Today's Topics:

1) Gospel - Mk 3:1-6 - Jesus entered the synagogue. There was a man there who had a withered hand.

They watched Jesus closely to see if He would cure him on the sabbath so that they might accuse him. He said to the man with the withered hand, "Come up here before us." Then He said to the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?" But they remained silent. Looking around at them with anger and grieved at their hardness of heart, Jesus said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out and his hand was restored. The Pharisees went out and immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him to put Him to death.

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2) Liberals and Islamic radicals have the same aim

https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/liberals-and-islamic-radicals-have-same-aim

3) Pope Francis condemns "serious sin" of "proselytism" but has no explanation for vocations crisis 

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pope-francis-condemns-serious-sin-of-proselytism-but-has-no-explanation-for-vocations-crisis/?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=usa

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

Today's Topics:

1) Gospel - Mk 2:23-28 - As Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, His disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain. At this the Pharisees said to Him, "Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath?" He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry? How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the bread of offering that only the priests could lawfully eat, and shared it with his companions?" Then He said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. That is why the Son of Man is Lord even of the sabbath."

Memorial of Saint Anthony, Abbott

Saint Anthony, pray for us!

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2) Cardinal Pell is Demos

https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/habemus-demos

3) Pope Francis does to Georg Gänswein what the Jesuits did to him in Buenos Aires: Pack up and leave

https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2023/01/francis-does-to-georg-ganswein-what.html?m=1

4) Roe is gone! Jeanne Mancini, President of the March for Life, explains where the fight continues and why we must keep standing up for human life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhSwnAT_JJ4&list=PLgAZcUWx9pPzU0a6Ahi4R7mCFrNM-u_G_&index=3

Today's Topics:

1) Gospel - Mk 2:18-22 - The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were accustomed to fast. People came to Jesus and objected, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" Jesus answered them, "Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast. But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day. No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak. If he does, its fullness pulls away, the new from the old, and the tear gets worse. Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are ruined. Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins."

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2, 3) A radical proposal for the USCCB’s Eucharistic Revival: Four simple changes to how we receive Communion will do far more to create a Eucharistic revival than any multi-million dollar program

https://www.crisismagazine.com/opinion/a-radical-proposal-for-the-usccbs-eucharistic-revival

3, 4) The missing ingredient: An appeal to beauty

https://www.returntoorder.org/2022/12/the-missing-ingredient-an-appeal-to-beauty/?PKG=RTOE1746

Today's Topics:

1) Gospel - Mk 2:1-12 - Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, "Your sins are forgiven," or to say, "Rise, pick up your mat and walk"? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth” – He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home.” He rose, picked up his mat at once, and went away in the sight of everyone.

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2) The Catholic Church must free itself from this toxic nightmare

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-catholic-church-must-free-itself-from-this-toxic-nightmare/

3) How children’s use of smartphones represents a revolution that is destroying society

https://www.tfp.org/how-childrens-use-of-smartphones-represents-a-revolution-destroying-society/?PKG=TFPE22344

4) Catholic 101: What does it mean to take the Lord's name in vain? Is the Third Commandment just a warning against swearing? Randall Smith offers an important reminder that this teaching is about so much more than crude language... It tells us something about the nature of God Himself

https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2022/12/13/take-not-the-name-of-the-church-in-vain/

Today's Topics:

1) Gospel - Mk 1:40-45 - A leper came to Him and kneeling down begged Him and said, “If You wish, You can make me clean.” Moved with pity, He stretched out His Hand, touched the leper, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.” The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2) Glenn Beck says it was in a 2012 visit to the Vatican that he observed the reality of the "deep state" within the Catholic Church

https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/there-is-a-war-inside-the-vatican-glenn-beck-on-his-2012-visit-to-rome/

3) America has become the greatest exporter of destructive ideas

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/01/03/america-has-become-the-greatest-exporter-of-destructive-ideas/

4) As US goes all-in on child sex changes, these countries are having second thoughts

https://stream.org/as-us-goes-all-in-on-child-sex-changes-these-countries-are-having-second-thoughts/

Today's Topics:

1) Gospel - Mk 1:29-39 - Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her. He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them.

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2, 3) Hungarian Archbishop blasts Freemasonry, LGBT ideology, and rising Islam in Europe

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/hungarian-archbishop-blasts-freemasonry-lgbt-ideology-rising-islam-in-europe/?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=usa

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

Today's Topics:

1) Gospel - Mk 1:21-28 - In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit; he cried out, “What have You to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are–the Holy One of God!”  Jesus rebuked him and said, “Quiet!  Come out of him!” The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him. Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2) Benedict on going home: A beautiful reflection on Pope Benedict XVI’s ideas about death, Heaven, and home. In his answer to a little girl’s question, he compares heaven to his own childhood: The ordinary, but extraordinary happiness and love that exists within families. A nice reminder of how we can strive to shape our own imperfect homes.

https://life-craft.org/benedict-xvi-on-going-home/

3) “Stand Firm in Faith!”: Benedict XVI’s final spiritual testament to the Church

https://www.churchpop.com/2023/01/01/stand-firm-in-faith-read-benedict-xvis-final-spiritual-testament-to-the-church/

4) The final hours of Benedict XVI: What he said just before his death

https://www.churchpop.com/2023/01/04/the-final-hours-of-benedict-xvi-what-he-said-just-before-his-death/

Today's Topics:

1) Gospel - Mt 3:13-17 - After Jesus was baptized, He came up from the water and behold, the heavens were opened for Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon Him. And a voice came from the heavens, saying, “This is my beloved Son, with Whom I am well pleased.”

The Baptism of the Lord

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

Senator Josh Hawley: The greatest act of rebellion is to start a family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XURDIqPP5oo

2, 3, 4) Julia Meloni's insight on Fulton Sheen and his pearls of wisdom from his book: Communism and the Conscience of the West, by TAN BOOKS

Communism and the Conscience of the West

Additional information on the full five-volume set

https://tanbooks.com/products/books/tan-books/coming-soon/fulton-sheen-five-book-set/

Today's Topics:

1) Gospel - Mark 1:7-11 - It happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John. On coming up out of the water he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him. And a voice came from the heavens, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

Saint André Bessette, Religious

Saint André, pray for us!

2, 3, 4) A civil war in the Catholic Church and a shooting war in Europe reveal an unprecedented ideological confrontation

https://www.returntoorder.org/2022/12/the-2022-year-in-review-a-civil-war-in-the-catholic-church-and-a-shooting-war-in-europe-reveal-an-unprecedented-ideological-confrontation/?PKG=RTOE1744

Today's Topics:

1) Gospel - Jn 1:43-51 - Jesus decided to go to Galilee, and he found Philip. And Jesus said to him, "Follow me." Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter. 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."

Memorial of Saint John Neumann, Bishop

Saint John, pray for us!

Bishop Sheen quote of the day

2, 3) Best quotes on the Liturgy by Joseph Ratzinger, Pt. 2 

https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2023/01/best-quotes-on-liturgy-by-joseph.html?m=1#.Y7YDhOzMIW 

4) A grassroots parent group seeking to delete critical race theory from schools has now expanded into a national political force to be reckoned with, as half of its 500 candidates took seats on school boards. “It’s a parent revolution,” said Tiffany Justice, co-founder of Moms for Liberty. “You have a whole new group of people entering into government and politics, these are normal people who have lives and families.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/communityfamily/parents-become-political-force-in-2022