Oro Valley Catholic
“If other ages felt less, they saw more, even though they saw with the blind, prophetical, unsentimental eye of acceptance, which is to say, of faith. In the absence of this faith now, we govern by tenderness. It is a tenderness which, long cut off from the person of Christ, is wrapped in theory. When tenderness is detached from the source of tenderness, its logical outcome is terror. It ends in forced-labor camps and in the fumes of the gas chamber.” - Flannery O’Connor, A Memoir of Mary Ann
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Sunday May 23, 2021
Sunday May 23, 2021
God's Spirit moved over the abyss like a mighty wind in Genesis 1. God breathed life into the first humans and in the Gospel Jesus, Risen from the Dead, breathes the Spirit of God into his disciples in the upper room.
Music is provided by Russ Ronnebaum pursuant to One License A-726294.
Sunday May 16, 2021
Sunday May 16, 2021
Cain's sacrifice was rejected and Abel's was accepted. Jesus is permitted to die an ignominious death. Why do we think he is the savior? How do we know his sacrifice is acceptable?
Music is by the St. Mark choir pursuant to One License # A-726294.
Saturday May 08, 2021
Saturday May 08, 2021
“As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love." God is love, the light of the world
Music provided pursuant to One License # A-726294
Sunday May 02, 2021
Sunday May 02, 2021
Christ is the vine we are the branches. Scripture, Sacrament and a life of Holiness are essential to abiding in God's love, to be living branches on God's holy vine, the Church.
Music by Russ Ronnebaum
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
"Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." 1 John 3. The Beatific Vision, the beauty, truth and goodness of God is the telos, or the goal, of life. The Resurrection points beyond this World being complete in itself.
Music provided by Russ Ronnebaum.
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
Saturday Apr 17, 2021
Word of God is a person, Jesus Christ. The scriptures, Old and New, is the Word of God in human language. (St. Ephrem the Syrian). Israel and their scriptures prepared the world for the reception of the Incarnate Word of God.
Music performed by Russ Ronnebaum.
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Friday Apr 02, 2021
Why believe in the Resurrection? Because it is true!
Music provided by the St. Mark Choir under permission from One License, A-726294
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Friday Mar 12, 2021
Nostos is a Greek word for homecoming. Odysseus takes a long time to get home from the Trojan War and everything had changed, including Odysseus. In Psalm 137, the Judeans longed for home and couldn't sing their songs in a strange land. Nostalgia is an ache for home or for the past. Something is missing in each of us. Jesus talks today about looking upon him on his cross for healing. Learn of the love of God and what it means to go home.
Rivers Of Babylon by Bill Baird is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
"Brothers and sisters: Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,
but to those who are called, Jews and Greeks alike, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom,
and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength." 1 Cor. 1:22-25
The Crucifixion, ca. 1420–23 Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro) Italian On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 624. This early work by Fra Angelico accentuates the drama of the Crucifixion by showing the Virgin collapsed in grief with the lamenting Maries and emphasizing the varied attitudes of the Roman soldiers and their horses. There is an exquisite delicacy about this work that Fra Angelico will develop in his mature paintings. The innovative circular composition was inspired by the bronze doors created by Lorenzo Ghiberti for the Baptistry of Florence.
The music is the Stabat Mater performed by Gina McCann and accompanied by Russ Ronnebaum pursuant to One License A-726294
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
What does the Transfiguration Our Lord on Mt. Tabor, the attempted sacrifice of Isaac by his father Abraham on Mt. Moriah and the crucifixion have in common. Why are they the important understanding of the Paschal Mystersy?
Attende Domine is performed by Gina McMann with pianist Russ Ronnebaum pursuant to OneLicense A-726294.