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

VVEDNESDAY MORNING EDITION

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. A World Upside Down – Deacon Mark Danis at Integrated Catholic Life
2. Divorce, College, and the Dual-Income Home: Leila Lawler Interview – Catholic Exchange
3. This Notre Dame Student Wrote Hundreds of Letters to Convert His Family, It Worked – Rgstr
4. A Look at the Visionary Art of St. Hildegard (Photos) – Fr. Michael Rennier at Aleteia
5. What Does It Actually Mean to Be Joyful? – Rachel Meixner at Radiant Magazine
6. 5 Ways To Make Your Home More “Catholic” – Christine Hanus at Catholic Link
7. Daily Bible Verses to Inspire and Strengthen You – Jean Elizabeth Seah at Ignitum Today
8. The Byzantine Cathedral of San Demetrio Megalomartire in Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily – LAJ
9. Does Possession of Statues Violate the First Commandment? – Nate Guyear at Catholic Stand
10. Spiritual Breakthrough in Marital Intimacy – Dan Burke at Catholic Spiritual Direction

Punditry and Analysis:
Who Really Wrote the Gospels? – Paul Senz at Catholic Answers Magazine
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Faith, Works, and Profit – Fr. Samuel Keyes at Catholic Answers Magazine
The Cross – Bob Blundell at Catholic Stand

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MONDAY EVENING EDITION

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. 3 Surprising Facts About Pontius Pilate’s Life You Probably Never Learned – ChurchPOP
2. Miraculous Healing Transforms New Age Atheist Into Popular Catholic Author – Fr. D. Klimek
3. Images in Smoke: The Supernatural and 9/11 – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
4. Can I Mow on Sundays? – The Catholic Gentleman
5. God Wants Even Your Wounds – Joe Heschmeyer at Catholic Answers Magazine
6. Souls (Th)at Risk – A Treasure To Be Shared
7. Why Love Your Wife? 10 Reasons To Choose Love Over Lust – Steven Pokorny at Catholic Link
8. How To Find Your Soulmate w/Christian Matchmaker Alessandra Conti – Lila Rose
9. The Eucharistic Miracle of Siena – Blessed Carlo Acutis
10. The First American Saint – Brian Burch and Emily Stimpson Chapman at Catholic Vote

Punditry and Analysis:
Manufactura Vesti Clero (Krakow, Poland) – John Paul Sonnen at Liturgical Arts Journal
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Two Hundred Thousand Visit Pakistan Marian Shrine – Shafique Khokhar at Asia News

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SVNDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. They Tried To Kill Her For Sharing The Truth About Bikinis – Lila Rose
2. The “Ground Zero Bible” Miracle? What a 9/11 Fireman Found Burned into Steel – ChurchPOP
3. The Ancient Monastery Hanging From the Side of a Cliff – Joe Yogerst at CNN
4. The Seven Sorrows of Mary by Albrecht Dürer – Roseanne T. Sullivan
5. The Eucharistic Miracle of Siena – Blessed Carlo Acutis
6. What Makes Someone Want to Be Virtuous? – John Cuddeback at Life Craft
7. 5 Hispanic Priests Who Are Evangelizing Millions on Social Media – Catholic News Agency
8. 1st Mass Celebrated at the “Center of the World” – Daniel Esparza at Aleteia
9. A Christian Can Lose His Salvation – Karlo Broussard at Catholic Answers Magazine
10. 7 of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Most Popular Titles – CNA via Catholic World Report

Punditry and Analysis:
Get Behind Me, Satan! Reflection on These Jarring Words of Jesus – Lk. Brown at Catholic Link
He Must Increase, I Must Decrease – Guy McClung, Ph.D., J.D., at Catholic Stand
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Between Christianity and Chaos – Evelyn Waugh via The Catholic Thing
Diebus Saltem Dominicis, 17th Sun. After Pentecost: Swords of Sorrow & of Joy – Fr. Zuhlsdorf

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SATVRDAY EVENING EDITION

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. The Fashion Warned Against at Fatima – Fr. David Nix at Pilgrim Priest
2. 6 ‘Biblical’ Myths Debunked – Steve Ray at Catholic Answers Magazine
3. Our Lady’s Alleged Apparitions in Ukraine: Her Forgotten 20th Cen. Prophesies – ChurchPOP
4. Why Do Catholics Say Certain Phrases Three Times During Mass? – The Catholic World Report
5. ‘Lourdes Of East’ Expects Millions Of Pilgrims – Aurélien Vurli at La Croix International
6. St. Gregory the Great’s Advice for Married Couples – Fr. Michael Rennier at Aleteia
7. No Time for the Pastime – Brother Patrick Bubel, O.P., at Dominicana
8. Tolkien’s Paradise – Robert Lazu Kmita at The European Conservative
9. 4 Reasons Why the Devil Hates the Blessed Virgin – The Catholic Gentleman
10. The Last Monastery of St. Columbanus – Colm Flynn at National Catholic Register

Punditry and Analysis:
Spiritual Vigilantism – James Chastek, Ph.L., Ph.D., at Just Thomism
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
The Incredible Story of Sister Wilhelmina, First American to be Declared Incorruptible – C Vote
What is Holy Matrimony & Why Should It Be Protected as the Primordial Sacrament – New Advt

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Natl Eucharistic Cong Launches Soc. of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus – M. Wiering at OSV News

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. Office of the Dead Booklet; Now Available – Gerhard Eger at Canticum Salomonis
2. Advice for the Melancholic – Robert Greving at Catholic Answers Magazine
3. How We Dress at Holy Mass Matters! – Joe McClane
4. How to Pray Mother Teresa’s Famous Emergency ‘Flying Novena’ to Our Lady – C World Report
5. Praying the Liturgy of the Hours is Not Just for You, but for the World – Fr. R. Rolheiser, O.M.I.
6. Power in Weakness – David Torkington at Catholic Stand
7. Modesty And The History Of Bikinis w/Jessica Rey – Lila Rose
8. What Are Some Psalms Worth Memorizing For Different Occasions? – St. Paul Center
9. The Ornamental Hood of the Mozzetta – John Paul Sonnen at Liturgical Arts Journal
10. Couple Gets Engaged Before the Blessed Sacrament in Viral Video – H. Suzuki at ChurchPOP

Punditry and Analysis:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Getting Our Spiritual Foundations Right – David Torkington at Crisis Magazine

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VVEDNESDAY MID-DAY EDITION

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. Exorcists Reveal How the Occult Creeps Into Daily Life – And How to Spot It – ChurchPOP
2. Why Michael Knowles Reverted To Catholicism – Michael Knowles
3. The American Boniface – Brian Burch and Emily Stimpson Chapman at Catholic Vote
4. Neanderthals in Genesis? (Weird Questions) – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World
5. The Weeping Statue Of Syracuse – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
6. Exorcist Diary: The New Morning Star – Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti, D.Min., D.D., Ph.D.
7. The Choice Between Love of God and Love of Self – Regis Martin at Crisis Magazine
8. Why All the Fuss About Latin? Because It is Fruitful for Catholics & for Civilisation – C Herald
9. Msgr. Joseph Buh, the Duluth Priest who Could Become America’s Next Saint – NC Register
10. The Jew Who Supports the Gospels – Jimmy Akin at Catholic Answers Magazine

Punditry and Analysis:
Private Judgment – James Chastek, Ph.L., Ph.D., at Just Thomism
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
5 Interesting Facts to Know About St. Teresa of Calcutta – CNA via Catholic World Report
Do Catholics Believe In The Prosperity Gospel? – Dr. Joseph Hollcraft Catholic Link

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TVESDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. 3 Sins Catholics Surprisingly Justify Without Realizing & How to Avoid Them – ChurchPOP
2. A Simple Trick to Reduce Anxiety – Lila Rose
3. Exorcist Diary: The Fifth Suffering of Hell – Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti, D.Min., D.D., Ph.D.
4. A Powerful Same-Sex Attraction Conversion Story – Lila Rose
5. Hell Promises Pleasure – Dave DuBay at Missio Dei
6. Should a Catholic Attend an Invalid Wedding? – E. Christian Brugger, D.Phil., at NC Register
7. The Padiglione – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal
8. The Secret Seven Poets Everyone Should Know – Joseph Pearce at Crisis Magazine
9. In Muslim Indonesia, a Catholic Monastery Has Become Part of the Community – CWR
10. Did You Know That St. Michael Has His Own Castle in Rome? – Get Fed

Punditry and Analysis:
On Purgatory – Pope St. Gregory the Great via The Catholic Thing
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Why is St. Gregory the Great Often Depicted With a Dove? – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia

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MONDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. Vatican Approves Devotion to Our Lady of Mercy at Shrine of Pellevoisin, France – Vtcn News
2. September: Our Lady and the Seven Sorrows – Michael Haynes at Per Mariam
3. Casket of Potential Minnesota Saint Exhumed – Diocese of Duluth
4. Blessed Michael McGivney Relic Pilgrimage by Knights of Col. to Tour Texas Dioceses – CV
5. God’s Icon – The Shroud of Turin – Dennis Knapp at The Latin Rite
6. Why Work Matters: Catholics and Labor Day – Russell M. Lawson at Catholic Exchange
7. Work as Worship – Cale Clarke at Catholic Answers Magazine
8. Our Lady of Pellevoisin, France – John Carpenter at Divine Mysteries and Miracles
9. What We Celebrate On Labor Day – Fr. Roger Landry at Integrated Catholic Life
10. The Gospel of Work – St. Pope John Paul II via The Catholic Thing

Punditry and Analysis:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

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SATVRDAY MID-DAY EDITION

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. Should a Wife Obey a Secular (or Lazy) Husband? – Fr. David J. Nix at Pilgrim Priest
2. Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist: Corruption Exposed – Fr. Z’s Blog
3. Can Exorcist Ask Demon Questions? – Full Sheen Ahead
4. The Rules of Discernment: A Practical Guide – Megan Hjelmstad at Catholic Spiritual Direction
5. The 7 Weirdest Bible Stories They Didn’t Teach You in Sunday School – ChurchPOP
6. The Unbelievable Life & Witness of St. Mariam Baouardy, the Arab Rose – Cthlc World Report
7. Tradition to a Protestant – Parker Manning at Catholic Answers Magazine
8. The Saint Who Was a Pear-Thief . . . – Get Fed
9. A Husband’s Place: Forging Peace in the Home – John Cuddeback, Ph.D., at Life Craft
10. Cardinal Burke on Our Lady of Guadalupe & the Role Mary Played in His Vocation – Register

Punditry and Analysis:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
What Does It Mean to Be Catholic? – Fr. Kenneth M. Dos Santos, M.I.C., at Catholic Stand

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. Body of St. Teresa of Avila (+1582) Examined and Found to Be Incorrupt – Fr. Z’s Blog
2. The Wise and Foolish Virgins: The Five Senses – Chantal LaFortune at Missio Dei
3. Living Crucifixes: The Phenomenon of Stigmata – Paul Kengor at The American Spectator
4. The Joyous Way the Lebanese Welcome a Newly-Ordained Priest – Cerith Gardiner at Aleteia
5. |How We Know Truth, and Why It Matters? – Nate Guyear at Catholic Stand
6. To the Ends of the Earth: Character; Catholic Men’s Devotionals, An Introduction – Catholic365
7. Ann Farmer: Pro-life Campaigner, Poet, Cartoonist, Author – Ann Farmer at Mercator
8. Faith Vs. Opinion – James Chastek, Ph.L., Ph.D., at Just Thomism
9. Sunday Readings & Catholic Doctrine for September 2024 – Marty Dybicz at Catholic Stand
10. 9 More Church Fathers Explain the Catholic Belief About Baptism – Natl Catholic Register

Punditry and Analysis:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
The Eucharist is the Heartbeat of Catholic Education – Ryan Bilodeau at Catholic Exchange

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THVRSDAY EVENING EDITION

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. The Devil is in the Details – Dan Burke at Catholic Spiritual Direction
2. Questions About Liturgy: Vestments for Altar Servers – Zenit
3. The Seal of Confession – Edward Peters, J.C.D., at Simply Catholic
4. We Must Give to God & to the Poor: Difference between Alms & Tithes – Catholic Exchange
5. Little-Known Tale of French Benedictine Monks Who Sing Gregorian Chant. . . – ChurchPOP
6. Green Needn’t Mean ‘Ordinary’ – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal
7. Carolingian Glories: a Closer Look – Hilary White at The Sacred Images Project
8. Path to Jesus is Not That Difficult, St. Augustine Shows Us the Way – M. De La Torre, Ph.D.
9. The Multi-Generational Domestic Church – Nancy Lessard at Catholic365
10. Those Who Feel Eternity: Goodness and the Religious Life – Masha Goepel at Catholic Stand

Punditry and Analysis:
Filipino Diocese Advances Sainthood Cause for Lay Catechist Laureana ‘ka Luring’ Franco – CWR
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Healing Thru Stories: Book for Families Grieving After Baby Loss – Theoni Bell at Ignitum Today
How the Restless Heart of St. Augustine Found Rest – Kelly Marcum at National Catholic Register

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THVRSDAY MORNING EDITION

Top-10 Most Visited Mystic Update Links:
1. Our Lady’s Alleged Apparitions in Ukraine: Her Forgotten 20th-C. Prophesies – ChurchPOP
2. Prayer to Sacred Heart of Jesus Made Public Because God Rejected Its Omission – uCatholic
3. What St. Augustine Did to Avoid Gossip and Foul Language in His Home – Cthlc World Report
4. Diabolical Disorientation vs Radical Reorientation: Part II – Unknown Centurion at Cthlc Stand
5. How To Know God’s Will For Your Life – Dan Burke via A Catholic Gentleman
6. 5 Beautiful Catholic Sites in Rugged West Virginia – Theresa Civantos Barber at Aleteia
7. Woe to You, Scribes & Pharisees | Gospel Readings with Bishop Strickland – Full Sheen Ahead
8. Hey, We Have a Vocation Too! – Bob Waruszewski at Ignitum Today
9. God and the Death of Innocents – Karlo Broussard at Catholic Answers Magazine
10. Echoes of Grace: The Poignant Power of 5 Mother Teresa Quotes – Magis Center

Punditry and Analysis:
Restorations at Church of St. Aloysius in Oxford, Oxford Oratory – Liturgical Arts Journal
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Another Shroud of Turin Study Released: Bloodstains Consistent w/Crucifixion of Christ – C Hrld
Notre Dame Student’s Family Converts on Solemnity of the Assumption – Natl Catholic Register

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