Podcast | Karlo Broussard

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February 06, 2025 Repetitious Prayer, Purgatory, Jesus’ Resurrection, Grace, and Peter’s Headship
Episode 116: Year C – 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time
In today’s episode, we focus on five details in the readings for this upcoming 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C. The first two details are found in the first reading, taken from Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8. The related apologetical topics are repetitious prayer and the theme of purification by fire, which relates to the doctrine of Purgatory. The next two details come from the second reading, taken from 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. The apologetical topics that come to the fore are the historicity of Jesus’ resurrection and man’s cooperation with grace. Finally, the fifth detail comes from the Gospel, which is taken from Luke 5:1-11. The apologetical topic of focus for this Gospel is Peter’s headship among the apostles.
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February 06, 2025 Does the Shepherd of Hermas Disprove an Early Papacy?

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February 04, 2025Ask Me Anything: Catholicism
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Questions Covered:
08:31 – Does the Catholic Church ever say that Moses and Elijiah were already in heaven at the time of the Transfiguration?
18:23 – What is the church’s stance on listening to non-Catholic gospel music?
37:13 – Do we have an idea on who the apostle who is not named on the road to Emmaus, is?
47:47 – Is the struggle against sin, even if one can never overcome it, still efficacious?
56 min
February 03, 2025The Whys of Catholic Belief
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Questions Covered:
07:28 – Why does the Church believe babies can go to hell?
20:05 – Does a priest have to wear a stole when he blesses items like holy water?
23:44 – Why is it that protestants no longer have genuine consecration of the eucharist if Martin Luther was a priest and was able to consecrate?
29:45 – What is the difference between meat and fish, especially in the context of meatless Fridays?
34:15 – Why do Catholics use Aristotelian logic especially when not a lot of others do?
45:35 – How can I best explain the infallibility of the Papacy?
51:44 – Why do Catholics pray to saints and Mary when Jesus said only pray to God?
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January 31, 2025 Feast of the Presentation: Purgatory, Penal Substitution, and Mary as Co-Redemptrix
Episode 115: Year C – The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
In today’s episode, we focus on several details from the first and second readings, along with the Gospel, for this upcoming Feast of the Presentation of the Lord that are related to apologetical discussions. One detail comes from the first reading, taken from Malachi 3:1-4, and the related topic is Purgatory. Another detail comes from the second reading, taken from Hebrews 2:14-18, and the apologetical topic that this detail relates to is the theory of penal substitutionary theory. The remaining details, three in total, come from the Gospel reading, taken from Luke 2:22-40. The relevant topics are Jesus’ Messiahship, Jesus’ Divinity, which will be seen in connection with the first reading, and Mary as Co-redemptrix.
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21 min
January 30, 2025 No, the Father Didn’t Punish Jesus

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January 28, 2025Why Don’t You Think Catholicism Makes Sense? (Hour 2)
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Questions Covered:
13:52 – It doesn’t make sense to me why some people hear God in their prayers and others don’t?
19:38 – How is it that Protestants seem to experience the fruits of the faith, but without the sacrifices that Catholics do?
30:01 – As Catholics, we agree that we’ll probably be in Purgatory before going to Heaven. The Bible says that Jesus at the Second Coming will take everyone with him. Does that mean they’ll skip out on Purgatory?
35:33 – A Protestant friend wonders if we’re defecating or disgracing the Eucharist when we receive it?
43:00 – I want to know how does Dr. Broussard decides when his interpretation of scripture is a maybe/what if and how does he know when God’s Will is definitive?
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January 28, 2025Why Don’t You Think Catholicism Makes Sense? (Hour 1)
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Questions Covered:
05:53 – Catholic, married Methodist. He has a divorce; they have a civil marriage. I’m told I need to get an annulment. Why is this?
12:20 – I’m not Catholic; why does the Catholic church believe/profess the doctrine of Transubstantiation?
20:11 – I come across a lot of Protestants who have trouble with perpetual virginity of Mary. Who is James (“brother of Jesus”) in Gal 1:19; is he one of the 12 apostles?
29:40 – Is the celebration of the Eucharist/the Real Presence greater than the miracle of the Last Supper?
33:58 – It doesn’t make sense to me that John the Baptist is described as “the spirit of Elijah’, whereas the prophecy makes it seem as if Elijah was to come back?
41:19 – I’m Catholic, but I’m interested in Orthodoxy. Some of their claims seem to have weight. How can the Church change its position on topics?
47:37 – Where do we get the idea/doctrine of indulgences?
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January 23, 2025 What Most Miss in Abortion Debates
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48 min
January 23, 2025 Saints, Baptism, and Jesus’ Messiahship
Episode 114: Year C – 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
In today’s episode, we focus on six details in the readings for this upcoming 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C. The first detail is the whole of the first reading, taken from Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, and 8-10. It’s not necessarily a detail that comes up in apologetical discussions. But it does serve an apologetical purpose insofar as it gives biblical justification for the Catholic Liturgy of the Word. The next three details come from the second reading, taken from 1 Corinthians 12:12-30. The relevant apologetical topics are the intercession of the saints, the salvific efficacy of baptism, and the Holy Spirit’s distribution of spiritual charisms. The last two details are found in the Gospel reading, taken from Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21, and the apologetical topics there are Luke’s credibility as an historian and Jesus’ Messiahship.
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