Open Line, Tuesday

Melchizedek, the King and Priest of Salem, The Jewish Passover, The Manna in the Desert and more on this Eucharistic Mailbag edition of Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes.

Today Fr Wade continues his series on understanding the Holy Spirit as well as takes your calls.

If the Gifts of the Holy Spirit are like virtues, then the Fruits of the Holy Spirit are the very “actions” that those virtues produce. Prompted by the Holy Spirit, through the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, we bear “fruit” in the form of moral action. Join us for more on Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes.

St. Ambrose reiterated the Gifts of the Holy Spirit first mentioned in Isaiah 11:1-3 in his famous work De Mysteriis. Join us for Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes.

Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit: The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit are found in the Book of Isaiah11:1-3, wherein the Biblical passage refers to the characteristics of a Messianic figure understood by Christians to be Jesus Christ empowered by the “Spirit of the Lord. Don't miss today's Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes.

“Virtue” is properly defined as “a habitual and firm disposition to do the

good.” Thus, virtue is based on and fostered by repetitious acts. Let's go into some Catholic routines and you'll be the judge in Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes.

The Bible presents a real, so-called “cast of characters” featuring flawed, unlikely, and ordinary individuals demonstrating that God can call anyone – regardless of their past, social status, or personal weaknesses – to carry out His plan of salvation. Join us on Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes.

All seven Sacraments, when looked at as a whole, show forth beautifully and collectively the entire rhythm and complete cycle of human life. Don't miss on today's Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes.

“Sacramental economy” is an expression that means the communication of (or the dispensation of) the fruits of Christ's Paschal Mystery through the celebration of the Sacred Liturgy, which itself is the celebration and administration of any of the seven Sacraments of the Church. More on today's Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes.

The so-called “Seven Last Words of Christ” refers to the last words (or, more literally, the seven last sentences or phrases) of Jesus Christ spoken from the Cross on Good Friday; these are recorded in the four Gospels of St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, and St. John. Join Fr. Wade Menezes on this Holy Open Line Tuesday!