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In this fifth session on the Luminous Mysteries, Kimberly walks us through the Fifth Mystery: The Institution of the Eucharist. Join her as she highlights the announcement of Christ's Kingship, the institution of Holy Orders, and the revelation of Christ's True Presence in the Eucharist. Additionally, Kimberly guides us through this mystery with personal testimony, insightful notes from the Catechism, and astonishing prefigurements mentioned in the Old Testament that are fulfilled in the New.

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Dr. Matthew Petrusek

Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show. I’m Matthew Petrusek, senior director of the Word on Fire Institute and the host of the Word on Fire Show. Thank you for joining us. The Old Testament is about three-quarters of the Bible. It is theologically and morally impossible for Christians to understand God’s relationship with the world, the nature and purpose of human beings, original sin, salvation history, the person of Jesus Christ, and the foundation of the Church without it. Indeed, as far back as the second century AD, the Church condemned the heresy of Marcionism, which sought to distinguish the God of the Old Testament from the God of the New Testament and to lop off the Old Testament from the biblical canon. There is and never has been, in short, Christianity without the Old Testament. Nevertheless, much of the text remains difficult for the faithful to understand and, even more so, to explain to others, especially to those who know nothing about it. To make matters more complicated, secular critics of the faith often try to use the Old Testament against it, arguing—like the Marcionites of the past—that belief in the Old Testament is both irrational and immoral. So how should Catholics respond? What are some strategies we can employ not only to make the Old Testament accessible but also evangelically compelling? Here to help us understand the Old Testament and its enduring evangelical power, especially in a highly secularized culture, is Bishop Robert Barron.

00:00 | Introduction
01:32 | Bishop Barron visits Washington
02:54 | How many Catholics read the Bible?
09:09 | The unity of theology, biblical exegesis, and scriptural interpretation
11:05 | The historical critical method and the Old Testament
12:58 | The influence of Joseph Ratzinger on Bishop Barron’s biblical approach
15:29 | The otherness of God
20:09 | Why God’s self-sufficiency matters for reading the Old Testament
22:30 | God as radically transcendent and personally involved
25:04 | God as father of all and of Israel, his chosen people
26:12 | Critique #1: The Old Testament God is violent
29:58 | Critique #2: The Old Testament God is a moody, jealous diva
32:31 | Critique #3: The Old Testament God is not the New Testament God
34:43 | Critique #4: The Old

Fr. Mike reveals how David exemplifies the virtues of reverence and faithfulness. David walks both as a man of faith and as a fallen son of God, but we continue to walk with him because we too are striving for a life with Christ. Today's readings are 1 Samuel 26 and Psalm 56.

For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear.

Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

Support The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

We continue our examination of the four marks of the Church with today’s mark: catholic. Fr. Mike explains that “catholic” means that the Church is universal in two senses. The first is that Christ is fully present in her, and so receives the fullness of the means of salvation. Second, it goes out to all peoples; everyone belongs. Today’s readings from the Catechism are paragraphs 830-838.

This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB.

For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/ciy

Please note: The Catechism of the Catholic Church contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

Join Dan Burke and Dr. Anthony Lilles as they continue discussing spiritual direction, what should be happening, how to find our your root sin, and how to progress in the spiritual life!

Resources:

• Remain in Me and I in Him Book Study - website
• Spiritual Warfare and Discernment of Spirits - video series
• Discernment of Spirits for Beginners - Dr. Mary Ruth Hackett & Dan Burke
• Into the Deep - video series
• Finding Peace in the Storm - Dan Burke
• Into the Deep – Dan Burke
• Spiritual Warfare and the Discernment of Spirits - Dan Burke
• The Contemplative Rosary - Dan Burke and Connie Rossini
• A Catholic Guide to Mindfulness - Susan Brinkmann OCDS
• SpiritualDirection.com/Events - website
• Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation
• EWTN Religious Catalogue – online