Wednesday, January 29, 2020
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Gus talks about the sad news of the passing of Fr. Evan Harkins, a priest in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, who took his own life. Gus talks about...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
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Today Gus focused the entire show on asking what people are thinking as they walk up to receive Holy Communion. Is there a specific prayer or meditation? Listeners call in...
Monday, January 27, 2020
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Gus talks about the tragic death of Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others yesterday in a helicopter crash. Gus talks about how Bryant was a devout Catholic...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
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This Friday is the annual Seize the Day broadcast from the March for Life in Washington D.C. and Gus tells his listeners that, all this week, he's going to be...
Friday, January 17, 2020
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Gus talks about the Netflix movie The Two Popes. He confesses he hasn't seen the movie, and isn't a Netflix subscriber, but has read some negative reviews online describing it...
Thursday, January 16, 2020
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Gus talks about a controversy in the Diocese of Richmond where Bishop Barry Knestout agreed to allow the consecration of a female Episcopalian bishop to take place at St. Bede...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
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Kevin Wells joins Gus in studio to talk about "The Priests We Need to Save the Church" and to share his own personal faith journey. Inspired by his book, asks...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
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Gus welcomes Lisa Murtha, author at Cincinnati Magazine, to the show. It was almost exactly one year ago that the story of Nick Sandmann broke following the March for Life....
Monday, January 13, 2020
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Today is Gus' youngest child's birthday. Yesterday, was his oldest's birthday. There's a 13 year age difference between the two. Gus invites listeners to call in and share the biggest age...
Friday, January 10, 2020
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Gus talks about church bulletins, particularly the companies who advertise in the back. He asks listeners who've done that to call and share whether their experience was good or bad....
Thursday, January 9, 2020
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Some of the people Gus hears from the most in his ministry is parents who are terribly disappointed because their kids aren't practicing the faith. Gus always advises them to...
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
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Gus talks about a recent interview with Sean Hannity in the Christian Post where he said he has left the Catholic Church over "institutionalized corrupton" and that his faith is...
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
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The United Methodist Church is on the verge of a split over the issue of LGBTQ marriage and clergy. There is a very divisive difference of opinion in that church, which...
Monday, January 6, 2020
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Yesterday was the observed Feast of the Epiphany in the Latin Rite Church and the Gospel reading at mass, from Matthew, describes the visitation of the Magi to the Baby Jesus who,...
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Join Gus and Michelle Lloyd for a life-changing pilgrimage to the Holy Land September 11-21, 2020. This is a trip that will change your life forever. You'll visit the places...
Friday, January 3, 2020
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Gus always says that Catholics get a bad rap for not knowing the Bible but he has always maintained that Catholics know the Bible better than they think they do....
Thursday, January 2, 2020
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Gus returns to the airwaves for the first time in 2020 after an extended Christmas breaks and he talks about New Year's resolutions. Since resolutions tend to be hackneyed and quickly...
Thursday, January 2, 2020
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Today Gus shared his Scriptural New Year's Resolution from Micah 6:8. He also offered Scriptural New Year's Resolutions to listeners from a list of 12 that he shared. Here is...
Friday, December 20, 2019
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It's the final live Seize the Day of the year and that means it's time once again for the Seize the Day Office Christmas Party. Listeners call in, offer up...
Thursday, December 19, 2019
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Today was Project Christmas Phase III, the final phase for 2019, and Gus welcomes the Children's Dream Fund its executive director Cynthia Lake Farrell who shares three stories of three...
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
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Gus talks about news out of the Vatican where Pope Francis announced yesterday that he is ending the requirement of pontifical secrecy for clerical sex abuse cases, which means that...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
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In light of the news about Bishop James D. Conley who's taking a leave of absence to address his mental illness, Gus talks with listeners who struggle, or have a...
Monday, December 16, 2019
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Gus welcomes Sgt. Patrick Sowers to the show. He's the founder of the military charity Operation Once-in-a-Lifetime, which helps veterans in need. They're the featured charity in Project Christmas Phase...
Friday, December 13, 2019
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Gus talks with listeners about recourse to the saints and the particular saints he prays to on a regular basis. He asks listeners to call in and share which saint...
Thursday, December 12, 2019
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Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Our Blessed Mother appeared this day to St. Juan Diego in 1531. Since then, she has become a cultural phenomenon, especially...
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
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Today begins Seize the Day's annual Project Christmas. In Phase I, we bring on Hearts of Joy International, which specializes in raising money for children with Downs Syndrome in need...
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
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Gus is back live for the first time since leaving for the Holy Land on Thanksgiving Day. He talks about a few of the highlights and the reason he goes...
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
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Gus talks Thanksgiving Memories with listeners who call in with odd or unique family traditions, travel horror stories and times they had to work the holiday. Also, Gus talks about how...
Friday, November 22, 2019
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Gus talks about his least favorite hymn sung during mass, "Sing A New Church." He invites listeners to call in and share their least favorite hymn. Also, Gus talks about Bible...
Thursday, November 21, 2019
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Gus dovetails off of yesterday's topic of switching parishes. We heard from a couple listeners who changed parishes because they didn't like the priest. Gus asks listeners to call in...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
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Gus is joined in his Tampa studio by John Fairweather who is involved in 40 Days for Life for about a year. He is a convert from the Baptist faith...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
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Gus focus' on today's First Reading from the Book of Maccabees and the story of Eleazar who refused to eat pork and was beaten to death. The Book of Maccabees...
Monday, November 18, 2019
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Sam Guzman, the Catholic Gentleman, joins Gus to talk about his ministry. He is a Catholic writer and speaker and author of several books, including his most recent, "The Catholic...
Thursday, November 14, 2019
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At the November Meetings in Baltimore on Tuesday, there was a bit of a dust-up between several of the bishops over the issue of abortion. While discussing the wording of a document...
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
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Gus talked about the USCCB General Assembly, which is currently taking place in Baltimore. One of the issues that came out of it was a statement made by Cardinal Sean O'Malley that...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
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Gus begins today's show by talking about today's First Reading from the Book of Wisdom. It talks about the souls of the just being in the hands of God. It's fitting...
Friday, November 8, 2019
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Gus talks about another Pew Research Study that talks about U.S. Christian attitudes concerning cohabitation, or living together before marriage. Gus talks about his own experience living together, with his...
Thursday, November 7, 2019
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Gus begins by talking about a few news items of interest, including a federal judge in New York who struck down conscience protection rights for healthcare workers. Gus talks about...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
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Gus talks about peace, particularly the peace of Christ. It's something we hear at mass and hear Jesus wish people throughout the Gospels. Gus asks listeners about a time in...
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
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Gus welcomes best-selling Contemporary Christian artist and founder of the monastic community, the Brothers and Sisters of Charity, John Michael Talbot to the program. John Michael talks about his history,...
Monday, November 4, 2019
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Today is the Feast of St. Charles Borromeo, cardinal archbishop of Milan, Italy from 1564 to 1584, which was the peak of the Protestant Reformation. St. Charles, along with many others, led...
Thursday, October 31, 2019
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Gus reads a short piece by Michelle Arnold from Catholic.com called "Why Catholics Should Embrace Halloween," which chronicles the Catholic roots of Halloween and why we should enjoy it. Gus...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
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Gus talks about the former Vice-President Joe Biden who was refused communion while attending mass at a Catholic Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The priest, Fr. Robert Morey, pastor of...
Monday, October 28, 2019
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Now that the Amazon Synod is over, Gus gives a redux of some of the events that took place over the three-plus weeks it took place. He reads a critical recap...
Friday, October 25, 2019
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Gus talks about a Church financial scandal involving Peter's Pence. Peter's Pence is a second collection that takes place once a year designed to fund the charitable works of the Holy Father....
Thursday, October 24, 2019
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Gus talks about a distressing case out of Dallas, Texas where a divorced husband, James Younger and his ex-wife, Dr. Anne Georgulas, are going through a custody battle over their...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
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Gus talks about the "Great Pachamama Controversy," which took place in Rome over the weekend in the midst of the Amazon Synod. At the beginning of the Synod, several pieces...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
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Gus' latest booklet, A Minute in the Church: Back to the Basics, was released this morning. Gus talks a little bit about the book and then brings its author on,...
Friday, October 18, 2019
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Gus talks about a new Pew Research study that shows the decline in U.S. Christianity is increasing at a rapid pace. It's the "Rise of the Nones." Gus talks with...
Thursday, October 17, 2019
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Today is the Feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch, one of the early Church fathers who was a contemporary of several of the original apostles and coined the term "catholic"...