#12304 Why Isn’t Everyone Christian? w/ Fr. Sebastian Walshe, O.Praem. - Fr. Sebastian Walshe

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🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“Why isn’t everyone Christian?” This episode explores the complexities of faith and belief, addressing questions such as why baptism in the spirit isn’t more prominent in Mass, the appropriateness of a Catholic music award show, and how to approach confession after a long absence. Tune in for a thoughtful examination of these important topics.

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Questions Covered:

06:02 – Why don’t we hear more about baptism in the spirit in Mass?
15:46 – Is it appropriate to have a Catholic music award show?
22:11 – Did God create everything we see now at the moment he created the heavens and the earth?
28:46 – How do I approach confession after many years of not going?
32:27 – Is there a summary of laws from the Old Testament that no longer apply to Christians?
38:43 – What is clothing etiquette for mass?
45:47 – A family member fell away from the faith into the Orthodox Church? Why do the Orthodox re-baptize Catholics?
50:37 – Mt. 16:19, if the Church is infallible then how do you explain selling indulgence and other corruptions? I’m not repeating myself

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0:32.0	As promised, ask a priest this hour.
0:34.5	There are three lines open at the moment.
0:37.1	8883187-884. Father Sebastian
0:41.4	Walsh is our guest, Norbertine Priest from St. Michael's Abbey up there in Orange County, which you
0:46.9	should visit some time. Even if you're not going to come out to Orange County, take a look at their
0:50.5	church online. Beautiful, beautiful church that they built up there.
0:55.7	But if you've got a question, you've been thinking, I wish I had a Catholic priest that I
0:59.5	could ask this question. This is your hour. 8883187-884. Father Sebastian Walsh, the author of
1:07.9	quite a few books, actually. The one that you always hear me give away to people, Secrets from Heaven, Hidden Treasures of Faith in the Parables and Conversations of Jesus. Father Walsh, thank you very much for being with us. Oh, my pleasure, Sy. Thanks for having me again. And everything's well up at the Abbey? Yes, thanks be to God. It's our summer schedule. you know, a lot of priests are on home visit or on external apostolites. The kids are at the seminarians, they're taking care of the summer camp. So it's a very busy time with people kind of coming and going. Oh, that's fun. But it's great. Oh, yeah. It's great. Yeah. But you don't become a Norbertine for the busyness of it. That's not the... No. No, this is our unusual time. In fact, we don't even allow come and see visitors to visit during this time because it's so unrepresentative of our way of life. Yeah. So most of the time, we've got a regular orarium. Everyone's home. Everyone's, you know, doing the regular prayers and mass and everything.
2:01.7	If you would like to talk with Father Walsh, 8883187-884, 3187-884, I've got a question to start with, if I may.
2:11.9	Sure.
2:12.9	And I, I, sometimes people ask me questions, and then I'm like, I'll ask the smart people these questions.
2:19.3	So what do you say to someone if they say to you, like, why isn't everyone Christian?
2:25.1	And it was asked in this spirit, like, why doesn't God just make known to everyone that Christianity is true?
2:29.8	And then everyone could be a Christian.
2:32.9	Yeah.
2:33.9	One answer to that question is he did make it known. Okay. And not everyone,
2:37.9	not everyone has, you know, accepted that. But if what you mean by that is, why doesn't they make it so
2:43.5	obviously known that no one could reasonably be otherwise? Like, why doesn't he just perform
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