Catholic & Pacifist? – August 28, 2023

Bible Study: (2:15)

1 Jn 4:7-16

  • How does Father translate love? 

1 Thes 1:1-5, 8b-10

  • What does this letter say about the coming of the Lord? 

Mt 23:13-22

  • How is Jesus correcting the Pharisees 

Letters

  • (21:12) – Can a Catholic be a pacifist? 
  • (23:44) – Listener liked the ‘My little Pony’ segment 
  • (26:07) – Is there a difference between laicized priests and ‘de-frocked’? 
  • (27:21) – Father discusses life in places without priests 
  • (31:53) – I love how you knit the Old and New Testaments 

Word of the Day: Hypocrites 

Callers

  • (38:08) – I think that the 10 commandments have do’s which correlate with the don’t
  • (39:51) – When we put bad music into the liturgy I think more people leave the Church
  • (42:55) – Matt 17: 21 – Why is it missing? 
  • (47:41) – What is the definition of Christ in the New testament?
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