A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 117

In today’s episode for the A Catholic Life Podcast I cover the fascinating, complicated, and often forgotten history of Holy Days of Obligation in the United States.

1. Honor the Forgotten (Former) 36 Holy Days of Obligation
2. A History of Holy Days of Obligation & Fasting for American Catholics: Part 1
3. A History of Holy Days of Obligation & Fasting for American Catholics: Part 2

This episode of A Catholic Life is brought to you by the Sanctifica app — and if you’re passionate about living the liturgical year, this is the tool you’ve been waiting for. Feast days, saints, traditional devotions, indulgences — Sanctifica weaves it all into one beautifully crafted app. No fluff. No trends. Just timeless Catholic tradition — right at your fingertips. Personally, I’ve found it incredibly helpful in staying rooted in the Church’s rhythm — from  reminders for feast days and ember days, to novenas and spiritual treasures that otherwise may be easily missed. If you’re looking to bring structure, beauty, and deeper meaning to your daily spiritual life — Sanctifica makes it simple. Download it for free today on the App Store or Google Play. It’s a powerful companion for anyone striving to truly live a Catholic life.

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 116

In today’s episode for the A Catholic Life Podcast I cover the powerful signs and miracles that God has worked through the most holy Rosary. The Rosary is not merely a devotional prayer. It is a spiritual sword, a weapon given by Heaven to crush heresy, convert sinners, save souls, and protect the world from diabolical forces. In this episode, we’ll dive into six incredible stories from Church history where the Rosary played a decisive and miraculous role, and we’ll end by reflecting on the powerful promotion of the Rosary by Pope Leo XIII, the "Pope of the Rosary," and why every Catholic should be praying it daily—without exception.

1. Episode 66 on Pentecost Sunday and its customs, importance, and history
2. Devotion to the Holy Rosary
3. Rosary Miracle at Hiroshima
4. Rosary Miracles: From the Albigensians to Fr. Patrick Peyton
5. The Miraculous Intercession for King Alfonso VII

This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com. PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred language. Learn your basic prayers in Latin conveniently on the go. Practice your pronunciation with easy-to-follow English phonetic renderings of Latin words. PrayLatin.com offers prayer cards in various formats, including Latin-English rosary pamphlets with the traditional 15 mysteries. Shop for additional Latin resources like missal booklets, server response cards, and more. Visit PrayLatin.com today.

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 115

In today’s episode for the A Catholic Life Podcast I cover a topic that touches the very future of the Church and the eternal destiny of our children—the importance of Catholic schools and strong Catholic education.

1. Indulgences for Teaching or Studying Catholic Doctrine
2. Must Parents Send Their Children to Catholic Schools?

This episode of A Catholic Life is brought to you by the Sanctifica app — and if you’re passionate about living the liturgical year, this is the tool you’ve been waiting for. Feast days, saints, traditional devotions, indulgences — Sanctifica weaves it all into one beautifully crafted app. No fluff. No trends. Just timeless Catholic tradition — right at your fingertips. Personally, I’ve found it incredibly helpful in staying rooted in the Church’s rhythm — from  reminders for feast days and ember days, to novenas and spiritual treasures that otherwise may be easily missed. If you’re looking to bring structure, beauty, and deeper meaning to your daily spiritual life — Sanctifica makes it simple. Download it for free today on the App Store or Google Play. It’s a powerful companion for anyone striving to truly live a Catholic life.

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 114

In today’s episode for the A Catholic Life Podcast I cover how Catholics can and should observe Memorial Day

1. The Catholic Way to Observe Memorial Day
2. Memorial Day Prayer for Catholics
3. Rogation Day Abstinence and Ascension Holy Day Reminder

This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com. PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred language. Learn your basic prayers in Latin conveniently on the go. Practice your pronunciation with easy-to-follow English phonetic renderings of Latin words. PrayLatin.com offers prayer cards in various formats, including Latin-English rosary pamphlets with the traditional 15 mysteries. Shop for additional Latin resources like missal booklets, server response cards, and more. Visit PrayLatin.com today.

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 113

In today’s episode for the A Catholic Life Podcast I cover May as the Month of Mary with a focus on customs and practices we can do to observe our Lady’s Month.

1. Customs for the Month of Mary
2. The Month of Mary
3. How to Make a Marian Pilgrimage in America
4. Why We Honor Jubilee Years

This episode of A Catholic Life is brought to you by the Sanctifica app — and if you’re passionate about living the liturgical year, this is the tool you’ve been waiting for. Feast days, saints, traditional devotions, indulgences — Sanctifica weaves it all into one beautifully crafted app. No fluff. No trends. Just timeless Catholic tradition — right at your fingertips. Personally, I’ve found it incredibly helpful in staying rooted in the Church’s rhythm — from  reminders for feast days and ember days, to novenas and spiritual treasures that otherwise may be easily missed. If you’re looking to bring structure, beauty, and deeper meaning to your daily spiritual life — Sanctifica makes it simple. Download it for free today on the App Store or Google Play. It’s a powerful companion for anyone striving to truly live a Catholic life.

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 112

In today’s episode for the A Catholic Life Podcast I cover why and how the Catholic Church possesses from God Himself the authority to bind people to certain laws.

1. The Various Kinds of Law – Is the Catholic Church Too Legalistic?
2. Ecclesiastical Laws and the Church’s Authority to Bind and Loose
3. Primary of St. Peter and His Successors

This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com. PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred language. Learn your basic prayers in Latin conveniently on the go. Practice your pronunciation with easy-to-follow English phonetic renderings of Latin words. PrayLatin.com offers prayer cards in various formats, including Latin-English rosary pamphlets with the traditional 15 mysteries. Shop for additional Latin resources like missal booklets, server response cards, and more. Visit PrayLatin.com today.

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 110

In today’s episode, on Easter Sunday, the most glorious all feastdays, I address the following:

1. Customs for Easter Week: Food, Activities, Greetings, and More
2. The Agnus Dei Sacramental
3. The Easter Duty: What it is and when it may be fulfilled
4. There is no incompatibility between abstinence and Pascaltide. Observe Friday Abstinence and even Saturday abstinence in Eastertide.

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 109

In today’s episode, on Passion Sunday I address why and how we should pray the Stations of the Cross including the forgotten history on the Stations, how to gain an indulgence for praying them, and how praying them at home differs from praying them in a parish.

1. A Catholic Life Podcast Episode 6 on Passion Sunday
2. The History, Indulgences, and Purpose of the Stations of the Cross (along with how to pray them at home)
3. The Way of the Cross: A Treasury of Stations

This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com. PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred language. Learn your basic prayers in Latin conveniently on the go. Practice your pronunciation with easy-to-follow English phonetic renderings of Latin words. PrayLatin.com offers prayer cards in various formats, including Latin-English rosary pamphlets with the traditional 15 mysteries. Shop for additional Latin resources like missal booklets, server response cards, and more. Visit PrayLatin.com today.

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 108

In today’s episode, on Laetare Sunday, I discuss why Catholics rightfully honor the saints who Heaven our prayers in Heaven and who can intercede for us on earth:

1. A Catholic Life Podcast Episode 5 on Laetare Sunday
2. Laetare Sunday as Mothering Sunday
3. Are the Saints Alive? Can They Hear our Prayers?
4. The Certainty of Sainthood: How the Church Recognized Saints Through the Ages
5. One Peter Five Series on Miracles as Proof of the Catholic Religion

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 107

In today’s episode, on the Third Sunday of Lent, I address the 4 Types of Penance, the importance of offering up all actions of our life for souls, and provide 20+ examples of ways to live out penance both during and after Lent.

1. What is Penance: Offering It Up
2. The 4 Types of Penance
3. 20+ Options for Penance Now and Beyond Lent

This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com. PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred language. Learn your basic prayers in Latin conveniently on the go. Practice your pronunciation with easy-to-follow English phonetic renderings of Latin words. PrayLatin.com offers prayer cards in various formats, including Latin-English rosary pamphlets with the traditional 15 mysteries. Shop for additional Latin resources like missal booklets, server response cards, and more. Visit PrayLatin.com today.

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 106

In today’s episode, on the First Sunday of Lent, I address the Precepts of the Church, with an emphasis on the laws of fasting and abstinence, and explain that they bind under mortal sin:

1. What Are the Precepts of the Church
2. Catholic Fasting and Abstinence Precepts Outlined
3. The Church’s Precept Bind Under Penalty of Mortal Sin
4. Rediscover the Power of Traditional Catholic Fasting

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 105

In today’s episode, on the Septuagesima Sunday, I address the following:

1. A Catholic Life Podcast 50 on Septuagesima
2. The 7 Traditional Categories of Saints

This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com. PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred language. Learn your basic prayers in Latin conveniently on the go. Practice your pronunciation with easy-to-follow English phonetic renderings of Latin words. PrayLatin.com offers prayer cards in various formats, including Latin-English rosary pamphlets with the traditional 15 mysteries. Shop for additional Latin resources like missal booklets, server response cards, and more. Visit PrayLatin.com today.

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 104

In today’s episode, on the Purification of our Lady, I address the importance of candles in the life of a Catholic:

1. The Connection Between Groundhog Day and Candlemas
2. Blessing of Candles on the Feast of St. Blase

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 103

In today’s episode, on the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany, I address the following:

1. The Dreams and Miracles of St. John Bosco
2. The Catholic Church’s Teaching on Dreams

This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com. PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred language. Learn your basic prayers in Latin conveniently on the go. Practice your pronunciation with easy-to-follow English phonetic renderings of Latin words. PrayLatin.com offers prayer cards in various formats, including Latin-English rosary pamphlets with the traditional 15 mysteries. Shop for additional Latin resources like missal booklets, server response cards, and more. Visit PrayLatin.com today.

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 102

In today’s episode, on the Feast of the Holy Family, I address the following topics:

1. The Feast of the Holy Family and Consecration to the Holy Family
2. The Catholic Liturgical Year Overview
3. The Traditional vs Modern Catholic Calendar: Changes to the Temporal & Sanctoral Cycles

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 101

In today’s episode, on the Holy Name of Jesus, I address the following:

1. The History of the Holy Name
2. Epiphanytide: The Customs for This Forgotten Season and Octave
3. Prior Episode on Epiphanytide
4. The Sacredness of Time: The Catholic Day, Week, and Month

This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com. PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred language. Learn your basic prayers in Latin conveniently on the go. Practice your pronunciation with easy-to-follow English phonetic renderings of Latin words. PrayLatin.com offers prayer cards in various formats, including Latin-English rosary pamphlets with the traditional 15 mysteries. Shop for additional Latin resources like missal booklets, server response cards, and more. Visit PrayLatin.com today.

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 100

In today’s episode, on the Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity of Our Lord, I address the future of the A Catholic Life Podcast on this 100th Episode Milestone. In addition, I discuss the following relevant articles: 

1. 12 New Year Resolutions for Catholics
2. 2025 Traditional Catholic Fasting and Abstinence Calendar
3. Complete Archive of A Catholic Life Podcast Episode
4. New Years Indulgences

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 99

In today’s episode, on the 4th Sunday of Advent, I address the following: 

1. Midnight Mass & the Traditional Eucharistic Fast
2. Indulgences for Praying the Divine Office on Christmas Day
3. The Companions of Christ (Dec 26, 27, and 28) as Holy Days of Obligation
4. Christmas Compilation of Articles, Sermons, and Prayers
5. Friday in the Octave of Christmas Is Still Required Abstinence

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 98

In today’s episode, on the Gaudete Sunday, I address the following: 

1. Gaudete Sunday
2. The O Antiphons
3. Upcoming Ember Days of Advent
4. The Vigil and Feast of St. Thomas
5. The 2nd Edition of Restoring Lost Customs of Christendom

This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com. PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred language. Learn your basic prayers in Latin conveniently on the go. Practice your pronunciation with easy-to-follow English phonetic renderings of Latin words. PrayLatin.com offers prayer cards in various formats, including Latin-English rosary pamphlets with the traditional 15 mysteries. Shop for additional Latin resources like missal booklets, server response cards, and more. Visit PrayLatin.com today.

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 97

In today’s episode, on the Immaculate Conception of our Lady, I address the following: 

1. The 2nd Sunday of Advent
2. The History of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady
3. Customs for Immaculate Conception Day

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