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Questions Covered:

• 02:02 – The Catholic Church says that no evil thing can enter into heaven. Then how can Satan enter heaven accuse the brethren before God?
• 07:31 – Who can bless people? Can we only bless our children? If someone baptizes their child in a non-emergency situation, would it be valid and would it be a sin?
• 15:27 – My parents are Pentecostal and have recently been asking why we don’t celebrate Easter on Passover or any other Jewish feasts? How should I respond?
• 22:16 – I’ve been meeting with Jehovah’s Witnesses. They claim that the bible says that the name of God (Jehovah) must be used. How do I respond?
• 29:04 – I was arguing with a protestant who said Jesus can’t be sacramentally present in the Eucharist because of Hebrew 9:28. What is the
• 35:28 – Does the Church teach that all truths that are necessary for salvation are found in the bible?
• 43:01 – Are the 3 persons of the Trinity co-equal?
• 47:54 – What if a person baptized a child without the knowledge that they weren’t supposed to? Is that sinful?
• 51:16 – I disagree with your comment that God did away with the law

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Questions Covered:

• 03:41 – This YouTube user’s main stumbling block to Catholicism was Divine Hiddenness. Why doesn’t God show himself to us?
• 15:36 – My son is scrupulous. If my son is in a state of mortal sin but desires to go to confession and suddenly dies, what is the disposition of his soul?
• 20:12 – Hypothetical Question: Would lay people be able to offer the sacraments if there were no more clergy?
• 25:09 – CCC 83 says sacred tradition needs to be of apostolic origin. Why isn’t there a consensus on the number of sacraments?
• 44:30 – Is the essence of the Trinity the first person of the trinity, the Father?
• 50:22 – My husband says he doesn’t believe in the Catholic Church anymore. Is he committing a mortal sin if he continues to receive communion?

Episode 75: Year B – 5th Sunday of Easter

There are three details that we focus on in the readings for this upcoming 5th Sunday of Easter, Year B. One detail comes from the second reading, taken from 1 John 3:18-24. The relevant topic is the role good works play in our salvation. The other two details are found in the Gospel reading, which taken from John 15:1-8. The apologetical topics that come to the fore are the Catholic interpretation of Jesus’ words “eat my flesh . . . drink my blood” in his Bread of Life Discourse in John 6 and the possibility for a Christian to lose the gift of salvation.

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Episode 74: Year B – 4th Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday

There are three details that we highlight in the readings for this upcoming 4th Sunday of Easter, Year B, also called Good Shepherd Sunday. The first two details come from the first reading, taken from Acts 4:8-12. The relevant apologetical topics are Peter the Rock (and thus the Papacy) and Jesus’ divinity. The third detail is the major theme of the Gospel—Jesus the Good Shepherd. The passage is John 10:11-18. The apologetical topics that come to fore with this theme is Jesus’ divinity and Peter’s role as the first pope.

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Episode 73: Year B – 3rd Sunday of Easter

There are four details that we focus on for this upcoming Sunday Mass Readings for the 3rd Sunday of Easter. The first two come from the first reading, taken from Acts 3:13-15, 17-19. The relevant topics that come to fore are the early Church’s belief about Christ’s divinity and the Church’s teaching on invincible ignorance when it comes to sin. Details three and four are in the Gospel reading, taken from Luke 24:35-48. There are two apologetical topics that come into play: the bodily nature of Jesus’ resurrection and its significance for countering alternative explanations to Christ’s literal resurrection and the Catholic appeal to John 20:23 as biblical support for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

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Questions Covered:

• 06:21 – I’m a United Methodist minister. What more resources do you recommend in my exploration of Catholicism?
• 20:01 – Surely God hears the prayers and offers signs to people outside of Christianity. How do we make sense of these signs that might offer people in their faith outside of Christ?
• 31:01 – What do Catholics believe in what’s going to get them into heaven? I’m Catholic, but some say it’s good works; but I keep saying it’s through Jesus Christ
• 37:11 – My Catholic cousin is not going to get married in a church. Can I attend?
• 45:37 – I’m reading a book that claims that the Catholic doctrine of atonement has changed since Trent to Vatican II. Is this true?
• 51:43 – You mention a lot the appeal to natural law. Why should we live according to our nature?

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Questions Covered:

• 03:24 – Did God ordain that women cannot be priests?
• 07:22 – Is there other meaning of “baptism” other than immersion?
• 15:04 – When God created the first humans, were they already fallen?
• 19:10 – Is it essential to affirm people by their biological identity especially to our youth in Catholic schools?
• 29:15 – Why don’t we baptize children in the womb especially if they are at risk of being miscarried?
• 36:04 – How can I defend the Church’s teaching against Sola Fide?
• 41:48 – Were there more people around when Adam and Eve were around? Resources: Kenneth W. Kemp, “The Science of Adam” first things, Kenneth W. Kemp, “Science, Theology, and Monogenesis,” 2011, American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Vol. 85, No. 2, Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, “The Historicity of Adam” and “Defending Adam After Darwin.”
• 49:24 – What does Hebrew 6:4-7 mean in light of going to confession?
• 52:46 – Why is there only one incarnation? Why not the Father and Holy Spirit too?