#12733 How Could Mary Ascend to Heaven? Indulgences and the Saints - Karlo Broussard

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🗓️ 26 May 2026

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“How Could Mary ascend to heaven?” This question leads to a discussion about the implications of Jesus’ words in John 3:13 regarding who has ascended to heaven. The conversation also touches on the scriptural basis for the communion of saints, the Church’s stance on marriage for the infertile, and the complexities of indulgences.

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Questions Covered:

03:00 – Mary’s bodily assumption doesn’t make sense because Jesus says in John 3:13, “No one has ascended up to heaven, but he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.” If no man has ascended into heaven, wouldn’t that include the Blessed Virgin Mary?
07:23 – Where do we find the communion of saints in scripture?
14:22 – Is it true that a person who is infertile cannot get married in the Catholic Church?
19:09 – I cannot wrap my mind around indulgences.
31:17 – How do I defend Jesus and the accusations that he was a fraud?
46:11 – Why do we profess in the Nicene Creed that the power of the Holy Spirit made Jesus incarnate not the power of the Son?
51:36 – Are we called to suffer or do we ask the saints to relieve our suffering?

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0:46.2	I mean, basically just skip Monday, go straight to the tacos today.
0:49.8	Very, very happy to be here with Dr. Carlo Broussard this hour.
0:56.7	Dr. Carlo, you can check out his podcast, the author of a whole bunch of books. We'll talk a little bit more about the podcast as
1:01.5	we go, and we're going to talk about tough Catholic teachings. Are there Catholic teachings
1:06.5	that you're like, intellectually, I struggle with that one, maybe emotionally, I don't like
1:11.7	that teaching. Maybe you just can't get your head around it, or maybe you disagree with it.
1:16.9	You think it's false. You say, and how many times have we heard? Well, you know, I'm Catholic,
1:23.0	but I don't agree with the church on this. So if there's one of those that you're just struggling with, or you don't like it, or you just don't believe it, you think it's a false teaching of the Catholic Church. We'd love to talk with you today. 8883187-884. Of course, anyone can call. You don't have to be Catholic to call. 8888-3187-884. Dr. Carla Bsard, thank you very much for being here with us on this Tuesday.
1:48.5	Hey, Sae. Thanks for having me, man. It's great to be back with you. Yeah, yeah. We've, we've,
1:54.1	we had a couple of problems last week, and then I was away for a couple weeks before that. I just
2:00.4	feel like I haven't, so you have to excuse me a couple weeks before that. I just feel like I
2:00.9	haven't... So you have to excuse me if I seem rusty today. If I come across... That's all right, man. That's all right. Carry me. I don't think... I don't think it's possible for you to rust. Oh, I like this. You're so darn good at your job. I like it. All right, Thanks, Carl. That's very nice.
2:17.5	All right. So tough cats.
2:19.2	We've all had them, you know, these tough teachings. And I think there are people who are especially blessed and they don't really ever suffer from this kind of thing. But most of us, as Catholics at some point or another have gone, really, that's what the church teaches? Why does the church teach that?
2:35.2	I don't like that.
2:36.0	I don't believe it.
2:37.0	I don't want it.
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