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A Catholic theologian , scientist, engineer, wife and mother's response to a variety of topics. The topics include the Church Scandal, philosophy, natural law, marriage, and alternative medicine.

Karen Early


    • Apr 24, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    100 Great Catholic Poems IX

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 12:04


    Caryll Houselander “The Reed” (pg 359) The Virgin Mary as a hollow reed, ready for the Breath of God to make music in her. As Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems IX appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    100 Great Catholic Poems VIII

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 8:57


    TOL “To Scatter Flowers” (pg 289) Language of flowers an ancient metaphor for transcendent ideas. TOL famously promises, “a shower of roses”. Written a year Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems VIII appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    100 Great Catholic Poems VII

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 8:57


    Thomas Aquinas “Adoro Te Devote” (pg 90) Latin translated by Victorian Jesuit Gerard Manley Hopkins SJ The faculty of hearing serves us, we have heard Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems VII appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    100 Great Catholic Poems VI

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 8:30


    Great 1/3 of the selections written by converts Shakespeare's poetry has a beating heart of Faith. He like all of the poets elected was authentically Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems VI appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    100 Great Catholic Poems V

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 7:52


    Catholic  -The Real Presence is more than a metaphor, but it does have similarities to it Bread & wine become (instead of being like and Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems V appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    100 Great Catholic Poems IV

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 13:05


    Criteria for Selecting for Sally Admire her defining terms. A simple glossary is found at the back of the book. Ex/ I had a recent Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    100 Great Catholic Poems III

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 10:07


    Some ways, A personal disclaimer, she will make statements which seem to be a fact, which are an opinion. Ex/ “No other literary genre is Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems III appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    100 Great Catholic Poems II

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 11:06


    III. Sally Read Bio Sally Read is a British poet and writer, born in 1971 in Suffolk, England. Raised in a left-wing, Protestant family with Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems II appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Micah Reading Isaiah Chapter 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2025 5:43


    Micah Reading Isaiah Chapter 1 1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Continue reading The post Micah Reading Isaiah Chapter 1 appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    100 Great Catholic Poems I

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 11:07


    Poetry in the Faith- Psalms & Isaiah (Hebraic Poetry, translated) As Catholics, our measure is Christ, who is Present in many ways. Principally, the Eucharist. Continue reading The post 100 Great Catholic Poems I appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Seven Sorrows Rosary V

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 11:04


    VIII. Other Notable Figures, i.e. popes or saints Pope Paul V had Bridget's Revelations published in 1601 with a commentary by the Bishop of Montefeltre Continue reading The post Seven Sorrows Rosary V appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Isaiah Chapter 1 Covenant Broken & Cursed IV

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2025 11:26


    Evoking the purification of the wilderness when Yahweh was Israel's love and sole source of dependency). Before the nation turned away from God and asking Continue reading The post Isaiah Chapter 1 Covenant Broken & Cursed IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Seven Sorrows Rosary IV

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 9:50


    VII. Promises (graces) attached to its recitation & indulgences HERE ARE THE SEVEN GRACES[1]: I will grant peace to their families. They will be enlightened Continue reading The post Seven Sorrows Rosary IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Isaiah Chapter 1 Covenant Broken & Cursed III

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 11:18


     Covenant Lawsuit[1] The relationship between the Lord and Israel is governed by the covenant that binds them together. The covenant spells out the sacred obligations Continue reading The post Isaiah Chapter 1 Covenant Broken & Cursed III appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Seven Sorrows Rosary III

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 10:37


    St. Brigid, prophetess bio (1303? -1373)[1] Perhaps the greatest prophet[2] (a person chosen by God to communicate a salvific message to other people) in the Continue reading The post Seven Sorrows Rosary III appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Isaiah Chapter 1 Covenant Broken & Cursed II

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2025 9:11


    Recall from the OT David is the first king over all 12 tribes, Saul kind of was but a lot of civil war. David unites Continue reading The post Isaiah Chapter 1 Covenant Broken & Cursed II appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Seven Sorrows Rosary II

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 7:52


    III. Dominic & the Rosary Devotions Rooted in Apparitions It is difficult to know what is legend and how much is factual truth. The stories Continue reading The post Seven Sorrows Rosary II appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Seven Sorrows Rosary I

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 8:58


    POV, One Event, 2 Mysteries: 4th Joyful Mystery Presentation of Jesus in the Temple or 1st Sorrowful Mystery Prophecy of Simeon. Last show, Presentation of Continue reading The post Seven Sorrows Rosary I appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Isaiah Chapter 1 Covenant Broken & Cursed I

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2025 7:59


    Introduction, brief, always take a moment and orient oneself in Salvation History Most quoted of the prophetic books in NT, Gospels and Paul's letters Very Continue reading The post Isaiah Chapter 1 Covenant Broken & Cursed I appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    The Presentation of Our Lady IV

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 8:06


    Probable time of the Magi Mat 2:1 Into the “house” after the shepherds & the manager/cave. Possible as long as two years later[1] Probable time Continue reading The post The Presentation of Our Lady IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    The Presentation of Our Lady II

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 8:50


    III. Winter is a Time of Silence in Nature, a time of reflection Time of the shepherds, right after the birth of our Lord, this Continue reading The post The Presentation of Our Lady II appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    The Presentation of Our Lady I

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 9:51


    Grace Perfects (Builds on) Nature is a tenant of theology[1] Thomas Aquinas POV Lamarckism vs Darwinism, epigenetics OT Prescribed 40 days of Purification for Mothers Continue reading The post The Presentation of Our Lady I appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    The Liturgy & A Catholic Home VII

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 10:33


    VIII. Liturgical calendar/ year, which is derived from the life of Christ, sets the tone of the Catholic home This is a common element in Continue reading The post The Liturgy & A Catholic Home VII appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    The Liturgy & A Catholic Home VI

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 11:44


    TOA all speech trail back to Christ. Keeps a focus. Many websites and books to get ideas. If you a part of a prayer group/ Continue reading The post The Liturgy & A Catholic Home VI appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    The Liturgy & A Catholic Home V

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 11:50


    Eucharist source and summit (Catechism of Catholic Church) The Eucharist – Source and Summit of Ecclesial Life[1] 1324 The Eucharist is “the source and summit Continue reading The post The Liturgy & A Catholic Home V appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    The Liturgy & A Catholic Home IV

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 11:50


    Eucharist/ liturgy is source and summit of the Christan life as evidenced by the witness/ martyrs  The early Christians at a very great cost, would Continue reading The post The Liturgy & A Catholic Home IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    The Liturgy & A Catholic Home III

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 13:07


    OT & NT specific and directed by God. It was not a committee concoction One of the charges Yahweh will level against the people is Continue reading The post The Liturgy & A Catholic Home III appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    The Liturgy & A Catholic Home II

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 7:47


    JPII domestic church. Liturgy of the Church informs the domestic church. Define Liturgy/ worship, with the lens of Christ Liturgy; From the Greek laos, meaning Continue reading The post The Liturgy & A Catholic Home II appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    The Liturgy & A Catholic Home I

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 7:33


    Christ is the Measure for both the liturgy and the Catholic home Christ reveals man to himself. This is particularly true for both the liturgy Continue reading The post The Liturgy & A Catholic Home I appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Isaiah IX

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2024 7:05


    Centuries covered and its trace ability. Incredible. Where is the Davidic king after the exile? In the history of ancient Israel there was growing expectation Continue reading The post Isaiah IX appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Isaiah VIII

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 9:20


    Return and the King God will discipline and judge all evil Immanuel the “sign” (Isa 7:14) New Davidic King, new creation (Isa 9,11) The highway Continue reading The post Isaiah VIII appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    What is a Gift? 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 11:41


    VIII. 5 Love Languages Gary Chapman[1] KEY POINTS The concept of “love languages” shows couples how to give each other love in ways that it Continue reading The post What is a Gift? 5 appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

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    What is a Gift? 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 5:47


    Preparation Narratio Salvation History Augustine[1] A gift from our Father The earth is the Lord's, and he is its King. Way back in Genesis, he Continue reading The post What is a Gift? 4 appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Isaiah VII

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2024 10:34


    VIII. Thesis Statement Prophets reminds us there is no deliverance without discipline for sinners. Prophets reminds us constantly God's disciplines are purposed for that deliverance. Continue reading The post Isaiah VII appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Isaiah VI

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 9:08


    Ex/ Some people say, in alcoholic anonymous, had to hit rock bottom. People would tell them stop what you are doing, but addicted and hooked, Continue reading The post Isaiah VI appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    What is a Gift? 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 10:24


    Define Gift- synonym & antonym Gift- something bestowed voluntarily and without compensation[1] Antonyms Miserliness, stinginess, parsimony Bribe, excess, kickback, inducement III. Is it possible for Continue reading The post What is a Gift? 2 appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Isaiah V

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2024 8:43


    VIII. Isaiah's Call Isaiah's Call Isaiah 6:1-13ESV CE 1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted Continue reading The post Isaiah V appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    What is a Gift? 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 10:05


    Jesus reveals man to himself. JPII #10 Christ the Redeemer “fully reveals man to himself”.[1] Gift quote Jesus is the greatest gift there is. Not Continue reading The post What is a Gift? 1 appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Isaiah IV

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2024 7:58


    VII. Biography of Isaiah The Bible records that during his life he married a prophetess and had at least two sons (Isa. 7:3, 8:3). It Continue reading The post Isaiah IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Authentic Gratitude IX

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 5:49


    4 Ends of Holy Mass, traditional understanding: ACTS Adoration, Contrition, Thanksgiving, Supplication VII. Article to consider, with special focus on Thanksgiving Thanksgiving –All that we Continue reading The post Authentic Gratitude IX appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Authentic Gratitude VIII

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 6:05


    Counter both vice and spiritual desolation, is an awareness to exercise the will and choose a heart of gratitude. Evagrius of Pontus (Talk Back) 346-399 Continue reading The post Authentic Gratitude VIII appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Isaiah III

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2024 8:32


    Historical/ geopolitical[1] context Isaiah prophesized in the Kingdom of Judah in the 700's BC at the time when Assyria was destroying the Northern Kingdom Isaiah Continue reading The post Isaiah III appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Authentic Gratitude VII

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 9:06


    SS passages profound Jn 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do Continue reading The post Authentic Gratitude VII appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Authentic Gratitude VI

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 9:53


    People of hope, authentic gratitude, thankfulness Authentic Gratitude, humility is at its foundation. It is a truthful acknowledgement of our radical and total dependence upon Continue reading The post Authentic Gratitude VI appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Authentic Gratitude V

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 14:44


    Greed:the desire for and love of possessions. “Sin … is a failure in genuine love for God and neighbor caused by a perverse attachment to Continue reading The post Authentic Gratitude V appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Isaiah II

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2024 11:35


    Look at a prophetic book, not looking at something the prophet sat down with a pen and start writing. Not doing this. Going off and Continue reading The post Isaiah II appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Authentic Gratitude IV

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 12:43


    Ozempic, RFK Jr, Proper Human Diet Dr. Ken Berry Flat lines everything, terrible side effects, $1600/month, that is a lot of good food Humans should Continue reading The post Authentic Gratitude IV appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Authentic Gratitude III

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 11:12


    Dan Burke Spiritual Warfare & the Discernment of Spirits Sophia Press Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V. The Discernment of Spirits Crossroads Press TS: A remedy to counter Continue reading The post Authentic Gratitude III appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Isaiah I

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2024 9:14


    Isaiah (major prophet) most quoted of the prophetic books in NT, Gospels and Paul's letters. Some have compared Isaiah to the OT, as Paul is Continue reading The post Isaiah I appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Authentic Gratitude II

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 9:14


    Physical: Light therapy, grounding pub med source[1], proper human diet i.e. Ken Berry[2] Jordan, Tammy & Mikhaila Peterson diet and their depression Spiritual: Is often Continue reading The post Authentic Gratitude II appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

    Authentic Gratitude I

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2024 7:45


    Malaise and dysphoria prevalent during the months winter, both a physical and spiritual component. Hylomorphic. Thanksgiving only antidote to that level of darkness. Know God Continue reading The post Authentic Gratitude I appeared first on Fides et Ratio.

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