On Sunday, April 7, 2013 I chatted with author Gary B. Agee, PhD about his book, A Cry for Justice – Daniel Rudd and His Life in Black Catholicism, Journalism, and Activism 1854 – 1933. In this book Agee documents the life of Daniel Rudd, who was born a slave in Bardstown, Kentucky in 1854 – valued at $250, and by 1889 would become one of the nation’s best-known Black Catholics.

The feast of Divine Mercy, as recorded in the diary of Saint Faustina, receives from Jesus himself the promise that the soul that goes to Sacramental Confession (the confession may take place some days before), and receive Holy Eucharistic on that day, shall obtain the total forgiveness of all sins and punishment. Additionally, the Catholic Church grants a plenary indulgence (observing the usual rules) with the recitation of some simple prayers.

After this, Joseph of Arimathea, secretly a disciple of Jesus for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate if he could remove the Body of Jesus. And Pilate permitted it. So he came and took His body.

In totality, these Gospel accounts tell us two things, which people often take out of context. The first is that the Lukan version of our Lord’s prophecy held up. The second is that Peter is not the pusillanimous, scared, and bumbling idiot that I grow so weary of hearing so many Christians portray him to be.

On Sunday, March 17, 2013 I chatted with Catholic author Devin Rose, a former atheist, who penned the book ‘If Protestantism is True: The Reformation Meets Rome’. I really enjoyed this show! It was informative, insightful, and fun! I hope to have Devin back on in the future. I hope you enjoy listening to it!

Perhaps one of the most powerful sayings of Jesus in all of sacred Scripture was His last words to this woman – “Go, and from now on do not sin any more.” The call of today’s Sacrifice of the Mass is to believe that we can and ought to “Go, and from now on do not sin any more.”

This brief article is going to look at what the Catholic Church teaches about the Sacrament of Baptism and compare it to what the Fathers of the Church taught and wrote on this subject, to demonstrate the consistency of our doctrine.

On Tuesday, March 10, 2013 I had the opportunity to talk with Catholic author Constance Gorman about her book ‘The Great Black Hope’. This is an inspiring book about a Black standout high school football and track athlete named Tony Daniels who encountered a life changing event that sent him on the path to life-threatening depression.

Those of us who have lived far off from God and have/are paying for the choices we made in opposition to Him can truly relate to how grateful the younger son must have been to become merely a dependent of his father. For, being independent from his father proved to be nothing more than a worthless life.

On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 we kicked off the first show of March with Catherine Contreras. For this first program we talked about Catherine’s journey back to the Catholic Church, which was very moving, as well as her Pro-Life work. After that we talked with Pro-Life Activist Kristina Garza about a horrible activity that Planned Parenthood is involved in at a public high school in Los Angeles. Next up was AnaMaria Rivas, who is a Pro-Life Activist in the 40 Days for Life movement in Southern California.

From the only prayer He taught us, to the Sacraments of the Church He gave us, to His definitive act on the Cross for us; we know that our Lord passionately understands that temptation and sin will be a struggle for us in this life. In response to that knowledge of His what He did was empower us with all of the greatest resources we needed to live this life free from the consequences of sin.

I came up with five other fun things that we Catholics can do in between getting headaches as we hear the latest liberal ranting about how the Catholic Church needs to change and accommodate the immoralities and bad theology of modern popular culture. You don’t have to do all of these things at once if you don’t want, or even in this order, but if you don’t do at least one you’ll wish you do once Sede Vacante is over.

On Sunday, February 24, 2013 I had really great conversation with writer Jennie Lee Williams about a myriad of topics related to human sexuality and Catholicism, including abstinence before marriage, Natural Family Planning, and cohabitation, through the lenses of the Theology of the Body.