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Episode 139: 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C

In today’s episode, we focus on details from each of the readings for this upcoming 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C. The first two details come from the first reading, which is taken from Genesis 18:1-10a. One detail pertains to discussions about the Incarnation of God and the other pertains to discussions about the use of phenomenological language, which helps us in discussions about things like the Eucharist and the nature of the afterlife for a departed soul. The detail from the second reading, which comes from Colossians 1:24-28 relates to the topic of indulgences, and even more specifically the application of satisfactory works to others. Finally, the detail from the Gospel reading, which is taken from Luke 10:38-42, isn’t necessarily a detail that’s related to an apologetical topic but it does provide us some spiritual counsel for doing apologetics.