What did Jesus really say about marriage and divorce? How has the church upheld such a difficult teaching?

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Music: "Invitatory and Night Hymn" by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers. Copyright GIA Publications.

Think the Ten Commandments is just a list of "don'ts?" Father Stephen and Alex dig into the "dos" behind the "don'ts" to show how the Ten Commandments truly is a holistic moral vision for human flourishing.

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Music "Alleluia Pascha Nostrum" and "Panis Angelicus" from More Sublime Chant by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers. Copyright GIA Publications.

If the whole Bible is about Jesus, then where do we find him in the Old Testament? What's the difference between exegesis (getting something out of a text) and "eisegesis" (reading something into the text). And what's the difference between interpreting the Bible and any other book?

Sometimes you want to be inspired by the words of Jesus but you just cannot figure what he's talking about! Alex asks Father Stephen about several difficult passages in the gospels and learns how to interpret them.

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Music: "Gloria in Excelsis" by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from Sublime Chant copyright GIA Publications.

Father Stephen and Alex talk about another Church Doctor, Basil the Great and what he did to clarify the teaching of Christ's nature, the Holy Spirit and also his work on the liturgy and monaticism.

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Music: Alma Redemptoris Mater by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from More Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications

Have you ever been tempted to sin? We're willing to bet you have. Father Stephen and Alex talk about temptation, how it is different from sin and God's purpose behind allowing us to be tempted.

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Music: Agnus Dei from Missa Simplex and Missa de Angelis from Sublime Chant by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers. Copyright GIA Publications

Cyprian of Carthage was a 3rd Century Bishop who lived as he wrote: dedicated entirely to the unity of the Church. Father Stephen introduces us to the life and writings of this beloved Father of the Church.

Music: O Benedicamus Domino by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers. Copyright GIA Publications.

A listener writes in with a very good question! Father Stephen responds in a special mini-episode.

Father Stephen focuses on the Pharisees in the gospels. Who were they, what was it about them that Jesus objected to, and what can we learn from them today?

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Music: "Agnus Dei" and "Ubi Caritas et Amor" by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from More Sublime Chant and Sublime Chant, respectively. Copyright GIA Publications.

We talk about another early Church Father, Irenaeus of Lyons, his life, writings and theology. His encounter with early gnosticism occasioned some of the Church's first dogmatic and apologetic writings.

You can read Book 3 of Irenaeus's "Against Heresies" here.

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Music: "Sanctus (Ambrosian)" and "Only Begotten Word of God Eternal" by Richard Proulx and the Cathedral Singers from More Sublime Chant. Copyright GIA Publications.