RED-C Presents

The Deacon and the Doc continued to analyze Sacrosanctum Concillium. This episode covers the second part of the constitution, which explained how the other sacraments, the sacramentals, the divine office, sacred music, and sacred art are all part of the Church's liturgy, the public work it established and maintains for the salvation of souls.

The Deacon and the Doc discussed the first half of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concillium. It is primarily concerned with the Mass and lays down norms for its revision. However, the beginning of the text is beautiful meditation on the nature and purpose of liturgy.

This time the Deacon and the Doc spent a lot of time on the evangelical counsels and how those religious who live them out choose a radical devotion to Our Lord, as JP2 states above, and constitute a powerful witness for our eternal destiny. As Lumen Gentium §44 makes clear, a person, “by the profession of the evangelical counsels…is more intimately consecrated to divine service.” But these signs...

In this episode, the Deacon and the Doc focus on Chapters Four and Five of Lumen Gentium. Chapter Four puts the laity front and center. Far from merely praying, paying, and obeying, the laity (as in the ancient Church), “is at the same time a witness and a living instrument of the mission of the Church itself.” (LG §33) Furthermore, as living instruments they, along with the whole Church, are expe...

RED-C Catholic Radio live broadcast of the 2022 Diaconate Ordination for the Diocese of Austin on the Feast of St. Joseph, March 19th, from St. William's Parish in Round Rock, Texas.

In this episode, the Deacon and the Doc spend a good deal of time looking closely at Lumen Gentium §12. This section offers us a beautiful explanation of every Catholic’s participation in the common priesthood of Christ. That participation makes it possible for us to live lives of sacrifce. The Deacon explained in turn why we must offer our suffering and sins as sacrifices on the altar in the Mass...

Dcn. Mike Beauvais and Dr. Thaddeus Romansky reviewed class discussions about the opening address of Pope St. John XXIII to the Second Vatican Council and the first three chapters of Dei Verbum, the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation. Divine revelation is much more than the Bible. In fact, it is God who revealed Himself through his creation, salvation history, foremost through his son Jesu...

This is the second episode.

Introduction to the book study by RED-C Apostolate.