A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 71

In today’s episode, on 5th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:

1. Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
2. The Nativity of St. John the Baptist as a Former Holy Day of Obligation
3. Reminder to Fast on the Vigil of Ss. Peter and Paul
4. Five Excellent Means to Resist Sins in the Mind

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 70

In today’s episode, on the 4th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following: 

1. The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
   
2. Can the Ordinary Magisterium Err?
3. Must a Catholic Obey the Pope in All Things?
   

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 69

In today’s episode, on Sunday within the Octave of the Sacred Heart, I address the following:

1. The Octave of the Sacred Heart
   
2. Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart
   
3. Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart
4. Home Enthronement to the Sacred Heart
   

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 68

In today’s episode, on the Sunday within the Octave of Corpus Christi, I address the following: 

1. The Octave of Corpus Christi
2. External Solemnities Explained
3. Special US Specific Rubrics for External Solemnities for Ss. Peter and Paul
4. Common Questions Answered on the Holy Eucharist

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 67

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

1. Trinity Sunday
2. (6) Heresies Against the Trinity to Refute
3. Worshipping with Non-Catholics is a Mortal Sin

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 66

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

1. Customs for Pentecost Sunday & Why Pentecost is Such a Holy Day
2. The Whit Ember Fasts
3. Why Catholics Must Reject In Vitro Fertilization

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 65

In today’s episode, on the Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension, I address the following:

1. Next Saturday is the Vigil of Pentecost: Fast & Abstain
2. Our Blessed Mother as Mediatrix of All Graces and Co-Redemptrix

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 64

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

1. The Minor Rogation Days
2. Ascentiontide Customs
3. How to Participate in The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in union with Christ the High Priest and Christ the Victim

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 63

In today’s episode, on the 4th Sunday after Easter, I address the following:

1. The Propers for the 4th Sunday after Easter
2. Seasonal Variation in the Prayer before and after Meals
3. SS. Philip and James on May 1st
4. The Finding of the Holy Cross on May 3rd

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 62

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

1. The Propers for the 3rd Sunday after Easter
2. Catholic Anthropology: Understanding Body and Soul plus Memory, Intellect, and Will

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 61

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

1. Good Shepherd Sunday Reflection & Call to Action
2. The Other Sheep Not of This Fold, and It’s Not the Mormons
3. How Fasting on Vigils Was Reduced Over Time

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 60

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

1. Who was the First Person Christ Appeared to After His Resurrection?
2. Traditional Blessing of Homes and Food for Easter
3. Pope St. Leo the Great
4. The Litany of Loretto Explained

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 59

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

1. Customs for Easter Saturday
2. The 153 Fish in the Gospel of John on Easter Wednesday
3. The Forgotten Pascal Commemoration of the Cross at Lauds & Vespers

And be sure to check out Episode 8 from last year, which covered:

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 58

In today’s episode, on this solemn Palm Sunday, I address the following: 

1. 10 Suggestions for Holy Week
2. How Palm Sunday Changed Already by the 1962 Missal
3. Keeping Spiritual Priorities First in the Family

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 57

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

1. Customs for Passion Sunday
2. Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows in Lent
3. Customs for St. Patrick’s Day

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 56

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

1. The Readings for the Fourth Sunday of Lent
2. Laetare Sunday as Mothering Sunday
3. 10+ Great Ideas for Lenten Almsgiving

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 55

In today’s episode, on the Third Sunday of Lent, I address the following: 

1. The Readings for the Third Sunday of Lent
2. The Feast of the Five Holy Wounds
3. The Protestant Attack on Lenten Penance
4. The Errors of Donatists and Why They Matter Today

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 54

In today’s episode, on the Second Sunday of Lent, I address the following: 

1. The Readings for the Second Sunday of Lent
2. How the Traditional Latin Mass Reinforces Lent as a Fast
3. Early Christians Fasted Even from Water During Lent

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 53

In today’s episode, on the First Sunday of Lent, I address the following: 

1. The Readings for the First Sunday of Lent
2. The Stational Church Devotion
3. 20 Pious Practices for Lent

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A Catholic Life Podcast: Episode 52

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

1. The 2nd Edition of the Definitive Guide to Catholic Fasting & Abstinence
2. The Readings for Quinquagesima Sunday
3. Votive Feast of the Holy Face of Our Lord Jesus Christ Deformed in the Passion
4. Customs for St. Valentine’s Day
5. Ash Wednesday Fasting & Abstinence Rules

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