#11056 Open Forum for Those in RCIA - Joe Heschmeyer

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🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Questions Covered: 02:00 – I think there’s a difference between regret and repentance 06:43 – I’m Catholic. How should I deepen my faith? Should I still go to RCIA? 11:18 – What are the arguments against the question: why would I follow Christianity if Buddhism teaches similar things but are more accepting LGBT people? 15:43 – Can you add or take away from the bible? 19:35 – I’ve been dealing with shameful behavior and coming to the point of being embarrassed to go to confession. I’ll be receiving Confirmation soon and feel unworthy. Can you give me some advice? 29:43 – I’m in RCIA and am trying to evangelize my 14-year-old daughter. Do you have advice on how to help? 36:53 – What are your thoughts on RCIA directors who don’t have a good understanding of the faith? How would one approach this? 43:20 – My husband and I are considering RCIA. We are a bit uneasy with the things the pastor and teacher say. They seem contrary to the faith. What should we do? 51:04 – I was baptized as a baby but wasn’t raised Catholic. I want to fulfill all of my sacraments. How do I go about doing that? …

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Cavaganza's Live. I am Psych Hill at your host, so I
0:20.4	happy to get to be here with you on a Wednesday afternoon, especially getting to
0:23.9	do this thing that we've been doing the last few years with Joe Heschmeier as
0:27.0	a guest where we've been asking folks who are in the RCIA process or who are
0:31.6	otherwise approaching entry to the Catholic Church to call with their
0:34.5	questions. Lots of times those are accompanied with wonderful stories and it
0:39.1	just turns out just a lot of fun. If you find yourself in that position, if you
0:44.0	are seeking or considering entry into the Catholic Church, 888-318-788-4 is
0:51.8	the number. Welcome back Joe. Okay, he's there, right? Welcome back Joe. Try it again.
1:01.2	Sorry, I actually muted myself. You know what? One of these days I want to
1:05.4	master the technology thing. It's gonna be great. I don't know, Joe. The thing is there
1:14.5	does come a certain age where the aspiration to master it, noble as it is is an
1:22.0	un... it's kind of an irrational aspiration. I don't think you've decided. I feel like I might be
1:27.3	becoming my parents, specifically my mother, my younger brother who's 10 years younger than me,
1:32.2	could make a full-time job just of answering like parental tech requests of just,
1:37.5	you know, doing local house IT repairs, but I don't think he has the patience for it
1:42.3	at a certain point. Well, one of my nieces is the official plugger
1:48.8	inherent fixer in the family. The poor girl. Good lord. 888-318-788-4,
1:56.3	triple 8-318-788-4. Let's go to Mark in Cincinnati, Ohio, listening on 9-10am. Mark,
2:03.7	thank you for the call. Go ahead with your question. Good afternoon guys.
2:08.3	Or good evening, I guess it is. Listen, I just wanted to really come in. I was listening to
2:13.2	your previous caller and comments that Joe had made. I just wanted to really make a comment
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