Winds of Change Show

Father Anthony with Cristina and Tony, gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  Father Anthony is joined by his guest Alice Babij (Bobby) today.  Father greets everyone and mentions that today’s honored saint is Sts. Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Martyrs then leads us in prayer.  After prayer Father talks about yesterday’s Feast of the Transfiguration and shares from its readings, reflecting on the state of our society and its rejection of Christianity.  After a break, Father welcome back Alice Babij (Bobby) to continue the discussion on the book previously introduced, “The Sword of Michael”, by Rev. Scott Haynes. The book explores the mysterious alignment of seven churches across Europe that appears to represent a sword. The book explores this alignment as it delves into historical details, miracles, and spiritual significance of the sanctuaries.  Today Alice focuses on the miracles attributed to each of the seven churches.  The book is available at priestlypress.com.

 

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Father Anthony with Tony and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father greets everyone and chats about his experience at a funeral a few days past which leads them to discuss catholic cemeteries in the city of Chicago.  Father leads us in prayer and afterwards touches on the point he made on Tuesday’s show: Jesus retreats to the desert and into silence to pray and remain centered on God, we must emulate Jesus and nurture our relationship with God as we face daily challenges trusting in Him.  Father reminds us to be of the things of God living for the better good of others while we avoid being manipulated or dragged into the decisive politics but be bold in speaking the truth of our faith and promoting repentance and living a life in Christ.

 

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Father Koys takes us on another “brain wrinkling” walk as his mind turns to the upcoming beautification of Fulton Sheen scheduled for September 24, 2026.  Father Koys takes us on a deep dive into historical details around Fulton Sheen. As Father Koys dives into and shares details and short stories about his life and works, he shares his personal connection to him as well. He highlights and reads the story of the miracle that was recognized by Pope Frances for Fulton Sheen’s beautification on July 6, 2019.  The beautification was originally scheduled for later that year on December 21, 2019 later postponed pending further review.  Father Koys shares this unfortunate event, sharing the details revolving around that situation which delayed the beautification until this year. 

 

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Father Anthony with Tony and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father opens with discussion about issues or topics that impact our society causing chaos yet we are not addressing or rather not properly addressing it and as such it is not being fixed and the reorder is not possible so we remain in chaos. After a break Father, leads us in prayer then moves on to talk about The Trinity. He references and reads form an article, “This Sunday, The Trinity Means We are not the Children of Divorce, by Tom Hoops.  Father elaborates on the significance of the trinity and discusses the article and its reference to divorce, highlighting that God must be the center of all relationships.  Father reminds us that our faith is a commitment and we bear responsibility to carry our crosses and hold firm to the Truth, and we should not allow our religion to be watered down.

 

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It’s Monday and Lauretta has as her guest today Kelsey Reinhardt , CEO of Catholic Vote.  Lauretta greets everyone and gives a shout out to the prayer warriors reminding us all that ongoing prayer is necessary and mentions some of the ongoing situations we should maintain in prayer. Lauretta then welcomes Kelsey Reinhardt and asks her to tell us about Catholic Vote.  Kelsey explains that Catholic Vote is an organization committed to inspiring Catholics to live their faith in the pubic square, that we be bold in speaking out for what our faith teaches us.  Kelsey tells us a little about her background and how she came to be with Catholic Vote sharing details of events in her life along the way.  Lauretta chats about an article she read that was written by Kelsey and motivated her to reach out to ask her to come on the show, that article was “Cut Flowers: The Democratic Socialist Rising Class.  They go on to discuss the article and point out ongoing situations in society and how they are impacted.  Together they encourage listeners to get educated and informed on what is happening in our society and to be bold in speaking your position as it relates to your faith.  Kelsey points out that in doing so, we can have a ripple effect throughout the world.  Lauretta closes with a reminder that Encounter Ministry is hosting a summer intensive starting this evening through August 6^th for more information visit their website.

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Father Anthony with Cristina and Tony joined today by Alice Babij (Bobby) gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  Father Anthony greets everyone and chats about experiences on his recent time away from the parish.  After prayer, Father welcomes back Alice to continue her discussion over the book “Clothed in Grace, A Devotional Guide to the Five-Fold Scapular, by Rev Scott Haynes.  The book is a devotional guide for the use of the five-fold scapular. The book offers the history along with the meaning of each of the scapular folds.  It also shares the saints who wore them, miracles tied to them and the spiritual promises that draw millions to it.  Today Alice focuses on sharing the many miracles credited to the various scapular folds.  The book is available at priestlypress.com.

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Father Anthony with Cristina and Tony joined today by Alice Babij (Bobby) gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  Father Anthony greets everyone, mentioning he’s transitioning from just completing a funeral, he offers prayers for the rest of the soul of the deceased and their family.  Father leads us in prayer adding the Litany to the Sacred Heart.  After prayer, Father mentions the 4^th of July celebrating our nation yet there’s so much polarization in our country and in the church. This leads him to wonder if there is a tipping point where God decides to step in to bring us down in order to build us back up?  They discuss this idea as they look to biblical events to help support their ideas.  After a break, Father asks Alice to continue her discussion over the book “Clothed in Grace, A Devotional Guide to the Five-Fold Scapular, by Rev Scott Haynes, which they began discussing last week Friday.  The book is a devotional guide for the use of the five-fold scapular. The book offers the history along with the meaning of each of the scapular folds.  It also shares the saints who wore them, miracles tied to them and the spiritual promises that draw millions to it.  Today Alice focuses on sharing the many miracles credited to the various scapular folds.  The book is available at priestlypress.com.

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Father Koys takes us on another “brain wrinkling” walk as he tackles the topic of households. Households is one of the seven layers in Father Koys art piece “Heptagraph”.  Fr. Koys wrinkles your brain to contemplate this level of association as he references historical references to clarify the fascinating connections.  He dives into historical references on Shakespeare, the House of Plantagenet; it’s two branches, House of York and House of Lancaster, as well as the House of Tudor and the war of the Roses.  While experiencing technical difficulties today, Father Koys was a real trooper and trudge along to make his point in order to wrinkle your brain.  Happy Wednesday!

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Father Anthony with Cristina and Tony, joined by Alice Babij (Bobby) gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  Father Anthony is joined by visitors from Texas, former alumni and parishioner Hector Arroyo with his daughter Brianna Arroyo.  Father greets everyone and there’s reminiscing around past times and the lost community around the church.  After a break, Father welcomes back Alice Babij (Bobby) who introduces the book “Clothed in Grace, A Devotional Guide to the Five Fold Scapular, by Rev Scott Haynes.  The book is a devotional guide for the use of the five-fold scapular. The book offers the history along with the meaning of each of the scapular folds.  It also shares the saints who wore them, miracles tied to them and the spiritual promises that draw millions to it.  The book is available at priestlypress.com. Father ends today’s show with commentary on the presentation of the five-fold scapular.

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It’s Monday and Lauretta welcomes back Mary Fiorito (former WOC host and co-host) back to the show today to tackle prayer and praying with the Pope.  They catch up and chat about the crazy weather in the Midwest this summer as Mary drives in the torrential rain.  We go to break hoping Mary can find a safe space to continue her participation.  After the break, Mary is safe and they lean into discussing prayer, referencing Pope Leo videos promoting prayer as well as his words to encourage SILENCE and to LISTEN for God. In particular they discuss forms of prayer and the fulfillment that it brings.  As they talk they acknowledge that there is misfortune and that despite the bad times, we can experience joy in God through prayer as Pope Leo has expressed many times in his speeches.  They touch on experiences and situations that have been blessings to themselves as well as themselves being blessings to others reminding us that we can always be a blessing to others if we just allow God to work through us.  So let us all stop and be silent as we listen for God.

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