Tonight Jesus begins the ordeal that would culminate on the Cross and result in the formation fo the Church and salvation of the world. It is the blueprint of God’s new covenant with us. Marcus explains the Scriptural significance of Holy Thursday.

How do we know Jesus was who He claimed to be – the Messiah? Gary Michuta examines the biblical evidence to reveal the identity of the chosen one foretold since the beginning of salvation history.

Further Reading

Book: Messiah: Old Testament Prophecies Fulfilled in Christ

Book: Revolt Against Reality: Fighting the Foes of Sanity and Truth - From the Serpent to the State

Guest Info

Gary Michuta is the author of several apologetics works, including The Gospel Truth: How We Can Know What Christ Taught. He is an instructor of apologetics for Home School Connections and is the host of Hands on Apologetics on Virgin Most Powerful Radio. He also is a contributor to the Apocrypha Apocalypse YouTube channel.

Holy Week is about experiencing liberation, the freedom that comes from being saved from deadly forces we can’t control. Jared Staudt has more.

Further Reading

The Paschal Mystery: Our Exodus from Death to Life

Guest Info

R. Jared Staudt PhD, serves as Director of Content for Exodus 90 and as an instructor for the lay division of St. John Vianney Seminary. He is author of Words Made Flesh: The Sacramental Mission of Catholic Education (CUA Press, 2024), How the Eucharist Can Save Civilization (TAN), Restoring Humanity: Essays on the Evangelization of Culture (Divine Providence Press) and The Beer Option (Angelico Press), as well as editor of Renewing Catholic Schools: How to Regain a Catholic Vision in a Secular Age (Catholic Education Press). He and his wife Anne have six children and he is a Benedictine oblate.

It’s easy for us to make Judas the villain of Holy Week. How could someone who spent three years with Jesus ever betray Him? But we are no better. We are the betrayers of Jesus with every sin. We betray Christ whenever we prefer the darkness, while still claiming to want the vocabulary of Christ. Marcus has more.

Spy Wednesday is one of the most sobering days in Holy Week. We are meant to focus on Judas’ work of betrayal, and his indignation over Mary of Bethany’s decision to anoint Jesus’ feet with oil. Marcus looks at these final hours of Jesus’ life.

The Supreme Court has ruled 8-1 in favor of Kaley Chiles, a Christian therapist in Colorado Springs who refused to let the state dictate what she could say inside the confidential space of a counseling session. Andrea Picciotti-Bayer discusses why this is such an important victory for families.

Further Reading

SCOTUS Defends Christian Counselor’s Right to Confidentiality

Why the SCOTUS Win for Christian Counselors Matters

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Guest Info

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is a legal analyst for EWTN News, and director of the Conscience Project.

What Christ suffered during his Passion -- for you -- is a powerful source of reflection and meditation. Dr. Tom McGovern gives us both a medical and spiritual analysis of what He endured for us.

Further Reading

Book: What Christ Suffered A Doctor’s Journey Through the Passion, Revised and Expanded

Guest Info

Dr. Tom McGovern is the author of What Christ Suffered: A Doctor’s Journey Through the Passion. He was the founding chair of the Catholic Medical Association’s Young Member Advisory Committee. He has practiced surgery in Fort Wayne, Indiana since 2000. He and Sally have been married for 30 years and have seven children who occasionally laugh at his Dad jokes.

As a parent, have you ever felt awkward or unwelcome at Mass because your kids were making too much noise? Church teaching makes it clear – your kids should be there! But it can be difficult with little ones, especially during the long Triduum services. Greg Popcak has some tips.

Further Reading

Catholic Households on Mission

Guest Info

Dr Greg Popcak is the founder and director of CatholicCounselors.com, a group pastoral telecounseling practice providing faithful help to Catholics dealing with personal, emotional and relationship problems. He is also the former chair of the Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies program at Holy Apostles College and Seminary and an adjunct professor of psychology and graduate theology at Franciscan. Together with his wife, Lisa, he is the author of over 20 books integrating insights from counseling psychology and the timeless wisdom of our Catholic faith. They are also the developers of the CatholicHOM app, a resource helping Catholic families thrive.

Dr. Greg and Lisa are the hosts of More2Life, a call in advice program airing weekdays at 10am E and produced by Ave Maria Radio and carried across the EWTN Global Catholic Radio Network.

Christians have every cause to find unity during Holy Week, especially when we remember Jesus’ high priestly prayer that we all may be one. There is no greater unifying reality that identifies a Christian more than our belief in the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Lord. Charlie Self has more.

Guest Info

Dr. Charlie Self is an author, adviser, pastor and professor with more than 40 years of experience connecting Faith and the Common Good. He is the author of several works including Flourishing Churches and Communities (published by Acton) and his new co-authored work, Life in 5-D: A New Vision of Wholeness. He is the visiting professor of church history at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. Visit him at drcharlieself.com

A 25-year-old woman was recently euthanized in Spain over the objections of her parents. This should come as a stark warning to us in the US. Do you have a plan for your loved ones and yourself? Dr. Kristin Collier will be speaking on this matter next month at OLGC in Plymouth. She joins us with more.

Further Reading

Murder is Not “Death with Dignity”

Over Parents’ Objections, 25-Year-Old Woman Euthanized in Spain

Noelia Castillo’s death shames the euthanasia lobby

Guest Info

Dr. Kristin Collier is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School and she completed her internal medicine residency and chief medical resident year at the University of Michigan Health System. Her special clinical interests include preventative medicine, primary care, depression and heart disease. She enjoys cooking, sports and spending time with her husband and sons.