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Kresta in the Afternoon – July 20, 2023 – Hour 1

Guest Host Marcus Peter discusses Unity in the Eucharist with Owen Vyner, and Peggy Stanton looks to the separation of the Wheat and Tares in this Sunday’s Gospel. 

 

Bishop Álvarez’s Silent Suffering Speaks Volumes

Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, has unleashed the Catholic Church’s strongest form of diplomacy: the steadfast concern of a bishop for his people, even when his very life is at stake. He refuses to abandon his spiritual sons and daughters in Nicaragua, and he is in jail because of it. We talk more with Andrea Picciotti-Bayer.

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Nicaraguan Bishop Álvarez’s Silent Suffering Speaks Volumes

Bishop Alvarez sent back to prison after talks with Nicaraguan dictatorship break down

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.

That They May Be One: The Eucharistic Revival

St. Paul testifies to the relationship between the Eucharist and the Church in his letter to the Corinthians: “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.” We talk more about the Unity of the Eucharist with Owen Vyner.

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“That They May Be One”: A Sacramental-Ecclesial Approach to Eucharistic Revival

Dr. Owen Vyner is Associate Professor of Theology and Chair of the Theology Department at Christendom College.

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like…”

Jesus uses several examples in this weekend’s Gospel to illustrate the meaning of the Kingdom of Heaven, including the separation of the wheat and the weeds. We talk about its meaning with Peggy Stanton.

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Peggy’s notes for this Gospel 

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Peggy Stanton is the author of From the White House to the White Cross. She's a Dame of the Order of Malta. She was ABC News’ first female Washington correspondent. She has hosted many programs on Ave Maria Radio including the Malta Minute with the Catechism. Her first book was The Daniel Dilemma: The Moral Man in the Public Arena.
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