Episode 162 debuts on January 16, 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 Mary’s Perpetual Virginity. 

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• Our Lady Ever-Virgin: Isaias 7:14 and the Hebrew Word Alma — by Brian Kelly at catholicism.org
• Mary Ever Virgin — Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Mary’s Perpetual Virginity — by Mark Alessio at catholicism.org
• Biblical Evidence for the Perpetual Virginity of Mary — by Dave Armstrong at ncregister.com

Education of the Virgin by Charles-Antoine Coypel

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Episode 161 debuts on January 9, 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 Adam and Eve before the Fall. My guest is Father Thomas Crean, OP.

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• The Perfection of our First Parents, According to St Thomas Aquinas — by Father Thomas Crean, OP, at kolbecenter.org

The Creation of Adam depicted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo

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Episode 160 debuts on January 2, 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 Catholic versus Protestant Views of Justification.

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• Irreconcilable Doctrines on Justification — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• We Need Grace! — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
• Faith and Good Works — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org

“St. Joseph and the Christ Child” by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1618-1682) source. Saint Joseph was a “just man” (Matt. 1:19). His justice was not a legal fiction, but an internal reality. It was holiness.

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Episode 159 debuts on December 26, 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 Martyrs ‘Round the Creche. My guest is Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M., director of the Saint Augustine Institute of Wisdom.

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• From Chapter 12 of Bread of Life, “The Road to Martyrdom” — by Father Leonard Feeney at catholicism.org. You can purchase the book at store.catholicism.org.
• December 26: Saint Stephen — Acts, chapter 7 (his speech); Saint Stephen (36), brief entry at catholicism.org; Saint Stephen’s Great Speech, by BAM at catholicism.org; Saint Stephen’s Relics Discovered, at catholicism.org; Feast of St. Stephen the Deacon, at fisheaters.org; Good King Wenceslas (performed by the Irish Rovers); 
• December 27: Saint John the Apostle — Saint John (100 A.D.), brief entry at catholicism.org; The Beloved Disciple, by the MICM at catholicism.org; Saint John Before the Latin Gate, at catholicism.org; Feast of Saint John, at fisheaters.org (gives recipe for “Saint John’s Love”)
• December 28: The Holy Innocents — The Holy Innocents (1 A.D.), brief entry at catholicism.org; Merry Childermas!, by BAM at catholicism.org; Feast of the Holy Innocents (Childermas), at fisheaters.org; Coventry Carol at King’s College Cambridge (YouTube)

The Martyrdom of St. Stephen, by Annibale Carracci (1560–1609)

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Episode 158 debuts on December 19, 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 Why Matter Matters. My guest is Dr. David Lang, adjunct professor of logic at Boston College and of systematic Thomistic philosophy at Our Lady of Grace Seminary, also in Boston.

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• Why Matter Matters — book by David P. Lang, Ph.D., at IndieBoud.org or alibris.com (please don’t support Amazon.com!)
• The ‘Circumcision’ Decision: A Catholic Critique — (while you’re at it!) Dr. Lang’s book on the subject we discussed last time, is also available at IndieBound.org and alibris.com
• The Gnostic Resurgence: Why Matter Matters — by David P. Lang, Ph.D. at catholicculture.org

Russian Icon of the Theotokos, called, “The Multiplier of Wheat” (details)

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Episode 157 debuts on December 12, 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 The Marian Character of Advent. My guest is Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M., director of the Saint Augustine Institute of Wisdom.

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• • Our Lady of the Expectation, Lady of ‘O’ — by Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • The Great Preparation — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • Maria’s Advent — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • Get into the Advent Spirit — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • Our Lady of the “O” — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org
  • Definition and Etymology of the word “matrix” — at dictionary.com and etymonline.com respectively (this word, and its Marian significance, was mentioned toward the end.) 

Spanish Statue of “Nuestra Señora de la O” (credits)

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Episode 156 debuts on December 5, 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 Worship ‘Ad Orientem.’ My guest is Dr. Peter Kwasniewski.

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• How Contrary Orientations Signify Contradictory Theologies — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at newliturgicalmovement.org
• Does facing east at Mass rely on a picture of God as someone ‘out there and up there’? — by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski at lifesitenews.com (a response to an objection to the article above)
• Liturgical Orientation — FIUV position paper at unavoce.ru (very good overview)
• “Concerning Worship towards the East” — from On the Orthodox Faith by Saint John of Damascus, at ccel.org
• Conversi ad Dominum — (good quotes from Saint Augustine and Msgr. Klaus Gamber) at rorate-caeli.blogspot.com
• ‘Ad Orientem’ Liturgy: To What End? — by Father Thomas Kocik at onepeterfive.com
• “Convertere, Israël, ad Dominum Deum Tuum!” — by Br. Evagrius Hayden, O.S.B., at newliturgicalmovement.org

“The Mass of Saint Gregory the Great” by Adriaen Isenbrandt

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