{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fon-mission.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Funderstanding-the-church-as-mother-p8AoezGx","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Understanding the Church as Mother","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/c099bc30-9943-46b4-b320-ad7835d55723/c2131095-5c08-4c29-b0b0-3df5b35d196b/on-mission-3-5-01.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/d70b91bb-d942-43fb-80b8-ed71407273ee\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Understanding the Church as Mother\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Many saints in the history of the Church have referred to the Church as mother, calling it, for example, Holy Mother Church. In this episode of On Mission, Chris Pierno, Sarah Scalfaro, and Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C. discuss why many refer to the Church and in what ways the Church acts like a mother to all the faithful. Further, they discuss how the Virgin Mary is Mother of the Church and how she fulfills that role."}