Visiting America's Basilica's and Visiting Grave Sites of Priests

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Good afternoon, John Harper. Blessed to be with you this afternoon. Filling in for Drew is taking a long weekend. He'll be back with you on Monday here on Relevant Radio and the Relevant Radio app. And I'm hopeful you felt the warmth of God's love in your life today, and you've shared that warmth and that light with someone else. Coming up in this hour, we're going to go on two pilgrimages, one to Basilica's and the other to cemeteries. I know those are very different, aren't they? Perhaps you have been blessed to visit a Basilica, which is not necessarily a cathedral, but it's been officially designated by the Pope for any variety of reasons. Could be historical, architectural, artistic, pastoral importance. In a few minutes, you're going to meet a young man who will really impress you with the depth of his faith. Grady Connolly has visited all 94 Basilicas here in the United States, and he tells the story of his pilgrimage in a book called Basilicas, A Pilgrim's Guide to America's Most Remarkable Churches. Also this hour, Father Edward Looney of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, has been on a different kind of pilgrimage, and this one is visiting the graves of priests. We're going to hear how the Holy Spirit guided him to that pilgrimage. We'll also talk about not only the personal graces that come from visiting cemeteries, but the indulgences that are granted for the souls in purgatory. Plus, take your prayer intentions, hear about the miracles that have happened as we pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet on Relevant Radio and the Relevant Radio app.

That's the music that preceded the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, celebrated by Pope Leo, who is on his historic 12-day apostolic journey across South America that wraps up next Tuesday. Yesterday, the Holy Father met with Peruvian bishops and faithful outside of Lima's cathedral, 60,000 young people heard the Pope tell them, you are the sign of hope. And this afternoon, he celebrated Mass for what is estimated one million, you heard correctly, one million of the faithful in Chicalo.

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The next place of this visit is Chicalo.

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And Chicalo was Pope Francis, Pope Francis, listen to me, Pope Leo's former diocese, where he said that all Christians, all of us are called to be missionaries. And we'll follow that story of the Holy Father's pilgrimage to South America through the weekend here on Relevant Radio and the Relevant Radio app. Now, chances are you have prayed to the first millennial saint in the last 24 hours. Saint Carlos Acutus was beatified six years ago and he taught himself computer programming and he built a website that catalogs all the Eucharistic miracles around the world. And that's why he's the patron saint of the internet. Now, why did you pray for him? To bring back your Microsoft email, right? Because Microsoft 365 and those cloud services went down 24 hours ago. Now, the company says the email is starting to come back to normal as we go on the air, but the disruption to, well, you name it, governments, airlines, your office, your home email, what has happened worldwide is like something that we've never seen before.

Microsoft, and this makes you worry a little bit. Microsoft says, is still trying to figure out what went wrong. Wouldn't it be funny if we find out like a rat ate through a wire or something like that? But they're still trying to figure out what went wrong. And for some reason, they say there was a spike in usage here in the Americas. They don't know why.

They tried to switch to other servers. That didn't work.

But wasn't it nice when you step back and look at this? Wasn't it nice to have some quiet in your life? There was no email.

There were no spreadsheets. There were no Microsoft Teams meetings, right? But it also goes to show you how dependent we are on technology, right? Millions of us discovered just how much our lives depend on someone else's computers, right? Now, of course, you and I can use our connectivity and the Internet for the common good. But that same tech, our hand-held devices, boy, that can hold us hostage at times. And now everything is stored up in the cloud. And then that sounds so soft and fluffy and nice. But the cloud is just someone else's computers. And those computers have a bad day. So that means you and I have a really bad day. You know, maybe relevant radio should go into the carrier pigeon business, because that would have really spiked in the last 24 hours. Wow. And I bet you also had face-to-face conversations with someone. You remember that? Having a face-to-face conversation with someone. But Microsoft says they're slowly getting back on their feet. So maybe you've got your email back, but it just goes to show you how dependent we are on this tech. It's incredible. And tech is really a part of this first guest that we have here on relevant radio on The Drew Mariani Show. You and I have been to churches that have such beauty. It takes your breath away.