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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – December 30, 2024 – Hour 1

We continue our 2024 Year in Review by remembering the Catholic faith of James Earl Jones with Steven Greydanus, and Marcus reflects on why he still calls his wife his bride.

 

Marcus’ Monologue: Why I Still Call my Wife my Bride

You may have noticed that Marcus always refers to his wife Stephanie as his “bride,” even though they’ve been married for several years and are now raising a family together. Why? The reason is more than semantics and is deeply rooted in Scripture and the relationship between Christ and his Church. Marcus explains more.

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Remembering James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones’ booming voice is arguably the most recognizable in Hollywood. He provided a menacing air to one of film’s great villains, and a sense of grace and authority to Mufasa, father of the lion king. And he was also a Catholic. Steven Greydanus has more.

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Steven’s website 

Steven’s substack blog 

Steven D. Greydanus is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle, a permanent deacon in the Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, and the founder of DecentFilms.com. He has degrees in media arts and religious studies. He and his wife Suzanne have seven children. Visit decentfilms.com

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Illegitimate Attacks on the Court’s Legitimacy

Journalists and professors have formed an ululating chorus mourning the loss of the Supreme Court’s legitimacy. Their laments often include suggestions about how that legitimacy might be regained. However, they conspicuously neglect to mention that the greatest threat to the Court comes not from within but from the baseless assaults that many of their colleagues have launched. We talk about it with John McGinnis.

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Illegitimate Attacks on the Court’s Legitimacy

John O. McGinnis is the George C. Dix Professor in Constitutional Law at Northwestern University and a Contributing Editor at Law & Liberty. His book Accelerating Democracy was published by Princeton University Press in 2012. McGinnis is also the coauthor with Mike Rappaport of Originalism and the Good Constitution published by Harvard University Press in 2013 . He is a graduate of Harvard College, Balliol College, Oxford, and Harvard Law School. He has published in leading law reviews, including the Harvard, Chicago, and Stanford Law Reviews and the Yale Law Journal, and in journals of opinion, including National Affairs and National Review.

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