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A Catholic Take with Joe McClane is a nationally syndicated live talk-radio program, covering the headlines from a courageous Catholic perspective. Featuring compelling guest interviews, news headlines, a saint of the day, the Gospel of the day, commentaries, audience interaction, and much more! LIVE Monday-Friday at 7am Eastern, across The Station of the Cross Radio Network, iCatholicRadio, and multiple social media and video platforms.

 

Joe McClane is the Director of Content and Production at The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network. Joe is also a powerful and dynamic Catholic speaker, radio host, documentary filmmaker, and author – working full-time in Catholic evangelization since 2008, traveling across the USA and overseas lighting a fire in the hearts of thousands for Christ and His Church. Joe came into the Catholic Church from Protestantism in 1999, was married in 2000, and he, his wife, six kids, and three grandkids live in Houston, Texas.

 

Jakob Martin Kraft, more commonly referred to as Producer Jake, is a Production Associate at The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network. Besides engineering A Catholic TakeJake also produces the Saints & Seasons project, among other tasks. Jake graduated from St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute in his native Buffalo, NY, and holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Hamilton College. Before joining the network, Jake worked a variety of jobs in the construction and manufacturing fields. When his time is not occupied by the curse of Adam, Jake directs Gregorian chant for the Traditional Latin Mass at his parish, collects briar pipes, and pontificates to anyone who’ll listen on the subjects of Catholic liturgy, Catholic monarchy, history, film, tobacco, and the 1980s.

 

Join us and Dr. Anthony Stine’s Return to Tradition in praying a 54-Day Rosary Novena for the wolves in shepherds’ clothing among the Church’s hierarchy. If we don’t pray for the salvation of their souls…who will?

Intention: the conversion of the “wolves” in the hierarchy.

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Show Notes

The Apocalypse & the Next Pope, coming soon?

Links:

The News:

Saint of the Day:

  • St. David of WalesBishop (d. ca. 601) – Patron Saint of Wales – founder of several monasteries

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46

Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned. Again he sent other servants, more numerous than the first ones, but they treated them in the same way. Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’ But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’ They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What will the owner of the vineyard do to those tenants when he comes?” They answered him, “He will put those wretched men to a wretched death and lease his vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the proper times.” Jesus said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures:  The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes?  Therefore, I say to you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit.” When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they knew that he was speaking about them. And although they were attempting to arrest him, they feared the crowds, for they regarded him as a prophet. 

Catholic/Freemason Dialogue: Are They Gaslighting Us? Fr. Murray Weighs In!

Guests:

  1. Brent Haynes – Attorney, Political Analyst, Catholic Freedom Fighter
  2. Fr. Gerald Murray – Church of the Holy Family, New York, NY

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The News:

Saint of the Day:

  • St. Romanus of Condat Abbot & Confessor (d. ca. 460) – brother of St. Lupicinus – co-founder of several monasteries

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 16:19-31

Jesus said to the Pharisees:
“There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table. Dogs even used to come and lick his sores. When the poor man died, he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried, and from the netherworld, where he was in torment, he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me. Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering torment in these flames.’ Abraham replied, ‘My child, remember that you received what was good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented. Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go from our side to yours or from your side to ours.’ He said, ‘Then I beg you, father, send him to my father’s house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment.’ But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’ He said, ‘Oh no, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ Then Abraham said, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.’”

The False Christ of The Chosen? Also… Making Lent Great again!

Guests:

  1. Fr. John Brancich, FSSP – St. Stanislaus, Nashua, NH
  2. Leila MillerWebsite

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The News:

Saint of the Day:

  • St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows Confessor (d. 1862) – born Francesco Possenti – Passionist seminarian

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 20:17-28

As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve disciples aside by themselves, and said to them on the way, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day.”

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something. He said to her, “What do you wish?” She answered him, “Command that these two sons of mine sit, one at your right and the other at your left, in your kingdom.” Jesus said in reply, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?” They said to him, “We can.” He replied, “My chalice you will indeed drink, but to sit at my right and at my left, this is not mine to give but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.” When the ten heard this, they became indignant at the two brothers. But Jesus summoned them and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and the great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

The Rise of Paganism… And Xavier Reyes-Ayral on Fr. Michel Rodrigue’s warning!

Guests:

  1. Xavier Reyes-AyralRevelations: The Hidden Secret Messages and Prophecies of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Other Links:

The News:

Saint of the Day:

  • St. Porphyrius of Gaza Bishop & Confessor (d. 420) – guardian of a relic of the Holy Cross

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 23:1-12

Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they will not lift a finger to move them. All their works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues, greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation ‘Rabbi.’ As for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi.’ You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers. Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven. Do not be called ‘Master’; you have but one master, the Christ. The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

Are Catholics doing Confession wrong?

Guests:

  1. Fr. William Rock, FSSP – Regina Caeli Parish, Houston, TX

Other Links:

The News:

Saint of the Day:

  • St. Felix III Pope & Confessor (d. 492) – widower before the papacy – direct ancestor of Pope St. Gregory the Great

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 6:36-38

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

“Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”

Catholic Cancel Culture – a virus to the Body of Christ!

Guests:

  1. Dr. Anthony StineReturn to TraditionYouTube
  2. Dan SevignySanctus Ranch

Other Links:

The News:

Saint of the Day:

  • St. Peter Damian Bishop, Confessor & Doctor of the Church (d. 1072 or 1073) – Benedictine prior – Cardinal – author of Liber Gomorrhianus (Book of Gomorrah)

Gospel of the Day:

John 15:18-23

Jesus said to his disciples: If the world hates you, know ye that it hath hated me before you. If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember my word that I said to you: The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept my word, they will keep yours also. But all these things they will do to you for my name’s sake: because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

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