Today's Topics:

1) Gospel - Mt 23:13-22 - Jesus said to the crowds and to His disciples: "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You lock the Kingdom of heaven before men. You do not enter yourselves, nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter.

"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You traverse sea and land to make one convert, and when that happens you make him a child of Gehenna twice as much as yourselves.

"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If one swears by the temple, it means nothing, but if one swears by the gold of the temple, one is obligated.' Blind fools, which is greater, the gold, or the temple that made the gold sacred? And you say, 'If one swears by the altar, it means nothing, but if one swears by the gift on the altar, one is obligated.' You blind ones, which is greater, the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? One who swears by the altar swears by it and all that is upon it; one who swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it; one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him who is seated on it."

Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Saint Augustine, pray for us!

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

Father Charles Murr joins Terry to discuss The Life of Christ, by Bishop Sheen

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Gospel - Mt 22:34-40 - When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking, "Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" He said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."

Memorial of Saint Louis of France

Memorial of Saint Joseph Calasanz, Priest

Saints Louis and Joseph, pray for us!

1, 2, 3, 4) Special Edition - Terry interviews Joshua T. Charles on his journey into Catholicism

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1) Gospel - Jn 1:45-51 - Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the One about Whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth." But Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said of him, "Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him." Nathanael said to Him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree." Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the King of Israel." Jesus answered and said to him, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this." And he said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle

Saint Bartholomew, pray for us!

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2) Senator Ron Johnson says the Covid pandemic was "pre-planned by an elite group of people" who conducted Event 201

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/sen-ron-johnson-says-pandemic-preplanned-elite-group-people-who-conducted-event-201

3, 4) The many meaningful Signs of the Cross in the Roman Canon

Were the reformers of the 1960s theological illiterates and liturgical birdbrains? One would like to think not, yet that is how it looks after immersing oneself in centuries of tradition

https://traditionsanity.substack.com/p/the-many-meaningful-signs-of-the

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1) Gospel - Mt 20:1-16 - Jesus told His disciples this parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. Going out about nine o'clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.' So they went off. And he went out again around noon, and around three o'clock, and did likewise. Going out about five o'clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?' They answered, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard.' When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Summon the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and ending with the first.' When those who had started about five o'clock came, each received the usual daily wage. So when the first came, they thought that they would receive more, but each of them also got the usual wage. And on receiving it they grumbled against the landowner, saying, 'These last ones worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who bore the day's burden and the heat.' He said to one of them in reply, 'My friend, I am not cheating you. Did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage?

Take what is yours and go. What if I wish to give this last one the same as you? Or am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious because I am generous?' Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last."Memorial of Saint Rose of Lima, Virgin

Saint Rose, pray for us!Bishop Sheen quote of the day2, 3) Cardinal Burke drops a bombshell on Synod of “ideology” and “schism”

https://catholicherald.co.uk/pandoras-box-cardinal-burke-pens-foreword-to-book-denouncing-synod-on-synodality/

3) Top Cardinal warns of Synodality as a “Pandora’s Box”

https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/top-cardinal-warns-of-synodality-a-pandoras-box

4) Update with Church Militant on news as it relates to the Church & Culture

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1) Gospel - Mt 19:23-30 - Jesus said to His disciples: "Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God." When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, "Who then can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "For men this is impossible, but for God all things are possible." Then Peter said to Him in reply, "We have given up everything and followed You. What will there be for us?" Jesus said to them, "Amen, I say to you that you who have followed Me, in the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory, will yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first."

Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Blessed Mother, pray for us!

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2, 3) Freemason diversion tactics

https://oneventure.blog/masonic-diversion-tactics/

4) Inside California’s homeless crisis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xydPnMW3zjg

Tips to encounter the homeless at a stoplight

https://www.churchpop.com/tips-to-encounter-the-homeless-at-a-stoplight/

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1) Gospel - Mt 19:16-22 - A young man approached Jesus and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” He answered him, “Why do you ask Me about the good? There is only One Who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” He asked him, “Which ones?” And Jesus replied, “You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; honor your father and your mother; and you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” The young man said to Him, “All of these I have observed. What do I still lack?” Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.” When the young man heard this statement, he went away sad, for he had many possessions.

Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope

Saint Pius, pray for us!

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

Terry discusses issues facing the Church today including, Bishop Strickland's Apostolic Visit, Bishop Sheen's postponed canonization, and fidelity to the Deposit of Faith by Bishops, Priests, and laity alike

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1) Gospel - Mt 19:3-12 - Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested Him, saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?" He said in reply, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate." They said to Him, "Then why did Moses command that the man give the woman a bill of divorce and dismiss her?" He said to them, "Because of the hardness of your hearts Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the marriage is unlawful) and marries another commits adultery." His disciples said to Him, "If that is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry." He answered, "Not all can accept this word, but only those to whom that is granted. Some are incapable of marriage because they were born so; some, because they were made so by others; some, because they have renounced marriage for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept this ought to accept it."

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2, 3) Monsignor Charles Pope: Homosexual acts cannot be approved or celebrated by the Church – Here’s why

https://blog.adw.org/2014/09/homosexual-acts-cannot-be-approved-or-celebrated-by-the-church-heres-why/

4) Saint Thomas Aquinas on the doctrine of music

https://onepeterfive.com/thomas-doctrine-music/

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1) Gospel - Mt 18:21–19:1 - Peter approached Jesus and asked Him, "Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. That is why the Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the accounting, a debtor was brought before him who owed him a huge amount. Since he had no way of paying it back, his master ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, his children, and all his property, in payment of the debt. At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back in full.' Moved with compassion the master of that servant let him go and forgave him the loan. When that servant had left, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a much smaller amount. He seized him and started to choke him, demanding, 'Pay back what you owe.' Falling to his knees, his fellow servant begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.' But he refused. Instead, he had the fellow servant put in prison until he paid back the debt. Now when his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were deeply disturbed, and went to their master and reported the whole affair. His master summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to. Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant, as I had pity on you?' Then in anger his master handed him over to the torturers until he should pay back the whole debt. So will my heavenly Father do to you, unless each of you forgives his brother from his heart."

When Jesus finished these words, He left Galilee and went to the district of Judea across the Jordan.

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2, 3, 4) The remaking of America

https://amgreatness.com/2023/08/07/the-remaking-of-america/

Today's Topics:

1) Gospel - Mt 18:15-20 - Jesus said to His disciples: "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell the Church. If he refuses to listen even to the Church, then treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector. Amen, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again, amen, I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything for which they are to pray, it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

Memorial of Saint Stephen of Hungary

Saint Stephen, pray for us!

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2) Father Gerald E. Murray: The Worsening Crisis

https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2023/08/09/the-worsening-crisis/

3) Pope Francis preparing his succession

https://www.returntoorder.org/2023/08/pope-franciss-haste-preparing-his-succession/

4) Update with Church Militant on news as it relates to the Church & Culture

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