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Always Have an Answer Ready: A Question-and-Answer Catechism to Help You Live Your Faith
Should I attend your brother’s gay wedding? How do I decide whether or not to switch off the life-support machine for my elderly mother when the doctors are recommending it? Do biblical tithes still apply? Will God refuse to forgive me if I’m unable to forgive others?
This collection of over 100 questions and answers is representative of what many people in Western society today want to know about the Faith. It began as a weekly newspaper column in which Fr. Jeffrey Kirby answered letters about Church teaching from Catholics and non-Catholics alike. He responds with charity and clarity, applying the wisdom of the Church to the situation of each questioner.
This volume—a mini-catechism of practical questions—is structured in the same fourfold division as the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and the reader is regularly referred to actual sections of the catechism. Topics relate directly to people’s lives, under the categories of the Profession of Faith, the Celebration of the Christian Mystery, Life in Christ, and Christian Prayer.
Always Have an Answer Ready will be invaluable in answering your questions about the Faith, but its value goes beyond this. It also gives us a model of how to answer questions such that people might actually listen to the answers. Fr. Kirby’s approach is simultaneously charitable and clear. His answers are nuanced and sensitive to the questioners’ particular situations, yet unambiguously orthodox.
This collection of over 100 questions and answers is representative of what many people in Western society today want to know about the Faith. It began as a weekly newspaper column in which Fr. Jeffrey Kirby answered letters about Church teaching from Catholics and non-Catholics alike. He responds with charity and clarity, applying the wisdom of the Church to the situation of each questioner.
This volume—a mini-catechism of practical questions—is structured in the same fourfold division as the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and the reader is regularly referred to actual sections of the catechism. Topics relate directly to people’s lives, under the categories of the Profession of Faith, the Celebration of the Christian Mystery, Life in Christ, and Christian Prayer.
Always Have an Answer Ready will be invaluable in answering your questions about the Faith, but its value goes beyond this. It also gives us a model of how to answer questions such that people might actually listen to the answers. Fr. Kirby’s approach is simultaneously charitable and clear. His answers are nuanced and sensitive to the questioners’ particular situations, yet unambiguously orthodox.
103 pages, Paperback
Published February 21, 2019
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About the author
Jeffrey Kirby
31 books20 followersFather Jeff Kirby is the Parish Priest of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Indian Land, South Carolina (gracewepray.org). He holds a doctorate in moral theology from the Holy Cross University in Rome and a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the Franciscan University of Steubenville. Father Kirby serves as an Adjunct Professor of Theology at Belmont Abbey College and Pontifex University. He has authored several books, including "Lord, Teach Us to Pray," "Kingdom of Happiness: Living the Beatitudes in Everyday Life," "God's Search for Us," and most recently, "Be Not Troubled: A 6-Day Personal Retreat with Fr. Jean-Pierre DeCaussade."
In 2016, Father Kirby was recognized by Governor Nikki Haley and granted the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina’s highest civilian honor, for his service to local communities and young adults throughout the state.
Working with St. Benedict Press and Catholic Scripture Study International, Father Kirby was the Host of the award-winning program "Doors of Mercy" and was one of the co-instructors of the programs, "Luke: The Gospel of Mercy" and "Jesus Revealed."
Father Kirby is a weekly Senior Contributor for the news site Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse.
In 2016, Father Kirby was recognized by Governor Nikki Haley and granted the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina’s highest civilian honor, for his service to local communities and young adults throughout the state.
Working with St. Benedict Press and Catholic Scripture Study International, Father Kirby was the Host of the award-winning program "Doors of Mercy" and was one of the co-instructors of the programs, "Luke: The Gospel of Mercy" and "Jesus Revealed."
Father Kirby is a weekly Senior Contributor for the news site Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse.
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