Honoring Our Father & Mother – July 26, 2023

Bible Study: (2:48)

Sir 44:1, 10-15

  • What does it mean to honor your father and your mother? 

Ex 16:1-5, 9-15

  • Sometimes God punishes us by giving us what we asked for 

Letters

  • (21:29) – Are those who don’t believe in transubstantiation in communion with Jesus? 
  • (26:15) – Ancient rituals and Abraham
  • (29:13) – Moses ‘a prophet among you’ 
  • (29:13) – Did Jews Baptize? 

Word of the Day (35:07)

Callers 

  • (37:44) – Where does it say in the Bible that Christ descended into hell and came back in the third day?  Can you baptize stillborn children? 
  • (45:49) – People tell me to put a statue of Saint Joseph upside down in the ground. Is that okay?
  • (46:26) – What does it mean to pray without ceasing?
  • (47:52) – If someone is already cremated can the Church celebrate a mass for the person?
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