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Msgr Swetland shares with you the good news of growing voter turnout from yesterday. We as Catholics should be voting in elections and the more people who vote, the better.   Caller Question – Does everyone go to purgatory? Caller Question – How do we know when a soul is no longer in purgatory. Caller Question – How does the fire of Christ cleansing us relate to the blood of Christ? Catechetical Corner – The Preaching of Paul Caller Question – What exactly is purgatory?

Msgr Swetland shares with you a movie called the Divine Plan, which is about President Reagan, Saint John Paul II and the end of the cold war.   Caller Question – Question regarding last Sunday’s reading from the book of Wisdom. Caller Question – What is a good book on why socialism and communism is wrong? Caller Question – What is Msgr Swetlands position on predestination? Catechetical Corner – Holy Orders Caller Question – How does Gods creation work within the philosophy of motion?

Msgr. Swetland talks about the good news of Jesus and how it transforms hearts and minds.   Caller Question – Her husband and son have left the faith. What can she do? Caller Question – What does the Church teach about original sin? Caller Question – How should he handle discussing spending money within his family? Catechetical Corner – Creation Caller Question – What does the Church teach about burials?

On All Saints Day, we celebrate the lives of the Saints but would it surprise you to know that not all the Saints got along? Msgr Swetland shares with you some saints who didn’t get along with each other but became Saints nonetheless.   Caller Question – How many times can you go to Mass on All Saints Day? Caller Question – Should a Holy Day or a wedding anniversary take priority in life? Caller Question – How does the All Souls Day indulgence work? Caller Question – Can he date a woman who is not yet divorced? Caller Question – Are there married Saints?

Sports, if done in the right manner, can make us great people. Look no further than today’s good news story, where a high school football coach disarmed a student with a gun, all by giving him a hug. Msgr. Swetland shares with you this wonderful story of love and compassion.   Caller Question – Is it bad if we see dead relatives in dreams/visions? Caller Question – Her daughter is in a high risk pregnancy, when she receives the Eucharistic, is it okay for her to offer it for her daughter and the child? Caller Question – Is there any proof that anyone prayed to Mary. Caller Question – Why the sins of “many” instead of all during institution of the Eucharist? Catechetical Corner – Revealing the Truth to Others. Caller Question – How to deal with a friend who left the Church? Caller Question – Does Saturday vigil Mass count for First Saturday and Sunday obligation?

How do you help the homeless? Msgr Swetland shares with you a story of how friends helped a homeless man they went to middle school with.   Caller Question – Why are some sacraments okay for everyone to receive and others not? Caller Question – Her husband is not Catholic but receives the Eucharist when he goes to Mass with her. Is this okay? Caller Question – How can he feel more comfortable helping the poor? He feels he judges them harshly for their situation. Catechetical Corner – Acts of the Apostles Caller Question – How can she more comfortably help the poor?

Msgr Swetland shares with you his experience of seeing the movie Love and Mercy, a film about the life and writings of Saint Faustina.   Caller Question – Can he attend the wedding of a Non- Catholic Greek? Caller Comment – Loved the movie Love and Mercy, everyone should see it. Caller Question – On the movie Love and Mercy, did Faustina know the future? Caller Question – Faustina’s visions of hell seem contrary to mercy. Catechetical Corner – Piety Caller Question – When did Faustina become a Saint? Caller Question – Why did we not know about Faustina before Vatican II? Caller Question – What does the Church teach about Halloween?

Siblings should be raised together. A man who went to adopt a child, ending up adopting 5, because he didn’t want to split up the siblings, all of whom were under the age of 5. Msgr. Swetland share with you this good news story of family.   Caller Question – What happens to consecrated hosts that don’t get used at Mass? Caller Question – What is Msgr Swetland’s take on the pew survey of the Eucharist? Catechetical Corner – Creation Caller Question – Can Msgr Swetland explain last Wednesdays Gospel? Caller Question – How do we evangelize to adult kids who no longer attend Mass?

What does it mean to be pro-life? Maybe more importantly, what does it look like in the real world? Msgr Swetland shares with you a story of a Milwaukee police officer who pulled over a woman with 3 kids, none of whom were in car seats. Instead of giving her a ticket, he bought car seats for the woman and her children.   Caller Question – Do you need to be baptized to be saved? Caller Question – What is the best way to understand scripture? Caller Question – If a child dies before baptism, will that child go to hell? Caller Question – Based on scripture, what happens after death? Caller Question – Does confirmation have to be done by a certain age? Caller Question – Do nuns still pray the little office and do priests still pray the breviary? Catechetical Corner – Christ the King Caller Question – He is protestant, when he goes to Mass, what should he do?

Have you ever used Uber? Msgr Swetland shares with you a story about an Uber driver who went above and beyond with a young mother who took her Uber to buy clothes for her newborn. The Uber driver bought the clothes for the young child and made a friend.   Caller Question – Is baptism and belief in God enough to be saved? Caller Question – What is meant when people say “faith is a gift”? Caller Question – What is required of the first Saturday devotion to our Mother? Caller Question – Is a falsehood different than a lie? Caller Question – What is Msgr Swetlands thoughts on praying for the gift of faith for others? Catechetical Corner – The First Commandment Caller Question – Can Msgr Explain more about lying and its morality?

As part of the good news, Msgr Swetland shares with you a story of a college football player at the University of Minnesota, who overcame cancer 4 different times since he was 14 years old. This past Saturday, he played in a college football game for the first time.   Caller Question – Do we know who will be the next Pope? Caller Question – What is her role in her daughters divorce? Caller Question – Did any of Mary’s family travel with her? Caller Question – Who is the Mass addressed to? Caller Question – Can he go to a Jewish funeral? Caller Question – Can he attend a family wedding if the groom does not believe in the faith? Catechetical Corner – The Council of Jerusalem Caller Question – Is it moral to lie if the lie is for a positive outcome?

We are all sent on mission to deliver the good news of Jesus. Msgr Swetland explains the importance of each Christian playing their role in becoming a saint and delivering the good news of Jesus to the world.   Caller Question – He is a nurse and is wondering if he is just following doctors orders to schedule a surgery for a transgender person, is he committing a sin? Caller Question – Her husband is a principle at a school that provides contraception, are they complicit in sin? Caller Question – When Jesus was nailed to the cross, did the Roman soldiers have an option? Catechetical Corner – In Brief Caller Question – What is the Churches view on abortion?

Medical debt is something many people deal with in their life and it can be crippling. Msgr Swetland shares with you a story of a Chicago church that raised money to pay of the medical debt of people in the Chicago area.   Caller Question – Why are some people healed and others not? Caller Question – How do you enter seminary if you have student debt from other colleges? Is there student debt forgiveness with the seminary? Caller Question – Why don’t we hear more about the Magisterium? Caller Question – Christ died for all of us, why do we still have to go on 2000 year later? Catechetical Corner – Holy Orders Caller Question – Why do we pray 10 Hail Mary’s in each decade of the Rosary?

Technology can sometimes be a good thing. Look no further than what happened in Minnesota when a drone found a 6 year old boy, who had been missing, in a cornfield. Msgr. Swetland shares with you this good news about how technology saved the life of a young boy.   Caller Question – Is it true that the Catholic Church will allow for priest to be married? Caller Question – What makes Catholic teaching more correct than other Christian teaching? Caller Question – How can we pray for the souls in purgatory? Caller Question – How can she find a spiritual director? Catechetical Corner – Hallowed Be Thy Name Caller Question – How to deal with a family member who married into a bad family?

Did you know that world record holding gymnast Simone Biles is Catholic? Msgr Swetland shares with you the importance of the Catholic faith to the best gymnast in the world.   Caller Question – What kinds of weddings are we allowed to attend and what kinds are we not allowed to attend? Caller Question – Was it okay for her to bury her grandmothers ashes in her sons grave? Caller Question – Is it okay to have a rosary with skulls on it? Caller Question – How to explain to a Catholic that is not getting married within the Church that they should be getting married in the Church. Caller Question – Does mocking the devil bring more evil upon us? Catechetical Corner – Love One Another Caller Question – Do babies that die automatically become saints?