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“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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Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Saturday Oct 28, 2023
Hey guys ... do you love anyone enough to be moved to tears? What does it means to love with all your heart, all your soul and all your strength? Vulnerability! You got lots to lose. More this week on OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102923.cfm
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Jesus is asked by the Pharisees and Herodians if he pays the tax to the Emperor of Rome. A coin stamped with Caesar's image is produced. Jesus then asks whose image appears on the the human person. God or the Evil Empire? A timely discussion for the chaos of today.
This podcast refers to a program aired on 10-18-23 on the Catholic University Vimeo channel entitled "Weird Religion" that can be found at https://vimeo.com/873835633. Highly recommended!
Readings for the 29th Sunday: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102223.cfm
Music "Alleluia" by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Sunday Oct 15, 2023
Marriage in the Catholic Faith is a sacrament that points towards and makes present the union of Christ and the Church. In this podcast, I talk about the meaning of the sacrament.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101523.cfm
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Chaos reigns! Israel invaded, Iran calls for a Islamic uprising, China more aggressive, Russia and Ukraine in stalemate. In Washington, the Speaker of the House is overthrown for no particular purpose - just devilment.
The Lord talks about a vineyard and firing the tenants who mismanage God's world. Jesus came to save us from something more that the world is not nice enough. Evil is having its day.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100823.cfm
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
Thursday Sep 28, 2023
St. Therese of Lisieux was a playwrite within her own convent. One of her last plays was, "The Triumph of Humility." The real drama was the role of humility in her own life. More on that in this episode of OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100123.cfm
Music "Alleluia" by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Jesus uses a vineyard as a metaphor to describe the New Jerusalem and eternity. St. Augustine said that, for the workers in the parable, they all received the same pay because eternity is incapable of being subdivided. So what is the eternal City of God?
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092423.cfm
Music: "Alleluia" by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Psychedelics and bellbottoms are back. Is God just a brain event or are we encountering the reality of God's presence in the the natural world. OVC says God is not a trip, good or bad, but eternal life.
"Wrath and anger are hateful things,
yet the sinner hugs them tight.
The vengeful will suffer the LORD's vengeance,
for he remembers their sins in detail.
Forgive your neighbor's injustice;" Sir. 27
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091723.cfm
Music "Alleluia" by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Friday Sep 08, 2023
In October, 2023 the final phase of the Synod on Synodality will occur in Rome. There is a lot of controversy surrounding it. The Gospel for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time is a very topical Gospel. The level of distrust that the German Synod has cause has inflamed what otherwise would appear to be an exercise in Church listening and communion. What separates conflict between friends and domination. The difference between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort this week on OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091023.cfm
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Last week Christ gave the keys of the kingdom to St. Peter and told him that the power of the netherworld would not conquer the Church. This week, Jesus says that he will, himself, conquer sin and death on the cross. Peter has objections. We might also. Why should we trust the Lord, this week on OVC.
Readings for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/090323.cfm
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Friday Aug 25, 2023
Ideology is an idea about how the human world operates. By its nature, it is directed towards this world. Communism, liberalism, nazism, conservative, progressive and liberal are all ideologies - some better, much better, that others. But the Catholic Faith is not an ideology - Catholics may have hopes for this world, they might even be arch ideologues - but the Faith entrusted to St. Peter promises triumph over death, not an increase in the GDP or a global order.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082723.cfm
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294