by Steve Ray on March 29, 2013
A gentleman heard me on Relevant Radio today. I had mentioned on the air that one of the great humiliations of a crucifixion was that a man was crucified naked. This thoughtful gentleman wrote to challenge my comments. Below is his e-mail and my response. Dear Mr. Ray, Please correct your description of the Passion. [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 29, 2013
Do the Gospels Conflict? How Long was Jesus on the Cross? The question intrigued me sufficiently enough that I spent the best part of a day working on it. There seems to be a contradiction in the Gospels, mentioning different times for the crucifixion. Maybe someone forgot to check their watch! Mark says Jesus was [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 28, 2013
Ed Peters Discusses Disregard for Law in Washing Women’s Feet USA Today Catholic World Report UK Telegraph, included kissing foot of a young Muslim woman Full Content of Pope’s Holy Thursday Foot-washing Mass New: Vatican’s Comments on Pope Francis Washing Women’s Feet Jimmy Akin’s Comments here. Fr. Longnecker’s comments Fr. Z’s comments AP’s Pope’s Foot-washing [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 28, 2013
A Southern Baptist writes: I am a Southern Baptist who has a lot of respect for the Catholic faith. The Immaculate Conception is a hard concept for me. Does it also include the belief that Mary never sinned? How does that pass muster with Rom. 3:23 “For all have sinned and come short of the [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 27, 2013
A primer on Church teaching regarding ‘same-sex marriage’ by Dr. Edward Peters (Steve Ray’s note: With the Supreme Court of the United States hearing the California case now, this is very much in the top of the news and could be a decision that has profound and lasting effects – like Row v. Wade. No matter [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 26, 2013
Below are the questions I answered today on Catholic Answers Live. The topic of the show was Open Line Q & A for Non-Catholics. It was a delightful time. Click HERE on-line listening and HERE for the podcast and for more information. Questions I Anwered: 1) I am a Baptist coming into the Catholic Church. [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 26, 2013
At this link, there are the first videos of the historic meeting. The first shows the helicopter landing and the first embarce of the two men: http://video.repubblica.it/dossier/il-nuovo-papa/a-castel-gandolfo-lo-storico-incontro-tra-i-due-papi/123281/121771 (The first embrace of Pope Francis and Emeritus Pope Benedict, shortly after noon today in the Vatican Gardens at Castel Gandolfo, about 20 miles outside of Rome. Pope [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 26, 2013
The Annual Lenten Foot-fight by Dr. Edward Peters “The annual Lenten foot-fight is almost upon us. Again. “May I suggest that discussion of this matter begin with what canon and liturgical law actually say (and don’t say) about the Mandatum rite, and that serious attention be given, if not this year then next, to eliminating [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 25, 2013
A while ago I sat with a Protestant friend who came to Mass with me. To help him understand what was going on I wrote this short Primer on the Mass for him in advance. The Mass can be very confusing, even intimidating I wanted to make sure he understood how the Mass was tied [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 25, 2013
You can read the review entitled Raising Rebels HERE or click on the image below.
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by Steve Ray on March 25, 2013
“Today I was enrolled in the Rite of Election to come into full communion with the Catholic Church. For many of you this may come as no surprise for others it might be something of a shock. It was not a decision I entered into lightly, after all as a protestant minister this decision amounts to essentially walking away from my career up [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 24, 2013
Wouldn’t it be amazing to see what the angels see. We are so limited in the mortal bodies.
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by Steve Ray on March 22, 2013
Hey Steve: while I was on a business trip I had a good conversation with my friends, one who is agnostic and the other an Evangelical. Both of them agreed they didn’t believe in “organized religion”. From your Protestant background is there a specific meaning to that term or is it just another way to [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 22, 2013
I was just told about this picture on FaceBook. The picture was taken shortly after I had first become a Catholic in 1994. One witness says this picture was taken in 1997. Time sure changes us :-) This “Gang of Four” spoke at an apologetics conference in Dearborn Michigan sponsored by Thy Faith Inc. (Gary [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 20, 2013
Nancy Pelosi will not change on her own, by Canon Lawyer Dr. Edward Peters > (L’Osservatore Romano/AP) Pope Francis meets U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill, after his installation Mass at the Vatican on March 19, 2013. Communion time in St. Peter’s is, for the vast majority of lay persons (not heads [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 17, 2013
By Hillary Senour Team Sisters of Mary with Jeff Foxworthy on The American Bible Challenge. Courtesy Grace Hill Media. Santa Monica, Calif., Mar 17, 2013 / 04:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Three religious sisters are participating in a unique evangelization effort by competing on a Bible trivia game show in hopes of supporting their community. “This [...]
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