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A Catholic Take with Joe McClane is a nationally syndicated live talk-radio program, covering the headlines from a courageous Catholic perspective. Featuring compelling guest interviews, news headlines, a saint of the day, the Gospel of the day, commentaries, audience interaction, and much more! LIVE Weekdays at 4pm Eastern, across The Station of the Cross Radio Network, iCatholicRadio, and multiple social media and video platforms.
Joe McClane is the Director of Content and Production at The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network. Joe is also a powerful and dynamic Catholic speaker, radio host, documentary filmmaker, and author – working full-time in Catholic evangelization since 2008, traveling across the USA and overseas lighting a fire in the hearts of thousands for Christ and His Church. Joe came into the Catholic Church from Protestantism in 1999, was married in 2000, and he, his wife, six kids, and three grandkids live in Houston, Texas.
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Pope Leo’s Consistory STRIPPED: No Just War, No SSPX, Tucho’s Secret Meetings & the Obedience Push
- Michael Haynes – X – Substack
- Dr. Anthony Stine – Return to Tradition
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The News:
- Cardinals Zen, Erdő, Eijk Will Not Attend Pope Leo’s Extraordinary Consistory
- Israel: No Troop Withdrawal Timeframe From Lebanon, Gaza
- Pro-Life Charity Heartbeat International Stands Trial as California Targets Abortion Pill Reversal
Saint of the Day:
- St. Vigilius of Trent
Gospel of the Day:
Matthew 7:21-29
Jesus said to his disciples: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’ Then I will declare to them solemnly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’ Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.” When Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
Muslims BUY Catholic Church & Dr. Ralph Martin on The Coming Judgment!
- Nicholas Cavazos – The Traditional Thomist
- Dr. Ralph Martin – Renewal Ministries
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The News:
- At Least 164 Killed After Twin Quakes Hit Venezuela
- Italy and Chile Lead International Declaration Calling for a Global Moratorium on Surrogacy
- Gallup: Support for Same-Sex Marriage and Gender Ideology Slips From Early-2020s Peaks
Saint of the Day:
- St. William of Vercelli
Gospel of the Day:
Matthew 7:21-29
Jesus said to his disciples: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’ Then I will declare to them solemnly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’ Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.” When Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
Does Vatican II SQUARE with Tradition?
- Thomas Storck
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The News:
- SSPX Issues Profession of Faith to Pope Leo and the Cardinals Ahead of Consecrations
- Trump Strips $70 Million From Explicit Biden-Era Sex Ed
- Pope Leo Says Medicine Must ‘Never Become the Servant of Programmed Death’
Saint of the Day:
- St. John the Baptist
Gospel of the Day:
Luke 1:57-68
Elizabeth’s time was fulfilled that she should be delivered, and she brought forth a son. And her neighbors and kinsfolk heard that the Lord had magnified His mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him by his father’s name, Zachary. And his mother answered and said, “Not so, but he shall be called John.” And they said to her, “There is none of your kindred that is called by this name.” And they kept inquiring by signs of his father what he would have him called. And asking for a writing-tablet he wrote the words, “John is his name.” And they all marveled. And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak, blessing God. And fear came on all their neighbors; and all these things were spoken abroad in all the hill country of Judea… And Zachary his father was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and wrought redemption for His people.”
Cardinal McElroy: Sexual Sin No Longer the Church’s Priority?
- Austin Ruse – Center for Family and Human Rights
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The News:
- Islamic Group Raising Money to Buy Historic Catholic Church in Chicago
- Stung by SCOTUS, Appeals Court Blocks California Law That Hides Gender Confusion From Parents
- Cardinal Pizzaballa Visits Christians in Gaza: ‘You’ll Never Be Abandoned’
Saint of the Day:
- St. Giuseppe Cafasso
Gospel of the Day:
Matthew 7:6, 12-14
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces. Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the Law and the Prophets. Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few.”
What SSPX Supporters & Critics BOTH Get Wrong
- Mike Koeniger – Former U.S. Coast Guard
- Eric Sammons – Crisis Magazine
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The News:
- Traditionis Custodes Strikes Again: Kentucky Bishop Bans the Traditional Latin Mass
- Declassified Docs: U.S. Intel Circulated Video of China Coronavirus Research as Fauci Kept Denying It
- Tickets Open This Week for Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s Beatification Mass
Saint of the Day:
- St. Alban
Gospel of the Day:
Matthew 7:1-5
Jesus said to his disciples: “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove that splinter from your eye,’ while the wooden beam is in your eye? You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye.”
Rise of the Centurion: Exorcists Warn of Alien Deception as Bishops Blur the Lines
- Unknown Centurion
- Dr. Anthony Stine – YouTube – Substack
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The News:
- Cardinal Ruini’s Spiritual Testament Reveals His ‘Unease’ Over the Francis Pontificate
- UK Inquiry: As Many as 250,000 Girls Abused by Grooming Gangs While Authorities Looked Away
- Criminal Charges Multiply for Abortion-Pill Coercion as Feds Resist Faster Court Review
Saint of the Day:
- St. Juliana Falconieri
Gospel of the Day:
Matthew 6:19-23
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be. The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is sound, your whole body will be filled with light; but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be in darkness. And if the light in you is darkness, how great will the darkness be.”