Winds of Change Show

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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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 for the beginning of October as the Month of The Rosary and Pope Leo’s visit to France before prayer. After prayer they discus the life of Blessed Fulton Sheen in his dedication to humility in his path to becoming the bishop we all recognize. Later Alice goes over from the book “Fulton Sheen and the Miracle of Life,” the miracle that propelled Sheen to his Beatification last week and a baby boy named after Bishop Sheen who for 61 minutes had no heart beat and was almost to be proclaimed not alive before a miracle attributed to Sheen’s intercession, his heart began to beat where he could be present at Blessed Sheen’s Beatification last week. The book is available at priestlypress.com.

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Father Anthony with Tony today chat regarding Pope Leo’s Pilgrimage to France.  After prayer Father focuses on the Saints of France. He discusses their history, life, works and legacies.  Father was truly impressed by the beauty of several of his stops.  He draws special attention to the Night of Prayer held at the Stade de France, the national stadium in Saint-Denis France on September 25, 2026, drawing an audience of over 80,000 young people.  He discusses the impressive presentation of the procession of the saints and encourages us to find the event you tube and view it, as it is just amazing.  Father chats about the impact of this event drawing attention to the focus the Catholics in France seems to have on their faith hoping to see similar focus and dedication by Catholics around the world.  Father wraps up the show reviewing the list of the top Saints of France.

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Father Koys takes us on another “brain wrinkling” walk as he discusses The Bible and how the Word of God is a person which The Bible is an earthy view of. Today Father Koys opens with St Jerome whose feast day is today, before going into the nature of the Bible and how Catholics and Protestants differ in our approach to scripture. He further offers historical insight into this topic discussing a story of a mission of St Isaac Jouges in upstate New York and later compares the new Act of Contrition with the older form some may remember.

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