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Our Lady of Guadalupe, Extremadura.
Like Mother, like Son.
The bambino, Rocco, and St. Joseph

Sitz im leben

Walking with Jesus

   



Gina's notes

4 January

  • Eleventh Day of Christmas (counting Christmas as day 1). Merry Christmas!
  • Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious.
  • Sunday, January 6 is the Feast of the Epiphany.
  • Epiphany Prayer.
  • Steve C. from Facebook: I pray to St. Christopher, but I'm aware that there is some controversy about who he was, how he became a saint, and why he got demoted after Vatican II. Can you clear up St. Christopher's status for me?
  • Zach from Amherst: Were all the authors of the Bible Jewish? I thought I heard that Luke may have been a Gentile.
  • The statement, "It is Semipelagian to say that Christ died or shed His blood for all men without exception" is declared and condemned as false, rash, scandalous, and intended in this sense, that Christ died for the salvation of the predestined alone, impious, blasphemous, contumelious, dishonoring to divine piety, and heretical."
  • Jeff. Please pray for my dad Vern who is receiving test results this afternoon that could show he has serious lung issues.
  • Linda from Ladies of the Lord: What is the prayer that people say when making the sign of the cross on their forehead, lips, and breast before the gospel is read?
Proclamation of the Gospel
  • Rusty from Facebook: When picking a vocation for the Catholic Church, can you chose your vocation or is it assigned to you? I am considering a vocation and I am interested in being a diocesan exorcist.
  • Mike from Rochester: Wants to wish happy new year and speak about evangilization
  • Anonymous from Buffalo: Can you give advise on being married to a person that has developed mental illness
  • Tafoya: I found out about 2 weeks ago that my son has been experimenting with marijuana. I am so scared, worried ,and heart broken. My son had strong faith was very involved with the church, a member of the youth group, an alter server and went on many trips with the church. He is now 19 years old and I just do not know what went wrong. i have talked to my son and he admitted to experimenting with marajuana. I do not know what to do. I pray 24/7. please pray for him his name is Daniel.
  • Kim from Rochester: Asks for prayer for her employment as she attended job interview today and has been unemployed since june 2012
  • Scott from Rochester: Wants to ask about friend that has been away from church for 20 years and do they need to go to confession 1st
  • Dan from Facebook: Is it permissible for Catholics to donate goods (canned foods, clothing, etc.) to the poor through the Salvation Army? The only reason I ask is that I understand that this is a pro-choice organization -- but my church is collecting clothing items for the Salvation Army during the Advent season.

21 December

  • Fr. Illig died one year ago today.
  • The 13th baktun has ended; the 14th has begun. We wish a blessed baktun to one and all! One baktun = 394 solar years. The date on which the calendar will go to the next piktun (a complete series of 20 b'ak'tuns), at Long Count 1.0.0.0.0.0, will be on October 13, 4772. That is 3000 years after the date I chose for the beginning of the end of the world in 1972! Maybe I got the month and day correct. :o)
  • This is the last live show in 2012. Next week will be filled with special Christmas programming selected by La Princessa.
  • Gaudete week.
  • O Antiphons.
  • Special Guest: Daniel W. Mruzek, Ph.D.
  • Sandy Hook murders.
  • children with disabilities and the holidays
  • disabilities and the Year of Faith.
  • Maria from Buffalo: Has a daughter who is disabled and has question on topic of ausburgers.
  • Chad from Rochester: What is the difference between autism and ausburgers?
  • Christine from Rochester: How does autism affect the person's faith?
  • Margeret from Rochester: Wants to speak on member of her parish that has autism and is a lector, altar server and who leads people to mass at community hospital.

18 December

  • For Sr. Kay Serasera, NTBA: "Gina locuta; causa finita est." Wisdom! Be attentive!
  • One week to Christmas!
  • God has already given us everything we need before we realize we need it.
  • "Do not be conquered by evil but conquer evil with good" (Rom 12:20).
  • Take and Receive.
  • Philip from Indooroopilly: "Our Christmas trees in our shopping centres is just a tree with gold and silver balls. I was told by my bishop that the Christian tradition is to put a nativity scene under the tree and to have RED ornaments on the tree. I can understand the presence of the nativity scene, by why are red ornaments necessary?
Christmas colors
  • I was wrong a few weeks ago when I said that all the baptized may receive the Anointing of the Sick. Can. 1004 §1: "The anointing of the sick can be administered to a member of the faithful who, having reached the use of reason, begins to be in danger due to sickness or old age."
  • John from Wilson, New York: I am struggling with the status of my fallen away brothers. I pray daily that they come back to the Church. My eldest brother I worry the most about mainly because of the following verse that I hope you can clarify for me:
Hebrews 6:4-6 - For it is impossible* to restore again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they then commit apostasy, since they crucify the Son of God on their own account and hold him up to contempt.
When Paul refers to those who have tasted the Heavenly gift and then committed apostasy is he referring to the Eucharist and if so does that mean my brother who left the Catholic Church and is now a Baptist minister is guilty of apostasy?
Thank you Father for you answer and please pray for my family.
  • Margaret from Cuyler, NY: Question about the shooter and the fact that he has autism.
  • John: I would like to pray in thanksgiving for the blessing of my family and friends, the Church and the ministry of EWTN and The Station of the Cross, which continues to strengthen my faith.
  • Gina from Niagara Falls: she is a nurse and wants to comment re. shooter and possibility of demonic possession.
  • Heidi: I pray for God's grace to heal my broken heart, somehow during this depression. And if His will, bless my husband with wisdom to return. Or bless another man to love me after this divorce and annulment.
  • Father can you explain how it is that we can "bless God"? eg. when we read "O God, we bless You and adore You."

14 December

  • Memorial of Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591), priest and doctor of the Church. Founder of the Discalced Carmelites for men, following St. Teresa of Avila. Doctor of mystical theology. Imprisoned by his fellow Carmelites; had to escape from his cell.
  • O Antiphons.
  • Sandra from Denver: and last Friday I listened to you, Fr. Marty, and I need a clarification about something you said. Will you please respond to this question on Friday, Dec. 7 if possible. I will be listening. You said that God’s mind can be changed through prayer. I thought He was unchanging.
My sister, Charlotte from Florida, asked you on your radio station for prayers for her family. I want to tell you that your prayers have definitely helped. It is a miracle.
Also, will you pray for a special intention of mine.
  • Scott from Rochester: asks what is meaning of Luke 10 where Jesus "rebukes" martha about her many concerns?
  • Joel from Welland, Ontario: Please pray that I can find a full-time job.
  • Debbie's mother Margaret passed away this week. Mass intention for both Debbie and Margaret.
  • Prayers for the victims and their families in today's mass murder in Connecticut.
  • Michael from Rochester: Character in The Exorcist said that his greatest doubts came from "disagreements among people of good will."
  • Jason from Rochester: Are Catholic schools today as good as they were 30 years ago?
  • One guy called overnight and left a message that said he was so happy Fr. Marty called him from CAC he was sending another $20.
  • Dolores from North Boston, NY: Has empathy for Father with regards to procrastination. She listened to Dr. Ray and he was talking about it today too. Looking for the virtues for the luminous mysteries.
http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/6865

7 December

  • Tomorrow is December 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception. It is a holy day of obligation! Authorities disagree about whether one Mass can satisfy both the obligation of the holy day and the obligation of Sunday Mass.
  • Memorial of Saint Ambrose (340-397 AD), bishop of Milan and doctor of the Church. Chosen as bishop while still a catechumen. "On 7 December 374 he was baptized, ordained as a priest, and consecrated as bishop. He immediately gave away his wealth to the Church and the poor, both for the good it did, and as an example to his flock" (1648 years ago today!) Baptized St. Augustine. One of the four traditional doctors of the Latin Church. Meliglossos: honey-tongued. Opponent of the Arian heresy in the West. He accepted local authority over local affairs: "When I am at Rome, I fast on a Saturday; when I am at Milan, I do not. Follow the custom of the church where you are." This gave rise to our English saying, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
  • 71st anniversary of attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
  • First Week of Advent.
  • This coming Sunday's responsorial psalm (Ps 126):

Restore our fortunes, O LORD,
like the torrents in the southern desert.
Those who sow in tears
shall reap rejoicing.

Although they go forth weeping,
carrying the seed to be sown,
They shall come back rejoicing,
carrying their sheaves.

  • Philip from Indooroopilly (Brisbane), Australia: "If Catholics and orthodox were one church until 1054, then we have the same early church fathers and we should have the exact same beliefs. So how is it that we have different bibles? And how is it that we accept purgatory and they reject it? Did they reject it from the beginning or did we make it up later in time?"
  • Anonymous from Williamsville, NY: "Do you know anything about a teen group called Young Life? My child came home wanting to join it and said it is a non-denominational Christian group of teens that meets to discuss Jesus and the Bible and have fun socializing, too. Some web pages say it is okay for Catholics to attend; some say it is cult-like; some say it is based on Calvinistic principles. What disturbed me the most, was an actual writing from the Young Life training manual for leaders in how to deal with Catholic teens. It mentioned about how to talk to them about becoming "new Christians." A friend of mine said that as Catholics, we are not supposed to attend any non-Catholic prayer or Bible study groups. Is that correct? How do I explain this to my child who really just wants to hang out with her friends?"
  • Anonymous from e-mail (I think): What does the Church think about the neurosurgeon who wrote Proof of Heaven? Does his near-death experience really prove that there is life after life?
  • Bonnie from Springville: nine prayer requests.
  • Mike from Rochester: wants to comment on seriousness of Catholic radio and how Church is doing with increasing vocations.
  • Anonymous from Buffalo: Please pray for health, to find a job and special intentions.
  • Anonymous from Victor, New York: Please pray that they find the lost relative they have been searching for, that another family member will have help with a behavioral problem, and for good financial resources to find a place for their family to live.
  • Elizabeth from St Catherines, Ont.: prayer requests for her friend that has a chronic illness and for herself for good outcome on health test results as she still has a young family to care for.
  • Mary Jane from Wheatfield: how does a Catholic treat a person begging on a "street corner"?

30 November

  • Last Friday in Ordinary Time. This is the week of Christ the King. Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven."
  • Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle, "called in the Orthodox tradition PrōtoklÄ“tos, or the First-called, is ... the brother of Saint Peter; patron of happy marriages and pregnant women. The name "Andrew" (Greek: manly, brave, from ἀνδρεία, Andreia, "manhood, valour"), like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews, Christians, and other Hellenized people of the region."
  • Philip from Indooroopilly (Brisbane), Australia, listening on iCatholicRadio: It says in Exodus that "The Lord was appeased from doing the evil which he had spoken against his people" (32:14). How could Moses change God's mind if we humans can not change the will of God? If God is all-knowing and perfect, then how can a prophet change his mind?
Interpreting fiction
  • Scott from Rochester: How can I better understand the book of Revelation which has been featured in the daily Mass readings for the past few weeks?
Tomorrow's readings end Ordinary time. The last day of Ordinary time foreshadows the End of Everything.
  • A friendly Monsignor from the Buffalo suburbs: We say the Three Persons are "equal". But the Son alone becomes "incarnate". Doesn't that mean that the Son has a "quality", i.e. "incarnation," that Father and Spirit do not "possess"? Ergo, doesn't this upset the "equality" of Father, Son and Spirit?
  • Kevin from Buffalo: Is it morally wrong for Catholics to circumcise their sons?
  • Q: I attended Mass in a diocesan cathedral while on a trip out west. Although a priest and deacon were presiding, a cantor sang the invocations for the "Lord, Have Mercy": "You were sent to heal the contrite of heart," "You came to call sinners," and "You are seated at the right hand of the Father to intercede for us." Can a lay person sing this part of the Mass?
A: Surprisingly (to me), yes. "The cantor is both a singer and a leader of congregational song. Especially when no choir is present, the cantor may sing in alternation or dialogue with the assembly. For example, the cantor may sing the invocations of the Kyrie, intone the Gloria, lead the short acclamations at the end of the Scripture readings, intone and sing the verse of the Gospel Acclamation, sing the invocations of the Prayer of the Faithful, and lead the singing of the Agnus Dei. The cantor may also sing the verses of the psalm or song that accompany the Entrance, Preparation of the Gifts, and Communion. Finally, the cantor may serve as psalmist, leading and proclaiming the verses of the Responsorial Psalm" ("Sing to the Lord," #37).
  • Anonymous. Requests prayers for health, to find a job, and peace in the family
  • Michael . Massaden (Rochester) . Wants to make a comment about the readings in Revalation for yesterday.
  • Polly . Tonawanda . Just wants to ask about today's readings and Hollywood
  • FACEBOOK NO. 1. Kimberly. What is a Jesse Tree?

9 November

They have a link to see all the previous e-mails from the first day of the Year of Faith.
Few footnotes. E.g., quotation from St. Thérèse: "But above all it's the gospels that occupy my mind when I'm at prayer; my poor soul has so many needs, and yet this is the one thing needful. I'm always finding fresh lights there; hidden meanings which had meant nothing to me hitherto."
  • Kevin via e-mail: To call the US from Australia, it would be 0011 + 1 + city area code + number. So 0011 1 877 511 5483
  • Philip from Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia, listening in the morning via iCatholicRadio: I live in Brisbane Australia. I am a Melkite Catholic, i have about 50-60 cousins that live in Brisbane and no one comes to mass on Sundays. How can i explain to them the importance of the Mass and the Eucharist? What can I do? I try to go to Mass seven days a week to pray for all of them, but they just don't see them importance of Sunday Mass.
  • Philip from Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia, listening in the morning via iCatholicRadio:
And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmer. Then it happened, after many days, that Cain offered gifts to the Lord, from the fruits of the earth. Abel likewise offered from the firstborn of his flock, and from their fat. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his gifts. Yet in truth, he did not look with favor on Cain and his gifts. And Cain was vehemently angry, and his countenance fell. So the LORD said to Cain: "Why are you so resentful and crestfallen? If you do well, you can hold up your head; but if not, sin is a demon lurking at the door: his urge is toward you, yet you can be his master." (Genesis 4:2-7)
Hey I'm struggling to understand this... Is it that Cain did not make a blood sacrifice or is it something else? It seem clear to me that he was a farmer so it makes sense that he offer fruits but I'm struggling to understand why God was not satisfied?
  • type of offering
  • quality of offering
  • the interior dispositions of Cain and Abel
  • Jackie from e-mail: "Father discussed how to pray for the souls in purgatory by making a novena. Is there something that I could use as a reference to help explain this to my family. We always include prayers for the departed but never heard about having the souls pray for us. Also please explain the indulgence involving visiting cemeteries in November. I would love to share this information with my family and friends."
  • Emily from Corning: Wondering if Father ever went to the Basilica in Rome. She saw something there and was wondering why people touch a brass plate by the entrance.
  • Alex from Miami, FL: Trying to do a plenary indulgence. Wondering how he would know if he has an attachment to sin.
  • Mike from Rochester, NY: Wants prayers for the Country. To pray for the the renewal of respect for life and also for the conversion of politicians. He has ideas of how to get around the hhs mandate. . .
  • Charlotte from Niceville, FL: Has a prayer request for her son and daughter. They are not talking to each other and are in a "hate campaign". She feels like she is in the middle and is praying for love between them.
  • Mary: Please pray for my daughter’s healing and recovery.
  • Paul from Amherst: Received an email from a Catholic professor who is "pro life", voting for Obama, and gave a list of reasons why it was ethical to vote for him. Wants Fr.'s opinion.
  • Kimberly: Since the election I feel let down but my friends. I am noticing that i am saying things and acting out of anger to some of the posts on face book. Can you please say a prayer for all of us. I want to accept this decision and move on. Please pray for me too.

6 November

"If I close heaven so that there is no rain,
if I command the locust to devour the land,
if I send pestilence among my people,
if then my people,
upon whom my name has been pronounced,
humble themselves and pray,
and seek my face
and turn from their evil ways,
I will hear them from heaven
and pardon their sins
and heal their land." (2 Chr 7:13-14)

  • Lord's Prayer
  • USCCB Voting Guide for Catholics
  • Lynn from Facebook: "I wouldn't say the democratic party is anti-catholic. Other than being pro-choice (which is not pro-abortion), democrats tend to hold views that are more Catholic Christian than other parties - support for the poor and disenfranchised, inclusion of historically segregated populations."
  • Emily from Corning, NY: if the election doesn't go the way we want, our faith will be tested
  • Bob from Elma,NY: Disagrees with the caller that says democratic party is not anti catholic
  • Steve from Amherst, NY: asking where idea that republicans are anti-poor....
  • Bob from from Boston, NY: comment about slavery issue.
  • Christine. Texas. After voting for anti-abortion politicians it occurs to me that some may support the death penalty. If I find out they are pro-death penalty have I sinned?
  • Sharon from Elma, NY: wants to encourage voting and for Father to encourage also

2 November

  • Tomorrow is the last day of Mother Olga's novena of First Saturdays for the sake of the election.
  • This week marked the 500th anniversary of the completion of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling. On 31 October 1512, Pope Julius II was joined by 17 cardinals for a celebration of vespers in the Chapel, in thanksgiving for the glorious work that had just been revealed.
  • [X] Memorare to Our Lady of Fatima, Queen of Martyrs, Patron of the Americas, Mother of Good Counsel.
  • We have recently received two versions of the same question:
  1. William from Warren, Ohio: "I have trouble with Mary. The Bible says Jesus is the only mediator between God and man. How can I come to terms with this?
  2. Ale from Facebook asked during the Frank Kelly show (three weeks ago): "Why do Catholics pray to the saints instead of to God directly?"
  • Gino from Facebook: On the Cross, Jesus said, "It is finished" and "Today you will be with me in Paradise." He made no mention of any further purgation to the repentant thief. I believe that He took ALL our sins away and paid for them ALL with His precious blood. Whomever the Son sets free is free indeed!
Purgatory.
  • Sarah from West Seneca: What is the difference between "soul" and "spirit"?
  • John from Webster, NY: Can father go over the general guidelines for brining Communion home to the sick? Prayer Intention for Mom's healing.
  • Dennis from Buffalo: Please pray for my family, as my situation continues to go down hill. I am fearful that my daughter's best interests won't be protected.
  • Brian from Buffalo: Was the Holy Spirit formally recognized in the Old Testament? In the New Testament the Holy Spirit seems to be revealed to us through Jesus for the first time.
  • Michael from Rochester, NY: Prayer Intention for media reporters covering the elections.
  • Catherine from East Aurora, NY: Prayer intention for Connie for healing for her shoulder.
  • Heidi: I rarely ask for a prayer intention for my own benefit, but I ask for God's grace that my husband return to our faith, the sanctity of our marriage and a prayerful model to our sons. If it is God's will that our 19 yr marriage end, then grant us the grace of peace and hope. If not, please guide him towards reconciliation and forgiveness.
  • John B. from Facebook: "The Uruguay bishops' conference said that Catholic politicians who voted to allow abortion have excommunicated themselves. Will all bishops' conferences around the world eventually do the same? Are we kidding ourselves about the fight against abortion if such statements are not made around the world?
"Uruguay bishops say lawmakers who support abortion are excommunicated."
Uruguay's bishops say that local lawmakers who recently voted to legalize abortion in the country are automatically excommunicated for separating themselves from the Church's teaching.
“Automatic excommunication is for those who collaborate in the execution of an abortion in a direct way,” said Bishop Heriberto Bodeant, secretary for the Uruguayan bishops' conference.
“If a Catholic votes...with the manifest intention that he thinks the Church is wrong about this, he separates himself from the communion of the Church,” Bishop Bodeant recently told reporters.
“Excommunication means you are not in communion with the ecclesial community to which you openly claim to belong by doing something that puts you outside communion, and therefore you cannot participate in the Eucharist,” he explained.
  • John Z. from Facebook: when my wife and I participated in a catholic bible study, the first book we read was the book of Exodus because we were told that composition of the book of Exodus was really the beginning of what we now know as the Bible. It was the main story that gave the Israelites their tribal and religious identity. The book claimed that everything else, including Genesis, was written after the book of Exodus. What does the Church teach about this claim?
  • Caroline from e-mail: What is the age or sacrament requirement to receive the Anointing of the Sick? Can a child, say the age of 5, receive it?

26 October

  • Year of Faith: "I have come to cast fire on the earth; would that it were kindled already!"
  • Come, Holy Spirit (short version).
  • Grant from e-mail: What information do you have on the orthodoxy of Australian Catholicism?
  • 5.7 million Catholics = 27.5% of the population.
  • Catholicism in Australia largely begun by Irish immigrants, but more diverse nowadays.
  • Catholic Social Services: Australia's 63 member organisations help more than a million Australians every year.
  • The Catholic education system has more than 650,000 students (18% of student population).[1]
  • Australia has 32 dioceses and 1,363 parishes.
  • Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a national public university. It has six campuses and offers programs in five faculties throughout Australia. The University operates as a company limited by guarantee, under the Companies (Victoria) Code and has a constitution which clearly identifies its objects in education, scholarship and research as part of the mission of the Catholic Church. The University is a member of the publicly-funded national system of Australian universities, the Association of Commonwealth Universities and the International Federation of Catholic Universities.
  • St. Mary of the Cross (Mary MacKillop), who founded an educational religious institute of sisters, the Josephites, in the 19th century, became the first Australian to be canonised as a saint in 2010.
  • The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference is headed by Archbishop Denis Hart and there are three Australian cardinals:
- The Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell, seems to be orthodox. Something of a lightning rod?
- a former Archbishop of Sydney, Edward Bede Clancy
- the former President of the Vatican Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Edward Cassidy.
  • Sarah from West Seneca: Can you tell me when to recite the Fatima Prayer when saying the Rosary? I sometimes hear people recite the Fatima Prayer before any mysteries are prayed at the beginning of a rosary following the first three Hail Marys and the Glory Be.
  • Frank Kelly: Links and notes from the October 12th show with Frank Kelly, who had trouble speaking Buffaleese.
  • Anonymous: what does the statement "we may complete in ourselves for the church's sake what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ". caller said he heard it at a Sunday Mass.
  • Suellen: Regarding, "making up for what is lacking in Christ's sufferings..." A beautiful analogy was once given to me of a mother baking a cake. Her child asks to help and she, of course, lets him. Does mom need her child to help? No. Is the "help" even sometimes a "challenge" for mom? Yes. But the child needs and wants to help bake the cake, and so mom, in her love, let's the child help. Isn't that sweet? Thanks for another great show.
  • Grant from "oz" says thanks for answer and its 7:21am in his part of oz
  • Bob from Boston, NY: did jesus ever voluntarily complete a miricle?
  • Alice: Is there a way for a person to KNOW if their sins are forgiven after a confession?
  • Polly from Tonawanda: Is Father Malachi Martin in good standing with the Catholic Church?
  • Barabara from Niagara Falls: Why did Jesus tell people not to tell others when he performed a miracle?
  • Kimberly: What is the best way to offer up your day of fasting to God? Are there any prayers for offering your Fast?
  • Anonymous via Facebook: I am getting ready for my second colonoscopy in two years. I had a precancerous polyp the first time, am now experiencing some pain, and I am really pretty nervous about the whole thing. Cancer scares me. Please pray for me, my wife, and my children.

19 October

  • Fun Drive.

12 October

  • Year of Faith began yesterday.
  • Tomorrow: Anniversary of last apparition of Our Lady at Fatima. Miracle of the Sun (1917--95 years ago).
  • Fatima Prayers.
  • Guest: Frank Kelley from Humarock, MA.
- http://frankkellyministry.com/
- Short Circuit to God. All proceeds for “Short Circuit To God” are sent to missionary priests in India and Ghana to help the poor.
- "Frank Kelly's mission is to serve God daily by giving glory to God the Father and to help bring people closer to the Trinity in all aspects of their lives. "Healing Services,Spiritual Seminars, Confirmation instruction Classes, Retreats and Conferences."

8 October

  • Monday is a day of Miracles, Meditation, and Mystagogy. The mysteries of the faith are "soul food." Frank Sheed complained that, too often, Catholics swallow dogma without thinking about it, which is as crazy as eating walnuts without cracking open the shells. We need to realize what we believe.
  • 29 days to the election. The Blue Army is doing a 30-day rosary crusade "for God and country" that started yesterday on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (Our Lady of Victory; Battle of Lepanto, 1571). They are asking priests and laity to offer Mass on November 3, the First Saturday of November, for that intention as well.
  • Prayers to Our Lady of Victory.

"Who is she that comes forth as the morning rising,
fair as the moon,
bright as the sun,
as terrifying as an army set in array?" (Sng 6:10)

  • Karen from Facebook: Is Judas part of God's plan of salvation? What would have happened if Judas did not betray Jesus?
  • Michael from Buffalo: What happens to the prayers you make if someone is in hell? Can you gain plenary indulgences for someone who is in hell?
  • Jason from Buffalo: What is the Church's teaching on a woman being prescribed birth control for cycle regulation?
  • Anonymous: requests prayers for health, employment and special intention.
  • Tommy from Buffalo: Is it possible for a priest to change the creed during Mass?
  • Paul from Buffalo--West Side: Can priest omit penitental rite at start of Mass?
  • Carl from Buffalo: What should a Catholic voter do when both candidates (Republican or Democrat) don't follow the Church's teaching on social justice? What can be done about this in the future?
  • Marie from Williamsville: Is it nessasary to go to confession again if priest does not let her say act of contrition before giving absolution?
  • John: Please talk about the indulgence granted with the Year of Faith. What are the conditions?
  • Rich from Buffalo: Wants to follow up with comment on father's answer on Catholic voting here in Buffalo.

5 October

  • Today is the feast of St. Faustina, through whom God gave us Mercy Sunday and the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
  • The Year of Faith, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II, begins next Thursday.
  • Mother Olga's Novena continues tomorrow. Two First Saturdays left before November.
  • EWTN's novena continues until Sunday, the feast of Our Lady of Victory and the Most Holy Rosary. The Sunday liturgy will be that of the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, but that does not prevent us from thinking of how gracious God was to Mary and, through her, to us.
  • [X] Salve Regina.

John from Facebook:

  • "How does predestination figure into that? What does the church teach us regarding predestination? Is someone who is predestined to Heaven incapable of sin? Or do their choices no longer matter at all?"
  • Anonymous. Victor, New York. Thanks to Father for answered prayer on finding keys. Still need help finding missing family member. Please pray for her daughter-in-law to have a change of heart about a pending divorce. And for great financial need as well.
  • Michael from Rochester, New York: wants to suggest prayer for the country and would like to talk about the appropriateness of the prayer.
  • John from Rochester, New York. Requests prayer for Mom who has cancer. Also to accept whatever God's will is in the situation. John would also like Father to speak about the feast of Our Lady of Victory.
  • Holly from Tonawanda, New York: Has question on Sister Faustina's vision of hell.
  • Bob from Boston: Has question about Balaam. Where he came from and was he a prophet.
  • Delores from North Boston New York: Has question about Purgatory--can a priest hear confession there? And if you come in late after consecration at a daily Mass, can you receive Communion?

The Treasury of Extra Questions

We have had many questions that either come too late in the show or that need research to answer. We often say, "Tune in next week and we'll deal with that in more depth"--but we haven't always kept our promise. The purpose of this page is to make a list of those questions for future reference. If we run low on callers or current questions, we can always dip into this reservoir to keep the conversation going.

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Questions from Ladies of the Lord

Current Events Topics

On January 24, 2012, the Starbucks corporation issued a memorandum to all "US Partners" declaring that same-sex marriage "is aligned with Starbucks business practices" and "is core to who we are and what we value as a company."
In addition to declaring its corporate-wide position in support of gay marriage, Starbucks also used its resources to participate in a legal case seeking to overturn a federal law declaring marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
In taking these actions, Starbucks has declared a culture war on all Catholics and other people of faith (and millions of others, too) who believe that the institution of marriage as one man and one woman is worth preserving.
"Recently a group of priests from a European country issued a summons to disobedience, and at the same time gave concrete examples of the forms this disobedience might take, even to the point of disregarding definitive decisions of the Church’s Magisterium, such as the question of women’s ordination, for which Blessed Pope John Paul II stated irrevocably that the Church has received no authority from the Lord. Is disobedience a path of renewal for the Church? We would like to believe that the authors of this summons are motivated by concern for the Church, that they are convinced that the slow pace of institutions has to be overcome by drastic measures, in order to open up new paths and to bring the Church up to date. But is disobedience really a way to do this? Do we sense here anything of that configuration to Christ which is the precondition for all true renewal, or do we merely sense a desperate push to do something to change the Church in accordance with one’s own preferences and ideas?"
See http://www.democraticunderground.com/121818339
"The last keyword that I should like to consider is “zeal for souls”: animarum zelus. It is an old-fashioned expression, not much used these days. In some circles, the word “soul” is virtually banned because – ostensibly – it expresses a body-soul dualism that wrongly compartmentalizes the human being. Of course the human person is a unity, destined for eternity as body and soul. And yet that cannot mean that we no longer have a soul, a constituent principle guaranteeing our unity in this life and beyond earthly death. And as priests, of course, we are concerned for the whole person, including his or her physical needs – we care for the hungry, the sick, the homeless. And yet we are concerned not only with the body, but also with the needs of the soul: with those who suffer from the violation of their rights or from destroyed love, with those unable to perceive the truth, those who suffer for lack of truth and love. We are concerned with the salvation of men and women in body and soul."
"Let us ask the Lord to fill us with joy in his message, so that we may serve his truth and his love with joyful zeal. Amen."

Courage

  • Brian from Facebook: Courage is a great resource for those who experience same-sex attraction but who want to remain faithful to the Church's teaching on chastity.
"Courage, an apostolate of the Catholic Church, ministers to persons with same-sex attraction and their loved ones. We have been endorsed by the Pontifical Council for the Family and our beloved John Paul II said of this ministry, "COURAGE is doing the work of God!" We also have an outreach called EnCourage which ministers to relatives, spouses, and friends of persons with same-sex attraction."

What is the Catholic understanding of the word, 'soul'?

Allegory vs. Parable

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And with your spirit

From Marilyn in Cleveland, Ohio, who listens on an iPad and wrote to us via e-mail:

I heard Fr. Moleski express his preference for the 'And also with you' response instead of the newer 'And with your spirit'. When I first learned of that change, I was delighted. I have 3 children, 25, 22 and 20 years old. All are in college and or grad school (pray for me, i am a single mother). For years, decades actually, I feel that I have been taking on a dragon fighting for my children's salvation. The world they have been raised in has emphasized, ad nauseam, how important they are, to the point now where they expect things (aka entitlement generation). They were given things every where they went, stickers at the doctors office, dentists, awards for ridiculous things at school and so on. The emphasis on hair, dress and all the material likes Is so hyper focused on the me, me, me that I see the 'and with your spirit' supremely refreshing and pointedly contradictory to the cultural persuasion. 'And with your spirit' is very challenging, and to me it points directly to the soul, not the person. Be it priest or pew sitter, it's all about God, not me. We must start focusing on our eternal souls, not on the flesh or ego. I truly believe this will be an unconscious sign post directing us appropriately to Our Lord.
Thank you for saying yes to God, our dear priests, we need you, we pray for you and we love you.

Planned Parenthood and Cancer Research

Some friends in Amherst via e-mail: Many cancer research organizations donate to Planned Parenthood and/or support the use of tissue from abortions for medical research and therapy. Is there a list of cancer research institutes to which Catholics can donate with a clear conscience?

Taking chastity seriously

From a letter written in the fall of 2011 from some concerned young adult Catholics in the Diocese of Buffalo:

  • We are increasingly disappointed and disheartened by the lack of support from priests and bishops ... regarding the sanctity of life and the value of true marriage.
  • Why are these high-profile, high-impact moral issues avoided during Sunday homilies: abortion, adultery, contraception, embryonic stem cell research, euthanasia, fornication, homosexuality, impurity with oneself, pornography?
  • Why are Catholic public officials given a pass when they publicly violate Church teachings time after time? Why aren't they denied Holy Communion?
  • It was disappointing that no priests attended the National Organization for Marriage's Rally for Traditional Marriage at Buffalo's City Hall on July 24.
  • Please help us to engage and evangelize the anti-Catholic culture that confronts us everyday.

Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ: A Faithful Jesuit

On Second Thought

I often think of better answers to questions after the show is over. This is called "l'esprit de l'escalier," (French: "the spirit of the staircase") because lawyers so often think of the best arguments to have made while walking down the staircase leading away from the courthouse.

Catholicism and Judaism

What about the prophecies about the Antichrist?

  • John from Cheektowaga: "I wished I had stayed on the phone the other day to do a follow-up (I did not want to hog all the air-time). I wasn’t looking for a speculation of WHEN the end time will be – I know our Lord Jesus said that not even the angels or saints know, but only the Father knows the day and the hour."
    • MXM: The advantage of staying on the phone is that you get to rephrase your question as we go along. If we think you're hogging the air, we'll thank you for your call and hang up on you.  :-O
  • I was just looking for comment on how really interwoven all of history is (past, present & future); all events detailed in prophesy. I thought that the little book “History of Antichrist” was extremely well presented. It listed each important prophet as indicated in Sacred Scripture, what various interpretations can their words possibly mean, which church fathers, saints, doctorens, traditions, commentators through to the med 1800’s (when the book was written), etc., to include conjectures as to meanings of their statements, and, how it relates to the antichrist. The book is not bad news, but it does say, when the antichrist does come it is going to be a terrible 3 ½ years before Jesus comes and put a stop to his deceit. Many will be swayed – think of the Jews who are still looking for the coming of the Messiah (all part of God’s grand mysterious plan).
    • MXM: The Church is completely agnostic about the sequence of events at the end of the world.
The book of Revelation and other apocalyptic passages were written to comfort people who were suffering for the sake of Jesus. The message is, "Hang on. Your sufferings will be rewarded. You will reign with Jesus in glory." That message was valid in the first century and in every age since wherever disciples suffer for Jesus.
In other words, the material is about the present, NOT the future.
  • The world will be tricked unless one's faith is strong.
    • MXM: We don't need "strong" faith. Putting faith in the strength of our faith is a huge mistake. No act of faith is greater than the size of a mustard seed when compared to the glory of the one in whom we place our trust.

Johnny Cash and the End of the World

Kevin in Buffalo: What do you think of the Johnny Cash song, "The Man Comes Around"?

The meaning of fiction

Matt from Colorado asked about (e-mail about The Shack). Second thoughts: interpreting fiction.

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