6/13/24 - Fr. John-Mary Bowlin

Fr. John-Mary Bowlin serves as Parish Priest at St. Jude Catholic Church in Gun Barrel City, Texas. He served in the U.S. Army and was ordained a priest in June of 2012. In Today's Show:

• How many times may you receive the Eucharist in one day?
• My mother's recent passing has left me angry and hurt, how do I deal with my loss?
• A prayer for a viewer's family.
• I've seen a certain covering at the Latin Mass that is placed on the altar rail. When I receive should I put my hands under or over this covering?
• Can you explain how Mass intentions work, what is the difference between intentions for living or deceased individuals?
• What is the Communion of Saints?
• Is Purgatory a place or a process?
• I forgot to say how many times I committed a mortal sin, what do I do?
• Can you point me to a list of sins of impurity?
• Is it ever appropriate during Sunday Mass to have an Eagle Scout Court of honor? or other ceremonies during mass?
• Impure thoughts, if they come into someone's heads randomly. What is the best way to stop them?
• Where did the concept/reality of hell come from?
• Is it ok to say my daily rosary while working? Or should we give total focus on the prayers?
• A very dear friend is in a gay relationship and getting "married" in Germany. We are invited. I have agreed to go on the trip but refuse to go to the "ceremony" and party. We will watch the children for that night. Does that make me complicit?
• How to response to the argument that St. Paul didn't write the letters to Timothy?

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