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1. Nicholas Cavazos – The Traditional Thomist
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• Pope Leo Approves the Eighth Bishop Appointed Under the Chinese Communist Government’s Deal with Rome
• Fifth Circuit Panel Signals It May Not Be Able to Halt Mail-Order Abortion Pills Despite the FDA’s Own Safety-Data Gap
• A British Court Orders Food and Water Withdrawn from a Disabled 28-Year-Old

Saint of the Day:

• St. Nicholas of Tolentino

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 6:27-38

Jesus said to his disciples: “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you.

For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. If you lend money to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and get back the same amount. But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as also your Father is merciful.

“Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.”

1. Michael Haynes – X – Substack
   • Academy for Life president: Catholics can support ‘imperfect’ euthanasia law
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• Trump Administration Weighs Making Stay-at-Home Mom’s Eligible for $9,000 Federal Daycare Subsidies
• U.S. Bishops Issue New Guidance for Clergy on Preaching Faithful Citizenship
• Scotland’s Bishops Warn That Proposed Reforms Would Permit Abortion Up to Birth

Saint of the Day:

• St. Peter Claver

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 7:11-16

At that time, Jesus went into a city called Naim; and His disciples and a large crowd went with Him. And as He drew near the gate of the town, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large gathering from the town was with her.

And the Lord, seeing her, had compassion on her, and said to her, Do not weep. And He went up and touched the stretcher; and the bearers stood still. And He said, Young man, I say to you, arise. And he who was dead, sat up, and began to speak. And He gave him to his mother.

But fear seized upon all, and they began to glorify God, saying, A great prophet has risen among us, and God has visited His people.

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• EU High Court to Rule on Whether the Catholic Church Must Erase Baptismal Records
• Netanyahu was warned by UAE president of major Hamas attack 10 days before Oct. 7
• 7,000 Christians Killed in Nigeria in Seven Months

Saint of the Day:

• The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Gospel of the Day:

Matthew 1:1-16

The book of the origin of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, Jacob begot Judas and his brethren. Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar, Phares begot Esron, Esron begot Aram. And Aram begot Aminadab, Aminadab begot Naasson, Naasson begot Salmon. Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. Booz begot Obed of Ruth, Obed begot Jesse, Jesse begot David the King.

And David the king begot Solomon of the former wife of Urias. Solomon begot Roboam, Roboam begot Abia, Abia begot Asa… And Josias begot Jechonias and his brethren at the time of the carrying away to Babylon.

And after the carrying away to Babylon, Jechonias begot Salathiel, Salathiel begot Zorobabel. And Zorobabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliachim, Eliachim begot Azor. And Azor begot Sadoc, Sadoc begot Achim, Achim begot Eliud. And Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, Matthan begot Jacob. And Jacob begot Joseph, the husband of Mary, and of her was born Jesus Who is called Christ.

1. Dr. Anthony Stine – Return to Tradition
   • Pope Leo criticizes ‘prophets of doom,’ quoting John XXIII at Vatican II
   • Care for Creation is a theological question
2. Bishop Joseph Strickland – Pillars of Faith
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   • Experts: Many biblical figures exhibit psychological abnormalities

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The News:

• Appeals Court Reinstates Idaho Abortion Ban Pending Appeal, Overruling Lower Court
• Can a Catholic School Require Catholic Teaching? Minnesota’s High Court Is Deciding
• Hong Kong Court Dismisses Appeal of 94-Year-Old Cardinal Zen and Four Fellow Trustees

Saint of the Day:

• St. Rosalia

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 5:33-39

The scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and offer prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees do the same; but yours eat and drink.” Jesus answered them, “Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.”

And he also told them a parable. “No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one. Otherwise, he will tear the new and the piece from it will not match the old cloak. Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins.

And no one who has been drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’”

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   • Making sense of the surreal storm of the support for Lindsay Clancy
   • The Fall of Phoebe Gates and the Irresistible Fantasy of the Feminist Icon

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The News:

• Gloria Steinem, Feminist Icon and Fierce Abortion Advocate, Dies at 92
• Vatican Theological Commission Calls the Mass an ‘Ecological School’
• Judge Sends Charlie Kirk Murder Case to Trial With the Death Penalty on the Table

Saint of the Day:

• Pope St. Pius X

Gospel of the Day:

John 21:15-17

At that time, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these do? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs.

He said to him a second time, Simon, son of John, do you love Me? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs.

And a third time He said to him, Simon, son of John, do you love Me? Peter was grieved because He said to him for the third time, Do you love Me? And he said to Him, Lord, You know all things, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My sheep.

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• The Vice President on the Antichrist: ‘I Try Not to Focus Too Much on It’
• ‘Abortion Pills By Mail’ Flies Over the Kentucky State Fair
• Jury in Lindsay Clancy trial tells judge for a second time that it can’t agree on a verdict

Saint of the Day:

• St. Stephen of Hungary

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 19:12-26

At that time, Jesus spoke this parable to His disciples: A certain nobleman went into a far country to obtain for himself a kingdom and then return. And having summoned ten of his servants, he gave them ten gold pieces and said to them, ‘Trade till I come.’ But his citizens hated him; and they sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not wish this man to be king over us.’

And it came to pass when he had returned, after receiving the kingdom, that he ordered the servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him in order that he might learn how much each one had made by trading… ‘Well done, good servant; because you have been faithful in a very little, you shall have authority over ten towns.’

And another came, saying, ‘Lord, behold your gold piece, which I have kept laid up in a napkin; for I feared you, because you are a stern man…’ He said to him, ‘Out of your own mouth I judge you, you wicked servant…’ I say to you that to everyone who has shall be given; but from him who does not have, even that which he has shall be taken away.