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Guests:

1. Gavin Pepper – Candidate for Finglas & Ballymun, Ireland – Twitter
   • The Phantom Menace of the Irish ‘Far Right’
   • The Rage Behind the Dublin Riots
   • Conor McGregor Being Investigated For ‘Online Hate Speech’ For Comments on Mass Migration
   • You’ll never guess the most popular boy name in Galway in 2022

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• Rome sets red lines for talks with German bishops
• Bishop Barron in ‘frank disagreement’ with Synod on Synodality’s report on ‘development of moral teaching’
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The News:

• 4-year-old American hostage released by Hamas, Biden says
• Pope Francis says he has lung inflammation but will go to Dubai this week for climate conference
• NY retailers lost $4.4 billion due to organized shoplifting rings in 2022
• FORMER COP IN FLOYD CASE STABBED IN PRISON
• BISHOP of CT says … MOVE CATHOLIC HEADQUARTERS OUT OF ROME
• Conor McGregor Being Investigated For ‘Online Hate Speech’ For Comments on Mass Migration

Saint of the Day:

• St. James Intercisus – Martyr (d. 421) – “St. James the Mutilated” – Persian nobleman

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 21:1-4

When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins. He said, “I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.”

Guests:

1. Brent Haynes – Attorney, Political Analyst, Catholic Freedom Fighter
   • The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They Imbue
   • The first Thanksgiving? That actually took place in Florida
2. Bishop Athanasius Schneider – Astana, Kazakhstan – Website
   • Credo – Compendium of the Catholic Faith

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The News:

• Israeli Government Approves Cease Fie Deal: 4-Day Pause for 50 Hostages
• Indiana had no abortions in August after pro-life law took effect
• Church Militant Board of Directors asked MICHAEL VORIS resign!
• U.S. Army Sends Letter To Soldiers Fired Under COVID Vaccine Mandate
• Dutch ‘anti-globalist’ politician viciously attacked 2 days before election
• BISHOP BARRON PUSHES BACK ON SYNOD SUMMARY DOCUMENT

Saint of the Day:

• St. Cecilia – Virgin & Martyr (d. 3rd century) – patroness of Christian music and musicians – named in the Roman Canon

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 19:11-28

While people were listening to Jesus speak, he proceeded to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the Kingdom of God would appear there immediately. So he said, “A nobleman went off to a distant country to obtain the kingship for himself and then to return. He called ten of his servants and gave them ten gold coins and told them, ‘Engage in trade with these until I return.’ His fellow citizens, however, despised him and sent a delegation after him to announce, ‘We do not want this man to be our king.’ But when he returned after obtaining the kingship, he had the servants called, to whom he had given the money, to learn what they had gained by trading. The first came forward and said, ‘Sir, your gold coin has earned ten additional ones.’ He replied, ‘Well done, good servant! You have been faithful in this very small matter; take charge of ten cities.’ Then the second came and reported, ‘Your gold coin, sir, has earned five more.’ And to this servant too he said, ‘You, take charge of five cities.’ Then the other servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your gold coin; I kept it stored away in a handkerchief, for I was afraid of you, because you are a demanding man; you take up what you did not lay down and you harvest what you did not plant.’ He said to him, ‘With your own words I shall condemn you, you wicked servant. You knew I was a demanding man, taking up what I did not lay down and harvesting what I did not plant; why did you not put my money in a bank? Then on my return I would have collected it with interest.’ And to those standing by he said, ‘Take the gold coin from him and give it to the servant who has ten.’ But they said to him, ‘Sir, he has ten gold coins.’ He replied, ‘I tell you, to everyone who has, more will be given, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. Now as for those enemies of mine who did not want me as their king, bring them here and slay them before me.’”
After he had said this, he proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem.

Guests:

1. Sheryl Collmer – Crisis Magazine
   • The Protestant Mary Isn’t the True Mary
2. Kevin Wells – Website – Crisis Magazine
   • Silence in the Face of the Homosexual Infestation of the Clergy

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The News:

• Iraqi leader meets Pope after court rejects cardinal’s lawsuit
• UK Govt Compiled ‘Secret Files’ on Social Media Activity of Critics to Create Event Blacklist
• ADMIN MOVES TO FORCE FOSTER FAMILIES TO ACCEPT GENDER IDEOLOGY
• Biden’s Pentagon Slated To Spend Nearly $270 Million On Diversity Agenda’
• Across US, Catholic groups often behind LGBTQ book banning efforts’
• Pope Francis intervenes in German Synodal Way, expresses ‘concerns’ about threats to Church unity

Saint of the Day:

• Pope St. Gelasius I – Pope & Confessor (d. 496)

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 19:1-10

At that time Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.” And he came down quickly and received him with joy. When they saw this, they began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner.” But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.”

Guests:

1. Shaun McAfee – epicpew.com
   • Compendium of Sacramentals: Encyclopedia of the Church’s Blessings, Signs, and Devotions (TAN Books)
2. Mike Koeniger

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The News:

• Pope Francis meets with Trans-Women
• ‘Anti-Christian Hate Crimes’ in Europe up 44% in Past Year
• Milei wins Argentina election with 56 percent
• Arizona street preacher fighting for his life after being shot in the head
• Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Passes Away at Age 96
• Rep. JORDAN SUBPOENAS BANK OF AMERICA OVER JAN 6 ATTENDEES

Saint of the Day:

• St. Felix of Valois – Confessor (d. 1212) – co-founder of the Trinitarians (Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives)

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 18:35-43

As Jesus approached Jericho 
a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging, 
and hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what was happening. 
They told him, 
“Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” 
He shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!” 
The people walking in front rebuked him, 
telling him to be silent, 
but he kept calling out all the more, 
“Son of David, have pity on me!” 
Then Jesus stopped and ordered that he be brought to him; 
and when he came near, Jesus asked him, 
“What do you want me to do for you?” 
He replied, “Lord, please let me see.” 
Jesus told him, “Have sight; your faith has saved you.” 
He immediately received his sight 
and followed him, giving glory to God. 
When they saw this, all the people gave praise to God.

Guests:

1. Michael Hichborn – Lepanto Institute
   • Lepanto Institute’s Message Just Sent to all U.S. Bishops
2. Dr. Anthony Stine – Return To Tradition YouTube – Website
   • This List Of Bishops And Cardinals UNJUSTLY FIRED By Francis Is Shocking
   • [Italian] All the bishops (and the monsignors) purged by Pope Francis

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The News:

• Paul Pelosi attacker found guilty of federal kidnapping, assault charges
• USCCB Overwhelmingly Supports Naming John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church
• Growing Calls to Ban TikTok After Osama Bin Laden Letter to America Goes Viral
• Bishop Strickland says US nuncio told him not to attend USCCB annual meeting
• George Santos Says He Won’t Seek Re-Election After Scathing Ethics Report
• FBI PROBES SATANIC PEDOPHILES
• After-School Satan Club Targets Rural Connecticut School With Christian ‘Good News’ Club

Saint of the Day:

• St. Gregory the Wonderworker – Bishop & Confessor (d. ca. 270) – patron of hopeless causes and against floods and earthquakes

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 17:26-37 | Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Hungary

Jesus said to his disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Similarly, as it was in the days of Lot: they were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; on the day when Lot left Sodom, fire and brimstone rained from the sky to destroy them all. So it will be on the day the Son of Man is revealed. On that day, someone who is on the housetop and whose belongings are in the house must not go down to get them, and likewise one in the field must not return to what was left behind. Remember the wife of Lot. Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses it will save it. I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken, the other left. And there will be two women grinding meal together; one will be taken, the other left.” They said to him in reply, “Where, Lord?”
He said to them, “Where the body is, there also the vultures will gather.”

Guests:

1. Brent Haynes – Attorney, Political Analyst, Catholic Freedom Fighter
   • GOP senator stands up and challenges Teamsters head to a fight
   • GOP rifts boil over in exchange between Reps. McCarthy and Burchett
2. Fr. Gerald Murray – Holy Family Catholic Church, New York, NY
   • Bishop Joseph Strickland Responds! The Last Interview before Pope Francis removed him
   • The World Over with Raymond Arroyo

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The News:

• Secret Service Found DNA from White House Cocaine Baggie
• Bishops vote to keep abortion as ‘our preeminent priority’
• Biden Border Crisis Costs Taxpayers $451 Billion a Year
• Privately owned firearms surpass 500 million in US after third-highest October for gun sales on record
• Leaked NSA Doc Reveals Massive Glossary Pushing Critical Race Theory and Gender Ideology At Intel Agency
• Women will Baptise in Roman Catholic Churches

Saint of the Day:

• St. Gertrude the Great – Virgin (d. 1302) – early promoter of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 17:20-25

Asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, Jesus said in reply, “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.”
Then he said to his disciples, “The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. There will be those who will say to you, ‘Look, there he is,’ or ‘Look, here he is.’ Do not go off, do not run in pursuit. For just as lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. But first he must suffer greatly and be rejected by this generation.”