Women are everywhere during Holy Week. For some reason, most of them are named Mary, and they're always present. They have a lot of feelings and there are a lot of emotions - but these women get. stuff. done. Salvation history wouldn't be the same without them. ​

To understand the theology of John the Beloved, we can sum it up this way: Suffering, better yet, our willingness to suffer, flows from love. Suffering further prepares the heart to receive wisdom. In John's case, he receives the Seat of Wisdom: Mary, the Mother of God. 

​Topics Discussed:​

• Saint John the Evangelist, 
• Saint John, Son of Mary, 
• Saint John, Apostle of Love

Resources We Mentioned:

• ​Saint Jerome's Commentary on Galatians,
• Who is the Rich Man That Shall Be Saved?
  

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In the creed during Mass, Catholics profess that Christ was "crucified under Pontius Pilate". Who was this man, and what can we learn from him this Lent? 

There's a man prophesied in the Old Testament.  ​​A man whose birth was announced by the angel Gabriel. He's a man born without sin, and proclaimed in all four of the Gospels. He took disciples and urged his followers to repent and believe. That's a pretty good description of Jesus - but we're actually going to be talking about a different man: John the Baptist. 

Topics Discussed:​

• The mysterious import of John the Baptist, 
• The Lenten message of John the Baptist, 
• The Lenten person of John the Baptist

Resources We Mentioned:

• John the Baptist and Protestant Baptisms
• John the Baptist, Christmas, and the Liturgical Year

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In Matthew 16, Christ says Peter is the rock. But only a few verses later, we'll see Peter become a stumbling stone for Christ Himself. What can we learn from this strong fisherman who overestimates his own strength? 

Topics Discussed:​

• Peter's own personal Jesus, 
• Relying on Christ's strength, not ours, 
• Was Peter the rock or a stumbling block? 

Resources We Mentioned:

• St. Peter: Rock or Stumbling-Stone?
• Peter as the Rock, 
• "The Four Loves" by C.S. Lewis, 
• "The Power of Silence" by Cardinal Sarah

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