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Episode 20: The Art and Craft of Evangelization

6/25/2018

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1 Peter 3:15 calls us to "always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence; and keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are abused, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame." That's a tall order. How do we go about doing this? 
​Show Notes ​​​​​​
Topics we discussed:
  • How to encounter someone in an apologetic conversation
  • New media evangelization
  • Vatican II and respecting the person behind the position
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Resources we mentioned:
  • J. Budziszewski's chapel talk 
  • 10 Tips on the Art and Craft of Evangelization
  • ​Friendly Mormons and what they get right about evangelization 
  • Justice for All 
  • Live-Blogging the “Apocalypse”
  • Called to Communion
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Episode 19 - A Sacred Heart Transplant

6/17/2018

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Just as the physical heart is the main organ of human life and the center of hidden “emotional-intellectual-moral activity”, the Sacred Heart of Jesus is the seat of all virtues, the source of all blessings, the place of refuge for all souls
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Topics we discussed:
  • Saint Lutgarde and the Sacred Heart transplant 
  • Father Laurent Okitakatshi's vocation story
  • How congenital heart surgery brought Father Laurent to the Sacred Heart
  • How Father Laurent shares his devotion as a priest
  • How we can dive deeper into a devotion to the Sacred Heart in our daily lives 

Resources we mentioned:
  • Lutgarde of Aywières –The first known woman stigmatic of the Church and one of the first promoters
    of devotion to the Sacred Heart​
  • Father Lauren't story in the Fall 2016 Issue of 'The Herald'

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Episode 18 - Fostering a Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

6/10/2018

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"My heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with Me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort Me, and I found none." (Psalm 69:20)
Show Notes ​​​​​​
Topics we discussed:
  • History of a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus  
  • Garden of Gethsemane in a new light
  • Why we are invited to console Jesus' heart (even though He's in Heaven!)
  • Why we need the Sacred Heart
  • The controversy of the morning offering 

Resources we mentioned:
  • 8 Astonishing Facts about the Sacred Heart You Never Knew
  • Happy Feast of the Sacred Heart!​
  • Can We Really Console the Heart of Jesus?
  • The Controversial Catholic Prayer that You Should be Praying Daily
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Episode 17 - Mormons at the Door

6/4/2018

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Mormon missionaries knock on the door . . . what do you do?
Show Notes ​​​​​
Topics we discussed:
  • How not to respond to Mormon missionaries
  • What Mormons believe and the foundations of Mormonimsm
  • How Catholicism differs from Mormonism when it comes to Christ, polygamy, abortion, and 

Resources we mentioned:
  • Mormonism and the Martyrdom of St. Stephen
  • ​Mormonism and Abortion
  • The Book of Jacob
  • Doctrine and Covenants
  • Official Declaration 1
  • Mormonism and Polygamy: An Inescapable Contradiction?
  • Has Mormonism Discarded Ex-Scripture?
  • Total Apostasy: the Big Issue Dividing Mormons and Catholics

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