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Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 30 (Day 6 of Octave)

1 John 2: 12-17; Luke 2: 36-40; Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 30, 20257 min

Church History - Chapter Eleven: Royal Absolutism

From Visualized Church History (1942) by Sr. Mary Loyola Vath, O.P.For the illustrations, charts, and maps in the book, see https://archive.org/details/visualizedchurchhistoryPlease consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 29, 202512 min

Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 29 (Day 5 of Octave)

See also my episode on the history of St. Thomas Becket, on this his feast day: https://podcasts.apple.com/ru/podcast/a-walk-through-catholic-history-episode-9-st-thomas-becket/id1642585690?i=1000681935941&l=en-GB1 John 2: 3-11; Luke 2: 22-35; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 29, 20256 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 29 (Day 5 of Octave)

See also my episode on the history of St. Thomas Becket, on this his feast day: https://podcasts.apple.com/ru/podcast/a-walk-through-catholic-history-episode-9-st-thomas-becket/id1642585690?i=1000681935941&l=en-GBTitus 3: 4-7;Luke 2: 15-20;Haydock CommentaryPlease consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 29, 20253 min

The Liturgical Year: The Holy Innocents

This Feast is not observed liturgically today, due to its coincidence with the Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity.The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 28, 20256 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 28 (Sunday Within Octave of Christmas)

Galatians 4: 1-7; Luke 2: 33-40; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 28, 20255 min

Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 28 (Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph)

Sirach 3: 2-6, 12-14; Colossians 3: 12-21; Matthew 2: 13-15, 19-23; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 28, 20258 min

Sunday Sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori - Sunday Within the Octave of the Nativity: In What True Wisdom Consists

Sermon V, taken from "Sermons for Sunday", a compilation of homilies by St. Alphonsus Liguori (+1787) Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 28, 202514 min

The Liturgical Year: St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 27, 20259 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 27 (Day 3 of Octave; St. John, Apostle & Evangelist)

Sirach 15: 1-6; John 21: 19-24; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 27, 20253 min

Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 27 (Day 3 of Octave; St. John, Apostle & Evangelist)

1 John 1: 1-4; John 20: 1-8; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 27, 20254 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 26 (Day 2 of Octave; St. Stephen, M)

Acts 6: 8-10; 7: 54-59; Matthew 23: 34-39; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 26, 20256 min

Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 26 (Day 2 of Octave; St. Stephen, M)

Acts 6: 8-10; 7: 54-59; Matthew 10: 17-22; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 26, 20256 min

Commentary on the Three Masses of Christmas (1962)

MASS AT MIDNIGHT: Titus 2: 11-15; Luke 2: 1-14; MASS AT DAWN: Titus 3: 4-7; Luke 2: 15-20; MASS DURING THE DAY: Hebrews 1: 1-12; John 1: 1-14; Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 25, 202524 min

The Liturgical Year: Christmas Eve

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 24, 20255 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 24 (Vigil of the Nativity)

Romans 1: 1-6; Matthew 1: 18-21; Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 24, 20258 min

Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 24

2 Samuel 7: 1-5, 8-12, 14, 16; Luke 1: 67-79; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 24, 20256 min

The Liturgical Year: Dec 23 - O Emmanuel

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 23, 20253 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 23 (Feria of Fourth Sunday of Advent)

1 Corinthians 4: 1-5; Luke 3: 1-6; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 23, 20254 min

Church History - Chapter Ten: The Catholic Counter-Reformation

From Visualized Church History (1942) by Sr. Mary Loyola Vath, O.P.For the illustrations, charts, and maps in the book, see https://archive.org/details/visualizedchurchhistoryPlease consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 23, 202516 min

Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 23

Malachi 3: 1-4, 23-24; Luke 1: 57-66; Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 23, 20257 min

The Liturgical Year: Dec 22 - O Rex Gentium

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 22, 20252 min

Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 22

1 Samuel 1: 24-28; Luke 1: 46-56; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 22, 20254 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 22 (Feria of Fourth Sunday of Advent)

1 Corinthians 4: 1-5; Luke 3: 1-6; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 22, 20254 min

The Liturgical Year: Dec 21: O Oriens

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 21, 20253 min

Sunday Sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori - 4th Sunday of Advent: On the Love of Jesus Christ For Us, and On Our Obligations to Love Him

Sermon IV, taken from "Sermons for Sunday", a compilation of homilies by St. Alphonsus Liguori (+1787) Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 21, 202512 min

Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 21 (Fourth Sunday of Advent)

Isaiah 7: 10-14; Romans 1: 1-7; Matthew 1: 18-24; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 21, 20257 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 21 (Fourth Sunday of Advent)

1 Corinthians 4: 1-5; Luke 3: 1-6; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 21, 20254 min

The Liturgical Year: Dec 20 - O Clavis David

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 20, 20252 min

Church History - Chapter Nine: The Protestant Revolt in Europe

From Visualized Church History (1942) by Sr. Mary Loyola Vath, O.P.For the illustrations, charts, and maps in the book, see https://archive.org/details/visualizedchurchhistoryPlease consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 20, 202547 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 20 (Ember Day)

Isaiah 19: 20-22; Isaiah 35: 1-7; Isaiah 40: 9-11; Isaiah 45: 1-8; Daniel 3: 47-53; 2 Thessalonians 2: 1-8; Luke 3: 1-6; Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 20, 202516 min

The Liturgical Year: Dec 19 - O Radix Iesse

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 19, 20252 min

Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 19

Judges 13: 2-7, 24-25; Luke 1: 5-25; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 19, 20258 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 19 (Ember Day)

Isaiah 11: 1-5; Luke 1: 39-47; Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 19, 20259 min

The Liturgical Year: Dec 18 - O Adonai & The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 18, 20255 min

Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 18

Jeremiah 23: 5-8; Matthew 1: 18-25; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 18, 20257 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 18 (Feria of Third Sunday of Advent)

Philippians 4: 4-7; John 1: 19-28; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 18, 20253 min

The Liturgical Year: Dec 17 - O Sapientia

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 17, 20255 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 17 (Ember Day)

Isaiah 2: 2-5; Isaiah 7: 10-15; Luke 1: 26-38; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 17, 20257 min

Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 17

Genesis 49: 2, 8-10; Matthew 1: 1-17; Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 17, 202513 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 16 (St. Eusebius, B & M)

2 Corinthians 1: 3-7; Matthew 16: 24-27; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 16, 20254 min

Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 16

Zephaniah 3: 1-2, 9-13; Matthew 21: 28-32; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 16, 20255 min

Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 15

Numbers 24: 2-7, 15-17; Matthew 21: 23-27; Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 15, 20256 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 15 (Feria of Third Sunday of Advent)

Philippians 4: 4-7; John 1: 19-28; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 15, 20253 min

Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 14 (Third Sunday of Advent)

Isaiah 35: 1-6, 10; James 5: 7-10; Matthew 11: 2-11; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 14, 20258 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 14 (Third Sunday of Advent)

Philippians 4: 4-7; John 1: 19-28; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 14, 20253 min

Sunday Sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori - 3rd Sunday of Advent: On the Means Necessary for Salvation

Sermon III, taken from "Sermons for Sunday", a compilation of homilies by St. Alphonsus Liguori (+1787) Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 14, 202510 min

1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 13 (St Lucy, V & M)

2 Corinthians 10: 17-18; 11: 1-2; Matthew 13: 44-52; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 13, 20254 min

Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 13 (St Lucy, V & M)

Sirach 48: 1-4, 9-11; Matthew 17: 9-13; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 13, 20254 min

The Liturgical Year: St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr

The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church’s liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

Dec 13, 20256 min