David L. Gray in the Morning (LIVE), May 11, 2026 (Donald Trump is Being Worshipped)
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🎙️ DLG in the Morning | The War on Statues: Golden Ones Going Up, Sacred Ones Coming Down
Two stories. Same news cycle. Same spiritual disease.
This week, a 22-foot gold-leafed statue of Donald Trump was unveiled — and blessed — at his Doral resort by Pastor Mark Burns and a circle of clergy. Meanwhile, a federal judge in Quincy, Massachusetts, has ordered statues of St. Florian and St. Michael the Archangel removed from a public safety building. Golden images of political power: consecrated. Ancient saints honoring firefighters and police: banned.
David L. Gray walks through the theology of idolatry from Exodus 32 to Catechism §2113, examines the absurd claim that a politician understands Scripture better than the first American Pope, and asks the question both sides are avoiding: what is sacred, and who gets to say?
Plus: a fascinating dive into Acts 16 and Lydia of Thyatira — the wealthy purple-cloth merchant who became the first documented Christian convert in Europe — and the feast of St. Anthimus of Rome, martyr of the catacombs.
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St. Michael the Archangel, defend us. St. Florian, pray for us.
