Episode Details

In this episode, I begin and end with a prayer to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, noting the July 7–15 novena, and then lead our Bible study through the Second Epistle of Saint John. We reflect on St. John’s exhortation to walk in truth, remain in charity, and guard the faith against false teachers. I also connect 2 John to Christ’s commandment of love in the Gospel of John, especially the call to love one another as He has loved us.

I then turn to St. Peter Canisius’s large catechism and meditate on the final article of the Creed, life everlasting, drawing on Scripture from Corinthians, John, Matthew, Romans, Titus, Timothy, Peter, and the Apocalypse to show the Christian hope of eternal life and final reward. To close, I read a moving account from Jacobus de Voragine’s Golden Legend on Saint Felicity and her seven sons, whose feast is approaching, as a witness of perseverance, courage, and steadfast love for Christ.

• Council of Catholic Men: Catechism and Bible Study of the Catholic Church (Apple Podcasts): https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/council-of-catholic-men-catechism-and-bible/id1896641707
• Douay-Rheims Bible Online: https://drbo.org/
• Saint Peter Canisius (Vatican, General Audience of February 9, 2011): https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2011/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20110209.html
• Victories of the Martyrs by St. Alphonsus Liguori (Open Library): https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25789148M/Victories_of_the_martyrs
• The Golden Legend / Legenda Aurea by Jacobus de Voragine (New Advent): https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08262b.htm
• Saint Felicitas and Her Seven Sons (New Advent): https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06028a.htm
• Our Lady of Mount Carmel Novena / Solemnity Resource (Carmelite Sisters): https://www.carmelitesisters.com/carmelite-events/solemnity-of-our-lady-of-mount-carmel