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Mother Miriam helps to raise needed funds for The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network.

Mother Miriam helps to raise needed funds for The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network.

Mother Miriam helps to raise needed funds for The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network.

Mother concludes the novena to Fulton Sheen, reads from The Christian Mother and The Christian Father, and answers questions from: Sophia, who asks about bringing very young children to daily Mass in a small chapel where they might be distracting;  Deanna, who needs advice after feeling bullied in a Catholic shrine gift shop;  Barbara, who wants some clarification on God's promises to Israel;  and Thomas, who asks about female "deacons".

Mother continues the novena to Fulton Sheen, reads from The Christian Mother and The Christian Father, and answers questions from: Brian, who wants to know if Catholic schools should have sports;  WinSurfer, who asks about the Tridentine Mass in English;  Jackie, who wonders what Mother's Friday penance is;  Shelley, who asks for more explanation about Advent penance;  Robert, with a question about the FBI;  Benjamin, who asks about wifely submission; and Noel Ann, who has an anti-Catholic family member.

Mother discusses a project that she and her community are working on, reads from The Christian Mother, and answers questions from:  Adam, who wonders if Mother knows the story of Jewish convert Alphonse Ratisbonne; Nancy, who asks how to have patience for long homilies; Danny, who wants to know if Catholics should celebrate Dia de los Muertos; Frank, who wonders why Jesus is called the Good Shepherd; Mara, who asks if Mother is a Benedictine; and Claudia, who wants to know where the Bible teaches against homosexuality.

Mother continues reading from The Christian Father, and answers questions from: Claritas, who asks about "rescuing" Catholic items from desecration; Viktor in Hungary, who follows up on his question about the Pope and Catholic media; Sandie, who asks about bringing Holy Communion to the housebound as a laywoman; Joyce, who asks about Tradition In Action; Norma Jo, who wonders why the Church makes Catholics give up meat during Lent; and Debbie, who asks for advice in dealing with a reluctant priest and a Protestant assisted living facility director.

Mother leads Day 1 of a novena leading up to Archbishop Fulton Sheen's beatification, discusses the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady, and answers questions from: Willow, who has concerns about LifeSiteNews; Cynthia, who asks Mother to spread Bishop Burbidge's message in Virginia against abortion and LGBT "marriage"; S.L. In Mexico, who struggles with following the Mass in Spanish; and Steve, a retired NYPD detective and street cop who feels guilty over some of his past.

Mother talks about the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, and answers questions from:  Ed, who is concerned about a religious sister who spoke during Mass and didn't wear a habit; Alfie, who wonders about the difference between modern Judaism and Old Testament Jews; Eva, who asks about unbaptized children; Nate, wants to know why some Catholics dismiss ethnic or cultural differences; Viktor, who is confused about Pope Leo's mixed appointments; Anonymous, who asks for advice on her marriage situation after returning to the Church; Maya, who asks about Mother's prison and street ministry; and Sammy, who wants to know how to deal with anger as a Catholic.

Mother continues her discussion on the family, and answers questions from: Ginny, who wants to evangelize her Jewish friend married to a lapsed Catholic;  Del, who asks about a book called "Jesus Calling";  Lorrie, who is struggling at her Methodist church;  and Scott, who recently converted but is struggling with heterodox homilies at his parish.

Mother continues reading an article on the family from Voice of the Family, and answers questions from: Janet, who is struggling with trusting priests and going to Confession;  Chris, who wonders about an organization of "Catholic Women Priests";  and Damian, who has a problem with Mother "dividing" people into groups.   Parents must wake up! - Voice of the Family

Mother reads an article on the family from Voice of the Family, and answers questions from: Paul, who proposes a novena to Fulton Sheen leading up to his beatification; Brenda from Arizona, who is worried about a new Santa Muerte temple in Arizona; Carrie, who asks for advice about a friend's parents and sex before marriage; and Andrew, who is dismayed by irreverence at his parish.   Parents must wake up! - Voice of the Family

Mother continues to read from The Christian Mother and The Christian Father, and answers questions from: Charles, who wonders if it was okay for he and his wife to get married in their Navy dress uniforms;  Anne, who asks about the angel of death killing the firstborn of Egypt;  Lucy, who wants to know why God didn't destroy Satan after he fell;  Debbie, who asks if the ancient Jews had monks and nuns;  and Paige, who requests clarification about homeschooling and Catholic schools.