011 CtC - Do Catholics Earn Heaven?

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Catholics tend to get knocked for things people "think" Catholics do... but don't. One charge leveled against Catholicism that I hear kinda' often is that Catholics have to work their way to heaven. Is this true? Well, I'm not going to answer here, you have to listen to the podcast to find out!

Listen to Learn:

• Whether or not Catholics really believe they have to earn salvation.
• Whether or not a cattle prod ought to be used as an AED.
• How much I think a car worthy of being called a "sweet ride" is worth.

Links
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00:46 - Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) Paragraph 2010
02:35 - CCC Paragraph 2007
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010 CtC - All About Genuflection

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From the thoughtless knee-bounce to the pew leaving conundrum of posture uncertainty we've all had our struggles with genuflection. Well, let's struggle no more by learning all about where genuflection came from and when we're expected to do it.

Listen to Learn:

• Why we genuflect
• When to genuflect.
• Why proposing on the left knee is a good idea... but dangerous.

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009 CtC - Objections to the Meaning of Life

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So now we know the meaning of life, isn't that great? Well, if you're anything like me you may have some objections to to its simplicity. Today let's look at two objections I had and what I learned about them.

Listen to Learn:

• Having a hard time living out our purpose is normal.
• I'm an idiot.

Links
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03:10 - The Prodigal Son (Lk 11:15-34)(
03:48 - Anthropomorphism
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008 BLP - How to Get Something Out of Mass

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I hope you don't mind if every once in a while we take a few moments to enjoy God's gifts of chuckling, eye rolling, and not taking life too seriously!

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007 CtC - What Is the Meaning of Life?

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It's haunted the greatest philosophers and confounded the greatest contemplators. Today, find out for yourself what the meaning of life is... in less than 5 minutes!

Listen to Learn:

• What the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is.
• What the actual meaning of your life is.
• How to open a window with a can opener.

Links
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01:12 - The Number 42
02:56 - Catechism of the Catholic Church 52
03:38 - Matthew 22:37
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006 CtC - What do Catholic churches do with collected money?

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Week after week the collection plate makes its way around the church. Have you ever wondered where all that money goes? It's time you found out!

Listen to Learn:

• Who "owns" the collected money?
• Who decides where to spend it?
• How do you get in on that?

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005 CtC - How to Get Something Out of Mass

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Welcome to our first interview.  My fantastic wife Tara was kind enough to answer some questions about how to "get more out of" Mass.  Have you ever heard someone say they don't get anything out of the Mass?  Tara's here to help!

Listen to Learn:

• Kids a great blessing; they have to be because they don't let you pay attention at church!
• What to do when sprinkled with holy water or bowed to by a minister
• What you're "supposed" to do with your hands during the Our Father

Links
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00:14 - Nope, I mention it NEXT podcast, which I've already recorded (I'm getting mixed up I guess)
00:17 - Corpus Christi Catholic Church
01:18 - Our kids are... busy!
06:14 - Orans hand posture
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004 CtC - The Sign of the Cross

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Ever wonder why we Catholics make the sign of the cross?  People have been wondering for centuries.  Thankfully, we live in an age that has the Internet so you can learn the answer!

Listen to Learn:

• Where the sign of the cross came from, kind of
• That crosses are better than beehives in come contexts
• The three big purposes of the sign of the cross

Links
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01:30 - Tertullian, de Corona 3
02:04 - Wikipedia, Sign of the Cross
03:25 - St. Athanasius, The Incarnation of the Word of God 5:31
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003 CtC - Why the Trinity Matters

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The Trinity is clearly a foundation of Catholic belief.  Now let's look at why it matters to us and what else we can learn from it.

Listen to learn:

• Why the Trinity matters to ordinary Catholics
• How weird things would be without the Trinity
• How the Trinity can help us understand... stuff

Links
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00:04 - CtC 002-Basic Catholic Beliefs
01:36 - Where babies come from
03:01 - Mark 10:2-12
03:18 - Catechism of the Catholic Church:  232-267
03:39 - I have been married almost 6 years... wow, what a husband! 
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002 CtC - Basic Catholic Beliefs

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Before getting carried away with specific topics and discussions let's lay a groundwork of basic Catholic beliefs.  Without this understanding it's easy to wander around without direction while understanding them gives useful guidelines that our faith falls into.

Listen to learn:

• The four basic Catholic beliefs found in the Nicene Creed
• Examples these four beliefs applied to everyday questions
• Catholicism is better than being a vampire (really!)

Links
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00:19 - Nicene Creed
02:11 - Hebrews 12:1
03:53 - St. Justin Martyr:  First Apology 66 & 67
04:09 - John 6:53
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