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Ave Maria in the Afternoon – December 9, 2024 – Hour 2

We celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception with Steve Ray and Marcus reflects on how Fulton Sheen showed us that Life is worth Living. 

 

Christendom Lost and Found

Since the French Revolution in 1789, the West, formerly called “Christendom”, has chosen life without Christ. And ever since then, the West has produced much bad art and even more dead bodies—precisely because of this rejection. Fr. Robert McTeigue discussed this with Doug Keck on a new episode of EWTN Bookmark, and Doug joins us.

 

Doug Keck is the President and COO of EWTN

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Marcus’ Monologue: Fulton Sheen Showed me how “Life is Worth Living”

Yesterday was the anniversary of Marcus’ return to the Catholic Church and today is the anniversary of the death of Venerable Fulton J Sheen. Bishop Sheen had a tremendous influence on Marcus’ return to the Church, primarily through his book Life is Worth Living. Marcus shares the story.

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Immaculate Conception and Miraculous Births in the Bible

Today the Church celebrates the great Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. We discuss the history of the teaching, its Biblical basis, and its Old Testament parallels with Steve Ray.  

Steve Ray leads pilgrimages to the Holy Land, Rome and other sites. He converted to Catholicism in 1994 and is the author of "Genesis: A Bible Study Guide and Commentary," “Crossing the Tiber,” “Upon this Rock” and other books, including a brand-new study on the Book of Genesis. He’s the host and producer of the Footprints of God DVD series and has been to the Holy Land more than 200 times. He also writes bible studies for Catholic Scripture Study International Visit catholic-convert.com and footprintsofgodpilgrimages.com

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