Answering Catholicism with Lawrence the Zealot

Concluding our series on the Sacraments, in this episode we take a look at Our Mission to Serve: Stewardship and Vocation. This episode is the last one in our Sacraments Series. This episode does not focus on a particular sacrament, but rather what can help us in the spiritual life as we experience the sacraments as live out our mission of the faith while living in the world. Thank you for joining...

Continuing our series on the Sacraments, in this episode we take a look quick look at Sacramentals, Indulgences, and Other Liturgical Celebrations. This episode is the second to last one in our Sacraments Series. This episode and the last one do not focus on a particular sacrament, but rather what can help us in the spiritual life as we experience the sacraments while as live out our mission of th...

Continuing our series on the Sacraments, in this episode we take a look at the Sacrament of Holy Orders. If you’d like to learn about the sacraments, then please give this a listen. If you find this episode interesting, if you learned something, and liked it, then please share this. In this episode, an article titled, “Why Can Only Men Be Priests?” by Sarah Kisling of Ave Maria Press is read to gi...

Continuing our series on the Sacraments, in this episode we take a look at the Sacrament of Matrimony (Marriage). If you’d like to learn about the sacraments, then please give this a listen. If you find this episode interesting, if you learned something, and liked it, then please share this. In this episode, I also included the Eastern Catholic theological expression of this sacrament. From the bo...

In this episode, the age old question of asking, “do Muslims and Jews worship or rather ‘adore the one God’ of Abraham as the Christians do?” is answered. We must do everything possible to uphold the Christian faith and the necessary belief for salvation that only through Jesus Christ can one have access to the Father in order to reach Heaven. God Love You!

Continuing our series on the Sacraments, in this episode we take a look at the effects of the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession). If you’d like to learn about the sacraments, then please give this a listen. If you find this episode interesting, if you learned something, and liked it, then please share this. This episode begins the break that will be taken for the next month into possibly Jan...

Continuing our series on the Sacraments, in this episode we take a look at the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession). If you’d like to learn about the sacraments, then please give this a listen. If you find this episode interesting, if you learned something, and liked it, then please share this. May Almighty God bless you abundantly and send you His rich graces through the sacraments of the Chu...

In the Diocese of Charlotte (North Carolina), Bishop Michael Martin is enacting certain directives that seem at odds with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). In this episode, we take a look if Bishop Martin or any Bishop for that matter has to follow directives from the USCCB. If not, who do they listen to? Who has power over individual Bishops and the diocese(s) they lead? T...

Continuing our series on the Sacraments, in this episode we take a look at the Sacrament of the Sick. This episode leads us into the Sacraments of Healing, focused firstly on the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick (Sacrament of the Sick). If you’d like to learn about the sacraments, then please give this a listen. If you find this episode interesting, if you learned something, and liked it, th...

Continuing our series on the Sacraments, in this episode we take a look at the Pascal Banquet. This episode takes a further look at the Eucharistic and its many effects in our lives. If you’d like to learn about the sacraments, then please give this a listen. If you find this episode interesting, if you learned something, and liked it, then please share this. May Almighty God bless you abundantly...

Continuing our series on the Sacraments, in this episode we take a look at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. This episode focuses on the Mass and continues on with the Sacrament of Holy Communion/the Eucharist which is truly Jesus Christ, body, blood, soul, and divinity! If you’d like to learn about the sacraments, then please give this a listen. If you find this episode interesting, if you learned...

Continuing our series on the Sacraments, in this episode we take a look at the Sacrament of Holy Communion/the Eucharist. This sacrament which is truly Jesus Christ, body, blood, soul, and divinity! If you’d like to learn about the sacraments, then please give this a listen. If you find this episode interesting, if you learned something, and liked it, then please share this. May Almighty God bless...

Continuing our series on the Sacraments, in this episode we take a look at the Sacrament of Confirmation. This sacrament which strengthens us as children of God and turns us into soldiers of God. In this sacrament we receive a strengthening of the Holy Ghost. If you’d like to learn about the sacraments, then please give this a listen. If you find this episode interesting, if you learned something,...

Continuing our series on the Sacraments, in this episode we take a look at the Sacrament of Baptism. This sacrament which initiates the beginning of the Christian life and makes us adopted children of God. If you’d like to learn about the sacraments, then please give this a listen. If you find this episode interesting, if you learned something, and liked it, then please share this. May Almighty Go...

In the next series of episodes, we will take a look at the seven sacraments of the Church. In this episode, the foundation to the sacramental life is laid out to prepare for what is to come in this series. If you’d like to learn about the sacraments, then please give this a listen. If you find this episode interesting, if you learned something, and liked it, then please share this. May Almighty Go...

Can a Christian support abortion? Can A Christian be pro-choice? Both questions are asked in society today and the timing of this episode is most opportune in addressing it. In this episode, you will find the answer to both of these questions. God Love You!

Recently, the Cardinal Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, submitted his mandatory letter of resignation after reaching the age of 75. In this episode of “Answering Catholic with Lawrence the Zealot” the reason about why this happened (and happens) is discussed. For those who would like to see the Canon from the Latin Rite Code of Canon Law that is discussed, you can...

Natural Family Planning can always be a tough issue to tackle. On one hand you must state the truth without error, on the other hand you must deal with it in a way as to inform souls who have been corrupted by the modern innovations that have attempted to be made permissible when using this method within marriage. On this episode of “Answering Catholicism with Lawrence the Zealot” the topic of Nat...

In the modern world, the sin of homosexuality is not being condemned as the sinful abomination that it is. Many liberal and progressive “Christians” and “scholars” attempt to argue that homosexuality as it is known in traditional and conservative Christian circles of today didn’t become an issue like it currently is until the 1940s when some new translations of the Holy Bible were released. On thi...

Is it possible for people from other religions to be saved? If the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been Proclaimed to the Whole World, Can People still be Saved by Invincible Ignorance? Is it possible for Protestants and Eastern Orthodox to be saved outside of the Catholic Church? In the first episode of “Answering Catholicism” in the sense of answering a question, a look is given toward some hard to a...

This is the introductory trailer of “Answering Catholicism with Lawrence the Zealot” and shall begin with the commencement of the launch of this episode. In addition to "The Word of God with Lawrence Westfall" this podcast will serve as the apologetic and catechetical branch of my ministry. We must advance the faith through the ages and convert the nations. This podcast will answer questions relat...