All of us – regardless of our position or place in life, are called to be saints. And there’s no place we can go where God hasn’t preceded us. The Lord is already at work in our world and He wants us to join Him in mission. Marcus reflects with Billy Kangas.

Guest Info

Billy Kangas is the CEO of Ave Maria Communications.

We’re excited to be broadcasting this week from the Catholics at the Shore Conference in New Jersey. Chris McMahon tells us more about the event and how the culture is rediscovering the Eucharist.

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Catholics at the Shore Conference

Guest Info

Chris McMahon is the founder of Catholics at the Shore.

When Sean Corcoran was in college, his girlfriend told him she was pregnant. Despite offers from his family to adopt the child, she chose to have an abortion. She went on a downward spiral, and the school counseling office offered to help her. But when Sean sought out the same help, he was rejected – because abortion “wasn’t a man’s problem.” He’s now devoted his life to fighting that lie, and he joins us.

Further Reading

Sean’s website

Guest Info

Sean Corcoran is the CEO of Men for Life, a national nonprofit dedicated to forming men in biblical masculinity and equipping them to protect life, support mothers, and strengthen families. A pro-life speaker, writer, and podcast host, Sean shares a powerful personal testimony of abortion loss, addiction and recovery, and the healing that led him back to the Catholic faith and to his vocation as a husband, father, and advocate for life. Sean is a husband and father of five—two biological and three adopted—and speaks across the country on fatherhood, masculinity, and the indispensable role of men in the pro-life movement.

Today’s readings begin with the Church’s first council, recounted in Acts 15, which addresses the question of circumcision. This presented a major covenantal question for the early Church. And from there, the Gospel recounts Jesus inviting us to abide by the Father’s laws and Remain in His love. Marcus reflects on the readings.

In 2020, Jason Shanks contracted a severe case of Covid-19. Doctors told him he would need to be sedated and there was a chance he would never wake up. He spent the next several minutes writing farewell messages to his children and leaving instructions to his family on how to access his life insurance and other matters. The weeks he spent in the ICU changed him deeply, leading to a very different understanding of the Eucharist. He shares his story.

Further Reading

Presence Before Platform: The Eucharist and Our Prophetic Responsibility

Manna, Distractions, and the Daily Bread We Need

The Eucharist Is the Meal to Top All Meals

Jason’s website

Guest Info

Married for 22 years and father of 5, Jason Shanks is a Catholic convert, President of the National Eucharistic Congress, and former President of the OSV Institute for Catholic Innovation. He has a Master’s in Theology from the Pontifical College Josephinum with an emphasis in the New Evangelization.

The Supreme Court handed down one of the most consequential First Amendment rulings in years Wednesday, and it did so without a single dissent. It ruled in favor of First Choice Women’s Resource Center, finding that it could not be forced to disclose information about its donors. Andrea Picciotti-Bayer has more.

Further Reading

You May Have Missed This, But A Notorious American Lobby Lost Big In Court

Guest Info

Andrea Picciotti-Bayer is a legal analyst for EWTN News. She also directs the Conscience Project. Follow her on Twitter @bayerpicciotti and visit conscience-project.org.

Has this ever happened to you? You’re trying to put the kids to bed, or rush them out the door in the morning, and they decide it’s the perfect time to stump you with a question on the faith. Steven Hemler joins us with short answers to life’s biggest questions.

Further Reading

Book: The Busy Parent’s Guide to the Catholic Faith: Short Answers to the Big Questions

Catholic Apologetics Institute of North America

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Guest Info

Steven Hemler is the author of The Busy Parent’s Guide to the Catholic Faith: Short Answers to the Big Questions. He is president of the Catholic Apologetics Institute of North America and is the author of three other books, including The Reality of God

A report in the Wall Street Journal finds that Chinese billionaires are taking advantage of US Surrogacy laws to father dozens of children. We look at the problems at hand with Jennifer Roback Morse.

Further Reading

Surrogacy Gone Wild Treats Babies Like Orders to Be Filled

Guest Info

Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., is founder and president of the Ruth Institute, which helps the victims of the Sexual Revolution recover from their experiences and become advocates for positive change.

This week marks the anniversary of four separate, yet strangely connected historical events. We remember the Hindenburg disaster, the births of Robespierre and Sigmund Freud, and Stalin’s rise to premier of the Soviet Union. And they all highlight humanity’s ambition to baptize itself with the language of progress while removing God from the public sphere. Marcus has more.

When Cardinal Robert Prevost was introduced as the first American-born pope, he was virtually unknown. From his opening statement “peace be with you,” he has seemingly made it his mission to heal divisions within the Church and the world. Paul Kengor, author of a definitive new biography on the pope, joins us.

Further Reading

American Pontiff: Pope Leo XIV and His Plan to Heal the Church

Calling the Pope ‘Liberal’

What Triggered Trump—and What Leo Actually Has Said

Guest Info

Paul Kengor is Editor of The American Spectator.Dr. Kengor is also a professor of political science at Grove City College, a senior academic fellow at the Center for Vision & Values, and the author of over a dozen books, including A Pope and a President: John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the Extraordinary Untold Story of the 20th Century, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism, and Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century.