The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception – December 8, 2022

Bible Study: (4:19)

Gn 3:9-15, 20

  • Father shares his thoughts on the Immaculate Conception 

Eph 1:3-6, 11-12

  • What does it mean that God adopts us? 

Lk 1:26-38

  • What’s the difference between Mary and Zaccariah? 

Letters

  • (21:09) Can I do the Marian consecration for someone else? 
  • (22:11) If Adam had taken the apple out of Eve’s hand, would it have still been considered sin? 
  • (24:08) – David writes in about the prayer of St. Gertrude

Word of the Day: Papyrology (26:50)

Callers

  • (36:32) – The Presentation of Mary
  • (39:55) – How could I develop a love of the Liturgy of the Hours?
  • (41:46) – Was Philemon about the consecrated life? 
  • (43:35) – Could Mary have said ‘No’ to Gabriel?
  • (44:52) – How should I address people going to a funeral, when many of them are not Catholic?
  • (47:37)  – Are angels part of the mystical body of Christ, or is that just us?
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