Friday, May 11, 2018
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Gus brings up the all too common act of public swearing and taking the name of the Lord in vain. He asks listeners how they respond when they hear people...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
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Gus reflects on his Conversion Corner segment yesterday with Katherine Cooper, particularly when she said that, as a young woman, she tried out just about every religion you can name;...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
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Gus talks about the 2018 Met Gala, which took place in NYC last night. The theme this year was "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination," which bore the seal...
Monday, May 7, 2018
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Gus opens to floor up for "Ministry Monday," where he invites listeners to call in and talks about the ministry or ministries they're involved in at their parish. We hear about...
The Chosen One
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In the Gospel reading today from John 15, we hear Jesus tell the disciples, “It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you.” Have you ever heard...
Friday, May 4, 2018
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Gus talks about today's Gospel reading, from John 15: 12-17, where Jesus calls his disciples friends three times. Gus talks about all the relationships that we have with Jesus and friend is indeed included. His...
Thursday, May 3, 2018
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Gus talks about the Irish referendum on abortion, which will be voted on by the public on May 25th. One of Gus' favorite rock band, U2, has publicly come out urging...
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
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Recently, Pope Francis caught some flack after an interview with Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfarri who reported that the pope told him there's no such thing as hell. The report turned...
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
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Gus gives an update on his bride, Michelle, who's condition is improving but still remains in the hospital, but the question of major surgery lingers over her. Yesterday, while praying over...
Friday, April 27, 2018
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Gus gives an update on the Alfie Evans saga in where Alfie's dad, Tom Evans, gave a conciliatory statement to the press yesterday stating that he and his family were attempting...
Thursday, April 26, 2018
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Fr. Tad Pacholczyk, director of education at the National Catholic Bioethics Center, calls in to break down the Alfie Evans situation in a more bioethic manner and discuss with Gus...
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
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Gus gives an update on Alfie Evans, which floods the lines with listeners wanting to sound off on the inhumanity displayed by the British government. The British Supreme Court is...
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
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Gus opens up with an update on UK infant Alfie Evans who continues to live despite being taken off life support. The Vatican granted Alfie citizenship yesterday, which the British...
Monday, April 23, 2018
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Gus again tackles the issue of dwindling mass attendance and, this time, talks with listeners about how to evangelize the Catholic faith non-Catholics. We also engage in some Tell Me...
Friday, April 20, 2018
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Gus reads a letter addressed to Archbishop Charles Chaput, of Philadelphia, PA, from a 26-year-old father of three urging the bishops and cardinals convening the Synod on Young People, the Faith and...
Thursday, April 19, 2018
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In continuing with the theme of dwindling mass attendance, Gus asks listeners what Catholics in the pews can do better when it comes to reaching out to fallen-away Catholics.
Wednesday, April 19, 2018
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Today's Gospel continues the Bread of Life Discourse in John 6. Gus talks about Eucharistic ministry and bringing communion to the home-bound. He invites listeners to call in who are...
Tuesday, April 17, 2017
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Fr. Len Plazewski, pastor of Christ the King Catholic Church in Tampa, joins Gus in his studio to talk about the Cause of Canonization for Antonio Cuipa and Companions, aka the...
Monday, April 16, 2018
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Gus talks about the recent Gallup poll, which shows a continued drop in mass attendance in the U.S. Gus asks listeners why they believe that is and where do they...
Friday, April 13, 2018
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Gus talks about a recent Gallup poll that shows that mass attendance in the United States is dwindling. According to the poll, fewer than four in 10 Catholics attend mass...
Thursday, April 12, 2018
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Gus talks about the pope's new apostolic exhortation and reads an editorial piece written by Christopher Altieri, and published yesterday on the Catholic World Report's Web site, that analyzes the...
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
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Pope Francis' latest apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et exsultate, was released Monday, April 9th and has made headlines for seemingly singling-out the pro-life community. Although the document focuses primarily on the...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
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Gus is live again from Holy Family Catholic Church in Sewell, New Jersey where he's conducting a parish mission that ends tonight. He's joined by church pastor Fr. John Picinic who...
Monday, April 9, 2018
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Gus is broadcasting live from a parish mission at the Church of the Holy Family in Sewell, New Jersey, which began on Sunday and goes through tomorrow. He's joined first...
Thursday, April 5, 2018
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Gus talks about the music he listened to growing up, which he still listens to today: Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, the James Gang, etc. Some of the lyrics are overtly hyper-sexual and...
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
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Later, Gus talks about the conversion of David Bereit, former CEO of 40 Days for Life, who came into the Church this past Easter Vigil. He talks about the events that ultimately...
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
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Inspired by today's Gospel, where Mary Magdelene has an angelic encounter before seeing Jesus, Gus asks listeners if they've ever had an angelic encounter. Also, Gus continues to welcome, on...
Easter Monday, April 2, 2018
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Happy Easter! He is Risen! We are fully in the Easter season and Gus spends much of this morning talking to newly-minted Catholics; that is, Catholics who went through the...
Holy Thursday, March 29, 2018
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It's Holy Thursday, which means we have entered the Easter Triduum and, since there's no morning mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City today, Gus goes live @ 7:00 am ET...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
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It's the final day of Lent, liturgically, and Gus gets final Lenten report cards from listeners. Catholic author and radio host Gary Zimak calls in to talk about his new...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
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Gus reads Cardinal Dolan's recent Wall Street Journal Op-Ed piece in which it's pretty much laid right out in the headline, "Democrats Abandon Catholics." Cardinal Dolan doesn't mince any words and...
Monday, March 26, 2013
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Yesterday was Palm Sunday so Gus asks listeners what they do with the palm fronds. Also, Dr. Jay Richards, executive editor of the Stream, joins Gus to talk about his...
Friday, March 23, 2018
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Gus talks about the importance of going to Sunday mass and tells listeners that we don't go to mass for what we get out of it. Rather, we go in...
Thursday, March 22, 2018
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Mark Neugebauer, a former Messianic Jew, joins Gus in the Conversion Corner. Mark grew up in a traditional Jewish household but slowly moved towards Catholicism through Christmas carols, the 1977 TV...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
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Gus talks about a Baptist megachurch near him that is advertising on TV an Easter egg and Easter bunny drop this Easter. Gus asks listeners if this is gimmicky and whether...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
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Yesterday, Gus saw the movie I Can Only Imagine yesterday. The movie talks about the story behind MercyMe's song, which went on to be the biggest-selling Christian single of all time. Songwriter...
Monday, March 19, 2018
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Today is the Feast of St. Joseph and Gus talks about his role in Jesus' life. God appeared to Joseph in three dreams, giving him instruction and bolstering his faith....
Friday, March 16, 2018
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Gus talks about spiritual attack and when he experiences and how he deals with it. Spiritual attack is when temptations and other worldly things distract you from growing spiritually and...
Thursday, March 15, 2018
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Gus welcomes James Joseph, aka the Jesus Guy, to his home studio. James lives in a state of perpetual pilgrimage, walking around the world dressed like Jesus every day. He...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
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The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, otherwise known as March Madness, begins tomorrow so Gus, who hasn't followed college basketball at all, enlists the listeners' help to pick his brackets. Also,...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
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Today is the fifth anniversary of the election of Pope Francis. Gus reads an article about the slight wane in the popularity of Pope Francis from the Pew Research Center...
Monday, March 12, 2018
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Gus welcomes author Troy Guy into the Conversion Corner. Troy is the author of a new book entitled "Evangelical Catholic: A journey through the Biblical and historical evidence the led...
Friday, March 9, 2018
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Gus opens the phones up for Bible Roulette and asks listeners to choose a number between 548-663 (Proverbs and Psalms) and 1010-1394 (the New Testament). Gus then reads the random...
Thursday, March 8, 2018
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Popular YouTube evangelist, Lizzie Reezay, calls in to talk with Gus about her conversion to the Catholic faith. Lizzie is the star of a very popular YouTube channel, LizziesAnswers, which has nearly 200,000...
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
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We are at the Lent halfway point so Gus invites listeners to call in and give their midterm reports. Also, Gus revisits yesterday's topic about mass donations and gets listener...
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
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Gus is back after a day in Myrtle Beach visiting his son and he talks with listeners on a myriad of subjects, including the importance of a church's sound system...
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
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Today is the fifth anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI's retirement from the papacy, which hadn't been done in @ 700 years. Gus invites listeners to call in and talk about...
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
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Every day during Lent, Gus is supposed to perform a Random Act of Kindness on the air, where he picks a random listener and gives him or her a book or...
Monday, February 26, 2018
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Gus relates a story out of Germany where many of the bishops there are seeking more ways of having spouses in interdenominational marriages receive communion in a Catholic church. Gus...