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  • Many Protestants accuse Catholics of worshipping Mary or idols of Mary. How Catholics and Orthodox Christians approach Mary are on of the primary differences that separate them from Protestantism. In this introductory episode on the Blessed Virgin Mary, Justin Hibbard talks about five principles for how Catholics approach Mary and addresses the common misconceptions Protestants have about Mary.

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * Episode 2 - The Language of Catholicism

    * Episode 51 - The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand

    * Episode 52 - The Communion of Saints

    * Episode 53 - Praying to the Saints

    * Episode 24 - Our Lady of Guadalupe



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  • In this special episode, Justin Hibbard sits down with Fr. Joseph Uhen to talk about his lifelong mission of serving the poor and particularly his work at Santísimo Sacramento in Piura, Peru - a parish of about 50,000 people. Hear Fr. Joe’s journey from growing up in a Catholic home in the Midwest to working with the Missionaries of Charity to eventually landing in Peru where he was ordained to the priesthood. Discover the challenges for the people in Piura and the work Fr. Joe is doing to help people out of the cycle of poverty.

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * Santísimo Sacramento Website

    * Fr. Joseph Uhen - Celebrating 20 Years in Piura, Peru

    * Echoes (Notre Dame Alumni) - A Parish Priest Battles Poverty in Peru



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  • In continuing our series on the nature of God, Justin Hibbard explores the Holy Spirit. What does Jesus mean when He refers to the Holy Spirit as the Advocate or Paraclete? How does the Holy Spirit come alongside of us, and in what ways can we receive Him or suppress Him?

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    SHOW NOTES:

    Why Catholic - Episode 48 - The Poetry of Pentecost



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  • Was Jesus part God and part man? Did he become God at some point in His life? Was Jesus just appearing in human form? These are some of the questions that have caused divisions in the Church throughout the centuries. In continuation of our series on the Nature of God, Justin Hibbard explores the Church’s emphatic and repeated declaration that Jesus was fully human and fully divine.

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * Day 66: True God and True Man — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)



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  • Easter isn’t just a one-day celebration. It’s an octave in the Catholic Church - an 8-day feast, beginning on Easter Sunday and ending on Divine Mercy Sunday. In this episode, Justin Hibbard explains the origin of Divine Mercy Sunday, its significance in connection to God’s nature as mercy, and how we can receive the extraordinary mercy offered to us on this important day.

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * St. Faustina’s Complete Diary

    * Image of the King of Divine Mercy

    * Divine Mercy Sunday Explained by Fr. Chris Alar

    * Why Catholic Episode 56 - Indulgences: the Most Misunderstood Catholic Doctrine

    * Why Catholic Episode 46 - Every Christian Believes in Purgatory

    * How to Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet



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  • Why was the incarnation necessary? Did God really have to become a man in order to redeem mankind, or is the incarnation more indicative of an imaginative God with a taste for the theatrical and the mythological? Justin Hibbard continues the series on the nature of God by looking at God and His imagination.

    Why does God tell Moses that no one can see His face and live, yet we see a number of times where God has a face-to-face encounter with man prior to the incarnation. In continuation of our series on the Nature of God, Justin Hibbard explores Christophanies - pre-incarnate appearances of Christ.

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * 85 Years Ago Today: JRR Tolkien Convinces CS Lewis that Christ is the True Myth

    * God in the Dock by C.S. Lewis



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  • Why does God tell Moses that no one can see His face and live, yet we see a number of times where God has a face-to-face encounter with man prior to the incarnation. In continuation of our series on the Nature of God, Justin Hibbard explores Christophanies - pre-incarnate appearances of Christ.

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * Dialogue with Trypho by Justin Martyr

    * Church History by Eusebius



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  • Many people think of the God of the Old Testament differently than the God of the New Testament. The God of the Old Testament is stern and gruff, whereas Jesus is meek and mild. In continuation of our series on the nature of God, Justin Hibbard explores the reason Jesus most often referred to God as “father.”

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    SHOW NOTES:

    Justin’s open letter to those who came to receive ashes.



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  • If God is the Creator of light, then it stands to reason that He is greater than light. And if He is greater than light, then His experience of time is different than ours, since time is relative to the speed of light. In this episode, Justin Hibbard continues the series on the Nature of God by exploring the metaphysics of God and how this affects God being personal to us.

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (free PDF)

    * Why does time change when traveling close to the speed of light? A physicist explains. - The Conversation

    * Interstellar

    * JILA Atomic Clocks Measure Einstein’s General Relativity at Millimeter Scale

    * Do we really travel through time with the speed of light? - Backreaction

    * The Science of the 10 Plagues

    * Fr. Ehli: The Perfect Timing of The Incarnation | Ep. 16

    * Myth Became Fact by C.S. Lewis (free PDF)



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  • Many people struggle reconciling the God of the Old Testament with the God of the New? Why does the God of the Old Testament seem so mean yet Jesus seems so peaceful and loving? In this episode, Justin Hibbard continues the series on the nature of God by exploring the various ways God communicates with us.

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  • Justin Hibbard begins a new series on the nature of God by exploring the Trinity - the most basic, orthodox premise of Christianity. Why should we believe that God is one being in three persons, and do we see any examples of such a complexity in our own dimension?

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis (free PDF)

    * Video: Mere Christianity Illustrated - The Three-Personal God

    * De Trinitate by St. Augustine (free PDF)



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  • In this episode, Justin Hibbard reflects on what it was like being interviewed on the EWTN show The Journey Home, how the Coming Home Network played a big role in his journey, and how we can all prepare to share our stories and the hope we have.

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * My interview on the Journey Home Show (YouTube)

    * The Coming Home Network

    * The Coming Home Network Online Community

    * Pilgrimage to Catholicism



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  • In this special interview episode, Justin Hibbard is joined by the Dickinson family - the award-winning creators of the Diary of a God-Man series. Week-in and week-out this family of 10 takes on the massive challenge of illustrating the daily liturgical readings in comic book form with the goal of bringing the Word of God to as many children as possible. In this episode, you’ll learn how the idea evolved, the work they do to publish the readings, and the challenges as well as the successes of this amazing project, and how this endeavor is primarily driven by the Dickinson kids with the guidance and support of their parents. The video version of this interview is also available on YouTube.

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * Diary of a God-Man Website

    * Diary of a God-Man on Instagram

    * Diary of a God-Man on Facebook

    * Diary of a God-Man on YouTube



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  • Justin Hibbard concludes this series on Catholic ethos by examining the 7 principles of Catholic social justice teaching. While social justice means all sorts of things to different people, we’ll examine how does the Church defines social justice, and the practical ways it encourages all of humankind to create a more just society.

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church

    * Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching - USCCB



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  • Can we expect people to live up to a certain set of moral standards, and if so, what are those standards? In continuation of our series on Catholic ethos, Justin Hibbard addresses the cardinal virtues - the longstanding teaching of philosophers and Catholics regarding what it means to be a good person.

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * The Four Cardinal Virtues by Josef Pieper (free e-book from Notre Dame Press)

    * What is Virtue, and What are the Four Cardinal Virtues (Catholic Straight Answers)

    * Catholic Ideas at a Protestant Seminary - Dr. Jason Reed (The Coming Home Network)



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  • Justin Hibbard continues the series on Catholic Ethos with the Unity of Life. We live in a world that often contradicts Christian morality. How does the concept of unity of life help us think about holiness and sin? And how can we apply this concept of the unity of life to the Vatican’s controversial declaration “Fiducia Supplicans?”

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * Fiducia Supplicans

    * Press release concerning the reception of Fiducia supplicans

    * Making History on a Tuesday Morning, With the Church’s Blessing

    * Archbishop Cordileone bars Nancy Pelosi from Communion until she ends abortion support

    * Biden says Pope Francis wants him to keep receiving communion

    * The Pope Answers

    * Following Christ’s Model for the Unity of Life



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  • Justin Hibbard continues the series on Catholic ethos by exploring the philosophical and theological ideas of transcendentals - inherent traits in all things that exist. Why does the Catholic Church emphasize truth, goodness, and beauty, and what can we learn from shows like Mr. Rogers Neighborhood about using a common framework to share our Christian faith?

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood - Foot bath scene with Officer Clemmons

    * Video: Transcendentals from Plato to Thomas Aquinas

    * Video: Beauty, Truth, and Goodness with Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P.

    * Video: Bishop Barron on Evangelizing through Beauty

    * Tota Pulchra Es

    * Beauty will Save the World - But Which Beauty? by Andrew Cuneo



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  • Justin Hibbard continues the series on Catholic ethos by examining the ethos of suffering. Why do Catholics purposefully incorporate suffering in their lives, and what can we learn from people like St. Francis of Assisi or Stephen Colbert about how to view suffering as a gift?

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * The Stigmata of St. Francis of Assisi

    * GQ: The Late, Great Stephen Colbert

    * Video: CNN Interview between Anderson Cooper and Stephen Colbert

    * Video: Mysteries of the Stigmata

    * Video: Padre Pio’s Last Mass

    * The Secret Story of Padre Pio’s Stigmata



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  • Justin Hibbard continues the series on Catholic ethos by addressing the Catholic concept of a “Holy Day of Obligation.” What is a holy day of obligation, and how are Catholics required to observe it? More importantly, what is the purpose of a holy day of obligation, and how can Catholics approach these days with a mature Christian mindset?

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * Canon 1246 - Sundays & Holy Days of Obligation

    * Jesuitical - When Catholic Doctrine can Change - and When It Can’t



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  • Justin Hibbard continues the series focused on Catholic Ethos by examining the words mystery, mystical, and mystic. Why do Catholics often use the term mystery?Does mystery mean something can’t be known, and why are Catholics comfortable with mystery? Justin also touches on the Catholic mystics who experienced strange phenomena.

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    SHOW NOTES:

    * Hocus-pocus Catholicism - The Irish Times

    * Definition of Catholic Mystery

    * Five-Point Tulip Calvinism Explained

    * The Five Solas

    * Video: Mysteries of the Church - "Miracles of Stigmata"

    * Famous Catholic Mystics

    * John Calvin’s Prefatory Address to the King of France



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