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#11035 Open Forum for Those in RCIA - Joe Heschmeyer

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Questions Covered: 13:00 – I grew up Catholic. I had an abortion as a young woman and was told it was no big deal. I felt guilt because of this. All my friends go to an evangelical Church. What church do I go to? 31:35 – I work in a prison and some of the guards were playing with consecrated hosts that fell out of the tabernacle. I have the hosts now, what do I do with them? 36:22 – I’m thinking of converting. Where in the Bible does it say that Mary was assumed into heaven? And where does it say that she was born without original sin? Why go to a priest to confess? …

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0:00.0

Welcome to Catholic Answers Live, your source, your place for two hours of Catholic apologetics

0:23.9

and evangelization.

0:25.5

I am David Matheson.

0:26.5

I am sitting in for a cycle at this afternoon and I am sitting in this time, so I am feeling

0:32.6

much better.

0:33.6

We are having technical difficulties, so we may well have side jumping in here shortly.

0:39.2

He is in the saddle, we just, his horse isn't here, so we are looking forward to having

0:44.2

side back when he is available.

0:46.2

But I am lucky once again to have with me our own Joe Heschmeier.

0:50.7

Joe, welcome to the show today.

0:52.6

Thanks for being here again.

0:53.6

Very good.

0:54.6

Go ahead and give out that phone number to call, so today we have two hours of open forum.

1:01.4

But what we would like to focus on today is anyone who is in RCIA.

1:07.9

So if you are not familiar with what RCIA is, RCIA is the right of Christian initiation

1:12.9

of adults.

1:13.9

It is typically the class that is taken.

1:16.4

For someone who wants to come into the church, I am a convert myself 15 years ago.

1:20.3

I went through RCIA.

1:22.2

A lot of questions come up.

1:24.0

Sometimes the instruction is great and you have little to no questions.

1:28.5

Other times the instruction is a little lacking, right, Joe?

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