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    The Liturgical Year: The Holy Innocents

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2025 6:11


    This Feast is not observed liturgically today, due to its coincidence with the Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity.The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church's liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Sunday Sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori - Sunday Within the Octave of the Nativity: In What True Wisdom Consists

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2025 14:10


    Sermon V, taken from "Sermons for Sunday", a compilation of homilies by St. Alphonsus Liguori (+1787) Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 28 (Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2025 8:01


    Sirach 3: 2-6, 12-14; Colossians 3: 12-21; Matthew 2: 13-15, 19-23; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 28 (Sunday Within Octave of Christmas)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2025 5:46


    Galatians 4: 1-7; Luke 2: 33-40; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    The Liturgical Year: St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2025 9:50


    The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church's liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 27 (Day 3 of Octave; St. John, Apostle & Evangelist)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2025 4:26


    1 John 1: 1-4; John 20: 1-8; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 27 (Day 3 of Octave; St. John, Apostle & Evangelist)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2025 3:52


    Sirach 15: 1-6; John 21: 19-24; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 26 (Day 2 of Octave; St. Stephen, M)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2025 6:04


    Acts 6: 8-10; 7: 54-59; Matthew 10: 17-22; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 26 (Day 2 of Octave; St. Stephen, M)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2025 6:41


    Acts 6: 8-10; 7: 54-59; Matthew 23: 34-39; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Three Masses of Christmas (1962)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2025 24:40


    MASS AT MIDNIGHT: Titus 2: 11-15; Luke 2: 1-14; MASS AT DAWN: Titus 3: 4-7; Luke 2: 15-20; MASS DURING THE DAY: Hebrews 1: 1-12; John 1: 1-14; Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    The Liturgical Year: Christmas Eve

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2025 5:39


    The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church's liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 24

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2025 6:04


    2 Samuel 7: 1-5, 8-12, 14, 16; Luke 1: 67-79; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 24 (Vigil of the Nativity)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2025 8:39


    Romans 1: 1-6; Matthew 1: 18-21; Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    The Liturgical Year: Dec 23 - O Emmanuel

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2025 3:03


    The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church's liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Church History - Chapter Ten: The Catholic Counter-Reformation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2025 16:49


    From Visualized Church History (1942) by Sr. Mary Loyola Vath, O.P.For the illustrations, charts, and maps in the book, see https://archive.org/details/visualizedchurchhistoryPlease consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 23

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2025 7:49


    Malachi 3: 1-4, 23-24; Luke 1: 57-66; Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 23 (Feria of Fourth Sunday of Advent)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2025 4:33


    1 Corinthians 4: 1-5; Luke 3: 1-6; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    The Liturgical Year: Dec 22 - O Rex Gentium

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2025 2:52


    The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church's liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 22 (Feria of Fourth Sunday of Advent)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2025 4:33


    1 Corinthians 4: 1-5; Luke 3: 1-6; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 22

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2025 4:09


    1 Samuel 1: 24-28; Luke 1: 46-56; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    The Liturgical Year: Dec 21: O Oriens

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2025 3:23


    The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church's liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Sunday Sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori - 4th Sunday of Advent: On the Love of Jesus Christ For Us, and On Our Obligations to Love Him

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2025 12:16


    Sermon IV, taken from "Sermons for Sunday", a compilation of homilies by St. Alphonsus Liguori (+1787) Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 21 (Fourth Sunday of Advent)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2025 7:32


    Isaiah 7: 10-14; Romans 1: 1-7; Matthew 1: 18-24; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 21 (Fourth Sunday of Advent)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2025 4:33


    1 Corinthians 4: 1-5; Luke 3: 1-6; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    The Liturgical Year: Dec 20 - O Clavis David

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2025 2:38


    The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church's liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Church History - Chapter Nine: The Protestant Revolt in Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2025 47:37


    From Visualized Church History (1942) by Sr. Mary Loyola Vath, O.P.For the illustrations, charts, and maps in the book, see https://archive.org/details/visualizedchurchhistoryPlease consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 20 (Ember Day)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2025 16:21


    Isaiah 19: 20-22; Isaiah 35: 1-7; Isaiah 40: 9-11; Isaiah 45: 1-8; Daniel 3: 47-53; 2 Thessalonians 2: 1-8; Luke 3: 1-6; Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    The Liturgical Year: Dec 19 - O Radix Iesse

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2025 2:56


    The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church's liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 19

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2025 8:17


    Judges 13: 2-7, 24-25; Luke 1: 5-25; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 19 (Ember Day)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2025 9:31


    Isaiah 11: 1-5; Luke 1: 39-47; Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    The Liturgical Year: Dec 18 - O Adonai & The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2025 5:48


    The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church's liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 18

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2025 7:27


    Jeremiah 23: 5-8; Matthew 1: 18-25; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 18 (Feria of Third Sunday of Advent)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2025 3:48


    Philippians 4: 4-7; John 1: 19-28; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    The Liturgical Year: Dec 17 - O Sapientia

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2025 5:49


    The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church's liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 17

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2025 13:15


    Genesis 49: 2, 8-10; Matthew 1: 1-17; Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Wed, Dec 17 (Ember Day)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2025 7:56


    Isaiah 2: 2-5; Isaiah 7: 10-15; Luke 1: 26-38; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 16

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2025 5:26


    Zephaniah 3: 1-2, 9-13; Matthew 21: 28-32; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Tue, Dec 16 (St. Eusebius, B & M)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2025 4:37


    2 Corinthians 1: 3-7; Matthew 16: 24-27; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 15

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2025 6:00


    Numbers 24: 2-7, 15-17; Matthew 21: 23-27; Haydock Commentary + The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Mon, Dec 15 (Feria of Third Sunday of Advent)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2025 3:48


    Philippians 4: 4-7; John 1: 19-28; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Sunday Sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori - 3rd Sunday of Advent: On the Means Necessary for Salvation

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2025 10:58


    Sermon III, taken from "Sermons for Sunday", a compilation of homilies by St. Alphonsus Liguori (+1787) Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 14 (Third Sunday of Advent)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2025 8:47


    Isaiah 35: 1-6, 10; James 5: 7-10; Matthew 11: 2-11; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sun, Dec 14 (Third Sunday of Advent)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2025 3:48


    Philippians 4: 4-7; John 1: 19-28; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    The Liturgical Year: St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2025 6:12


    The Liturgical Year is a multi-volume work written between 1841 and 1875, by Dom Prosper Gueranger, abbot of the French Benedictine abbey of Solesmes. It is a rich theological reflection on the various feasts and seasons of the Church's liturgical cycle. Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 13 (St Lucy, V & M)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2025 4:30


    Sirach 48: 1-4, 9-11; Matthew 17: 9-13; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Sat, Dec 13 (St Lucy, V & M)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2025 4:13


    2 Corinthians 10: 17-18; 11: 1-2; Matthew 13: 44-52; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 12 (Our Lady of Guadalupe)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2025 7:43


    Revelation 11: 19 - 20: 1-6, 10; Luke 1: 26-38; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Fri, Dec 12 (Our Lady of Guadalupe)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2025 3:25


    Sirach 24: 23-31; Luke 1: 39-47; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    1962 Missal - Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 11 (Pope St. Damasus I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2025 10:01


    1 Peter 5: 1-4, 10-11; Matthew 16: 13-19; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Commentary on the Mass Readings: Thu, Dec 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2025 5:26


    Isaiah 41: 13-20; Matthew 11: 11-15; Haydock Commentary Please consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

    Church History - Chapter Eight: The Beginnings of Modern Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2025 37:29


    From Visualized Church History (1942) by Sr. Mary Loyola Vath, O.P.For the illustrations, charts, and maps in the book, see https://archive.org/details/visualizedchurchhistoryPlease consider donating to help keep this podcast going by going to buymeacoffee.com/catholicdailybrief Also, if you enjoy these episodes, please give a five star rating and share the podcast with your friends and family

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