Catholic Answers Live

Questions Covered:

02:55 – If you feel spirits in you and feel teleportation, is this obsession, oppression, or possession?

17:34 – What’s a clear way to explain form and substance as it relates to the Eucharist?

28:55 – Why does the Church hold to the view that the last moment of being in the state of grace is more important if God is outside of time?

42:08 – Is it true that we cannot truly love God unless we have the ability to reject him?

49:08 – What is the Church response to the epicurean paradox?

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Questions Covered:

30:18 – My daughter is going to college. Why should I send her to a Catholic university instead of a state school?

32:19 – How are students changing due to woke culture especially in Catholic universities?

36:49 – Can you speak to UD’s success in terms of alumni gaining employment after graduating?

43:12 – What is your own spiritual tradition?

51:12 – I want to get closer to God and I’m interested in studying theology. The university that I’m looking into doesn’t have a program. What do you recommend?

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Questions Covered:

03:30 – I divorced after 24 years. He passed away a few years ago. Can I discern marriage?

12:00 – How do I discern offering tough love to my children?

20:13 – Is it proper to say that Justification is through grace, and obedience to Christ?

28:35 – Why is Selah denoted in a few of the psalms? What does it mean?

32:15 – Were there any patristic witnesses to the claim that Christ only had knowledge that was pertinent to his mission?

40:42 – Does the revelation in Fatima debunk the claim that hell is empty?

48:42 – Can you clarify why we believe in free will? This is in the context of talking to a Calvinist.

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Questions Covered:

16:33 – What does it mean to discern God’s will?

33:05 – I’m 62 with an annulment. I’m dating someone and am considering marriage. How do I discern whether it’s love or lust?

40:22 – My 30-year-old son has lost his way. We opened our doors to him, but he is going back down a dark path. How do I discern God’s will in this situation?

46:44 – I ‘ve been training to be a “perpetual pilgrim” for the National Eucharistic Revival in the summer. I wasn’t accepted but still have it in my heart to do it. How do I know whether God is calling me to this?

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Questions Covered:

03:05 – How are the priest’s hands consecrated? What is done to the hands of an extraordinary minister of holy communion for them to be able to give out communion?

14:55 – How do I navigate the situation with my son and his girlfriend who are cohabiting and plan on having a wedding outside the Catholic Church?

23:30 – What is the Catholic view of the Tribulation and the Rapture?

35:17 – Why do some people think the pope is evil?

41:54 – What are your thoughts on praying the Divine Mercy as a personal devotion?

48:16 – What made you go from Southern Baptist to Catholic? What resources could you point me to?

 

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Questions Covered:

05:10 – Are the Psalms mandatory like the commandments?

08:05 – Today’s reading. How do I reconcile Mary’s authority over Jesus compared to the wedding of Cana?

19:34 – My wife and I are converts. Even if convalidation of our marriage isn’t necessary could we still do it as a renewal of vows?

29:11 – Could God design the earth with a pre-implemented age into it?

32:53 – Does the covenant with Noah disprove the possibility of an apocalyptic event unless the world is ending?

36:25 – Is there an official definition of anathema? How do we relate it to ecumenical dialogue?

43:59 – My Baptist friend believes that all the early Christian were apostates. How do I respond to this?

49:02 – If the Church is meant to evangelize to the end of the earth how, then do I approach my sibling who is transgender? They’ve influenced my nephew to be transgender and I don’t want my child to be influenced?

52:35 – Why is the Mass so repetitive and robotic?

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Questions Covered:

05:15 – Why did the Church approve the books of the bible that are in it now and reject others?

09:10 – If sin brought death into the world, why did dinosaurs and plants die before humans existed?

20:02 – Why do Catholics have a relationship with saints?

28:50 – Why didn’t God give us a second chance after Adam and Eve?

33:25 – Why do Catholics believe Mary was sinless but not Joseph?

42:20 – How do we know about the 9 choirs of angels?

45:28 – Why do we believe that Mary’s giving birth miraculously? Was her virginity preserved?

50:58 – Why do we say “May we merit eternal life” in Mass? How do we understand this?

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Questions Covered:

12:52 – Why does the Church believe it can declare canonized saints but not condemn those in hell?

20:40 – Why does the Church tell us that we won’t be in heaven body and soul until the last day?

29:40 – Why did the Church change the teaching of tithing from 10% to something more general?

35:50 – Why do we Catholics pray to Mary and not to Jesus or God?

44:20 – Why is a Catholic able to believe that purgatory is either instantaneous or a long process? Is there any evidence for either?

50:42 – Why do Catholics not eat meat on Fridays during lent?

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Questions Covered:

24:16 – What’s the best way to defend the Church Fathers when they’re accused of being anti-Semetic?

30:00 – There is no reason to believe in the Marian dogmas.

34:27 – St. Anselm’s writings on universal salvation brought me back to the Church. Are those writings in line with the Church?

46:29 – What are your thoughts on challenges to the authenticity of the letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch?

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Questions Covered:

05:19 – I want to become Catholic but still live at home and my parents are opposed to this decision. What tips do you have for me?

17:14 – What do you say to people who use Church history for not believing in God? Ex. Saying Nazis and Fascists were Catholics?

28:28 – I’m a sidewalk counselor. Whenever I mention Mary people begin attacking me. How do I approach this subject?

34:44 – How would you respond to the claim of Eternal Security while using 1 Jn 5:13 and Mt 7:23 as evidence for it?

42:55 – How is purgatory good news?

48:20 – How do I address the sex scandal to a friend who constantly brings it up as a dig towards the faith?

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