In today’s Gospel reading, we see a profound dichotomy in the relationship between Jesus and Peter that applies to all of us. Peter has an incredible profession of faith after Jesus asks his apostles just who he is. Peter responds, “You are the Christ, the son of the living God.” A few moments later, after Jesus says that the Son of Man would suffer greatly, be killed and rise after three days and Peter rebukes him. Jesus responds to him, “Get behind me, Satan. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” In a matter of moments, Peter gets handed the keys to the kingdom to being called Satan by Jesus. Gus asks listeners if they’ve ever had an encounter with Satan.
Also, Gus is joined by Joelle Maryn, an award-winning Hollywood actress and former model who has a new book out entitled “Become the Fire: Push Past Fear and Find Your Purpose.” She’s also a convert to the Catholic faith and has joined Gus in the Conversion Corner before. She shares a short version of that and then talks about her new book, which guides people in ways to discern how God speaks to them, overcome fears and achieve their God-inspired dreams.
We are less than two weeks away from Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent. Gus brings back his pre-Lenten tradition of Reading or Rosary. He asks listeners to call in and commit to either do some spiritual reading for Lent or praying the Rosary daily. For the former, he sends those who get on the radio with him his book “A Minute in the Church: Back to the Basics,” and for the latter, he sends them a Holy Land Rosary that he got on one of his pilgrimages there.
And Bob Dunning calls in for his weekly segment and it’s obvious he’s battling a cold. It leads to a conversation about noses, which results in a discussion about the nosiest neighbor in television history, Gladys Kravitz in the 1960s sitcom, “Bewitched.” Bob never really watched that and confesses that his favorite show as a kid was a radio program called “Fibber McGee & Molly.” One of Bob’s daughters is named Molly and that results in a conversation of how we choose names when we’re prospective parents.
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