Good morning! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell continue to provide updates on the health of Pope Francis. Guests include Rita Hiekenfeld with Mardi Gras recipes, Dr. John Bersgma with more Biblical background on the concept of Jubilee, and Gary Michuta from Hands On Apologetics. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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Prayer for priests

O Jesus, I pray Thee for Thy faithful and fervent priests; for Thy unfaithful and tepid priests; for Thy priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields; for Thy tempted priests; for Thy lonely priests; for Thy dying priests; for the souls of Thy priests in purgatory. But above all I commend to Thee the priests dearest to me; the priest who baptized me; the priests who absolved me from my sins; the priests at whose Masses I assisted, and who gave me Thy Body and Blood in Holy Communion; the priests who taught and instructed me, or helped and encouraged me; all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way, particularly N. O Jesus, keep them all close to Thy Heart, and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen.

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RECIPES FROM RITA: EASY CINNAMON SWIRL KING CAKE FOR MARDI GRAS

This cinnamon scented cake is a good keeper at room temperature, covered. Now you can also wait until the cake cools and then carefully make a little hole to push the baby in before you frost the cake if you don’t want to bake plastic…..

Ingredients

Cake:
1 box yellow cake mix, 15.25 oz.
1 box vanilla instant pudding mix, 4 serving size
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons favorite neutral oil
1-1/3 cups water
2 large eggs
1 plastic baby – optional
Streusel – combine together
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed, light or dark
1/2 cup nuts, chopped – optional but good
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/4 cup butter, melted

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees,
Grease and flour 10” tube or Bundt pan.
On low speed in mixer or by hand, blend cake mix, pudding mix, water and eggs.
Beat either 2 minutes on medium speed or vigorously by hand.
Spread 3/4 of the batter evenly in prepared pan.
Sprinkle 2/3 cup streusel mixture over batter in pan.
Spread remaining batter over streusel.
Top with reserved streusel. Swirl into batter with a knife.
Push baby in and keep it away from sides of the pan.
Bake 40-50 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Check after 40 minutes.
After removing from oven, take a knife or offset spatula and run it around the edges of the pan, including center. Let cool 15-20 minutes before frosting.

Drizzle cooled cake with confectioner’s sugar glaze, then while glaze is still wet, sprinkle each section with the colored sugars: purple for justice, green for faith and yellow for power.

MASTER RECIPE: CONFECTIONER’S SUGAR GLAZE

Whisk together:
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon water or more as needed

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Brady Stiller, author of Your Life is a Story

Dr. Jared Ortiz, author of The Nicene Creed: A Scriptural, Historical, and Theological Commentary

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