Summary of today’s show: Chuck Hall has had a long journey through just about every Christian denomination until finally landing in the Catholic Church, where he is not preparing for ordination as a deacon. Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O’Connell listen to Chuck tell his tale, from hippy to evangelical Christian to Catholic in 2008, [...]
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Today’s first reading from 1 Corinthians 15 contains one of the first “creeds” of the early Church. As Saint Paul writes,
“For I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received:
that Christ died for our sins
in accordance with the Scriptures;
that he was buried;
that he was raised on the third day
in accordance with [...]
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The feast of Divine Mercy, as recorded in the diary of Saint Faustina, receives from Jesus himself the promise that the soul that goes to Sacramental Confession (the confession may take place some days before), and receive Holy Eucharistic on that day,…
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Today’s Gospel reminds us of the incredible power of Jesus the exorcist. He casts out a “legion” of demons from the Gerasene demoniac. There have been many modern scholars who wish to rebrand the New Testament cases of demonic possession as merely misdiagnosed mental illness. The thinking is that the ancients had no concept of [...]
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Saint Basil the Great and Saint Gregory of Nazianzen, Bishops, Fathers of the Church and Doctors of the Church
FIRST READING: 1 John 2: 22 – 28 22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the …
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The Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord, Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
FIRST READING: Numbers 6: 22 – 2722 The LORD said to Moses, 23 “Say to Aaron and his sons, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, …
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FIRST READING: 1 John 2: 18 – 21 18 Children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come; therefore we know that it is the last hour.19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for i…
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Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
FIRST READING: Sirach 3: 2 – 7, 12 – 14 2 For the Lord honored the father above the children, and he confirmed the right of the mother over her sons.3 Whoever honors his father atones for sins,4 and w…
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Optional Memorial Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr
FIRST READING: 1 John 2: 3 – 11 3 And by this we may be sure that we know him, if we keep his commandments.4 He who says “I know him” but disobeys his commandments is a liar, and the truth is no…
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“The Massacre of the Innocents” by James Tissot
Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs
FIRST READING: 1 John 1: 5 — 2: 2 5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.6 If we say…
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Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
FIRST READING: 1 John 1: 1 – 4 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life –…
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Feast of Saint Stephen, First Martyr (Protomartyr)
FIRST READING: Acts 6: 8 – 10; 7: 54 – 59 8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it…
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Vigil MassSolemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
FIRST READING: Isaiah 62: 1 – 5 1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her vindication goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burn…
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FIRST READING: 2 Samuel 7: 1 – 5, 8 – 12, 14, 16 1 Now when the king dwelt in his house, and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies round about,2 the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God…
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FIRST READING: Malachi 3: 1 – 4, 23 – 24 1 “Behold, I send my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the LORD …
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