Deacon Victor Valenzuela is assigned to St. Mary Church in Fullerton. He is married, with two adult children. He is a licensed social worker who is retired from 31 years of employment at Kaiser Permanente. He is a former seminarian who has worked in a variety of ministries. His wife is Diane. Today, Deacon Victor continues his conversation with Dr. Marc Lariviere.

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Gil Alderete of Catholic Men's Fellowship (CMF) serves as host of Men of Faith; his guest today is Manuel Campos.

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Deacon Tony Mercado, a permanent deacon with the Diocese of Orange in California, offers a reflection on suffering with Jesus. In today's episode, Deacon Mercado shares about the experience of visiting a sick child in the hospital.

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Peter Herbeck is the Vice President and Director of Missions for Renewal Ministries. Peter oversees the work of lay mission teams throughout the world who work to equip Catholic lay people, bishops, priests, and religious to respond to Blessed Pope John Paul II’s call for a new evangelization. He has traveled extensively in the U.S., Canada, Africa, and Eastern Europe for the past thirty years, assisting and training local churches in proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ and ministering through the exercise of spiritual gifts. In this episode, Peter shares some reflections on the Book of Romans.

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Deacon Steve Greco is a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Orange. He is founder of Spirit Filled Hearts Ministry, and host of Empowered by the Spirit. In this episode from 2016, Deacon Steve talks with evangelist and singer Renee Bondi.

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Catholic Church Catechism

Article 9 The Ninth Commandment

THE NINTH COMMANDMENT

You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's.298 Every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.299

2514 St. John distinguishes three kinds of covetousness or concupiscence: lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life.300 In the Catholic catechetical tradition, the ninth commandment forbids carnal concupiscence; the tenth forbids coveting another's goods.

2515 Etymologically, "concupiscence" can refer to any intense form of human desire. Christian theology has given it a particular meaning: the movement of the sensitive appetite contrary to the operation of the human reason. the apostle St. Paul identifies it with the rebellion of the "flesh" against the "spirit."301 Concupiscence stems from the disobedience of the first sin. It unsettles man's moral faculties and, without being in itself an offense, inclines man to commit sins.302

2516 Because man is a composite being, spirit and body, there already exists a certain tension in him; a certain struggle of tendencies between "spirit" and "flesh" develops. But in fact this struggle belongs to the heritage of sin. It is a consequence of sin and at the same time a confirmation of it. It is part of the daily experience of the spiritual battle:

For the Apostle it is not a matter of despising and condemning the body which with the spiritual soul constitutes man's nature and personal subjectivity. Rather, he is concerned with the morally good or bad works, or better, the permanent dispositions - virtues and vices - which are the fruit of submission (in the first case) or of resistance (in the second case) to the saving action of the Holy Spirit. For this reason the Apostle writes: "If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit."303

The ninth commandment in the Catholic Bible is "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor's". The scripture for this commandment is Exodus 20:17 and Deuteronomy 5:21.

Here are some related Bible passages and Catholic teachings about the ninth commandment:

• The sixth commandment
• The sixth commandment is "Thou shalt not commit adultery". The ninth commandment is related to the sixth commandment because both address the proper propagation of life.
• Lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life
• St. John distinguishes three kinds of covetousness: lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and pride of life.
• The tension between the “flesh” and the “spirit”
• The ninth commandment addresses the tension between the “flesh” and the “spirit”.
• Purity of heart and temperance
• Purity of heart and temperance are crucial to overcoming lust of the flesh.
• The good of community
• Coveting is related to the good of community.
• The Hebrew word for coveting
• The Hebrew word for coveting suggests not simply desire but desire that leads to action.

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Peter Herbeck is the Vice President and Director of Missions for Renewal Ministries. Peter oversees the work of lay mission teams throughout the world who work to equip Catholic lay people, bishops, priests, and religious to respond to Blessed Pope John Paul II’s call for a new evangelization. He has traveled extensively in the U.S., Canada, Africa, and Eastern Europe for the past thirty years, assisting and training local churches in proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ and ministering through the exercise of spiritual gifts. In this episode, Peter shares his thoughts on readings from the Book of Romans.

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Gil Alderete of Catholic Men's Fellowship (CMF) serves as host of Men of Faith; he continues his conversation with Deacon Stephan Gagnier.

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