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This week’s guest is the delightful Mary Harrell, Catholic radio producer and co-host of the radio show Coffee & Donuts with John & Mary, heard on Mater Dei Radio out of Portland, Oregon and 20+ markets throughout the country.

She brings our first G.K. Chesterton quote to the show (and we hope it won’t be the last!). Mary came across these lines while interviewing Dale Ahlquist for his latest book on G.K. Chesteron, Knight of the Holy Ghost.

Published on October 23, 1909 in the Illustrated London News were these words: 

“Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable.”

Much of the conversation dealt with Confession, so we’re including links to a couple of examinations of conscience to prepare to receive the sacrament.

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Until next time, God bless you!

This episode is one of two that will be posted this week.  The Eucharist is the source and summit of our faith, and a Pew Research survey published a few months ago showed that a majority of Catholics saw it as symbolic.  This episode examines the scriptural evidence for the Catholic belief.  Please visit my website at tucsonapologetics.org for more articles on the Eucharist.

The 1st readings gives us some great lessons in the spiritual life.

To read this week's readings, go to: usccb.org

Catholic education entails a lot more than religion class and uniforms. In this episode we discuss Cardinal John Henry Newman’s thoughts on education.

Questions Covered:

14:31 - Our parish school has declining enrollment. What might Newman advise us?

30:30 - Do you think there are parallels between education moving toward utilitarianism and the people being more casual with worship?

32:25 - What did Newman think about training in classical languages?

36:34 - Did Newman write anything about conversion to Catholicism or about transgenderism?

42:45 - How can a believer at a university engage in conversation and friendship with a non-believer to encourage him to think about faith?

45:10 - How can we get our school curriculums more in line with Newman’s ideal?

47:15 - I teach catechists. What should I tell them their students absolutely must know before they go off to university?

50:02 - I’m a parent of a college student who is pursuing liberal education. But I’m also worried about his prospects of finding a job after graduating.

Resources Mentioned:

John Henry Newman, The Idea of a University

Modern man finds himself divided between work and play. But work doesn’t have to be a daily grind. And true leisure isn’t mere amusement or escapism. Michael Naughton, director of the Catholic Studies program at the University of St. Thomas, helps us to get work right.

Questions Covered:

28:56 - Is there any Catholic teaching about an economy of self-sufficiency rather than a jobs economy?

33:33 - What is a good balance between work and leisure and how do we develop that balance?

46:30 - I recently began working at an assisted living facility as an activity assistant. How can I help the residents live true leisure?

49:35 - Can you speak more about how we are made in the image of God and how that relates to our relationship to leisure?

Resources Mentioned:

Getting Work Right: Labor and Leisure in a Fragmented World 

The Vocation of the Business Leader

Category: Dealing with Anger Tag: anger, Bible reading, holy spirit, Old Testament

Why does God put us in families with crazy people? Turns out there’s a good reason! Although all of us have Jerry Springer moments, “the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God” (James 1:9). How do we deal with sibling anger properly so it doesn’t boil over to something even more dangerous and sinister?.Special note: Thank you for your patience as we worked through the logistics for being able to offer you the audio for the TV series; we are back on the regular every-Monday email schedule. If you have been largely clueless for the last month or more, please like the Sonja Corbitt Facebook page, where we keep you in the loop on the latest updates – including showtimes, online viewing, when the next email will arrive in your inbox, when the newest series will begin, what new books or study I’ve begin writing, etc.

A reflection on the Parable of the Prodigal Son.

Three characters dominate the parable of the Prodigal Son, sometimes called the Parable of the Loving Father. And we—you and I—at different points of our life, are all three.

Perhaps in our younger years, and definitely in our unrepentant phases of life, we can identify with the younger son…the humiliated sorrow and long journey home begging for mercy and forgiveness. And the experience of absolute love from another or from our heavenly Father, unconditional compassion and forgiveness.

But there are other times when we find ourselves, much to our sorrow, in the shoes of the elder son. To me, to be in this angry, narrow-minded, self-serving son’s shadow, even if only in the obsessing thoughts that pester me like flies, is worse.

John Ortberg states so accurately: “One of the hardest things in the world is to stop being the prodigal son without turning into the elder brother.”

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Christ is our healer.  Christ as our healer is the theme for this episode today. The foundation for this reflection comes from the Gospel reading we heard at the Mass this past weekend (28th Sunday in Ordinary time Year C).  We are all broken and in need of healing.  Fortunately, for us the hands of our king are healing hands.

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On this episode: The Bible Study Evangelista, Sonja Corbitt shares awesome insight about studying scripture. Plus, a sneak peek at the music of Ellen Wallenfang. Ellen will be leading worship at Arise, 2020. 

Brooke is back from retreat, VIP tickets are on sale, and much more! 

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