History

American and Church History

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WOULD GOD HAVE USED E-MAIL? – After all, He Wrote Letters

Homily
3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Luke 1:1-4

Much of the New Testament is written as a Letter, from the Epistles to the Gospel of St. Luke.

Fr. Bill talks about the importance of Letter-writing, its importance to Christian heritage, its impact on History, and how it has been lost in our modern, multi-media saturated culture.

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SCHOOL BOARDS, ABORTION and the HOLY INNOCENTS

Podcast for the Feast of the Holy Innocents

The Feast of the Holy Innocents follows the Celebration of Christmas and remembers the death of the infants slaughtered by King Herod following the Birth of Jesus.

Fr. Bill talks about how the Slaughter of the Innocents parallels another Biblical slaughter, and how it is repeated today in the drive for a more secular progressive post-Christian society.

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CHRISTMAS – The Unstoppable Celebration of Freedom!

Christmas Podcast – 2021

Christmas celebrates the Birth of Christ, but it also celebrates that “The Lord has come this people and set them free!”  It is a great celebration of Freedom that is perfectly combatable with our culture and founding as Free Americans of the United States.

Fr. Bill talks about how this is so and wishes everyone the best of the season.

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CAN THE U.S. SPUREME COURT “OUTLAW” ABORTION?

Many people see the Supreme Court of the United States as the Supreme Authority of the Country.

Fr. Bill discusses the role and authority of the Supreme Court in relation to the other two Branches of the Federal Government, as well as in relation to the Governments of the individual States, particularly in light of the recent arguments before it over the Mississippi Abortion Law. He talks about historical decisions made by the court and how it relates to its role in our nation today

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ABORTION, THE SUPREME COURT & A QUESTION OF “RIGHTS”

Weekly Podcast

Americans love to talk about their “rights”.

Fr. Bill talks about the nature of “Rights” as expressed in the Declaration of Independence of the United States and how the assertion of “rights” that people make today fits, or does not fit, into that dynamic that is at the center of America’s founding and continued prosperity.

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THE END OF THE WORLD!! (a Catholic Perspective)

Homily
33rd Sunday of the Year – B
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Daniel 12:1-3
Mark 13:24-32

When is the End of the World?
How will we know when it is immanent?
What are the Signs that it is about to happen?

Fr. Bill answers these questions as he talks about the Catholic perspective to the End Times, the Parousia, the End of the World and the Second Coming of Christ.

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THE END OF THE CHURCH – The Worst Crisis Ever!

Many Catholics are critical of Pope Francis and other Bishops for not calling out Catholic politicians who are in favor of abortion. Some have called Pope Francis a “false Pope”, an “anti-Pope” and even “Satan’s Pope”. Some say that the Church is in a crisis from which it may never recover.

Fr. Bill talks about another crisis from Church history and puts the current issues into the proper perspective of the Church’s checkered, but triumphant past.