Thursday, July 10, 2025
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Gus talks about his experiences over the last 25 years of speaking at Catholic men’s conferences and one of his favorite topics is men being the spiritual leaders of their...
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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We are just coming off ordination season, which is the time of the year seminaries ordain new priests. Gus is joined by Fr. Max Gallegos, the newest priest in the...
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
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Dr. Matthew Bunson of EWTN News calls in to talk with Gus about a number of Catholic news items, including the Catholic Church’s response to the Texas floods mostly through...
Monday, July 7, 2025
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Gus opens by talking about the devastating floods in south central Texas where the waters of the Guadalupe River rose over 20 feet in less than a half-hour, killing over...
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
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Attorney Jeffrey Trissell calls in to talk about his new book, “Unlocking the Churches: The Legal Victory Against California’s Pandemic-Era Religious Discrimination,” available from Sophia Institute Press. Jeffrey revisits to...
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
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Benjamin O’Brien, author of the new memoir, “The Proving Grounds: A Catholic on Ladder 17,” calls in to talk about it. It’s a riveting story about Benjamin’s struggle to navigate...
Monday, June 30, 2025
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Catholic author Anthony DeStefano calls in to talk about his new book, “The Miracle Book: A Simple Guide to Asking for the Impossible” available from Sophia Institute Press. Anthony is...
Friday, June 27, 2025
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Today is the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, so Gus shares the fascinating story and legacy of St. Margaret Mary Alocoque who helped foster modern devotion to...
Thursday, June 26, 2025
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Gus is joined by canon lawyer Donna Miller for our semiannual “Ask a Canon Lawyer” segment. Not only has she practiced canon law for many years, but she’s also the...
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
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Gus talks a recent story in Crisis Magazine that seems to signal the current financial struggle at the National Catholic Reporter, a national newspaper that’s reported on issues related to...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
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Gus talks about new Catholic information and myth busting. He learned something new about St. John the Baptist recently about the locusts he ate and it blew his mind. The...
Monday, June 23, 2025
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Gus is joined by Catholic children’s book author Claudia Cangilla McAdam who calls in to talk about her newest book, “Through Living Waters: An Origin Story About Baptism,” available from...
Friday, June 20, 2025
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Gus brings back Friday w/the Fathers for the first time since before his knee surgery and he goes back and reads a selection from the Didache. Also, Gus plays the...
Thursday, June 19, 2025
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Gus reads and reflects on a Catholic News Agency article that breaks down a new study released by Pew Research which shows that 50% of U.S. adults have a connection...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
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Gus is joined in the Conversion Corner by Steve Sjogren. He grew up in a Lutheran family and had a profound conversion experience after a trip to his ancestral home...
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
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Catholic author and life coach Rose Sweet calls in to talk about her new book, “My Type of Holiness: Striving for Sainthood with the Temperament God Gave Me.” Rose talks...
Friday, June 13, 2025
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Today is the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua who Gus calls one of the Top 5 busiest intercessors in heaven. He’s the patron saint of lost and stolen items...
Thursday, June 12, 2025
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Gus talks about how his 60 Second Reflection title “The Grudge Pact” was inspired over an agreement he had with his late sister Nancy. He reminisces about her, and how...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
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Gus talks about the daily struggle in dealing with the pain and stiffness that comes with total knee replacement surgery and how it’s shaping his prayer life. He gets calls...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
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Dr. Matthew Bunson of EWTN calls in for the first time since before the papal conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. He and Gus recap that time, which Dr. Bunson...
Monday, June 9, 2025
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Gus is back live from total knee replacement surgery and he talks about his continued recovery as well as the ups and downs he’s experienced from it. He also pays tribute...
Friday, May 16, 2025
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We are entering graduation season, so Gus invites listeners to call in and honor the people in their lives who are graduating from school, a military program or moving on...
Thursday, May 15, 2025
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Gus tells his audience that next week he’ll be going in for his second total knee replacement surgery and will be receiving the Anointing of the Sick before he goes...
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
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Today is the Feast of St. Matthias, the successor of Judas. Gus talks about Apostolic Succession and the Catholic Church and how every priest who’s been ordained can trace his...
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
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Fr. Rob Hagan, O.S.A. calls in to talk about the Augustinian Order of which he is the prior provincial of the Providence of St. Thomas of Villanova. He talks about...
Monday, May 12, 2025
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Gus is joined by Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio, aka Dr. Italy, of Ascension Press who calls in to talk about 16 Fun Facts of Pope Leo XIV. The former Cardinal Robert...
Friday, May 9, 2025
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Gus reacts to the news that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American, was elected pope yesterday and took the name Leo XIV. He was born and raised in Chicago, attended...
Thursday, May 8, 2025
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It's Day 2 of the Papal Conclave and the second vote was taken shortly before the show. Two ballots were taken this morning by the cardinal-electors inside in the Sistene...
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
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Today is the start of the Papal Conclave, which will ultimately decide who the Catholic Church’s 267th pope will be, and nobody knows how long that’s going to take. Gus...
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
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Gus debuts the original SiriusXM Catholic Channel special, “Conclave 101,” which is a behind-the-scenes look at the papal conclave and the Biblical history of the office of the pope. He’s...
Friday, May 2, 2025
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Gus is joined from Rome by retired Cardinal Edwin O’Brien, the former cardinal archbishop for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland and the Archdiocese of the Military Services. Cardinal O’Brien talks...
Thursday, May 1, 2025
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Today is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, so Gus kicks the show off by talking about the example of the foster-father of Jesus Christ and the reason why...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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The Pontifical Missions Society USA has launched a prayer campaign so that people can pray for a specific cardinal-elector in the upcoming papal conclave by name. Gus decides to participate...
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
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Last week, when Gus was talking with listeners about their Easter experiences, a few called in to share their joy over their spouse’s conversion and coming into full communion at...
Monday, April 28, 2025
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Gus begins with the announcement that the Conclave to Elect the Next Pope will take place next Wednesday, May 7th. He also talks about the life, legacy and written works...
Friday, April 25, 2025
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After praying an Intentional Rosary with listeners, Seize the Day presents the third installment in the Catholic Channel's Pope Francis documentary series, "The Pope from the New World, Part 3:...
Thursday, April 24, 2025
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Gus continues his papal-themed discussion with listener by talking about the next pope. While nobody on the planet knows who that is yet, Gus asks listeners what qualities and attributes...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
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The pontificate of Pope Francis could be very polarizing at times. Gus shares his feelings about his papacy and how there with things he did and said that he disagreed...
Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025
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Since today is Holy Thursday and there are no morning masses at Catholic churches around the world, Seize the Day starts a half hour early in place of morning mass...
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
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It’s the final day of Lent and, because of today's Gospel reading, it’s often referred to as Spy Wednesday. Gus talks about why it's called that and reflects on the...
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
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Based off today’s Gospel from John where Peter swears to Jesus that he will lay down his life for him at the Last Supper after Jesus predicts his passion and...
Monday, April 14, 2025
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All Lent long, Gus has been reading and reflecting on the book “Imitation of Christ” by Thomas a Kempis. Written in the 15th century, it’s one of the best-selling spiritual...
Friday, April 11, 2025
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Gus prefaces his “Imitation of Christ” daily Lenten reading and reflection by sharing a conversation he had with his spiritual director the other day about the spiritual desolation he’s been...
Thursday, April 10, 2025
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Fr. Mitch Pacwa, the legendary EWTN host, calls in to talk about his newest book, “St. Paul on the Power of the Cross” from Sophia Institute Press. After sharing his...
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
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Last night, Gus went to a communion service at his parish and stood in line for a while. Although he doesn’t prefer to stand in a long line for confession,...
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
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Gus talks about the word “bro,” or more commonly, “bruh,” at least among our youth these days. Gus shares a story about his grandson calling Michelle “bruh” over the weekend....
Monday, April 7, 2025
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Gus is joined by Australian priest-monk Fr. Robert Nixon, OSB, the translator/editor of the new TAN Book, “The Life of Christ Revealed: The Visions of Blessed Veronica of Milan.” She...
Friday, April 4, 2025
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Gus is joined by Catholic historian/author Steve Weidenkopf who talks about his new book, “Canceled: Twelve Catholic Heroes That History Turned Into Villains,” available from Catholic Answers Press. In it,...
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
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It was 20 years ago today that Pope St. John Paul II passed away at the age of 84. His 26-year and five-month papacy is the second-longest in Church history...
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
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Gus is joined by Heidi Saxton in the Conversion Corner. She grew up in a Presbyterian/Methodist hybrid church and played organ for a local Lutheran church. She’d been playing since...