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The Stand Firm, Be Strong podcast launched yesterday on August 3, 2026 and is posting a new episode daily over the course of 200 days. All this and more on Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes. 

In Catholic teaching, scrupulosity is a condition where a person's conscience is overly sensitive, causing them to constantly see mortal sin where there is only venial sin. Join Fr. Wade Menezes as he delves into this on this Mailbag edition of Open Line Tuesday. 

Friends, today on this marvelous Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin, we celebrate Mary’s assumption, body and soul, into heaven. But this does not mean that she has gone away; she is a warrior, involved in the struggle against evil from a new vantage point.

What difference does the Assumption of Mary make on your life? In this episode, Dr. Sri explains why we believe that Mary was assumed into Heaven body and soul. He also explains what this means for you and your relationship with God. Snippet from the Show Mary reveals what God de ...  Show more

In this meditation, Fr. Peter Armenio, priest of Opus Dei, invites us to reflect upon Mary, especially in light of her Assumption, as God’s great gift to us and as our great hope. ‘Mary has been taken up to heaven by God in body and soul, and the angels rejoice.’ Joy overtakes ...

On August 15, the Church celebrates the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Mother. She is the woman clothed with the sun, the moon is beneath her feet, and is crowned with twelve stars. We love her tenderly and through her actions she shows us what a life of faith look ...