Winds of Change Show

Father Koys takes us on another “brain wrinkling” walk as he discusses the importance of educating young Catholics on the numerous heresies of the Church and how to confront them in our modern day. Father Koys dives in particular to the Heresy of Modernism and the challenge of explaining the negative part of Modernism to today’s youth. He explains Modernism as matter of Novelty vs Tradition, novelty comes and goes but tradition is timeless, both new and old. Father Koys further goes into the aspect of Agnosticism in the Modernist heresy, on the notion that religion is not found outside us but comes from within and that the Church understands man’s reason is flawed and subject to a higher intellect than himself.

 

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Father Anthony with Cristina and Tony regroup today after the weekend to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  Father greets everyone and chats briefly about viewing the movie, A Great Day.  He then focuses on the challenges of living a Godly life and refers to the readings from Sunday.  He discusses the readings and unpacks them and their application to our lives. He reflects on the harshness of the words in Matthew 15:21-28, explaining the importance of the harshness of these words as Jesus works to establish the new covenant setting an example for the disciples.  Father Anthony asks us, “When the world sees us, do they see that we are Catholic?  They discuss what that means and for us to be conscious of whether we are truly leading Christian lives as were called to as Catholics.

 

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It’s Monday and Lauretta’s scheduled quest, Alex Zuko was unable to join us today but we will reschedule him for a later date.  Lauretta greets everyone and gives a shout out to the prayer warriors reminding us all that ongoing prayer is necessary asking for continuous prayers for Jimmy Lai and for promoting of the Holy Spirit.  Today Lauretta takes the opportunity to promote the Holy Spirit, “Veni Creator Spiritus”. She discusses her trip to Italy and her time with the Oblates of the Holy Spirit in Lucca Italy.  Lauretta talks about how her faith was developed early on as her family were devout Catholics and prayer was part of their daily life.  As we all know, Lauretta is a strong promoter of the Holy Spirit. She asks us to find the novena, Pentecost Novena, prayer to the Holy Spirit and pray it daily. Lauretta is grateful for her gifts and reminds us to welcome our gifts and to promote our faith and the Holy Spirit and to obey God’s calling to do so.  Search the web for some of St. Elena writings to help you learn more about the Holy Spirit so that you may better know the Holy Spirit and promote it among all. Visit pentecostusatoday.com for the novena.

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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 after a quick intro he leads us in praying the Chaplet of St. Michael.  After a break, Father discusses the Assumption, the feast that will be celebrate on August 15^th.  After a break, Father discusses todays saint of the day, St. Maximilian of Kolbe, who was devoted to Our Lady, he gave up his life for another prisoner at Auschwitz as he was old and the other prisoner was young with a family.  Father then welcomes back Alice Babij (Bobby) to wrap up the discussion on the various miracles attributed to the seven sanctuaries as discussed in the book, “The Sword of Michael”, by Rev. Scott Haynes. The book explores the mysterious alignment of seven churches across Europe that appear to represent a sword. The book explores this alignment as it delves into historical details, miracles, and spiritual significance of the sanctuaries.  The book is available at priestlypress.com.  The show is closed with the shared stories regarding the protections of St. Michael and the importance of invoking our saints for protections.

 

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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 briefly about the parish meeting yesterday to allow parishioners to engage with him regarding the parish focus. Father reflects on the reading from last night in Ezekiel that can be interpreted as a being harsh as it addresses chastisement, which seems that today no one wants to discuss.  However, salvation requires correction and chastisement is therefore necessary. Father leads us in prayer and afterwards addresses the disorder in society and in our lives and reminds us that as Christians we should draw attention to the disorder so that we can make the necessary corrections.  After a break, Father discusses St. Clair calling attention to her dedication and emulation of St. Francis as she was impressed by his total dedication to God.  She confirmed herself to live in the image of Jesus.  Father reflects on her idea of this mirror asking the group what do you see when you look in the mirror? Do you see yourself differently each time you see yourself in the mirror?  Do you look in the mirror and think of God looking back at you?  God does see you and he’s looking at you all the time, what would it be like if we could see ourselves through God’s eyes?

 

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Father Koys takes us on another “brain wrinkling” walk.  Today Father Koys takes tidbits of his various Wednesday episodes and creates a “smorgasbord” of sorts as he discusses various topics.  He comments on the crazy weather we’ve had and its impact to various trees around St. James Parish, then turns to speaking about the nuclear bomb, Iran and the need to keep them from having it.  Father Koys discusses that Iran is a theocracy and addresses what it is, how it impacts the current war as he addresses the various understandings of the Messiah across different religions. This brings him to share a reflection from CS Lewis that references several ills of the world that can bring about death referencing that the nuclear bomb is just another ill added to the mix and that rather than live in fear of the nuclear bomb and dying, we should live prayerfully, joyfully, sharing in the good of the world and doing good.  During the second half of the show, he reflects and unpacks the poem “The Ambulance Down in the Valley”, explaining that it is essentially a lesson on morality.  Father reads the poem and then breaks it down as he draws attention to what we should walk away with.  He ends sharing a story of a family coming in for OCIA, Order of Christian Initiation of Adults, where one shares their confusion over the hierarchy in catholic religion, questioning why we need it, which leads him to discuss the Catholic Hierarchy and its role in teaching and demonstrating that getting directly to God is not an easy way, opening the door to yet another topic for another Brain Wrinkling Wednesday.

 

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It’s Monday and Lauretta has as her guest, Joyce Duriga, Editor of Chicago Catholic. Today they focus their chat across multiple issues of the Chicago Catholic, specifically the July 12^th and the July 26^th issues.  Lauretta draws attention to ongoing prayer requests for peace and for the release of Jimmy Lai, she adds on the request for prayers to unmask the Democratic Socialists.  Afterwards she welcomes Joyce and they discuss the “At Peace” memorial which honors the lives lost to suicide and offers a sacred space for prayer and remembrance.  The memorial was dedicated at the Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside on June 26, 2026.  Lauretta then gives a shout out to Karen Callaway, photographer for the Chicago Catholic who was recognized for her work with the St. Francis de Sales Award on June 19^th.   They call attention to the celebration of Mother Cabrini’s Birthday and Canonization anniversary that was celebrated at the National Shrine of St. Francis Xavier Cabrini on July 12, 2026 also discussing her contributions.  Their final article focused on the Protection of Children Charter that was implemented to protect children. The charter which was implemented 25 years ago is still going strong and has grown as it provides training and education for knowledge and awareness for prevention of abuse. Lauretta recognizes the upcoming Feast of the Assumption on August 15^th and Joyce draws attention to the huge feast held at St. Jerome Croatian Catholic Church encouraging all to go out to and enjoy the feast and procession on Princeton Avenue.  Joyce reminds listeners that they can subscribe to the Chicago Catholic or pick up a copy at your local parish.  For the complete articles and more information, please visit their website at ChicagoCatholic.com.

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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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