Open Forum

Questions covered:

• 04:53 - Is there any connection between the pagan goddess Bridgid and St. Bridgid of Ireland? If so, isn’t that a problem for the Church? 
• 16:51 - I’m having trouble with Deuteronomy 25:11-12 commanding Israelites to cut off peoples’ hands. 
• 22:02 - Why are the Mass readings rarely ever from the apocrypha? 
• 24:39 - What does it mean when Jesus is called “Son of Man”? I thought he was the son of God? 
• 32:17 - Do pets go to heaven? 
• 37:17 - I used to be in the SSPV (splinter group from SSPX), who claimed that Pope John XXIII was a mason. How would you respond to this? 
• 47:19 - What’s the difference between the Sanhedrin, the Sadducees, and the Pharisees in terms of what they do? 
• 51:11 - I’m a new convert. How do I make a good confession and what are the requirements?