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• 00:56 - I’m about to graduate from RCIA, but I have a problem with making a confession. I’m not able to comprehend all the necessities or omissions to make a comprehensive confession. I struggle with guilt because of this. What am I to do?

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To celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the Salt and Light podcast, we are graciously joined by the great Bishop Robert Barron! Chuck and Annie had the honor to skype with Bishop Barron to discuss a variety of topics related to evangelization as both a receiver and a preacher of the Good News, including statistics of the "nones", "allergies" towards definitive statements about God, why post-modern people are ill-equipped to conduct fruitful argumentsespecially about God, and what both clergy and laity can learn from the Acts of the Apostles to bring forth the enthusiastic and efficacious Gospel message. Finally, Bishop Barron shares his vision for Word on Fire!

To learn more about Bishop Barron and Word on Fire, visit www.wordonfire.org.

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While I am recovering I am reading more and more books.  One type of things I am reading is older Carmelite writers.  Today, I offer a reflection of one of his (Fr. Daniel of Virgin Mary) about the topic of vocal prayer.  It is a means of entering into a life of prayer, but we also need to be aware how it can limit our relationship with Jesus Christ.

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Two Guys … and a First Reading? The Two Guys do something this week that they’ve never done before. Mixing it up a little for Pentecost.

The institutional priesthood: “The priest’s office shall be theirs by perpetual statute. Thus you shall ordain them” (Ex. 29:9).

The lay priesthood: Ex 19:3-6, 3 And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel… 6 …you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.”

1 Peter 2:5-9, And like living stones be yourselves built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Numbers 16:1-11, the people rebel against the institutional priesthood, but they are actually rebelling against God Himself: “Therefore it is against the Lord that you and all your company have gathered together” (vs 11).

Romans 13:1-2, 1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.

Hebrews 3:1-6, Jesus is the new Moses, our new, eternal apostle and High Priest. Where there is a High Priest, there must be other priests.