Ave Maria in the Afternoon – October 16, 2024 – Hour 1
We discuss the meaning of Grace to the Christian Life with Matthew McKenna and look at God’s covenant with Noah with Andre Villeneuve.
Marcus’ Monologue: Winning the West
A recent poll found that two-thirds of Americans believe the Founding Fathers would be disappointed in the United States today. This got Marcus thinking about our heritage in the West. We need a revival of the influences that have shaped Western thought. Marcus discusses.
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Martyrdom is Eucharistic
The Christian life is a life of grace. It draws us beyond the limits of our human nature and into the supernatural by sharing in God’s Trinitarian life. The only way for us to attain such a life is by God’s help, through His grace. On their own, our efforts are useless. We cannot overcome sin without God’s grace; we cannot achieve salvation without God’s grace. If grace is so critical, how do we get it? We talk with Matthew McKenna.
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Noah and the Birth of the Nations
God did not abandon man after the Fall, but promised him a future redemption. But humanity became so corrupt that God decided to destroy the world by means of a flood, preserving only Noah and his family in the ark. After the flood, God made a covenant with Noah, promising to never again wipe out the human race with a flood. He also gave seven basic commandments to Noah and to the new human family that would spring from him. The flood was a “decreation” of the world, and a “new creation” that prefigured the “new creation” of baptism. We unpack these themes with Andre Villeneuve.
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