Open Line, Tuesday

Just this past Sunday, on October 19, 2025 – the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Pope Leo XIV canonized seven new Saints of the Catholic Church including an Italian lawyer who renounced Satanism and his involvement in the occult and eventually became “an apostle of the Rosary.” Join us for Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes.

Parents hold a primary spiritual authority over their children in Catholic moral teaching, with the duty and privilege to be their children’s first educators in the faith and in morality, acting as stewards of their children’s souls and leading them toward God. Join us for this important topic on Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes.

The Rosary is a devotional prayer, both mental and vocal, which honors the life of Jesus Christ and the mysteries of our salvation obtained by Him. The Rosary also honors the Blessed Mother of God who was so near to her Son throughout His Sacred Incarnation. Join Fr. Wade Menezes in celebration of Our Lady of the Rosary!

Recent statistics show that young men – most notably in the 18 to 35 year-old range – are increasingly joining the Catholic Church in the U.S. and western Europe, often attracted by its historical continuity, communal aspect, and traditional structure which they find offers a sense of stability and meaning in a rapidly changing world. Join us in Open Line Tuesday as Fr. Wade Menezes dives deep into this counterculture trend.

Modesty is the virtue that safeguards the dignity of a person in their association with others. It benefits both the individual and society (that is, “the other”) because it governs the exterior appearance and behavior of the person and thus helps make society civil and harmonious by helping to protect the virtue in “the other” person. Join us for this Mailbag edition of Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes.

Suffering unites the sufferer with Jesus Christ and His Cross, which itself was meant to be saving and redeeming for all and helps us to be more sympathetic toward others who are suffering. Join us for Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes.

Through his gentle but direct words, Carlo helped his parents rediscover and return to their Catholic faith. In 2006, he died from leukemia at age 15. He was Beatified in 2020 by a delegate of Pope Francis, and declared a Saint by Pope Leo XIV in 2025. Pier Giorgio Michelangelo Frassati was born in Turin, Italy on April 6, 1901.Just before receiving his university degree, Pier Giorgio contracted poliomyelitis, which doctors later speculated he caught from the sick whom he tended. Neglecting his own health because his grandmother was dying, after six days of terrible suffering Pier Giorgio died at the age of 24 on July 4, 1925. Join Fr. Wade and the Church in celebration for our newest Saints!

The ordinary Christian, who seeks holiness in his ordinary work, through faithfulness to daily duty, should be moved with great comfort to find out how often our Lord uses in his parables examples taken from work and working situations. Join Fr. Wade on this edition of Open Line Tuesday.

St. Jane Frances De Chantal - Wife, Mother, Widow and Foundress of the Visitation Order (August 12). While married, Jane ably managed her husband’s estate to provide for the care of the poor and the disenfranchised. After the untimely death of her husband of nine years who was accidentally shot in a hunting accident, she retreated into prayer and an austere life. She met Francis de Sales in Dijon, France (in 1604) and together, they founded the Congregation of the Visitation, a Religious Order that welcomed women who were unable to join existing Orders because of their age or infirmity. By the time of her death in 1641, Jane Frances De Chantal had founded over 85 convents of Visitation Sisters.

Octaves include the seven days following a particular Feast Day or Solemnity, with the Feast Day or Solemnity itself included – thus, a total of eight days (“octave” referring to “eight”). Prior to the Second Vatican Council, “Octave celebrations” were numerous in the Latin Rite. Join us for Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes.

The Blessed Virgin Mary’s Assumption of her body and soul into Heaven makes very clear to us that there is room for our humanity in Heaven. Don't miss today's edition of Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes.

Widely neglected in our day and age, but of great importance for growth in the spiritual life and for the ordering of one’s temporal life, is the occasional making of a spiritual retreat – at least annually. This is true for everyone, regardless of their vocation and state in life. Join us for Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes!

On January 26, 2021, Pope Francis ordered the collaborative inscription of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus into the General Roman Calendar of the universal Church as one celebratory liturgical feast, to replace the then-existing celebration of Saint Martha alone. Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus were siblings and are now celebrated each year as an Obligatory Memorial on July 29. Join Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade and celebrate siblinghood!

Fr. Wade gives us a lesson on the Catholic Teaching on Friendship: A Look at the Saints, faith, family, fellowship, and more on today's Open Line Tuesday with Fr. Wade Menezes. (Originally aired on 7/27/21)

Fr. Wade discusses the different doctors of the church and the impact they have made in our history and our lives. He then answers listeners questions about the validity of marriage, religious orders, and different saints.