#12426 Can You Explain Holy Water? Its Purpose, History, and Use - Joe Heschmeyer
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🗓️ 23 October 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Can you explain Holy Water?” In this episode, we delve into its purpose, history, and use, while also addressing a variety of intriguing questions, such as the significance of a shrine housing a piece of the manger and the early Church’s beliefs regarding the Assumption. Join us for a thoughtful exploration of these important topics.
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Questions Covered:
- 01:57 – Ava reporting back from meeting Wes Huff
- 18:54 – Can you explain Holy Water — what it’s for, how did it develop? And can I invite Joe Heschmeyer to come to my upcoming confirmation (I’m a candidate at the Cathedral)?
- 31:02 – I work at a shrine that has a piece of the manger. Joe are you familiar with this story?
- 39:45 – On Pentecost when Peter gave his sermon, the Assumption hadn’t occurred so the early disciples did not have to believe in it so why do we have to believe in it?
- 47:56 – When host is consecrated does any thing it touch become a relic?
- 51:39 – How can he explain to protestant family and friends the Catholic teaching justification?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Catholic Answers Live. |
| 0:15.9 | Amazing topic today. |
| 0:17.1 | We're talking about relics. |
| 0:18.0 | If you have questions about relics, not a lot of |
| 0:21.1 | challenging questions, but those are welcome. If you want to challenge the Catholic practice |
| 0:26.0 | of relics, I think that's what the practice might be what people want to object to, but maybe |
| 0:32.3 | just the whole idea of the collection, the having, the possessing, and the using of relics. |
| 0:39.6 | A big part of Catholic spirituality, and whether you agree or don't agree with it, |
| 0:45.1 | if you want to call and talk about relics, 8883187-884, our guest is Joe Heschmeier, |
| 0:50.8 | Shameless Papist. |
| 0:52.8 | And Joe, thanks for coming back for another hour. |
| 0:55.6 | The pleasure is mine. |
| 0:56.8 | I checked with Deanna at the break, and she told me they do say, Bueno, to answer the phone in Mexico. |
| 1:03.8 | Wow. I appreciate you clarifying them. |
| 1:05.9 | And then Bernardine told me bernadette told me sorry |
| 1:12.6 | that it fit do you know how they answer the phone in the philippines |
| 1:16.4 | she said comostas that's how they answer the phone in philippines how's it going |
| 1:19.7 | yeah or how are you i guess so yeah i mean i guess coombe all would be how's it going |
| 1:25.4 | uh... uh... |
| 1:26.1 | uh... combevaal we've chosen the weird How would be? How's it going? Comoval? |
| 1:31.8 | We've chosen the weirdest. |
| 1:34.5 | What are they talking about? |
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