#12655 Can Prayer to Saints Be Justified? Indulgences and Mediation - Joe Heschmeyer
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🗓️ 1 April 2026
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Summary
“Can prayer to saints be justified?” This question opens a discussion on the role of saints in Catholicism, addressing concerns about mediation and the nature of prayer. Other topics include skepticism about the credibility of the Gospels and the application of indulgences, highlighting the diverse perspectives on these theological issues.
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Questions Covered:
- 2:00 – I’m not Catholic because I think Joe changes the gospels for his own gain and reduces the credibility of the real gospel.
- 20:29 – I think prayer to saints violates the idea that Jesus is the one mediator.
- 42:12 – I don’t believe in indulgences specifically how they can be applied to others.
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| 0:33.7 | Very blessed holy week to you. |
| 0:35.2 | I hope it's going well. |
| 0:36.6 | We start the name day. i know there's a name |
| 0:38.5 | day for for today but like the big names uh start tomorrow or with uh holy thursday yeah spy wednesday |
| 0:45.4 | and uh you know what's called it's it has to do with um judas yeah yeah the readings are about |
| 0:51.4 | his betrayal yeah but i don't think most people know what spy wednesday is i'm unfortunately's a really cool name, and I don't like giving Judas like a really cool name. Yeah, it is cool. It is a cool name. Yeah. I'm sorry, I just had this image of him being like Judas. Judas Ascariat, or would it be the other way around? Would you be Escariat? |
| 1:13.6 | Judas Askeriat. Judas Askeriat jokes to start. Joe Heschmiyer is, if we don't, Holy Week, Judas Iskary Jokes? Let's not do that. Joe Heschmeyer, our guests. Why? guess. It's by Wednesday. It is absolutely liturgically appropriate, even if it is not appropriate in any other sense. |
| 1:30.1 | If you're not a Catholic, you can call Our guests. It's by Wednesday. It is absolutely liturgically appropriate, even if it is not appropriate in any other sense. |
| 1:30.1 | If you're not a Catholic, you can call, but I'll tell you what. |
| 1:32.5 | Some people are, they might go, I don't know if I should call because I'm not a Catholic because I'm getting baptized or confirmed on Saturday night or on the, at the vigil. |
| 1:43.2 | And yes, that means you're not Catholic. And I mean, you know, |
| 1:46.7 | you are joined to us by faith. And that's pretty big. But you're not officially. You're not a |
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| 1:58.7 | Joe Heschmire, apologist here at Catholic Ancer's wonderful writer. |
| 2:02.0 | It's written all kinds of great books like Pope Peter and the early church was the Catholic |
| 2:06.3 | Church. |
| 2:07.0 | And the Eucharist is really Jesus, a book that people famous and unfamous have credited with |
| 2:15.2 | their coming into the Catholic Church. |
| 2:17.0 | So that's pretty good. Joe, |
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