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The Interior Castle and us

Jesus travels to the land of the Gentiles to fulfill the words of the prophet Isaiah, "The foreigners who join themselves to the LORD,
ministering to him,
loving the name of the LORD,
and becoming his servants—
all who keep the sabbath free from profanation
and hold to my covenant,
them I will bring to my holy mountain
and make joyful in my house of prayer;
their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be acceptable on my altar,
for my house shall be called
a house of prayer for all peoples." Is. 56
The journey to God ... is it some far away place or is he already present within each of us?
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082023.cfm
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

Life Teen Podcast - Why teens get together? A Steubenville Experience.

Hundreds of teens, including our St. Mark LifeTeen group, had the opportunity to attend Steubenville back in July. Listen to our teens tell their story about how much they loved the weekend and how they've created long-time bonds with God and friends!

Why Did The Disciples Think Jesus Was Divine?

All the Gospels tells stories of Jesus doing what God does. This Sunday, Jesus is transfigured before the disciples. It is, however, not the only time where Jesus does what the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob does. This week on OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080623.cfm
"My Song is Love Unknown" by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

Wives, Money and Horses - The Wisdom Of Solomon?

Wisdom and the Kings of Israel? In Deuteronomy 17, God warns Israel about kings, wives, money and horses - read power, , money and war. Some old problems, same old results. Is there a different way? Think about God's kingdom and earthly politics this week on OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/073023.cfm
Music by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

The Scarlet Letter - The Wheat And The Weeds

Matthew 13 has Our Lord's parables about the kingdom of heaven being a sower sowing seed. In one story, weeds grow up among the weeds. Should they be destroyed? Jesus and the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne question the wisdom of bringing final judgment to Plymouth Colony and the world.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072323.cfm
Music by St. Mark Choir - "Adoramus te Christi" by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

The Furries And The Sower Of Seed

'Furry' is a term that describes that role play anthropomorphized animal character (fursona) with that serves as there identity and avatar within the community. What makes is so hard for people to hear the Gospel of the Crucified Christ? Well, look at all the ways people are disconnected from the reality of human existence by any number of difficult circumstances. This week on OVC - the sower of seeds and the Furries.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071623.cfm
Music: "I sing of love unknown" by St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting # A-726294

Self-Creation, the Gospel and Humility

Tara Isabella Burton's new book, "Self-Made: Creating Our Identities from Da Vinci to the Kardashians" explores the western concept of the self-made person. Hollywood celebrity culture and internet influencers are examined. Burton argues that people still believe in God, but have relocated the divine to within themselves. Christ offers a different perspective that has the advantage of being real and true. We bear his yoke or we are lost. Increasingly, Americans are wandering into chaos, but we don't have to. More on this week's OVC.
Readings for the 14th Sunday of OT: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070923.cfm
Music by St. Mark choir under license from One License annual license for podcasting.

Chaos, the Cross and Baptism

On the Second Day of Creation, God separated the waters by inserting a dome between them so that Creation of life and the human could take place. By Chapter seven of Genesis, God regrets this and opens the floodgates of chaos. When we are baptized we are baptized into Christ's death and called to support the work of the Church to hold back the waters of chaos. The 13th Sunday of Ordinary time this week on OVC.
Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070223.cfm
Music: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581 (Mozart) by Musicians from Marlboro is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

”The Women Come And Go Speaking Of Michelangelo” - T.S. Eliot

This week on OVC I speak about the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, human sin and the T.S. Eliot poem, "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/44212/the-love-song-of-j-alfred-prufrock
Readings for the 12th Sunday of Ordinary Time and the Solemn Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist:
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062523.cfm
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062423-Day.cfm
Music: William Byrd - Civitas Sancti Tui by The Tudor Consort is licensed under a Attribution 3.0 International License.
COMPOSER: William Byrd

Eating And Drinking Your Way To Heaven

Orvieto, Italy is the shrine to a Eucharistic miracle from 1263 - the relic is a bloody corporal. The Feast of Corpus Christi is rooted there as are various Eucharistic hymns composed by St. Thomas Aquinas. Why is the Eucharist the "source and summit" of faith, tune into OVC and hear about the miraculous, everyday, supernatural Eucharist.
Readings for Corpus Christi: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061123.cfm
Music by the St. Mark Choir pursuant to One License Annual License w/Podcasting, A-726294