#12474 Why Is Missing Mass a Mortal Sin? – Why Aren’t You Catholic? - Karlo Broussard
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🗓️ 26 November 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Why is missing Mass a mortal sin?” This question opens a discussion on the gravity of our obligations to God and the Church. Additionally, the episode addresses whether someone who has never heard the Gospel can be saved and explores effective ways to convert without affecting family dynamics. The conversation also touches on the challenges of becoming Catholic and perceptions of morality within the faith.
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Questions Covered:
- 07:00 – Why is missing Mass a Mortal sin?
- 20:07 – Can a person who never heard the Gospel be saved. If so, what makes Christianity necessary?
- 29:10 – What is the most effective way to convert without impacting my family?
- 43:40 – I am having trouble becoming Catholic because of marriage records.
- 49:37 – I’m not Catholic because you redefine your morality.
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| 0:35.1 | Partly just dreaming of turkey and stuffing, but mostly here. I would say I'm a good |
| 0:40.0 | 63% here today. Tomorrow I will be here in body only. My spirit will be with the stuffing and |
| 0:49.6 | the mashed potatoes and the gravy. Notice I'm not mentioning the turkey. I don't really believe in |
| 0:55.0 | turkey. It doesn't seem like real food to me. I don't know what is in that bird, but it just |
| 1:00.3 | doesn't, it seems. I have had people cook a turkey really well, but I must say it's rare. And Carlos |
| 1:06.4 | says his wife makes a good turkey and good for you. I guess you lucked out, you won the lottery. |
| 1:16.2 | Amen. |
| 1:16.7 | It's not easy to make a turkey taste good. The best way to make a turkey taste good is to bury |
| 1:20.7 | it under cranberry sauce and stuffing. If you like cranberry sauce. |
| 1:26.7 | You don't like cranberry sauce? Not really. No. Not a big Cajun food like cranberry sauce. You don't like cranberry sauce? |
| 1:28.1 | Not really. |
| 1:28.9 | No. |
| 1:29.4 | Not a big Cajun food cranberries. |
| 1:32.1 | It's more of a New England thing. |
| 1:35.9 | Yeah, I will say that, oh, mom and dad, they're going to be doing some cooking as well, |
| 1:41.2 | and they're probably listening right now. |
| 1:42.8 | So a shout out to them. |
| 1:44.0 | They're going to have a |
| 1:44.5 | house full with my other two sisters and my sister's extended family. And so I will be missing some |
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