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1. Tod Polson – University of Texas at Dallas
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The News:

• For the First Time Ever, the U.S. Resettled No Refugees From the 50 Most Anti-Christian Countries This Year
• Catholic Parents Press Massachusetts to Return Daughter as New DCF Records Emerge
• Trump’s U.N. Speech Reveals a World Realigned by His Policy and Pressure, With China in the Wings

Saint of the Day:

• St. Pio of Pietrelcina

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 9:1-6

Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick. He said to them, “Take nothing for the journey, neither walking stick, nor sack, nor food, nor money, and let no one take a second tunic. Whatever house you enter, stay there and leave from there. And as for those who do not welcome you, when you leave that town, shake the dust from your feet in testimony against them.” Then they set out and went from village to village proclaiming the Good News and curing diseases everywhere.

1. Ellen Holmes Steeves-LeBlanc – Destined4This
2. Mark Lambert – Catholic Unscripted

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The News:

• Pope Leo Ignores Audience Request From Traditionalist Summorum Pontificum Pilgrims
• Missouri Man Charged After Bomb Threat Against St. Louis Archdiocese Headquarters
• Feds Open Investigation Into the Massachusetts District That Helped Take a Catholic Girl From Her Parents

Saint of the Day:

• St. Maurice

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 8:19-21

The mother of Jesus and his brothers came to him but were unable to join him because of the crowd. He was told, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside and they wish to see you.” He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it.”

1. Mike Koeniger – Former U.S. Coast Guard
   • Patrick Clancy gives first TV interview on ’60 Minutes’ after Lindsay Clancy mistrial
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2. Dr. Annie Tinnin – The Way: Jesus Fulfills the Old Testament Feasts
   • USCCB – Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement

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The News:

• Catholic Bishop Backs New Mosque in Venice
• LDS Church Opposition Could Sway Idaho Voters on Pro-Abortion Ballot Initiative
• Lourdes Has Now Covered Every Rupnik Mosaic on the Basilica — And Says the Coverings Stay After the Pope Leaves

Saint of the Day:

• St. Matthew

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 9:9-13

At that time, Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting in the tax-collector’s place, and said to him, Follow Me. And he arose and followed Him. And it came to pass as He was at table in the house, that, behold, many publicans and sinners came to the table with Jesus and His disciples. And the Pharisees seeing it, said to His disciples, Why does your Master eat with publicans and sinners? But Jesus heard it, and said, It is not the healthy who need a physician, but they who are sick. But go, and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call sinners, not the just.

1. Edward Clancy – Aid to the Church in Need
   • Mexican bishops demand ‘thorough investigation’ of priest’s murder
2. Dr. Anthony Stine – Return to Tradition
   • Bishop Invokes Pagan Goddess In New Creed At Mass
   • Theologian’s Suspension For Essay on the Past Practice of Executing Heretics Fuels Integralism Debate

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The News:

• The Syrian Christian Mayor Who Saved His Town From ISIS Is Still in Prison
• 50,000 Expected in St. Louis as Fulton Sheen Becomes the First U.S.-Born Bishop Declared Blessed
• Canonization Cause for Tom Vander Woude, Who Died Saving His Son, Takes Key Step Forward

Saint of the Day:

• St. Joseph of Cupertino

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 22:1-14

At that time, Jesus spoke to the chief priests and the Pharisees in parables, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a king who made a marriage feast for his son. And he sent his servants to call in those invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come. Again he sent out other servants, saying, “Tell those who are invited, behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatlings are killed, and everything is ready; come to the marriage feast.” But they made light of it, and went off, one to his farm, and another to his business; and the rest laid hold of his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. But when the king heard of it, he was angry; and he sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city. Then he said to his servants, “The marriage feast indeed is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy; go therefore to the crossroads, and invite to the marriage feast whomever you shall find.” And his servants went out into the roads, and gathered all whom they found, both good and bad; and the marriage feast was filled with guests. Now the king went in to see the guests, and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment. And he said to him, “Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?” But he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, “Bind his hands and feet and cast him forth into the darkness outside, where there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.” For many are called, but few are chosen.

1. Michael J. Matt – The Remnant Newspaper – Remnant TV
   • Leo XIV Just Put the Vatican II Problem in Writing
   • Pope Leo’s Vatican asks Catholics to ‘esteem’ other faiths
   • A JOURNEY OF HOPE: Sixty Years of Interreligious Dialogue and Fraternity in the Light of the Conciliar Declaration Nostra Aetate
2. Nicholas Cavazos – The Traditional Thomist

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The News:

• Toronto Oratory Confirms: Traditionis Custodes Takes Effect “Immediately”
• Dutch Review Committee Approves the Netherlands’ First Euthanasia of a Child Under 12
• Chicago Archdiocese Settles Decades-Old Clergy Abuse Claims for $5.4M

Saint of the Day:

• St. Hildegard of Bingen

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 7:36-50

A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him, and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee. Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment, she stood behind him at his feet weeping and began to bathe his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the ointment. When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said. “Two people were in debt to a certain creditor; one owed five hundred days’ wages and the other owed fifty. Since they were unable to repay the debt, he forgave it for both. Which of them will love him more?” Simon said in reply, “The one, I suppose, whose larger debt was forgiven.” He said to him, “You have judged rightly.” Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she has bathed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered. You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment. So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven; hence, she has shown great love. But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.” He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” The others at table said to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” But he said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”

1. Bishop Joseph Strickland – Substack – Pillars of Faith
   • “Go and Repair My House, Which, as You See, is Falling into Ruin”
   • Vatican text praises 60 years of ecumenism and ‘new ethic of dialogue’
   • Nostra aetate, 60 years on: Church renews dialogue against hatred and division

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The News:

• Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon Unite at Pro-Human Assembly to Demand AI Guardrails
• Muslims Are Now the Largest Religious Group in Vienna’s Public Schools
• Catholic Prime Minister to Dismantle Elizabethan-Era Law Targeting Catholics in Office

Saint of the Day:

• St. Cornelius

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 21:9-19

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples, When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; these things must first come to pass, but the end will not be at once. Then He said to them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be great earthquakes in various places, and pestilences and famines, and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. But before all these things they will arrest you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, dragging you before kings and governors for My name’s sake. It shall lead to your bearing witness. Resolve therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how you are to make your defense. For I Myself will give you utterance and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to resist or gainsay. But you will be delivered up by your parents and brothers and relatives and friends; and some of you they will put to death. And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake; yet not a hair of your head shall perish. By your patience you will win your souls.