidence that you are knowledgeable about the “identity” issue. What would you offer in scripture and the catechism to someone who identified as a furry?
28:38 – Given the tragic shortage of priests, what would you recommend to someone seeking a spiritual director who is having a hard time finding one?
32:08 – I’d like your advice on what to tell my 9-year-old about Blessed Imelda Lambertini (the young girl who reportedly died of joy upon receiving the Eucharist). After hearing about Blessed Imelda my 9-year-old is scared that the Eucharist will kill her too. And for my own curiosity, do you know if this is a documented account or more of a pious legend? Thanks!
37:39 – The strongest challenge I ever heard from a Protestant about the Assumption is, “How can the Catholic Church dogmatically declare that the Assumption was ‘believed at all times by the Church’, when there is literally no evidence anywhere in the Bible, Church Father writings or, apocryphal writings of the first Century?”
43:05 – What separates the “New Atheists” from the old Atheists?
45:26 – If there are many other planets with life, then how would they be saved? Did Christ death and resurrection count for them also and if so, how would they know. Or did God save each planet with aliens differently?
48:14 – What are some of the best ways to practice becoming as humble as possible, like Our Lady?
50:13 – Is it possible for your guardian angel to not like you or something about you? For example, maybe your guardian angel doesn’t like the same kind of music you listen to. I wonder if a guardian angel ever feels like they preferred getting someone else to guide.
52:38 – Who would win in a fight, the Incredible Hulk or felony tax evasion? Asking for a friend ️
53:43 – Why was it necessary for the Church to make the immaculate conception and assumption into dogmas (vs leaving them as non-mandatory for belief teachings)?
56 min
September 27, 2024#11869 AMA: Shakespeare’s Faith, Sacramental Questions, Mary’s Relics, Game of Thrones - Jimmy Akin
Questions Covered:
02:57 – Was William Shakespeare a Recusant, or did he become a part of the Church of England at some point in his life?
11:38 – If our Lord instituted all Sacraments by commanding His apostles to do them and no one can usurp a Bishop or priest, if the person doesn’t have valid orders, to consecrate, give absolution, confirm, ordain, etc… then why is baptism the only sacrament where anyone can baptize another person?
11:39 – What exactly is the soul of a person?
14:42 – Is baptism the Mark of the Lamb?
18:14 – I’ve heard it said in support of the assumption that no Christian church has ever claimed to have Mary’s relics. Muslims claim to know where she is buried. Care to comment? We love Cy, jimmy, and the whole CA team.
21:42 – Would the infallibility of the Church be in doubt if it turned out that the whole Juan Diego, Our Lady of Guadalupe, etc. story was only legendary (i.e. lacked historicity)?
28:45 – Can Catholics watch Game of Thrones?
32:26 – What specifically in Thomistic metaphysics do you have the most trouble believing and why?
36:00 – Sikhism be said to worship the one true God?
38:20 – If public revelation has ended but the canonization of saints is an infallible act, does that make what the saints have revealed public revelation.
42:31 – Do I have to say the divine mercy as Jesus told St. Faustina or say the rosary every day as Our Lady told the children of Fatima? If I don’t am I disobeying Jesus and his mother? And can private revelations contradict one another, and if so, which ones should I follow?
48:23 – What would someone like Lazarus’s marital status be after he was resurrected? Given that the marital bond is severed upon death would he still be obliged to his wife if he had one (or anyone else in Lazarus’s situation)
53:23 – Can a Protestant convert to Catholicism and be a faithful Catholic without practicing any devotion to Mary or the saints?
56 min
September 27, 2024#11868 Live from the Catholic Answers Conference - Jimmy Akin
Questions Covered:
02:45 – What happens during the mass in a situation where the priest can not finish the mass? Do i have any obligations?
09:28 – As a convert how did you incorporate the deuterocanonical books into your world view?
13:35 – What did the Vatican remove the word “one” in the phrase one God forever and ever, in the liturgies?
17:50 – How did Jesus and his disciples sustain themselves by traveling, buying food, and staying at an inn?
22:48 – I’m the only catholic in my family, I encourage my family to go to a Catholic Church for spiritual nourishment and their protestant churches for community. Is this wrong?
29:55 – Bread of life discourse, protestants claim that Jesus’ phrase, “the flesh of no avail negates the Catholic understanding. Whats the response?
36:40 – The Pope said all religions are paths, to God, how should Catholics understand this?
42:18 – Why does the wedding of Cana narrative, begin with mentioning Mary first instead of Jesus? The wording feels a bit odd.
45:44 – How do you explain to a kid in catechism that attending mass in important when their parents never go to mass?
47:44 – In Marian apparitions, how much do those images come from God and how much of it comes from the imagination/psyche of the person?
52:09 – John’s gospel is supplemental, one piece of evidence is that it doesn’t have the Last Supper story. Can you expand a little more on that?
56 min