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A series of Podcasts produced by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland. The Maine Catholic aims to build the Kingdom of God in Maine, sharing the wisdom of the church with all of her people in our diocese.
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Thou Shall Not Kill (Catechism Series Part 35) - Auspice Maria Ep. 65 (opens the original)
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"Thou shall not kill" seems like a simple commandment on the surface. However, the Catechism of the Catholic Church takes it much deeper than simply avoiding murder. Bishop Ruggieri discusses the depth within the fifth commandment in this episode. He touches on issues such as murder, violence, war, abortion, the death penalty and euthanasia. Catholic morality shuns all forms of violence; especially those that revoke the inviolable dignity of every human life. A full transcription can be found on
Honor Your Parents, Serve Your Children (Catechism Series Part 34) - Auspice Maria Ep. 64 (opens the original)
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Why should we listen to our parents? How does that relationship change over time? In this episode of Auspice Maria, Bishop James Ruggieri reflects on the Fourth Commandment: “Honor your father and your mother.” We learn love before we choose it. We are cared for before we can care. The family, he says, is the first school of love, the place where trust, gratitude, forgiveness, and sacrifice are learned. Bishop Ruggieri speaks to children still living that lesson, to grown children now caring for
The 2nd and 3rd Commandments (Catechism Series Part 33) - Auspice Maria Ep 63 (opens the original)
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Names are sacred; especially the name of the Lord. The Lord's Day, Sunday, is also sacred. Bishop Ruggieri opens up the Second and Third Commandments and shows how they shape something we rarely connect to faith: the way we speak and the way we rest. He explains why blasphemy cuts deeper than we think, why your name carries the weight of your dignity, and why Sunday was never meant to be just another day on the calendar. It's a call to reclaim reverence, in our words and in our time. A full tran
Worship Vs. Idolatry (Catechism Series Part 32) - Auspice Maria Ep 62 (opens the original)
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Every idol promises freedom and delivers slavery instead. Bishop James Ruggieri opens the Ten Commandments in this episode of Auspice Maria. The commandments begin only after God frees his people from Egypt, and that order matters. "God's first call and just demand is that man accept him and worship him," and unpacks why worship is not flattery but truth-telling about who we are. From there, the bishop names the quiet idols that crowd out God today. Power, money, reputation, even other people ca
Grace, Law, and the Human Community (Catechism Series Part 31) - Auspice Maria Ep. 61 (opens the original)
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Bishop James Ruggieri turns from the individual heart to the whole human family. Communion with God was never meant to stay private, he explains. It spills outward into justice, subsidiarity, and solidarity with the poor, shaping how we build families, workplaces, and neighborhoods. But good structures alone cannot save a society. Something deeper has to change first. That deeper change, Bishop Ruggieri explains, comes through grace, not willpower. Law shows us the good; only the Holy Spirit giv
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