Together, these readings at the Holy Mass this Sunday address the most important mission of the memorial sacrifice; that is, to be a remedy for our chronic condition of sin, so that we might have peace in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Together, these readings at the Holy Mass on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother Mary remind us how Mary’s life is the example, par excellence, of who the liturgy prepares us to be in the world.

Together, these readings at the Holy Mass this Sunday sing of the most important thing to know about Catholic theology and also a central teaching of the liturgy of the memorial sacrifice; that is, our life in Christ is participatory, or as the author of 2 Peter wrote, those who escape the corruption of the world through Christ “participate in the divine nature,” or as Saint Augustine wrote in Sermo 169, “The God who created you without your cooperation, will not save you without your cooperation.”

In this installment of 'Talking Catholic', David talks about his journey in the 'Black Catholic' experience and begins his commentary series on how the Black Catholic Church in America has been undermined, betrayed, and left astray by the institutional Catholic Church for the past 500 years.

Together, these readings at the Holy Mass this Sunday point a central hope of the liturgy. That is, by calling and teaching us how to participate in the Divine nature, the liturgy forming us how to structure our engagement in the world. In this way, the liturgy is answering for us that ever vexing human deliberation and equation over how important should this or that earthly concern be to me, by pointing us to all that truly matters; that is, our life in Christ.

Together, these readings at the Holy Mass this Sunday point the whole matter of the liturgy itself. That is, His justice, which has been most wonderfully given to us in, with, and through the Holy Eucharist.

There is either a mistaken idea that the homily during the liturgy is not part of the proper role of the ordained Priest or Deacon, or there is a plot at work to continue the deconstruction of the liturgy. It could very well be both. I explain all of that in this episode of 'Talking Catholic'.

Together, these readings point to how the liturgy guides us along that path of preparing ourselves for Christ’s manifestation in, with, and through us.

Together, these readings point to something divinely awesome about the sacrifice of the Mass, that through the worthy reception of the Holy Eucharist and through our final dismissal blessing, we are, thereby, equipped and charged to give our neighbors in this world the mercy of Christ Jesus.

The Audio Book version of "The Divine Symphony: An Exordium to the Theology of the Catholic Mass"