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UponThisRock retweeted
The Institution of the Church is more important than the Bible - even if the people of said Church are fallible & the Bible is not.
Protestants like to make the argument that the Bible, because it's infallible, is better... But that's just nonsense.
It's like arguing the tool of the craftsman who created or assembled it, say a hammer- is more important than the craftsman.
The hammer doesn't make mistakes & yet you can hurt yourself if you don't use it properly.
The craftsman created the tool and knows how to use it best.
Without the craftsman, the tool is just a lifeless object.
In the same way, the Church gave us the Bible and knows how to interpret it properly.
Without the Church, the Bible loses its full meaning and purpose.
It's just a dusty book that doesn't do anything absent a mind reads & interprets it.
The Church is essential because it not only assembled the Bible into existence but also ensures it is used correctly to guide us in faith.
Essentially, Catholics use the Bible with an instruction manual of history, tradition & detailed experience over thousands of years to know how to use it.
while Protestant just try to do it themselves arbitrarily & hope it works out.
Leo Promotes A Bishop Who Praised James Martin - Return To Tradition
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Does Your Church Celebrate Communion Like the Early Church Did? - On the Journey, Episode 208 - The Coming Home Network International
Former Baptist pastor Ken Hensley is joined by former Pentecostal pastor Kenny Burchard and former Wesleyan Matt Swaim to begin a new series revisiting what Catholics believe about the Eucharist.
Matt, Ken, and Kenny share how they experienced and even led observances of the Lord’s Supper in their previous Christian contexts.
They go on to compare what they believed about Communion then with what they came to discover when they first started looking at how the earliest Christians followed Jesus’ command to “do this in remembrance of me.”
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Hebrews 1:3: Is the Deuterocanon Only For Edification? - Apocrypha Apocalypse
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Vatican Leaders Reject Christ For False Peace At Assisi - Return To Tradition
The 40th anniversary Assisi conference featured Cardinal Matteo Zuppi (representing the pope) declaring that all religions lead to God.
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Daily Readings for October 28, 2026
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Sts. Simon and Jude (October 28) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year
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Liturgy of the Hours
- Divine Office 10.28.26 | Wednesday Morning Prayer | Lauds
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- Divine Office 10.28.26 | Wednesday Evening Prayer | Vespers
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ORDINARY ROMAN CALENDAR (O.R.C)
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- Are We Ready to Be Sent? – Wednesday, October 28, 2026
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Readings & Reflection
Epistle to the Ephesians 4,7-13.
Brethren, to every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the giving of Christ. Wherefore he saith: Ascending on high, he led captivity captive: he gave gifts to men. Now that he ascended, what is it, but because he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended above all the heavens: that he might fill all things. And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors: For the perfecting of the saints, for the word of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Until we all meet into the unity of faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the age of the fulness of Christ:
Holy Gospel according to Saint John 15,17-25.
Jesus said to his disciples: These things I command you, that you love one another. If the world hate you, know ye that it hath hated me before you. If you had been of the world, the world would love its own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember my word that I said to you: The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept my word, they will keep yours also. But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake: because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
If I had not done among them the works that no other man hath done, they would not have sin: but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. But that the word may be fulfilled which is written in their law: they hated me without cause.
Saint Polycarp (69-155)
Bishop and martyr
Letter to the Philippians, 1-2, 8-9 (trans. Edgar Goodspeed)
"If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you"
I rejoice with you greatly in our Lord Jesus Christ that you welcomed the copies of true love [Ignatius of Antioch and his companions]...who were encumbered with saintly chains, which are the diadems of those truly chosen by God and our Lord. And I rejoice because the deep root of your faith, which has been renowned from early times, still lasts and bears fruit to our Lord Jesus Christ, who for our sins endured even facing death, and whom “God raised, releasing him from the throes of death” (Acts 2,24). “Though you have not seen him, you believe with unutterable, triumphant joy” (1Pt 1,8)... “He who raised him from the dead will raise us also” (2Cor 4,14), if we do his will and live by his commands and love what he loved... Let us be imitators of his endurance, and if we suffer for his sake, let us glorify him. For he set us this example himself, and this is what we have believed.
So I beg you all to obey the message of uprightness and to exhibit all endurance, such as you saw with your own eyes not only in the blessed Ignatius and Zosimus and Rufus, but also in others of your number, and in Paul himself and the rest of the apostles, being assured that all these “have not run in vain” (Gal 2,2), but in faith and uprightness, and that they are in the place that they have deserved with the Lord, with whom they suffered. For they did not “love the present world” (2Tm 4,10), but Christ who died for us and was raised up by God for our sakes.
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- TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS READINGS OCT 28, 2026
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Feast / Saint of the Day
Ss. Simon & Jude (28 October): The Times Make Us Weak or Strong
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Your Soul Belongs Entirely To God - Catholic Parents Online
St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians emphasizes the importance of charity, not just in giving to the poor, but in cultivating a pure, selfless love for God and neighbor. This charity, which leads to knowledge and discernment, is the ultimate calling and fulfillment of our vocation. Jesus reinforces this by asking us to give to God what is God’s—our love and devotion—as we are made in His image and belong to Him.
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You Can See Everything: The Art of Manipulating Reality (Nathan Fielder & Elizabeth Holmes) - Avoiding Babylon
You Can See Everything is in theaters. Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes are the case study. Tonight: manipulation, propaganda, and what a manufactured reality does to people who want to believe it.
You Can See Everything: The Art of Manipulating Reality. Live on Avoiding Babylon with Anthony and Rob.
Nathan Fielder's new film, You Can See Everything, co-directed with Lance Oppenheim, puts Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos back in front of the country. Holmes was convicted of fraud. Fielder spent years building constructed realities, from Nathan for You to The Rehearsal. The film asks you to watch both at once. That is what tonight is for.
This is not a celebrity recap. It is a look at how propaganda works when it stops looking like a poster and starts looking like a person: confidence, repetition, a camera, and an audience that would rather trust the performance than test the claim. "You can see everything" is not a neutral title. It is a claim about who holds the view.
On the livestream:
- What the film is doing with Elizabeth Holmes, and what it refuses to settle
- The difference between a joke, a lie, and a propaganda campaign
- Why Theranos is still the cleanest model of a modern deception
- What a Catholic owes the truth when the culture prefers the performance
The question under both stories is old. Who is forming you, and what are they selling as sight?
Join us live. Bring a question for the chat.
Avoiding Babylon. Standing outside the culture, not performing for it.
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If Jesus Is King, Why Do Catholics Call Mary “Queen of Heaven”?
🌹 If Jesus is King, why do Catholics call Mary “Queen of Heaven”? Does that make Mary equal to Christ—or even divine? Catholic teaching says no. Her queenship only makes sense because Jesus Christ is King.
✝️ Jesus Christ is King by nature and by right. Mary is Queen by grace. She does not possess a kingdom beside Christ’s, and she has no divine nature or independent sovereignty. She is a creature, and every dignity she possesses is a gift from God.
📖 Mary is the Mother of Jesus Christ, one Divine Person, true God and true man. Gabriel announced that her Son would receive “the throne of David” and reign forever. Her royal dignity therefore begins not with power of her own, but with the identity of her Son: the promised Messianic King.
👑 Pope Pius XII taught that Mary’s queenship is rooted especially in her Divine Motherhood and her unique association with Christ’s saving work. But the distinction remains essential: Christ is King in the full and strict sense. Mary’s queenship is received, dependent, and entirely subordinate to His.
📖 Is Mary’s Coronation actually described in the Bible? No New Testament passage narrates Jesus placing a crown upon Mary’s head. Catholics should say that honestly. The Fifth Glorious Mystery is the Rosary’s traditional contemplation of Mary’s heavenly queenship through the language of faith, liturgy, theology, and sacred art.
🌟 Revelation 12 presents “a woman clothed with the sun” with “a crown of twelve stars” upon her head. Catholic tradition sees genuine Marian meaning in this image. But Revelation does not give us an eyewitness account of a heavenly crowning ceremony.
🙏 Catholics worship GOD ALONE. The worship of latria belongs to God alone. Mary receives unique veneration because she is the Mother of God and because of what God has accomplished in her. Calling her Queen does not make her a goddess, Christ’s equal, or an independent source of grace.
🌹 In this Day 28 reflection, we enter the Fifth and final Glorious Mystery and contemplate Mary exalted in heavenly glory beneath the sovereignty of Jesus Christ the King. The crown points not to Mary’s independence, but to what God has done for His humble handmaid.
🙏 During your next Fifth Glorious Mystery, look first to CHRIST THE KING, then contemplate His Mother exalted beneath Him. Ask for the traditional fruit of THE GRACE OF FINAL PERSEVERANCE—the grace to remain faithful to God until death and to finish your earthly life in His friendship.
The Annunciation began with Mary’s Fiat. The Sorrowful Mysteries led us through the Passion and Sacrifice of Christ. The Glorious Mysteries proclaimed His Resurrection, Ascension, the descent of the Holy Ghost, Mary’s Assumption, and now her royal exaltation beneath Christ the King.
🌹 JOYFUL. SORROWFUL. GLORIOUS.
The fifteen traditional mysteries are complete.
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The Moment a Latter-day Saint Knew Catholicism Was True - Catholic ReCon
In this week's episode of Catholic ReCon, testimonies from reverts and converts, guest Tad Ellsworth shares his journey from the Mormon / Latter-day Saint faith to the Catholic Church.
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- Ask A Priest Live - Open Q&A w/ Fr. William Rock, FSSP
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Maimonides Said Christians Are Idolaters: The Catholic Answer - Christ The King
Maimonides, a foremost Jewish codifier, ruled that Christians are idolaters. What he wrote about Jesus, what censors hid, and the Catholic answer on the Trinity and Incarnation, plus the Noahide Congress. Aquinas, Chalcedon, Florence.
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Cold Open
0:05 - INTRODUCTION
1:15 - PART 1: Who Maimonides Was
2:11 - PART 2: What Maimonides Actually Said
5:14 - PART 3: What His Ruling Rests On
7:13 - PART 4: The Catholic Answer — The Trinity
8:58 - PART 5: The Catholic Answer — The Incarnation and the Adoration of Christ
12:11 - PART 6: Impostor or Fulfillment?
14:16 - PART 7: Other Jewish Authorities, and the Noahide Congress
17:12 - PART 8: Denial of the Son
18:51 - CONCLUSION
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Moscow Rejects Ukrainian Baptisms — Fr. Jason Charron Responds | ACT 10-27-26 - Joe McClane
The Russian Orthodox Church says a Ukrainian Orthodox baptism is not a baptism. Fr. Jason Charron, a Ukrainian Catholic priest, joins Joe on what Moscow just decreed. What it means for “one Lord, one faith, one baptism” — and for the Catholics of Ukraine who live next door to it.
On October 22, 2026, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church approved guidelines for receiving people from what it calls “Ukrainian schismatic structures” — the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, the Kyiv Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Anyone baptized in those bodies must be baptized to enter the Russian Church. Clergy ordained there come in as laymen. Communities that join must worship in Church Slavonic and may not ask for their own liturgical order. Anyone who criticized the Church online must sign a renunciation of his “former errors.” Moscow calls it canon law; Kyiv calls it rebaptism. And a Ukrainian Catholic, baptized in communion with Rome, is received differently than a Ukrainian Orthodox baptized two streets away.
Fr. Jason Charron is pastor of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, a married father of seven, and a former seminary professor who led a rescue of Ukrainian orphans the day after the 2022 invasion. He joins Joe at 4:30 ET.
Also today at 4:14 ET: Nick Kerasotes of iCatholic Mobile, America’s only Catholic 5G wireless carrier, on how the company started and why a phone company gives part of every dollar to Catholic media and traditional religious orders.
SCRIPTURE (Douay-Rheims):
- Ephesians 4:5 — “One Lord, one faith, one baptism.”
- Colossians 3:11 — “Where there is neither Gentile nor Jew… but Christ is all, and in all.”
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Every Catholic who wants to defend the faith, and every non-Catholic who is willing to hear the case for Catholicism, should have this book. Newly released, 500 pages. The ONLY modern English translation of the classic available now! - link.amazon/B02R7NUhi
Is the Catholic Church Failing the West? | In Conversation with Fr Robert McTeigue - REGINA Unscripted
Is Western civilisation facing a spiritual collapse? And why does the Catholic Church seem so reluctant to confront the crisis?
In this episode of **In Conversation**, Katherine Bennett and Mark Lambert welcome back **Fr Robert McTeigue SJ**, Jesuit priest, author and host of *The Catholic Current*, for a provocative discussion about the future of Christianity in the West.
Against the backdrop of reported unrest across France and other European countries, Fr McTeigue argues that the problems facing Western society run much deeper than immigration, political instability or economic decline.
From falling birth rates and the breakdown of family life to the consequences of the sexual revolution, he explores how decades of cultural change have contributed to a crisis of faith, identity and social cohesion.
But where is the Catholic Church in all of this?
Fr McTeigue questions whether Church leaders have become too reliant on dialogue, diplomacy and synodality while neglecting the spiritual weapons of prayer, fasting, repentance and evangelisation.
He also discusses what he calls *“the scandal of mediocrity”* within Catholic worship, arguing that the Church cannot proclaim the Eucharist as the source and summit of Christian life while tolerating a culture of liturgical indifference.
And as younger generations increasingly question the promises of secular culture, could the Catholic Church's ancient traditions offer the answers they are searching for?
*IN THIS EPISODE:*
What is driving the reported unrest across Europe?
Why Fr McTeigue believes the West is facing a spiritual crisis
The Catholic Church's response to cultural and political upheaval
Why prayer, fasting and the Rosary still matter
Pope Leo XIV's visit to France and the legacy of the French Revolution
The contraceptive pill, declining birth rates and the breakdown of family life
How the sexual revolution changed Western society
Should Catholics reconsider where they donate their money?
The scandal of mediocrity in Catholic liturgy
Beauty, truth and goodness as instruments of evangelisation
Synodality, Church leadership and the danger of doctrinal compromise
Why some young Catholics are rediscovering tradition
Can the Catholic Church help rebuild Western civilisation?
Throughout the conversation, Fr McTeigue challenges Catholics to recover confidence in their faith, take spiritual warfare seriously and recognise that Christianity offers something radically different from the promises of modern secular culture.
As he puts it:
*“We have to really participate in the truth and the goodness and the beauty of our faith.”*
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Are You Ignoring Your Guardian Angel? How They Are Trying to Guide You - Cameron Riecker
Your guardian angel is ready to assist you. Learn three practical ways these spiritual protectors can support your daily life.
Many people do not realize the specific ways their guardian angel can intervene in their spiritual and mental well-being. This discussion outlines three practical abilities that can provide relief for those struggling with unwanted patterns or intrusive thoughts. By understanding these roles, you can better utilize the grace available to you through prayer.
One significant way a guardian angel can help is by assisting with the removal of harmful memories from your imagination. If you struggle with persistent images or past temptations, asking for the grace of forgetfulness can be a powerful tool for maintaining your focus. Applying this spiritual habit is a practical step toward achieving greater peace of mind and overcoming the weight of past burdens.
0:00 Purging unwanted memories with angelic help
1:14 Seeking divine healing through your angel
2:46 Building holy friendships with angelic guidance
4:31 The most neglected allies in spiritual warfare
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Jesus Ain't Your Friend - Nate Cline
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The Vatican Is About To Gaslight Everyone About The State Of The Church - Return To Tradition
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Who Rules the World's Most Powerful Leaders? #Shorts #ViralShorts - Excerpta Catechismi
👑 WHO RULES THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL LEADERS?
Presidents sign laws. Kings govern nations. Governments exercise authority over millions.
But who rules the rulers?
✝️ JESUS CHRIST IS KING BY DIVINE RIGHT.
His sovereignty does not depend upon elections, constitutions, governments, or human recognition.
No earthly ruler can create or abolish His authority.
📖 SACRED SCRIPTURE
Our Lord Jesus Christ declared:
"All power is given to me in heaven and in earth."
— Matthew 28:18 (Douay-Rheims)
And Sacred Scripture commands:
"And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth."
— Psalm 2:10 (Douay-Rheims)
⛪️ WHAT POPE PIUS XI TAUGHT
In his 1925 encyclical Quas Primas, Pope Pius XI explained that the Kingship of Jesus Christ extends beyond individual believers and families to societies, governments, and nations.
Christ possesses universal authority as the Incarnate Son of God and Redeemer of mankind.
Civil rulers possess legitimate but limited temporal authority. They remain accountable to God's moral law and must govern with justice, respect for human dignity, and concern for the common good.
A government cannot make injustice morally right simply by passing a law.
⚖️ CHRIST'S KINGDOM AND EARTHLY AUTHORITY
Jesus declared:
"My kingdom is not of this world."
— John 18:36 (Douay-Rheims)
Christ's Kingdom is supernatural and does not derive its authority from earthly politics.
The Church has a spiritual mission. Civil governments are responsible for temporal affairs and the common good.
Their responsibilities are distinct, but public life is not exempt from God's moral law.
Christ's Kingship must never be confused with any political party, ruler, or nation. Nor does it justify forced conversion, religious hatred, or injustice.
🙏 TODAY'S PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Whether you are a parent, teacher, worker, employer, citizen, or public servant, examine one responsibility you exercise in society.
Practice honesty.
Defend justice.
Reject corruption.
Show charity.
Let your conduct reflect the King you profess to serve.
👑 CHRIST IS KING WHETHER RECOGNIZED OR NOT.
Presidents leave office. Kingdoms fall. Governments change.
But Christ's sovereignty endures.
NATIONS DO NOT MAKE CHRIST KING. THEY ARE CALLED TO RECOGNIZE HIM BECAUSE HE IS ALREADY KING.
CHRISTUS VINCIT. CHRISTUS REGNAT. CHRISTUS IMPERAT.
Christ conquers. Christ reigns. Christ commands.
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