Segment 1: The Saddest Verse in Scripture?
Today’s Responsorial Psalm features one of the saddest verses in Scripture: “You have forgotten God who gave you birth.” Moses admonishes the people who, despite receiving every divine blessing, have drifted away from God. It’s too easy for us to fall into the same trap. Marcus has more.
Segment 2: Military chaplain candidates denied financial aid due to their religious beliefs
Officials in Virginia have denied financial aid to three chaplain candidates at Liberty University because the plaintiffs hoped to pursue the religious education needed to become military chaplains. Charles Russo has the details.
Segment 3: How the Assumption Changed Civilization
There are some feasts and teachings in the Catholic repertoire that actually have had complete global civilizational impact, including the Feast of the Assumption. Marcus reflects on how this teaching has changed civilization.
Segment 4: The Assumption: A Feast of Doctrinal Development
In the last two centuries, there are three examples of the Church Developing her doctrine: the definition of the Immaculate Conception in 1854, the First Vatican Council’s clarification of Papal infallibility in 1870, and Pius XII’s definition of the Assumption in 1950. Saturday’s Feast may be viewed not simply as teaching a truth, that Mary was assumed body and soul into heaven, but also as exemplifying a truth about what development amounts to.
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