January 20, 2023 by frbillnicholas ABORTION vs. SLAVERY – Which One Should Be Protected in America Fr. Bill makes a comparison to the issues of Abortion and Slavery, and the Supreme Court decisions that dealt with both. He shows how the two issues have more in common than not and how the United States in dealing with both issues must struggle with what it means to be a Christian, but also an American.
September 23, 2022 by frbillnicholas OUR NATION FOUNDED ON LIBERTY NOT SLAVERY The United States Constitution and the Momentum Towards Emancipation Popular sentiment claims that the United States was founded on Slavery. In honor of the 160th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation (9/22/1862), Fr. Bill disputes the claim that the natin was built on Slavery, and talks about how the United States Constitution reflects a momentum at the birth of our nation not towards Slavery, but towards Emancipation. In demonstrating this Fr. Bill quotes from the Constitution, itself, showing where, and how, the founding of our Nation was spelled the ultimate doom of Slavery and the catalyst that ultimately and inevitably led to Emancipation.
May 8, 2022 by frbillnicholas SHEPHERDING THROUGH ROE v WADE Fr. Bill gives his weekly homily on the Good Shepherd in light of the leaked opinion regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling on Abortion.
July 16, 2021 by frbillnicholas AS BAD AS THE CIVIL WAR!! – Inappropriate Historical Comparisons and What They Mean Enjoy this Week’s Podcast 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.
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.
