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In this episode, we learn about the feast of Corpus Christi; what the words mean; how it is traditionally celebrated and much more! Click here to listen to more episodes of the Children's Show! L'articolo E97 | Children's Show – Corpus Christi proviene da Radio Maria.

This month I am talking to Kate Cavanagh about the spiritual seasons of life, motherhood, and understanding God's calling, while avoiding burnout. Then Mags Downey, Centre Manager of the Father Peyton Centre, about all the wonderful things the happening there – Sinéad Click here to listen to more episodes about all things Catholic Motherhood! L'articolo Catholic Mothers: Family Matters – Spiritual Seasons of Life – Sinéad Strong with Kate Cavenagh & Mags Downey proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Darren Brennan answers a question from Matthew, aged 10, from County Antrim: why did Jesus just let Joseph die? To reach the heart of it, Fr Darren goes to the Red Sea — and what Moses's wooden staff has in common with the wooden cross. Listen to more answers from questions of other children […] L'articolo Little Big Questions – Why Did Jesus Let Joseph Die? – Carmela and Fr. Darren Brennan proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Adrian presents a programme on deepening our relationship with God, moving through humility, anger, contentment, and prayer, drawing on St Teresa of Calcutta, St Francis de Sales, Sr Lucia, and St Teresa of Avila. There is one story that crowns the whole episode: the day St Francis de Sales was verbally attacked in a […] L'articolo Catechesis – Five Minutes and Twenty-Five Years – Fr Adrian Crowley proviene da Radio Maria.

Niamh Barbieri interviews Paul Brady, a 21-year-old from West Cavan who is about to begin his novitiate with the Home of the Mother in Spain. Paul was eight years old the first time he told someone he wanted to be a priest. The episode traces everything that happened in between then and now. Listen to […] L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – “One Day I'm Going to Be a Priest” – Naoimh Barbieri and Paul Brady proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Robert encourages Pioneers to share their joy during the month of the Sacred Heart. L'articolo Pioneer Hour – The Month of the Sacred Heart – Fr Robert McCabe proviene da Radio Maria.

Mary and Fr Eamonn McCarthy present Gospel Tidings from Lourdes, where they are on the Cloyne diocesan pilgrimage, ahead of Corpus Christi Sunday. The episode includes a close reading of John 6 through Frank Duff's argument: every other time Jesus spoke figuratively in the Gospels he explained himself when challenged — but in the Bread […] L'articolo Gospel Tidings – Corpus Christi in Lourdes – Mary Hooton and Fr Eamonn – The Body and Blood of Christ proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn interviews Fr La Flynn, prior of Lough Derg, ahead of the Radio Maria pilgrimage to St Patrick's Purgatory (12–14 June). Fr La describes the three elements of the three-day pilgrimage — bare feet, fasting on black tea and oaten bread, and a 24-hour vigil — and talks about the growing number […] L'articolo Catechesis – Lough Derg: Put the Phone Away – Fr La Flynn and Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn presents an episode on animals and the Eucharist — stories of creatures that showed reverence for the Blessed Sacrament in the life of St Francis, timed for Corpus Christi. Among them: a sheep that knelt at every elevation of the host, and an old Irish story about a swarm of bees […] L'articolo The Franciscan Hour – Animals Who Reverenced the Eucharist – Fr Peter George Flynn proviene da Radio Maria.

This episode of Northern Soul featured Carmela welcoming Brendy Quinn to share his newest song “Love”. Brendy explained that the song was inspired by 1 Corinthians 13, which he considers his favourite Bible passage. They discussed how love is essential in all aspects of life and faith. The song was played for listeners, and they […] L'articolo Northern Soul – How a Christian Singer Writes About Love – Brendy Quinn and Carmela proviene da Radio Maria.

Deacon Don Devaney and Aidan Byrne mark Corpus Christi with a conversation that opens with Deacon Don's first-hand account of a Eucharistic miracle witnessed in Ireland — a host that dissolved not into clear water but into flesh and blood. The episode also draws on St Carlo Acutis's worldwide catalogue of Eucharistic miracles, the Diary […] L'articolo The Healing Power of the Sacraments – An Irish Eucharistic Miracle – Deacon Don and Aidan Byrne proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn continues through Acts as Paul stands before the Sanhedrin, is struck on the high priest's order, and calls the high priest a whitewashed wall. The episode opens up what that exchange reveals about what “turn the other cheek” actually means — and whether Paul, or Jesus himself facing the same situation, […] L'articolo Catechesis – Is ‘Turn the Other Cheek' Literal? – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Deacon Thady takes up two connected topics: forgiveness as a prerequisite to prayer, drawing on a recent meeting with his bishop, and male suicide prevention, drawing on research from his MA thesis at All Hallows. The thread linking them is a quote from Archbishop Rowan Williams that Deacon Thady finds he keeps returning to: to […] L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – The Helplessness of God – Deacon Thady proviene da Radio Maria.

Mary Stenson presents All Things Legion with a recording of Frank Duff himself describing the Legion's 1923 entry into Dublin's Monto — a district so notorious it had its own entry in the Encyclopaedia Britannica's article on prostitution. Duff recalls asking a local priest to walk through it with him for protection, and the priest's […] L'articolo All Things Legion – Bringing the Legion to the Red Light District – Mary Stenson proviene da Radio Maria.

Helen Vysotska, studying at the International Theological Institute in Trumau, Austria, discusses two events coming to Ireland this July: a patristic summer school and icon-painting week at the Newman Institute, Ballina, Co. Mayo (6–11 July), and the Theology of the Body Conference at St Teresa's Church, Clarendon Street, Dublin (24–26 July) [click each for more […] L'articolo How Icons Look Back At Us – Helen Vysotska on Two Important Upcoming Conferences proviene da Radio Maria.

Dónal presents a Lourdes special while Fr Eamonn is on the Cloyne diocesan pilgrimage there, including a live report from his co-presenter from the shrine itself. The episode also features the third and final part of an interview with John Pridmore on faith, media, and the experience of carrying his testimony into hostile rooms — […] L'articolo Hope in the Media – Lourdes and Mother Angelica's Miraculous Antenna – Fr. Eamonn McCarthy & Dónal O'Sullivan-Latchford proviene da Radio Maria.

Home from Rome for a week, Fr Billy Swan presents the Breakfast Show from Drumantine Retreat Centre, Co. Down, where he is leading a diocesan retreat, and reflects on Trinity Sunday just passed — including what Bernini's colonnades at St Peter's Square were designed to say about the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The second […] L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – The Draw to St Paul VI's Grave – Fr Billy Swan proviene da Radio Maria.

Nick Koeppel addresses parents directly, making the case that the theology of the body is the strongest resource the Church has for forming young people against the cultural pressure of social media and pornography. The episode includes a precise explanation of what John Paul II meant by the language of the body — and why, […] L'articolo Body Talk – The Language of the Body – Nick Koeppel and Adeline Corey proviene da Radio Maria.

Imagine waking up one morning and discovering that the machines had arrived. Not with an explosion. Not with an invasion. Not with armies marching through the streets. They arrived quietly. One by one. An AI answering the phone. A machine writing reports. A computer diagnosing disease. A robot driving a vehicle. At first it seemed […] L'articolo Science, Religion, and the Modern World – The Day the Machines Arrived – Michael Flanagan and Gerard McReavy proviene da Radio Maria.

Caroline Busher is joined by Suzanne and Kieran to discuss Forgiveness Makes You Free by Fr. Ubald Rugirangoga — a Rwandan priest who lost almost his entire family in the 1994 genocide and went on to build a ministry of reconciliation that drew crowds of 30,000. Among the testimonies the reviewers discuss: a woman whose […] L'articolo E5 | The Radio Maria Book Club – “Forgiveness Makes You Free” by Fr Ubald Rugirangoga – Caroline, Suzanne and Ciaran proviene da Radio Maria.

Paul McAree brings the Pentecost series of the Eucharistic Divine Mercy to a close with a final reflection on why the Knock apparition was silent — and what St John's posture, one foot in front of the other, is pointing toward. The episode concludes with the full Eucharistic Divine Mercy chaplet prayed through the Passion […] L'articolo Eucharistic Divine Mercy – What St John's Feet Say About Knock – Paul McAree proviene da Radio Maria.

Deacon Don Devaney and Aidan Byrne pick up their discussion of the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit, cut short in a previous week by technical difficulties. The conversation moves from what it means to say yes to God into Aidan's experience of healing ministry — and why St Joseph, of all people, is […] L'articolo Healing Power of the Sacraments – Joseph: The Father We Never Had – Deacon Don Devaney and Aidan Byrne proviene da Radio Maria.

Margaret presents a full episode on fragrant plants and flowers — from wisteria and honeysuckle to night-scented stock and regale lilies, including where and how to position them in a garden of any size. She opens with the observation that most people's favourite fragrant flower is nostalgic; she wants to know which one is yours! […] L'articolo Sow and Grow – How to Position Fragrant Plants in a Garden – Margaret Griffin proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr. Adrian Crowley presents two women whose causes for canonisation are open in Rome. Firstly, Mother Kevin Carney from Arklow, known in Uganda as “Mama Kevina,” who founded the Little Sisters of St Francis, opened missionary medicine to women, and comforted a desperate sister using a basket of kittens — “cling on; if you cling […] L'articolo Catechesis – Mother Kevin Carney and Ven. Angeline McCrory: On the Road to Sainthood – Fr Adrian Crowley proviene da Radio Maria.

Naoimh welcomes Fr Thomas Cacciola, a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal [CFR] now based at Moyross in Limerick after fourteen years in Derry. His vocation came late and circuitously — a mid-rosary moment of clarity while visiting another order settled the question. He kept the name Thomas because of a shared history with the Doubting […] L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – Working with Disadvantaged Teens in Limerick – Naoimh Barbieri and Fr Thomas Cacciola CFR proviene da Radio Maria.

Rebekah speaks to Marion Mulhall from the Worldpriest Apostolate, Marion is the founder and CEO of Worldpriest, an international lay organization dedicated to affirming the dignity, beauty and gift of the priesthood of Jesus Christ to humanity. Marion is also the force behind the annual global rosary relay for the sanctification of priests, a remarkable worldwide movement of […] L'articolo Marion Mulhall from Worldpriest Apostolate – Annual Global Rosary Relay proviene da Radio Maria.

Mary Hooton and Fr. Eamonn McCarthy reflect on the Trinity Sunday gospel — Jesus's night conversation with Nicodemus, and the verse at its heart: “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son.” Fr. Eamonn traces Nicodemus through John's Gospel as a whole, maps the Trinity's appearance at the Annunciation, the Baptism of […] L'articolo Gospel Tidings – Seeing the Trinity Throughout the Gospel – Mary Hooton and Fr Eamonn – Trinity Sunday proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Eamonn McCarthy and Matthias Conroy continue through Humanae Vitae, working through the pastoral directives on self-discipline and the sacrament of matrimony — the document's case that periodic continence is not a constraint on married love but actually a key aid for its cultivation. Fr Eamonn recalls a man who, after a homily on the […] L'articolo Into the Fire – Humanae Vitae – Church Wisdom with Fr Eamonn McCarthy & Matthias Conroy proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn continues through the Acts of the Apostles with Paul under arrest in Jerusalem, a mob baying for his blood and a flogging about to begin. Paul plays his trump card — Roman citizenship by birth — and buys himself time. He also retells his Damascus road conversion before the crowd, including […] L'articolo Catechesis – St Paul the Roman Citizen – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Deacon Thady welcomes Ciarán, a member of the Neocatechumenal Way in Killaloe Diocese for nearly thirty years, to explain what the Way actually is and how it works. Kieran describes what brought him to it: a faith inherited from family but never personally owned, a father who eventually lost trust in the institution, and a […] L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – Inside the Neocatechumenal Way – Deacon Thady and Ciarán proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr. Peter George Flynn reads Acts chapter 21, in which Paul's arrival in Jerusalem sets off one of the New Testament's most chaotic scenes. Along the way, the episode takes a thorough detour into canon law on vows — when they bind, when they cease, what happens when the thing you vowed for becomes impossible […] L'articolo Catechesis – The Jerusalem Riot – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr. Aidan McCann of Keady Parish, Armagh, speaks about the importance of Pentecost and the Ascension and what our Lord is teaching us in these important feast days. We also learn about Our Lady's month of May and its value in our lives. For more Ulster Updates, click here! L'articolo Northern Soul – Why the Ascension and Pentecost Matter – Fr Aidan McCann and Carmela proviene da Radio Maria.

Mary Stenson shares the first chapter of Léon Ó Broin's biography of Frank Duff, written by one of his close friends: a vivid street-level account of the stable at Cheaters Lane in Dublin where Frank first gathered the men and women who would become the Legion of Mary, the proselytising establishment they were quietly countering, […] L'articolo All Things Legion – The Legion's Unusual Beginning – Mary Stenson proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn marks Trinity Sunday with a look at two figures from Franciscan history: Roger Bacon a medieval scientist accused of witchcraft and Angela of Foligno the ‘teacher of theologians' who prayed for her entire family to die. The story of Bacon's brazen head raises questions of personhood which are still being wrestled […] L'articolo The Franciscan Hour – A 13th-Century Franciscan Legend Teaches About AI – Fr Peter George Flynn proviene da Radio Maria.

Radio Maria's team spread across the Dublin Convention Centre on the eve of Pentecost to catch reactions from over a thousand people gathered for the Ignite Conference hosted by the Dominicans, with Dr. Scott Hahn, Maura Murphy and Fr. Patrick Cahill on stage. Eileen, Mary, Liz and Rebekah spoke with attendees from Manchester, Limerick, Dublin […] L'articolo Reporting from the Ignite Conference with Scott Hahn proviene da Radio Maria.

Donal O'Sullivan Latchford and Fr. Eamonn McCarthy open on the day Pope Leo XIV released Magnifica Humanitas, the Feast of Our Lady Mother of the Church, and the eighth anniversary of the abortion referendum. The programme covers the encyclical's opening moves and what makes it a significant moment in the Church's engagement with AI; Senator […] L'articolo Hope in the Media – Media Bias, Dolores Hart and Magnifica Humanitas – Fr. Eamonn McCarthy & Dónal O'Sullivan-Latchford proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr. Peter George Flynn and Donal O'Sullivan Latchford discuss Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, released on the Feast of Our Lady, Mother of the Church. The document addresses artificial intelligence through the lens of Catholic social teaching — beginning with the contrast between the Tower of Babel and Nehemiah's rebuilding of the temple […] L'articolo Catechesis – Pope Leo on AI: First Impressions of Magnifica Humanitas – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv and Donal O'Sullivan-Latchford proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr. Billy Swan reflects on the feast of Pentecost — specifically the transformation of the disciples from locked-door fear to public proclamation — and what that gift of boldness looks like in the Church today. The second half turns to the feast of Pope Saint Paul VI on 29th May: his life, his legacy, and […] L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – Pentecost Boldness – Fr Billy Swan proviene da Radio Maria.

Nick Koeppel continues his series on St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body with the concept of original nakedness — “they were both naked and were not ashamed.” He reflects on what that absence of shame actually means: not naivety, but a total freedom exempt from disorder. Drawing on John Paul II's letter Mulieris […] L'articolo Body Talk – Original Nakedness and the Feminine Genius – Nick Koeppel and Adeline Corey proviene da Radio Maria.

Paul McAree reaches the final episode of his Easter series praying for a new Pentecost in Ireland. Seven weeks of exploring the Knock apparition arrive at the question that has been building throughout: why here, why then, and what was heaven saying to Ireland about its future? The programme closes with the full Eucharistic Divine […] L'articolo Eucharistic Divine Mercy – Knock: Why There, Why Then? – Paul McAree proviene da Radio Maria.

Deacon Don Devaney welcomes Baz Mallet from Derry, involved with the Guardians of the Faith. Baz grew up with the story of Ann Mulrine — one of the miracles used in the canonisation of St Padre Pio — as a fixed point of faith through decades of drift. He shares how carrying Padre Pio's glove […] L'articolo God's Healing Power Hour – Padre Pio's Miraculous Glove – Deacon Don Devaney and Baz Mallet proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter welcomes Fr Francis Gavin of the Dublin Oratory at St Kevin's, Harrington Street, on the feast of St Philip Neri. Who was St Philip, and what is the Oratorian charism he founded? What does it mean that Cardinal Newman spent decades trying and failing to bring an Oratory to Dublin, and what has […] L'articolo Catechesis – St Philip Neri, Cardinal Newman and the Dublin Oratory – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv and Fr Francis Gavin CO proviene da Radio Maria.

Caroline Busher hosts reviewers Caroline Mullen and Elizabeth Hickey discussing the third book in the Marian May series. Immaculée Ilibagiza, Rwandan genocide survivor and author of Left to Tell, here takes each of the Seven Sorrows of Our Lady and applies them to her own life and to the lives of ordinary readers: unforgiveness, betrayal, […] L'articolo E4 | The Radio Maria Book Club – “Left to Tell” by Immaculee Ilibagiza – Caroline Busher, Caroline Mullen and Elizabeth Hickey proviene da Radio Maria.

Margaret broadcasts this week from a mini digger in Anglesey! The topic is one of the most fundamental in gardening and one of the most frequently misunderstood: watering. Wind, container size, root density, plant variety, time of day — all of it matters, and none of it is as obvious as it seems. She opens […] L'articolo Sow and Grow – How to Properly Water Plants – Margaret Griffin proviene da Radio Maria.

John and Eoin follow on from last weeks program where they talked about not giving up on yourself and forgiveness. This week they focus on trust and how to recover if trust is broken. They quote Joyce Meyer who states that trust can enable us to live with lightness and without cares. The beginning of […] L'articolo Peace of Mind – How to trust and recover from anxiety – John Farren and Eoin Brennan proviene da Radio Maria.

Eoin and Fr. Chris Garrett open with warm memories of the Ignite Ireland conference before turning to the YouCat: what is the natural moral law, how does it relate to the Old Covenant, and what did Jesus actually do to the law he inherited? The conversation moves into global injustice — why doesn't God simply […] L'articolo YouChat – Do We Follow God's Law or the Natural Law? – Fr. Chris Garrett and Eoin Brennan proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr. Peter George Flynn reads Acts chapters 19 and 20, set against one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. When Paul's preaching in Ephesus began to affect the local economy, a silversmith named Demetrius decided to do something about it — and what followed was one of the more colourful scenes in the […] L'articolo Catechesis – Which is Better: A Good Pagan or a Bad Christian? – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Naoimh welcomes Carmel Somerville from Louisburg, Co. Mayo, a woman who describes herself before 2019 as someone who “fell for all the empty promises of the world.” What took her to Medjugorje that Easter — behind her husband Mick's back, nearly turning the car around at midnight at the coach stop in Castlebar — and […] L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – Falling for the World's Empty Promises to Falling for Jesus – Naoimh Barbieri and Carmel Somerville proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr. Darren Brennan answers a question from a child worried about being made to go to summer camp by their mum — and who also finds Mass boring. On summer camp: Fr. Darren is warm and honest, acknowledging not every child is an extrovert, but also that parents have a sacred duty to help children […] L'articolo Little Big Questions – Why Do I Have To Go To Mass When It's Boring? – Carmela and Fr. Darren Brennan proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr. Adrian Crowley reflects on Pentecost as the birthday of the church and the ongoing outpouring of the Holy Spirit on every generation. He moves through several images: the Spirit as yeast in bread, working invisibly to improve and fill us out; the Spirit in confession as a healer of wounds and a restorer of […] L'articolo Catechesis – Pentecost: How the Spirit Makes the Impossible Possible – Fr Adrian Crowley proviene da Radio Maria.

Mary Hooton and Fr. Eamonn McCarthy reflect on the Pentecost Sunday gospel: Jesus appearing to the disciples in the upper room, breathing on them and saying “Receive the Holy Spirit.” Fr. Eamonn reads the breathing of the Spirit alongside the gifts and fruits of Confirmation, and reflects on confession as a resurrection experience — every […] L'articolo Gospel Tidings – The Holy Spirit in Confession – Mary Hooton and Fr Eamonn – Pentecost Sunday proviene da Radio Maria.