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

Sitz im leben

Spring cleaning!

   



Gina's notes

1 March

22 February

  • Sunday is the Second Sunday of Lent: the gospel is the Transfiguration.
  • No meat on Fridays; both fast and abstinence required on Good Friday.
  • Today is the Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle: celebrates selection of Simon as "the Rock," the first liturgies celebrated by Peter in Rome, the ancient wooden cathedra preserved and venerated in Rome as the chair on which Peter sat to baptize catechumens, and the enduring role of the papacy in the Body of Christ.
  • Prayers for the Pope.
  • FACEBOOK NO. 1. Philip. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Please pray for my cousin Denis who has a drug addiction and is suffering with depression. Please also pray for his parents who are elderly and are hurting from his decisions.
  • NOT ON THE LINE. Fran. Rochester. New York. How were all the words attributed to being spoken by Christ in the Bible verified as authentic?
  • From a friend in Amherst: When was the shortest conclave before the election of a new pope? When was the longest? How long and short were they?
  • Erika's Mom, Marie, who has recently had stage four cancer return after a time of remission.
  • Scott from Rochester: in a weight loss program and wondered if eating meat on friday is okay for medical pruposes.
  • Sennie from Jos (Joh-os), Nigeria: Please pray for God to soften my heart and that His will may be done in my life and that of my family.
  • Yasmin: El Paso, Texas: If you have received the Eucharist during a morning mass, and attended mass later, is it required that we take communion again? Is it bad not to? Does it make a difference if we do, being that Christ is already inside us? Any reference readings or your answers on this would be great, thank you!
  • Roberta: I have been having a debate with some fellow Catholics. We all believe the basic truth that God is in everyone and it is His action that causes us to seek Him. However, some say that the Holy Spirit is in everyone regardless of their actions. Some people believe that you cannot serve two masters and if someone is choosing evil then God cannot coexist in their heart. Can you clarify this for me?
  • Anonymous from Williamsville:
- If a person is aware of grave sin, should he decline serving as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion?
- If you are aware that someone presenting for Holy Communion is not a Catholic, should I, as an Extraordinary Minister, refuse to give him Communion?
  • Mary from Buffalo: Can her non-practicing friend receive Communion?
  • Dan from Akron, NY: where does the term "Son of Man" come from?
  • Tom from Grand Island, NY: Is it a sin to error on the side of caution re giving Communion? (ie if you have reservations)?

15 February

  • Saint Claude La Colombière, spiritual director for St. Margaret Mary Alacoque.
An Act of Hope and Confidence in God.
  • Thomas from Facebook: Does Ecclesiastes 10:20 imply we are psychic? "Even in your thoughts do not curse the king, nor in the privacy of your bedroom curse the rich; for the birds of the air may carry your voice, a winged creature may tell what you say."
ESP* Michael from Rochester: Thanks for telling me about St. Cecelia, the Roman martyr and patroness of musicians. Do you know of a prayer to St. Cecilia?
  • Rick from Amherst: What did Jesus mean when He said He used parables so that people would not understand, not be converted, and not be healed (Mark 4:10-13)?
  • Deloris from Boston, N.Y.: Look up Prayer of St. Gertrude the Great. 1000 souls released from Purgatory. "Offer it up."
  • From Facebook: What is the real oath of the Knights of Columbus?
Knights of Columbus
  • Mike from Rochester, NY: How to have more self control during lent. and ask about confession
  • Anonymous: How does a person make repatriation for sins?
  • John: Prayer to St. Cecilia.
  • Bill, driving through WNY: asks for prayer intention for his mother on her 83rd birthday.
  • Gina: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/lightning-bolt-hit-vatican-not-1705156
  • Bob from Boston, NY: wants to answer question father proposed about lighting.
  • Brian: My guess is that this cross is constantly struck by lightning but somebody happened to catch it at this particular time.
  • John These prayers are off of a prayer app on my iPhone. It's just named Prayers
  • Joyce from Buffalo: Prayer for her friend of 45 years who was buried Tuesday.

8 February

Snow holiday! I slept for three hours in the afternoon.

1 February

  • Tomorrow is Candlemas, Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (formerly the Feast of the Purification of Mary), 40 days after Christmas.
  • Friday of the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time.
  • Candlemas Prayer.
  • Yasmin: Can you explain the 3 crosses we make before the Gospel is read during the mass? What does it mean, where did it originate from?
  • Ginny from Buffalo, NY: Wanted to give glory to God for getting through a trying dental visit. Wants to thank God for the Priests. Is asking for sacrifices for the missions (ex: waiting 30 min after you get a snack or a coffee before you partake to offer it up for their needs).
  • A friend complained that I had missed the point of the question on Monday from Kathy in Pennsylvania.
I thought you missed the point of the question a few days ago when you went into the long explanation of the natural union between Adam and Eve. All I can say is that one of my nephews announced at Christmas his "marriage" sometime in February and is not sure what kind of ceremony they will come up with, but wants everyone to be there and will pay everyone's plane fare and lodging. All of this has caused his parents great pain, discussions over whether they will go, anger on the part of the other children that dad would be so old fashioned--while his siblings all think this is fine--it is like the "new normal"--why get excited?
  • Sandra from Denver: prayer for preservation of her eyesight. She is suffering from glaucoma.
  • Margaret from Kyler: Brown Scapular question
  • Freddy from Chicago: Looking for the meaning behind a situation after meeting his neice and her boyfriend and his dad.
  • Alice from New Orleans: Louisianna. Can you grieve too much for a person.
  • Doloris from Boston, New York: Is wondering if the book "The Patriotic rosary" is valid? Can we get the Children in the Catholic schools can learn to make rosary books and have books then to learn about it? Can we get the priests at the schools to promote the Bishops rosary.
  • Henry from Rochester, NY: If God know everything then how do we have free will.
  • Bonnie from Springville: Has a few prayer intention for my friend Jerry who fell on ice, for my father, for my brother who is traveling ...
  • Greg from Genessee: Is Ash Wednesday a holy day of obligation?

28 January

  • Feast of Thomas Aquinas, OP, the Angelic Doctor
  • Miracle Monday
  • Lust destroys the family; the family is the foundation of society; when the foundation fails, society fails
  • Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas for Chastity
  • Development of the sacrament of marriage From Kathy in Pennsylvania: "My daughter has moved in with her boyfriend, and they intend to have a non-Catholic wedding in their home. My husband and I are devout Catholics and have avoided attending other non-Catholic family weddings.
  1. What can we say or do to persuade her to repent and marry in the Church?"
  • Dan from Facebook: Please pray for Ken, who is suffering from stage 4 brain and lung cancer. I am praying above all else for his final salvation, but of course for his physical needs as well.
  • Sandra from Denver, Colorado: Does God know all of our decisions that we make through out all of our lives. Also, what is predestination? Do Catholics belief in this idea?
  • Dan Facebook:
  1. I was wondering if you could offer me some guidance on how I might bring the Gospel into conversations with co-workers, family, etc.? Obviously, it will depend on the situation, but any advice you could provide would certainly be much appreciated. -- Preaching the Gospel
  2. Jesus' words and the consensus of many theologians throughout the centuries seem to indicate that the vast majority of human beings will go to hell. Also, well-known Catholic evangelist Dr. Ralph Martin recently wrote a book called "Will Many be Saved?" that seems to have settled this question. On the one hand, this gives us a major impetus for evangelization; on the other hand, it can tempt some of us to despair. I have to confess that I find myself being sent into a depression by such thoughts. How do you cope with this reality? How do you maintain the joy and enthusiasm appropriate to being a disciple of Christ while at the same time accepting the terrible reality that "many are called and few are chosen"? Hell
  • Prayers asked for an unmarried couple living together.
  • Mike from Rochester: Comment on the beginning of the show about the destruction of Society from the sins of lust. Also revelations of St. Lucy. Questions on the desires of evolutionists- which is contrary to Catholic tradition.
  • Bruno from Rochester. Has a question about 1 Corinthians 15:50-58. Verse 55 says "where O death is your sting". Is looking for background info on this. As he writes his exegesis.
  • Yasmin: A family member of mine has chosen to start attending mass regularly with us, and seems open to God's love. Recently, we were talking about the mass. I know that as a cradle catholic, we don't always know why we do things. He asked about the order of the mass, whether it's always the same. I mentioned that there is an order, but that depending on the time of the year, the readings and what we do may change. Is there an actual reason why the Catholic church has adopted an order rather than having different agendas like protestant worshiping services?
  • Sue from Rochester: The Canticle of Zechariah Luke 1. The part where he says "this is the oath ff". How do we explain this in the light of people persecuted for their faith.
  • Eloise: Prayers requested for Nathaniel 5 yrs old. He has recently been diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy.

25 January

  • Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul the Apostle.
  • Three days left in Nine Days of Prayer, Pilgrimage and Penitance.
  • Prayer request from a recent caller for help in conceiving.
  • Year of Faith
  • Prayers from St. Paul
  • Sandra from Denver, Colorado: I would like to know if God knows all of our decisions that we make through out all of our lives. Also, what is predestination? Do Catholics belief in this idea?
  • Dot from Rochester: Please pray for all those who attended the March today in DC, as well as for my blindness.
  • Anonymous: She would like to know what the purpose of the collection for Catholic Relief is for this coming weekend and does the money go directly to the cause?
  • Kimberly: Is the Holy Mass the only time the Hosts are consecrated ?
  • Polly, from Tonawanda: Wants to ask Father if he saw any footage of the Pro-Life event today and if he believes this will have a positive effect on the HHS Mandate?
  • Steve from Buffalo: Will the acceptance of married Anglican priests change the Church practice of ordaining men vowed to celibacy? Will it open the door to women priests or same-sex marriage?
  • Liz: Would like to know information on the Church teaching of Yoga.
  • The first Michael from Rochester: Thanked us for talking about marriage preparation last week. Loved the training session. Learned a lot about intimacy. Becoming a "best friend" to his fiancee. Is a musician. Wants to know about St. Cecilia.
  • Kim in Rochester would like to thank father for prayers last week as they had a very positive result!
  • Other Michael from Rochester: Baltimore Catechism, "inclination to sin" (concupiscence).

18 January

  • National Vocation Awareness Week
  • End of the first week of Ordinary Time.
  • "U.S. Bishops Call For ‘Nine Days Of Prayer, Penance And Pilgrimage’ Surrounding 40th Anniversary Of Roe V. Wade."
  • Novena to the Infant Jesus
  • Shelley from Nanimo, B.C., Canada via Facebook: I long to share Christ with others. What is the best way to answer people who say that Catholics are too judgmental?
  • John from Facebook: I notice it seems like that every day is a feast for the Church. Is there any day that is not a feast?
  • Yasmin from El Paso, Texas: I teach 2nd year communion to children ages 8-10 years of age. Recently, one of my students has been disturbed and frightened by voices she says she is hearing, telling her that God doesn't exist and to not believe. Her mom mentioned that she is very paranoid, and has started sleeping wearing her rosary, and lighting candles and having holy images near her. Not that this is something that is odd, but I was hoping you would have some advice on how to address this. I want her to know that whatever it is she is experiencing she shouldn't be scared. Maybe a prayer I can share with the kids ...? I would appreciate any thoughts you have on this.
  • Freddie from chicago. IL: Wants to ask for prayers and a blessing for his new relationship (girlfriend)
  • GINNY from Buffalo: Asks for prayers for her god daughter meghan who is having seizures and a friend's son scott who also suffers from seizures
  • Kimberly: During the benediction when the Eucharist is exposed, why do the priests use incense? Also Father can you pray for my friends Jim and Chrissy. Chrissy is fighting stage four lung cancer and needs vital treatments which their health insurance will not cover. Her treatments have stopped until the medical bill can be covered.
  • Alice from Batavia, NY: What is blessed hope? How does a man become a Cardinal?
  • Kim from Rochester: Wants to ask about possible help available from parish/ catholic church with alcoholics
  • MIKE from Welland, Ontario, Canada: Why is it necessary for priests to have a meeting with a couple before marriage and why does the couple need to attend a marriage prep class?
  • Ale (uh-lay) from El Paso, Texas: Hello, I was noticing on your facebook page, that after your name, you have the title "International Priest of Mystery". What does this mean, exactly? Also, I really enjoy listening to your responses to questions asked, where would I be able to attend mass and listen to your homilies?

11 January

  • My FIFTH anniversary as the regular guest on Faith 'n' Reason Fridays (!).
  • Solo. Gina was away helping others.
  • Sunday is the Baptism of the Lord in the Roman rite.
  • Brian says Merry Christmas and Congratulations! Asks, "Fr. Marty could you do a 'St. Thomas for Dummies' version of the proofs of existence for God please?
  • Jackie. Buffalo, New York. Is IUI (intra-uterine-insemination)against the Catholic Faith? And what is the most effective way to prayer for infertility?
  • Polly. Tonawanda, New York. Where in the Old Testament do we start taking this Scripture literally?
  • Email #1 My aunt was married in the church, then she got a divorce and her husband remarried and she remarried outside of the Church and only in legal court. Both of them never requested an annulment. My aunt divorced again and her husband is still married to his second wife. It would seem to me they have both committed adultery and one still is. Would an annulment should the Church say it was not originally a valid marriage be able to clear this mess up and what would my aunt have to do to be in the proper graces of the Church? Also should she not be receiving Communion right now?
  • Martina writes, "Recently heard a visiting priest state in his homily that the god that Jewish and Christian religion worship is the same as Muslim’s “Allah”. I know the first part is true but what about “Allah”?"
  • Suzanne. Buffalo, New York. In today's Buffalo News, there's an article about a teacher in a Cheektowaga High School who had some Christian items in her classroom and was asked to remove these from her room. She complied, but is now suing the district. Do you have an opinion about this Fr. Marty?
  • Jackie also wants to know effective ways to pray about infertility, too...

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.

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

Less Recent

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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