{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-martin-sheen-podcast.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fonce-a-catholic-BxrL3LdA","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Once a Catholic","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5134725f-99f4-4fdb-989e-83722429d70d/82b7a63f-b066-4133-86f0-4560fc7ee4ef/cropped_1790967961447.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"As the old expression goes, “Once a Catholic, always a Catholic.” In this episode, Martin takes the listener back to when he was seven years old and preparing for his First Communion at Holy Trinity in Dayton, Ohio. Through the eyes of a child, he revisits that early encounter with the mystery of faith, as he and his classmates struggled to comprehend the wonderous and sometimes bewildering lessons of the catechism – from the astonishing idea of Jesus entering the tiny Communion wafer to the weighty question of what constituted a moral sin and how one might make a good confession.\nWhat emerges is an endearing and often humorous glimpse into Martin’s childhood and his first attempt to make sense of faith, morality, and an ever-changing world around him.\n The episode then closes with a brief poem by William Blake, whose words awaken a poignant sense of wonder at the beauty and mystery in the world.\n\nA complete list of the writers and poets from Episode 10 Once a Catholic\nThe story “Mystery” by Ramon Gerard AKA Martin Sheen is included in this podcast by granted copyright permission of the author.\nConsider This William Blake “To see a world in a grain of sand…”\n“Where the Mind is Without Fear” Rabindranath Tagore\n"}