025: Why Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant

The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard

Matthew Leonard

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 831 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2015

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

I've made no bones about the fact that Mary was easily the most difficult issue I faced in becoming Catholic. This show is about the scriptural argument that got me over the hump. In the last two episodes (23 & 24), we dealt with the Immaculate Conception. This time, we're going to fill in some background on the Ark of the Covenant from the Old Testament, and then explore the stunning parallels laid out by the Gospel of Luke between that original Ark and the Virgin Mary. Like I said, the dots I'm about to connect are one major reason I fully embraced Church teaching on Our Lady. It's pretty powerful stuff. But as they say on infomercials...That's not all!" I'm also going to drop a really cool insight from Pope Benedict XVI about Mary's Visitation to Elizabeth that I recently heard at Mass. It literally made me "oooh" out loud. (Trust me when I say there are very few things I ever hear in the cry room that make me say "ooooh"...unless you're referring to every time a one-year-old licks the mirror on the door.) I pray the rest of your Advent is blessed and you have a very Merry Christmas! Matthew P.S. New Year's resolution! Pray more effectively! But don't wait for January 1st. Start now! Grab 8 Ways To Jumpstart Your Prayer Life! right now!

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0:00.0	This is the art of Catholic.
0:15.2	And Mary said to the angel, How can this be since I have no husband?
0:19.7	And the angel said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
0:26.2	Therefore the child to be born will be called Holy, the Son of God.
0:33.3	That's Luke 135, everybody.
0:36.3	I'm Matthew 47, just at a birthday.
0:41.0	And this is the Art of Catholic.
0:42.7	Welcome to the show. It is the final countdown. The Christmas
0:47.4	were in the last few days of Advent. I pray this Advent season has been going very well for you.
0:52.9	For those of you who are listening in the future, well just pretend it's Advent or Christmas or
0:58.6	something. I do want to say thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday on Facebook. It was a great
1:07.6	day. Spent it with my wife and five kids. We actually had to go get our Christmas tree
1:11.8	because we've all been so sick that we just didn't have the chance to do it. It was a hectic
1:18.1	day, but it was a great day. And yes, I have turned 47 years old. I cannot believe that I have gotten to that age.
1:26.6	And unless we get depressed, those of us young and old,
1:31.2	just remember this, every day is but one step closer to Jesus.
1:36.2	Every day.
1:37.7	And that's particularly true right now in the Advent season,
1:41.3	just because we're actually waiting for the Lord to come.
1:44.5	But that's true for our entire lives as well.
1:48.2	And this is probably the final art of Catholic podcast for 2015,
1:53.6	maybe the last one for a few weeks actually.
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