Good morning! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Dr. Matthew Bunson to discuss his new biography of Pope Leo XIV. Other guests include Rita Heikenfeld with a Peruvian recipe to celebrate the new pope, and Mike Aquilina to discuss the significance of our new Holy Father’s papal motto. Plus news, weather, sports, and a whole lot more…

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Prayer for God’s Mercy by St. Jerome

Show me, O Lord, Your mercy, and delight my heart with it. Let me find You whom I so longingly seek. Behold, here is the man whom the robbers seized, manhandled, and left half dead on the road to Jericho. Kind-hearted Samaritan, come to my aid! I am the sheep who wandered into the wilderness. Seek after me and bring me home again to Your fold.  Do with me according to Your Will, that I may abide with You all the days of my life, and praise You with all those who are with You in heaven for all eternity. Amen.

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Dr. Benjamin Reinhard, author of The High Hallow: Tolkien’s Liturgical Imagination

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