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Ask Catholics is a podcast run by a catechist and RCIA director to help people understand and better be able to explain the Catholic faith and to clear up a lot of misconceptions many people have when looking at Catholicism from the outside.

  1. 3일 전

    “Like the Angels” — Celibacy Is Biblical (And It Always Was)

    “Like the Angels” — Celibacy Is Biblical (And It Always Was) If your church has no one celibate — no one vowed to God alone — you are not looking at the New Testament Church. That sounds bold. It’s meant to. Celibacy isn’t medieval. It isn’t “forced.” It isn’t anti-marriage. It’s biblical. At Sinai, Israel abstained before the Lord descended. In battle, soldiers restrained themselves under vow. Numbers records women freely binding themselves by vow. Anna lived consecrated in the Temple. Jesus said some can receive celibacy — and if they can, they should. Paul was celibate — and suggested others be, if they were able. And when the Sadducees tried to corner Christ about marriage in the resurrection, He answered plainly: in the age to come, we are neither married nor given in marriage, but like the angels. Marriage is good — for time and flesh. Celibacy says: resurrection’s next. This song isn’t arguing that everyone must be celibate. It’s arguing something simpler: Not everyone. Not forced. But always there. If celibacy feels strange, it’s not because Christianity invented something odd — it’s because modernity trained us out of something ancient. (For the record: I am fairly certain celibacy is not my personal calling. I very much like being married. But I also very much know it’s a valid, biblical, and beautiful calling in the Church.) 🎶 “Like the Angels” — a fast, dry, slightly sarcastic track walking through Scripture and asking a simple question: If the New Testament Church always had celibates… why doesn’t yours? #Catholic #LikeTheAngels #Celibacy #NewTestament #PetersBarque #ChristianMusic #Theology #BibleStudy #ApostolicChurch 🔗 FOLLOW PETER’S BARQUE Website: https://petersbarque.online X: https://x.com/petersbarque Instagram: https://instagram.com/petersbarque TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@petersbarque Facebook: https://facebook.com/petersbarque 🎧 Listen Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/peters-barque/1857703433 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/07uvm7SPGUVwYdxELtbXv8 Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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  2. 5일 전

    📅🥖🍷 “On The First Day Of The Week” (Sunday, Not Sabbath)

    📅🥖🍷 “On The First Day Of The Week” (Sunday, Not Sabbath) Some people insist Christians “changed the day.” But long before denominations… long before printing presses… long before chapter and verse numbers… Christians were already gathering on the first day of the week. Not because an emperor said so. Not because Rome “stole” anything. But because the tomb was empty on Sunday. The Gospels repeat it. Acts 20:7 shows believers breaking bread on Sunday. 1 Corinthians 16:2 assumes Sunday offerings. Revelation calls it “the Lord’s Day.” And Paul? “Let no one pass judgment on you with regard to a Sabbath… These are a shadow of things to come.” (Colossians 2:16–17) Joshua didn’t give the rest God meant. Hebrews says there was another Day still ahead. CHRIST is our rest. From the Didache (A.D. 90) to Ignatius (A.D. 110) to Justin Martyr (A.D. 150), we see the same pattern: They heard the Scriptures proclaimed. They offered the prayers. They broke the Bread 🥖 The rhythm that still shapes every Mass: The Liturgy of the Word. The Liturgy of the Eucharist. This isn’t innovation. It’s resurrection. Creation began on the first day. The New Creation began on the first day. And Christians have gathered ever since. 🔗 FOLLOW PETER’S BARQUE 🌐 Website: https://petersbarque.online 𝕏 X: https://x.com/petersbarque 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/petersbarque 🎵 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@petersbarque 📘 Facebook: https://facebook.com/petersbarque ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@peters-barque 📡 Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-7821522 #Catholic #LordsDay #Sunday #Eucharist #ChurchHistory #PetersBarque #BibleStudy #ApostolicFaith Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

    5분
  3. 3월 4일

    "Straw Men & Windmills" — Stop Winning Fake Debates

    "Straw Men & Windmills" — Stop Winning Fake Debates Confession: Sometimes I win arguments against people who don’t actually exist. It’s easy. You slightly exaggerate their position. Trim off the nuance. Ignore their strongest thinkers. Then knock down the cartoon version and call it apologetics. I’ve done it. You’ve probably done it. Welcome to the internet. This song is a reminder — mostly to myself — that charity in debate doesn’t just mean “be nice.” It means represent the strongest version of your opponent’s argument before you answer it. That’s what the early Church did. St. Irenaeus didn’t mock the Gnostics with lazy summaries. He painstakingly wrote out their system in detail before dismantling it. He understood them first. St. Thomas Aquinas structured entire objections stronger than his critics did — before offering his response. He built the best version of the argument he disagreed with. That’s intellectual honesty. That’s confidence in truth. Now — does that mean we can’t ever be sharp? No. Jesus used hyperbole. Paul used sarcasm. Caricature has its place. Exaggeration can reveal absurdity. But it should be strategic — not lazy. Occasional — not habitual. Surgical — not sloppy. If your argument only wins against a weaker version of the claim… you didn’t really win. 🎶 "Straw Men & Windmills" — a track for converts, cradle Catholics, online debaters, theology nerds, and anyone who’s ever hit “post” a little too quickly. #Catholic #CatholicFaith #PetersBarque #CatholicMusic #Apologetics #Theology #Debate #IntellectualHonesty 🔗 FOLLOW PETER’S BARQUE Website: https://petersbarque.online X: https://x.com/petersbarque Instagram: https://instagram.com/petersbarque TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@petersbarque Facebook: https://facebook.com/petersbarque 🎧 LISTEN TO THE MUSIC Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/peters-barque/1857703433 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/07uvm7SPGUVwYdxELtbXv8 ☕ SUPPORT THE PROJECT Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/petersbarque Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

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  4. 2월 27일

    🚫🥭“Fruitless Branches / Buried Talents”🚫🌿🚫🪙

    🚫🥭“Fruitless Branches / Buried Talents”🚫🌿🚫🪙 Jesus doesn’t mince words. Sheep and goats. Branches cut off. Talents buried in the dirt. Not hypotheticals. Not metaphors meant to be ignored. Warnings meant to be heard. This song is about the uncomfortable truth Scripture keeps repeating: 👉 Living faith bears fruit. 👉 Grace isn’t inert. 👉 What you’re given is meant to be used. You don’t earn salvation by works—but a faith that never moves, never acts, never produces, is a faith Jesus Himself calls dead weight. “Fruitless Branches / Buried Talents” ties together three Gospel threads we’re often told not to connect: • Branches that are on the Vine—and still get cut off • Servants who don’t rebel… they just do nothing • Judgment scenes where deeds matter because love was supposed to show up in the world This isn’t about perfection. It’s about participation. Grace doesn’t just forgive—it transforms. And when it’s real, it shows. 🎶 “Fruitless Branches / Buried Talents” — a song for anyone tired of slogans that sound biblical but dodge the actual text. 🔗 FOLLOW PETER’S BARQUE • X / Twitter: https://x.com/petersbarque • Instagram: https://instagram.com/petersbarque • TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@petersbarque • Facebook: https://facebook.com/petersbarque 🎧 LISTEN • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/07uvm7SPGUVwYdxELtbXv8 • Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/peters-barque/1857703433 ☕ SUPPORT THE PROJECT If you want to help keep songs like this coming: https://ko-fi.com/petersbarque #FruitlessBranches #BuriedTalents #PetersBarque #CatholicMusic #Scripture #FaithAndWorks #FruitsOfTheSpirit #Catechesis #ChristianMusic Subscribe to Ask Catholics on Soundwise

    4분

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Ask Catholics is a podcast run by a catechist and RCIA director to help people understand and better be able to explain the Catholic faith and to clear up a lot of misconceptions many people have when looking at Catholicism from the outside.