Setting The Record Straight

All over the world there will be bold public processions this week which bear the Eucharist in a monstrance for all to witness an amazing truth; the Presence of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, appearing on earth in this place and moment in that Eucharist. In the USA, May 31st, 2018 is the Feast of Corpus Christi (“Body Of Christ”). Just as many could not believe their eyes when they saw Christ who had risen from the dead, there are many today who doubt the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Too many Catholics are shy, even apologetic, about sharing their conviction that, when we receive the Eucharist, we are touched by Christ’s physical Body and Blood. (“Touch me and see…” Luke 24:39). This intimate contact usually happens inside our churches. Corpus Christi processions go outside of our churches as bold public proclamations of the truth of the Presence. That intent was made plain by Pope Urban IV who established the Feast of Corpus Christi seven-hundred-and-fifty-four years ago with the Bull, “Transiturus de hoc mundo”. With clarity he wrote: ”…we think suitable and worthy that, at least once a year – especially to confound the lack of faith and the infamy of heretics – a more solemn and honorable memory of this Sacrament be held.”

It was a handwritten note. One of the three men who had been rescued from North Korea handed it to Mike Pence, our Vice President as soon as he met him. It was Thursday May 10th, 2018. The Vice President had gone to welcome them home. He read the note. It was the 126th Psalm. Why were these men imprisoned? They had something in common that was fatally dangerous to the North Korean government. They were Christian Evangelists. The note began, “Psalm 126:1-3. When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion. We were like men that dreamed…”

Amusing stories of miracles performed by saints. But these stories are mostly forgotten today, perhaps because, in this skeptical age they seem unimportant and a bit embarrassing to Catholics. Yet, given God’s powerful authenticated miracles , they seem to be certainly possible Perhaps they are true, partly true, or perhaps they are just invented tales. They are called hagiographies, that is, biographies that put the saint in a very flattering light. Hagiographies make the subjects seems like saints. Whether these particular miracles happened or not, they were saints for other reasons.

It is necessary for you to enter the Adoration Chapel. Evil is often done by ordinary men. Evil is banal. If you haven’t realized this then you have not been awake to the domain of pain which we inhabit. We are in great peril, teetering on the cliff edge of chaos. But since some cannot admit it their vision reaches only to the the curtains of their dreams. They ignore the chaos beyond the window. A rational materialist sees what is happening and hardens or despairs. An ordinary man may commit astoundingly evil acts under the influence of a faulty ideology. When one does believe, however, and realizes the truth of the Presence, one will perceive that the depravity of the world will finally be healed. When we merge with the Presence order assembles out of chaos. This podcast was inspired by the work of the phenomenal Jordan Peterson.

Jordan Peterson has created a sensation. He is a Canadian Professor of Psychology whose Book “12 rules For Life” is the #1 Best Seller on Amazon. He gives numerous sold-out lectures on college campus. Pay attention, because this rebellious and brilliant academic, whose religious preference is hidden, may be the one of most effective evangelists for Catholicism today. One of his basic messages is that we must recognize the fallen nature of humanity. And confront it. And understand that we are inhabited by Eden’s snake. Check out the “You Tubes” of Peterson’s devastation debates and gentle yet fiery lectures. There is no one like him.

Stories! Did you ever hear how the Vatican Archives were packed up and sent went wayfaring for years on a mule train? More than once. Where did the term Papal “Bulls” come from? Pope Innocent III makes an appearance as well as a most humble Pope who lived in a little cottage. Listen to two moral tales about Saint Francis; one old and one new. Support this Podcast and the Breadbox Media network with your Premium Membership and unlock your deals today. https://www.breadboxmedia.com/chuckcoughlinsupport.html 00:00

No matter how often slavery is abolished it sprouts up again and again like a weed. But when and where was slavery abolished? Well…the full answer is complicated. Slavery was abolished over and over again in various locations. A simplified answer might be that it was opposed and/or abolished frequently in a lot of places, most often in a time and place where the Catholic Church was influential. Most educated people know about the achievements of Wilberforce and Lincoln. But those two men were late to the game of abolishing slavery. Under Catholic emperors the late Roman Empire abolished slavery a millennium-and-one-half before Wilberforce. All this leads to “Another Daring Proposition”from Setting The record Straight”. Catholicism did more to abolish slavery than any other entity. Support this Podcast and the Breadbox Media network with your Premium Membership and unlock your deals today. https://www.breadboxmedia.com/chuckcoughlinsupport.html

Does The Catholic Church posses authentic relics that are fragments of the True Cross of Christ? Listen to Chuck describe the fascinating series of historical events that can be assessed in arriving at an answer to this question. This is a story that needs to be told. Support this Podcast and the Breadbox Media network with your Premium Membership and unlock your deals today! https://www.breadboxmedia.com/chuckcoughlinsupport.html

In Heaven we will inhale God. and He will inhale us. For this Lent Chuck has returned again to the profound and beautiful thoughts of Paul Claudel on The Apostles Creed. Here is a Catholic writer that deserves being rediscovered. Yet Claudel remains almost totally unknown, even to Catholics. Listen to the profound insights of Paul Claudel on the last two phrases of the Creed. They are: I Believe in… The Resurection of the Body, And Life Everlasting Support this Podcast and the Breadbox Media network with your Premium Membership and unlock your deals today! https://www.breadboxmedia.com/chuckcoughlinsupport.html

It was the great age of the Irish monks. With an ardor first ignited by Saint Patrick they managed to save us from the Muslims and from something worse, from the worst part of ourselves. Think of Saint Columbkille who led his army as they slew three-thousand-and-one souls in the dispute over a transgression Columbkille had committed. He had copied by hand a valuable yet private book. A Book War! The first founding copyright case ! What a bibliophile ! Soon he confessed his mortal sin. His Penance was to be exiled from his beloved Ireland and to go and save three-thousand-and-one souls in just measure. He did more…much more than that. He renewed the sweet Christian spirit, the towering intellectual pursuit, and the fiery spiritual ardor of our beloved Catholic Church bringing the brilliance of Christ of light to millions in a world teetering on the edge of chaos. Support this Podcast and the Breadbox Media network with your Premium Membership and unlock your deals today! https://www.breadboxmedia.com/chuckcoughlinsupport.html