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Israel Abrams threw four touchdown passes, two on long ones to Luca Florio, and Montini beat Rochester 47-33 in the Class 4A state final for its second straight state title, eighth overall, and completed the program's second undefeated season with its 24th straight win.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Israel Abrams threw four touchdown passes, two on long ones to Luca Florio, and Montini beat Rochester 47-33 in the Class 4A state final for its second straight state title, eighth overall, and completed the program's second undefeated season with its 24th straight win.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Two schools that aren't exactly strangers to state title games grapple here as Montini who is making its 11th championship game appearance faces off against Rochester who has 10. Steve Soucie previews Friday's Class 4A title game.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
The two remaining undefeated CCL/ESCC programs, Mount Carmel and Montini, will look to complete their perfect seasons during the IHSA state championship games this weekend. Montini will face Rochester in 4A on Friday night. Mount Carmel will battle Oswego in 8A on Saturday.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Montini's Angelo DeSensi grew up on the Chicago Bulls, and once had NBA dreams. Now the 6-foot-5, 280-pound senior left tackle and ace student is the anchor of the unbeaten Broncos' offensive line as they go for the program's eighth state title Friday night.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Luca Florio had a 93-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and a 53-yard TD reception to help lead Montini to the Class 4A state title game with a 47-27 win over MorrisBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
How Tanner Glock is making an impact for St. Francis at multiple positions, junior center Michael Lombardo an unsung hero for Montini and Nazareth-Fenwick showdown set in Bob Narang's Suburban Life football notebook.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Mount Carmel dominated Lincoln-Way East, Nazareth rallied to stun Lake Zurich and Fenwick controlled Burlington Central to set up a 6A semifinal between the Roadrunners and Friars. Montini won its 22nd straight game and Providence knocked off top seed Washington.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Nine CCL/ESCC schools, including defending champions Mount Carmel, Nazareth and Montini will be competing in the IHSA state football semifinals this weekend. Below are all of the semifinal matchups featuring CCL/ESCC teams.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Nine CCL/ESCC schools, including defending champions Mount Carmel, Nazareth and Montini will be competing in the IHSA state football semifinals this weekend. Below are all of the semifinal matchups featuring CCL/ESCC teams.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Mount Carmel dominated Lincoln-Way East, Nazareth rallied to stun Lake Zurich and Fenwick controlled Burlington Central to set up a 6A semifinal between the Roadrunners and Friars. Montini won its 22nd straight game and Providence knocked off top seed Washington.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Caeden Curran ran 39 times for 226 yards and two touchdowns, and teammate Owen Olson returned a fumble for a touchdown as Morris topped Geneseo 28-26 in the Class 4A quarterfinalsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Caeden Curran ran 39 times for 226 yards and two touchdowns, and teammate Owen Olson returned a fumble for a touchdown as Morris topped Geneseo 28-26 in the Class 4A quarterfinalsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Don Paolo Alliata"Nel tempo di Dio"Poesia e meditazione per le Ore del giornoPonte alle Graziewww.ponteallegrazie.itDalla notte dei tempi, poesia e preghiera hanno camminato insieme. Perché la poesia, anche quando non invoca Dio in modo esplicito ma dà voce all'inquietudine della condizione umana, alla confusa bellezza dei sentimenti che ci agita, alle asperità del quotidiano, è ascesi – un esercizio di attenzione al mondo e a ciò che lo trascende. La poesia, quando è davvero poesia, religiosa o meno che sia, ci spinge oltre noi stessi, sull'orlo dell'indicibile, là dove terra e cielo si sfiorano. E, su quel confine vibrante, ricava uno spazio sacro in cui le parole si intrecciano in modo inaspettato, smentiscono le leggi della grammatica, accendono immagini e orizzonti: non servono solo a comunicare, ma ad abitare il Mistero. In questo breviario personale, don Paolo Alliata sceglie le poesie che più parlano al suo cuore e le dispone lungo la giornata secondo le Ore liturgiche per scortarci nella grande avventura di diventare vivi. Dal Notturno – o Mattutino – al Vespro, dalle Lodi alla Compieta, nel meriggiare dell'Ora Media, i versi di Rilke e Pozzi, di Whitman e Turoldo, di Milton e Pessoa ci infondono una grazia potente che ci trasforma tutti – poeti e lettori – in profeti. Perché se la nostra anima, come quella degli angeli, è piena di canto, è solo cantando che possiamo liberare lo Spirito che soffia nel fondo della nostra umanità.Don Paolo Alliata è sacerdote della Diocesi di Milano. Laureato in Lettere classiche, cerca di raccontare, nella predicazione e negli scritti, il grande Mistero cristiano ricorrendo volentieri a immagini e temi tratti dalla letteratura e dal cinema. Per Ponte alle Grazie ha pubblicato: Dove Dio respira di nascosto (2018), C'era come un fuoco ardente (2019), Gesù predicava ai bradipi (2021) e L'amore fa i miracoli (2024). Dal 2022 è rettore del liceo Montini di Milano.Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/
Montini started slow but finished strong in its Class 4A quarterfinal with Coal City, topping the Coalers 35-0 to advance to face Morris next weekend.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
CCL/ESCC football players from Mount Carmel, Marist, Nazareth, Fenwick, Joliet Catholic, Providence, St. Francis, Marian Catholic, Montini and IC Catholic Prep were named to the 2025 IHSFCA All-State team. Quentin Burrell, Jake Cestone and Israel Abrams were among the winners.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Coal City visits Montini in Class 4A and Wilmington welcomes Tri-Valley in Class 2A in the Daily Journal's quarterfinal football previews.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Mount Carmel and Lincoln-Way East are set to square off in the Class 8A state quarterfinals. Defending champions Nazareth and Montini are still in the hunt after two rounds. Here are all of the quarterfinal matchups featuring CCL/ESCC programs.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
St. Francis junior running back Tivias Caldwell takes his game to another level in the playoffs, Montini set for trip down memory lane with matchup with Coal City and more in Bob Narang's Suburban Life football notebook.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
The Montini defense needed a little while to dig in and find its footing against a high-scoring Peoria Notre Dame offense. The Broncos offense, on the other hand, needed no such thing in a 47-17 Class 4A victory Saturday in Peoria.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
A total of 12 CCL/ESCC football teams advanced to the second round of the 2025 IHSA state playoffs. Among the teams still in the hunt for state titles are defending champions Mount Carmel, Nazareth and Montini.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
C.J. Gray led Brother Rice over Jefferson, Zach Washington's kick return sparked St. Francis against Morgan Park and Israel Abrams tossed four TD passes to help Montini remain undefeated. Fenwick, St. Rita, Providence and IC Catholic Prep added first-round playoff wins.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Montini made history with a win over St. Laurence, Joliet Catholic stunned Providence to make the playoffs and St. Patrick defeated St. Viator in a matchup of former NFL players turned head coaches. Marian Catholic, Brother Rice and Carmel each added wins in Week 9.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
There are over a dozen CCL/ESCC teams participating in the IHSA football playoffs this season. Among the playoff qualifiers are defending state champions Mount Carmel, Loyola, Nazareth and Montini. Here are all of the first-round matchups for CCL/ESCC teams.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Nine CCL/ESCC football teams including Mount Carmel, Montini, Nazareth and Brother Rice have won six or more games and secured automatic bids to the IHSA playoffs. Several teams including St. Rita, Loyola and St. Patrick are still in the mix with a week left.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Montini is 8-0 and eyeing historic achievements, while Joliet Catholic finds itself in unfamiliar territory with an Orange Division title game against Providence looming. Niles Notre Dame defeated Leo and snapped a five-game losing streak, setting up a pivotal clash with Marist.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
St. Laurence took a crucial matchup against St. Patrick, while IC Catholic Prep and St. Francis inched closer to automatic playoff bids. Providence outlasted Loyola and multiple teams including St. Rita, Carmel, Brother Rice, Mount Carmel and Montini picked up victories.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Five CCL/ESCC football teams have secured automatic playoff bids through seven weeks of the IHSA regular season. Nazareth, Fenwick and Brother Rice all improved to 6-1, joining Mount Carmel and Montini in the postseason. Several five and four-win teams are still in the hunt.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Israel Abrams threw for 231 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for a fourth, in a half of play, and Montini took care of business in a 49-3 blowout of St. Viator.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Mount Carmel and Montini clinched automatic playoff bids, while several CCL/ESCC teams including Brother Rice, Nazareth and Fenwick are sitting comfortably with three weeks left in the regular season. 4-2 teams include Carmel, Loyola. St. Francis and Providence.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Mount Carmel and Montini clinched automatic playoff bids, while several CCL/ESCC teams including Brother Rice, Nazareth and Fenwick are sitting comfortably with three weeks left in the regular season. 4-2 teams include Carmel, Loyola. St. Francis and Providence.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
In a thriller that saw the two teams combine for over 1,000 yards of offense, Montini survived Carmel by one point on Friday.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Conversamos com Ana Julia de Assis e Marcelo Jabobs Montini, sócios da Domcello Pizzaria, sobre o empreendimento ser a pizzaria oficial da 40ª Oktoberfest de Santa Cruz do Sul
Conversamos com Ana Julia de Assis e Marcelo Jabobs Montini, sócios da Domcello Pizzaria, sobre o empreendimento ser a pizzaria oficial da 40ª Oktoberfest de Santa Cruz do Sul
After missing his junior season to an ACL injury, Montini's Laddie Asay watched the Broncos finish 12-2 and win the IHSA 3A state championship. Now healthy and a team captain, Asay is motivated to lead to Broncos to a second straight state title.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
After missing his junior season to an ACL injury, Montini's Laddie Asay watched the Broncos finish 12-2 and win the IHSA 3A state championship. Now healthy and a team captain, Asay is motivated to lead to Broncos to a second straight state title.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
After missing his junior season to an ACL injury, Montini's Laddie Asay watched the Broncos finish 12-2 and win the IHSA 3A state championship. Now healthy and a team captain, Asay is motivated to lead to Broncos to a second straight state title.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Providence and Marmion are rolling into divisional play, Joliet Catholic stunned Marist on a scramble-drill touchdown and Nazareth held off IC Catholic Prep on a game-winning field goal. Montini held off Fenwick to stay unbeaten and Mount Carmel rolled over St. IgnatiusBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
Illinois recruit Will Vala has taken on an expanded role for a Downers Grove North team without injured quarterback Owen Lansu, playing some running back and receiver. That, Lemont takes care of business to move back to .500 and kids keying Montini's 4-0 start in football notes.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
A failed two-point try that could have tied it was the difference as Montini bested Fenwick 31-29 Friday night.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
A failed two-point try that could have tied it was the difference as Montini bested Fenwick 31-29 Friday night.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
A failed two-point try that could have tied it was the difference as Montini bested Fenwick 31-29 Friday night.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/friday-night-drive--3534096/support.
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Paolo Alliata"L'avventura umana"Quando la letteratura accompagna il nostro camminoMondadori Editorewww.mondadori.itPerché sarebbe necessario un lungo cammino per diventare umani? Vivere appieno è un'opportunità che richiede impegno e consapevolezza, che ci spinge ad aprire gli occhi, su noi stessi e sul mondo. Come il piccolo Martino Testadura, protagonista di un racconto di Rodari, rifiuta di accettare la banalità e affronta «la strada che non porta in nessun posto» trovando ricchezze inaspettate, così anche noi siamo chiamati a sfidare l'ordinario e individuare nuove verità. Prendendo in prestito le parole dei grandi scrittori, don Paolo Alliata ci accompagna in un'esplorazione profonda e illuminante del cammino che ogni essere umano compie dalla nascita alla morte, un'avventura che non si esaurisce nel semplice trascorrere del tempo, ma che vuole conferire significato e direzione alla nostra esistenza. Nonostante i tempi cambino, infatti, la letteratura di ieri e di oggi offre un supporto prezioso nell'affrontare questioni esistenziali come la difesa della libertà e del bene comune, il confronto intergenerazionale, la responsabilità verso gli altri, la verità e l'ineluttabile esperienza della morte. Passando da Remarque a Umberto Eco, da Van Gogh a Tolstoj, Alliata ci guida in un viaggio letterario toccante e inedito ai confini tra terra e cielo. Un'opera che parla di fede, speranza e, quindi, dell'impegnativo e affascinante tragitto che approda alla scoperta di se stessi.Don Paolo Alliata è sacerdote della Diocesi di Milano. Nella sua predicazione e nella sua attività di impegno culturale esplora l'intreccio di sentieri tra letteratura e spiritualità biblica. Propone da otto anni le mensili Passeggiate nella Letteratura. Dal 2019 è responsabile del Servizio per l'Apostolato Biblico per la Diocesi di Milano. Dal 2022 è rettore del liceo Montini di Milano. Ha pubblicato, per Ponte alle Grazie, Dove Dio respira di nascosto (2018), C'era come un fuoco ardente (2019), Gesù predicava ai bradipi (2021), L'amore fa i miracoli (2024); per Ancora, La voce leggera delle pagine (2024).IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.
Full Text of ReadingsThursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 452The Saint of the day is Saint Paul VISaint Paul VI's Story Born near Brescia in northern Italy, Giovanni Battista Montini was the second of three sons. His father, Giorgio, was a lawyer, editor, and eventually a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. His mother, Giuditta, was very involved in Catholic Action. After ordination in 1920, Giovanni did graduate studies in literature, philosophy, and canon law in Rome before he joined the Vatican Secretariat of State in 1924, where he worked for 30 years. He was also chaplain to the Federation of Italian Catholic University Students, where he met and became a very good friend of Aldo Moro, who eventually became prime minister. Moro was kidnapped by the Red Brigade in March 1978, and murdered two months later. A devastated Pope Paul VI presided at his funeral. In 1954, Fr. Montini was named archbishop of Milan, where he sought to win disaffected workers back to the Catholic Church. He called himself the “archbishop of the workers” and visited factories regularly while overseeing the rebuilding of a local Church tremendously disrupted by World War II. In 1958, Montini was the first of 23 cardinals named by Pope John XXIII, two months after the latter's election as pope. Cardinal Montini helped in preparing Vatican II and participated enthusiastically in its first sessions. When he was elected pope in June 1963, he immediately decided to continue that Council, which had another three sessions before its conclusion on December 8, 1965. The day before Vatican II concluded, Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras revoked the excommunications that their predecessors had made in 1054. The pope worked very hard to ensure that bishops would approve the Council's 16 documents by overwhelming majorities. Paul VI had stunned the world by visiting the Holy Land in January 1964, and meeting Athenagoras, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in person. The pope made eight more international trips, including one in 1965, to visit New York City and speak on behalf of peace before the United Nations General Assembly. He also visited India (1964), Colombia (1968), Uganda (1969), and seven Asian countries during a 10-day tour in 1970. Also in 1965, he instituted the World Synod of Bishops, and the next year decreed that bishops must offer their resignations on reaching age 75. In 1970, he decided that cardinals over 80 would no longer vote in papal conclaves or head the Holy See's major offices. He had increased the number of cardinals significantly, giving many countries their first cardinal. Eventually establishing diplomatic relations between the Holy See and 40 countries, he also instituted a permanent observer mission at the United Nations in 1964. Paul VI wrote seven encyclicals; his last one in 1968 on human life—Humanae Vitae—prohibited artificial birth control. Pope Paul VI died at Castel Gandolfo on August 6, 1978, and was buried in St. Peter's Basilica. He was beatified on October 19, 2014, and canonized on October 14, 2018. Since 2019 his liturgical feast has been celebrated on May 29. Reflection Pope Saint Paul's greatest accomplishment was the completion and implementation of Vatican II. Its decisions about liturgy were the first ones noticed by most Catholics, but its other documents—especially the ones about ecumenism, interfaith relations, divine revelation, religious liberty, the Church's self-understanding and the Church's work with the entire human family—have become the Catholic Church's road map since 1965. Learn more about Pope Paul VI. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media
Seth Leibsohn reads an open letter to E.J. Montini of The Arizona Republic. AstraZeneca has withdrawn its Covid-19 vaccine worldwide. We're joined by John Dombroski, founder and president of Grand Canyon Planning. An audio clip in which former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) claims the state did not implement mask and vaccine mandates. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Full Text of ReadingsTuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 450The Saint of the day is Saint Paul VISaint Paul VI's Story Born near Brescia in northern Italy, Giovanni Battista Montini was the second of three sons. His father, Giorgio, was a lawyer, editor, and eventually a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. His mother, Giuditta, was very involved in Catholic Action. After ordination in 1920, Giovanni did graduate studies in literature, philosophy, and canon law in Rome before he joined the Vatican Secretariat of State in 1924, where he worked for 30 years. He was also chaplain to the Federation of Italian Catholic University Students, where he met and became a very good friend of Aldo Moro, who eventually became prime minister. Moro was kidnapped by the Red Brigade in March 1978, and murdered two months later. A devastated Pope Paul VI presided at his funeral. In 1954, Fr. Montini was named archbishop of Milan, where he sought to win disaffected workers back to the Catholic Church. He called himself the “archbishop of the workers” and visited factories regularly while overseeing the rebuilding of a local Church tremendously disrupted by World War II. In 1958, Montini was the first of 23 cardinals named by Pope John XXIII, two months after the latter's election as pope. Cardinal Montini helped in preparing Vatican II and participated enthusiastically in its first sessions. When he was elected pope in June 1963, he immediately decided to continue that Council, which had another three sessions before its conclusion on December 8, 1965. The day before Vatican II concluded, Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras revoked the excommunications that their predecessors had made in 1054. The pope worked very hard to ensure that bishops would approve the Council's 16 documents by overwhelming majorities. Paul VI had stunned the world by visiting the Holy Land in January 1964, and meeting Athenagoras, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople in person. The pope made eight more international trips, including one in 1965, to visit New York City and speak on behalf of peace before the United Nations General Assembly. He also visited India, Columbia, Uganda, and seven Asian countries during a 10-day tour in 1970. Also in 1965, he instituted the World Synod of Bishops, and the next year decreed that bishops must offer their resignations on reaching age 75. In 1970, he decided that cardinals over 80 would no longer vote in papal conclaves or head the Holy See's major offices. He had increased the number of cardinals significantly, giving many countries their first cardinal. Eventually establishing diplomatic relations between the Holy See and 40 countries, he also instituted a permanent observer mission at the United Nations in 1964. Paul VI wrote seven encyclicals; his last one in 1968 on human life—Humanae Vitae—prohibited artificial birth control. Pope Paul VI died at Castel Gandolfo on August 6, 1978, and was buried in St. Peter's Basilica. He was beatified on October 19, 2014, and canonized on October 14, 2018. Since 2019 his liturgical feast has been celebrated on May 29. Reflection Pope Saint Paul's greatest accomplishment was the completion and implementation of Vatican II. Its decisions about liturgy were the first ones noticed by most Catholics, but its other documents—especially the ones about ecumenism, interfaith relations, divine revelation, religious liberty, the Church's self-understanding and the Church's work with the entire human family—have become the Catholic Church's road map since 1965. Learn more about Pope Paul VI. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media