Show Notes:
Marcus Grodi and his wife Marilyn were both “cradle Protestants.” Marcus received his BS degree from Case Institute of Technology in Polymer Engineering and worked for six years as an engineer. During this time he was involved in a variety of Protestant youth and music ministries. He then received his Master of Divinity Degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and was ordained to the Protestant pastoral ministry. During his more than fifteen years of youth, young adult, and pastoral ministry, his main emphasis was church and lay spiritual renewal. Marilyn, Marcus, and their two older sons, Jon Marc and Peter, were received into the Catholic Church on December 20, 1992. Their third son, Richard, entered through baptism.

Marcus now serves as the President / Executive Director of The Coming Home Network International, a non-profit Catholic lay apostolate aimed at helping our separated brethren, both clergy and laity, come home to the Catholic Church. He also hosts The Journey Home, a weekly live television program, and Deep In Scripture, a weekly live radio program, both on EWTN. He is the author of the novel How Firm a Foundation and the editor/author of Journeys Home. He has taught courses in Catechetics, Youth Ministry, and Leadership at Franciscan University of Steubenville and the Pontifical College Josephinum. He writes a regular article for The Catholic Answer magazine and has also written for other Catholic publications.

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Show Notes:
Marcus Grodi and his wife Marilyn were both “cradle Protestants.” Marcus received his BS degree from Case Institute of Technology in Polymer Engineering and worked for six years as an engineer. During this time he was involved in a variety of Protestant youth and music ministries. He then received his Master of Divinity Degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and was ordained to the Protestant pastoral ministry. During his more than fifteen years of youth, young adult, and pastoral ministry, his main emphasis was church and lay spiritual renewal. Marilyn, Marcus, and their two older sons, Jon Marc and Peter, were received into the Catholic Church on December 20, 1992. Their third son, Richard, entered through baptism.

Marcus now serves as the President / Executive Director of The Coming Home Network International, a non-profit Catholic lay apostolate aimed at helping our separated brethren, both clergy and laity, come home to the Catholic Church. He also hosts The Journey Home, a weekly live television program, and Deep In Scripture, a weekly live radio program, both on EWTN. He is the author of the novel How Firm a Foundation and the editor/author of Journeys Home. He has taught courses in Catechetics, Youth Ministry, and Leadership at Franciscan University of Steubenville and the Pontifical College Josephinum. He writes a regular article for The Catholic Answer magazine and has also written for other Catholic publications.

http://www.chnetwork.org

SQPN: http://www.sqpn.com

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We are on a Journey Home today… with Marcus Grodi from the Coming Home Network and EWTN. We talk about his conversion and his TV show The Journey Home.

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Show Notes:
Steve Ray is a convert to the Catholic Church and the author of three best-selling Ignatius Press books (Crossing the Tiber, Upon this Rock, and St. John’s Gospel). He speaks at conferences around the world and is a regular guest on Catholic Answers Live, The Journey Home and has appeared on many other radio and TV programs, including Fox News. He is writer, producer and host of the 10-part video/DVD series “The Footprints of God: the Story of Salvation from Abraham to Augustine” filmed entirely on location in the Holy Land and surrounding countries. Steve and his wife Janet and are certified guides to the Holy Land and lead pilgrimages throughout the Middle East and Rome. He owns Distinctive Maintenance with 500 employees in Michigan and is a member of Legatus. He lives in Michigan with his wife Janet. He has four children and six grandchildren.
http://www.catholicconvert.com

Adam the Catholic:
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Today we start our conversation with Steve Ray from the “Footprints of God” DVD series. Steve is a dynamic Catholic speaker who has a real gift for explaining the Catholic faith in very simple terms. Today Steve talks about his conversion, early Church writings, and his DVD series.

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Luke 1:

41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, 42 cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. 43 And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

Show Notes:
http://www.sqpn.com/?p=2557
The_Catholic_Hack_No35-Mother_Of_God.pdf
Resources:
http://www.pjpiisoe.org/pamphlets/075MaryTrueMotherOfGod.pdf
http://www.catholic.com/library/Mary_Mother_of_God.asp
Greek Resource: http://wesley.nnu.edu/gnt/

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Happy New Year! Today we talk about 2007, the great feeback we have received, Mary the Mother of God, and some BIG news for my family and I. Please send me your feedback and post a review for me on iTunes.

Mary truly is the Mother of God as Elizabeth says in Luke’s Gospel states as well as at the foot of the cross in John’s Gospel and Revelations 12. Check out the resource links above for more in depth information.

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