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pledge drive. Join the family. All right. Welcome back. Let's pray. In the name of the Father and of the Son

of the Holy Spirit, amen. Remember almost gracious Virgin Mary that never wasn't known that anyone who fled to

thy protection implored thy help or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly into the

O Virgin of Virgins, my mother. To thee do I come before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful.

O mother of the word incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy here and answer me,

amen. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

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with your comment or question. 8-88-914-9-9-49. Let's start off now with Joe in South New Jersey.

Hi, Joe. Welcome. Oh, thank you, Patrick. My question is this. I see a lot of corruption in our politics, even at the top of the ticket, you know, in the

presidency and the Speaker of the House, they're supposed to be Catholic.

And how do you, we pray for them, and I do.

But at the same time, you feel angry about it.

You know, and I look at the scriptures and so I think it's,

I think it was Galatians where Paul said, you stupid Galatian, I sort of identify with that.

I mean, Jesus said, you brood of vipers, you know, and but then on the other hand, it says,

don't call any men Waka. So I, I like to reconcile that because I do get angry when I see

these, I think this really scandal, especially

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