30 Dec 22 – Why Is There a Pagan Obelisk in Saint Peter’s Square?

Today’s Topics:

1) Gospel – Mt 2:13-15, 19-23 – When the magi had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the Child to destroy Him.” Joseph rose and took the Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt. He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled, Out of Egypt I called my son.

Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Jesus, save us! Mary and Joseph, pray for us!
Bishop Sheen quote of the day
2, 3) The occult meaning of obelisks and the people who worship them  He shall smash the obelisks at the Temple of the Sun in the land of Egypt and destroy with fire the temples of the Egyptian gods.” Jeremiah 43:13
The obelisk in Saint Peter’s Square
4) Heroes & Zeroes: You voted, and so did 70,000 other people! See who was crowned the CatholicVote Hero of the Year, and who was named the Zero of the Year