#12504 What Is the Role of the Holy Spirit in Our Lives? Purgatory, Saints - Karlo Broussard

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🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“What is the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives?” This question opens a discussion on the transformative presence of the Holy Spirit in believers’ lives. Additionally, the episode addresses how to explain purgatory to non-Catholics and why Catholics pray to saints, providing a well-rounded exploration of key Catholic teachings.

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Questions Covered:

03:00 – What is the role of the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers?
10:15 – How can I explain the concept of purgatory to a non-Catholic?
18:45 – Why do Catholics pray to saints instead of going directly to God?
25:30 – Can you clarify the Church’s teaching on the Eucharist and transubstantiation?
32:10 – What should I do if I feel unworthy to receive Communion?
40:05 – How do we reconcile the existence of evil with a good God?
47:20 – What is the significance of the Immaculate Conception?

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0:33.1	Which Catholic doctrine troubles you?
0:35.4	Which Catholic doctrine gives you trouble, whether you're Catholic or not?
0:38.7	I mean, I would assume that people who are not Catholic would probably be troubled by a lot of Catholic
0:43.0	doctrines. Otherwise, they'd probably be Catholic. But Catholics, too, we struggle with some of this stuff.
0:48.1	One thing about the church has got clear teachings. You can find out what the church teaches.
0:52.0	We have a whole book that just tells you the teachings of the church. It's called the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It's not exhaustive, but it's pretty clear. And so if one of those in there troubles you, you're welcome to call. 8883187-884, AAA 3187-884. I actually feel really sad about a dropped call, Carlo, and I'm probably still
1:12.4	going to dump it on you. I don't know if you can look down and tell me if I can do that drop call
1:16.5	or not. I'm going to give it. I won't do it now, but when somebody calls and has a good question
1:23.2	about how angels do battle, I would like to know an answer to that. I'm sorry that you drop Pat in
1:30.0	Arkansas, but I got to get an answer to your question. All right, let's go to our good friend Gil in
1:34.1	New York. Hey, Gil, how you been? I got to admit, my eyes are a little better since yesterday.
1:41.6	What happened is I started to yarnorn. It makes it worse.
1:45.6	But this time when I yawned, I feel better. I hardly have any pain.
1:49.5	Oh, Gil. I just have a tiny bit on the left eye, but my right eye is very good, but I was in pain
1:53.8	for days, yeah. But I still have the appointment on Thursday on the 18th, so keep that in prayer. My sister's bringing me over.
2:02.5	You know, I live in a nursing home, too, in Long Island. We'll pray for you, Gil.
2:07.3	Oh, thank you so much. I won't forget. I love to share the gospel, and I do witness to people
2:12.0	where I live, too. So through my keyboard, I play the keyboard. A verse that still challenges me because I have a hard time understanding and I have a hard time listening
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