Mark Lambert - Catholic Unscripted Podcast

This is Mark from Catholic Unscripted. My old X account @sitsio was hacked and stolen. No response from X so I am now posting from this account.

@BruvverEccles Do you like my new handle Eccles? Thanks for the RT by the way!

Audite, insulae et attendite, populi de longe.

Beautiful embroidery of Our Lady

@ThatTimWalker This is an excellent idea, thank you Tim! #ILoveThePope

I’m not a Catholic, but wouldn’t it be great if we could get #Ilovethepope trending as he’s plainly a good, decent, principled human being, and, on Musk’s platform, this will annoy a lot of powerful, evil people. Do please repost.

Today's Gospel Reflection: From Rough Waves to Revelation

The Light of the World (1851–1854) is an allegorical painting by the English Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt (1827–1910) which shows Jesus preparing to knock on an overgrown and long-unopened door, illustrating Revelation 3:20: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him and he with Me". According to Hunt: "I painted the picture with what I thought, unworthy though I was, to be divine command, and not simply a good subject." The door in the painting has no handle, and can therefore be opened only from the inside, representing "the obstinately shut mind". The painting was considered by many to be the most important and culturally influential rendering of Christ of its time.

Donald Trump vs. Pope Leo (Explained w/ 3 "Internet Rules") Trent uses 3 longstanding "Rules of the Internet" to analyze the Trump vs. Pope Leo feud. youtu.be/beymS-BBr28?si… via @YouTube

The smallest task can be offered in a prayer with sincerity to our Lord.

Here is another ancient image the Church once loved, now almost forgotten, yet quietly radiant with meaning. The peacock. In the ancient world, it was believed that the flesh of the peacock did not decay. Early Christians took this as a sign of incorruption. A creature marked by a strange immunity to death. And so the peacock became a symbol of the Resurrection. Not merely survival, not somehow symbolic of the persistence of memory, but the actual transformation of the body itself. Christ risen, not as a ghost or idea, but in glorified flesh...death undone from within. The peacock, with its shimmering, almost otherworldly plumage, came to represent that promise: that what is sown in weakness will be raised in glory. Its feathers, covered in what look like countless watching eyes, were also seen as a sign of divine vision, of the God who sees all, who forgets nothing, and who will restore all things in the light of eternity. You will find it carved into early Christian tombs and woven into mosaics, quietly proclaiming what the world could scarcely believe: Death does not have the final word. In an age that fears decay, hides death and doubts what lies beyond it, the peacock stands as a contradiction. You are not made for the grave. You are not destined for dust alone. You are made for glory & the One who rose will raise you too! (Pics from Monastere Saint Benoit, France).

The Pelican is an ancient Christian image that has almost vanished from modern imagination, yet it contains the whole Gospel in miniature. In medieval bestiaries, it was believed that when food was scarce, the mother pelican would wound her own breast and feed her young with her blood, giving her life so that they might live. Whether or not the natural history is exact is beside the point. The Church saw in this a truth deeper than biology. She saw Christ. Christ who does not merely teach, guide, or inspire, but gives Himself, body and blood, for the life of the world. Not metaphorically, not sentimentally, but really. The pelican became a Eucharistic sign: a creature whose love is not measured in words, but in sacrifice. St Thomas Aquinas captured it in a single, breathtaking line: “Pie pellicane, Iesu Domine…” “Loving pelican, Lord Jesus…” At the altar, this image ceases to be poetry and becomes reality. The Church is fed, not by ideas, but by a Person who pours Himself out. A love that does not hold back. A love that wounds itself in order to heal. Today we speak endlessly of love yet fear sacrifice. The pelican stands as a quiet rebuke to this attitude: Love costs. Love bleeds. Love gives itself away. And in that giving, it gives life.

Stunning altar at the Church St. Joseph - Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest in Basel Switzerland. I love the image of the Pelican especially (an explanation of that, if you are wondering what it means, in the next post).

People don't realize how big Catholicism is. Leo's in Africa where there are 288 mil Catholics. That's bigger than the global Eastern Orthodox church and 4 times the size of the US RC Church. People think hes obsessed with US politics. Believe me he has other things on his mind.

Good to see this!

"Netanyahu was personally stunned and alarmed when he learned of the post," per Axios. The problem: Last year Trump said he would "not allow" Israel to annex the West Bank. Shortly after, Israel voted to annex the West Bank, and that is precisely what they're in the process of doing now. The world is watching to see if Trump will follow through, or if he'll cave to Netanyahu's demands. axios.com/2026/04/17/leb…

Things on Facebook are rough. Lots of people over the age of 40, many of whom I respect!, are being one-shotted by the fact that the Pope met with David Axelrod and then said he didn’t like a war.

Proof that Trump’s non interventionist platform was the right choice?

And who decides what offends people? 🤔

Watch the full interview here youtu.be/LZC-1Iw3LAk

Everyone’s an expert now… thanks to AI. But does that mean we’re actually closer to the truth? Or just more confident in our own opinions? In a world of instant answers, how do we know what’s real? 👉 Are we gaining knowledge… or losing wisdom? #AI #Truth #Technology #Culture #Philosophy #Debate #ModernLife youtube.com/shorts/MHJv9YL…

Watch the full interview here youtu.be/LZC-1Iw3LAk

Left. Right. Mainstream. Alternative. Different voices… same problem? This clip argues that most modern political thinking shares one assumption: That the answer to our problems is purely natural. But Catholicism says something radically different: 👉 We don’t just need better systems— we need grace. #Catholic #Faith #Politics #Truth #Philosophy #Theology #Christianity youtube.com/shorts/ou9tmss…