Vocations, Religious Life, Evangelization, Spirituality, Saints, & Eschatology

21 April AD 2026

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TVESDAY MID-DAY EDITION

Robert Edwards 1 October AD 2024

Top-10 Most Viewed Mystic Update Links:
1. The Great Paradox of Medieval Monasticism – Robert Keim at Via Mediaevalis
2. Benedictine Byzantium? – R. Jared Staudt, Ph.D., Obl. OBS., at Building Catholic Culture
3. Priests in Hell – Fr. Jerry Pokorsky at Catholic Culture
4. Overcoming Sloth – Msgr. Charles E. Pope at Simply Catholic
5. Padre Pio Spoke Languages H​e Didn’t Know: The Gift of Xenoglossia – Catholic World Report
6. How Do You Explain a Deathbed Wedding? – Fr. Hugh Barbour, O. Praem., at Catholic Answers
7. Exploring a Poem: Hopkins’ “The Sea and the Skylark” – Jul. Kwasniewski at Tradition & Sanity
8. The Impact of St. Augustine – Regis Martin, S.T.D., at Crisis Magazine
9. Actual Video Footage of Padre Pio – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
10. Consoling Roses for Jesus and Mary – Diana Ragsdale at Catholic Stand

Punditry and Analysis:
Judgment: An Act of Justice or Suspicion? – Fr. Kenneth M. Dos Santos, M.I.C., at Catholic Stand
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Cardinal Müller: Christians Defined by Taking Up the Cross ‘and Not Laying It Down’ – M. Haynes
Can I Trust the Gospels? – Jimmy Akin at Catholic Answers Magazine

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MONDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Robert Edwards 30 September AD 2024

Top-10 Most Viewed Mystic Update Links:
1. Deconstructing Discernment – David Torkington at Crisis Magazine
2. Nuclear Engineer Says Latest Research Confirms First-Century Date of Shroud of Turin – CNA
3. Are We Well? – Carol Monaco at Catholic Stand
4. Sorcerers Turned Saints – Mary O’Regan at Mary’s Blog
5. Bring Back The Michael Prayer! – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
6. St. Jerome: to Mortify the World – Ian Stone at 1 Peter 5
7. The Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist – Scott L. Smith, J.D., at The Scott Smith Blog
8. Where to Watch a Movie About St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s Life – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia
9. Evils and Greater Evils – J. Budziszewski, Ph.D., at The Underground Thomist
10. Explaining the Trinity – Tim Staples at Catholic Answers Magazine

Punditry and Analysis:
Miraculous Vision: How St. Thérèse’s Dream Pointed to Blessed Anne’s Beatification – Register
Island Kings and Mystic Saints at the Dawn of English Christianity – Hilary White at The SIP
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Lord of the Harvest – Mary Ennis Meo at Catholic Stand
Why The Eucharist is “the Source and Summit” of Christianity – Tom Nash at Catholic Answers

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SVNDAY EVENING EDITION

Robert Edwards 29 September AD 2024

Top-10 Most Viewed Mystic Update Links:
1. Trump Invokes Saint Michael – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
2. Book Reveals Fascinating Details of Famous Exorcisms – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
3. The War in Heaven and Within Ourselves – M.C. Holbrook at Catholic Exchange
4. Catholic Navy SEAL Who Sacrificed His Life on Feast of St. Michael: His True Story – ChrchPP
5. Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel – We are at War – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf at 1 Peter 5
6. St. Michael the Archangel and the End of the World! – Joe McClane
7. When St. Michael Protected My Financial Records – Mary O’Regan at Mary’s Blog
8. Under the Cloak of the Mother of God – Mary Proffit Kimmel at Ignitum Today
9. What is the “Sword of St. Michael”? – Get Fed
10. “Michael, of Celestial Armies Prince” – Via Mediaevalist

Punditry and Analysis:
If You’re Not with Me, You’re Against Me – Fr. Samuel Keyes at Catholic Answers Magazine
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Christians Are Called to Forgive – Deacon Steve Greco at Catholic Stand

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FRIDAY MORNING EDITION

Robert Edwards 27 September AD 2024

Top-10 Most Viewed Mystic Update Links:
1. Transformation of a Dining Hall into Our Lady Star of the Sea Chapel – Liturgical Arts Journal
2. Nun Declares How to Combat the Powers of Darkness – ChurchPOP
3. The ‘Evil Cloud’ Over NYC After 9/11 – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
4. Weightlifting Champion Puts Barbell to the Side for a New Journey — the Priesthood – CWR
5. The Degrees of Prayer: Don’t Turn Back – Glenn Dickinson at Catholic Spiritual Direction
6. Why Every Catholic Should Read St. John of the Cross – Maryella Hierholzer at NC Register
7. What Does an Upside-Down Cross Mean? – Hector Molina at Catholic Answers Magazine
8. Here’s What We Can Do – Carol Monaco at Catholic Stand
9. Ukraine: the Apparitions of Ternopil – John Carpenter at Divine Mysteries and Miracles
10. Tolkien’s Paradise – Robert Lazu Kmita, Ph.D., at The European Conservative

Punditry and Analysis:
Lombardi’s Legend – Brian Burch and Emily Stimpson Chapman at Catholic Vote
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Secret Dating App Tips – Lila Rose
Does God Really Hear My Prayers? – Dr. Edward and Beth Sri at Catholic Link

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THVRSDAY MORNING EDITION

Robert Edwards 26 September AD 2024

Punditry and Analysis:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Viewed Mystic Update Links:
1. Is There Really “No Salvation Outside the Catholic Church?” – Tim Staples at Catholic Answers
2. All Things Angels And Spiritual Warfare w/Fr Ambrose Criste – Lila Rose
3. Edith Stein on the Nature of Women – Lauretta Brown at OSV News
4. What Did You Leave To Follow Christ? – Pamela Mandela at Catholic Stand
5. From Catherine of Sienna – James Chastek, Ph.L., Ph.D., at Just Thomism
6. Mary’s Way of the Cross – Deacon Thomas L. McDonald at Weird Catholic
7. Forgive All Injuries: A Meditation on the Sixth Spiritual Work of Mercy – Msgr. Charles Pope
8. What Even is a Prince? – Aaron Pattee at Maintaining the Realm
9. Celtic Crosses, Saxon Monasteries: How Island Art, Monks Shaped Christian Europe – H White
10. Why Catholics Should Learn to Dance – P. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., J. Kwasniewski, D.C. McLean

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VVEDNESDAY MORNING EDITION

Robert Edwards 25 September AD 2024

Top-10 Most Viewed Mystic Update Links:
1. Are We All Loved Equally? – Veil of Veronica
2. Are We Free in Heaven? – Brother Cassian Mary Iozzo, O.P., Ph.D., at The Imaginative. . .
3. Too Smart to Believe There is a Devil? – Joe Tevington at Catholic Stand
4. The Hidden Wisdom of Fairy Tales – Robert Lazu Kmita, Ph.D., at Kmita’s Library
5. Why Saint James Says Faith Without Works Is Dead – Karlo Broussard at Catholic Answers
6. Inside the Abbey of St. Walburga’s Hidden Vocation of Prayer for the Church – Denver Catholic
7. What Are 10 Things I Should Know About Jeremiah? – Clement J. Harrold at St. Paul Center
8. The Relics of St. Helena, Empress, Mother of Constantine, Discoverer of the True Cross – LAJ
9. Paradigm Lost, How to Defend Your Faith in the Culture – Catholic Unscripted
10. Angels Are Everywhere In The Bible – Lila Rose

Punditry and Analysis:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Venetian Miracles of the Holy Cross – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement

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TVESDAY MORNING EDITION

Robert Edwards 24 September AD 2024

Top-10 Most Viewed Mystic Update Links:
1. What is the SSPX? A Look at the Controversial Traditionalist Catholic Group – C World Report
2. He Talked to Her? Impossible. She’s Not One of Us – Ida Adams at Catholic Stand
3. “I Absolve You of Your Sins, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit” . . . Invalid? – Fr. Z’s Blog
4. Was Matthew the First Gospel? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker at Standing On My Head
5. “Mission-Ready Friendship” Offers a Simple & Practical Blueprint for Life-Changing Faith – IT
6. What Does God Really Want? – Jimmy Akin
7. Idolatry – James Chastek, Ph.L., Ph.D., at Just Thomism
8. The Martyrs of the Theban Legion – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
9. Wall to Wall Coverage, Leonardo’s The Last Supper – Catch Light
10. Largest Statue of Virgin Mary in the World is in Argentina – Rafael Manuel Tovar at Zenit

Punditry and Analysis:
The Canon of the Bible: Who Decided What Made It In? – Lyle J. Boudreaux at The Imaginative. . .
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
What Was the Babylonian Exile and Why Should I Care? – Clement J. Harrold at St. Paul Center

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MONDAY MORNING EDITION

Robert Edwards 23 September AD 2024

Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina – New Daily Compass

Top-10 Most Viewed Mystic Update Links:
1. Defending Yourself Against A Curse – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
2. The Demon-Fighter: The Supernatural Life of Saint Padre Pio – ChurchPOP
3. Should Catholics Practice Yoga? – Alexander Frank at Catholic Answers Magazine
4. On Missing My Husband — 9 Years Later – Lorraine V. Murray at National Catholic Register
5. Because Some Scholar Told Me So – Trent Horn at Catholic Answers Magazine
6. Kids’ Solemn Reenacting of Mass Procession is Perfection! – Cerith Gardiner at Aleteia
7. A Brush With Padre Pio – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
8. Why & How to Make a Family Necrology – Matthew at A Catholic Life
9. Padre Pio’s Last Four Words Can Help and Inspire Us (Video) – Caroline Fischer at Aleteia
10. How the Weakness of the Cross Makes Us Strong – Peter J. Kreeft, Ph.D., at Integrated C Life

Punditry and Analysis:
Levitation and Bilocation: a Courageous History of Supernatural Belief – Gavin Ashenden at CH
Serve the Lord with Gladness: How to Pray All Day – Louise Merrie at Catholic Exchange
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
The Sword and the Mace: War and Peace in the Middle Ages – Robert Keim at Via Mediaevalis
Facts About Angels – Lila Rose
Desire – Fr. Derek Sakowski at Catholic Spiritual Direction
Customs & Traditions: Citrus & Laurel Decorations in North-Eastern Sicily – Liturgical Arts Jrnl
Sacred Probabilities: Artificial Intelligence and “the Miraculous Calculator” – Philip Pilkington

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SVNDAY MORNING EDITION

Robert Edwards 22 September AD 2024

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. 8 Deadly Sins in Literature: The Sin of Pride – Magis Center
2. A Spiritual Aeneid – Mehmet Y. Ciftci, D.Phil. (Oxon), at Public Discourse
3. Advice for the Melancholic – Robert B. Greving, J.D., at Catholic Answers Magazine
4. The 7 Torments of Hell – The Catholic Gentleman
5. Jesus Is Not a Human Person – Tim Staples at Catholic Answers Magazine
6. The Forgotten History of Catholic Fasting & Abstinence – Matthew at A Catholic Life
7. Robert Bellarmine, the Saint Who Defended the Church With Charity – Catholic World Report
8. Lost Sacred Time: Recapturing Power of Ember Days – Dcn. Th. L. McDonald at Weird Catholic
9. The Catholic Land Movement’s Inspiration, Purpose, & How to Put Into Practice – The Josias
10. Chicago Newspaper Highlights City’s Unique Distinction: Home to 3 Historic Basilicas – CV

Punditry and Analysis:
What is “Veneration” of an Icon? – Hilary White at The Sacred Images Project
Powerful Reason Every Catholic Married Couple Should Have a Crucifix in Their Bedroom – ChP
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Did You Know Hot Chocolate Has Catholic Roots? – Get Fed
How Korea is Home to at Least 10,000 Martyrs – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

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SATVRDAY MORNING EDITION

Robert Edwards 21 September AD 2024

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. St. Fiacre, Gardens, and Boundaries – Masha Goepel at Catholic Stand
2. A Priest’s Touching Message to Parents Bringing Their Children to Mass – ChurchPOP
3. Was an Ancient Rite the Same as Same-Sex Marriage? – Fr. Hugh Barbour, O. Praem., at CAM
4. Raising Independent Catholic Kids in an Age of Conformity – R. Hain at Integrated Catholic Life
5. A Hand-Carved Home Altar by Mussner G. Vincenzo Ars Sacra – Liturgical Arts Journal
6. What Does Family Prayer Look Like? A Father Of 16 Shares His Tips – Catholic Link
7. Watch Exorcist Fr. Ripperger Explain How We Can Raise Our Children to be Virtuous – uCthlc
8. What the Church Really Teaches About Suicide – Casey Chalk at Catholic Answers Magazine
9. Understanding the September Ember Days with the Help of the Golden Legend – Mch. P. Foley
10. 5 Saints to Pray to if You Are Feeling Lonely – Get Fed

Punditry and Analysis:
What Was the Babylonian Exile and Why Should I Care? – Clement J. Harrold at St. Paul Center
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
How Miracles Help Us – Deacon Steven Greco at Catholic Stand
These Surprising Numbers From the Bible Can Inspire Patience – Cerith Gardiner at Aleteia

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FRIDAY MORNING EDITION

Robert Edwards 20 September AD 2024

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. In New Book, Fulton Sheen Speaks on the Devil — and We Should Listen – Kathy Schiffer
2. How Our Lady of La Salette Can Give Us Hope in Darkness – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia
3. Unexpected Ways God Can Change Your Life: Fr. Mac Hill’s Powerful Conversion – uCatholic
4. Gorgeous Kamenita Vrata (Our Lady of the Stone Gate) – Atlas Obscura
5. Beautiful Liturgical Objects from the Holy Land – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
6. Resting on Sundays Means Something – Simone Rizkallah at Catholic Answers Magazine
7. God Doesn’t Know Me (Conversion Story) – Jeff Hutson at Coming Home Network
8. From Mega-Church to The Church, a Conversion Story (Steve Ray Conversion Story) – S. Ray
9. What Are Ember Days? – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at Catholic Answers Magazine
10. The Beautiful Kavass in Jerusalem (Ottoman Vestige in Christianity) – Liturgical Arts Journal

Punditry and Analysis:
Calling Catholics ‘Weird’ Is Not New – Dan Fitzpatrick at Catholic Stand
Secrets of the Mysterious Stigmata: 6 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know – ChurchPOP
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Becoming Like Martha – Tom Thomas at Catholic Stand
Just Do It! (Making Time for Prayer) – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at New Oxford Review
Rooting My Identity in Something More: The Eucharist – Emily Jerger at Radiant Magazine

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THVRSDAY MORNING EDITION

Robert Edwards 19 September AD 2024

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. By Nothing But Prayer and Fasting – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
2. Exorcist Says All Fully ‘Possessed’ Have False ‘Religious’ Visions – Spirit Daily Blog
3. You Cannot Kill the Catholic Church – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
4. The Best of ‘The Journey Home’, EWTN Publishing Releases Book of Conversion Stories – Rg
5. The Right Storm to Calm – Gabriel Garnica at Catholic Stand
6. How To Beat Anxiety, with Timothy Gordon – Patrick Coffin at Catholic Stand
7. An Image of Man and Woman, Complements – Leila Marie Lawler at Happy Despite Them
8. Recapture the Lost Power of Ember Days – Thomas L. McDonald at National Catholic Register
9. Was the Early Church ‘Catholic’ or Just ‘Christian’? – Jim Blackburn at Catholic Answers
10. Saint Joseph of Cupertino – New Compass Daily

Punditry and Analysis:
The Jewish Roots of Veneration of the Saints – Suan Sonna at Catholic Answers Magazine
How To Choose Love Over Lust In Your Marriage: 10 Ways To Love Your Wife – Catholic Link
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
The Church of Theotokos Pammakaristos in Constantinople – S.R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal
What Does God Really Want? – Jimmy Akin
Our Circle of Support: The Saints – The Catholic Gentleman

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