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How Can Greed Be Overcome With Understanding?
In this podcast, Tony Forrest and Ken Steponaitis enter into a discussion on how greed can be overcome by the gift of understanding from...
Ken Steponaitis
Jul 24, 20201 min read


How does lust get subdued by the spiritual gift of knowledge?
Lust, one of the seven deadly sins, is an inordinate desire for sex, how can the gift from the Holy Spirit of knowledge possibly have a...
Ken Steponaitis
Jul 17, 20201 min read


How does the gift of piety help us with Envy?
In this discussion of envy and piety, Tony Forrest leads a talk with Ken Steponaitis on how the great gift of the Holy Spirit, piety, can...
Ken Steponaitis
Jul 10, 20201 min read


Why Does Jesus Say Such Provocative Things?
Tony and Ken took a 4th of July break and will return next week. This week, we posted Ken's first homily as a deacon. In this homily, Ken...
Ken Steponaitis
Jul 3, 20201 min read


How can we overcome anger with the gift of counsel?
So often in our lives anger can cause us to do things we otherwise would not. How does the gift of the Holy Spirit called "counsel" help...
Ken Steponaitis
Jun 26, 20201 min read


Gluttony and fortitude, what does one have to do with other?
This week, Tony Forrest and Ken Steponaitis look at the deadly sin of gluttony and how the gift of the Holy Spirit, Fortitude, helps us...
Ken Steponaitis
Jun 19, 20201 min read


Are we really supposed to fear the Lord?
It is so important that we are able to not only know the mechanics of our faith but also how to apply our faith in our everyday lives....
Ken Steponaitis
Jun 12, 20201 min read


Has God Changed?
Often people see God when described in the Old Testament as a mean and vengeful God. Did God change? How do we explain that God is love...
Ken Steponaitis
Jun 5, 20201 min read


What is the sacrament of Confirmation about, anyway?
In this installment of the Catholics Awakened podcast, Tony Forrest and Ken Steponaitis discuss what is understood about the sacrament of...
Ken Steponaitis
May 29, 20201 min read


What is Idolatry: Is praying to the Saints Idolatrous?
Listen as Tony Forrest and Ken Steponaitis talk about the different ways idolatry can enter into our lives. The discussion starts out...
Ken Steponaitis
May 22, 20201 min read


Are Annulments Just a Catholic Divorce?
In this installment of the Catholics Awakened PodCast, Tony Forrest leads a discussion with Ken Steponaitis on marriage, divorce and...
Ken Steponaitis
May 15, 20201 min read


Could women be ordained in the Catholic Church?
Tony Forrest leads a discussion with Ken Steponaitis on the role of Women in the Catholic Church. The discussion includes looking at...
Ken Steponaitis
May 8, 20201 min read


Is a Catholic Who Takes Communion Cannibalistic?
In this discussion, Tony Forrest leads a discussion on the question of whether or not taking communion is considered cannibalistic....
Ken Steponaitis
May 1, 20201 min read


Why Do Catholics Have to Confess to a Priest?
In what is hoped to be first of many discussions, Tony Forrest acts as moderator for a discussion on questions many Catholics and...
Ken Steponaitis
Apr 26, 20201 min read


Jesus ascends when?
Most Christians think of the Ascension as an event that takes place 40 days after Jesus' resurrection. However, if we look a little...
Ken Steponaitis
Apr 16, 20203 min read


Why did Jesus have to be crucified?
Since today is Easter, the big question that came to my mind was why it was so necessary that Jesus die and be resurrected? Why couldn't...
Ken Steponaitis
Apr 12, 20202 min read


Is God Punishing Us?
When I was around 7 years old I lived in Wiesbaden, Germany, where my father was stationed for the Air Force. After being told by my mom...
Ken Steponaitis
Apr 11, 20203 min read


Eucharist - a mandate or a privilege?
The other day I was asked to watch this video and comment on it. Communion in many ways is being taken for granted. It’s kind of like...
Ken Steponaitis
Apr 6, 20203 min read


Embrace your sinfulness
When Jesus said to love our enemies, I sometimes wonder if part of the statement is about ourselves and our sinfulness.
Ken Steponaitis
Apr 1, 20202 min read
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