Open Forum

Questions Covered:

• 03:55 - How did the different Roman rites of the Mass come about? Was it inculturation or other means?
• 07:37 - Why was God offended that the Israelites asked for a king? It seems like they were being humble.
• 16:35 - I’m on a board of directors for a California governmental agency, and on every term I have to swear allegiance to the state constitution, which enshrines abortion rights. How can I as a Catholic deal with this?
• 22:01 - How does the bishops’ binding and loosing work? It seems like Matthew 18 indicates there need to be two or three.
• 35:24 - Was my previous baptism in the Baptist church valid? My church can’t find a certificate and I know they didn’t baptize me with the intent to save.
• 42:20 - In discussion about the Assumption, I was told of an early church tradition that Mary lived in Jerusalem in St. John’s house, visiting Calvary to pray every day, dying two years after Christ there in Jerusalem. It seems the idea that she lived in Ephesus is a later tradition. Are you aware of these two different traditions?