Winds of Change Show

Father Anthony and Tony are joined by Alice Babij (Bobby) as they gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father greets everyone on this Feast Day of St Margret Mary Alacoque, reminding us when God is taken out sickness takes over. After prayer they discuss the need to be very intent in raising your children in the faith, and that Christ is the healer. Later Alice goes over a eucharistic miracle from the book “My Highway to Heaven: Eucharistic Miracles from Around the World” inspired by Saint Carlos Acutis whose feast day we celebrated this week, on the Eucharistic Miracle of Seefeld as a lesson to be humble before God. 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, chatting briefly about the movie release last week, “Adore Him: He Is Here”. The film is a docudrama that aims to inspire deeper devotion to Jesus through Eucharistic Adoration.  St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish and its Monstrance are featured in the film.  Father emphasizes that the parish provides for sacred space and silence for Eucharistic Adoration 24/7 (except during the celebration of the Holy Mass).  After prayer, Father focuses today on St Theresa of Avila, who’s feast day is celebrated today.  Father Anthony reads from her letters and adds commentary and discussion highlighting the contributions she made in evangelizing and guiding people to live their lives more Christianly.  Father draws attention to the Sunday Gospel and reminds us of when Jesus told the servants to go out and “invite whomever you find, the good and bad alike”, telling us that today, we are those servants and must heed the call to invite others into our faith.  After a break, Father wraps up the show with discussion regarding St. Callistus who’s feast day was celebrated yesterday.  Father shares information regarding his life, his writings and his contributions to the world.

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Father Koys takes us on another “brain wrinkling” walk as he tackles Birth Tourism and Just War Theory. Father Koys discusses what Birth Tourism is and how it ends up affecting who votes and who we are as a nation pointing out that we are a nation searching for identity as we suffer through an identity crisis.  In discussing this he makes relational connection between how we become a citizen and how we become a catholic: vowing fidelity to the US and accepting Baptism being born into Catholicism. Later he discusses the 5 aspects of the Just War Theory.  He reviews each aspect of the theory and discusses his interpretation as to how they apply to the current war.   After the final break he delves into his analysis of the application of the Just War Theory in the war with Iran.   

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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 the group catches up after the weekend.  Father leads us in prayer along with the litany.  After a break, Father turns to the readings from Sunday and discusses the sacrifice of Jesus, his death, resurrection and the gift of the Holy Spirit.  He chats about living a sacrificial life as God calls us to do and a move towards personal metanoia. Discussing a recent experience with the holy baptism, then switches gears and mentions the ongoing egoistic nature of society and the polarization being experienced in the church.

 

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It’s Monday and Lauretta opens on this Feast Day of Carlos Acutis to talk about Saint Acutis, a saint in our era of computers, the internet, and video games and how he managed the technology of our time to dedicate his short ordinary life on this earth for an extraordinary life for God. After the first break, Lauretta talks about the new 2026 film “Adore Him” and the many miracles of being in the presence of the eucharist she has experienced and how you can take just a few minutes out of your day to be with God in Adoration. Later, Lauretta also celebrates the life of Christopher Columbus this Columbus Day and how his incredible journey across the Atlantic and his many understated good deeds were inspired by the faith we all share as Catholics. She further expands upon the reasons for why Columbus Day became a holiday for Catholics and Americans during a time of persecution and hatred, and why we need to defend our history as Catholics. She closes with a call to prayer for Pope Leo as he is undergoing surgery before his trip to Peru where he previously was a cardinal bishop, prayers for the upcoming elections that Americans will avoid the errors of communism, and a reminder the conference on Learning About Assisted Suicide will be this week Thursday at 7 PM at St. Luke and St. Bernardine parish in River Forest, IL.

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Father Anthony with 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 they briefly chat about the 1^st Saturday at the Sanctuary Devotions that Father initiated on October 3^rd and will host every 1^st Saturday of the month through August 2027, see the bulletin accessible via the link below, for more information.   After prayer, Father discusses the Global Assembly on Family Life (Oct. 7-14, 2026); the closed-door meeting of the Pope with about 150 Bishops taking place in Rome to address family challenges, marriage, the pastoral approach to divorce and remarriage as well as LGBT Catholics.  After a break, Father welcomes back Alice Babij (Bobby) who introduces the book “54 Day Rosary Novena of Our Lady of Pompeii According to Blessed Bartolo Longo”, by Rev Scott Haynes.  This edition includes the complete rosary novena prayers of Blessed Bartolo Longo.  The book covers the history of Blessed Bartolo Longo and his conversion along with the history of the 54 Day Rosary Novena and how it came to be.  The book is a wonderful aide to praying the rosary fruitfully.  The book is available at priestlypress.com.

 

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Father Anthony with Tony today chat regarding a couple of articles which Father came across; “Those who seek Christ will find Him: “Another philosopher at Princeton converts to Catholicism” in the EWTN News and “Gen Z’ers and Their Amazing Religiosity” in the Spirit Daily.  After a brief discussion on healthy diets and after prayer, they break into these two articles.  Father reads from the articles and discusses the core of each article and relates it to the current state of what’s happening today with persons converting to Catholicism and the increased interest by young persons.  Father acknowledges that there are scoundrels to pervert the beauty of the faith so we need to look to the saints who live their faith with great courage pointing out that in every generation there’s a need for renewal and reform.  Father wraps the show up with the summary that when research is done and facts acknowledged, that they only reinforce that Catholicism is the true church and there is no other religion with our story.

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Father Koys takes us on another “brain wrinkling” walk on this Feast of The Holy Rosary as he discusses the 16^th Century and the decisions made in that era involving the Church. Today Father Koys goes over the Battle of Lepanto which happened on this day before going over the question of marriage in that era. He further offers insight playing a clip from The Simpsons to highlight the importance of being rigorous in our faith as Catholics before talking about Cardinal Reginald Pole and his adherence to the Church’s teachings in the face of political corruption. Before wrapping up on the Sacrament of Reconciliation and how it is a spiritual scab that cleans us of our sin and protects us from insult.

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Father Anthony with Tony regroup today after the weekend to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  Father and Tony discuss the 1^st Saturdays at the Sanctuary, that began this Saturday October 3^rd and will continue each first Saturday of the month through August of 2027.  Please see the bulletin for more details, click on the link below.  After prayer Father discusses that the nation, despite it being founded on Judeo-Christian principles, has removed the hedge around the vineyard and dismantled the watch tower that promoted the very principles which our nation was founded on. He discusses various religious revolutions that fought to protect religious rights and points out that we are in a time where we need to safeguard our identity as Catholics.  He unpacks the readings and the gospel from Sunday and relates it to this very situation were facing. He reminds us of our responsibility as baptized Catholics that we surrender our lives to Christ, such that when people “See me, they See Christ, that when they Hear me, they Hear Christ, that when they’re with me, they’re with Christ.”.

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It’s Monday and Lauretta’s guest, Father Charles Ruby from the Archdiocese of Chicago is here to talk about the effects of suicide from a Catholic perspective. Father Ruby goes over his beginnings as a Priest,  his work with young people while teaching at a Catholic high school, and his later work with families grieving over the suicide of someone they love.  Father explains that current Church teaching does not automatically damn the person who commits suicide to hell but realizes that many suicides are a result of succumbing to a mental illness.  There will be a conference on Learning About Assisted Suicide on October 15^th at St. Luke and St. Bernardine parish in River Forest, IL at 7 PM. If you or someone you know is at risk of suicide or going through a needy point in life the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is open and confidential 24/7 by dialing 988.

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