Strange Catholics

Catholic News links discussed:

https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2020/11/06/catholic-vote-donald-trump-joe-biden-election-split

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/faith-religion/2020/11/09/Pennsylvania-religious-vote-presidential-race-Biden-Trump-evangelical-Christian-Protestant-Catholic-Jewish-Muslim/stories/202011080093

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/religious-freedom-becoming-second-tier-right-warns-supreme-court-justice-73228

https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/324410/religious-group-voting-2020-election.aspx

Main Topic: The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 

Question that we ask, where do we place God in our lives, how from that do we draw hope, and persevere to allow him to rein everywhere in our lives!

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112220.cfm

Saint Spotlight: Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-frances-xavier-cabrini

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Xavier_Cabrini

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=278

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Frances-Xavier-Cabrini

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-frances-cabrini-654

https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/saints/saints-stories-for-all-ages/st-frances-xavier-cabrini/

https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/francis-xavier-cabrini-575

https://time.com/vault/issue/1946-07-15/page/76/

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Catholic News:

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/let-michael-be-the-miracle---the-baby-healed-through-fr-mcgivneys-prayers-10629

https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/corruption-church-must-be-stamped-out-continually-pope-says

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-francis-calls-for-civil-union-law-for-same-sex-couples-in-shift-from-vatican-stance-12462

Main Topic:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/All-Saints-Day

https://thecatholicspirit.com/holy-days/all-saints/all-saints-day-history-and-traditions/

https://www.catholic.org/saints/allsaints/

https://www.catholic.org/saints/allsouls/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/All-Souls-Day-Christianity

Saint Spotlight: St Martin de Porres

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_de_Porres

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-martin-de-porres

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=306

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Martin-de-Porres

http://saintsresource.com/martin-de-porres

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-martin-de-porres-644

https://www.stmartin.ie/life-st-martin/

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Catholic News:

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/poll-young-adults-more-likely-than-older-catholics-to-accept-all-of-church-teaching-40179

https://www.ncronline.org/news/justice/supreme-court-hear-cases-emerging-trumps-immigration-policies

https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2020/10/brooklyn-bishop-says-new-limits-on-congregation-size-outrageous-unfair/

https://archny.org/statement-of-the-archdiocese-of-new-york-on-diocese-of-brooklyn-lawsuit/

Topic: The Holy Rosary

https://rosaryarmy.com/

https://rosaryarmy.com/pray/

https://rosaryarmy.com/audio/

https://rosaryarmy.com/app/

Archbishop Fulton Sheen said, "The rosary is the book of the blind, where souls see and there enact the greatest drama of love the world has ever known; it is the book of the simple, which initiates them into mysteries and knowledge more satisfying than the education of other men; it is the book of the aged, whose eyes close upon the shadow of this world, and open on the substance of the next. The power of the rosary is beyond description."

Saint Spotlight: Saint Teresa of Avila

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=208

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_of_%C3%81vila

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Teresa-of-Avila

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-teresa-of-avila

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-teresa-of-avila-625

https://aleteia.org/2017/10/15/12-interesting-facts-about-st-teresa-of-avila/

http://saintsresource.com/teresa-of-avila

https://carmelitespiritualcenter.org/saintofthemonth/st-teresa-of-avila/

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News segment:

Supreme Court - Doesn't reinstate abortion drug restrictions

https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/supreme-court-does-not-reinstate-abortion-drug-restrictions

Recent spike in COVID cases Brooklyn diocese sues state restrictions

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/diocese-of-brooklyn-sues-new-york-over-new-mass-restrictions-57572

Discussion:

We discuss resources that are provided to us as Catholics to help form our consciences so that we might make well informed decisions. See excerpts below.  

https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithful-citizenship/upload/forming-consciences-for-faithful-citizenship.pdf 

The USCCB clearly states that our preeminent concern is for the unborn, "The threat of abortion remains our preeminent priority because it directly attacks life itself, because it takes place within the sanctuary of the family, and because of the number of lives destroyed."  "At the same time, we cannot dismiss or ignore other serious threats to human life and 7 dignity such as racism, the environmental crisis, poverty and the death penalty.5 Our efforts to protect the unborn remain as important as ever, for just as the Supreme Court may allow greater latitude for state laws restricting abortion, state legislators have passed statutes not only keeping abortion legal through all nine months of pregnancy but opening the door to infanticide. Additionally, abortion contaminates many other important issues by being inserted into legislation regarding immigration, care for the poor, and health care reform"

https://thecentralminnesotacatholic.org/ask-father-tom-what-does-it-mean-to-have-a-well-formed-conscience/

https://thecentralminnesotacatholic.org/bishop-kettler-election-2020-through-a-catholic-lens/

http://stcdio.org/faithfulcitizenship/

http://www.archstl.org/serve-the-lord-with-gladness-were-called-to-form-our-conscience-in-accord-with-catholic-teaching-5755

Spotlight Saint: Saint Bruno of Cologne 

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-bruno/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_of_Cologne

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=575

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03014b.htm

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-bruno-founder-616

https://catholicsaints.info/saint-bruno/

https://sanctoral.com/en/saints/saint_bruno.html

https://catholicsaintmedals.com/saints/st-bruno/

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Catholic News:

We discuss the Supreme court pick, Amy Coney Barrett 

Pope's latest encyclical http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2020/09/30/0498/01133.html#EN

Featured discussion: Pornography and the distortion of our views of the other by objectifying the opposite sex

https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/the-problem-with-porn/

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraph 2351 http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a6.htm#2351

Catechism of the Catholic Church Paragraph 2354 http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a6.htm#2354

Resources:

If you struggle with porn today please visit https://www.strive21.com/ for free anonymous help to break free from porn

https://www.covenanteyes.com/

Saint Spotlight: Saint Therese of Lisieux

https://aleteia.org/2020/10/01/john-paul-ii-declared-only-one-doctor-of-the-church/

https://www.littleflower.org/therese/

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=105

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-theresa-of-the-child-jesus/

https://saint-therese.org/about-therese/

http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_19101997_stherese_en.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Therese-of-Lisieux

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/17721a.htm

https://www.ewtn.com/therese/therese7.htm

We hope that you enjoy this episode and that this draws you into a deeper union with our Lord Jesus Christ, we are not infallible but we hope that you are able to take the good that we say and bring that to prayer to grow in deeper relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ and His Church.

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Catholic News:

We discuss what the death of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme Court Justice and what this means for the country's highest court and some names that are being speculated

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/catholic-amy-coney-barrett-front-runner-as-trump-signals-supreme-court-nomination-plans-56399

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/usccb-to-trump-administration-stop-these-executions-52742

Main discussion: The Scourge of Pornography

St Thomas Aquinas Summa Theologiae

Question 153: Lust

https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3153.htm

Question 151: Chastity 

Article 1. Whether chastity is a virtue?

https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3151.htm#article1 

Mentioned talk by Matt Fradd (Pints with Aquinas) Aquinas, Pornography & Remedies for Sorrow

YouTube:  https://youtu.be/z4CeR0MK4Qw

Audio: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/223-aquinas-pornography-remedies-for-sorrow/id1097862282?i=1000491289463

Resources: 

https://www.strive21.com/

https://www.covenanteyes.com/

Saint Spotlight: Saint Padre Pio

https://padrepio.com/padre-pio/biography/

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=311

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-pio-of-pietrelcina/

https://padrepiodevotions.org/a-short-biography/

http://saintsresource.com/pio-of-pietrelcina

https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/279

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Catholic News of the week:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pope-francis-sex-food-divine-pleasure_n_5f5bd9c3c5b67602f6051a6e

https://www.startribune.com/two-renegade-priests-one-calls-covid-sham-one-says-dems-face-hell/572411762/

Father Altman's video https://youtu.be/3-7eoTN2vNM 

Main Topic: Forgiveness

We discuss the importance of forgiveness, as referenced in Matthew Chapter 18:15-35

We dive into holding resent, not forgiving and the weight that it has on us spiritually, mentally, physically and emotionally

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/18

Saint Spotlight: Pope Saint Cornelius & Saint Cyprian

https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/saints/saints-stories-for-all-ages/saints-cornelius-and-cyprian/

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-cornelius/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Cornelius

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-cornelius-pope-martyr-and-st-cyprian-bishop-martyr-596

https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2020-09-16

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=421

https://livingspace.sacredspace.ie/f0916s/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Cornelius

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04375c.htm

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Catholic News:

Duluth Bishop-elect Michel Mulloy resignation approved by Pope Francis amidst sexual abuse allegation

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-francis-accepts-resignation-of-duluth-bishop-elect-michel-mulloy-after-abuse-allegation-82824

Pope Francis Encyclical coming

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/column/pope-francis-a-new-encyclical-to-outline-his-post-covid-19-vision-4218

Main Topic:

We had planned to talk about what our new "normal" looks like and how to still grow closer to Our Lord in these ongoing trials that so many are going through. Our conversation got more into the areas of frustration that we have had, what we are seeing around the areas where we have been in recent months and the differences. We discuss many aspects of how this has impacted our own lives. Our hope is that our conversation will help you find ways to draw closer to Our Lord, if you haven't spent time in prayer regularly take time today to sit with Him and listen in silence and with his word.

Saint Spotlight: Saint Peter Claver

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-peter-claver/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Claver

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Peter-Claver

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=94

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-peter-claver-589

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11763a.htm

https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-voices/16th-and-17th-century-ignatian-voices/st-peter-claver-sj/

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Catholic News: We cover a recent ruling prohibiting private schools access to the funding provided from the CARES act

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/court-halts-education-departments-rule-for-pandemic-relief-money-to-private-schools-23180

Topic this week: We discuss the importance of Eucharistic Adoration, the great gift in this time especially with all the noise, and how this has impacted many peoples lives including our own.

Spotlight Saint: Pope Saint Gregory the Great

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-gregory-the-great/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I

https://www.britannica.com/biography/St-Gregory-the-Great

https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=54

https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06780a.htm

https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/rulers/gregory-great.html

https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/saints/saints-stories-for-all-ages/saint-gregory-the-great/

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