#11111 Ask a Priest - Fr. Paul Check

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🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Questions Covered: 04:13 – Why do Orthodox celebrate Easter one week late? 05:33 – My friend is convinced that there is a class of spirits that aren’t demons. How do I refute this? 11:44 – Without wanting to know the future, is it possible to have a conversation with God through the bible? 17:25 – Can you clarify what adultery is? Especially since Jesus intensified the teaching. 20:52 – Is it a sin to not immediately do your penance after confession? 23:30 – I’m considering joining the third order Franciscans. Is it ok to not disclose cannabis use for medical purposes? 30:23 – Carolina Catholic Radio App… How can Our Lady help us today? 34:30 – How can I better trust that God is speaking to me with so many saints and devotions to Mary? 38:10 – Why is the earth referred to as a she in the Exultet prayer? 42:52 – The writer of Hebrews says the spirits of the just are made perfect. How are they made perfect? 46:21 – Can a married Catholic couple be unequally yoked? 49:23 – Is it allowed for the priest to elevate the ciborium during the consecration instead of a single host? 51:18 – Was there ever a woman who became pope? 51:48 – Would you say that the book by Fr. John Harvey is still a good book to read on homosexuality? 53:01 – I had a friend argue that in Acts of the Apostles, the dividing up there belongs was an early evidence and support for socialism. How do I respond? …

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Categance's Live on this Monday afternoon here in Southern California.
0:22.5	Maybe it's Monday evening where you are or even Tuesday morning and as I always like
0:26.7	to say, whatever time it is we're happier here with us.
0:29.8	It always feels so good to get back here behind this microphone and get to do it for another
0:33.6	week and I'm very grateful for the opportunity we all are here.
0:37.2	Thank you very much for taking the time to be with us so that we get to keep doing this.
0:41.9	A great week, a great show today.
0:44.1	A second hour we're going to talk a bit about how to share Jesus with maybe people that you just met,
0:50.7	maybe people you've known for a long time, but St. Paul Street evangelization is one of the great
0:55.7	movements going on in the church today and so we'll talk with somebody from St. Paul Street
1:00.3	evangelization a second hour about doing that kind of evangelization and you don't have to be
1:05.8	as anxious about it as maybe you feel when I start speaking about it.
1:09.2	There are ways to take that anxiety down so that's for a second hour.
1:14.4	First hour, ask a priest.
1:17.0	You can ask anything you'd like, anything that would be appropriate to ask a Catholic priest,
1:22.0	whether it's a theological or moral or spiritual question, but maybe it's something
1:26.3	pastoral or the sacraments in your life, maybe you're not sure what your
1:37.5	sacramental status is and you'd like some help, but here or there, that's fine.
1:41.2	Maybe something about prayer life or family life, 888-318-788-4.
1:46.8	Our guest is Father Paul Chek and if you've been around the Catholic community,
1:52.5	you probably run into him because he's done so much. He was a long time, well he's a former
1:57.7	Marine Corps officer and then he was, he's been a parish priest. He ran courage international for
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