#11036 Open Forum for Those in RCIA - Joe Heschmeyer

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🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Questions Covered: 05:25 – I’m just entering the Catholic Church. A lot of my friends see me as a spiritual father. These friends will follow me if I convert. That makes me very uncomfortable. Can you offer some advice? 14:40 – What happens if you’re going through RCIA and you can’t find a Confirmation sponsor? 16:41 – How is the presence of Christ in the Eucharist different from the way God is always present to us, as Scripture says? 29:27 – I’m not Catholic. How can I better understand the real presence? Where in the Old Testament does God prophecy that he was going to reveal himself as bread and wine? 38:00 – Does the bible lose its impact when it is translated? 45:59 – I’m not Catholic but I would like to be. Why would being divorced preclude me from becoming Catholic? …

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0:00.0	Music
0:16.0	Welcome back to Catholic Astor's Live.
0:18.0	David Matheson sitting in for our regular host, Psy Kelly.
0:21.0	Today you are joining us for the...
0:24.0	I'm going to say the best two hours on Catholic Radio.
0:27.0	We specialize in Catholic apologetics and evangelization.
0:31.0	If you don't know what apologetics is, it's an explanation and defense of the Catholic faith.
0:36.0	We've been doing it for 40 years and we've got with us today for an open forum.
0:40.0	Two hours of open forum. Any question about the Catholic faith is fair game.
0:45.0	Especially if you are in our CIA or are actively considering the Catholic Church.
0:51.0	We want to talk to you 888-318-788-4.
0:56.0	As I started to say with me today is Joe Heschmeyer, the newest full-time apologist here at Catholic Astor.
1:02.0	Although you've now been with us I think for two years Joe.
1:05.0	Is that sound right?
1:06.0	Yeah, I'll just shy of it.
1:08.0	Yeah. March 2021.
1:10.0	There you go. You've been in Apologetics for a long time but actually being here at Catholic Answers for two years.
1:15.0	April 2009 is when I started my blog.
1:18.0	There you go. How about that?
1:20.0	It's been a scratch.
1:22.0	It sure has and it's one of the things we led to us bringing Joe on as one of our full-time apologists.
1:29.0	Of course he is the author of the early church was the Catholic Church, Pope Peter.
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