And we're live. Welcome back to Loopcast. It's Tom, Erica, and Josh. The Loopcast is brought to you by the Loop. Every American Catholic's favorite morning newsletter. Good morning, everyone. Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception. I got my Marian Blue on today. I will get into that. Josh, I feel you always have a good story about that. It's not just a feast. It's a celebrity.

Up top, before I get to that, I would just like to say, again, thank you. I had many people continue to send that we were their top show on Spotify. I had a good friend coming to town, says it's the only show he listens to religiously, no pun intended, and he's up there in the skies flying around. He's a pilot, so I had a good time with him. But I just wanted to just express some sincere gratitude again to all the people that listen.

They really enjoy the show. I've said really nice things. And challenge me in the email inbox. Sharpen, iron sharpens iron. Always challenging. Seriously, I love this, the audience that we've curated. Love seeing everyone here live as well. Monday, Wednesday, Wednesday, Friday, 11 am Eastern Time is where we do that.

But more important than any of that, it is Friday, 11. I mean, A.m. Eastern Time is where we do that.

But more important than any of that, it is the feast of the Immaculate Conception. It's Feast Day. It's a solemnity. It is a holy day of obligation. So go to Mass if you haven't already. And throw it some Mary in Blue. But Josh, what were you saying there? And it's, here's the thing. What is the thing?

The U.S. Bishops back in the early 1990s decided that holy days of obligation were no longer obligatory on Saturdays and Mondays of some feasts.

So All Saints Day, if it's a Saturday, dude, you don't have to go two days in a row.

If it's a Monday, don't worry about it.

They ask so much.

But on this one, it's a Monday and you're like, oh, is this a get out of obligation day free card?

No, it is our nation's patroness.

Get the buttocks to church.

It's like every old Catholic grandma turned out they were right about everything. Like just like, just go to Mass. Just go to Mass. Just pray. What are you going to? Pay your rosary. It's like I think they've been exonerated on every front. The old Catholic grandmas that are spending their time praying for us in the pews. God bless. They were ignored at our peril. Amen to that. Who is not ignoring this? We have a presidential message. Presidential message on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. What? Here we go. Today, I recognize every American celebrating December 8th as a holy day honoring the faith, humility, and love of Mary,

mother of Jesus, and one of the greatest figures in the Bible. On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Catholics celebrate what they believe to be Mary's freedom from original sin as the

mother of God. They got some Catholics working in here. Good job, guys. Catholics actually know

that it's about Mary. Good job. Not Jesus's conception. This is not a football play. This is not a, you know, it's not about the kids. It's not about her conception. Yep, there we go. She first entered recorded history as a young woman when, according to Holy Scripture, the angel Gabriel greeted her in the village of Nazareth with news of a miracle. Hail favored one, the Lord is with you, announcing that you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. And one of the most profound and consequential acts in history, Mary heroically accepted God's will with trust and humility. Behold, I am the handmade of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word. Mary's decision forever altered the course of humanity. Nine months later, God became man. And when Mary gave birth to a son, Jesus, who would go on to offer his life on the cross for the redemption of sins and the salvation of the world. And it goes on. It's a, it's a meeting message. It ends with the Hail Mary, too. Ends with the Hill Mary. It. Awesome. Not a Hill Mary pass. In her honor and on a day so special to our Catholic citizens, we remember the sacred words that have brought aid, comfort, and support to generations of American believers in times of need. Never was it more obvious that we have Catholics working in the White House. So awesome. Thank you. you. It's a great message. Just to be clear, because the Catholic president we just had didn't ever acknowledge the immaculate conception to my to my knowledge. Or any, I'm trying to think, did you do anything like this? Well, on Easter one year, he made it trans-save hisibility. So there's, I mean, he celebrated Easter. Just not. Yeah, I forgot about that. And all the lefties online are like, well, we always do the Trans-Day of Visibility on the 31st of March. It just so happened that ended up on Easter this year. And I'm thinking myself, maybe never have that day to celebrate Transvis Day of Visibility.

And if it does end up on Easter for the President of the United States, maybe don't proclaim it that year.

You know, those are all choices, but Biden went ahead with it anyway.

Yeah.

Or somebody. Choice in business.

But honestly, I'd rather him be faithful. I would rather a president, like, you know,

Joe Biden will get the ashes on the forehead on Ash Wednesday, you know,

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