1 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:16,530 Well, hello and welcome to no nonsense Catholic. I'm your host, 2 00:00:16,530 --> 00:00:20,970 Matthew Arnold for Virgin, most powerful radio. Happy to be back in the, uh, 3 00:00:20,970 --> 00:00:25,010 Virgin most powerful studios here, uh, in Southern California. 4 00:00:25,010 --> 00:00:29,610 And great to have you along with us, uh, have a lot to talk about this week, um, 5 00:00:29,610 --> 00:00:34,370 including 10 memorable sayings of our Lord Jesus that I think every 6 00:00:34,570 --> 00:00:36,690 Catholic should be familiar with. Um, we are also, 7 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,610 I just wanna make mention that we are in the final three months, 8 00:00:40,610 --> 00:00:42,290 the last day of the, uh, 9 00:00:43,060 --> 00:00:46,890 of the first of the final three months of the, um, 10 00:00:46,890 --> 00:00:51,050 special year dedicated to Mary. If you recall last year, 11 00:00:51,050 --> 00:00:55,610 Pope Francis dedicated October of 2021 through October of 2022 12 00:00:56,140 --> 00:00:56,930 as a year, 13 00:00:56,930 --> 00:01:01,770 especially dedicated to the blessed Virgin Mary and these last three months, 14 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:02,690 August, September, 15 00:01:02,690 --> 00:01:07,370 and October are themselves all dedicated to the blessed Virgin. 16 00:01:07,420 --> 00:01:11,610 So we're gonna, um, mention that if possible and certainly going forward. Sorry, 17 00:01:11,610 --> 00:01:15,250 I wasn't around so much, uh, this month because of my health, but, uh, 18 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:20,050 glad to be back in the saddle also gotta be instituting a new and most likely, 19 00:01:20,050 --> 00:01:22,530 very irregular feature, uh, 20 00:01:22,530 --> 00:01:27,450 for no nonsense Catholic kind of a best and worst of the week in the Catholic 21 00:01:27,450 --> 00:01:32,130 news. And I think maybe, uh, the first recipients may surprise you a little bit, 22 00:01:32,630 --> 00:01:36,570 but, uh, to begin as always, we're gonna look at the readings, 23 00:01:36,570 --> 00:01:37,850 the Sunday readings. Uh, 24 00:01:37,850 --> 00:01:41,370 now we're doing the ordinary form readings for this week, 25 00:01:41,370 --> 00:01:44,890 which began with the 22nd Sunday of ordinary time. 26 00:01:45,150 --> 00:01:47,970 The overarching theme of the readings, uh, 27 00:01:47,970 --> 00:01:52,610 being humility and the old Testament reading is taken from the book of crock 28 00:01:52,610 --> 00:01:53,443 chapter three. 29 00:01:54,300 --> 00:01:59,210 My child conduct your affairs with humility and you will be loved more than a 30 00:01:59,210 --> 00:02:03,250 giver of gifts, humble yourself. The more the greater you are, 31 00:02:03,390 --> 00:02:05,210 and you will find favor with God. 32 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:10,610 What is too sublime for you seek not into things beyond your strength search, 33 00:02:10,610 --> 00:02:15,490 not the mind of a Sage appreciates Proverbs and an attentive ear is 34 00:02:15,490 --> 00:02:19,730 the joy of the wise water quenches, a flaming fire and alms, 35 00:02:19,730 --> 00:02:24,530 a tone for sins. Uh, crock of course, being one of the, uh, 36 00:02:24,530 --> 00:02:28,850 seven due to canonical books that was removed from the can of scripture by the 37 00:02:28,850 --> 00:02:32,490 Protestants removed from the Protestant can probably, uh, that, uh, 38 00:02:32,730 --> 00:02:36,810 business about, uh, mortifying yourself and giving alms as, uh, 39 00:02:36,810 --> 00:02:41,170 atonement for sins. Uh, something that Luther would not have appreciated, but, 40 00:02:41,260 --> 00:02:41,810 uh, 41 00:02:41,810 --> 00:02:46,810 crock the author of crock lived in at a time when the Jews were immersed 42 00:02:46,810 --> 00:02:50,730 in Hellenistic culture. This is after the conquest of Alexander. The great, 43 00:02:51,230 --> 00:02:55,810 and this book, the wisdom of Ben crock was written about 250 years, 44 00:02:56,420 --> 00:02:57,570 uh, before Christ. 45 00:02:57,910 --> 00:03:02,850 And it was meant as a reminder to Hellenized Jews that for all the 46 00:03:02,850 --> 00:03:07,450 comforts and pleasures that the Gentile pagan secular 47 00:03:07,450 --> 00:03:08,850 culture, uh, 48 00:03:08,850 --> 00:03:13,570 could provide true wisdom consists in meditating on God's laws 49 00:03:13,570 --> 00:03:18,210 and the teachings that is say the traditions of the past and the early 50 00:03:18,210 --> 00:03:20,330 Christians adopted the book of crock. 51 00:03:20,330 --> 00:03:25,330 They called ecclesia or Leber Ecclesiasticus book of the preacher or 52 00:03:25,330 --> 00:03:28,650 the book of the church because it offered the new Christian converts. 53 00:03:28,650 --> 00:03:30,930 Many of whom were Gentiles, uh, 54 00:03:30,930 --> 00:03:35,690 practical advice on how to live in that secular culture without compromising 55 00:03:35,690 --> 00:03:39,490 their faith just as it had for the Hellenistic Jews, uh, 56 00:03:39,490 --> 00:03:43,450 centuries before Christ and, uh, um, as it can for us today. 57 00:03:44,020 --> 00:03:48,490 So the wisdom offered in this passage, uh, is simple. The greater you are, 58 00:03:48,490 --> 00:03:52,530 the greater your humility should be because all good things come, 59 00:03:52,530 --> 00:03:57,210 not from our own strength, but from God. And now the, um, 60 00:03:57,940 --> 00:04:00,330 reading from the lit of St. 61 00:04:00,330 --> 00:04:03,730 Paul to the Hebrews from chapter 12 brethren, 62 00:04:04,150 --> 00:04:06,330 you have not approached that which had, 63 00:04:06,330 --> 00:04:10,610 could be touched and a blazing fire and gloomy darkness and storm, 64 00:04:10,610 --> 00:04:13,330 and a trumpet blast, and a voice speaking words, 65 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:17,570 such as those who heard begged that no message be further addressed to them. 66 00:04:18,700 --> 00:04:22,050 No, you have approached Mount Zion and the city of the living God, 67 00:04:22,350 --> 00:04:27,250 the heavenly Jerusalem and countless angels in festal gathering and the 68 00:04:27,490 --> 00:04:30,530 assembly of the first born enrolled in heaven and God, 69 00:04:30,530 --> 00:04:34,730 the judge of all and the spirits of the just made perfect and Jesus, 70 00:04:34,830 --> 00:04:39,170 the mediator of a new covenant and the sprinkled blood that speaks more 71 00:04:39,570 --> 00:04:43,050 eloquently than that available, uh, 72 00:04:43,380 --> 00:04:45,410 in the book of Hebrews, uh, St. 73 00:04:45,410 --> 00:04:50,130 Paul's writing to Jewish converts who are struggling with their new faith, 74 00:04:50,420 --> 00:04:53,650 uh, emphasizing here in the book of Hebrews that, uh, 75 00:04:53,650 --> 00:04:58,130 Judaism was divinely instituted that it was the true religion that it its 76 00:04:58,130 --> 00:05:03,050 worship, uh, expressed the true worship, the commandments, the rituals, 77 00:05:03,050 --> 00:05:03,930 the, the, um, 78 00:05:04,270 --> 00:05:08,850 the words of the prophets described God's promises and pointed the way 79 00:05:09,340 --> 00:05:13,890 to forgiveness and salvation, but that's, as far as it went, he, uh, 80 00:05:13,990 --> 00:05:17,490 the old purpose of the old covenant was to point the way to Christ, 81 00:05:18,350 --> 00:05:21,570 but when Christ came, uh, he fulfilled the law in the prophets. 82 00:05:21,570 --> 00:05:24,530 He conquered sin and death and, uh, 83 00:05:24,570 --> 00:05:28,450 shattered all the barriers to God and provided the way to eternal life. 84 00:05:28,990 --> 00:05:33,610 But many of the Jews who had accepted Jesus as the Messiah found themselves, 85 00:05:34,140 --> 00:05:38,610 uh, slipping back into their kind of old familiar routines and trying to live a 86 00:05:38,610 --> 00:05:43,130 hybrid faith, right? That's where they wound up with the Judaizers, 87 00:05:43,130 --> 00:05:46,530 who were saying that the Gentile convert had to become Jews before they could 88 00:05:46,530 --> 00:05:49,010 become Christians. And, uh, 89 00:05:49,010 --> 00:05:53,530 the message of the letter to the Hebrews is pretty simple. He he's St Paul, 90 00:05:53,530 --> 00:05:57,480 he's telling them once you've embraced this covenant of grace, right? 91 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,840 The fulfillment of the old covenant to turn back to the, 92 00:06:00,840 --> 00:06:05,080 to the types and shadows would be to show disdain for the almighty, 93 00:06:05,330 --> 00:06:09,120 because the old sacrifices have been fulfilled in the blood of Jesus, 94 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:13,760 who is the true lamb of God. So in this passage, uh, 95 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,360 today St Paul compares the old and the new covenants, he, 96 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:18,880 he alludes to the covenant of Sinai, 97 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,560 right when God gave Moses the 10 commandments. And which is a, 98 00:06:23,670 --> 00:06:27,400 a terrifying, I mean, it's fascinating, but it's a terrifying spectacle, 99 00:06:27,580 --> 00:06:29,800 you know, with, with fire and smoke and, and, 100 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:33,080 and the blaring of trumpets and the thundering voice of God, um, 101 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:37,880 after which the people begged to hear no more directly, you know, no more, 102 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:39,920 uh, messages directly from God. They, 103 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:44,280 they just wanted it mediated through Moses. And so, consequently, 104 00:06:44,330 --> 00:06:49,120 no man, or beast was allowed to so much as touch, uh, the mountain to, 105 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:52,240 to go to Mount Sinai except Moses. And even he said, 106 00:06:52,540 --> 00:06:56,830 I'm terrified in trembling, but whereas, you know, 107 00:06:56,830 --> 00:07:00,990 in contrast, St Paul says the new covenant is not about gloom and doom, 108 00:07:00,990 --> 00:07:05,750 but this joyous celebration that the blood of able cried out for vengeance, 109 00:07:05,750 --> 00:07:08,750 but the blood of Christ cries out for peace and forgiveness. 110 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:11,710 So the old covenant worship then was, 111 00:07:11,710 --> 00:07:14,790 was a foreshadowing of the Christian liturgy, the, the holy mass, 112 00:07:15,150 --> 00:07:17,590 which is literally heaven on earth. 113 00:07:18,250 --> 00:07:22,270 And it was from this passage that we understand how every mass is attended by 114 00:07:22,270 --> 00:07:26,550 the whole court of heaven. God, um, you know, Jesus, 115 00:07:26,550 --> 00:07:29,670 the second person of the Trinity, the angels, the old Testament saints, 116 00:07:29,770 --> 00:07:33,350 the church of the first born and the spirits of the just made perfect, 117 00:07:33,710 --> 00:07:35,470 which by the way, forms the, uh, 118 00:07:35,830 --> 00:07:38,870 basis for the distinction between those who go straight to heaven. 119 00:07:39,290 --> 00:07:42,550 And those who only enter after a time of cleansing in purgatory, 120 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:47,630 because nothing unclean shall enter heaven and it's in holy mass that heaven and 121 00:07:47,630 --> 00:07:51,350 earth meet. And that by the way is why you don't approach communion. 122 00:07:51,350 --> 00:07:54,950 If you're not in a state of grace. All right. And finally, 123 00:07:54,950 --> 00:07:57,190 the gospel for the 22nd, 124 00:07:57,190 --> 00:08:01,910 Sunday and ordinary time taken from Luke 14 on a 125 00:08:02,070 --> 00:08:02,310 Sabbath, 126 00:08:02,310 --> 00:08:06,430 Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees and the people 127 00:08:06,430 --> 00:08:09,350 there, and the people there were observing him carefully. 128 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:12,230 He told a parable to those who had been invited, 129 00:08:12,870 --> 00:08:16,870 noticing how they were choosing the places of honor at the table, uh, 130 00:08:16,870 --> 00:08:18,030 a more distinguish he says, 131 00:08:18,030 --> 00:08:21,950 when you were invited by someone to a wedding banquet do not recline at table in 132 00:08:21,950 --> 00:08:22,783 the place of honor, 133 00:08:23,180 --> 00:08:26,390 a more distinguished guest than you may have been invited by him. 134 00:08:26,570 --> 00:08:29,870 And the host who invited both of you may approach you and say, 135 00:08:30,020 --> 00:08:31,790 give your place to this man. 136 00:08:32,050 --> 00:08:36,750 And then you would proceed with embarrassment to take the lowest place. Rather, 137 00:08:36,750 --> 00:08:38,030 when you are invited, 138 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,830 go and take the lowest place so that when the host comes to you, 139 00:08:41,830 --> 00:08:45,270 he may say my friend, move up to a higher position. 140 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:48,990 Then you will enjoy the esteem of your companions at the table. 141 00:08:49,770 --> 00:08:52,430 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled. 142 00:08:52,570 --> 00:08:55,920 But the one who humbles himself will be exalted. 143 00:08:56,870 --> 00:09:00,880 Then he said to the host who invited him, when you hold a lunch or dinner, 144 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:05,120 do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy 145 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,920 neighbors in case they may invite you back. 146 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:12,440 And you have repayment rather when you hold a banquet invite the poor, 147 00:09:12,820 --> 00:09:16,920 the crippled, the lame, the blind blessed indeed, 148 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:21,800 will you be because of their inability to repay you for you will be 149 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:26,040 repaid at the resurrection of the righteous. Thus far, 150 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:27,680 the words of the holy gospel. 151 00:09:28,380 --> 00:09:32,280 Now Jesus taught two lessons here first. Um, 152 00:09:32,330 --> 00:09:35,840 he spoke to the guests telling them not to seek the places of honor, 153 00:09:36,090 --> 00:09:39,920 because service is more important in God's kingdom than status. 154 00:09:41,020 --> 00:09:45,080 And then he told the host not to be exclusive about whom he invited 155 00:09:45,490 --> 00:09:47,800 because God's kingdom is open to everyone. 156 00:09:48,380 --> 00:09:53,160 And it's a lesson in humility where greatness is determined by concern for 157 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:53,910 others, 158 00:09:53,910 --> 00:09:58,240 rather than presuming that your position entitles you to the favor of God. 159 00:09:58,580 --> 00:10:02,040 And it's a call to be humble. And how do we do that? 160 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:05,200 How do we achieve humility? We talked about this at length, uh, 161 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:09,680 last week that some people try to give the appearance of humility, right? 162 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:12,880 They try and to appear humble in order to manipulate others. 163 00:10:13,260 --> 00:10:16,080 But of course that's not humility, that's hypocrisy. 164 00:10:16,580 --> 00:10:20,360 And some other people honestly think that humility means putting themselves down 165 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:21,193 all the time, 166 00:10:21,380 --> 00:10:25,760 but that's not right either because humility doesn't mean to denigrate yourself. 167 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:30,700 But to be honest with yourself and truly humble people compare themselves 168 00:10:30,700 --> 00:10:34,260 with Christ. And when, when you hold yourself up to the image of Christ, 169 00:10:34,770 --> 00:10:35,980 a as in a mirror, 170 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:40,980 you pretty quickly recognize your sinfulness and, and, you know, 171 00:10:40,980 --> 00:10:42,500 your understand your limitations. 172 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:47,180 And hopefully you're inspired to seek his grace and to become more like him, 173 00:10:48,680 --> 00:10:52,870 um, to conform to his image, right? The truly humble person, 174 00:10:52,870 --> 00:10:57,510 then doesn't deny his gifts and strength. Rather, 175 00:10:57,510 --> 00:11:02,350 he recognizes precisely that they are gifts, that there are gifts from God. 176 00:11:02,350 --> 00:11:04,710 And then he puts those God given talents to work, 177 00:11:04,980 --> 00:11:09,830 puts them in the service of Christ to use them as our Lord directs. 178 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:11,150 So humility, 179 00:11:11,150 --> 00:11:15,950 therefore lies in gratitude to God for all the benefits that we've received and 180 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:21,110 in the imitation of Christ. And that's no nonsense. All right. 181 00:11:21,110 --> 00:11:25,270 Uh, just quickly I mentioned that Pope Francis, um, called for a Marion year, 182 00:11:25,270 --> 00:11:30,230 a year, devoted to Mary from October of 2021 to this October. And, 183 00:11:30,230 --> 00:11:33,630 um, there's actually a lot coming up in that regard. 184 00:11:33,810 --> 00:11:37,190 And I just wanted to say that, uh, in, in the coming weeks, 185 00:11:37,190 --> 00:11:39,710 we're gonna put a special focus. I, uh, 186 00:11:39,710 --> 00:11:43,910 hopefully each week on some aspect of these final months of, uh, 187 00:11:43,910 --> 00:11:46,150 this Marion year and devotion to the blessed Virgin, 188 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:50,070 because devotion to her is a great comfort in these troubling times. 189 00:11:50,250 --> 00:11:53,520 And that's no nonsense. Okay. Back with more right after this, 190 00:11:53,810 --> 00:11:56,240 no nonsense Catholic on Virgin, most power for 191 00:12:11,770 --> 00:12:13,400 Welcome back. Uh, you know, 192 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:16,440 when I was a young man and I mean a much younger man, uh, 193 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,320 maybe like 40 years ago, back in the eighties, um, 194 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,800 there was something of a Renaissance of standup comedy, and I really enjoyed, 195 00:12:23,370 --> 00:12:27,520 uh, the comedians back in those days. Um, and, uh, you know, 196 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,120 it was all over TV and, and the nightclubs and so forth. 197 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:34,080 And I was working as a musician back then. And, um, and so, uh, 198 00:12:35,020 --> 00:12:39,680 I'm now Catholic 20 plus years, almost 30 years and, uh, 199 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:42,960 doing this program, but I think it's funny, uh, 200 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:46,800 no pun intended that a comedian from back in those days should be the recipient 201 00:12:46,850 --> 00:12:51,640 of our first ever even a broken clock is right. Twice a day award. 202 00:12:52,420 --> 00:12:53,960 And, um, you know, I, 203 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,600 this week I read an article on life site news about committee comedian, 204 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,600 bill Mar, uh, 205 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,880 not somebody that you would think of as an award winner on a Catholic podcast, 206 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:07,240 but, you know, back in the day long before my conversion, um, 207 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:10,800 I was still pretty conservative, but I enjoyed bill Mar. Uh, 208 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:15,080 and for two reasons, number one, back in those days, you couldn't use, uh, 209 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:15,480 you know, 210 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:19,080 profanity or the kind of vulgarity that are so common these days on broadcast 211 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:23,680 television. So, you know, comedy in general will in general was more palatable. 212 00:13:24,610 --> 00:13:25,600 Uh, you know, 213 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:29,640 but even though Mar was a lot more liberal than me, 214 00:13:30,410 --> 00:13:34,280 um, he was among the first comedians to, you know, 215 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:39,120 make fun of the emerging phenomenon of political correctness way back in the 216 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:43,520 1980s. And, uh, you know, especially politically incorrect speech, 217 00:13:43,610 --> 00:13:46,360 so called because the whole idea of, of, you know, 218 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,880 like speech codes and all that deserves to be mocked . And because, 219 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:54,800 you know, from his aspect without free speech, there isn't any comedy, you know, 220 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:56,880 you have to understand there's a difference, um, 221 00:13:56,880 --> 00:14:01,800 between political correctness and social convention. You know, when I was a boy, 222 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:05,840 it was understood that there are certain topics that you didn't discuss in 223 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,960 polite company, sex, politics, religion, right. 224 00:14:09,340 --> 00:14:13,680 But those taboo topics, uh, have always been the heart and soul of comedy. 225 00:14:14,710 --> 00:14:18,690 You think of he young, man's famous one liner, uh, take my wife please, 226 00:14:19,460 --> 00:14:23,330 or even all the way back to will Rogers when he said, um, 227 00:14:23,510 --> 00:14:28,370 I'm not a member of an organized political party, I'm a Democrat. And, 228 00:14:28,370 --> 00:14:30,450 uh, and you, you can imagine how many jokes, you know, 229 00:14:30,450 --> 00:14:34,930 the thousand jokes that began a priest minister in a rabbi walk into a bar and 230 00:14:34,930 --> 00:14:39,850 so forth. You know, humor is about kind of popping the balloon of PO paste. 231 00:14:39,850 --> 00:14:42,330 It's about turning things on their head. And, 232 00:14:42,330 --> 00:14:45,610 and comedy is only funny if there's an element of truth in it, 233 00:14:46,350 --> 00:14:48,570 and to paraphrase GK Chaston, 234 00:14:48,570 --> 00:14:53,520 it is the sign of a healthy religion or political party or social 235 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:58,280 group or whatever, to be able to laugh at itself. You know, 236 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:01,840 I come from a long line of Cowboys and I know that it is possible to cross the 237 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:05,520 line, you know, as, as my father used to say something ain't funny, 238 00:15:06,300 --> 00:15:10,320 but in general, if you can't take a joke, there's something wrong with you. 239 00:15:11,100 --> 00:15:14,520 And that's why so much of what passes for comedy these days is, is, 240 00:15:14,520 --> 00:15:17,240 is simply not funny, cuz it's not about the truth. 241 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:21,040 It's not about the foibles of, you know, the human foils of people, 242 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:22,480 whether they're left right or center, 243 00:15:22,990 --> 00:15:27,280 just a lot of vulgarity and profanity and increasingly virtue signaling, 244 00:15:28,180 --> 00:15:31,000 you know, do you ever wonder why the jokes, uh, you know, 245 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:32,840 if you watch one of those late night, uh, 246 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:37,560 talk shows and the guy comes out to do his monologue and every joke is greeted 247 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:42,200 with this porous laughter and wild applause, you know, why is that? 248 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,480 It didn't used to be like that. And the reason is, you know, 249 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:48,360 Johnny Carson back in the day, you know, 250 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:53,240 he he's only agenda was to entertain his audience and he actually had 251 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:57,760 an audience, but uh, you know, today the, these late night talk show hosts, 252 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:00,040 don't so much have an audience as they have a tribe. 253 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,780 And so every piece of mean-spirited invective masquerading, 254 00:16:04,780 --> 00:16:09,580 his humor has to be greeted with unrestrained enthusiasm, you know, 255 00:16:09,580 --> 00:16:14,260 so that the audience can prove that good members of the tribe. You know, 256 00:16:14,260 --> 00:16:17,740 it's kinda like people back in the old Soviet union who would, uh, 257 00:16:17,740 --> 00:16:22,100 rather pass out from exhaustion than risk being the first one to stop applauding 258 00:16:22,100 --> 00:16:26,550 for stolen. Okay. Now back to bill Mar uh, 259 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:28,790 on Friday on his program, real time, 260 00:16:29,150 --> 00:16:33,950 which the successor to his previous program app titled aptly 261 00:16:33,950 --> 00:16:37,950 titled politically incorrect. I'm sorry, I'm working with rented lips today. 262 00:16:37,950 --> 00:16:42,670 Hang on, get a little moisture in there. Um, 263 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:48,150 he said the most controversial thing that a liberal today can say, he said, 264 00:16:48,820 --> 00:16:52,880 pro-lifers do not hate women. Now, 265 00:16:52,900 --> 00:16:54,640 one of his guests, uh, 266 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:59,200 Senator from Minnesota named AB Amy Klobuchar or 267 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:03,240 Klobuchar I'm, I'm sorry. I don't know how to pronounce her name. She, you know, 268 00:17:03,850 --> 00:17:05,440 he said to her, I'm certainly, 269 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:10,000 pro-choice what I'm saying is you shouldn't say the other side to the other 270 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,800 side, you people hate women. They don't hate women. 271 00:17:13,190 --> 00:17:16,920 They think abortion is murder. And if you think it's murder, 272 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,960 then you can't go well, except for people with a uterus, they can commit murder. 273 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:25,160 Right? He said, I don't think it's murder, but they legitimately do. 274 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:28,800 And it insults them, you know, to be told that they hate women. 275 00:17:28,940 --> 00:17:32,880 And that kind of candor really is refreshing from someone on the left, 276 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:37,520 who is both, you know, pro-abortion and uh, and about atheist, 277 00:17:38,460 --> 00:17:40,840 but it was intolerable to his guests. 278 00:17:41,340 --> 00:17:43,440 The Senator tried to tried to throw up the, 279 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:47,480 the liberal smoke screen by bringing up the phony position of people like Biden 280 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:50,200 and Pelosi. For example, she said, uh, 281 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:53,040 there are pro-life people who have the view. That's fine. 282 00:17:53,430 --> 00:17:58,280 They just don't think that they should put their views on someone else. Uh, 283 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:00,240 and Mar pointed out the obvious she said, 284 00:18:00,340 --> 00:18:04,910 but you wouldn't say that about a murderer. And that's what their point is. 285 00:18:05,180 --> 00:18:09,790 It's not because they hate women at which point. Uh, Rob Reiner, 286 00:18:09,790 --> 00:18:11,110 actor, comedian, uh, 287 00:18:11,140 --> 00:18:15,710 also a guest on the program said that pro-lifers are trying to foist a Christian 288 00:18:15,990 --> 00:18:17,430 nationalist agenda on America. 289 00:18:18,870 --> 00:18:22,670 Remember that abortion was illegal everywhere on the earth until, you know, 290 00:18:22,670 --> 00:18:26,590 roughly 50 years ago. Uh, and Mar again, disagreed. He said, 291 00:18:26,590 --> 00:18:29,190 not everyone who is pro-life is a Christian nationalist, 292 00:18:29,950 --> 00:18:33,710 which is obviously true. Muslims are against abortion, and they're hardly, 293 00:18:33,710 --> 00:18:37,390 they're hardly Christian nationalists. So the, uh, 294 00:18:37,500 --> 00:18:40,910 I wanna just point out that, that bill Mar for all his faults, he's, 295 00:18:40,910 --> 00:18:45,230 he's one of an emerging group of liberals who are refusing to get caught up 296 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:49,910 in some of the irrational sides of, of liberalism, like the, 297 00:18:49,910 --> 00:18:51,110 the transgender nonsense, 298 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:55,120 because they can see that it's irrational now, 299 00:18:55,120 --> 00:18:58,640 according to a live site news article. And if you, when the show gets posted, 300 00:18:58,640 --> 00:19:01,840 it'll be in the show notes, you can follow the link. Um, 301 00:19:01,940 --> 00:19:04,640 Mar took a lot of heat from liberals, uh, 302 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:09,600 last may because he devoted an entire segment of his show to, um, 303 00:19:09,990 --> 00:19:14,800 opposing the insanity of quote unquote, gender transitioning children. 304 00:19:15,300 --> 00:19:19,680 And again, any person of Goodwill should be against that last February. 305 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,440 He actually defended the legislation put forward by, um, 306 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:27,400 Ron DeSantis down in Florida, prohibiting, uh, teachers from teaching sexuality, 307 00:19:27,930 --> 00:19:30,440 uh, teaching about sexuality to children, uh, 308 00:19:30,610 --> 00:19:34,800 in the third grade and younger or younger than the third grade, you know, 309 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,880 as if third graders need to hear about this, you know, and, 310 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:42,120 and mark said that he understands the parents' concerns and, 311 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:43,760 and he is himself understandably, 312 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:48,280 very uncomfortable with transactivist rhetoric about protecting kids from their 313 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:53,040 parents, right, as, as any rational person would be. So, 314 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:57,360 although I disagree profoundly with bill Mar on almost everything ho host of 315 00:19:57,360 --> 00:20:00,720 issues, no nonsense Catholic is awarding him. 316 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,280 The first ever even a broken clock is right. 317 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:08,040 Twice a day award for having the courage to go against the liberal tribe and 318 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:13,000 defend common sense regarding the fact that being pro-life does not mean 319 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,880 that you hate women. Okay. 320 00:20:16,180 --> 00:20:20,080 And then I'm gonna take a quick drink here, wet my wet, my whistle, 321 00:20:22,930 --> 00:20:27,070 not wet, but wet. And, uh, we're gonna go to our next award. 322 00:20:27,610 --> 00:20:31,070 And as you know, this podcast is called no nonsense Catholic, 323 00:20:31,690 --> 00:20:36,590 and there is a special word that describes the type of nonsense 324 00:20:36,590 --> 00:20:41,070 that, uh, we oppose on this program. It can be found in Websters under B, 325 00:20:41,590 --> 00:20:46,550 right between the words bull work and bull fi. Okay. And, 326 00:20:46,550 --> 00:20:50,880 and so our next award is called the Websters has a word for it award 327 00:20:51,660 --> 00:20:54,280 and the very first Websters has a word for it. 328 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:59,240 Award is being presented to Cardinal Jean Claude Hoick who will play a 329 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:03,680 central role at next year's gathering of the world's bishops for the Sy odd on 330 00:21:03,990 --> 00:21:08,920 Syal at a Vatican press conference on Friday, August 26th, 331 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:14,200 Cardinal Hallick insisted that he had no personal agenda for the son Noal 332 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:18,920 process. Uh, this was an answer to a question that, uh, 333 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:23,680 somebody raised regarding comments that he made last February, wherein he said, 334 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:24,513 and I quote, 335 00:21:24,770 --> 00:21:29,600 he believes the sociological scientific foundation of the church's 336 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:33,760 teaching on homosexuality is no longer correct. 337 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:36,760 Therefore, uh, 338 00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:41,040 it follows logically that he must also believe that the church's doctrine on 339 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,400 homosexuality is itself incorrect. 340 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:48,120 Now he was sing in a different tune last Friday when he said, quote, 341 00:21:48,230 --> 00:21:51,760 I fully believe in the tradition of the church and what is important. 342 00:21:51,830 --> 00:21:54,640 I think in this process is not a change of doctrine, 343 00:21:55,260 --> 00:21:58,160 but what is important is to listen to everybody, 344 00:21:58,450 --> 00:22:03,040 to listen also to the suffering of people. I think of parents, for instance, 345 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,800 of people concerned and to have a change, not of doctrine, 346 00:22:06,900 --> 00:22:11,880 but a change of attitude, that we are a church where everybody can feel at home. 347 00:22:12,610 --> 00:22:15,320 So I am not in favor of changing any doctrine. 348 00:22:15,710 --> 00:22:20,200 I am in favor for a church where really everybody can feel welcome. 349 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,720 Although he did add that this welcome does not mean that there cannot be quote 350 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:29,960 discussions and different positions. Now, 351 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,720 the elephant in the room that was not addressed. Uh, 352 00:22:33,750 --> 00:22:38,280 I is pretty clear first that the Cardinal was named to an important post in the 353 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:43,240 Bishop Sinu precisely after he made his public comments against the church's 354 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,240 teaching on homosexuality. And secondly, 355 00:22:46,390 --> 00:22:49,160 that he conflates doctrines with opinions, 356 00:22:50,110 --> 00:22:51,880 a doctrine is by definition, 357 00:22:51,910 --> 00:22:56,400 a teaching that must be held by the Catholic faithful. 358 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:01,000 And that includes bishops Catholics do not get to pick and choose 359 00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:04,920 which doctrines they will or won't believe there's a word in Greek, 360 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:09,580 which means to pick and choose it's heresy. So, um, 361 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:14,580 and also Cardinal, Hallick never said that he accepts the church's teaching, uh, 362 00:23:14,580 --> 00:23:16,300 church's doctrine on homosexuality, 363 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:21,420 but rather that he is not in favor of changing doctrines generally. 364 00:23:22,270 --> 00:23:23,140 So as you know, 365 00:23:23,140 --> 00:23:27,740 as though the church has the authority to change doctrines at all, however, in, 366 00:23:27,740 --> 00:23:28,340 in, you know, 367 00:23:28,340 --> 00:23:32,700 looked at in light of his position that the sociological scientific 368 00:23:32,700 --> 00:23:37,060 foundation of the church's teaching on homosexuality is no longer correct 369 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,300 his call for not a change of doctrine, 370 00:23:40,300 --> 00:23:44,660 but a change of attitude suggests that he's looking for a church where doctrines 371 00:23:44,660 --> 00:23:45,680 don't have to, to be changed, 372 00:23:46,020 --> 00:23:49,680 but they also don't have to be acknowledged if they make you feel unwelcome, 373 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,920 which is nonsense, 374 00:23:52,740 --> 00:23:56,560 the kind of nonsense that you find in Websters between bull work. And Bullfinch, 375 00:23:57,130 --> 00:23:57,480 uh, 376 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:02,160 St Paul said in the book of Romans that the pagan preoccupation with sodomy and 377 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:07,160 the dreadful spiritual and physical consequences that follow, 378 00:24:07,970 --> 00:24:12,760 he said it, that that itself was a divine punishment doctrines matter 379 00:24:13,330 --> 00:24:18,320 because actions have consequences. Also, if you look at the, 380 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:18,520 uh, 381 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:22,360 the summaries of the continental European Bishop's conferences that have come 382 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:25,000 in, uh, regarding the Senate auto Syal, 383 00:24:25,490 --> 00:24:29,840 there's a marked divide between Eastern, uh, and Western Europe, 384 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,720 where doctrine is concerned, uh, 385 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:36,840 Eastern European Catholics mostly wanna see doctrine and church structure remain 386 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:37,490 intact. 387 00:24:37,490 --> 00:24:40,960 Whereas some of the Western European Catholics are looking for the church to 388 00:24:41,190 --> 00:24:45,760 accept divorce and remarriage so-called homosexual marriage put an end to 389 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:46,680 priestly celibacy. 390 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:51,680 And so on which to be consistent would mean the acceptance of 391 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:56,000 Catholic priests entering into so-called homosexual marriages, 392 00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:01,740 not just married priests, but priests in homosexual unions, 393 00:25:02,020 --> 00:25:04,820 which I fear is precisely what this is all about. 394 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:10,380 Not just listening to Catholic parents of, of homosexual children or, or, 395 00:25:10,510 --> 00:25:14,740 or priests that struggle with homosexual attraction with the church does anyway, 396 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:18,860 but accepting or even celebrating that act of homosexuality. 397 00:25:19,290 --> 00:25:19,780 Okay. 398 00:25:19,780 --> 00:25:23,020 Finishing up with this and coming back with 10 memorable sayings of our Lord, 399 00:25:23,020 --> 00:25:26,460 right after this, stay with us. No nonsense Catholic on Virgin, 400 00:25:26,460 --> 00:25:27,420 most powerful radio. 401 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:41,260 All right. 402 00:25:41,260 --> 00:25:45,860 To finish up with the presentation of our no nonsense Catholic first ever 403 00:25:47,010 --> 00:25:51,900 Websters has a word for it award, uh, Cardinal Hallick, as I said, um, 404 00:25:52,010 --> 00:25:53,020 made, uh, 405 00:25:53,730 --> 00:25:58,540 a splash in the media when he said that the sociological slash scientific 406 00:25:58,540 --> 00:26:02,500 foundation for the church is teaching on homosexuality is not correct or no 407 00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:07,340 longer. Correct. And then Friday of last week, he says, now that he's, 408 00:26:07,670 --> 00:26:11,540 uh, um, playing a central role in the, in the Sy out on Senate, 409 00:26:12,550 --> 00:26:16,260 he in Europe there, he says that, um, he's not for a change with doc to, 410 00:26:16,260 --> 00:26:19,980 but a change of attitude wants a church where everybody feels welcome regardless 411 00:26:19,980 --> 00:26:23,500 of their, um, position or, uh, 412 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:28,340 different positions. Um, the thing is of course, 413 00:26:28,430 --> 00:26:31,800 um, you know, we have, 414 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:35,440 we have a lot of questionnaires being sent out by the Bishop's conferences. 415 00:26:35,860 --> 00:26:39,640 And some of them have come back with people saying that they want to have, uh, 416 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,520 married clergy and they want to have homosexual marriage, 417 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:46,040 which means homosexual, married clergy. I mean, that's logically, 418 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:50,120 that's what follows. And, and he, he says not a change of doctrine, 419 00:26:50,120 --> 00:26:53,280 but a change of attitude, but such a change of attitude would be, you know, 420 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:56,680 it would amount to nothing less than church sanctioned, mortal sin, 421 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,800 which is nonsense. 422 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:03,680 That's 100% grade a nonsense. Um, 423 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:07,600 but I'm getting a final quote here from Cardinal Hallick who said, 424 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:12,120 thank you that I could clarify this, but also, which is very important. 425 00:27:12,590 --> 00:27:14,960 I have no personal agenda for the Sy. 426 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,090 I have no personal agenda for the sin. Odd. 427 00:27:22,090 --> 00:27:24,410 I have got a concrete mission by the Pope, 428 00:27:24,610 --> 00:27:29,050 which is to listen and to serve. Now, if I could, 429 00:27:29,050 --> 00:27:32,290 I would remind the Cardinal that he also has a concrete mission from God, 430 00:27:32,330 --> 00:27:35,050 which is to teach, govern and sanctify the faithful, 431 00:27:35,590 --> 00:27:39,850 not to call doctrines into question or ask the faithful what they think the 432 00:27:39,850 --> 00:27:41,090 church ought to teach instead. 433 00:27:41,870 --> 00:27:45,010 And so the first ever Websters has a word for it. 434 00:27:45,010 --> 00:27:49,050 Award goes to Cardinal Hallick of Luxenberg. And, uh, 435 00:27:49,050 --> 00:27:51,970 unfortunately the Cardinal is not here to accept the award because he doesn't 436 00:27:51,970 --> 00:27:56,770 know anything about it. And that is no nonsense. Okay. Uh, moving on, 437 00:27:57,620 --> 00:28:01,050 uh, as you may have deduced from today's awards, you know, 438 00:28:01,050 --> 00:28:04,770 when an atheist comedian makes more sense than the Cardinal arch of Luxenberg, 439 00:28:04,770 --> 00:28:08,570 we've got a problem in the church, but it's not a new problem. 440 00:28:09,460 --> 00:28:13,730 Uh, the human element of the Catholic church has always been human. And, 441 00:28:13,730 --> 00:28:14,570 you know, uh, 442 00:28:14,910 --> 00:28:19,570 for examples just kindly consult the gospels regarding the depe betrayal and Ben 443 00:28:19,570 --> 00:28:22,370 denial of Christ by, uh, Judas and St. Peter. 444 00:28:23,110 --> 00:28:27,930 And naturally many will say that in a case like that of Cardinal Hallick, 445 00:28:27,930 --> 00:28:31,850 that we should apply what Jesus told the apostles regarding the Pharisees, 446 00:28:32,530 --> 00:28:35,090 therefore, be careful to do whatever they tell you, 447 00:28:35,090 --> 00:28:38,770 but do not follow their example, but they do not practice what they preach. 448 00:28:39,550 --> 00:28:40,610 And naturally it's. 449 00:28:40,610 --> 00:28:44,730 It is well to always remember our Lord's promise that the gates of hell will not 450 00:28:44,730 --> 00:28:45,930 prevail against his church, 451 00:28:46,590 --> 00:28:51,330 but today I'd like to consider the parable of the unjust judge from Luke 18, 452 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:52,610 also known as the, 453 00:28:52,610 --> 00:28:57,250 the parable of the persistent widow or the import important widow, 454 00:28:58,420 --> 00:29:02,050 uh, Luke 18 one through eight. And he also, 455 00:29:02,050 --> 00:29:07,050 and he spoke also a parable to them that we ought always to pray and not to 456 00:29:07,050 --> 00:29:11,810 faint saying there was a judge in a certain city who feared not God nor regarded 457 00:29:11,810 --> 00:29:15,930 man. And there was a certain widow in that city. And she came to him saying, 458 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:20,210 avenge me of my adversary. And he would not for a long time, 459 00:29:20,350 --> 00:29:22,410 but afterwards he said within himself, 460 00:29:22,730 --> 00:29:26,050 although I fear not God nor regard man yet, 461 00:29:26,050 --> 00:29:28,330 because this widow is troublesome to me. 462 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:31,490 I will avenge Herles continually coming. 463 00:29:31,490 --> 00:29:34,250 She weary me and the Lord said, 464 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:37,810 hear what the unjust judge sayeth. 465 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,600 And then he goes on to say, and will God not revenge? 466 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:44,640 His elect who cry to him day and night? 467 00:29:45,140 --> 00:29:47,120 And will he have patience in their regard? 468 00:29:47,750 --> 00:29:52,640 I say to you that he will quickly revenge them, but yet the son of man, 469 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:57,000 when he cometh, shall he find thank you, faith on earth. 470 00:29:59,340 --> 00:30:04,110 Okay. So constant prayer to persist in prayer and to not give up, 471 00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,550 uh, that means keeping our requests continually before God, 472 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,510 as we live for him day by day, 473 00:30:09,790 --> 00:30:14,710 confident that he will answer to live by faith means to 474 00:30:14,710 --> 00:30:18,150 persevere. Now God may delay in answering. 475 00:30:18,210 --> 00:30:22,830 And we know that his delays though always have good reasons and his answers are 476 00:30:22,830 --> 00:30:26,470 always for our ultimate good. And as I repeat pretty much every week now, 477 00:30:26,710 --> 00:30:28,230 suffering is good for us, 478 00:30:28,860 --> 00:30:33,520 for sinners as an opportunity to repent and for the just, uh, 479 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:38,440 as an opportunity for greater merit. And when we persist in prayer, 480 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:42,400 we grow in virtue, especially the theological virtues of faith, hope and love. 481 00:30:42,980 --> 00:30:45,880 And obviously, uh, as our, our Lord is saying, 482 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:50,560 if a godless judge responds to this constant nagging of a widow as a person who 483 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:54,680 has no, uh, you know, uh, had no power at all in the ancient world, 484 00:30:55,060 --> 00:30:59,480 how much more will a great in loving God respond to the well-intentioned and 485 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,720 persistent heartfelt prayers of the faithful. 486 00:31:03,830 --> 00:31:05,540 If we have faith that he loves us, 487 00:31:05,540 --> 00:31:09,780 we can be confident that he will hear and answer our Christ for help. 488 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:15,820 But what about that final verse? It's a dogma of the church, which again, 489 00:31:16,020 --> 00:31:20,780 Catholics must believe that Jesus will come again in glory to judge the living 490 00:31:20,780 --> 00:31:21,613 in the dead. 491 00:31:22,180 --> 00:31:26,170 It is an article of the creed that faithful Catholics recite every Sunday, 492 00:31:27,110 --> 00:31:29,890 and yet Jesus himself asks rhetorically. 493 00:31:30,510 --> 00:31:33,890 But when the son of man comes, will he find faith on earth? 494 00:31:35,450 --> 00:31:38,430 And while I was preparing these remarks doing a little Bible study, 495 00:31:38,430 --> 00:31:41,030 I consulted several biblical commentaries, 496 00:31:41,580 --> 00:31:45,470 four of them Catholic to contemporary into traditional, 497 00:31:45,810 --> 00:31:49,110 and one of them, you know, quote unquote nondenominational, and you know what, 498 00:31:49,110 --> 00:31:51,910 I didn't find a single word of commentary about this verse. 499 00:31:52,970 --> 00:31:57,470 And that tells me that this is a question for each generation of Christians to 500 00:31:57,470 --> 00:32:02,290 ask themselves when the son of man comes, will he find faith on earth? 501 00:32:03,230 --> 00:32:08,070 What do you think BEIC Benedict 16th said that, uh, 502 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,270 he thinks the church will continue to shrink, 503 00:32:10,770 --> 00:32:14,550 but the remaining remnant will be the stronger for it. Uh, presumably because, 504 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:16,470 um, you know, uh, 505 00:32:16,470 --> 00:32:19,790 only those ones left will be the ones who really keep the faith. 506 00:32:20,490 --> 00:32:21,910 And what we know for sure though, 507 00:32:21,910 --> 00:32:25,270 is that we are closer to the day of judgment than we ever have been before. 508 00:32:25,970 --> 00:32:30,390 And the closer we get the question of whether Jesus will find faith on earth 509 00:32:30,510 --> 00:32:34,630 seems less and less rhetorical, and that's no nonsense. 510 00:32:35,810 --> 00:32:38,430 All right. Uh, speaking of biblical commentaries, um, 511 00:32:38,430 --> 00:32:41,920 one of my favorites was compiled by a, 512 00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:44,720 a 19th century German Bishop named used ton. 513 00:32:45,190 --> 00:32:49,000 It's called a practical commentary on holy scripture. It was, uh, tan, 514 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,920 put it out. I, I suspect it's still, uh, available and, um, 515 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,440 for the text for the biblical text, uh, 516 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:59,360 father or Bishop NT actually used father Ignatius, 517 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:04,160 Schusters Bible history. Now, you know, uh, Betty and I homeschool the kids. 518 00:33:04,260 --> 00:33:08,920 And so we used Chu's Bible history with our own children for their religion 519 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:13,200 class. Uh, but, but Bible history used to be very common in Catholic schools. 520 00:33:13,780 --> 00:33:16,800 And the point of using the Bible history for attacks instead of the Bible 521 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,920 itself, is that a Bible history, uh, 522 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:24,480 compiles the biblical story into a single chronological narrative, you know, 523 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:27,480 and if you've ever tried to read the Bible straight through, you know, that, um, 524 00:33:27,580 --> 00:33:30,560 you know, the old Testament books often repeat, uh, 525 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:34,640 the same stories and events over and over again. And the gospels, 526 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:38,440 likewise have a lot of material in common, but will differ in the details. 527 00:33:39,130 --> 00:33:44,080 So a Bible history is an attempt to harmonize those various accounts into 528 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:48,040 a single narrative so that you can learn the biblical story in a, 529 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:51,280 in a organic way. You know, you can encounter the characters, 530 00:33:51,310 --> 00:33:53,760 understand how they fit into the big picture, you know, 531 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:57,280 in the same way that you would, if you were reading a, a novel or a, or a, 532 00:33:57,620 --> 00:34:01,800 you know, a secular history. Now, 20, some years ago, 533 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:06,440 when I was working, um, with Terry Barbara here at St. Joseph communications, 534 00:34:07,090 --> 00:34:11,360 we produced the great adventure, right? Jeff CA's, uh, Bible study, 535 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:15,480 which was a way of doing the same thing, only using the, the Bible timeline, 536 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:19,960 kind of as a roadmap to jump back and forth from book to book and verse to verse 537 00:34:20,330 --> 00:34:23,800 to get that chronological big picture of scripture, you know, 538 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,160 cuz it's important to understand how it all fits together. Uh, uh, 539 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,560 the point of all this is that in Schuster's Bible history, 540 00:34:29,810 --> 00:34:33,920 there's a chapter called 10 memorable sayings of our Lord. 541 00:34:34,540 --> 00:34:38,680 And it's a collection of things that Jesus said that either aren't appear part 542 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:43,240 of that, you know, single narrative, um, structure, 543 00:34:43,650 --> 00:34:45,880 or that deserves some special emphasis. 544 00:34:46,420 --> 00:34:48,320 And so I wanted to share them with you today, 545 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:53,280 along with some commentary from Bishop NT and, uh, some insights from, you know, 546 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:57,840 existential insights from yours, truly an application. And no doubt, 547 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,160 you've heard all of these verses before, 548 00:35:00,780 --> 00:35:05,360 but a solid foundation on the fundamentals, the creed, 549 00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,600 the commandments, the sacraments, the Bible, 550 00:35:07,670 --> 00:35:12,240 that's the best way to keep your faith. So with that in mind, 551 00:35:12,540 --> 00:35:14,400 10 memorable sayings of our Lord, 552 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:16,600 not I'm hoping we're gonna be able to get through all 10. 553 00:35:17,350 --> 00:35:20,280 Number one is John seven, 16 and 17. 554 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:25,720 Jesus said my teaching is not my own, but is from the one who sent me, 555 00:35:26,090 --> 00:35:30,840 whoever chooses to do his will shall know whether my teaching is from God or 556 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:35,520 whether I speak on my own. So this is the test of, uh, 557 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:36,353 divine doctrine. 558 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:42,000 Those who attempt to know God's will and do it will know in 559 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:45,400 their minds and hearts that Jesus was telling the truth about himself, 560 00:35:46,380 --> 00:35:47,530 serving God, 561 00:35:47,530 --> 00:35:52,530 doing his will practicing the moral precepts of Christ will reveal that 562 00:35:52,530 --> 00:35:56,250 the doctrine proposed by our Lord is, and must be divine. 563 00:35:57,070 --> 00:36:00,770 Now the true faith comes to those of Goodwill. It's a gift, 564 00:36:01,630 --> 00:36:04,530 you know, and those of Goodwill will also grow in virtue, 565 00:36:04,890 --> 00:36:08,770 which protects and increases and strengthens your faith. 566 00:36:08,820 --> 00:36:11,010 Whereas vice on the contrary, 567 00:36:11,100 --> 00:36:15,890 weakens the faith even produces an aversion to the teachings of Christ and his 568 00:36:16,010 --> 00:36:19,530 church might even find yourself saying that the, the, uh, 569 00:36:19,530 --> 00:36:23,530 sociological foundations of the church's doctrines are no longer correct, 570 00:36:24,050 --> 00:36:28,690 right. Point being it ultimately leads to unbelief and apostacy. 571 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:33,020 And also if somebody says, oh, you need to hear such and such a, 572 00:36:33,330 --> 00:36:35,500 a mystic speaker or, you know, 573 00:36:35,500 --> 00:36:39,100 you have to see this YouTube video about this visionary from wherever. 574 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:42,860 And you wonder, you know, is this legit? Well, 575 00:36:42,860 --> 00:36:45,380 this is the test to determine if they're telling the truth, 576 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,630 do their words agree with the holy scriptures and the catechism and the 577 00:36:49,630 --> 00:36:54,590 perennial mag of the church and not contradict them and do their words 578 00:36:54,670 --> 00:36:56,470 point not to themselves, 579 00:36:56,470 --> 00:37:01,310 but to Christ and to his church and to knowing and loving God and 580 00:37:01,310 --> 00:37:05,880 doing his will. All right. Number two is John eight, 12. 581 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,000 Jesus said, I am the light of the world. 582 00:37:09,290 --> 00:37:13,160 He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. 583 00:37:14,310 --> 00:37:15,860 In the first chapter of his gospel. 584 00:37:15,890 --> 00:37:19,500 John reveals Jesus as being there at creation, 585 00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:24,180 nothing was created except through him and his life brings light into the, 586 00:37:24,510 --> 00:37:27,140 to mankind. And in this light, 587 00:37:27,140 --> 00:37:31,940 we see ourselves as we really are sinners in need of a 588 00:37:31,940 --> 00:37:35,180 savior. And when we follow Jesus, the true life, 589 00:37:35,180 --> 00:37:37,940 we can avoid walking blindly and falling into sin. 590 00:37:38,510 --> 00:37:42,900 He lights the path ahead of us so that we can see how to live and removes the 591 00:37:43,100 --> 00:37:46,100 darkness of sin from our lives. Okay. 592 00:37:46,130 --> 00:37:48,260 More on the 10 memorable sayings of Jesus. 593 00:37:48,260 --> 00:37:52,140 When we come back with lots more known on tens Catholic right here on Virgin, 594 00:37:52,140 --> 00:37:54,220 most powerful radio, stay with us. 595 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:14,230 Welcome back to round four on known nonsense Catholic for this week. 596 00:38:14,230 --> 00:38:17,590 Great to have you with us, uh, going now, uh, 597 00:38:17,590 --> 00:38:20,870 through our list of 10 memorables sayings of Jesus. We're on number three. 598 00:38:21,470 --> 00:38:23,750 Jesus says, if anyone wishes to follow me, 599 00:38:23,750 --> 00:38:28,670 he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. In other words, 600 00:38:28,670 --> 00:38:32,110 our Lord is saying, if anybody wants to be my disciple, he must satisfy, 601 00:38:32,370 --> 00:38:34,070 set aside, selfish interests, 602 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:39,520 be willing to endure whatever may come and conform himself to my example 603 00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:44,480 for living and if need be to suffer and perhaps even die for his faith in 604 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:45,313 me. 605 00:38:45,690 --> 00:38:50,240 So self denial it's is it's necessary for every Christian for without self 606 00:38:50,240 --> 00:38:54,080 denial. There's no virtue. And our Lord himself, uh, 607 00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:58,800 went before us to show us the way and his whole life on earth was one 608 00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,640 great act of self renunciation and self denial. 609 00:39:02,540 --> 00:39:05,680 And that ties in with our next verse. Number four, Matthew eight, 610 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:10,560 20 foxes have holes in the birds of the air have nests, 611 00:39:10,780 --> 00:39:13,320 but the son of man has nowhere to lay his head. 612 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:17,140 Now Jesus used that title son of man, by the way, 613 00:39:17,140 --> 00:39:21,020 to refer to himself as the Messiah, over 80 times in the gospels. 614 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:25,860 And here he is showing us his poverty, his embrace of poverty. 615 00:39:26,750 --> 00:39:30,940 He was born in a stable, never owned a home of his own all the time. 616 00:39:30,940 --> 00:39:35,620 He dwelled on earth. He often spent all night in prayer, out in the open. 617 00:39:36,190 --> 00:39:40,820 He wandered about like a stranger living on alms. His deathbed was the cross, 618 00:39:40,820 --> 00:39:44,220 which you know, on which he literally had nowhere to lay his head. 619 00:39:44,650 --> 00:39:47,500 Even his dead body was buried in another man's tomb. 620 00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:50,790 So it should come as no surprise that, uh, you know, 621 00:39:50,790 --> 00:39:53,150 following Jesus is not always easy or comfortable. 622 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:58,710 It often entails great cost and sacrifice with little or no 623 00:39:58,710 --> 00:40:02,470 earthly rewards or security just as Jesus, 624 00:40:02,470 --> 00:40:07,070 didn't have a place to call home. You may find that following Christ costs you, 625 00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:11,230 it costs you, your popularity, your friendships, your, your leisure time, 626 00:40:11,340 --> 00:40:14,670 some of your favorite habits have to be given up. 627 00:40:15,370 --> 00:40:17,790 But while the cost of following Christ is high, 628 00:40:17,790 --> 00:40:20,510 the value of being his disciple is even higher. 629 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:26,440 Discipleship is an investment that lasts for eternity. And the benefits are, 630 00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:30,240 as we like to say, literally out of this world, uh, 631 00:40:30,240 --> 00:40:32,400 number five is Matthew 10 37. 632 00:40:32,970 --> 00:40:37,120 He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. 633 00:40:37,620 --> 00:40:41,440 And he who loves Sonner daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 634 00:40:42,660 --> 00:40:46,120 Now, this doesn't mean that you shouldn't love your family okay. Far from it, 635 00:40:46,660 --> 00:40:49,880 but that you should put the love of God before everything else. 636 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:54,420 And because Jesus's God and has loved us even unto death, 637 00:40:55,550 --> 00:41:00,340 we in return must love him above all things more than father or mother, 638 00:41:00,340 --> 00:41:01,860 more even than our own lives. 639 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:07,220 The bottom line commitment to Jesus takes precedence over everything else. 640 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:12,780 And in this next saying is also related. Number six is John 1225. 641 00:41:13,180 --> 00:41:17,500 Jesus says the one who loves his life, uh, loses it. 642 00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:21,860 But the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for life eternal. 643 00:41:23,450 --> 00:41:24,680 So in other words, uh, 644 00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:29,160 if someone loves life this life more than God who, you know, 645 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:30,720 have given the choice for sakes, God, 646 00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:34,840 rather than losing his earthly life is sure to lose his life in eternity. 647 00:41:35,660 --> 00:41:37,040 But he who, uh, you know, 648 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:41,720 considers life as little compared to eternal life and will give it up for 649 00:41:41,720 --> 00:41:44,160 Christ's sake will certainly gain everlasting life. 650 00:41:44,240 --> 00:41:48,360 Hence the church of the firstborn. Uh, and, and, uh, from, 651 00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:51,200 from our gospel reading from last Sunday, you know, 652 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:54,960 the church teaches that the holy Martys pass straight to heaven without, 653 00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:59,720 you know, tasting of the pains of purgatory. And then number seven. 654 00:41:59,730 --> 00:42:02,680 Um, and I don't know, we may not get, uh, beyond this one today. 655 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:06,200 We may have to pick it up again next week. But number seven is Matthew 11, 656 00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:07,033 verse 12, 657 00:42:07,580 --> 00:42:12,360 the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and violent men take it by 658 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:17,110 force. Now I know what you're thinking. You're thinking the same thing as me. 659 00:42:17,620 --> 00:42:22,430 You're thinking, wait, what? for some context, 660 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:27,070 we should go back to verse 11. Jesus says, amen. I say to you, that is, I, 661 00:42:27,220 --> 00:42:31,550 I assure you, or I solemnly say to you among those born of women, 662 00:42:32,430 --> 00:42:37,150 there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist yet the one who is 663 00:42:37,150 --> 00:42:42,030 leased in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he from the days of John the 664 00:42:42,030 --> 00:42:42,350 Baptist, 665 00:42:42,350 --> 00:42:47,170 until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and violent men take it 666 00:42:47,170 --> 00:42:51,390 by force. So to begin, John is, you know, 667 00:42:51,390 --> 00:42:54,390 he's the last and the greatest of the old Testament saints, 668 00:42:54,390 --> 00:42:57,430 the old Testament prophets, uh, but it says the, 669 00:42:57,430 --> 00:43:01,110 the least of the new covenant saints out shines the greatest of the old, 670 00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:04,670 because the old covenant prophets looked ahead to the new covenant, 671 00:43:04,670 --> 00:43:06,310 but didn't share in its blessings. 672 00:43:07,310 --> 00:43:09,430 Remember we read about John the Baptist in the gospels, 673 00:43:09,430 --> 00:43:12,550 but he died before Jesus went to Calvary to redeem us. 674 00:43:13,980 --> 00:43:17,690 So Jesus' contrasting the old and new covenants, 675 00:43:17,950 --> 00:43:20,730 not undermining the saintly life of, of John the Baptist, 676 00:43:21,220 --> 00:43:22,930 because as he himself says, 677 00:43:22,930 --> 00:43:26,210 no one ever fulfilled his God-given purpose better than John. 678 00:43:27,470 --> 00:43:32,300 But then that pesky verse 12 says from the days of John the Baptist, 679 00:43:32,340 --> 00:43:37,260 until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and violent men take 680 00:43:37,260 --> 00:43:40,780 it by force. Um, Scott, hah, 681 00:43:40,780 --> 00:43:42,500 and Curtis Mitch's commentary, 682 00:43:42,500 --> 00:43:47,260 the Ignatius Bible commentary says that this verse is notoriously obscure, 683 00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:52,860 you know, but there are some common views, um, about its meaning. Number one, 684 00:43:52,860 --> 00:43:57,740 it may be referring towards this, um, you know, vast movement toward God, 685 00:43:57,740 --> 00:44:00,860 you know, that miraculous growth of the early church that, uh, 686 00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:04,780 the momentum of which began with the preaching of John the Baptist. Uh, 687 00:44:04,780 --> 00:44:06,420 secondly, the word violence, you know, 688 00:44:06,420 --> 00:44:10,020 might be a reference to Christian aestheticism, you know, uh, 689 00:44:10,020 --> 00:44:14,420 mortification and self denial, um, that those, you know, violent men, 690 00:44:14,700 --> 00:44:18,740 quote unquote, who discipline themselves, you know, with prayer and fasting, 691 00:44:18,740 --> 00:44:21,940 they're the ones who are gonna take hold of the kingdom. Well, number three, 692 00:44:21,940 --> 00:44:26,660 he may have been reflecting on the expectation of the Jewish zealots who 693 00:44:26,660 --> 00:44:28,260 believed that God's kingdom would come, 694 00:44:28,260 --> 00:44:31,680 but only through the overthrow of Rome or, 695 00:44:31,690 --> 00:44:34,320 or possibly the onset of the messianic woes, 696 00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:38,960 which was another Jewish expectation that, uh, um, the, 697 00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:42,880 the kingdom of God would only come during times of immense tribulation and 698 00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:43,950 distress, 699 00:44:43,950 --> 00:44:48,600 that those days would witness like masse and the persecution of the saints. 700 00:44:49,180 --> 00:44:54,120 Now, in that view, John, the Baptist, um, was executed for his witness to Jesus. 701 00:44:54,370 --> 00:44:58,120 He would be the first of the faithful to die, you know, in, in this, 702 00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:00,080 in this time. And then, you know, 703 00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:03,040 in the arrival of these days and then followed by Jesus and then his followers, 704 00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:05,360 you know, up until this day. Um, 705 00:45:06,220 --> 00:45:10,320 and then finally you have number four is the traditional Catholic understanding, 706 00:45:11,330 --> 00:45:15,560 uh, which is that it's kind of a combination of the, of the previous ones that, 707 00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:19,600 that Jesus meant that entering into God's kingdom takes courage. 708 00:45:20,210 --> 00:45:25,160 It takes an unwavering faith and determination and endurance because of 709 00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:28,600 the growing opposition level that Jesus and his followers, 710 00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,970 which continues right up to this very day. Uh, 711 00:45:31,970 --> 00:45:36,840 so this is a call to the virtues of temperance and fortitude, uh, 712 00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:38,080 that if you wish to win heaven, 713 00:45:38,340 --> 00:45:43,240 you must persistently restrain your evil inclinations, you know, 714 00:45:43,240 --> 00:45:44,520 to fight against your passions, 715 00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:49,320 to struggle against all external temptations and never be turned away from 716 00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:52,800 what's, right, because it's difficult or because of persecution. 717 00:45:53,580 --> 00:45:58,160 And that ties into the next memorable saying of our Lord number eight, 718 00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:01,720 whoever wishes to save his life will lose it. 719 00:46:01,940 --> 00:46:06,680 But whoever loses his life for my sake will find it for what will it profit a 720 00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:07,880 man if he gains the whole world, 721 00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:11,840 but for if it's his soul or what will a man give an exchange for his soul? 722 00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:14,120 That's Matthew 16, 25 and 26. 723 00:46:15,290 --> 00:46:19,760 It is one of my pet peeves that many modern English translations do not make the 724 00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:24,160 distinction between life and soul in these verses life, 725 00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:27,440 be Veta in Latin and soul, which is anima. 726 00:46:27,660 --> 00:46:29,480 And so they would render verse 26. 727 00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:32,800 What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world before forfeit his life, 728 00:46:33,170 --> 00:46:36,480 or what will a man give an exchange for his life makes mince me to the passage 729 00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:37,440 makes it, uh, 730 00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:42,000 it makes it nonsense because what Jesus is saying is whoever 731 00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:43,440 wishes to save his life. 732 00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:47,600 That is to say his earthly life in this world will eventually lose it right 733 00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:51,960 through death. But whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. 734 00:46:52,470 --> 00:46:57,360 That is if you give up your earthly life in exchange for eternal life, 735 00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:01,610 with Christ, for what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world, 736 00:47:01,610 --> 00:47:04,130 that's wealth, power, faith success, 737 00:47:04,590 --> 00:47:09,250 but for if it's his soul or what will a man give an exchange for his 738 00:47:09,250 --> 00:47:13,810 soul, you can give your earthly life in exchange for eternal life. 739 00:47:14,420 --> 00:47:18,330 Uh, but if you lose your soul, it's lost forever. 740 00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:24,710 It would truly profit you nothing to possess all of the power and honor and 741 00:47:24,710 --> 00:47:28,550 riches possible in this world. If you injure your soul in the process, 742 00:47:29,670 --> 00:47:33,970 and the church is here to remind us that all sin and especially mortal sin 743 00:47:34,240 --> 00:47:37,650 does injury to the soul. And therefore, if, 744 00:47:37,650 --> 00:47:41,250 if a man could gain the whole world by committing one mortal sin, 745 00:47:42,370 --> 00:47:44,810 would it be of any prophet to him? No, 746 00:47:44,810 --> 00:47:49,610 of course not because death would eventually take all of his worldly 747 00:47:49,610 --> 00:47:53,910 possessions away from him. And then he would be punished forever in hell. 748 00:47:55,990 --> 00:48:00,000 Some of our separated brethren have the motto once saved, always saved, 749 00:48:00,220 --> 00:48:04,400 but Jesus says once lost forever lost, 750 00:48:05,610 --> 00:48:08,180 what can a man give an exchange for his soul? 751 00:48:09,290 --> 00:48:12,340 What can he do or give to redeem is sold from hell nothing. 752 00:48:13,090 --> 00:48:17,020 Once your man's soul is lost, you know, once your soul is in hell, 753 00:48:17,550 --> 00:48:21,900 it remains lost. Nothing can redeem it from everlasting damnation 754 00:48:23,230 --> 00:48:26,130 and therefore the, the care of the soul is more important. 755 00:48:26,130 --> 00:48:28,050 It's the most important business in life. 756 00:48:28,260 --> 00:48:32,760 It is the one thing needful as our Lord says, all right, 757 00:48:32,830 --> 00:48:35,760 I've got two more verses on this list. 758 00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:40,040 I think we're gonna save them for next week. If you wanna play ahead. It's um, 759 00:48:41,050 --> 00:48:41,400 uh, 760 00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:46,280 gonna be Matthew 1128 through 30 and John 6 44. 761 00:48:46,850 --> 00:48:51,760 So, uh, if you can remember that or write it down quickly and, uh, look, 762 00:48:51,880 --> 00:48:53,560 'em up. You can, you can play ahead, but those, 763 00:48:53,690 --> 00:48:57,040 we will tackle next week also gonna be doing the, 764 00:48:57,100 --> 00:49:00,840 the readings for next week and talking about the month of September, 765 00:49:01,680 --> 00:49:05,840 which is, um, you know, the Penn ultimate, uh, 766 00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:10,800 final month or the Penn ultimate month of this special year dedicated to 767 00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:11,920 the blessed Virgin. Mary. 768 00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:17,040 Remember in 2021 Pope Francis declared October of 2021 through 769 00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:18,720 October of 2022, 770 00:49:19,070 --> 00:49:24,000 a year devoted to the blessed Virgin Mary devotion to Mary and 771 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:28,720 these months of August, which is now over today, uh, you know, where we had the, 772 00:49:28,940 --> 00:49:33,760 the, uh, dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary major, which is, 773 00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:36,080 you know, the great Marion shrine in Rome and more, 774 00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:40,400 more popes and princes have visited that than any other Marion shrine, the 15th, 775 00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:43,160 we have the assumption. And then eight days later on the Octa, 776 00:49:43,220 --> 00:49:45,920 the queenship of Mary, all that happened, um, 777 00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:49,120 this month and then September is, uh, 778 00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:53,840 every year is especially dedicated to our lady 779 00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:58,200 queen of martyrs. And you may not, uh, 780 00:49:58,200 --> 00:49:59,400 realize you may in fact, 781 00:49:59,400 --> 00:50:02,280 be surprised to learn that there are more Christian martyrs today. 782 00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:06,120 More people are dying for their faith today, that at any time in history. 783 00:50:06,980 --> 00:50:10,560 And so, uh, we really need to turn to our lady queen of martyrs. 784 00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:14,720 And then of course, um, next month it rounds out in October, 785 00:50:15,610 --> 00:50:18,760 uh, with the month of the holy rosary. 786 00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:22,480 And we always do special programs for the holy rosary in the month of October. 787 00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:25,240 So looking forward to all of that and launch more, wanna say, 788 00:50:25,240 --> 00:50:29,400 thank you for your support of Virgin, most powerful radio, uh, your prayers, 789 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,280 especially also your financial support. 790 00:50:31,570 --> 00:50:35,400 If you can give us a one time gift or become a monthly donor, I, I promise you, 791 00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:36,520 we really appreciate it. 792 00:50:36,650 --> 00:50:40,680 We pray for the intentions of all our listeners and especially for all of our 793 00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:45,040 donors, you can go, uh, to V npr.org. There's a big donate button, 794 00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:49,320 right on the right on the homepage and find out how to give a one time gift, 795 00:50:49,320 --> 00:50:51,080 or maybe even become a monthly donor, 796 00:50:51,170 --> 00:50:55,720 because we absolutely rely on your support, both, uh, 797 00:50:55,720 --> 00:51:00,280 temporal and spiritual. Okay. Until next time I, 798 00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:04,280 I wanna say it's great to be back in the saddle and until we meet again, 799 00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:09,280 make God richly blessed you and your family in 800 00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:09,480 it.