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Catholic Answers Live - Open Forum Part 1 1-28-2020

Callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief. 

Questions Covered:

• 03:55 - What was the earliest record of the idea of the papacy?  
• 15:06 - What does 1 Cor. 1:17 mean? 
• 21:13 - Do you recommend the Alpha program? 
• 29:58 - What will distinguish the final trials of the Church from the trials that the Church is currently experiencing? 
• 37:14 - How can we be perfect like God in the way that Jesus asks us?  
• 46:56 - Does Revelation 20:5 prove that there are two resurrections? 

Clean Sweep - Life of Christ

Beneath the Surface - Creed: I Believe

Join Paul Murano in this first episode of a new Bts series on The Creed, called, The Creed: Beneath the Surface

 

Here we begin with Paul and his guest Bob Leblanc delving beneath the surface on the first two words of the Nicene Creed: I believe

 

Some of the questions tackled:

What the difference between belief and faith?

Belief and knowledge?

Can you believe and still not accept?

When is belief salvific?

 

Catholic Answers Live - Jesus: True God True Man

The Catholic Church teaches that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man. Listen in to find out why.

Questions Covered:

 

• 09:19 - When Jesus suffered and died on the Cross, he did not use his divinity to save himself. A normal man might have died before reaching the Cross, though. Did he use his divinity to endure his suffering and stay alive until his death on the Cross? 
• 18:32 - Thank you Dr. D’Ambrosio for “Jesus: The Way, the Truth, and the Life” study program. I am using it in my parish! 
• 21:55 - I challenge Dr. D’Ambrosio on his saying that Jesus did not say that he was God.  
• 30:25 - What happens if you receive the Eucharist without going to confession? 
• 34:04 - Did Jesus have brothers and sisters? 
• 44:45 - How do you explain the Trinity to little kids? 

Silence and Solitude

Liturgy Live - Presentation of the Lord - Church People

This week we talk a lot about the people you will find in the church. Those who withstand the refiners fire that is parish life, who wait on the Lord. In the second reading we talk about how Christ suffered and we can find Him in our sufferings. After the Gospel we talk about how there are labels that are self placed or placed by others in the Church and we need to see through them to the actual person and be able to love the person. We can, and are commanded to, love people that we don't agree with. There is a lot of healing to do in Church culture and serving, others who we disagree with will go a long way towards that healing.

Catholic Answers Focus - Are Christians Crazy to Call God Their Friend?

Claiming friendship with God is a good way to get mocked by the “wise” of the world. But it is a central claim of Christianity. How do we make sense of it?

Simply Holy 013: Dealing with Difficult People and Situations (Dedicated to Dad)

Sometimes what you think are the dumbest things your parents ever did turn out to be the most profound and useful life lessons. Marge dedicates this episode to her dad and describes a vital life lesson she learned from him about dealing with difficult people and situations.

Holy Smokes Catholic Review: Episode 103: The Wrong Packer

Join  Fr. Scott Mansfield, Pastor of St. John Vianney, Tony Wilimitis, Director of Formation, and Will Tapia, Director of Development as they give an in depth review of the Gospel from The Third Week of Ordinary Time: The Wrong Packer.

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Grace and Gratitude

Gratitude and grace, they just seem to go together. Both derived from the Latin word gratis, gratitude is our response to grace. When someone does something unexpected for us we express our thanks with gratitude, but if we have a grateful attitude, we say thank you even when things are expected. In this podcast Tony discusses Grace and Gratitude.

Scripture: “Everything indeed is for you, so that the grace bestowed in abundance on more and more people may cause the thanksgiving to overflow for the glory of God.”   –2 Corinthians 4:15

“All good giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no alteration or shadow caused by change.” — James 1:17

Quote: “Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.”  –Zig Ziglar

“Celebrate what you want to see more of,” –Tom Peters.

Reflections: Do you see the connection between Grace and Gratitude? What can you do to have an attitude of gratitude? What are you grateful for?

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The Frank Friar - Episode 230: Poetry and Catholicism

Recently, I’ve been thinking about the poems of James Matthew Wilson. A current catholic and poet I am finding quite interesting. In the episode today I speak about the need for catholic artists like poets who help folks enter the sacred rhythm of life and beauty in God. James Matthew Wilson recent book is called The Hanging God.

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Ocean Sunrise Catechism #203 God Reveals His Name

Catholic Answers Live - Joyful Evangelization

Can spread the good news of Christ in a time of difficulty and confusion in the Church? Fr. Anthony Dorsa says yes, and helps listeners to navigate evangelization.

Questions Covered:

 

• 05:21 - Where in the Bible does it say that we should evangelize? 
• 13:31 - How do we joyfully evangelize amid the sexual abuse crisis, scandal in the Vatican, and other concerning clerical behavior? There are many things that worry me.  
• 23:10 - How can I respond to a Pentacostal who was Catholic that what she learned in our Church was false, not true and is still not true? 
• 30:00 - My fiancé wasn’t baptized. We are getting married this year. She is interested in the Catholic Church. How can I explain RCIA and coming into the Church to her? 
• 34:10 - What is the best way to evangelize an addict? 
• 41:56 - If faith is a gift from God, does He give it to everyone, or only to some? 
• 47:30 - How can I deal with being angry with God? 
• 52:30 - What is the proper response to someone who reacts belligerently in response to their understanding of Scripture?  

Raising Saints - Season 2: 008 Interview with Sister Marie, Part 2

We are continuing our conversation with Sister Marie Pappas, a Sister of the Resurrection and DRE at St. Columba in Hopewell Junction, NY.

She tells us more about her vocation and answers some rapid fire questions sent in from some local children.

M.J. Flood "Where Are You?" - Lisa Hendey & Friends #86

On this week's show, we ponder the impact of pregnancy loss and grief with M.J. Flood, author of Where Are You? Finding Myself in My Greatest Loss.

About M.J. Flood:

M.J. Flood is a husband and a father of two little girls and a baby angel. Residing in Long Island, New York, he is a high school literature and writing teacher and the author of Where Are You? Finding Myself in My Greatest Loss. his first published work. He is also the writer/director of Too Much Noise — a short film in American Sign Language — which has appeared in several film festivals and won the Best Original Idea award at New York City’s 2018 Chain Film Festival.

About Where Are You?

Recalling the author’s experience as the father of a stillborn daughter, this memoir articulates the private heartbreak and depression so frequently associated with disenfranchised griefs like pregnancy loss. But Where Are You? is ultimately a work of hope, as M.J. Flood walks the reader through the chaos of death in search of the peace of healing.

Footsteps to Heaven - The Gift God Gives Everyone for Healing and Renewal

Episode #59: Stressed out? Tired? Suffering from troubles? Jesus said (Mark 2:27), “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” Sabbath rest is a gift from God for our healing and renewal. It’s so vital to our well-being that God commanded it. To keep the day sacred, we need to do more than go to church. We need to make ourselves fully available to God so he can minister to us. Why does the story of creation in Genesis say God rested on the 7^th day? Not because he was tired! God doesn’t need to rest. But we sure do. Terry Modica reveals why obeying this commandment is a gift from the Lord. She also explains why our day of rest is Sunday and not the Hebrew tradition of Saturday. 

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Ocean Sunrise Catechism#198 I Believe in God the Father

S2 E4 Tim Lucchesi "He (Jesus) assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman."

It’s a joy to welcome Tim Lucchesi, stay-at-home dad, director of Chaste Love, and co-host of the new podcast, Home But Not Alone, to the show. 

Tim brings us a quote from Pope St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. This quote comes from the 101^st talk in the series, given on November 24, 1982, titled “Christ Opened Marriage to the Saving Action of God.” Here’s the short version:

"He (Jesus) assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman." 

And here’s the long version: 

“Christ, in the Sermon on the Mount, gives his own interpretation of the commandment, ‘You shall not commit adultery’—an interpretation constitutes a new ethos—with the same lapidary words he assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman: and simultaneously (even though this can be deduced from the text only in an indirect way), he also assigns to every woman the dignity of every man. Finally he assigns to every one—both to man and woman—their own dignity, in a certain sense, the sacrum of the person.” 

Here, too, is the purported C.S. Lewis quote that Lindsay mentions (which, it turns out, he never actually said; sorry): “You do not have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” 

Learn more about Tim’s ministry at chastelove.org and @thechastelove on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. And be sure to check out Home But Not Alone, co-hosted by Tim and Sara Estabrooks (who we welcomed to the show S2:E1).  

To suggest a quote or a guest, follow the show on Instagram, @quoteme_podcast, or contact Lindsay at her website, LindsaySchlegel.com. 

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Until next time, God bless you!

Church Nativity Weekly Message - Habits Week 4

In today's Gospel, we hear Jesus start His ministry in a powerful way.

To read this week's readings, go to: usccb.org

 

Catholic Answers Live - Open Forum for Non Catholics Part 2

Today is for non-Catholics to ask any question about the Catholic faith!

Questions Covered:

 

• 04:12 - I enjoy the Catholic faith until about the Middle Ages. How do you reconcile with those bad times? 
• 13:08 - Aren’t all presbyters and bishops the same? 
•  19:31 - I read Behold Your Mother and love it. My question is, is Eve symbolic or real? If she is symbolic, how can Mary, who is very real, be the New Eve? 
• 28:30 - I have been receiving the Eucharist at Mass for 30 years but am a baptized Protestant. I never went through RCIA or officially became a part of the Catholic Church. Am I going to go to hell for this? 
• 34:02 - How can Catholics believe in justification by faith and works? It seems like Catholics are less forgiving. 
• 41:22 - If the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one person, how do you reconcile that with John 17:3? 
• 47:56 - Can you clarify why Catholics confess their sins to a bishop when that is God’s job to forgive?