Questions Covered: 06:38 – How do we know that the saints can hear us from a scriptural perspective? 18:00 – I struggle with all the forms that look like worship given to the saints. Things such as incense. What’s the distinction? 30:21 – I’m Orthodox. If the Papacy is so important to salvation, then why didn’t St. Paul wrote about it in Romans? 30:21 – I’m Orthodox. If the Papacy is so important to salvation, then why didn’t St. Paul wrote about it in Romans? 43:13...
Dec 17, 2024
Questions Covered: 12:33 – What are we protestants missing out on by having different scripture from you Catholics? 16:55 – Do you happen to know why Act 2:42 is constantly used by nondenominational Christians to claim their denomination is right and Catholicism is wrong? 29:27 – It seems like sola scriptura is a cause for protestants to miss out on purgatory. 32:00 – We protestants in our mind see that only the word of God is important, and Catholics muddy the waters. 36...
Dec 17, 2024
Questions Covered: 11:41 – My biggest struggle was discovering that certain vices that I struggled with were sins that people don’t seem to pay a lot of attention to. 16:53 – Is there a lack of attention on the kingdom of heaven during a healing journey? 22:05 – Station of the Cross… My daughter is dating a man who looks like is in the beginning stages of alcoholism. What can we do to help him? 30:38 – How do you beat addiction? 37:27 – I’ve been sober s...
Dec 16, 2024
Questions Covered: 01:30 – One of my family members is now a Sedevacantist and doesn’t recognize JP2. How can I help guide him back? 08:32 – Why does the placement of Maccabees in the bible vary depending on the bible? 15:12 – In Genesis it says God’s presence dwelled in the presence of the garden of Eden and since marriage/sex is the manifestation of our desire to be in union with God, then why did Adam yearn for a partner/Eve? 18:12 – Does the bible mention miscarriages...
Dec 14, 2024
Question Covered: 05:11 – Why do we address the pope as holy father? 07:38 – Is it ok for us to not wear shoes at Church? 14:30 – What does the Catholic faith mean to you? 17:30 – What explains Skinwalker Ranch? Have we ever been visited by extratempestrials? 23:29 – Is listening to music with profanity cooperating with evil? 35:28 – What are your thoughts on wearing veils at mass? 37:03 – My brother is using abortifacient birth control, how can I approa...
Dec 13, 2024
Questions Covered: 00:58 – How does one keep from worshiping Mary? 08:13 – I don’t believe Juan Diego was a historical person. I see it as problematic that the Church canonized a person who possibly wasn’t real. 17:05 – How can you tell that Guadalupe is not a man-made image? 21:35 – What are your thoughts on evangelical Catholic churches? 29:00 – How does one come back to communion after one loses salvation after being baptized? 46:18 – What oblig...
Dec 13, 2024
Questions Covered: 11:39 – James 2:18-19. What is the Catholic position on where the quote ends? 20:40 – Could you help me explain the Assumption of Mary to a Protestant? 50:00 – If God ever forgot about you, would you disappear?
Dec 12, 2024
Questions Covered: 06:50 – If Numbers 36 applies to Mary since she’s a perpetual virgin, does this imply she is closely related to her husband? 09:10 – How does one become consecrated to Mary? How does the Church approve of Marian apparition or vision? 16:25 – How do I develop a stronger love and devotion to Mary? 19:50 – If Mary was consecrated, how was she not in the temple and getting married? 24:00 – If Mary was here to glorify her son, how do we make sens...
Dec 12, 2024
Questions Covered: 15:50 – How does a man separate worry from his duty as a husband and father? 19:40 – What scripture can I meditate on to ease my guilt of leaving a job that is in desperate need? 30:00 – What are your thoughts on Phil. 4:6 saying not to worry. What do you think of false guilt? 36:13 – How can we find peace when our children and grandchildren don’t practice the faith anymore? 42:50 – Had a moment where a work situation stole my joy and peace. Offer...
Dec 11, 2024
Questions Covered: 09:17 – How did Protestant lose the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception? 16:17 – What is the status of the devotion of Jesus King of all nations? 20:16 – How would you word the Divine Simplicity of God not having a body without it becoming a heretic? 29:38 – What proof do we have that the Catholic church was founded by Christ? 36:30 – Having a hard time understanding why Mary is immaculately conceived but no else? 46:17 – The Pope and Trum...
Dec 11, 2024
Questions Covered: 04:54 – Why did the Jews of Jesus’s day believe in the power of Satan to drive out demons? 15:20 – How do we evangelize people who are uncomfortable hearing about God? 22:14 – On Christmas Eve the Jubilee begins. If I can’t get to Rome, how can I observe the Jubilee? 48:40 – Did Jesus or the Apostle kneel before statues or pray to Saints?...
Dec 10, 2024
Questions Covered: 01:15 – Hi Jimmy! What does a real Paranormal investigator do and what methods do they use compared to all “ghost hunter” sensationalist types out there? I’ve had a couple of genuine experiences myself and I don’t fall for the bogus methods (spirit boxes. SLS cameras) out there. I’m Catholic (and certainly don’t think “everything is demons”) and I don’t believe nonsense like tarot or go looking for these encounters. Just cu...
Dec 10, 2024
Questions Covered: 03:33 – What are your thoughts on determinism and free will, can they be combined? 7:20 – How does God know he’s not a brain in a vat? 08:14 – My 5-year-old asked “Did Jesus’ death on the cross make God the Father sad?” 12:44 – Where does the idea of “the rapture” come from? I’ve heard that it isn’t actually biblical, but pop culture and many Protestants would claim otherwise. 19:30 – I am a later in life convert and I did not baptize my two now y...
Dec 09, 2024
Questions Covered: 01:50 – Mr. Akin ….I had my future told to me after I had a staring contest with a guy who had the ability to view my future life like watching a video in fast forward….pausing when he saw things he thought important….this is how he explained it to me…He was able to see all the way to my last day….something he said he hadn’t been able to do with others…. not only could he see my life through my eyes …but could also see what...
Dec 07, 2024
Questions Covered: 02:22 – I heard this as an argument against the body and soul being distinct and advocating strict materialism, i.e. it’s all in the brain: If we consider that memories, emotions, reasoning, consciousness, personality, etc. are distinct from the body in the senses of sight, sound, smell, touch, taste then what accounts for the changes that occur when drinking alcohol or taking drugs for a temporary effect, or the habitual use of psychedelic drugs which cause a permanent ...
Dec 06, 2024
Questions Covered: 02:30 – Why was the early church so divided on things like the dating of Easter? 12:29 – Did Mary have a choice to say no since God had already made her without sin? 17:45 – Did the events of Joshua actually happen? If not, what consequences would that have? 30:20 – How do I defend the Marian Assumption to protestants? 36:17 – How do I remember and internalize epiphanies that I have during prayer? 43:37 – How do last rites and apostolic pard...
Dec 06, 2024
Questions Covered: 06:08 – How do I defend infant baptism? 13:28 – I’ve heard the Church has banned and burned books. Is this true? What is the Lesser Key of Solomon? 18:49 – What are your thoughts on options for fathers getting to veto abortions of their own children? 28:30 – According to science, a fetus is not alive till it gets the heartbeat. Which means comparing it to an alive grown human is wrong. 30:48 – Why does God tolerate our free will if he knows ...
Dec 05, 2024
Questions Covered: 00:30 – What spiritual advice do you have for someone who is discerning Catholicism? 12:49 – Is it disobedient or sinful for us to receive communion kneeling if we’ve been requested to receive standing? 18:06 – If I’m given a heavy penance and can’t complete it before the next mass, can I receive communion? 23:26 – Is my marriage valid since I wasn’t married in the Catholic Church? 29:33 – How do I work in a family who is not Catholic? How d...
Dec 05, 2024
Questions Covered: 05:17 – How could Adam and Eve choose to sin if their nature did not include concupiscence? 15:26 – How do we determine whether the early Church was Catholic or Orthodox? 21:49 – How do you know when you are in a Calvinistic church? 32:49 – Can you go to heaven without the sacraments? Or if you die in the process of becoming Catholic. 35:30 – How do we properly deal with not feeling that our prayers have been heard? 47:35 – If good Mariology...
Dec 04, 2024
Questions Covered: 1:00 – Why are the people attending the Latin Mass starting to lean towards denying the pope and those in the Novus Ordo leaning towards affirming him? 22:27 – Who writes the footnotes in the bible? Is it the Magisterium? 32:28 – In John 3:16 the Protestant translation says, ‘should not perish’ but in the Catholic version it says, ‘might not perish.’ Which is more correct? 37:05 – My best friend and I both left the Church and now I’m making my way back....
Dec 04, 2024
Questions Covered: 03:23 – Why is Orthodox communion valid? 11:59 – I’m Protestant. How do you process that God calls people to practice as ministers in protestant church? 34:02 – Why isn’t Mt 27:52-53 more attested in history? 46:12 – where do you think, presumably, are we in the eschatology timeline? 52:24 – Psalm 72 seems to reference that it was the last Psalm of David. Is it a Psalm written by Solomon to David or from David to Jesus?...
Dec 03, 2024
Questions Covered: 20:45 – My husband is a revert to the Catholic faith. His family has not reverted, they’re non-denominational. How can I as the in-law discuss with them why we need to have time to go to Mass? 36:14 – How do works play into our salvation? 47:00 – My high-school-aged son is “Catholic” but he says there’s no God. 53:20 – I have two sisters and a brother-in-law who have left the Church because of their spouses. What are some strategies to get our siblings ...
Dec 03, 2024
Questions covered: 16:25 – How do you answer a trans or gay person who tries to justify their lifestyle by saying “God made me this way”? 37:46 – I want to thank Jason for tweeting about St. Bernadette’s church in Scottsdale years ago. It’s what got me to go back to Mass. 41:44 – Do you think we as Catholics need to separate boys and girls at school more? 44:25 – I became promiscuous because I was Mad at God. How does someone deal with the pain and anger? 49:45 – I’...
Dec 02, 2024
Questions Covered: 01:55 – How could one know what statements are infallible? Why does it not matter that there isn’t a definitive record or list of infallible statements/teachings 06:27 – Is a hot dog a sandwich? 12:48 – Do the eastern churches that used to be eastern orthodox still use the eastern canon, or did they switch to the Catholic list of books. And if it did change their canon, how has that changed their liturgy or practice/their sacraments? 15:46 – One questio...
Nov 30, 2024
Questions Covered: 03:19 – How do we understand what Mary is doing for us, and how should this reflect in the language of our prayers? E.g. do we ask Mary directly for graces on the interpretation that God has given her authority to dispense these graces (& if so, how can we be confident this is accurate/appropriate), or do we ask Mary just to pray on our behalf for God to give us those graces? I guess the same question can apply to other saints too, like St. Anthony when we’re s...
Nov 29, 2024
Questions Covered: 05:21 – How does the Church establish the dogma of the Immaculate Conception with so much of the Early Church not clearly defining it and even St. Thomas Aquinas being contrary to it? 14:35 – If a person dies and is cremated, can the remains be held in a sacred space or altar in a home? 18:16 – If the Jews are the chosen people, why not convert to Judaism? 22:44 – Is scripture a higher authority than tradition? 28:54 – I heard that fulfilling the ...
Nov 29, 2024
Questions Covered: 06:26 – Is belief in the Assumption and Immaculate Conception necessary for salvation? 14:03 – If saints are confirmed to be in heaven, is there any barrier to the Church canonizing non-Catholics who live good holy lives? 17:12 – Was John the Baptist born without original sin? 19:40 – If someone wants to join the Church it seems like they have to do so much unnecessary waiting to go through the RCIA process. Any thoughts on that? 24:21 – How is th...
Nov 28, 2024
Topics Covered: 01:00 – Bible in Texas Schools 30:30 – Meatless Fridays 46:34 – Conclave Movie 49:00 – Martin Scorsese’s TV series on the Saint s
Nov 28, 2024
Topics Covered: 00:00 – Introduction and Chris knows about Spongebob 05:57 – Australia bans social media for kids 32:41 – No dating, no spouse, no…
Nov 27, 2024
Questions Covered: 02:45 – What’s the difference between a plenary and partial indulgence and are in the bible? 08:15 – Why do Catholics worship statues? 18:27 – Is there evidence that Jesus ever existed? 24:05 – Why do Catholics call priests Father? 35:59 – I struggle with the Protestant interpretation of Hebrews 6:2? 42:54 – I struggle with eating the Blood and Body of Christ? 48:08 – I heard a priest share there are no more miracles after Peter....
Nov 27, 2024
