Ave Maria in the Afternoon – April 14, 2025 – Hour 1

Author: Bryant Schoenle Published on: April 14, 2025 Published in: Ave Maria in the Afternoon

What was Jesus doing on the Monday of Holy Week? Marcus looks to the Scriptures. We also talk with Jared Staudt about Elon Musk’s impossible dream, and Adam Wright shares how he is walking the Via Dolorosa with Christ as he prepares for brain surgery.

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Marcus’ Monologue: What was Jesus doing on Holy Monday?

We’ll spend each day this Holy Week with Jesus, remembering what He was doing as He prepared for Calvary. What was He doing on Holy Monday? Marcus discusses.

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Elon Musk’s Impossible Dream

Elon Musk is on a mission. Driven by the threat of human extinction, he has developed technologies that he hopes will solve our energy crisis and even take us to Mars. But his devotion to these pursuits reveals a deeper void, and without faith in God, we cannot have hope that all things work for the good in the end. Instead, we create with our own utopian hope. Jared Staudt joins us.

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Elon Musk and the Impossible

Jared Staudt is a teacher, writer and speaker committed to helping others enter into living the vibrant tradition of the Catholic culture. He serves as Associate Superintendent for Mission and Formation at the Archdiocese of Denver and Visiting Associate Professor at the Augustine Institute. He's the author of several books, most recently How the Eucharist can Save Civilization.

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Walking with Jesus into the Operating Room

Adam Wright is battling cancer and on Wednesday he will have an operation for a brain tumor. He joins us with reflections on facing this trial as Jesus prepares to walk the way of the Cross.