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Episode 364 debuts on February 22, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is What Is the Point of Lent? My guest is Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.








* Let Us Do Penance — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 


* Guilt Transformed, Some Lenten Thoughts — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., atcatholicism.org





* Hitting the High Notes in Lent and in Life — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org


* This Lent, Keep the Big Picture in Mind — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 


* Suggestions for a Good Lent — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 


* Lenten Transfiguration — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 


* Happy Mid-Lent Thursday! — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 


* Second Sunday of Lent — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 


* The Seven Penitential Psalms — at fisheaters.com


* Lent Overview — at fisheaters.com


* The Wisdom of Fasting — Reconquest episode 221 at crusadechannel.com


* So, It’s Lent! What Are You Going To Do? — Reconquest episode 266 at crusadechannel.com


* Looking At The Lenten Liturgy, Part I — Reconquest episode 318 at crusadechannel.com


* Looking At The Lenten Liturgy, Part II — Reconquest episode 319 at crusadechannel.com


* Looking At The Lenten Liturgy, Part III — Reconquest episode 320 at crusadechannel.com 


* Looking At The Lenten Liturgy, Part IV. Guest: Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M. — Reconquest episode 321 at crusadechannel.com


* Looking At The Lenten Liturgy, Part V: Passiontide — Reconquest episode 322 at crusadechannel.com

Special Guest Matthew R Plese





Author of The Definitive Guide to Catholic Fasting and Abstinence 





The Fellowship of St. Nicholas - a joint venture with him, Timothy Flanders and Sensus Fidelium





HEADLINE: ANNOUNCEMENT: New Trad Fasting Sodality by Matthew Plese 





* Fasting is a weapon in which keeps the Devil away.


* The more you fast the closer your Guardian Angel is to you.


* Annual Fasting Calendar - 2023 Traditional Catholic Fasting and Abstinence Calendar


* Eucharistic Fasting - 


* 1953 and then again in 1957 - this was changed


* Just because these practices were done away with, doesn’t mean devout Catholics can’t do this type of fasting our fore fathers did.


* Telegram Group - The Fellowship of St Nicholas  https://t.me/+aXEK-WgNzL42NmJh


* Lent is a badge of Christian Honor 


* 1741 Pope Benedict the 14th - What was going on that was taxing the daily life of someone in Christendom. 


* There was always war and an agrarian lifestyle.





HEADLINE: Forgotten Customs of St. Valentine’s Day by Matthew Plese 





* Abstinence remains for LIFE there are no age distinctions.





HEADLINE: A History of Holy Days of Obligation & Fasting for American Catholics: Part 1 by Matthew Plese 





If the Church says FASTING - what does the Church actually mean?





FASTING - how much and how often you are eating (ie one meal a day)





ABSTINENCE - what you can and cannot eat (ie on Friday’s no meat on that day)

* Free Farm FridayFarmer Brian K from Texas





Farmer Dan M from New Jersey





* Myer’s Farm in the 70’s they bought property to homestead on and it was a facility that made ammunitions for WWI.


* That cloud went right over my farm here in New Jersey.


* The pigs got loose almost like they were trying to get away from it.


* I’m not happy about it at all but there was nothing I could or can do about it.


* Because the MSM has told everyone not to be concerned about i


* San Jacinto Waste Pit - 





HEADLINE: Dioxins via Illinois Department of Public Health 





* Freshwater fish such as carp, catfish or buffalo fish that feed on microscopic plants and animals could ingest dioxins present in the sediment. They are often eaten by larger animals, and the dioxins get into their body fat. People are generally not exposed to dioxins in surface water unless they contact contaminated sediments.


* Dioxins do not easily dissolve in water, so they tend to settle to the bottom and cling to the sediment. Dioxins last for a very long time in the environment before breaking down. In surface waters and sediments, dioxins can pass into aquatic organisms and eventually find their way into the food chain. Dioxins are easily absorbed by animals and are stored in fatty tissue.


* Just like what we are seeing w/ the ignoring or ignorance in Ohio - they are screwing it up and then contaminating the properties next to it.


* Legacy Agriculture - had heavy metals they used in pesticides  - the removed the orchards and built homes on this land. Well now the kids that live in these houses are getting sick.


* Dilution is the solution - in a lot of these cases, well at least that is what the EPA and other agencies think there is nothing wrong with this.


* Like the scientist said the other day about the Ohio river - It’s a really big river and it will all disperse. 


* That isn’t really how dioxins work.


* The inescapable conclusion is that this will ultimately get into their water supply.


* The ones in charge they don’t have to deal w/ moving. 


* They don’t live there.


* Endocrine disrupters in the environment is why we are seeing more cancers.


* San Diego Texas - talking to South Texas Association of Soil and Water Conservationist 





This is 100% a look over here stupid Americans.

Episode 363 debuts on February 15, at 8:00 PM Eastern. Rebroadcasts will take place according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time). The topic is Expanding on Saint Thomas' Fifth Way.








Michael Sheehan (Archbishoph of Germia) — at wikiwand.com


* Summa Theologiae Question 2. The existence of God, Article 3. Whether God exists? — by Saint Thomas Aquinas at newadvent.org


Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine — book by The Most Rev. M. Sheehan, D.D., at archive.org


Apologetics and Catholic Doctrine — at goodreads.com





Anonymous, God as Architect, public domain, via wikimedia commons


“Reconquest” is a militant, engaging, and informative Catholic radio program featuring interviews with interesting guests as well as commentary by your host. It is a radio-journalistic extension of the Crusade of Saint Benedict Center. Each weekly, one-hour episode of Reconquest will debut RIGHT HERE on Wednesday night at 8:00 PM Eastern (7:00 PM Central). It will then be rebroadcast according to the Crusade Channel programming schedule (note: all times listed are Central time).

Special Guest Brother Andre Marie





Host of ReConquest aired only on the Crusade Channel





Follow Brother on GAB and Twitter - @Brother_Andre





* There is nothing in the Rubric that says what the laity should do in the pew period.


* It mentions what servers do to a degree but mostly what the Priest is to do.


* There is a presumption but commentators have to fill-in blanks 


* Orans positions isn’t traditional in the Western Rite, it is done more in Eastern.


* It is not novelty w/ places they are practiced. 


* The ‘choir loft’ is also a Protestant thing, not a Catholic thing.


* There are just customs and customs are different in different regions.


* That is the way it is and the way it was.


* So there may be a custom to show reverence to your Priest in your community. 


* That’s fine there is NO Rubrics on if you should do it or not.


* 4 Senses of Sacred Scripture 





HEADLINE: Supernaturalizing Our Social Interactions by Brother Andre Marie





Anagoge, sometimes spelled anagogy =  is a Greek word suggesting a "climb" or "ascent" upwards.





* The Churches liturgy wouldn’t make sense…..


* Jerusalem is the Church in that reading when it says Jerusalem Rejoice!


* Lent isn’t a matter of what you are giving up, we should be depriving ourselves of things we like, that’s all good but we should focus on acquiring virtue and growing in the love of Our Lord.


* If you do only deny yourself via deprivations, w/o attachment to Our Lord, the deprivations w/ strike you at some point and you can get to “well I gave this up so I can do this over here”. 


* I will meat w/ my Spiritual Director and make sure that I have a Lenten program that is workable and brings me closer to God.


* Allegorical Sense — the realm of faith, corresponding to meditatio in monastic prayer: This sense tells me what things really and fully mean when they are perceived in the superior light of divine and catholic faith. 


* Literal Sense — the realm of “nature” (or, better, of the most immediate appearances of a perceived reality), corresponding to lectio in monastic prayer: Here, I see each of my Brothers (Sisters) in their essence and nature as a reality, a “given,” with all of their personal qualities and attributes, their temperaments and character traits. With some of them, an easy and natural concord flows from a compatibility of those personal qualities and attributes. With others, such easy amity is lacking owing to a less compatible arrangement of our personalities. 


* LARPER - no I don’t want to go back to the Dark Ages


* No I just want a Christian Nation and live Christian Virtues in today’s time.


* I want running water, I want working sewer systems.


* The Huns invaded - Leo the Great





HEADLINE: Deo Gratias! The FBI Retracts Bogus, SPLC-Based Memo by Brother Andre Marie 





HEADLINE: FBI’s Targeting Of Traditional Catholics Must Be Music To The Vatican’s Ears by Carina Benton





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