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1. Nicholas Cavazos – The Traditional Thomist
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• US debt crosses $40 trillion threshold after doubling under Trump and Biden
• Tens of thousands in Indiana are still without power a week after deadly storms
• Springfield Bishop Calls the New Massachusetts Abortion Law ‘Morally Evil’

Saint of the Day:

• St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 5:13-19

In that time Jesus said to His disciples: You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men. You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house. So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled. He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

1. Dr. Anthony Stine – Return to Tradition
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• Miami Archbishop Tells Florida That Catholic Schools Will Keep Mandating Vaccines
• USS Benfold Loses Power for 4 Days in South China Sea
• Former Fauci Adviser David Morens Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy in FOIA Cover-Up Case

Saint of the Day:

• St. John Eudes

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 12:35-40

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, Let your loins be girt about and your lamps burning, and you yourselves like men waiting for their master’s return from the wedding; so that when he comes and knocks, they may straightway open to him. Blessed are those servants whom the master, on his return, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, he will gird himself, and will make them recline at table, and will come and serve them. And if he comes in the second watch, and if in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those servants! But of this be assured, that if the householder had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would certainly have watched, and not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because at an hour that you do not expect, the Son of Man is coming.

1. Jason Jones – Vulnerable People Project – Substack – Newsroom
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• Medjugorje Judged Diabolical by Six Voters on 2016 Vatican Committee
• Dutch bishop hits back at his auxiliary’s critique of synodality
• DNC Votes to Back Elimination of ICE Amid Party Divide Over Immigration Enforcement

Saint of the Day:

• St. Helena

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 19:23-30

Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.” When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “For men this is impossible, but for God all things are possible.”

Then Peter said to him in reply, “We have given up everything and followed you. What will there be for us?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you that you who have followed me, in the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory, will yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

1. Mike Koeniger – Former U.S. Coast Guard
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• Mary Kennedy gave a “Homily” at Mass after the Gospel in Knockshine
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• FBI Had Evidence Swalwell Got Illegal Donations From Suspected Chinese Spy
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Saint of the Day:

• St. Hyacinth

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 19:16-22

A young man approached Jesus and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” He answered him, “Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” He asked him, “Which ones?” And Jesus replied, “You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; honor your father and your mother; and you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

The young man said to him, “All of these I have observed. What do I still lack?” Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” When the young man heard this statement, he went away sad, for he had many possessions.

1. Dr. Anthony Stine – Return to Tradition
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The News:

• U.N. Experts Warn Nigeria Over Violence Against Christian Women and Girls
• An Australian Bishop Is Convicted — Thirteen Counts
• Bishop Paprocki and Catholic Physicians Sue Illinois Over New Assisted Suicide Law

Saint of the Day:

• St. Maximilian Kolbe

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 19:3-12

Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?” He said in reply, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate.”

They said to him, “Then why did Moses command that the man give the woman a bill of divorce and dismiss her?” He said to them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits adultery.”

His disciples said to him, “If that is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.” He answered, “Not all can accept this word, but only those to whom that is granted. Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it.”

1. Nicholas Cavazos – The Traditional Thomist
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2. Michael Hicborn – Lepanto Institute
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• Cardinal Zuppi Calls an Agnostic Singer’s Doubt About God a ‘Confession of Faith’
• Texas Court Rules Baby With Heart Defect Born to Surrogate Must Receive Treatment
• CatholicVote President Asks Massachusetts Bishops to Declare Gov. Healey Excommunicated

Saint of the Day:

• St. Jan Berchmans

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 8:21-19:1

Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. That is why the Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the accounting, a debtor was brought before him who owed him a huge amount. Since he had no way of paying it back, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, his children, and all his property, in payment of the debt. At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full.’ Moved with compassion the master of that servant let him go and forgave him the loan.

“When that servant had left, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a much smaller amount. He seized him and started to choke him, demanding, ‘Pay back what you owe.’ Falling to his knees, his fellow servant begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.’ But he refused. Instead, he had the fellow servant put in prison until he paid back the debt. Now when his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were deeply disturbed, and went to their master and reported the whole affair. His master summoned him and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to. Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant, as I had pity on you?’ Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers until he should pay back the whole debt. So will my heavenly Father do to you, unless each of you forgives his brother from his heart.”

When Jesus finished these words, he left Galilee and went to the district of Judea across the Jordan.