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Bible Study: (1:50)
- Paul's cultural context
Letters:
- (18:45) - Who was St. Jude's mother?
- (20:48) - Praying to the saints
- (22:43) - The Bee Gee's
- (23:30) - Choosing my name as grandmother
- (25:18) - Time in purgatory
- (27:36) - Praying directly to God
- (31:17) - I accidentally dropped Holy Communion
Word of the Day: Just! (35:13)
Callers:
- (38:17) - My husband died this morning and he is being cremated. Do I HAVE to follow the Catholic view of cremation since he was protestant?
- (43:02) - Verse in the Bible that Jesus said, 'you are baptized, you will gain eternal life' (Mark 16:16).
- (46:00) - Mary Magdalene mistaking Jesus for the gardener?
- (50:02) - When we're praying for the deceased, imagine the magnitude in the heavenly realm, how these prayers are lifted up?
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