Today’s Topics:

1) Gospel – Mt 16:13-23 – Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest
Saint John Vianney, pray for us!

Bishop Sheen quote of the day 

2) Public documents reveal that the Los Angeles Unified School District has been promoting “Transgender Theory” to K-12students since 2021. The LAUSD held a panel of “queer 7th graders” at a conference that encouraged athletes to “come out.” The conference also gave out “gender-affirming clothing” and included instructions on how to refute “religious objections” to “gender theory 
“https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/07/21/queer-all-school-year-los-angeles-school-district-forces-gender-theory-into-classroom/ 

3) America has lost faith in media: A Gallup poll has found that only 11% of American adults have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in TV news, and only 16% have such confidence in newspapers. These are “all-time low points,” according to Gallup.” Television news and newspapers rank nearly at the bottom” of institutions measured by the survey, said Gallup, “with only Congressgarnering less confidence from the public than TV news.” 
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/michael-w-chapman/gallup-only-11-have-great-deal-confidence-tv-news-only-16 

4) Sydney McLaughlin wins Gold at World Championships, breaks the world record, and gives thanks to God! 
https://www.catholicnewsworld.com/2022/07/wow-athlete-sydney-mclaughlin-wins-gold.html 

What does the IHS monogram mean? 
https://aleteia.org/2017/05/15/what-does-the-ihs-monogram-mean/