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What is sin?

What is sin? A weight... a debt ...disconnection from the divine. This week Christ is called to judge a woman caught in the very act of adultery? Should she be stoned?  A trap? To be sure. By the end of the chapter, the powers of this world threaten Jesus with stoning. Adultery is an example of sin, but what is sin?Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040625-YearC.cfmMusic by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

Young Adult Ministry at St Mark parish

Our world is pretty fragmented and it more difficult to build community. Catholics in their 20-30s are defying the trend and working to build a healthy, respectful community at St. Mark parish. Here the leadership team for St. Mark Young Adult Ministry describe their efforts and successes in this week's OVC. Remember, we are in the process of moving to Podbean. 
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

Eternity, death and a time for decision

Kairos is the right time, the time of opportunity. In the Gospel, Jesus references death, guilt and the time for a decision. His parable? A fig tree that bears no fruit - it gets one more year!Readings for the Third Sunday of Lent: bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032325-YearC.cfmMusic by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

Put your true enemies to death in the desert of Lent!

Romans 10 says, "for, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lordand believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,you will be saved." What does one of the most controversial passages in scripture mean? Simply put, 'faith that works' through self mortification. You can oppose belief in your heart, this week on OVC.
Please note that OVC is moving to a new platform on Podbean. Please subscribe there!Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030925.cfmMusic by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

Drama free relationships and Christian Virtue

In the Sermon on the Plain, Jesus describes the basis for drama free relationships. "Jesus said to his disciples:“To you who hear I say,love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.To the person who strikes you on one cheek,offer the other one as well,and from the person who takes your cloak,do not withhold even your tunic.Give to everyone who asks of you,and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back." Luke 6
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022325.cfm
Music:
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

Vocation- Church Bells Or Warning Bells

The Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time brings us stories of discernment. How do I follow God's will? Holy Orders or Matrimony. This week on OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020925.cfm
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

St. Luke - Liar, Lunatic Or Truth

Much controversy between skeptics and believers. It is one thing to say that, as a materialist, I do not believe in the Resurrection. It is another thing to claim that the Gospel writers were anonymous, didn't know Jesus and made the story up years later. You can have your own dogma, not your own evidence. Listen about St. Luke's concern for historicity, this week on OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012625.cfm
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294
Art: Medallion with Saint Luke from an Icon Frame, Byzantine, ca. 1100

Marriage and becoming one flesh

The Old Testament describe Israel as an unfaithful bride. Ezekiel, a prophet, proclaimed that God would form a New Covenant. Jesus in the Gospel of John acts as the Divine Bridegroom calling his people back to the Father. That Divine Wedding is consumated at his crucfixion. Lean more this week on OVC.
Art: The Annunciation, Hans Memling Netherlandish, 1480–84
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

Baptism And Remembering The Past With Faith

This week on OVC I discuss Baptism and Remembering the past. The Gospel from Luke, "After all the people had been baptized
and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying,
heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon him
in bodily form like a dove.
And a voice came from heaven,
“You are my beloved Son;
with you I am well pleased.” Remember that you are dust, that you were slaves and don't look back!
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bi:ble/readings/011225.cfm
Art from the Met:The Baptism of Christ from a set of The Passion
Design based on an engraving by Martin Schongauer, German 15th Century
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

The Family and Formation in Holiness

The Feast of the Holy Family, The Book of Sirach has this to say about a Holy Family. "God sets a father in honor over his children;
a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons.
Whoever honors his father atones for sins,
and preserves himself from them.
When he prays, he is heard;
he stores up riches who reveres his mother.
Whoever honors his father is gladdened by children,
and, when he prays, is heard.
Whoever reveres his father will live a long life;
he who obeys his father brings comfort to his mother." Sir 3
How is a family formed in holiness. This Week on OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122924.cfm
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294