Open Forum

The callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.

Questions Covered:

• 06:45 - Why aren’t the Jewish feast days followed by Christians?
• 14:49 - How long did St. Joseph live?
• 19:32 - How do I come to terms with the possibility that my children may not go to Heaven?  
• 31:10 - Shortly after my father’s death he appeared to me in a dream. What do I make of that?
• 41:50 - Where do the Catholics get the authority to interpret scripture?  
• 48:10 - Is it okay to have angst toward God when I encounter difficult circumstances? How do I reconcile that relationship?

Resources Mentioned:

• Text Lent2017 to 44222 for your free E-Book, “Defending Easter”
• The Soul’s Upward Yearning: Clues to Our Transcendent Nature from Experience and Reason by Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ