#12167 Easter and the Persecution of the Church in Nicaragua | Flannel Panel - Joe Heschmeyer
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🗓️ 25 April 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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The Original airdate for this episode was Easter Monday but with the passing of Pope Francis, we pushed the episode back to Easter Wednesday
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We also explore the challenges of living the faith in the modern world, including a call for more intentional discipleship, authentic masculinity, and a deeper commitment to both evangelization and the corporal works of mercy. The panel also weighs in on the alarming religious persecution in Nicaragua, highlighting how faithful Catholics can advocate for the oppressed through prayer and action.
Whether you’re a convert, cradle Catholic, or someone exploring the faith, this lively episode offers encouragement, challenge, and practical takeaways for living the Resurrection all year long.
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| 0:11.5 | Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Welcome back, Kathy Hans was live. I am Sykelet, your host. So happy to be with you here on this Easter Monday doing an Easter Monday show and a solemnity. |
| 0:40.1 | Today is a solemnity. I just found out, I didn't even know this. They were explaining Catholic |
| 0:44.6 | liturgy to me last hour, and every single day for eight day, Easter included, and Divine |
| 0:51.2 | Mercy Sunday included, all those eight days are solemnities of the church. |
| 0:54.6 | So happy Easter to you. |
| 0:56.9 | Happy Easter, a special welcome to those who have received their sacraments at Easter, |
| 1:02.5 | praise God. |
| 1:04.3 | Many of you call, I mean, percentage-wise, I'm sure it's not a high percentage, because |
| 1:09.2 | there's millions of people who have been coming into the Catholic Church, but many, many calls this year about people |
| 1:13.6 | who are on their way in and praise God and welcome home and all of that, welcome into the life |
| 1:21.4 | of the church and the life that only Christ can give in the sacraments. |
| 1:27.9 | It's a little bit of a mellower flannel panel today. |
| 1:30.6 | Joe Heschmeyer is here. |
| 1:31.5 | Chris Check is here. |
| 1:32.4 | We're all wearing our flannel shirts. |
| 1:34.5 | But you've got you gentlemen will notice one thing we're leaving out. |
| 1:39.2 | We're not going to pick on National Public Radio today. |
| 1:42.0 | It's true because they get an Easter reprove. |
| 1:43.9 | It's an Easter repeal. It's an Easter reprieve we're good it's a Easter reprieve it's an Easter um ceasefire that we're having Easter Accords |
| 1:49.1 | yeah we've reached right right we've um but uh sometimes I wonder if we go too far |
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