Fr. Bill NIcholas

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9/11 and the STAR SPANGLED BANNER

Three days after the attacks on 9/11, President George W. Bush called on the nation to observe a National Day of Prayer.  In addition to that day (9/14) being the Catholic Feast of the Triumph of the Cross of Christ, it is also the anniversary of the triumph after the Siege of Fort McHenry, outside Baltimore, Maryland.

Join Fr. Bill as he discusses and relates the events of 9/11 with that important and overlooked anniversary.

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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE – “To Thine Own Self Be True”

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24th Sunday of the Year – B

Fr. Bill addresses these modern cultural clichés in light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

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WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH – The First Teaching that Drove People Away

Many people, Catholic and Non-Catholic, object to certain teachings of the Catholic Church.  This is nothing new.  Fr. Bill talks about the up and coming readings of the Sunday Mass, what Jesus taught and how His audience responded.  Fr. Bill then compares it to the objections to current teachings of the Church, the demand of some people that the Church change its teachings, and the penchant for Catholics to leave the Church over them.

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POPE FRANCIS & the TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS

Pope Francis has rolled back Pope Benedict XVI’s allowance for greater access to the Traditional Latin Mass. Some are saddened, some confused, some indifferent.

Fr. Bill discusses the issue, and how the Traditional Latin and Novus Ordo Masses relate to the other Rites of the Catholics Church.

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AS BAD AS THE CIVIL WAR!! – Inappropriate Historical Comparisons and What They Mean

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Fr. Bill addresses the habit of many public officials and media figures to compare current issues to Historical Events, Figures and Institutions, encouraging his listeners to respond, not to the extreme Rhetoric and inappropriate Hyperbole, but as a call to actually learn the history that is being invoked in the comparison.