Oro Valley Catholic

The Passion - Is Christianity A Cult Of Death?

How does the manner of Jesus of Nazareth's death fulfill the Old Testament revelation and complete it? Listen to this week's Oro Valley Catholic.
Readings for the Sixth Sunday of Lent - Palm Sunday https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040223.cfm
Music by the St. Mark Choir pursuant to Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294

Tenebrae And The Paschal Mystery with Dr. Jeff Vanderlee

Tenebrae, a time of darkness, goes back to the Medieval Church. The music celebrated at Tenebrae directs us the the mystery of Holy Week and the Paschal Triduum. Learn more about the history and music of Tenebrae from Dr. Jeff Vanderlee, the St. Mark Director of Music.
The music performed on this podcast is under license from One License Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294.

Water, Wine, Bread And Death - The Paschal Mystery

The Gospel of John is written around the interplay of light and darkness. The Light lifts us out of the Darkness through water, wine, bread and death. The journey that joins the material to the life of God. The raising of Lazarus, this week, on OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032623.cfm
Music: Sepulto Domino by the St. Mark Choir pursuant to Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294 from OneLicense

Our Blindness And God’s Mercy

In John 9, the Lord heals a man born blind. The Pharisees, the man's parents and the man are thrown into the struggle to clearly see what is happening in their midst. God is visiting his people.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031923.cfm
Music by the St. Mark choir pursuant to Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294

The Latin Mass and a pre-Vatican II priest, Fr. Al Laubenthal

Lots of discussion lately about changes in the Mass from Latin to English. Listen to a priest who lived through it all, Fr. Al Laubenthal of the Archdiocese of Cleveland. A seminary rector, a parish priest and a child of the Church before the Second Vatican Council. Take a step back and listen to someone who lived through all the changes of the last 85 years.

A Woman, a Well and a Podcast

The Lord meets a Samaritan woman at a well. The Divine Bridegroom and the Bride. Learn about the purgative, illumative and unitive way in the spiritual and the moral life.
Readings for the Third Sunday in Lent: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031223.cfm
Music performed by St. Mark Choir pursuant to Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294

Carolyn Simpson - From Christian Science to Episcopalian to Catholic

Carolyn Simpson was born into a Christian Science family and always thought herself the right kind of Christian. Her life journey to the Catholic faith involves a skyjacking, a great Episcopalian community and unexpected encounters with grace. Learn more on this special edition of OVC.
Music: "My Song is Love Unknown" by the St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294

Patriarchy - Mom, Dad And Child Rule

Patriarchy has gotten a bad rap and reduced to the image of an abusive male. Patriarchy, however, means the rule of the family, that is, the order of love between mom, dad and child as it grows and changes over time. This weeks OVC is about the Transfiguration, Abraham and light in the world.
This weeks readings for the Second Sunday of Lent can be found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030523.cfm
Music by the St. Mark Choir "My Song is Love Unknown" by the St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294

The Satanic And The Spirtual Life - Lust And Pride

“It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes.” “Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.” “Grace changes us and change is painful.” What happens when we don't want to change, but would rather change the world to suit us? Bad things. The First Sunday of Lent and the Temptation in the desert. We are in the desert that Jesus was tempted in and have much to learn and require lots of change.
Readings for the First Sunday of Lent: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022623.cfm
Music: Pizzetti - Dies irae - Messa di Requiem by The Tudor Consort is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 International License.

The objectively important and the subjectively satisfying

Charles Baudelaire, the famous debauched French poet, wrote in 'The Voyage' about exhausting pleasure in life and finding something new. He is the godfather of the modern transgressive artist. "The Voyage" ends:
Pour out your poison that it may refresh us!
This fire burns our brains so fiercely, we wish to plunge
To the abyss' depths, Heaven or , does it matter?
To the depths of the Unknown to find something new!"
— William Aggeler, The Flowers of Evil (Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guild, 1954)
Jesus begs to differ in the Sermon on the Mount. Heaven is objectively and infinitely more valuabe than some new experience or thing. Novelty is overrated, which could be a quote from St. Therese of LIsieux. Maybe heaven is just getting our lives back and understanding perfection for the first time.
Readings for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021923.cfm
Music: My Sweet Liberty | Freedom = Responsibility by John Lopker | Popular USA Majority is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.