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Happy Memorial Day!

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 51:00


On today's show Jack Williams and Fr. John Trigilio empty our Mailbag in this Memorial Day edition of Open Line Monday!

The Tree Days of Darkness?

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 51:00


Is listening to Heavy Metal a sin? Where does God comes from? What's the difference between the PFSP and the SSPX? Don't miss today's edition of Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

How Many Sacrifices?

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 51:00


What is taking God's Name in vain? What about the discrepancies in the Bible? Is sterility a cause for annulment? This and more on today's Mailbag edition of Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

Vatican II Ambiguous?

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 51:00


Are Bishops force to retire? Do Anglicans and Lutherans have the Real Presence? What's Limbo? Join us for Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

Hospice Care

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 51:00


Why baptize children? Is there still time to repent after death? Why prey to Mary? Join us for this Mailbag edition of Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

Souls of the Miscarried

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 51:00


What is the soul? What is the role of the deacon in the Catholic Church? What happens to the souls of the miscarried? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio. (Originally aired on 4/29/24)

Pondering Things in Her Heart

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 51:00


Buried in the living rock? Slavery in the Bible? Was there ideological colonization in Hispanic- America? Join us for this Mailbag edition of Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

This Day You Will Be with Me in Paradise

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 51:00


Why should we appeal to natural law in moral debates? How do you respond to Protestants about Judith and the deuterocanonical books being historically inaccurate? Where did the thief on the cross go? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio. (Originally aired on 3/11/24)

Call No Man Father?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 51:00


Is the Catholic Bible correct? Non inspired but true? Purgatory in the Bible? Join us for Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

Cooperation with Evil?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 51:00


Degrees of cooperation with evil? What are the requirements to become deacon, apologist or religious leader? Join us for this Re-Air of Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

After God's Mercy without Presumption

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 51:00


What does many dwellings means? Is God like the Borg on Star Trek? Paul's thorne? Join us on Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

The Queen of Heaven

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 51:00


Catholic but not devoted to Mary? IVF? How do we know about the coronation of Mary? This and more in today's edition of Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio. (Re-Air)

The Necessary Sin of Adam?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 51:00


On today's Mailbag Open Line Monday Fr. John tackles on questions about: Marriages with non-Catholics, the possibility of a heretic Pope, becoming a Catholic apologist and more.

Leaving the Priesthood and Coming Back

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 51:00


Is the Rapture real? What was Adam & Eve before the fall? What is forgiveness? This and more in today's Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

Lay People Interpreting Scripture?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 51:00


Why doesn't the Son knows the Day or the Hour? What's the difference between ancient literature and the New Testament? This and more in Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

The Eucharist and Salvation

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 51:00


Why are we being dared to say the Our Father? Why do we no longer say the word One in the Collect, as in one God forever and ever? Is the Eucharist necessary for salvation? and more on today's Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio. (Originally aired on 01/23/23)

Rev. Dr. MLK Jr. Day Mailbag

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 51:00


Your e-mails and listener comment line calls are answered on a special mailbag edition of Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.

Why Godparents?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 51:00


Did Moses wrote the Pentateuch? What is sanctifying and actual grace? What is the reason for Godparents? This and more in today's mailbag edition of Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

Judas Forgiven?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 51:00


Why parables? Can Judas be forgiven? Explaining the Trinity? Do not miss this Mailbag edition of Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio. (Originally aired on 12/30/24)

Naming Our Guardian Angels?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 51:00


Why parables? Can Judas be forgiven? Explaining the Trinity? Do not miss this Mailbag edition of Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

Arguing Someone Into the Faith?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2024 51:00


Did Moses wrote the Pentateuch? What is sanctifying and actual grace? What is the reason for Godparents? This and more in today's mailbag edition of Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

Consubstantiation or Transubstantiation?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 51:00


Necromancy, witching a well, St. Lucifer are only some of the topics in today's Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

Catholics and the Sabbath

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 51:00


Why can't anybody receive Communion? How did the immaculate conception affected Mary's daily life? Is Noah's story real? This and more in today's Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

The Meaning of Advent

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 51:00


What does the body postures mean in the Mass? Why repetitive prayer? Is original sin inheriting the sins of our parents? Don't miss today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.

Discerning the Call

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 52:00


Does the laity have the power to bind and unbind? How did angels choose evil knowingly? Why Purgatory if the sacrifice of Christ was enough? This and more in today's Mailbag edition of Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

Types of Purgatory

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 60:00


Why do priests wear uniforms? Why does God allow torture? Are Catholics bound to believe in a specific type of Purgatory? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.

Did a Perfect God Create Evil?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 60:00


Are there Masses being said in Heaven? If God is perfect, how could he have created evil? Does the Vatican tithe? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.

The Lesser of Two Evils

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 51:00


Why two judgements? Can Catholics be pro-choice? Is the Novus Ordo Mass valid? This and more in today's edition of Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

Catholics and Halloween

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 60:00


When did some Christians start rejecting Halloween? Are there any prayers for the unborn? What advantage do the souls in heaven who have a high degree of glory have over those souls with a low degree of glory? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.

The Purpose of Apologetics

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 51:00


In today's Open Line Fr. Trigilio touches on topics like: The purpose and correct use of apologetics, how to bring back a son to the Church, working for a company that supports abortion and much more.

Conscience and Concupiscence

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 60:00


Regarding the teaching on following your conscience, how could one do so if you're highly scrupulous? Is our concupiscence a result of our free will? Why don't we as Catholics focus on baptism of the Holy Spirit? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.

The Relics of St. Joseph

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 60:00


Are there relics of St. Joseph? Do we know where he is buried? Why was it wrong for Protestants to take books out of the bible? I know the Church is against abortion. What is the Church doing for people who are willing to adopt? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.

Rules for Humility

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 60:00


When Jesus says “Who is my mother and who are my brothers” in Matthew 12:48, is Jesus devaluing his mother? Are the souls in purgatory present at Mass? Why don't most Catholic Churches encourage their congregation to read the Catechism? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.

Unprepared Apostles?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 60:00


How important is it for Catholics to obtain a plenary indulgence and offer to the poor souls in purgatory? My 13-yo would like to know that if the Catholic Church is built on faith, and God was scientifically proven to exist, would we still need the Church? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.

Baptized in Jesus' Name

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 60:00


Have they found Sodom and Gomorrah? Should we be baptized only in Jesus' name? How can I prove the Bible is divinely inspired? and more on today's mailbag edition of Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.

Celibacy in the Priesthood

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 60:00


How can I help my daughter who has concerns regarding confirmation? What can Mary do for us? Why does the Catholic Church ask their priests to be celibate? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.

Redemptive Suffering

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 60:00


Did Adam and Eve really exist? Are we worthy to pray to God? What is the role of divorced people in the Church? and more on this special mailbag edition of Open Line Monday with Fr. John Trigilio.

Via Negativa

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 60:00


What kind of body will we have after the resurrection? How can I help my fallen away family members back to the Church? How can I prove to someone who is not a Catholic that the early Christians really were Catholics? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.

Right Way of Giving to the Poor?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 51:00


How to discern prophecies? What to do in Sunday's rest? Should I give money to the poor indiscriminately? This and more in today's edition of Open Line with Fr. Trigilio.

The Incarnation of Jesus

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 60:00


Was Joseph alive when Jesus' ministry started? Is it correct to say Jesus is a human being? Is it wrong to say the incarnation is below God? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.

Sacred Tradition

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 60:00


Do Catholics worship Mary? When is the Pope infallible? How do we know that Sacred Tradition has been passed down faithfully? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.

The Hypostatic Union

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 60:00


Can God create Himself? Was Jesus created? When we go to heaven, does our knowledge of God continue to grow or does it stay the same? How do we reconcile free will and concupiscence? and more on today's Open Line with Fr. John Trigilio.

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