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Why Is God Hidden?

We are saved by faith, not by sight. Sin disintegrates the human integration of body and soul. Sin teaches us to love the corruption of evil instead of the holiness of God. The Eucharist is the remedy for our sin sick souls. More this week on OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080424.cfm
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Communion On The Tongue Or In The Hand?

This weeks Gospel from John 6 tells the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 in the desert. It is the beginning on Jesus' discourse on the Eucharist. "Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you." John 6:53. Catholics understand that Christ is substantially present, body, soul, divinity in the Eucharist - we call this the real presence. Why do we differ, however, about receiving in the hand or on the tongue? Lots to talk about there in this weeks OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072824.cfm
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

A Spiritual Life Tethered To Reality

In the Gospel from Mark 6, Jesus sends out the twelve apostles with authority over demons, to anoint with oil to cure the sick and the power to preach the good news, "Repent." In short, go beyond your mind (metanoia) and change how you think. We tether our spiritual life to reality when we meditate on the circumstances of our upcoming death and what it says about our life in the here and now. Take courage and follow 'the Way.'
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071424.cfm
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

They Flew: Be Skeptical about Skepticism

Jesus comes home to Nazareth in Mark 6. He is met with skepticism and rejection despite all of his signs and teaching. Dr. Carlos Eire of Yale University has written a book challenging the ubiquity of modern skepticism. In They Flew: A History of the Impossible, Dr. Eire discusses levitation and other preternatural phenomenon amongst three Catholics, St. Theresa of Avila, St. Joseph Cupertino and Ven. Maria Agreda. Multiple witnesses and many fantastic experiences open up a discussion of what is possible in reality. Eire challenges the comfortable skepticism and its foundations with a discussion of the history of the impossible.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070724.cfm
Art: Saint Teresa of Avila Interceding for Souls in Purgatory
Workshop of Peter Paul Rubens Flemish (public domain)
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God, Love And Loneliness

What is love? Is it based on the qualities another has, or the length of a relationship, or just something inside me? St. Thomas Aquinas maintains that all love is love of God according to our deepest desires. Learn more about love in this week's OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062324.cfm
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

The Tree Of Life and the Cross

The Tree of Life is an old, universal mythological symbol. It appears in Genesis 3 and Revelation 22. It is the center of the mystery of the Cross of Christ. Hear the story that contains all other stories - the tree of live this week on OVC.
Readings for 11th Sunday: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061624.cfm
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Beelzebul And The Weight Of Glory

Jesus is accused of casting out demons by the power of Beelzebul. Blasphemy is attacking the work of the Holy Spirit and consists in a lack of a sense of sin or 'hardness of heart' in the words of scripture. Mark 3, this week on OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060924.cfm
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

Mother And Daughter Vocations

This week on OVC Sr. Therese Wong's mom, Sharon, gives her perspective on supporting the vocations of children. You are right! It involves prayer and some great stories.
Art: Mother and Daughter in Prayer, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld German; Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld Austrian, ca. 1811–17
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The Most Holy Trinity- The Central Mystery Of Reality

Feast of the Most Holy Trinity
The Trinity is the central mystery of Christianity. The nature of God, one what and three divine persons or who's is the most important revelation of Christ. Go out, he told his apostles before he Ascended, to the whole world and baptize in the name of the Father, and the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Most Holy Trinity, this week on OVC.
Art: Allegory of the Catholic Faith Johannes Vermeer Dutch, ca. 1670–72
Music: Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052624.cfm