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Can I Take a Vacation During Lent?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

  • 05:24 - When we receive the eucharist, do we become Jesus?
  • 13:28 - Should immoral things be made illegal?
  • 17:46 - Why was the New Testament written in Greek when Jesus and the apostles didn’t speak Greek?
  • 20:43 - If we believe in the real presence of the eucharist, why don’t we all become monks and go to mass daily?
  • 31:22 - Is it ok to take a vacation during lent?
  • 40:28 - In the Old Testament, was the blood on the altars cleaned up after the sacrifices?
  • 49:10 - How do I share the bible with someone who has issues with Old Testament accounts? Is it ok to just say that those are mythical accounts?
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