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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – December 11, 2024 – Hour 2

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer weighs in on Louisiana’s decision to display the 10 Commandments in Public schools and John Bergsma discusses the Biblical roots of the Jubilee.

 

Louisiana displays the Ten Commandments in classrooms

Louisiana governor Jeff Landry has signed into law a mandate that public schools hang a poster in every classroom with the text of the Commandments, plus three paragraphs that explain their prominence in the history of American education. Andrea Picciotti-Bayer has more.

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Louisiana Is Right about the Ten Commandments

 

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is a legal analyst for EWTN News. She also directs the Conscience Project. Follow her on Twitter @bayerpicciotti and visit conscience-project.org.

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Marcus’s Monologue: The Restless heart

Today’s Gospel is short and sweet – Jesus calls upon all who labor and are burdened and says He will give them rest. But we also know that a life of following Jesus and rejecting the ways of the world can be demanding and even heartbreaking. Marcus discusses.

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The Biblical Roots of the Jubilee

Jubilee means joy—a joy that’s not fleeting, a joy that lasts. In biblical times, a jubilee was a time to rejoice. And this is still the case when the Church announces a jubilee. With the great Jubilee Year of 2025 set to begin on December 24, we talk with John Bergsma.

Dr. John Bergsma is Vice President for Biblical Theology and Mission Effectiveness at the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology and Professor of Theology at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he has taught Scripture since 2004. He is the author of many books, most recently Jesus and the Jubilee: The Biblical Roots of the Year of God’s Favor.

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