Conferences for Study and Prayer

The Mass as the Christian Sacrifice | 10:5

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the Mass as the Christian Sacrifice by first defining what "sacrifice" is and how it relates to the Catholic Church and salvation history.
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The Participation of the Faithful in the Eucharistic Liturgy | 10:6

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the participation of the faithful in the Eucharistic Liturgy .
The Second Vatican Council called for the promotion of the “active participation” of the faithful in the liturgy, in harmony with the entire liturgical tradition of the Church. However, there is not a little confusion about the essential nature of this participation that the Church seeks to promote in the faithful. Unfortunately, most people think of “active participation” only in terms of external signs and gestures. This is to miss the main idea, for our participation in the liturgy must be primarily internal and spiritual.
 
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Eucharistic Miracles - The Eucharist and the Sacred Heart | 10:7

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss various Eucharistic Miracles and how they relate to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Eucharistic miracles should never be necessary for the faith of Catholics, since the word of Christ, true God and true man, must be sufficient for us. However, it is beautiful to see how God condescends to work wonderful miracles to bolster the faith of Christians in this mystery of faith, so that our reverence for the Blessed Sacrament may increase and bear greater fruit, by seeing the wonders that God deigns to work visibly through the Sacrament of Love.
 
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The Scandal of the Cross | 11:1

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss how the scandal of the Cross is the greatest sign of the sanctity of Christianity. Christ Himself attests to this when He says that when lifted up from the earth (on the Cross), He would draw all men to Himself (Jn 12:32). Therefore, it is principally by means of the mute eloquence of the Cross that Christ draws souls to Himself in conversion; the crucifix is the greatest preacher of the doctrine of Christ.
 
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The Extent of Christ's Sufferings | 11:2

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss how the liturgy of Good Friday applies to Christ (as well as to Our Lady) the words of Lamentations: “See if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow” (Lam 1:12). And Isaiah 53:3 calls the Messiah a “man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.”
Did Christ suffer a compendium of all sufferings? St. Thomas responds that Christ suffered every type of suffering, and in the highest degree.
 
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The Necessity of the Passion of Christ | 11:3

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss how St. Thomas Aquinas, in his commentary on the Creed, explains that the Passion was necessary for two principal reasons: (a) to save man from sin and its consequences, and (b) to give him a perfect model of how to live in this valley of tears. The Passion is at once the expiatory sacrifice of our Redemption, and a mirror of perfect virtue for man to imitate. In this talk we shall examine the first aspect: the necessity of the Passion to redeem man from sin.
 
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Who Was Responsible for Christ's Passion? | 11:4

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss how all sinners are responsible for Christ's Passion.
St. Paul, in the First Letter to Timothy, 1:15, writes: “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.”
The Roman Catechism, published after the Council of Trent, teaches: The Church has never forgotten that “sinners were the authors and the ministers of all the sufferings that the divine Redeemer endured” (I, 11, 5). The Catechism of the Catholic Church adds: “Taking into account the fact that our sins affect Christ Himself, the Church does not hesitate to impute to Christians the gravest responsibility for the torments inflicted upon Jesus…” (CCC 598).
 
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On the Historical Veracity of the Gospels: The Catholic Tradition | 11:5

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the historical veracity of the Gospels.
Shortly before the release of Mel Gibson’s film, The Passion, the following commentary was published in a California newspaper: “While the primary source material of the film is attributed to the four gospels, these sacred books are not historical accounts of the historical events that they narrate. They are theological reflections upon the events that form the core of Christian faith and belief.” These words demand some commentary. Obviously, it is true that the Gospels are “theological reflections upon the events that form the core of Christian faith and belief.” However, they are also, and quite emphatically, “historical accounts of the historical events that they narrate.” This can be seen from two points of view: faith and historical reason (reason as applied to historical questions).
 
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In Defense of the Gospels | 11:6

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will give a defense of the Gospels. He will explain how the Gospels were written within living memory of the events narrated, present evidence of the earliest surviving manuscripts of the Gospels, and present several arguments of common sense for the veracity of the Gospel Accounts.
 
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The Shroud of Turin | 11:7

In this talk, Dr. Lawrence Feingold will discuss the Shroud of Turin. 
The Gospels record for us that there was a burial cloth that covered the body of Jesus Christ in the tomb. St. Matthew (27:59) tells us: “And Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud and laid it in his own new tomb.” St. Mark (15:46) likewise says: “And Joseph buying fine linen, and taking him down, wrapped him up in the fine linen, and laid him in a sepulcher which was hewed out of a rock.” St. John (19:40) says: “They took therefore the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.” He mentions that he saw this linen cloth again when he ran with Peter to the empty tomb on Easter Sunday: “He (Peter) saw the linen cloths lying, and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself” (Jn 20:6-8).
 
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