Author: frbillnicholas

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MARY AS CO-REDEMPTRIX – What is the Real Issue?

Fr. Bill offers his thoughts on Pope Leo’s reaffirming the Church’s position that the title of Co-Redemptrix should NOT be used regarding the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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ST. FRANCIS BORGIA – Holiness Emerging Amid Scandal

St. Francis Borgia was the third superior of the Jesuits; the second successor to St. Ignatius of Loyola. Fr. Bill talks about his life, legacy, and being that he came from the notorious Borgia family, his scandalous family background.

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ERIKA KIRK & FORGIVENESS

Is it Even Possible to Forgive in such an Unforgiving Culture?

During a Memorial rally for her husband, Erika Kirk publicly declared that she forgives her husband’s killer. Fr. Bill discusses the basic Christian mandate to Forgive and discusses the many misunderstandings people attach to the idea and practice of Forgiveness.

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IGNORANCE OF HISTORY LEADS TO CATASTROPHE

Fr. Bill discusses how an Ignorance of History has led to the divisions we see today in the Nation and in the Church, illustrating the dire consequences that result from a willing and often coerced ignorance of History, of the Nation, of the Church, of the Mass, even of the Scriptures themselves, and how such ignorance has led to the sharp divisions that result in the violence we are seeing in current events. Fr. Bill also suggests how growing in our knowledge of History, and with the use of modern means of communication, we can take the initiative, for the first time in history, to put as serious curb on the trends of violence and ignorance and move forward as a society in peace and knowledge.

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THE CROSS OF CHRIST & THE AMERICAN FLAG

Two Symbols of Freedom Joined

Homily – TRIUMP OF THE CROSS

The Cross is the symbol of Freedom for the Human Race. The American Flag is the Symbol of Freedom for the United States; Founded on Christian principles and enjoying Freedom of Religion. Fr. Bill preaches on the Triumph of the Cross of Christ and the Anniversary of the Siege of Fourt McHenry and how Francis Scott Key’s “Star Spangled Banner” is a fitting tribute to the National Flag of a Christian Nation.

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FAITH, HOPE & POLITICAL VIOLENCE

Fr. Bill talks about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the shooting at Annunciation School in Minneapolis, the history of political violence in the United States, and the hope for dealing with it as we remember the 250th Anniversary of the events of our Nation’s Founding during the papacy of the First American Pope.

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An American Pope for America’s 250th Year

Pope Leo XIV was elected the first American-born Pope of the Catholic Church just in time for the beginning of the United States 250th year since its founding. Fr. Bill begins a new season of his podcast previewing an underlying theme he plans to discuss – renewal in our values and principles as a Nation, and “upping our game” as Americans who have one our own leading the Catholic Church throughout the world.