July 9, 2021 by frbillnicholas JUNETEENTH, SLAVERY & the 4TH OF JULY Podcast on Our Nation’s Founding and the Abolition of Slavery Without Independence Day there would be no Juneteenth to celebrate. Fr. Bill discusses the history of Independence Day and the Founding of our Nation in light of the new National Holiday of Juneteenth. He also discusses the fallacies of current accusations of our Nation’s Founding, how that Founding ensured the Abolition of Slavery, how Juneteenth at long last acknowledges that this is a Nation that Abolished Slavery, and therefore how there would be nothing to celebrate on Juneteenth without the National Founding we celebrate on July 4th.
July 4, 2021 by frbillnicholas PROPHECY IN AMERICA – God’s Voice in the American Experience Independence Day HomilyJuly 4, 2021—Ezekiel 2:2-5 God’s prophets speak to us today; especially in and through the American Experience. As the Nation Celebrates the 4th of July, in the midst of a growing internal culture of hatred for the United States, Fr. Bill preaches how God’s voice can be heard in and through our Nation’s Founding that has formed us as a people, and how the Catholic Church through its leaders continues to speak prophetically today.
July 4, 2019 by frbillnicholas The 4th of JULY and the SOURCE OF ALL FREEDOM America celebrates its Independence on July 4. Many choose to begin the day celebrating Mass. We as Americans cherish Freedom and Liberty, and as Christians, celebrate Christ as the source of all Freedom.
