How Could Mary Ascend to Heaven? Indulgences and the Saints

“How Could Mary ascend to heaven?” This question leads to a discussion about the implications of Jesus’ words in John 3:13 regarding who has ascended to heaven. The conversation also touches on the scriptural basis for the communion of saints, the Church’s stance on marriage for the infertile, and the complexities of indulgences.

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Questions Covered:

• 03:00 - Mary’s bodily assumption doesn’t make sense because Jesus says in John 3:13, “No one has ascended up to heaven, but he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.” If no man has ascended into heaven, wouldn’t that include the Blessed Virgin Mary?
• 07:23 - Where do we find the communion of saints in scripture?
• 14:22 - Is it true that a person who is infertile cannot get married in the Catholic Church?
• 19:09 - I cannot wrap my mind around indulgences.
• 31:17 - How do I defend Jesus and the accusations that he was a fraud?
• 46:11 - Why do we profess in the Nicene Creed that the power of the Holy Spirit made Jesus incarnate not the power of the Son?
• 51:36 - Are we called to suffer or do we ask the saints to relieve our suffering?