#11252 Ask a Priest - Fr. Paul Check

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🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Questions Covered: 15:47 – I’ve heard that the forgiveness doctrine was settled but recently I heard that you don’t have to forgive those who are seeking forgiveness. Can you clarify? 19:21 – What can we do about over the counter birth control? 23:20 – My granddaughter asked me what happens after death. How do I reply? 31:24 – Is there a proper order when doing mental prayer? 35:29 – Is it appropriate to have a rosary where the center metal is personalized like a picture of a loved one or a dog? 37:09 – I’m new to Catholicism. How far should tolerance go regarding social issues? 40:40 – Are the soul and spirit two different things? 46:45 – Any advice on how to prevent distraction while praying or at mass? 49:48 – How can the laity most effectively participate at mass? 52:52 – Where would be appropriate to place a home altar and what should we put on it? …

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0:00.0	Music
0:16.0	Catholic Answers Live is the name of the program.
0:21.0	I am Christopher Czech. I am president at Catholic Answers.
0:27.0	And my guest this first hour is Father Paul Czech.
0:34.0	My older brother and godfather who is also the director of the shrine of our lady of Guadalupe
0:41.0	and La Crosse was constant. Father Czech will be answering your questions.
0:47.0	As soon as we get him reconnected here, he will be answering any ask a priest question.
0:54.0	So this hour, 888-318-7884, 888-318-7884, 888-831-Truth, ask a priest.
1:09.0	Any questions that you might bother you there?
1:12.0	Yeah, I'm here. Can you hear me?
1:13.0	Very good. Yes. So any questions that you have my dear friends for a priest,
1:20.0	something on the sacramental life, something on your prayer life, something in the moral life.
1:27.0	In fact, we're fortunate because my brother is a moralist by trade.
1:32.0	In fact, Father Paul, do you want to unpack that a little bit? What that means?
1:36.0	Well, in the church is a study of theology. He makes distinctions.
1:43.0	Dogmatic theology would cover topics like ecclesiology, the study of the church, Christology.
1:51.0	That's obvious enough, Trinitarian theology, sacramental theology.
1:55.0	And then there is the moral life, which is the study of the virtues and the commandments and the life of grace.
2:03.0	So in other words, how is it that we achieve sanctity with the help of the Lord?
2:11.0	And that gets to very particular questions that people often have about, should I do this or avoid that?
2:18.0	Today, many of those questions are sixth-commanded questions, chastity related, but not always.
2:23.0	Some of them, of course, are related to the virtue of justice, the seventh-commandment, and other things too.
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