#12030 AMA: Returning to the Church, Trusting God, Sharing Faith, and Catholic Teachings Explained - Jimmy Akin

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🗓️ 18 January 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Questions Covered: 00:59 – Did Mary and Mary Magdalene also receive the gift to forgive sins since they were present when Jesus breathed on his disciples and commissioned them? 05:22 – If I’ve fallen away from the Church what do I need to do to return? 07:22 – Did Catholics chain up the bible and limit access to it? Is this true? 12:07 – How does one fully trust God for everything? 18:28 – What are your thoughts on the fracturing and divisions in the Catholic Church? 23:11 – Can one fulfill their Sunday obligation at an SSPX church? Are they in schism? 36:36 – I’m dating a girl who is staunchly protestant, and her mother is anti-Catholic. What’s the best way to share my faith with her? 45:40 – What happened in Europe that made it very atheistic but the faith was fairly preserved in the US? 49:34 – Is it ok to read books about the Nazi’s and the history of their rise without it leading me to sin? 52:24 – What is the Catholic interpretation of Jesus healing the paralytic in Mt 9:5-6 and forgiving his sins? …

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0:11.5	Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Welcome back to Catholic Council's Live, Jimmy Aiken, our guest, one line open.
0:35.1	Holy smokes.
0:35.9	You can call right now.
0:36.9	8883-1-87-884. It's asked me anything. You can ask Jimmy whatever you like. And lots of people have. And there's lots of time left. So if you dial now, we'll get you on. One way or another, we'll get you on with Jimmy. 8883-187-884. Our friend in Hayden, Idaho, has been waiting a while. Emma, thanks for calling
0:58.2	again. Emma, go ahead with your question for Jimmy. Hi, the weight is always worthwhile.
1:03.9	Oh, that's nice of you to say. Thank you. My son, who is still an evangelical Protestant, we were talking about the scripture
1:14.4	where it says that Jesus breed the Holy Spirit, you know, and they accepted it,
1:19.9	and he said, whoever sins you forgive or forgiving, forgive, and those sins that you retain
1:25.8	are retained.
1:27.1	And he said that because Mary Magdalene and Mary, our mother, were there,
1:33.4	that he gave that gift to all of them.
1:37.8	Okay.
1:39.1	Well, so you're wanting a response to that for me?
1:43.3	Yeah.
1:44.2	Yeah. Yeah.
1:44.6	Okay.
1:45.5	Well, my first question would be, how do you know they were there?
1:50.1	Because John doesn't say that.
1:53.0	John talks about Jesus being with the disciples, but that didn't mean all the disciples.
1:58.5	John means the core disciples, you know, like Peter and
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