Day 106: Saul Is Chosen (2022)
As we begin the Royal Kingdom period, we hear about the first king of Israel, Saul. We discover that though Saul looks like a fearless warrior, he has a major flaw. Fr. Mike also points out the significance of the readings from Proverbs. Today’s readings are 1 Samuel 9-10 and Proverbs 6:23-35. For the complete […]
LENTCAzT 2022 – 46: Holy Saturday – “Burying is only a planting.”
Daily 5 minute podcast to encourage you in your Lenten discipline. COLLECT: St. John Lateran for the Catechumens TODAY: Bl. Idelfonso Schuster on how our Lent is not nearly over yet. Fulton Sheen, once again – huge surprise – amazes. … Read More →
Holy Saturday Fits the Life of Pope Benedict XVI
National Catholic Register Pope Benedict XVI holds the Pascal Candle at the Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica April 7, 2012. The Pope Emeritus will turn 95 on Holy Saturday. COMMENTARY: How fitting that the quintessential man of the liturgy should be a child of the Paschal Triduum, the summit of the liturgical year.
Introduction to the Royal Kingdom (with Jeff Cavins) – 2022
Welcome to the Royal Kingdom period! Jeff Cavins joins Fr. Mike to set the scene for this time period. They review the major players, and why the people of Israel asked for a king. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children […]
St. Bernadette
Bernadette Soubirous was born in 1844, the first child of an extremely poor miller in the town of Lourdes in southern France. The family was living in the basement of a dilapidated building when on February 11,1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette in a cave above the banks of the Gave River near […]
804: How to do Good Friday and Holy Saturday AT HOME [Podcast]
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Good Friday 2022: Papal envoy prays at mass grave in Ukraine
Papal envoy Cardinal Konrad Krajewski prays at a mass grave in Ukraine on Good Friday, April 15, 2022. / Vatican Media. Kyiv, Ukraine, Apr 15, 2022 / 12:50 pm (CNA). A papal envoy prayed beside a mass grave in Ukraine on Good Friday. Cardinal K… […]
Vatican adapts Good Friday Way of the Cross after outcry in Ukraine
Irina, from Ukraine, and Albina, from Russia, hold the cross at Rome’s Colosseum, April 15, 2022. / Screenshot from Vatican News YouTube channel. Rome Newsroom, Apr 15, 2022 / 14:38 pm (CNA). The Vatican adapted Pope Francis’ Way of the Cross o… […]
Ukrainian, Russian women hold cross together at Rome’s Via Crucis
The new meditation read April 15 called for a moment of silence: “In the face of death, silence is more eloquent than words. Let us pause in prayerful silence and each person pray in their hearts for peace in the world.”
Pope says journalists accusing him of pro-Russian stance have a fetish for excrement…
Pope Francis says journalists who accuse him of being pro-Russian for not condemning Vladimir Putin by name for his invasion of Ukraine are falling into “disinformation, slander, defamation, and coprophilia.” The pontiff was responding to a letter sent to him by Argentine journalist Gustavo Sylvestre, who works for the C5N television station…