Podcasts about All Soul

As part of our All Soul's service, Rev. Scott offered a beautiful homily honoring the lives of our beloved departed. We honored their legacies and the light they brought into our lives, leaving us with the peace they carried.

It's the season of the witch, and naturally there are just so many types of ritual and spellwork you can practice during the festival of Halloween, Samhain, All Soul's Day. In this episode I talk all about the 4 main approaches I take to Halloween as a witch. I talk about the spellwork, rituals, and types of magick I conduct every Halloween.  Get the Costuming Glamour Magick Ritual Instructions on my Patreon (Diary or Coven tier has access to my written posts and spell recipies). Become a patron HERE!  Connect with the chthonic Gods of the Greek Underworld in meditation and ritual this Halloween! I created an 8 track meditation album that introduces you into so many Gods of the Greek Underworld, and allows you to connect with them. Get Into the Underworld Meditation Bundle HERE Follow me on Instagram at @angelicascresci  Find this podcast episode in video format on my youtube channel, search Diaries of a Witch or Angelica Cresci over there!  Thanks for listening! Thank you to all my patrons who make this show possible!

Jim and Joy read comments and take viewer calls on the importance and celebration of the upcoming holy day of obligation, All Saints Day, and All Soul's Day.

On this weeks podcast we dip into the archives and listen back to a piece from October 20217 where John and Shane reflect on the up coming solemnity of All Saints on November 1st including a reflection from Word on Fires's Bishop Robert Barron.We have our weekly reflection on the Sunday gospel where this week John is joined by Fr Frank Duhig and of course we have our saints as well as other notices and liturgical odds & ends.Reflecting on the Feast of All SaintsAs the clocks change this weekend and the evenings have firmly drawn in, we head into Samhain (November) and the dark days of Winter here in Ireland. As the earth heads into hibernation and rebirth, the ancient Celts saw this time as a "thin place" between this world and the next. All Hallows Eve (Halloween) and the celebrations of All Saints and All Soul's are a reminder to us that our nearest and dearest who have died are not really that far away and that we honour and pray for and with each other in the Communion of Saints especially at this time of the year. On November 1st, the Church celebrates all the saints: canonized or beatified, and the multitude of those who are in heaven enjoying the beatific vision that are only known to God. During the early centuries the Saints venerated by the Church were all martyrs. Later on the Popes set November 1 as the day for commemorating all the Saints. We all have this "universal call to holiness." What must we to do in order to join the company of the saints in heaven? We "must follow in His footsteps and conform [our]selves to His image seeking the will of the Father in all things. [We] must devote [our]selves with all [our] being to the glory of God and the service of [our] neighbor. In this way, the holiness of the People of God will grow into an abundant harvest of good, as is admirably shown by the life of so many saints in Church history" (Lumen Gentium, 40)."For centuries the church has confronted the human community with role models of greatness. We call them saints when what we really often mean to say is 'icon,' 'star,' 'hero,' ones so possessed by an internal vision of divine goodness that they give us a glimpse of the face of God in the center of the human. They give us a taste of the possibilities of greatness in ourselves."— Joan D. Chittister in "A Passion for Life""When I invite you to become saints, I am asking you not to be content with second best. I am asking you not to pursue one limited goal and ignore all the others. Having money makes it possible to be generous and to do good in the world, but on its own, it is not enough to make us happy. Being highly skilled in some activity or profession is good, but it will not satisfy us unless we aim for something greater still. It might make us famous, but it will not make us happy. Happiness is something we all want, but one of the great tragedies in this world is that so many people never find it, because they look for it in the wrong places. The key to it is very simple - true happiness is to be found in God. We need to have the courage to place our deepest hopes in God alone, not in money, in a career, in worldly success, or in our relationships with others, but in God. Only he can satisfy the deepest needs of our hearts."- Pope Benedict XVI (read more of the sermon here)

On this weeks podcast excerpt we dip into the archives and listen back to a piece from October 20217 where John and Shane reflect on the up coming solemnity of All Saints on November 1st including a reflection from Word on Fires's Bishop Robert Barron.Reflecting on the Feast of All SaintsAs the clocks change this weekend and the evenings have firmly drawn in, we head into Samhain (November) and the dark days of Winter here in Ireland. As the earth heads into hibernation and rebirth, the ancient Celts saw this time as a "thin place" between this world and the next. All Hallows Eve (Halloween) and the celebrations of All Saints and All Soul's are a reminder to us that our nearest and dearest who have died are not really that far away and that we honour and pray for and with each other in the Communion of Saints especially at this time of the year. On November 1st, the Church celebrates all the saints: canonized or beatified, and the multitude of those who are in heaven enjoying the beatific vision that are only known to God. During the early centuries the Saints venerated by the Church were all martyrs. Later on the Popes set November 1 as the day for commemorating all the Saints. We all have this "universal call to holiness." What must we to do in order to join the company of the saints in heaven? We "must follow in His footsteps and conform [our]selves to His image seeking the will of the Father in all things. [We] must devote [our]selves with all [our] being to the glory of God and the service of [our] neighbor. In this way, the holiness of the People of God will grow into an abundant harvest of good, as is admirably shown by the life of so many saints in Church history" (Lumen Gentium, 40)."For centuries the church has confronted the human community with role models of greatness. We call them saints when what we really often mean to say is 'icon,' 'star,' 'hero,' ones so possessed by an internal vision of divine goodness that they give us a glimpse of the face of God in the center of the human. They give us a taste of the possibilities of greatness in ourselves."— Joan D. Chittister in "A Passion for Life""When I invite you to become saints, I am asking you not to be content with second best. I am asking you not to pursue one limited goal and ignore all the others. Having money makes it possible to be generous and to do good in the world, but on its own, it is not enough to make us happy. Being highly skilled in some activity or profession is good, but it will not satisfy us unless we aim for something greater still. It might make us famous, but it will not make us happy. Happiness is something we all want, but one of the great tragedies in this world is that so many people never find it, because they look for it in the wrong places. The key to it is very simple - true happiness is to be found in God. We need to have the courage to place our deepest hopes in God alone, not in money, in a career, in worldly success, or in our relationships with others, but in God. Only he can satisfy the deepest needs of our hearts."- Pope Benedict XVI (read more of the sermon here)

This week is the seasonal cross quarter, or halfway point, which includes the mischievous festival of Halloween, followed by All Saints Day, then All Soul's Day, and then the several weeks of honoring loved ones who have died. How does the soul know?

Welcome to the 8th House, Scorpio's lair, associated with Tarot minors 5-7 of Cups and its King. This fixed water sign shares ‘Spooky Season' with Halloween, Samhain, All Soul's, Dia De Los Muertes, and the thinning of the veil. Scorpio teaches that when we walk alongside fear, navigating our own darkest shadows, we discover an uncanny power to transcend the sharp pain of grief and loss, and move towards deeper connection with Spirit.'I'm the cobwebbed stairsthe ancient bonesI'm the shadow rippling cobblestonesI'm the stagnant swampthe black lagoonI'm the branches scratching at the moonI'm the funeral servicethe unknown mournerI'm the demon cowering in the cornerI'm the sexton's spadethe new thrown clayI'm what's left when they walk awayI'm the ebony coffinthe satin liningthe pale, thin lips in the back room dyingI'm the walking deadthe fly by nightI'm the last of the fading lightI'm the unbarred doorthe open encasementI'm the steps leading down to the basementI'm the four post bedthe let down hairI'm the cross that you forgot to wearI'm the highest voltagethe shining slabthe crack of midnight in the doctor's labI'm the night beforethe morning afterthe echoing of the baron's laughterI'm Jonathan HarkerI'm Lucy's trancethe elegant count's hypnotic glanceI'm the wooden malletthe sharpened stakeI'm the precautions you forgot to takeI'm the mummy's cursethe passing bellI'm the fortune they wouldn't tellI'm pyromania, TransylvaniaI'm out of breathI'm worse than deathI'm the late night airexhilaratingI'm with you in the darkness, waiting'Silent Scream, T.S.O.L.*Episode Art: Guardian of the Night Tarot, Supra Oracle, Mary-El TarotAcknowledgments & Mentions: Aliya & Madeline; Faith, Hope & Carnage, Nick Cave; Die Wise: A Manifesto of Sanity & Soul, Stephen Jenkinson; 36 Secrets, T. Susan Chang; Pholarcos Tarot, Carmen Sorrenti; Blood Moon Tarot, Sam Guay; Dust II Onyx: A Melanated Tarot, Courtney Alexander; Wildwood Tarot; Otherkins Tarot, Siolo Thompson; The Crone & Dark Goddess Tarots, Ellen Lorenzi-Prince; The Carnival at the End of The World Tarot; Mary-El Tarot, Mary White; Blank Ink Tarot, Evvin Marin; Ghosts & Spirits Tarot, Lisa Hunt; Medicine Woman Tarot, Carol BridgesDisclaimer: Passages may be truncated or modified.8th House Healers Podcast is Eliza Harris and Sarah Cole-McCarthy. All rights reserved. Find us on Instagram and Eliza's Tarot in her Etsy shop. We'd love to hear from you! Send your questions, comments & suggestions to us at: 8thhousehealers@gmail.com. Podcast cover photography, ‘The Lovers', by Eliza/Esmerlize (esmerlize.com). Original podcast theme music, ‘Languid Stars', by Dylan McCarthy (dylanmccarthymusic.com).Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/8th-house-healers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BEST OF: On this All Soul's Day we look at animism and paganism as universal languages of nature, science, and religion, as opposed to tribal religions. These universal languages share a relationship with that of math and time, or at least the universal nature of human perception and intuition, which may transcend time. Whereas English speakers see time as being behind and in front, Mandarin speakers see it was vertical. The Greeks saw it as three dimensional. Math, although translatable, is conducted in similar ways. A recent BBC piece proposed how we might communicate with extraterrestrials through language, and although terrestrial aliens may be an archaic idea, the same applies to any otherworldly alien, even dimensionally. For example, those being built in a laboratory, whether from scratch or as vessels for something non-human to inhabit. Yuval Harari, the historian from Israel, even noted this in a recent interview; aliens are from a laboratory and we must unite to prevent their takeover of the planet, which may occur by 2028 - the same date that Samsung expects machines to take over with holograms and digital replicas of the physical world - see 6G white paper. This idea may seem less sleek than certain conspiracies pertaining to “blue beams” but nonetheless could represent a sort of fake alien invasion manufactured by man in order to unite the world. The Google Hive Mind is expected by 2030, after all, and many futurists expect humans to simply merge fully with machines to prevent, erroneously, the final takeover. Meanwhile, we have already seen how Google, Facebook, and OpenAI have been dealing with their systems creating independent languages. Some of these ideas were discussed in the 2016 movie Arrival, wherein the heptapod creatures use semasiography to convey ideas that transcended our understanding of time and language. Their goal was use the ‘weapon', i.e., language, broken into twelve parts, to teach humanity. In the real world, people like Yuval seem to be pushing unity for an entirely different reason. The heptapod language interestingly resembles variations of the ENSO, a circular ink drawing that symbolizes beauty in imperfect, the circle of life, and connection. Its inversion thus represents ugliness of perfection, a circle of death, and disconnection.

Remember, you can watch the Superpowers for Good show on e360tv. To watch the episode, download the #e360tv channel app to your streaming device–Roku, AppleTV or AmazonFireTV–or your mobile device. You can even watch it on the web or YouTube.When you purchase an item, launch a crowdfunding campaign or invest after clicking a link here, we may earn a commission. It's an easy way to support our work.Devin: Rosa Lee, what do you see as your superpower?Rosa Lee: Growing up in the church, I just kind of saw through a bunch of the crap, if you will, about what people thought church was about and saw I had a clear vision of that. What my faith needed to be about was figuring out what Jesus would do and doing it.Devin: What's your superpower, Leroy?Leroy: I've been a person who can look out and do something and bring people together to do something scary.Rosa Lee Harden and her husband and business partner, Kevin Doyle Jones, founded Neighborhood Economics as a community-focused version of the highly successful SoCap event series they created.“Back in 2008, my husband, Kevin Jones, and a bunch of us started this organization called SoCap,” Rosa Lee said. “We decided after about a decade that we wanted to go more downstream, if you will, and start working with economics in a way that could change neighborhoods for good.”The next Neighborhood Economics event is in San Antonio, Texas, on February 26 - 28, 2024. The event will feature about 70 speakers in 42 sessions over the three days.Leroy Barber, the executive director of Neighborhood Economics, joined us for this conversation. He says the enterprise brings together the world of impact investing and social entrepreneurship with his traditional focus on community development and church work. The connection to faith is more overt than implied, as it was at SoCap, recognizing faith leaders' and organizations' roles in repairing local economies. “We are mostly Christians in our organization, but we believe that faith writ large, not just Christianity, is the glue that holds the moral compass of the economy together,” Rosa Lee said. “It's important for people of faith to be in conversation with the economy.”A vital element of the event is bringing about a dozen foundations together to talk about patient capital's role in local community investing.Rosa Lee and Leroy both bring their superpowers to work. Rosa Lee's early conviction to do what Jesus would and Leroy's ability to get people together to complete scary community projects enable them to impact communities through their events.AI Episode Summary1. Devin Thorpe introduces Rosa Lee Harden, founder of Neighborhood Economics, and her colleague Leroy Barber as his guests on the "Superpowers for Good" show.2. Rosa Lee talks about starting SoCap in 2008, focusing on global impact investing, and later creating Neighborhood Economics with a more local approach to building economic justice in neighborhoods through ideas and community collaboration.3. Neighborhood Economics hosts events that bring together around 300 people to discuss actionable ways of making positive changes in local communities with input from national experts.4. Leroy Barber joined the initiative after being invited to SoCap, realizing the potential connections between social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and local community development.5. Rosa Lee highlights the purpose of Neighborhood Economics as a platform for facilitating discussions that SoCap couldn't cater to, such as impact investing for specific local contexts, and emphasizes the role of faith as a moral compass in economy-related conversations.6. Leroy explains the importance of the faith community as a mobilizer for local economic efforts, fostering a merge between the financial world and faith-directed community action.7. Rosa Lee shares details about an upcoming event in San Antonio, Texas, providing a platform for discussing various topics like reversing redlining, equitable homeownership, and employee-owned business models, alongside sessions about the role of faith in economic justice.8. Rosa Lee considers one of her superpowers to be her ability to see through superficial religious motivations and focus on living out her faith through actions that reflect a divine dream for the world, as well as her exceptional capability to organize large events without stress.9. Leroy identifies his superpower as the ability to bring people together to undertake challenging and transformative community work, fostering relationships and building unlikely alliances.10. Rosa Lee invites viewers to the Neighborhood Economics event and provides contact information for both her and Leroy—Rosa Lee at rosalee@neighborhoodeconomics.org and Leroy at leroy@neighborhoodeconomics.org—for anyone interested in connecting or learning more about their work.To help others learn about Neighborhood Economics, share this post.How to Develop Doing As Jesus Would As a SuperpowerSoCap is the living manifestation of the power of Rosa Lee's influence. Her faith led her to keep the balance at the events on impact, so the focus didn't shift entirely to making money.“The idea that was emerging in the early 2000s, that you could invest for profit in mission-based businesses, that businesses should have a mission and that they should be doing good, and that you could follow your money through that path has proved to be true,” she says. In those early days of SoCap, her influence helped to maintain the balance.By following Rosa Lee's example, you can increase your ability to apply principles of your faith in contexts outside of worship services. With practice, this could become a superpower that enables you to do more good in the world.How to Develop Completing Scary Community Projects As a SuperpowerLeroy explains his superpower:My superpower is to convince people on the margins in local neighborhoods who've been underneath it for so long and are not resourced that this is possible. [Impact investors and social entrepreneurs] exist, and you can come meet them. We're going to pull all of y'all together, right? And something powerful can and will keep happening. I love the idea of that because people don't believe that that's there. My superpower is convincing people it's there.By following Leroy's example, you can make bringing people together to tackle scary problems something that you can do, too. With practice, you can make it a superpower that enables you to do more good in the world.Remember, however, that research into success suggests that building on your own superpowers is more important than creating new ones or overcoming weaknesses. You do you!Guest ProfileAbout Neighborhood Economics: Neighborhood Economics convenes, recruits, and connects people repairing local economies. Our convenings gather local leaders, impact investors, catalytic foundations, minority entrepreneurs, and people of faith who want to build a more just economy.Website: https://neighborhoodeconomics.orgX/Twitter Handle: @neighboreconCompany Facebook Page: fb.com/neighborhoodeconomics/Other URL: https://neighborhoodeconomics.org/san-antonio/Rosa Lee Harden (she/her):Executive Producer, Neighborhood EconomicsBiographical Information: The Rev. Canon Rosa Lee Harden is a self-described serial entrepreneur. Her vocational life has included being publisher of weekly newspapers, trade journals, a business journal and CEO of a ‘Silicon Valley' start-up. She was ordained as an Episcopal Priest in 2000 and served as Vicar of Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in San Francisco for ten years. She also served as the Canon for Money and Meaning at All Soul's Episcopal Cathedral in Asheville, NC. In 2003, she developed ‘via media,' a video curriculum about basic theology for the Episcopal church, developed at a time when the church was under great stress. Purchased by more than 1000 churches, it brought healing and connection across the denomination. In 2008, she and her husband, Kevin Jones, launched the global SOCAP (Social Capital Markets) conference, the conference at the intersection of money and meaning. In its 11th year, SOCAP18 brought more than 3,000 people from more than 60 countries to San Francisco to accelerate the good economy. Now, Rosa Lee is leading F+F: Reimagining God's Economy, a conference to enable the varied and disconnected tribes of the Christian church to learn a language for making theological sense of money and its uses. She is also executive producer of Neighborhood Economics, a convening in Indianapolis that brought together leaders and practitioners in the field.Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/roharden/Leroy Barber (he/him):Executive Director, Neighborhood Economics Biographical Information: Leroy Barber has dedicated 30 years living and working towards what Dr. King called “the beloved community.”Leroy starts projects that shape society. In 1989, burdened by the plight of Philadelphia's homeless, he and his wife, Donna, founded Restoration Ministries to serve homeless families and children living on the streets. In 1994, he became Director of Internship Programs at Cornerstone Christian Academy. Leroy was licensed and ordained at Mt Zion Baptist Church where he served as Youth Director with Donna, and also served as Associate Minister of Evangelism.  In 1997, he joined FCS Urban Ministries in Atlanta, GA, working with the Atlanta Youth Project to serve as the founding Executive Director of Atlanta Youth Academies, a private elementary school providing quality Christian education for low-income families in the inner city.  Leroy also helped found DOOR Atlanta, Community Life Church, South Atlanta Marketplace, and Community Grounds Coffee shop in Atlanta, as well as Green My Hood and The Voices Project. Leroy is an innovator, entrepreneur and lover of the arts. Leroy has a Masters Degree in Divinity and D. Min.Leroy is currently Executive Director for Neighborhood Economics, former Director of Innovation for an Engaged Church serving the Greater NW area of the United Methodist Church. Leroy is the Co-Founder of the Voices Project and Adjunct professor at Multnomah University. Rev. Barber has served on the boards of The Simple Way, Missio Alliance, The Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN), and the Former Board Chair of the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA).He is the author of four books:• New Neighbor: An Invitation to Join Beloved Community (2008, Mission Year)• Everyday Missions: How Ordinary People Can Change the World (2012, Intervarsity Press)• Red, Brown, Yellow, Black and White: Who's More Precious In His Sight? with Velma Maia Thomas, 2014, Faith Words/Hachette Book Group)• Embrace: God's Radical Shalom For A Divided World (2016, Intervarsity Press)Leroy currently lives in Portland, Oregon and has been married to Donna for the past 35 years. Together they have six children.X/Twitter Handle: @leroybarberLinkedin: linkedin.com/in/leroy-barber-899041aInstagram Handle: @Leroybarber Upcoming SuperCrowd Event CalendarIf a location is not noted, the events below are virtual.* Impact Cherub Club Meeting hosted by The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, on February 20, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern. Each month, the Club meets to review new offerings for investment consideration and to conduct due diligence on previously screened deals. Everyone is welcome to join the free events.* SuperCrowdHour February with the CfPA Executive Committee: This free event on February 21, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern, features President Brian Christie, Vice President Jenny Kassan, Secretary Brian Belley and Chair Scott McIntyre. Learn how you can join and make a difference. Earn rewards!* SuperCrowdBaltimore, March 21, 2024 This in-person event at the B&O Rail Museum features some of Baltimore's prominent citizens and community leaders. 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Melinda Schmidt is back on the podcast with me as we talk about ancestors. We are releasing this podcast in November which contains All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day. It's a whole month devoted to honoring all those who have died over the course of the previous year. In... The post Melinda Schmidt – episode 376 – Ancestors appeared first on Anita Lustrea.

Join Father Bill Danaher as he gives his sermon at the All Soul's Requiem at Christ Church Cranbrook.

On this All Soul's Day we look at animism and paganism as universal languages of nature, science, and religion, as opposed to tribal religions. These universal languages share a relationship with that of math and time, or at least the universal nature of human perception and intuition, which may transcend time. Whereas English speakers see time as being behind and in front, Mandarin speakers see it was vertical. The Greeks saw it as three dimensional. Math, although translatable, is conducted in similar ways. A recent BBC piece proposed how we might communicate with extraterrestrials through language, and although terrestrial aliens may be an archaic idea, the same applies to any otherworldly alien, even dimensionally. For example, those being built in a laboratory, whether from scratch or as vessels for something non-human to inhabit. Yuval Harari, the historian from Israel, even noted this in a recent interview; aliens are from a laboratory and we must unite to prevent their takeover of the planet, which may occur by 2028 - the same date that Samsung expects machines to take over with holograms and digital replicas of the physical world - see 6G white paper. This idea may seem less sleek than certain conspiracies pertaining to “blue beams” but nonetheless could represent a sort of fake alien invasion manufactured by man in order to unite the world. The Google Hive Mind is expected by 2030, after all, and many futurists expect humans to simply merge fully with machines to prevent, erroneously, the final takeover. Meanwhile, we have already seen how Google, Facebook, and OpenAI have been dealing with their systems creating independent languages. Some of these ideas were discussed in the 2016 movie Arrival, wherein the heptapod creatures use semasiography to convey ideas that transcended our understanding of time and language. Their goal was use the ‘weapon', i.e., language, broken into twelve parts, to teach humanity. In the real world, people like Yuval seem to be pushing unity for an entirely different reason. The heptapod language interestingly resembles variations of the ENSO, a circular ink drawing that symbolizes beauty in imperfect, the circle of life, and connection. Its inversion thus represents ugliness of perfection, a circle of death, and disconnection.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5328407/advertisement

All Soul's Day: We want this world to be like a sitcom, but death is an integral part of this valley of tears Wis 3:1-9 The souls of the just are in the hands of God  Letters: (21:24) - Father's interpretations of Genesis  (22:54) - Daily liturgies in the Orthodox (25:08) - Is heaven boring?  (28:07) - Reading the Bible  (31:59) - Thy Kingdom Come on earth...why not in the Universe?  Word of the Day: Want (35:17) Callers:  (37:42) - When somebody we pray for them and soul is already in heaven, I've heard that the prayer goes to other souls?  Could you clarify? (40:52) - My 11-year-old granddaughter, loves Harry Potter movies. Is that okay? (45:54) - In some of the Bible, 'Peace on earth and Goodwill' it seems to be an important distinction, which is more accurate? (48:37) - How do our Protestants treat the Fathers of Church? (50:23) - Is it a good idea to read Revelations?

Father Ramil Fajardo joined Patrick to discuss the commemoration of All Souls. Topics included: what All Soul's Day is (2:38), indulgences (11:37), Dia de los Muertos (19:47), caller: praying for the souls in purgatory (22:27), caller: where in the Bible is purgatory (25:06), visiting a cemetery (30:52), the reality of death (35:45), caller: should we pray for those who died by suicide? (43:44). 

The Greek Princess Who Won a Double CrownSt. Philomena was such an obscure saint that no one had heard her name until her tomb was found in 1802. But in the years that followed, this little saint has become a beloved friend to many great saints. Caitlyn tells us more about Philomena's life and her unwavering trust in God's holy will.Caitlyn Pszonka is first and foremost a beloved daughter of God and uses her gifts as a co-creator for love of Him and His Body, the Church. With degrees in Creative Writing and Theology, she loves to get at deeper truths through telling stories in various forms, including novels, poems, plays, and songs. She serves as an Artist and our Little With Great Love Editor. shares her visual art, in addition to reflections on diving ever deeper in love with God, at Heart to Sacred Heart.CONNECT + FOLLOW Caitlyn at:@hearttosacredheartREAD more on today's podcast on our website:https://www.littlewithgreatlove.com/saint-philomena/All Soul's Day blog: ”8 Ways to Honor the Dead on All Souls Day”:https://www.littlewithgreatlove.com/ways-to-honor-the-dead-all-souls-day/Today's podcast is sponsored by: The Holy Donors podcast, which explores the stories of prominent Catholic philanthropists to ask whether they were faithful, humble, radically generous, and worthy of emulation. Check it out at holydonors.com Follow Little With Great Love on Facebook & InstagramSUBSCRIBE: YouTube ChannelApple PodcastSpotify PodcastGoogle PodcastPodtailSpecial thanks to slacker co-host, Jeff Sanchez; and musician Rev. Dr. Martin Lohrmann.

Marlene and Henry talk about the significance of the day after Halloween, known as All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day which have to do with keeping the spirit of the deceased happy so they don't haunt you. Also some ghost stories along the way. | Host - M.P. Pellicer | www.MPPellicer.com halloween_2023_podcast.mp3File Size: 99321 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]

In episode 63, I invite you fireside for a lectio divina 101 chat and together we answer Jesus' invitation in John 21:9-13 to "Come, have breakfast."   Show Notes: *Have Summer come lead at your gathering: presenceproject.ea@gmail.com *Want to find out more about All Soul's Atlanta? Click here. *Philip Yancey's article, The Death of Reading is Threatening the Soul. Read it here. *Summer's future book, The Emmanuel Promise has a chapter about lectio divina and free corresponding lectio divina videos throughout. Pre-Order Summer's upcoming April 2024 book, The Emmanuel Promise by clicking here.

Marian SaturdayHere is the pdf to the words of the Song of Zechariah as referenced in today's prayer.Here is the link to the All Soul's Day mass as referenced in today's prayer.MusicOn This Day O Beautiful Mother - SATB ChoirSpoken Word - MCM SoundsSong of Zechariah - Ed Jansen

Interested in further study of the Bible? Join us at Logos Bible Software. Sign up to attend Westminster Seminary California's Seminary for a Day here! Do you want to retrieve our Classical Protestant theology and heritage? Sign up for a degree program or individual classes at the Davenant Institute by following this link here. Please help support the show on our Patreon Page! WELCOME TO BOOK CLUB! The Rev. Dr. Lee Gatiss (PhD., University of Cambridge) has been Director of Church Society since January 2013. He is married to Kerry and they have three children. Lee read modern history at New College, Oxford, afterwards doing student work at All Soul's, Langham Place. From where he went on to read theological and pastoral studies at Oak Hill College in London. After ordination he served as Curate of St. Botolph's, Barton Seagrave, and St. Edmund's, Warkton, a Church Society Trust parish.While in London he completed a ThM at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia and then a PhD at Peterhouse and Tyndale House, Cambridge. He also runs the podcast Church Society. We want to thank Crossway for their help in setting up this interview and providing us with the necessary materials for this interview Purchase the book(s) here: The Complete Works of John Owen Have Feedback or Questions? Email us at: guiltgracepod@gmail.com Find us on Instagram: @guiltgracepod Follow us on Twitter: @guiltgracepod Find us on YouTube: Guilt Grace Gratitude Podcast Please rate and subscribe to the podcast on whatever platform you use! Looking for a Reformed Church? North American Presbyterian & Reformed Churches --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gggpodcast/support

Radical Regeneration: Sacred Activism and the Renewal of the World https://www.andrewharvey.net/ https://www.andrewharvey.net/library Andrew Harvey is Founder & Director of the Institute for Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective, and practical agents of institutional and systemic change, in order to create peace and sustainability. Sacred Activism is a transforming force of compassion-in-action that is born of a fusion of deep spiritual knowledge, courage, love, and passion, with wise radical action in the world. The large-scale practice of Sacred Activism can become an essential force for preserving and healing the planet and its inhabitants. Early Years Andrew was born in south India in 1952, where he lived until he was nine years old. It is this early period that he credits with shaping his sense of the inner unity of all religions and providing him with a permanent and inspiring vision of a world infused with the sacred. He left India to attend private school in England and entered Oxford University in 1970 with a scholarship to study history. At the age of 21, he became the youngest person ever to be awarded a fellowship to All Soul's College, England's highest academic honor. Coming Home By 1977, Harvey had become disillusioned with life at Oxford and returned to his native India, where a series of mystical experiences initiated his spiritual journey. Over the next thirty years he plunged into different mystical traditions to learn their secrets and practices. In 1978, he met a succession of Indian saints and sages and began his long study and practice of Hinduism. In 1983, in Ladakh, he met the great Tibetan adept, Thuksey Rinpoche, and undertook with him the Mahayana Buddhist Bodhisattva vows. Andrew's book about that experience, Journey in Ladakh, won the Christmas Humphreys Award. Enter Rumi In 1984, Andrew Harvey began a life-long exploration and explication of Rumi and Sufi mysticism in Paris with a group of French Sufis and under the guidance of Eva De Vitray-Meyerovitch, the magnificent translator of Rumi into French. With Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, he founded the Sufi Conferences, which have played a prominent role in uniting Sufis of all persuasions during the past six years. He has close connections with great Sufi teachers in America, Africa, India and Pakistan, and a very clear, comprehensive grasp of the state of modern Sufism in both the west and the east. Andrew has written three books on that subject: The Way of Passion: The Celebration of Rumi and Perfume of the Desert, an anthology of Sufi mysticism. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying In 1990, Andrew collaborated with Sogyal Rinpoche and Patrick Gaffney in the writing of the international bestselling book, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. In 1992, he met Father Bede Griffiths in his ashram in south India near where Andrew was born. It was this meeting that helped him synthesize the whole of his mystical explorations and reconcile eastern with western mysticism. All Around the World Andrew has since lived in London, Paris, New York, and San Francisco, and has continued to study a variety of religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. He has written and edited over 30 books. Other honors he has received include the Benjamin Franklin Award and the Mind Body Spirit Award (both for Mary's Vineyard: Daily Readings, Meditations, and Revelations). Among Harvey's other well-known titles are: Dialogues with a Modern Mystic, Hidden Journey, The Essential Mystics, Son of Man, The Return of the Mother and The Direct Path.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 698, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Name's The Same 1: Writers Kilmer and Carol Oates. Joyce. 2: Fashion designer Lagerfeld and car designer Benz. Karl. 3: Ford who starred in "Gilda" and Close who starred in "Damages". Glenn. 4: Schnabel of the art world and civil rights leader Bond. Julian. 5: First Lady Coolidge and computer whiz Hopper. Grace. Round 2. Category: The Oscar-Winning Role 1: 1987:Getting greedy as Gordon Gekko. Michael Douglas. 2: 2008:For his brilliant and deranged Joker. Heath Ledger. 3: 1982:Her as refugee Sophie. Meryl Streep. 4: 1996:As Rod Tidwell, he could've said, "Show me the Oscar!". Cuba Gooding, Jr.. 5: 1962:Atticus! Atticus! (Finch). Gregory Peck. Round 3. Category: Fruit And Vegetable Vendors? 1: For the third quarter of fiscal 2013, this tech company posted revenue of $35.3 billion. Apple. 2: This Italian restaurant chain boasts a "never ending pasta bowl". Olive Garden. 3: HQ'd somewhat ominously in Waterloo, Canada, the company now known as this debuted its first smartphone in 2003. BlackBerry. 4: This yoga clothing company was founded in Vancouver in 1998--watch your step! the first one's a lulu!. Lululemon. 5: This clothing company wasn't monkeying around when it was founded in 1978 in Mill Valley. Banana Republic. Round 4. Category: There's No Place Like Home 1: Steel titan Andrew Carnegie helped transform American industry but was born in this country. Scotland. 2: Architect Julia Morgan designed a home with 61 bathrooms for William Randolph Hearst at this Calif. town. San Simeon. 3: The Vandals conquered parts of Italy, Spain and Africa but their first home may have been this Danish peninsula. Jutland. 4: In 1926 Zane Grey built an elaborate home on this island off Los Angeles, where he spent most of the rest of his life. Catalina. 5: Henry Flagler's Palm Beach, Florida estate was named this, also the name of a "pale" London palace. Whitehall. Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 698, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Prime Numbers 1: To get a brief respite, you "take" it. five. 2: This many diners attend da Vinci's "Last Supper". 13. 3: The First Battle of Bull Run was in this year. 1861. 4: It's the largest 3-digit prime. 997. 5: Number "Against Thebes" in a work by Aeschylus. seven. Round 2. Category: Cereal Characters 1: This trio has been helping sell Rice Krispies since the 1930s. Snap, Crackle, and Pop. 2: For many years it's been this creature for Cocoa Puffs. a cuckoo. 3: The silly spokes-creature for Trix cereal is this type of animal. a rabbit. 4: Cornelius is one of these animals selling Kellogg's corn flakes. a rooster. 5: First name of the leprechaun mascot of a popular cereal. Lucky. Round 3. Category: Common Bonds 1: Loving,measuring,sippy. cup. 2: Mediterranean,South Beach,paleo. diets. 3: All Soul's Day,Eat a Cranberry Day,The Great American Smokeout. things in November. 4: Accent,Adirondack,office. types of chairs. 5: A cat,a Scottie dog,a wheelbarrow. Monopoly playing pieces.

MAKE 2023 your most Prosperous Year Yet!  Get your Manifestation and Prosperity Groove on my registering for Jill's course, which you can take at your own pace!SHIFT INTO PROSPERITY CONSCIOUSNESS for 2023!  Jill's on-line class, PROSPERITY PROGRAMMING, is a proven system which incorporates metaphysical and time tested techniques to attract more prosperity and abundance.  This is a powerful tool for shifting into a new vibration for a successful life:https://jilljardineastrology.com/prosperity-programming-sales-page/Get on Jill's mailing list for upcoming astrological information, workshops and specials: https://jilljardineastrology.com/free-resources/This episode is on the Winter Solstice.  The Winter Solstice is one of eight annual Solar Festivals. The Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year, marking the return of the Sun in the Northern Hemisphere. The Ancients and native cultures have always celebrated these Solar Festivals as powerful times that were worthy of ceremony. Fires were lit to honor the Winter and Summer Solstices, thus the tradition of lighting the Yule Log derives from our pagan ancestors. Theosophical teachings which emerged in the late 19th century, derived from the Vedic wisdom of India, predicted the increasing importance of honoring the full moon, new moon, equinox and solstice cycles during the coming Aquarian Age. Well we are now in that Aquarian Age, and any ceremony or ritual, prayer or mantra that we perform on December 21 will be empowered at this Winter Solstice. There is a primal urge in humankind to be rekindled, rebirthed and renewed at these seasonal Solar Festivals which include the two Solstices, two Equinoxes,  and four cross-quarter days, honored by our ancestors, indigenous, and pre-Christian pagans.  These days of honoring the Earth and Sun are in order of their procession in the Gregorian calendar are:  February 2, know as "Imbolc," also called Candlemas which is the half-way point between the winter solstice and Spring equinox in the northern hemisphere.  Then the Spring Equinox on March 21. Beltane, honors the fruits of the Spring in the Northern Hemisphere  on May 1st.  Followed by the Summer Solstice on June 21st, Lammas on August 1, Autumnal Equinox on September 21," Samhain," also known as All Souls Day on November 1, and Winter Solstice on December 21st.  Most of you may be familiar with the Vernal or Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice (check out my previous podcast,) Autumnal Equinox and Winter Solstice.  But the cross-quarter days celebrated by our indigenous and pagan ancestors are less known and they are Imbolc, Beltane, Lammas or Lughnassah, and Samhain or All Soul's day.The Winter Solstice provides a powerful time of year to bring in more Inner Light.  Any rituals, meditations, or spiritual prayers and practices at this time of year will help to empower an individual or group in the coming New Year.  One powerful practice is to chant the "Great Invocation," at these annual Solar festivals. The Great InvocationFrom the point of Light within the Mind of GodLet light stream forth into the minds of men.Let Light descend on Earth.From the point of Love within the Heart of GodLet love stream forth into the hearts of men.May Christ return to Earth.From the center where the Will of God is knownLet purpose guide the little wills of men –The purpose which the Masters know and serve.From the centre which we call the race of menLet the Plan of Love and Light work outAnd may it seal the door where evil dwells.Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.Book your 2023 astrology reading: www.jilljardineastrology.com

All Saint and All Soul's Days are big holidays in the Philippines. This year it was a really big deal because travel restrictions have been lifted. Today, we'll talk about what you can expect from your Filipino team when these holidays come around.

Reaching as far afield as Australasia, The New Zealand Herald reported on May the 23rd 1931, ‘The London Ghost Club: Dining with the dead. Secrets of 50 years! If one were in a certain Street in the West End of London on a certain evening every month, he would see between 30 and 40 prominent men – doctors, barristers, businessmen – going to a fashionable restaurant to have dinner, and to gloat over eerie and fantastic stories of ghosts. No-one who associates with these men in ordinary life ever knows what goes on in the private dining room in this restaurant on the first Wednesday of every month. The diners leave their everyday personalities outside, and for several hours abandon themselves to a psychic orgy. They call themselves The Ghost Club. For 50 years they have been in existence, and no-one has yet revealed anything of the strange and carefully guarded proceedings. They are under an oath of secrecy not to divulge what transpires at these dinners. In the quiet of this private dining room many a tale too gruesome for publication is told, and these are all taken down by the Secretary with the solemnity of a coroner presiding over his court. The rules forbid publication of the stories. They are all stored away – many volumes of them – in a house in Kensington. The rules of The Ghost Club are as such; 1. That the club be called The Ghost Club. 2. That it meet, as a rule, on the first Wednesday of such months as may from time to time be decided in accordance with general convenience, provided that the November meeting shall take place on All Soul's Day, on whatever day of the week that may fall. 3. That it be the purpose of the Club to unite minds that are directed to the study of psychical subjects, it's proceedings being regarded as strictly Private and confidential among its Members.' The Ghost Club is still in existence today, though its members do not quite reach the heady heights of former members such as Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Ghost Club is the oldest para-psychological organisation in the world. It was established in 1862   but, according to the Club themselves, ‘has its roots in Cambridge University where, in 1855, fellows at Trinity College began to discuss ghosts and psychic phenomena.' It launched officially in London in 1862, although another given date is that it was formed in 1882 by Alaric Alfred Watts and his friend William Stainton Moses. At the height of the burgeoning Spiritualist movement in the Victorian 1800's, seances and other experiments to attempt to contact the dead had become hugely popular and it was at this time that the world's oldest and most esteemed yet little heard of club, The Ghost Club was formed. The club had some of the most famous literary and cultural figures of the time, and several Sirs and Lords. It was an all-male club, and perhaps even termed a ‘Secret Society.'  Members call each other ‘Brother Ghost' and on every All Soul's Day, the names of all members, both dead and alive are read out. The Ghost Club is still going strong to this day and members never leave; technically, they can't. After death, members are still considered to be members. By joining the Club, they would remain ghosts in the afterlife, they believed. Old members included famous World War II poets Siegfried Sassoon and W. B. Yeats, and several Nobel prize winners. Chemist Sir William Crookes was a member and he used his laboratory to test the levels of ‘psychic force' of mediums. Ernest Wallis Budge, the curator of the Egyptian artefact rooms at the British Museum, was also a member. The archives of the hand-written notes of every meeting of The Ghost Club were first kept at the British Library, then moved to be stored at Cambridge University library.  Roger Luckhurst for Oxford University Press says, ‘The most intriguing member for me remains Thomas Douglas Murray, the society gentleman who was known to have been cursed by a mummy he purchased a coffin lid of a malignant Priestess ...

Is Christianity no longer relevant? Today in the west, many consider the church to be dead or dying. Christianity is seen as outdated, bigoted, and responsible for many of society's problems. This leaves many believers embarrassed about their faith and many outsiders wary of religion. But what if the Christian message is not the enemy of our modern Western values, but the very thing that makes sense of them?I had this fascinating conversation with Glen Scrivener who helped me see how the teachings of Jesus not only turned the ancient world upside down, but continue to underpin the way we think of life, worth, and meaning. Far from being a relic from the past, the distinctive ideas of Christianity, such as freedom, kindness, progress, and equality, are a crucial part of the air that we breathe. Youtube - https://youtu.be/6EnFBltZxdUAudio - https://andymilleriii.com/media/podcastApple -  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/more-to-the-story-with-dr-andy-miller/id1569988895?uo=4 Originally from Australia, Glen has lived in the UK for more than half his life. He was curate at All Soul's Church, Eastbourne, where he and his family still worship. Since 2010, Glen has been Evangelist here at Speak Life and, in August 2014, he became Director.Glen is passionate about people meeting Christ and equipping Christians to share their faith. He's often found speaking at Churches and Universities, producing online media in the studio, or in his office, writing books and other evangelistic material. Glen is married to Emma, and they have a daughter, Ruby, and a son, JJ.You can find a copy of his new book here - https://www.thegoodbook.com/the-air-we-breatheContender: Going Deeper in the Book of Jude - This all-inclusive small group study on the book of Jude is out now. Check it out on the course page: http://courses.andymilleriii.com Five Steps to Deeper Teaching and Preaching - I'm excited to share some news with you.  Recently, I updated this PDF document and added a 45-minute teaching video with slides, explaining this tool. It's like a mini-course. If you sign up for my list, I will send this free resource to you. Sign up here - www.AndyMillerIII.com or Five Steps to Deeper Teaching and Preaching. Today's episode is brought to you by these two sponsors: Bill Roberts is a financial advisor, who has been serving the retirement planning and investment needs of individuals, families, non-profits, and churches for 25 years. He is a Certified Financial Planner and accredited investment fiduciary. Bill specializes in working with Salvation Army employees and officers by helping them realize their financial goals.  You can find out more about Bill's business at www.WilliamHRoberts.comANDWesley Biblical Seminary - Interested in going deeper in your faith? Check out our certificate programs, B.A., M.A.s, M.Div., and D.Min degrees. You will study with world-class faculty and the most racially diverse student body in the country. www.wbs.eduThanks too to Phil Laeger for the new podcast music. You can find out about Phil's music at https://www.laeger.net

Pope Francis celebrates Mass for All Soul's Day, a conference on international development cooperation, Fr. Hans Zollner shares his research into the abuse crisis in the Church, and the “Holy mayor” of Florence, Italy.

Fr. Frank Pavone's Homily for November 2, 2022: All Soul's Day by Priests for Life

The month of November, the Church sets aside to pray for and remember those who have died. The Feasts of All Saints and All Soul's Day begin the month of November. Why do we celebrate these two days? Who are the Saints that we honour, and why do we have two separate days for the dead? How do I know if my loved ones have made it to heaven? Join Mat, Josh and Fr. Daniele on this new episode of the Catholic Buzz Podcast! Visit our new website! www.thecatholicbuzz.com Find all our links at: https://linktr.ee/thecatholicbuzz Follow, Like & Share on Facebook (@thecatholicbuzz) or on Instagram (@thecatholicbuzzpodcast), or contact us at askus@thecatholicbuzz.com

It's been a very special week of remembrance, ending on November 2, All Soul's Day and Dia de Los Muertos.Celebration, life memories and tears go hand in hand to bring to light the stories of our ancestors and loved ones who have passed away.Today's episode focuses on the lessons learned from episodes 62 and 63, remembering our ancestors as we continue our journey as travelers, immersing ourselves in what is happening all around us in the moment, rather than being tourists with a checklist of expectations.Resources for today's showConsuelo is a first gen Peruvian, structural engineer and mother who encourages women, especially women of color, to disregard conformity so their true personalities and talents will make this world a sassy musical rather than a monologue. Viva!Connect with ConsueloFollow us on Instagram and Twitter at @LifeLnxx and subscribe to our YouTube channel @LifeLnxxCatch up at TheLnxx.com to take your life to the next level and share your story.

All saints and All Soul's Weekend. Friday 28th October 2022. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vikki-semple/message

So we are coming to the end of the month of October and in the northern hemisphere and particularly in Ireland the dark days of winter are coming in. So on the podcast this week we resurrect a chat that John and myself had in 2017 about who and what are the saints in the tradition of the church ahead of the great festival of All Saints on November 1st.As usual we have a run through the liturgical calendar for the week, some notices and of course a reflection on the Sunday gospel which this week is the story of Zacchaeus from gospel of Luke. All SaintsAs the clocks change this weekend and the evenings have firmly drawn in, we head into Samhain (November) and the dark days of Winter here in Ireland. As the earth heads into hibernation and rebirth, the ancient Celts saw this time as a "thin place" between this world and the next. All Hallows Eve (Halloween) and the celebrations of All Saints and All Soul's are a reminder to us that our nearest and dearest who have died are not really that far away and that we honour and pray for and with each other in the Communion of Saints especially at this time of the year. On November 1st, the Church celebrates all the saints: canonized or beatified, and the multitude of those who are in heaven enjoying the beatific vision that are only known to God. During the early centuries the Saints venerated by the Church were all martyrs. Later on the Popes set November 1 as the day for commemorating all the Saints. We all have this "universal call to holiness." What must we to do in order to join the company of the saints in heaven? We "must follow in His footsteps and conform [our]selves to His image seeking the will of the Father in all things. [We] must devote [our]selves with all [our] being to the glory of God and the service of [our] neighbor. In this way, the holiness of the People of God will grow into an abundant harvest of good, as is admirably shown by the life of so many saints in Church history" (Lumen Gentium, 40)."For centuries the church has confronted the human community with role models of greatness. We call them saints when what we really often mean to say is 'icon,' 'star,' 'hero,' ones so possessed by an internal vision of divine goodness that they give us a glimpse of the face of God in the center of the human. They give us a taste of the possibilities of greatness in ourselves."— Joan D. Chittister in "A Passion for Life""When I invite you to become saints, I am asking you not to be content with second best. I am asking you not to pursue one limited goal and ignore all the others. Having money makes it possible to be generous and to do good in the world, but on its own, it is not enough to make us happy. Being highly skilled in some activity or profession is good, but it will not satisfy us unless we aim for something greater still. It might make us famous, but it will not make us happy. Happiness is something we all want, but one of the great tragedies in this world is that so many people never find it, because they look for it in the wrong places. The key to it is very simple - true happiness is to be found in God. We need to have the courage to place our deepest hopes in God alone, not in money, in a career, in worldly success, or in our relationships with others, but in God. Only he can satisfy the deepest needs of our hearts."- Pope Benedict XVI (read more of the sermon here)

So we are coming to the end of the month of October and in the northern hemisphere and particularly in Ireland the dark days of winter are coming in. So on the podcast this week we resurrect a chat that John and myself had in 2017 about who and what are the saints in the tradition of the church ahead of the great festival of All Saints on November 1st.All SaintsAs the clocks change this weekend and the evenings have firmly drawn in, we head into Samhain (November) and the dark days of Winter here in Ireland. As the earth heads into hibernation and rebirth, the ancient Celts saw this time as a "thin place" between this world and the next. All Hallows Eve (Halloween) and the celebrations of All Saints and All Soul's are a reminder to us that our nearest and dearest who have died are not really that far away and that we honour and pray for and with each other in the Communion of Saints especially at this time of the year.On November 1st, the Church celebrates all the saints: canonized or beatified, and the multitude of those who are in heaven enjoying the beatific vision that are only known to God. During the early centuries the Saints venerated by the Church were all martyrs. Later on the Popes set November 1 as the day for commemorating all the Saints.We all have this "universal call to holiness." What must we to do in order to join the company of the saints in heaven? We "must follow in His footsteps and conform [our]selves to His image seeking the will of the Father in all things. [We] must devote [our]selves with all [our] being to the glory of God and the service of [our] neighbor. In this way, the holiness of the People of God will grow into an abundant harvest of good, as is admirably shown by the life of so many saints in Church history" (Lumen Gentium, 40)."For centuries the church has confronted the human community with role models of greatness. We call them saints when what we really often mean to say is 'icon,' 'star,' 'hero,' ones so possessed by an internal vision of divine goodness that they give us a glimpse of the face of God in the center of the human. They give us a taste of the possibilities of greatness in ourselves."— Joan D. Chittister in "A Passion for Life""When I invite you to become saints, I am asking you not to be content with second best. I am asking you not to pursue one limited goal and ignore all the others. Having money makes it possible to be generous and to do good in the world, but on its own, it is not enough to make us happy. Being highly skilled in some activity or profession is good, but it will not satisfy us unless we aim for something greater still. It might make us famous, but it will not make us happy. Happiness is something we all want, but one of the great tragedies in this world is that so many people never find it, because they look for it in the wrong places. The key to it is very simple - true happiness is to be found in God. We need to have the courage to place our deepest hopes in God alone, not in money, in a career, in worldly success, or in our relationships with others, but in God. Only he can satisfy the deepest needs of our hearts."- Pope Benedict XVI (read more of the sermon here)

It's the Witchiest time of the year! Halloween! Samhain! All Soul's Night! and in celebration, Susan Demeter and Kiki Dombrowski return to 6 Degrees of John Keel to talk with Barbara about what they as Witches like to do to celebrate the season!We had fun, we laughed, talked about food, art and holiday traditions. And divination, costumes and rituals And then, we had some heavy talk about honouring the ancestors, death, funerary traditions and grief. We didn't really plan to get that serious, but you know, the holiday goes there. So, we followed the path laid before us, and went with the flow. But then, we came back from the brink of darkness with some talk of jack-o-lanterns, runaway pumpkins and a trebuchet.

Lecture by Prof. Ruth Harris, All Soul's College, University of Oxford, UK, given on October 19, 2022, at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society, Boston, MA. She is the author of “Guru to the World: The Life and Legacy of Vivekananda.”

In the first story, a boy named Vico doesn't listen to his grandma and plays marble games late into the night. One night, he meets another marble player who has some cool marbles. They play and Vico loses, but he is saved by his grandma. He vows to win and aims for a rematch. Can he beat the imp of the valley? The second story is a bonus. I wasn't going to release it yet, but it goes so well with Day of the Dead that I wanted to include it. That's why there is minimal sound design. In the story, a playboy seduces a married woman and her husband comes home to challenge them. The husband is killed and the new couple runs away, but every All Soul's Day the husband comes back to haunt the couple. Will they ever find peace? You can leave a comment on Galas Source: Ecuadorian Ghost Stories by Mario Conde Copyright Mario Conde (used with permission) Narrator: Dustin Steichmann Music: Sad Horror Music - "A Family Tragedy" (Slow Strings Composition) By Pianogeist (used with permission) Sound Effects: Zapsplat.com and Freesound.org Thank you to Mario Conde for permission to read his stories aloud. Picture credit: "File:QUERO HUAMBALO - panoramio.jpg" by DIOHER_PAVAL is licensed under CC BY 3.0. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sandman-stories/message

Message Text: Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus explains what our relationship to the world should look like. Jesus used two common metaphors here. Jesus uses the metaphor of salt because its properties and usefulness provide an excellent analogy to the believer - the believer who slows down the process of cultural decay. Second, Jesus uses the metaphor of light because the world is filled with darkness and believers are a light that shines into the darkness. Today, we'll focus on the analogy of salt. * First, Christians Like Salt Are Of Infinite Value. Second, Christians Like Salt Act As A Preservative. Third, Christians Like Salt Are to Promote Thirst. Fourth, Christians Like Salt Can Lose Their Usefulness. Fifth, Christians Like Salt Must Have Contact To Have An Influence. * John Stott, the late Rector Emeritus of All Soul's Langham Place, once said this in the USA: “You know what your own country is like. I'm a visitor, and I wouldn't presume to speak about America. But I know what Great Britain is like. I know something about the growing dishonesty, corruption, immorality, violence, pornography, the diminishing respect for human life, and the increase in abortion. Whose fault is it? Let me put it like this: if the house is dark at night, there is no sense in blaming the house. That's what happens when the sun goes down. The question to ask is, "Where is the light?" If meat goes bad, there is no sense in blaming the meat. That is what happens when the bacteria are allowed to breed unchecked. The question to ask is, "Where is the salt?" If society becomes corrupt like a dark night or stinking fish, there's no sense in blaming society. That's what happens when fallen human society is left to itself and human evil is unrestrained and unchecked. The question to ask is "Where is the church?" (John Stott, adapted by Adrian Dieleman, The Salt of the Earth). * Salt hinders the process of decay and light dispels the darkness. Two concerns Jesus has: the salt being contaminated, and the light being hidden. And when that happens, not only is the believer useless but the world gets darker. You are salt. You are light. This is your identity. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shcc/message

All Soul's Anglican Church in Asheboro, NC

This episode is on the Winter Solstice.  The Winter Solstice is one of eight annual Solar Festivals. The Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year, marking the return of the Sun in the Northern Hemisphere. The Ancients and native cultures have always celebrated these Solar Festivals as powerful times that were worthy of ceremony. Fires were lit to honor the Winter and Summer Solstices, thus the tradition of lighting the Yule Log derives from our pagan ancestors. Theosophical teachings which emerged in the late 19th century, derived from the Vedic wisdom of India, predicted the increasing importance of honoring the full moon, new moon, equinox and solstice cycles during the coming Aquarian Age. Well we are now in that Aquarian Age, and any ceremony or ritual, prayer or mantra that we perform on December 21 will be empowered at this Winter Solstice. There is a primal urge in humankind to be rekindled, rebirthed and renewed at these seasonal Solar Festivals which include the two Solstices, two Equinoxes,  and four cross-quarter days, honored by our ancestors, indigenous, and pre-Christian pagans.  These days of honoring the Earth and Sun are in order of their procession in the Gregorian calendar are:  February 2, know as "Imbolc," also called Candlemas which is the half-way point between the winter solstice and Spring equinox in the northern hemisphere.  Then the Spring Equinox on March 21. Beltane, honors the fruits of the Spring in the Northern Hemisphere  on May 1st.  Followed by the Summer Solstice on June 21st, Lammas on August 1, Autumnal Equinox on September 21," Samhain," also known as All Souls Day on November 1, and Winter Solstice on December 21st.  Most of you may be familiar with the Vernal or Spring Equinox, Summer Solstice (check out my previous podcast,) Autumnal Equinox and Winter Solstice.  But the cross-quarter days celebrated by our indigenous and pagan ancestors are less known and they are Imbolc, Beltane, Lammas or Lughnassah, and Samhain or All Soul's day.The Winter Solstice provides a powerful time of year to bring in more Inner Light.  Any rituals, meditations, or spiritual prayers and practices at this time of year will help to empower an individual or group in the coming New Year.  One powerful practice is to chant the "Great Invocation," at these annual Solar festivals. The Great InvocationFrom the point of Light within the Mind of GodLet light stream forth into the minds of men.Let Light descend on Earth.From the point of Love within the Heart of GodLet love stream forth into the hearts of men.May Christ return to Earth.From the center where the Will of God is knownLet purpose guide the little wills of men –The purpose which the Masters know and serve.From the centre which we call the race of menLet the Plan of Love and Light work outAnd may it seal the door where evil dwells.Let Light and Love and Power restore the Plan on Earth.Book your 2022 astrology reading: www.jilljardineastrology.com

In this episode,  we welcome our first guest, Brandy Yavicoli from SoothSayersAria.com.  During our discussion with Brandy we talk about the history of Samhain, All Saint's Day, All Soul's Day and Dia de los Muertos. We also discuss how to connect to your Ancestors and other Spirits. Tune in to find out more. Support the show

Happy All Souls Day - the last day of Allhallowtide, the triduum of All Hallow's Eve, All Saint's Day, and All Soul's Day. Today on the podcast Katie plays us some stunning sacred music (courtesy of the Brompton Oratory and The Baltimore Basilica) and discusses the importance of sacred music in the liturgy (is it just a matter of taste? what's the difference between contemporary music and chant? etc.)  visit: www.bornofwonder.com  How Agatha Christie Saved the Latin Mass https://www.bornofwonder.com/home/how-agatha-christie-saved-the-latin-mass    Pope Benedict's Writings on Music http://www.stjohncc.com/popeben.htm    Christianity Gets Weird - New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/opinion/sunday/weird-christians.html  Beethoven - GLORIA from the Missa Solemnis  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOjOCVzABZs               

Today and tomorrow mark the celebration of Dia de Muertos and All Soul's Day. After losing our mothers in 2019, we knew our children needed to feel the legacy of their grandmothers. Legacy is a funny term. It can be used to describe the property or money left in a will or someone who chooses to attend the same college as their parents. But it also is used to describe the mark a person left on this world. It captures the accomplishments that added richness to their own lives or those around them. It is a way to capture the story of a life and describe what is otherwise, sometimes indescribable. Over the next few days, I will be spending time reflecting on the legacy my mother and mother-in-law left. I will be sharing that with my children so they will always have a piece of their grandmothers' hearts. But come November 3rd, I plan on focusing back on the legacy I am building, the here and now. Join us on Facebook and get sneak peeks: facebook.com/mommymomentpodcast Find out more about us at podpage.com/mommymoment Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Being a mom is hard. Bring a little calm to the chaos and take a moment to fill up your own cup. It doesn't take long. Make a coffee, put the kids down for a nap, and tune in. Most importantly -- take a moment for yourself. Join Sarah every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for your daily encouragement. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mommymoment/message

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - Catholics who visit a cemetery on any day in the month of November, to pray for the dead, can earn a plenary indulgence. Typically Catholics can earn this plenary indulgence for praying for the dead only during the first week of November, which is the week of the Solemnity of All Soul's Day. Last year, the Vatican extended the indulgence to every day of November, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Chinese authorities have reportedly kidnapped a Catholic bishop in eastern China. The 58-year-old bishop has been arrested several times since he was appointed to his diocese in 2016. Detentions of underground clergy in China are common. The Chinese government will pressure clergy to join the state-run Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. The pope has donated $170,000 to the Catholic Church in Syria, for its work with the poor. More than 350,000 people have been killed in Syria, since civil war broke out in 2011. Pope Francis has appointed new archbishops of Seoul, South Korea, and Nairobi, Kenya. The new archbishop of Seoul is a member of the Discalced Carmelites. The new archbishop of Nairobi has been president of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops since 2015. Today the Church remembers Saints Simon and Jude. Saint Jude was a brother of Saint James the Lesser, and a relative of Jesus. He was martyred in Persia. Little is known about the life of Saint Simon the Zealot, but it is believed that he preached in Egypt, and then joined Saint Jude in Persia.

Sister Barbara Blesse and Sister Beth Murphy reminisce with host Jeremiah Washington about Halloween and share insights about the holiday's connection to the Catholic holy days that follow, All Saints Day and All Soul's Day. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Show Notes available here: https://flowcastlisten.org/episodes/triduumofsaints ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Follow us on social media for exclusive content! And, could you do us a favor? Rate, Review, & Follow on your favorite podcast player - it helps this podcast get seen by more people that would enjoy it! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/flowcastpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flowcastlisten Twitter: https://twitter.com/flowcastlisten  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9oQ1l_KHP1WBg--LzcbvfA 

A spinster takes pity on a handsome young stranger who has fallen on hard times. But will she regret inviting this charming man into her beautiful London home? This is an audio presentation of the 1933 short story "The Silver Mask" written by Hugh Walpole. It is narrated and produced by Jasper L'Estrange for the EnCrypted Classic Horror Podcast. Please support my work Researching, reading, re-reading, recording, mixing, uploading, promoting each of these short story audio presentations takes many hours - possibly more than you'd imagine. You can say thank you in the following ways: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/encryptedpod One-off donation: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/encryptedpod https://ko-fi.com/encryptedpodcast Get in touch! I like to hear from listeners, so feel free to reach out to me on the socials. If you want to discuss the show, talk business, or have any ideas for stories you'd like to hear in future episodes, contact me: encryptedpod@gmail.com About the episode: "The Silver Mask" by Hugh Walpole, first collected in All Soul's Night published by Doubleday, 1933. Credit where credit's due: Incidental music: Nervous by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4118-nervous License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Spider's Web by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4406-spider-s-web License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Supernatural by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4446-supernatural License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license The Ghost Castle by Frank Schröter Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6602-the-ghost-castle License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Sound effects: All sound effects sourced at Freesound.org The recording was created using Audacity and BandLab. Podcast hosted by Anchor.

Robert Goldstone of the Percepts and Concepts Laboratory at Indiana University and editor of the APS Journal Current Directions in Psychological Science interviews Cecilia Heyes, Department of Experimental Psychology at University of Oxford, and Senior Research Fellow in Theoretical Life Sciences at All Soul's College. Interviewed on 26 February 2020. 

This is the Hindu deity Shiva. This piece I have posted articles that the Kaaba was a Shiva Temple and a Linga is still in there with authentic links.Sanatan Dhrma spread from the south of the Vindhyas twards the west of India,. When Satyavata Manu , ancestor of Lord Rama left for Ayodhya ( in the north of the Vindhya,from the South (his son Ikshvaku fiunded a Kingdom ,Dynasty by the same name),Shiva and Ganesha left  the Dravida Desa ( south)  and traveled through the west, the first stop being what is nowknown as the Arbian Peninsula, which consists of Oman, Dubai and the other Emirates,Saudi Arabia, Iraq,Jordan,Lebanon,Turkey,Greece ,Italy before finally arriving in the Arctic. They had the Rig Veda composed in the Arctic and returrned to India through Russia. Please read my posts oon each of these places where the footprints of either Shiva/Ganesha are found I came across some credible information worth postin g whaich states that the Vatican was built on 1.Pagan Tempe. 2.Shiva Temple. Story: Originally Posted by believenothing St. Peter's Basilica is built on a large pre-Roman and pagan cemetery which included an old temple with red walls. Very little is known about this excavation because it was done by the Catholic Church themselves. It was used to claim that Simon Peter's bones are actually buried there.Actually, pretty much all of Christdom's oldest churches are either retro-fitted temples, extensions of temples, or built on the foundation of old temples… ” During excavations many such “meteoric stones mounted on carved pedestals” are discovered in Italy. Obviously, therefore, this one was dug up from the Vatican itself. Many more must be lying buried in the Vatican's massive walls and numerous cellars. Vatican is itself the Sanskrit word “Vatica” applied to Hindu cultural-cum-religious centers as in “Ashrama-Vatica” or “Dharma-Vatica” or “Ananda-Vatica.” Therefore, the Vatican was obviously a Hindu religious seat before its incumbent was forced to accept Christianity. “The ancient Vedic custom of applying ash or sandalwood paste to the body is still retained by Christianity in the observance of Ash Wednesday. The so-called “All Soul's Day” is an exact translation of the Vedic observance of Sarva Pitri Amavasya, the day fixed by tradition for the worship of all deceased ancestors .Another Christian tradition derived from Vedic origins is that of having and ringing bells in the churches, especially before or during worship. In Vedic temples it is often seen where bells are rung during worship and when pilgrims enter the temple, announcing their entrance. Christian churches also ring bells to announce the beginning of worship. The word “bell” comes from the Sanskrit bal which means strength. This is in reference to the idea that ringing a bell adds force to the voice of prayer in invoking divinity. When the Christians say “Amen” at the end of their hymns or to emphasize something, what they are saying is a corrupted form of “Aum” or “Om,” which is a standard form of Vedic meditation and name of the Supreme Being. While we are on the topic of words used in Christianity that are derived from Sanskrit, the Catholic term “Madonna,” another name for Mother Mary, comes from the Sanskrit Mata Nah, meaning “Our Mother.” This is also derived from the great Vedic Mother Goddess. Thus, Mother Mary was a reference not only to the mother of Jesus alone, but a reference to the Goddess, mother of all humanity. Furthermore, the European term of “Madam” is a soft pronunciation of the Hindu term mata or mataji, which also means “Mother.” The term “vestry” in referring to the room in churches in which holy clothes are kept comes from the Sanskrit word vestra, meaning clothes. Even the word “psalm” with a silent “P” comes from the Sanskrit word sam or sama which means holy and serious sacred songs, hymns or chants, as found in the Sama-veda. Other Christian links withhttps://ramanisblog.in/2014/02/16/vatican-shiva-temple/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ramanispodcast/message

A reflection on All Soul's Day on grief and trust in the Lord Jesus.

In this episode, our hosts break down the Esoteric Significance of Halloween as well as its relationship to All Soul's Day, which was celebrated on the following day. The discussion focuses on how this holiday represents the journey of the Sun as well as the journey of our Selves. This one goes deep :) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/knowthyselfpodcast?fan_landing=true)

Andrew Harvey is Founder Director of the Institute of Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective, and practical agents of institutional and systemic change, in order to create peace and sustainability. Sacred Activism is a transforming force of compassion-in-action that is born of a fusion of deep spiritual knowledge, courage, love, and passion, with wise radical action in the world. The large-scale practice of Sacred Activism can become an essential force for preserving and healing the planet and its inhabitants. Andrew was born in south India in 1952, where he lived until he was nine years old. It is this early period that he credits with shaping his sense of the inner unity of all religions and providing him with a permanent and inspiring vision of a world infused with the sacred. He left India to attend private school in England and entered Oxford University in 1970 with a scholarship to study history. At the age of 21, he became the youngest person ever to be awarded a fellowship to All Soul's College, England's highest academic honor. By 1977, Harvey had become disillusioned with life at Oxford and returned to his native India, where a series of mystical experiences initiated his spiritual journey. Over the next thirty years he plunged into different mystical traditions to learn their secrets and practices. In 1978 he met a succession of Indian saints and sages and began his long study and practice of Hinduism. In 1983, in Ladakh, he met the great Tibetan adept, Thuksey Rinpoche, and undertook with him the Mahayana Buddhist Bodhisattva vows. Andrew's book about that experience, Journey in Ladakh, won the Christmas Humphries Award. In 1984, Andrew Harvey began a life-long exploration and explication of Rumi and Sufi mysticism in Paris with a group of French Sufis and under the guidance of Eva De Vitray-Meyerovitch, the magnificent translator of Rumi into French. Andrew has written three books on that subject: The Way of Passion, The Celebration of Rumiand Perfume of the Desert, an anthology of Sufi mysticism. With Llewellyn Baughn Lee, he founded the Sufi Conferences, which have played a prominent role in uniting Sufis of all persuasions during the past six years. He has close connections with great Sufi teachers in America, Africa, India and Pakistan, and a very clear, comprehensive grasp of the state of modern Sufism in both the west and the east. In 1990, he collaborated with Sogyal Rinpoche and Patrick Gaffney in the writing of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. In 1992, he met Father Bede Griffiths in his ashram in south India near where Andrew had been born. It was this meeting that helped him synthesize the whole of his mystical explorations and reconcile eastern with western mysticism. Andrew has since lived in London, Paris, New York, and San Francisco, and has continued to study a variety of religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity. He has written and edited over 30 books. Other honors he has received include the Benjamin Franklin Award and the Mind Body Spirit Award (both for Mary's Vineyard: Daily Readings, Meditations, and Revelations). Among Harvey's other well-known titles are: Dialogues with a Modern Mystic, Hidden Journey, The Essential Mystics, Son of Man, The Return of the Mother and The Direct Path.