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The Gospel According to Luke – Annunciation, Canticles and God’s Preparation
In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sends the mighty Archangel Gabriel to Mary, announcing that this "virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David," will conceive and bear a son, Jesus (LK 1:26-28). He specifically chooses this Holy Virgin for an absolutely amazing vocation: to be the mother of…
Read MoreThe Gospel According to Luke – John the Baptist
Starting at Luke 1:5, this session focuses on the man God destined to "prepare the way of the Lord," John the Baptist (Is 40:3). He is the long-awaited son of the Zechariah the priest of Abijah and the barren Elizabeth, an elderly couple who were "blameless before the Lord, following all this commandments and ordinances"…
Read MoreThe Gospel According to Luke – Introduction continued
Part 2 of the introduction to Luke. See last week’s (updated) show notes for a full description. Download MP3 (22:53; 15 MB)
Read MoreThe Gospel According to Luke – Introduction
Laying a firm foundation for the Gospel of Luke will allow for a much greater appreciation of this incredible book, which is written in the unique literary form of the gospels: not a biography of Jesus but more of a "snapshot" narration of specific events in his life. We refer to Luke as a synoptic…
Read MoreMen’s Breakfast – November 2007
When Todd Duncan, a 22 year-old cradle Catholic from Erie, PA, was growing up everyone thought him to be the model young parishioner who had a marked maturity in his faith. Todd thought so, too. Everything changed when he entered his first year at the Rochester Institute of Technology and realized that his Protestant friends…
Read MoreThe Conversion of Joseph Pearce
Joseph Pearce was born the son of a fierce anti-Catholic in the late 1960s. Hear the story of how God’s grace carried a young, uneducated "agnostic Protestant bigot" who was "racist to the core" into the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ, the Catholic Church. Now a professor of English Literature at Ave Maria University and…
Read MoreThe Conversion of St. Augustine
Dr. RJ Stansbury’s talk from the 2007 Chesterton Conference discusses the crucial role that monasticism played in the conversion of St. Augustine. Download MP3 (57:06; 26 MB)
Read MoreThe Conversion of St. Paul
On October 6th, 2007 the Rochester, NY Chesterton Society held their annual conference, entitled "Conversion of Heart". David Higbee opened the day with this talk on the conversion of St. Paul. Download MP3 (41:05; 18 MB)
Read MoreMalachi – Part 4 of 4
The final prophetic words of the Old Testament. Download MP3 (25:32; 8 MB)
Read MoreMalachi – Part 3 of 4
A Broader Condemnation Download MP3 (46:54; 16 MB)
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