#12372 How Should I Talk With Non-Catholic Friends? – Why Aren’t You Catholic? - Joe Heschmeyer
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🗓️ 16 September 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“How should I talk with my non-Catholic friends?” This episode explores effective communication strategies for those considering conversion, while also addressing intriguing questions like the nature of the Eucharist, the existence of Satan, and the challenges of Sola Fide arguments. Tune in for a thoughtful exploration of these important topics.
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Questions Covered:
- 04:37 – How should I talk with my non-Catholic friends and family as I think about converting myself?
- 14:28 – The Eucharist seems like magic to me.
- 21:05 – Some people I know are not Catholic because of the very existence of Satan and the fact that God allowed man to fall.
- 35:40 – I am a Protestant becoming Catholic, but I do not know how to rebut Sola Fide arguments.
- 45:02 – I get hung up on intercessory prayers and praying to the saints in general
- 51:20 – I am Catholic, but I disagree with a lot of orthodox teachings.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Katha KATH was live. |
| 0:18.5 | Man, we're having a good time. |
| 0:19.8 | I'm still kind of like floating a little bit from what Jared said to you at the end of the last hour. |
| 0:25.1 | That was so beautiful. |
| 0:26.7 | It really was. |
| 0:27.7 | I was very moved by that. |
| 0:30.2 | It's wonderful. |
| 0:31.1 | I mean, I love hearing all of those stories. |
| 0:33.8 | And, you know, I've said it before on the show. |
| 0:39.6 | You kind of say these things into the internet. |
| 0:41.6 | You hope somebody listens and cares. |
| 0:45.5 | And, you know, you're going out over the radio waves and you can't really tell who's tuned in. |
| 0:49.4 | But then you meet people who talk about the role that's played in their life. |
| 0:56.9 | And it's a beautiful and amazing thing that apparently, you know, us talking about my sweater for two hours really does make a difference. |
| 1:00.5 | I don't think it's that, but, you know, you don't know. |
| 1:01.9 | We don't want to mess with the formula. |
| 1:02.4 | That's right. |
| 1:06.4 | But I really do feel, Joe, and I mean this sincerely. |
| 1:12.0 | I say this when I go out to speak, especially when I speak on behalf of local Catholic radio stations, |
| 1:17.2 | the Holy Spirit is doing something amazing right now. Something amazing is happening. I mean, |
| 1:24.5 | this, you know, I've been in Catholic media since 1996, and what it is today is not even in the same universe that it was in at that time. It's like it was an acorn then, |
| 1:28.6 | and now it's a giant, I don't know, Matt Frad tree now, or, you know what I'm saying? |
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