#12265 Catholic vs LDS Beliefs, Purgatory Explained, and Why Only Priests Drink the Wine at Mass - Steve Ray

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🗓️ 2 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Catholic Answers Live, we tackle a wide range of thoughtful questions from callers of various faith backgrounds. Topics include the similarities and differences between Catholicism and Latter-day Saint beliefs, a clear explanation of purgatory, and why only the priest consumes the Precious Blood during Mass. We also discuss whether purgatory is purification or punishment, the role of baptism in Christian unity, and the theological significance of the 1,000 years after Armageddon. Additional questions explore the Catholic view on salvation versus universalism, the Greek wording in Scripture regarding Jesus’ “brothers,” and how to make sense of the brokenness in the world today—especially in children.

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Questions Covered:

04:47 – Are there any similarities between Latter-day Saint (LDS) and Catholic beliefs?
08:20 – What is a simple explanation of purgatory for someone unfamiliar with Catholic teaching?
16:36 – Why is it only the priest who consumes the wine during Mass?
22:20 – Is purgatory meant to be purification or punishment?
25:13 – If baptism is the great unifying sacrament among Christians, why doesn’t it allow all baptized Christians to receive Communion?
31:41 – What is the meaning and significance of the 1,000 years after Armageddon, and how does it compare with the concept of purgatory?
35:29 – How does the Catholic view of salvation differ from Christian universalism?
43:37 – What does the Greek in Scripture indicate about Jesus’ brothers and whether Mary was their mother?
50:43 – Why does so much brokenness exist in the world, especially as seen in children?

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0:32.3	I'm Cy Kelly, you're our host, delighted to be here with you on this Wednesday afternoon. As we approach the 4th of July
0:40.5	weekend, 4th of July weekend coming up Friday, I don't know if it's good or bad when the 4th of
0:45.4	July falls on a Friday or Monday. In a certain way you go, it's good, but then there's a lot of
0:49.6	people that like to take that one day off in between and then get themselves a four-day weekend. So I don't
0:55.0	know if it's good or bad, but whether you're working or not, we're happy you're here with us. We've got a great show for you. Second hour, Joe Heschmire will be here and we'll do Ask Me Anything with Joe Heschmire. And one of our favorite things to do when our guest, Steve Ray, is here, and he's our guest for the first hour, is talk with non-Catholics. So if you're not a
1:11.2	Catholic, and you've got a question you'd like to ask Steve Ray, the number is 888-3187-884, AAA-8-8-4, 3187-884. You really are welcome, a complex question welcome, simple question, welcome. Sometimes I know that our non-Catholic friends
1:28.4	will say, I don't want to bother them. Maybe my question is dumb or what? Absolutely not. If you've
1:32.5	got the question, a thousand other people have that question. As a matter of fact, I might have
1:36.9	that very same question. So your question's welcome here. Whatever level it is at, 888-3187-884. Steve Ray, author, speaker, filmmaker, and
1:49.1	all-around good guy, but he's 20 years now as a pilgrim leader as well, back from a big
1:56.1	pilgrimage down the Danube River. Steve, welcome. Thanks for being here. Thank you very much. Actually, it's
2:03.2	been three months in a row of pilgrimages. In April, we took a group to Poland. In May, we took a group
2:08.4	to Italy, and in June to the Danube River, and we're celebrating 20 years. It's a big deal for us,
2:14.0	I guess. And it's been a really a good time, and we're going to keep doing it.
2:18.2	And our grandson got married on Saturday. Now I've got two grandsons married. You want to feel old.
2:24.4	You want to feel old, sigh? Tell somebody you have two grandsons married. Yeah, but that, you know what's
2:30.7	going to follow? Great grandchild? Then you're going to have to say, my great-grandchild. And that never sounds young. That is something that never sounds young. 8883-187-884 is the number. If you are a non-Catholic who has a question about the Catholic faith, we would love to take your question this hour. 8-888-3-187-884. Steve has had a lot of time to prepare for
2:53.3	this hour, so he is ready to go. We gave him, I think it might have been upwards of 25 minutes
2:58.6	warning before. 25 minutes, yes. Is that right? 25 whole minutes he's had to prepare for that.
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