Happy feast of Sts. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell discuss the importance of these three close friends of Jesus in the Gospel narratives. Guests include Gary Zimak on God’s faithfulness to Elijah, Mike Aquilina on the Marcionite heresy in modern scholarship, and Matthew Becklo on fasting and feasting in the Christian life. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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Collect prayer for the feast of Sts. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus

O God, whose Son
called Lazarus back to life from the grave
and was pleased to be a guest in the home of Martha,
grant us, we pray,
that, faithfully serving him in our brothers and sisters,
we, with Mary, may be found worthy to be nourished
by the contemplation of his word.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.

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Roxanne Salonen, co-author of Finding Flannery

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