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Pet's Fertility, Hysterectomy, Childbirth in Catholic Circles & Irregular Cycles. | ACW287
Ask Christopher West - July 01, 2024 07:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: Does striving to live out TOB affect the decisions we make for our pet’s fertility? My mother recently had a surgery that required a hysterectomy. This brings about sadness even though she was already past child bearing years. Does TOB have any insights into this?...
Practicing Abstinence as Engaged Couple, Til Death Do Us Apart & Honoring and Loving a Woman | ACW286
Ask Christopher West - June 24, 2024 07:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: I’m a young woman happily dating a catholic man. The thought of having times of abstinence in marriage is a little sad. Could you speak on the beauty of abstinence? Is the ability to be physically intimate even in times of abstinence without it leading to intercou...
Redirection of Desire, Sleeping in the Same Bed & the Dignity of Every Man & Woman | ACW285
Ask Christopher West - June 17, 2024 12:15 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: What are some examples redirecting our desire (eros) in everyday life? Is there anything inherently wrong with sleeping in the same bed as a long distance girlfriend when we visit each other? Is the near occasion of sin still a sin if I don’t end up sinning? Wher...
Aroused by Displays of Affection, Receiving the Eucharist in Mortal Sin & Getting Married Young
Ask Christopher West - June 16, 2024 20:45 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: I’m dating a wonderful man. I’m very sensitive to physical touch and get aroused very easily. Even holding hands results in arousal. Do you have any advice? Is it okay to keep showing those displays of affection even though they are accompanied by arousal? Why is ...
Relationship With My Deceased Baby, P*rn Struggle & Compassion from God and for Others | ACW283
Ask Christopher West - June 03, 2024 07:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: My husband and I are approaching the 25th anniversary of the birth and death of our second born. All this time later, I realize I wish I had a better relationship with him. Do you have any suggestions on how to go about nursing a relationship with my baby on this ...
Relationship With My Deceased Baby, P*rn Struggle & Compassion from God and for Others
Ask Christopher West - June 03, 2024 07:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: My husband and I are approaching the 25th anniversary of the birth and death of our second born. All this time later, I realize I wish I had a better relationship with him. Do you have any suggestions on how to go about nursing a relationship with my baby on this ...
Satisfied with God But Longing for a Husband, Struggle with M*sturbation as a Woman & Protestant Teaching on Contraception | ACW 282
Ask Christopher West - May 27, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: I’ve heard it said that maybe the reason one hasn’t met their spouse is because God wants wants you to be content solely with Him. But if I get to a point where I am entirely satisfied by God and only Him, then would I even want a spouse at that point? How do I te...
Satisfied with God But Longing for a Husband, Struggle with M*sturbation as a Woman & Protestant Teaching on Contraception
Ask Christopher West - May 27, 2024 07:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: I’ve heard it said that maybe the reason one hasn’t met their spouse is because God wants wants you to be content solely with Him. But if I get to a point where I am entirely satisfied by God and only Him, then would I even want a spouse at that point? How do I te...
Cooperation with Evil, Appreciating Masculinity and Guarding One’s Heart | ACW281
Ask Christopher West - May 20, 2024 15:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: I work for a subsidiary of a large national pharmacy that will soon start to distribute abortion pills. Do you have any advice for discerning the line between remote and material cooperation with evil? How should I determine when it’s time to start working for a n...
Cooperation with Evil, Appreciating Masculinity and Guarding One’s Heart
Ask Christopher West - May 20, 2024 15:30 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: I work for a subsidiary of a large national pharmacy that will soon start to distribute abortion pills. Do you have any advice for discerning the line between remote and material cooperation with evil? How should I determine when it’s time to start working for a n...
“Jesus’ Hostility Towards the Body”, “The Main Goal of Intercourse” & “Bowing for Incense” | ACW280
Ask Christopher West - May 13, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: Jesus seems to be hostile towards the body in Mt 5:29-31. How does that go together with the sacramentality of our bodies? What is the main goal of the union between man and woman? Why do people bow for incense? Ask Christopher West is a weekly podcast in which Th...
“Jesus’ Hostility Towards the Body”, “The Main Goal of Intercourse” & “Bowing for Incense”
Ask Christopher West - May 13, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: Jesus seems to be hostile towards the body in Mt 5:29-31. How does that go together with the sacramentality of our bodies? What is the main goal of the union between man and woman? Why do people bow for incense? Ask Christopher West is a weekly podcast in which Th...
“International Marriage”, “Disturbing Images In Prayer” & “My Husband Doesn’t Want Intimacy”
Ask Christopher West - May 06, 2024 07:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: What would you say about an international marriage? Do you think it’s better to marry someone from your own culture? I was exposed to porn at an early age and that led to an addiction to it. Obscene and disturbing images come to mind particularly in moments of dee...
“International Marriage”, “Disturbing Images In Prayer” & “My Husband Doesn’t Want Intimacy” | ACW279
Ask Christopher West - May 06, 2024 07:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: What would you say about an international marriage? Do you think it’s better to marry someone from your own culture? I was exposed to porn at an early age and that led to an addiction to it. Obscene and disturbing images come to mind particularly in moments of dee...
"God & Menopause", "Girlfriend's Sexual Past" & "Infertility from Chemotherapy" | ACW278
Ask Christopher West - April 29, 2024 07:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: Does God like menopause? My girlfriend has a sexual past including a 2 year relationship with a guy that she was sexually intimate with. I saved myself for marriage and this has been very difficult for me. I’m unsure if she repents of her past or not. Do you have...
"God & Menopause", "Girlfriend's Sexual Past" & "Infertility from Chemotherapy"
Ask Christopher West - April 29, 2024 07:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: Does God like menopause? My girlfriend has a sexual past including a 2 year relationship with a guy that she was sexually intimate with. I saved myself for marriage and this has been very difficult for me. I’m unsure if she repents of her past or not. Do you have...
"Wearing Grandma", "Afraid of Being Alone", & "Intercourse in Pregnancy"
Ask Christopher West - April 22, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: I’m a teacher and the other day, one of my 5th graders walked up to me and told me he was “wearing his grandma.” He was wearing an ash necklace where he was holding the ashes of his deceased grandmother. What is the difference between the Catholic tradition of rel...
"Wearing Grandma", "Afraid of Being Alone", & "Intercourse in Pregnancy" | ACW277
Ask Christopher West - April 22, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: I’m a teacher and the other day, one of my 5th graders walked up to me and told me he was “wearing his grandma.” He was wearing an ash necklace where he was holding the ashes of his deceased grandmother. What is the difference between the Catholic tradition of rel...
"Wanting To Go Back", "Faith Jealousy" & "TOB Resources for Children"
Ask Christopher West - April 15, 2024 07:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: I’m in my 30’s and I’ve been married for a few years. My past was full of addiction to porn. I’ve been able to heal and overcome those past but I find myself wanting to go back. I also find myself thinking life would’ve been easier if I had married someone else. ...
"Wanting To Go Back", "Faith Jealousy" & "TOB Resources for Children" | ACW276
Ask Christopher West - April 15, 2024 07:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: I’m in my 30’s and I’ve been married for a few years. My past was full of addiction to porn. I’ve been able to heal and overcome those past but I find myself wanting to go back. I also find myself thinking life would’ve been easier if I had married someone else. ...
"Bonding as Adoptive Parents" & "Practical Good Eros"
Ask Christopher West - April 08, 2024 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: Soon after my husband and I got married I had cancer and needed to get a hysterectomy. My husband and I adopted our son a year ago. I notice that my husband didn’t bond with me like first time parents typically do. I have trouble sitting with the desire to want to...
"Bonding as Adoptive Parents" & "Practical Good Eros" | ACW275
Ask Christopher West - April 08, 2024 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: Soon after my husband and I got married I had cancer and needed to get a hysterectomy. My husband and I adopted our son a year ago. I notice that my husband didn’t bond with me like first time parents typically do. I have trouble sitting with the desire to want to...
"Attracting Certain Kind of Women", "Marriage or Monastery" & "Man & Woman Stranded on an Island..."
Ask Christopher West - April 01, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: As a young man in my mid twenties, I long for a godly woman. However, I’ve questioned my intentions about this yearning and wondered if my ambitions to get in shape, make a good living and develop a closer relationship with God could just be a cover for worshippin...
"Desire & Lust", "Pre-Marital or Non Marital Sex" & "Will Heaven Lack Something?"
Ask Christopher West - March 25, 2024 07:15 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: I’m struggling with the line between desire and lust in the context of marriage. Can I watch my wife shower and not fall into lust? What is it about marriage that makes desires and actions that, if otherwise took place outside of it would be sinful, not sinful? ...
"Desire & Lust", "Pre-Marital or Non Marital Sex" & "Will Heaven Lack Something?" | ACW273
Ask Christopher West - March 25, 2024 07:15 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: I’m struggling with the line between desire and lust in the context of marriage. Can I watch my wife shower and not fall into lust? What is it about marriage that makes desires and actions that, if otherwise took place outside of it would be sinful, not sinful? ...
"True Femininity", "Advice for Single Catholics" & "Trusting Jesus" | ACW272
Ask Christopher West - March 18, 2024 07:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: I’m a single Catholic woman in my early 30’s. I’m normally drawn to things that are typically associated with men. A spiritual director from the past attempted to direct me to more traditionally feminine things. What does femininity and masculinity really mean? Ca...
"True Femininity", "Advice for Single Catholics" & "Trusting Jesus"
Ask Christopher West - March 18, 2024 07:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: I’m a single Catholic woman in my early 30’s. I’m normally drawn to things that are typically associated with men. A spiritual director from the past attempted to direct me to more traditionally feminine things. What does femininity and masculinity really mean? Ca...
"Excretory Functions In Heaven", "My Husband Won't Reverse His Vasectomy" and " the Marital Embrace Before Original Sin" | ACW271
Ask Christopher West - March 11, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: Do you think we’ll still have our excretory functions in the eschaton? I’m a new convert to the faith. My husband is still a non-catholic and had a vasectomy some time ago. I don’t think he will reverse it. Do you have any advice? Was there sex before original si...
"Excretory Functions In Heaven", "My Husband Won't Reverse His Vasectomy" and " the Marital Embrace Before Original Sin"
Ask Christopher West - March 11, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: Do you think we’ll still have our excretory functions in the eschaton? I’m a new convert to the faith. My husband is still a non-catholic and had a vasectomy some time ago. I don’t think he will reverse it. Do you have any advice? Was there sex before original si...
Difficulty Holding On, Surgery for the Sake of Openness to Life & Hellish Comparison. | ACW270
Ask Christopher West - March 04, 2024 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsQuestions answered this episode: I’ve been going deep into the TOB for a few years but after all this time has passed, I’ve noticed it’s difficult to hold on. Did you have a similar experience? Could you provide some encouragement? My wife and I are newly weds. We both would like to have children...
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