God Executed Egyptian Demon Goddess (March 17, 2026)

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Today’s Sources:

• Daily Bible Reading - March 17, 2026 | USCCB (Reading 1: Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12; Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9; Gospel: John 5:1-16)

• Day 76: War Against Midian — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) (Numbers 31, Deuteronomy 30, Psalm 116)

• Day 76: Jesus’ Baptism and Temptation — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) (Paragraphs 535–540)

• Egypt’s 10 Plagues Were God Smiting Demons — Shameless Popery

• March 17, 2026 | Catholic Daily Reflections | Formed

• March 17: St. Patrick, Bishop — Catholic Saints & Feasts

Transcript

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Welcome to the Daily Catholic Deep Dive. We're here to connect the dots between the Bible, the Catechism, and your daily life. Every day we go over the daily Mass readings, Father Mike Schmitz's Bible in a year, and Catechism in a year, plus other popular Catholic podcasts and videos released today we find interesting. If you feel a bit overwhelmed by all the daily Catholic listening, don't worry. We are here to find that one golden thread that ties it all together. Let's dive in. Today is March 17th, 2026. Today we are looking at a divine assassination. Like when God turned the Nile River to blood in Exodus, he wasn't just performing some clashy magic trick to scare Pharaoh. He was literally executing an Egyptian demon goddess.

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A divine assassination. Wow, that sounds super intense. But that concept of um targeted spiritual warfare is really the invisible thread connecting everything on our menu today. So we're pulling from the Daily Mass Readings, day 76 of Bible in a Year and Catechism in a Year, a really brilliant reflection from Dr. Tim Gray, a new video from Apologist Joe, and well, since it is March 17th, the true history of St. Patrick.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day, by the way.

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Thanks. Same to you.

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So to understand how all this connects, for you listening, think of spiritual idolatry like um a malicious computer virus.

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Oh, that's a good way to look at it.

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Right. It runs quietly in the background of your life, draining your battery and corrupting your files until your system just crashes. And you can plug into a charger all you want, but until you wipe the hard drive, it's never going to work right.

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Totally useless. Yeah.

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And the Old Testament Mass reading today gives us that ultimate spiritual charger. Ezekiel chapter 47, verses 1 through 9, and verse 12 describes this bizarre, incredible image of life-giving water flowing straight out from beneath the temple.

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Yeah, turning the salt waters fresh wherever it goes. And we see the ultimate fulfillment of that ancient vision in today's gospel from John chapter 5, verses 1 to 16.

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Where Jesus heals the paralyzed man.

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Exactly, at the pool of Bethesda. And Dr. Tim Gray points out something so profound here. He says Jesus himself is the new temple.

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Oh wow. So he's the literal source of the water.

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Yes. By healing this man, Jesus proves his Holy Spirit is that living water Ezekiel saw. It's like the ultimate operating system update that brings total restoration.

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Okay, but here's where I get hung up a bit.

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Yeah.

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If we have access to this amazing living water, why is the process of getting rid of the virus so incredibly harsh? Like looking at day 76 of Bible in a year, Father Mike covers Numbers chapter 31 and Deuteronomy chapter 30.

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Right, the Midianites.

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Yeah. God commands Israel to fiercely and entirely purge the Midianites. That sounds like a divine overreaction to modern years. Why couldn't they just, you know, coexist?

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Well, because the Israelites were highly susceptible to the Midianites' idolatry. Coexistence just wasn't an option because the virus was already destroying them from the inside out.

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They didn't have the spiritual antibodies yet.

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Exactly. God knew that to save his people, the source of the infection had to be wiped out completely.

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Which brings us back to that divine assassination from Apologist Joe's new video.

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Yes, the Nile turning to blood.

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Right. So God was targeting Sikhmet, an Egyptian goddess who literally had a myth about wading through human blood. God took their life-giving river and turned it into the symbol of their own demonic idol.

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Because God is showing them, and us really, that these aren't just cute cultural myths, they are actual real spiritual forces that keep humanity paralyzed.

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And this exact same warfare didn't end in the Old Testament either.

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No, definitely not.

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Since it's St. Patrick's Day, we have to talk about how he faced down the Druids in 5th century Ireland. The stories say he conquered their dark pagan magic using the Eucharist. But how does that actually work? I mean, did he just hold up the host like a physical shield?

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Well, it's much deeper than that. By consuming the Eucharist, Patrick essentially became a walking tabernacle.

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Oh, I love that image.

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Right. He was physically carrying the living presence of Christ, that living water from the temple, directly into a place of demonic darkness. The druid's magic was all rooted in fear and manipulation.

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But the Eucharist is different.

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Exactly. It is the physical reality of God's self-emptying love. Darkness literally cannot occupy the same space as that light.

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That perfectly explains the lesson in day 76 of Catechism in a Year.

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Oh, yeah, Jesus in the desert.

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Right. Father Mike highlights how Jesus conquers Satan there, not with a show of worldly political force, but through total radical obedience to the Father.

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Let's break down why that works. Think about Satan's original sin, and Adam's for that matter.

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Pride.

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Pride and rebellion. So obedience is the literal, exact antidote to pride. By being radically obedient, Jesus reverses the very mechanism of the fall. He performs the factory reset that wipes out the virus of rebellion.

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So the golden thread today is super clear. True spiritual healing requires destroying the idols in your life through radical obedience to Christ.

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Which leaves you with a really critical question.

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And boy, here comes.

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What Midianite or Egyptian idols are you currently tolerating in your life? What background viruses are quietly draining your spiritual battery and pulling your heart away from God?

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I mean, it's time to run the factory reset.

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Definitely. And as you prepare to do that, consider this. When you receive the Eucharist, you aren't just taking in a nice symbol. Definitely not. You are ingesting the exact same divine power that executed the gods of Egypt and shattered the dark magic of the Druids. Keep that in mind the next time you approach the altar.

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That's our deep dive for today. We hope this helped you see the big picture. If you enjoyed this content, please remember to subscribe to the show or support our mission through the link in the description. God bless.