We will examine the origins and contemporary celebration of the Easter Vigil: the central liturgical act of the year.

We will go over the origins of Palm Sunday in more detail, along with the liturgies of Holy Thursday and Good Friday. Then I'll explain why buying "Satan Shoes" is a bad idea - as if the name weren't enough.

In this episode we'll look at the liturgies last two weeks of Lent, how the theme of the readings and Mass prayers shift, and introduce Holy Week. We will also take a look at the Office of Readings and the Scriptural selections we are reading from.

We take a look at the Church's rules on fasting and abstinence, and when they can be dispensed from and why.

What are the Lenten Scrutinies? How do they fit into the RCIA program? And, by the way, what does RCIA mean? We will also look at two controversies in the Catholic news right now.

A further look at how the Lenten Time is organized, along with a look at Gospel passages for the the first two Sundays of Lent. Then we examine three dystopian novels from the 20th century, and if there got their respective visions of the future (our present) correct. 

Reflections on Lent and the connection between free speech and evangelization

An overview of the twin devotions of Mary Help of Christians and the Immaculate Conception.

A reflection on the Mass readings for the 29th the Sunday in Ordinary Time

Offering some clarifications on my critique of Stephan Hicks’ book on postmodern, sandwiched around tributes of Eddie Van Halen, and three Baseball Hall of Famers we lost recently: Bob Gibson, Whitey Ford and Joe Morgan.