1. The Cake Is A Lie. In this episode, we read Rod Dreher’s “Live Not by Lies,” discussing Vaclav Havel, and how the churches’ learned passivity and helplessness have rendered their ministry and outreach impotent.
  2. Today on the Almanac, we look back at the founding of the controversial and secretive Opus Dei.
  3. אזוב - Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. PSALM 51:7
  4. One one level, Jesus does an impressive work of feeding 5,000+ with just a few rolls and some fish. But on a deeper level, we see Jesus preparing the eternal feast for you.
  5. Today on the Almanac, we tell the remarkable story of Katharine Drexel.
  6. כרת - He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people: “Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!” PSALM 50:4–5
  7. נהר - There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. PSALM 46:4–5
  8. Today on the Almanac, we remember St. Jerome and his epoch-making Vulgate.
  9. Caleb and Scott give a historical overview of the Smalcald articles.
  10. שׁלם - Even my close friend in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, has lifted his heel against me. But you, O Lord, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may repay them! PSALM 41:9–10