Hurricane Milton is currently in the Gulf of Mexico, blowing past the Yucatan Peninsula, and is heading straight towards Tampa. Gus talks about how he’s lived in Tampa for 40 years and, in that time, they’ve never taken a direct hit from the dozens of hurricanes that have blown through Florida. Now it seems that they’re in the crosshairs. He invites listeners to call in who’ve survived hurricanes and any other natural disasters and how they got through it.
Later, Bishop Gregory Parkes of Gus' Diocese of St. Petersburg calls in to talk about the physical and spiritual ramifications a storm of this magnitude can have with increased stress and anxiety. He encourages listeners to talk all that to prayer and offers a prayer for God’s protection from harm for all those whose homes are in Milton’s path. Afterwards, Gus talks about how he's reading and seeing so many stories of Good Samaritans; people in stressful situations helping friends, neighbors and complete strangers in distress. In fact, in yesterday’s Gospel reading from Luke, we heard Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan. Gus invites listeners to call in and share their Good Samaritan stories.
And Fr. Michael Lang calls in to talk about his new book, “A Short History of the Roman Mass,” available from Ignatius Press. Fr. Lang talks about the formation of the mass’ structure in the early days, its refinement over the centuries and the argument that’s ensued in the post-conciliar Church where many Catholics argue that there’s been a lack of continuity or a rupture in liturgical development in the mass itself. Fr. Lang argues that, in this debate, the long and complex history of the Roman liturgy is not always sufficiently acknowledged.
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