Episode 326 debuts on May 6, 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 Mystical Body of Christ?

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• The Church, The Mystical Body — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org  
• Bellarmine on the Mystical Body of Christ — by Father John A. Hardon, S.J., at catholicculture.org
• Mystical Body of the Church — Catholic Encyclopedia article at newadvent.org
• The Catholic Church is the Mystical Body of Christ — by Father William Most at ewtn.com

Bergognone (Italian, c. 1453 – 1523), Christ Risen from the Tomb, c. 1490, oil on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection (detail)

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Episode 325 debuts on April 27, 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 Family and the State.

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• The Framework Of A Christian State, An Introduction to Social Science — book by Rev. E. Cahill. S.J., available at Mike Church’s Tradin Post

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Episode 324 debuts on April 20, 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 Fortes in Fide.

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• Fortes in Fide — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org  
• Fortes in Fide (Again) — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org  

The Assassination of St. Peter Martyr, Giovanni Bellini

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Episode 323 debuts on April 13, 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 Looking at the Lenten Liturgy, Part VI: Gems from the Triduum.

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• Stunning Anti-Catholic Lie Makes Pope a Devil Worshipper — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org  (concerning an anti-Catholic conspiracy theory surrounding the Exultet.)
• O Happy Fault! — by Brian Kelly, at catholicism.org (concerning the theology behind this line of the Exultet)
• Sacrum Imperium — by Charles Coulombe, at catholicism.org (wherein mention is made of the Emperor’s name being inserted in the Exultet)
• Improperia — Catholic Encyclopedia article from newadvent.org
• Exultet — Catholic Encyclopedia article from newadvent.org
• The Exultet (Praeconium) — text of the Exultet from fisheaters.com
• Praeconium Paschale (Exsultet)  — excellent chant version
• Improperia — chant sung by the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles
• Palestrina: Improperia — polyphonic setting by Palestrina
• The Reproaches (Improperia) — polyphonic setting of Tomas Luis de Victoria, sung by Clamavi De Profundis

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Episode 322 debuts on April 6, 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 Looking at the Lenten Liturgy, Part V: Passiontide.

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• Passiontide Meditation — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 
• What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Fifth Sunday of Quadragesima (Lent): Passion Sunday — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org  

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Episode 321 debuts on March 30, 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 Looking at the Lenten Liturgy, Part IV. Our guest is Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.

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• Jesus is a ‘Greater Than’ Solomon, Daniel, Moses, Elias, and Eliseus — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 
• What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Fourth Sunday of Quadragesima (Lent) — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org  

Priest, Deacon, and Subdeacon vested in rose for Laetare Sunday Vespers

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Episode 319 debuts on March 23, 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 Looking at the Lenten Liturgy, Part III.

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• The Two Kingdoms That Don’t Love Each Other — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org 
• What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Third Sunday of Quadragesima (Lent) — by Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M., at catholicism.org  

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