What's Our Job? - October 31, 2023

Bible Study: (1:48) Rom 8:18-25 What is our job as Christians? Lk 13:18-21 Father discusses building the kingdom Letters: (24:10) - Bible recommendation  (25:24) - St. Jude as patron of the impossible  (27:58) - Deuteronomy 20:5-7 (30:10) - Sons of God and intimate relations  (33:35) - Jewish army during the time of Jesus  Word of the Day: Adoption (35:37) Callers:  (37:23) - I had not been to a Latin Mass in 60 years. I went on Sunday and when the priest held up the host, I began to tremble. It seemed like a glimpse of the Kingdom.  (38:35) - When did we start having confession as we know it today? (41:41) - A lot of people at my Church leave after Communion. How important is the closing blessing? (44:34) - On the book of Maccabees. Do we know who wrote it? (47:14) - Can you speak to the origin of the legend that souls are with God in heaven before children are conceived? (50:10) - Did Abraham take a third wife?