Podcasts about patroness

July 26th is the feast of St. Anne and St. Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin. Anne is the Patroness of the Province of Quebec, and big celebrations take place today at St. Anne de Beaupré. Especially because of her relics there. Fr. Eric Nicolai outlines the origin of the devotion to Anne, and how we can become sons and daughters God, modelled on the Son of God, Jesus Christ. Preached July 26, 2021 at the Manoir de Beaujeu. Music: Adrian Berenguer, Fall (Album Singularity, 2017) www.youtube.com/c/ericnicolai Thumbnail: St. Anne de Beaupré

Hello,Welcome to season 2, day 35, of our 54-day Rosary Novena. Today we're praying the Sorrowful Mysteries in Thanksgiving. "Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, we pray for world peace and a healthy & prosperous 2021 new year to come"Our Lady of Guadalupe, we entrust to you our mother the protection of all human life, the unborn, and our families. May we be placed under the protection of your mantle.Our Lady of Guadalupe, "Patroness of the Unborn", Pray for us!With Love,Maritza MendezThe host of 54 Days of RosesPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/54daysofrosesWebsite: https://www.54daysofroses.com/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/54daysofroses/ The song "Meditation 2" created by Patrick Budde www.patrickbudde.com

Today we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, who is the Patroness of the Americas and the unborn. Our Lady of Guadalupe, pray for us! All show notes at Father Kubicki – Prayer Reflections December 12, 2020 - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio

[Comment: Our Lady of Guadalupe] Friends of the Rosary, We celebrate today the memorial of St. Juan Diego, an Indian convert to whom the Virgin Mary appeared at Tepeyac, the outskirts of what is now Mexico City. This event happened on December 9, 1531. Our Lady asked him to tell the Bishop that she desired a shrine to manifest her love for all mankind. The Bishop did not believe Juan Diego and asked for a sign to prove that the apparition was true. On December 12, Juan Diego returned to Tepeyac. Here, the Blessed Mother told him to climb the hill and to pick the flowers that he would find in bloom. Although it was wintertime, he found roses blooming. He gathered the flowers and took them to Our Lady who carefully placed them in his mantle and told him to take them to the Bishop as "proof". When he opened his mantle, the flowers fell on the ground and an image of the Blessed Mother, dressed with native features, remained impressed. The miraculous image is preserved in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas. Juan Diego started a life dedicated to prayer and charity. He would become the first Native American saint. St John Paul II canonized him in 1990. Ave Maria! [Written by Mikel A | The Rosary Network, New York] ___ [Today's Holy Rosary in Video | Daily Broadcast at 7:30 pm ET on Our YouTube Channel]

This is the story of a precious child of God, who was born into royalty, yet never used or abused it. It is the story of a great woman, a daughter, a wife, a widow, a benefactress of the poor, a glowing example of a soul endeavoring to love her Lord more purely, yet faithful to her calling as wife and mother. As the story of her life unfolds, you will see, in addition to the titles attributed to her above, we could add these below to the number: Patroness of bakers, beggars, charitable societies, charitable workers, countesses, parents who have lost children to death, the innocent who are falsely accused, homeless people, hospitals, those having problems with in-laws, nursing homes, people in exile, the faithful persecuted for their love of Mother Church, Sisters of Mercy, Tertiaries (Third Order), and on and on. Quite a rich list for one whose life would be snuffed out at the young age of twenty-four!Support the show (https://bobandpennylord.store/pages/we-need-your-help)

St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Patroness of the Third Order (Feast)

Intro: Welcome to the podcast Coronavirus Crisis: Carpe Diem!, where by God's grace, you and I rise up and embrace the possibilities and opportunities for spiritual and psychological growth in this time of crisis, all grounded in a Catholic worldview.   We are going beyond mere resilience, to rising up to the challenges of this pandemic and becoming even healthier in the natural and the spiritual realms than we were before.  I'm clinical psychologist Peter Malinoski and I am here with you, to be your host and guide.  This podcast is part of Souls and Hearts, our online outreach at soulsandhearts.com, which is all about shoring up our natural foundation for the spiritual life, all about overcoming psychological obstacles to being loved and to loving.   Thank you for being here with me.  This is episode 38, released on October 19, 2020  and it is titled: Seeing the signs of shame in yourself and others.  We are going to understand much more deeply the nature of shame, where shame comes from and how it manifests itself inside of us, and how it is expressed.   We are focusing today on learning more about shame and recognizing it -- recognizing it in ourselves and in others, becoming better able to detect it.      Remember parts of the dynamics of shame include shame remaining hidden, unobserved, unrecognized for what it is.  Shame is tricky, it's slippery, it loves to camouflage itself.  We are in a series of episodes about shame.  In future episodes we will get to how shame affects our spiritual lives and we will also focus on how to heal from shame, how to break out of the vicious shame cycles in which we find ourselves spinning.    So Let's start by Circling back -- review of shame from the last session and then adding some real depth and nuance as we review and expand upon what we covered in the last episode, Episode 37.   Shame is:  The primary problem we have in the natural realm That gives birth to so many secondary problems -- we tend to focus on the secondary problems, the problems that are further downstream -- so we are not getting to the root.   Drawing heavily from Kathy Steele, Suzette Boon, and Otto van Der Hart -- trauma clinicians and researchers who have worked with real clinical population, real people, not just academicians.  Also drawing from Richard Schwartz and Regina Goulding -- Mosaic Mind.    Be open to really learning about this this can be challenging  take what suits you -- can slow way down.  If this is really activating for you, consider psychotherapy -- Souls and Hearts course on how to choose a therapist.   If you can resolve your dysfunctional shame -- have a deep sense of being lovable and loved, by God, others and yourself, you've solved most of your psychological issues on the natural level.   Shame has five dimensions: shame is a primary emotion, shame is a bodily reaction, shame is a signal to us,  shame is an internal self-judgement, and shame is an action -- a verb (review).   Adding today behavioral expression of shame These behavioral expressions of shame are not shame itself, but they are intimately linked with shame and some of the best indicators of unrecognized shame.   Shame is more than most people assume.  We tend to have very limited, very primitive understandings of shame -- very unidimensional.   Let's review the five dimensions of shame.   Shame is a primary emotion -- heartset Primary emotions are those that we feel first, as a first response to a situation. They are unthinking, instinctive, emotions that rise up spontaneously  More nuanced.  Just because you're not feeling shame in the moment does not mean that it's not there.   Consider how a wave of anger feels.  You feel normal, fine, then something happens and there is this intense anger or even rage, and then it passes, the anger goes away again.   That how we typically think of these emotional experience. That how we make sense of them.  But that's not how it is.  That is a dangerous illusion.  A falsehood.  A pipe dream.  The anger didn't just come and go, just like that.  And you know this at some level, because sometimes you ask yourself -- why am I so angry about that little thing, why did something so minor just set me off?  The emotional reaction is disproportionate to the trivial event.     A wave of shame -- feels like it wasn't there, and then something happened, like a negative review from your boss it was there in all its intensity and you're just trying to hold it together through the rest of your performance review, and then the shame passes and you're not feeling it anymore.  If I don't feel it, it's not there.  Seems reasonable, right? But what if, what if that wasn't what really happened.  What if the same amount of shame was within you the whole time -- it was just latent, outside of awareness.  And rather than the shame coming and then going, what if it was your awareness of your shame and anger that changed.   What if you at first where disconnected from your shame out of touch with it.  Then your defenses were overrun and you were overwhelmed with shame, and then your defenses were able to come back online and you no longer felt the shame. What if the intense shame was there the whole time?   That's a whole different model  Let's say that you were disconnected from unresolved shame.   A high level of shame or anger can endure within us and be intensely felt only on rare occasions when our defenses open up, when they dilate and we can see and feel the shame or anger.  In other words, all that anger or shame generally resides in the unconscious.   Unconscious The term was coined by the 18th-century German Romantic philosopher Friedrich Schelling  --  Schelling suggests that there are two principles in us: “an unconscious, dark principle and a conscious principle”  later introduced into English by the poet and essayist Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1797, who read the 18th century German idealists. Freud.  Unconscious  Mind is like an iceberg  10% above the water -- visible -- that is consciousness -- what we are aware of in the moment.  The vast majority of the iceberg is below the water, outside awareness  -- what you sense is what you get.   In North America, we largely don't act as if we believe in the unconscious.   I think all of us, because of original sin, the sins of others, our own personal sins, the fallen world we live in and our fallen natures -- we have deep reservoirs of shame.  We know we need redemption.  We can sense it at a primal level, and we have ways of distracting ourselves from that reality, from defending ourselves from that reality.   Richard Schwartz on parts -- we are not just single unitary personalities  Understanding Parts  Separate mental systems each with their own Emotions  Expressive style  Abilities  Roles in the system of the person  God images   Can think of them as modes of operating, subpersonalities, ego states, inner children Parts get forced into extreme roles due to attachment injuries, trauma to protect us from being overwhelmed e.g. with rage, despair, shame.   Parts also can be trapped back in time.  e.g. flashbacks -- where we are back in the shameful experience frontal cortex goes offline  Leaving parietal, cortex basal ganglia, cerebellum and hippocampus  Exiled Parts are the modern lepers, tax collectors and prostitutes -- the undesirables, because of the burdens  they carry -- e.g. shame, anger, depression, anxiety, etc.   Protector parts work hard to protect you from your exiled parts -- e.g. from being overwhelmed.   So certain parts of us -- parts of us that are exiled -- carry the shame.  And our internal systems get organized to hide our shame in the unconscious, to distance ourselves from shame so that we won't be overwhelmed by it and so we can continue to function   If we didn't have a way to manage the shame it would continually overwhelm us.  Or the rage or despair or the fear. Shame as a judgment  -- a judgment of who I am.   a critical perspective of myself, a very negative attitude toward myself.    -- mindset A judgement about who I really am from the perspective of a critical, rejecting other.  I look at myself through  the eyes of critical, angry or disappointed other, often my mom or dad, daycare worker, teacher or other caregiver.   But we have internalized it.  We've take it inside.  Now a part of us plays the role of the external critical person  This parts of me repeat messages I've picked up from important others: I am a burden.   I am too needy, too dependent, I bring other people down and make them suffer  I don't deserve attention and care.   Alcohol, TV and the newspaper are more important than me.   May no longer the case, no longer accurate.  Anachronistic, no longer applies.  No longer in second grade.   But these judgments are held by the judging parts of me that are trying to protect me from my own shame, from the shame-bearing parts carry the emotional aspects of shame -- a shame-filled heartset, but also the cognitive aspects of shame -- a shame-filled mindset.   And because the emotional and cognitive dimension of shame are so threatening, the parts are banished, they are driven out of awareness into exile in the unconscious.  But they are not gone.  They are just silenced for the moment.      Shame is a bodily reaction -- automatic, involuntary bodily response:  Bodyset Charles Darwin  1872 published a book "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals" Darwin described shame the following bodily reactions:  blushing (vasodilation in face), confusion of mind, downward cast eyes, slack posture, and lowered head -- Crying -- which can exacerbate shame   When exiled parts that are burden with shame break through into conscious awareness, they can overwhelm us with their distress that then takes over our bodies.  This is like in the Pixar movie Inside Out when the very thin purple Fear character takes over the control panel and dominates everything in the main character Riley.  Window of tolerance the zone of arousal in which a person is able to function most effectively -- when we are feeling intense shame, we get yanked out this window of tolerance.   Hyperarousal -- this is where our sympathetic nervous system revs us up, gets into fight or flight mode in response to shame Heart starts racing  Breathing quickens  Pupils dilate  Blood rushes to arms and legs  Face can flush red  Get ready to defend ourselves or attack or run away  Hypoarousal, when the parasympathetic nervous system shuts us down -- freeze response, like a deer in the headlights We disengage socially  Want to disappear, hide, camouflage ourselves.  Shut down.  Numb out.  Dissociate  Lowering of the head  Breaking off eye contact  Tightening up of muscles, curling up in a ball (spine) -- hunching to protect vital organs.  Making one's body smaller, less visible  Feeling like ice water in the veins, cold freezing sensation  Fluttering in belly.   These bodily reactions are not under voluntary control.  Ever tried not to blush?  Didn't it just make it worse when you couldn't stop it?  Even though you wanted to play it cool.  you just kept getting redder and redder, which led to a more intense shame response.   Shame is a signal.  Functions of Shame  This often gets missed.  The upside of shame.  Why it exists.  Shame is a signal that there is a lack of attunement or an even more serious threat in one or more of our important relationships.  It has important function Shame functions as a "social threat detector" that signals us to modify or avoid behaviors that will cause us to be rejected by those we need.   Then the shame response to the shame signal occurs.  Shame signal leads to the shame response -- the shame response inhibits emotions, thoughts, sensations, beliefs or behaviors that are perceived as unacceptable to powerful others who we need.  So Shame is a survival mechanism.  It helps save us from potential terrible consequences. Inhibition -- family in church -- lots of little kids, all perfectly dressed, all perfectly behaved, parents beaming in response to getting complements about their little angels, so well behaved.  Parents may have put the fear of God into the children to keep them still.  Inhibitory function of shame -- not wanting to displease God, not wanting to displease the parents who may have parts that are very overinvested in the public impressions their family makes on the parish community.   Shame as action  -- a verb -- “shaming” is an action that is intended to cause someone else to feel inadequate, worthless, unlovable, a loser, etc.  for being or doing something that the shamer feels is wrong or undesirable. It is a quick way to control another person, especially one in a dependent positions  It is a quick way for us to control ourselves.  Part of us is forced into the role of shamer to anticipate consequences.  E.g. rambunctious boy on Saturday morning -- hung over mother cussing him out from the top of the stairs to shut up and let her sleep.  If a part of that body takes on the shaming function and whenever he starts getting boisterous, tells him to shut up and be good and stop being such a noisy pain in the rear end, he can save himself the verbal backlash and maybe even worse from his alcoholic mom.  It's a way of managing an extremely difficult situation.  Qualities of shame Shame is hidden.  Hidden from others, hidden from God, often hidden from the therapist, hidden from self.  Hidden in the unconcious, carried by our exiled parts, which are like lepers.  Not allowed into the community for fear of a contagion of shame, shame taking over.   Disappear, hide, camouflage     Shame inhibits positive emotions   How shame is expressed -- going into Behavioral Expressions of Shame What to look for in yourself and others -- clues that shame is lurking, hidden, even if you don't feel it.  We may need to infer it.   Therapists particularly need to know this information.  So much shame is missed by therapists -- lots of reasons for that.   Shame is hard to measure -- the more important a phenomenon is, the harder it is to quantify, to measure.   2017 Journal of Child and Family Studies A New Measure of the Expression of Shame: The Shame Code  Canadian researchers Kalee De France, Dianna Lanteigne, Jenny Glozman & Tom Hollenstein  shame has predominantly been measured by self-report questionnaires, which typically capture trait shame or shame proneness unable to capture the experience of shame as it occurs and is observed by others  Shame does not have a canonical facial expression, however, some facial and behavioral expressions that may be indicative of the experience of shame have been identified.  shrunken or compressed posture that includes body tension, dropped shoulders, or lowered head in a manner akin to a “hang-dog” look  These submissive displays can be seen as social signals of appeasement, and attempts to reduce social conflict or scrutiny  they tend to evoke cooperative behavior from others, and are associated with less punitive responses shame can be identified by tension in the facial muscles turning down the corners of their mouth -- frowning   tucking their lower lip between their teeth  pursed lips smiling while experiencing shame may not appear genuine (i.e., non-Duchenne smile) indicating a false expression of positivity   the key difference between this “real” happy smile and a “fake” happy smile lies in the orbicularis oculi – muscles that wrap around the eyes. All smiles require a contraction of the zygomatic major muscles, the muscles that lift the corners of the mouth. A real smile, a Duchenne smile adds the eyes.  The skin around the eyes wrinkles into crows' feet by the tightening of the orbicularis oculi muscles. embarrassed smile, a smile accompanied by gaze aversion, or a nervous smile another appeasement behavior, where the individual experiencing shame attempts to placate the observer and avoid judgment or punitive behavior.  gaze aversion or hiding one's face -- attempt to hide.  not seeking to contest resources or escalate conflict Speech Patterns verbal uncertainty -- hemming, hawing  such as stammering  long pauses  Going silent   tendency to withdraw, such as disengaging from the emotional trigger Freezing halting behavior or remaining rigidly still distracting oneself through fidgeting “manipulations of one's own body parts or objects, such actions being peripheral or non-central to ongoing events or tasks” (Mehravian & Friedman, 2006, p. 406)   Strategies for coping with shame Nathanson (1992, 1997)  Four defensive scripts for avoiding shame:  Attack Self, Attack others, Isolate self, Avoid inner experience  Attack self  -- part of you accepts the mindset of shame, the beliefs --  I am inadequate, I am a loser, stupid, incompetent, fat  --  it's safer to turn the anger and disgust inward. When you mix anger and disgust you get contempt, which is the most corrosive emotion in relationship, including our relationship with ourselves.  If you want to ruin a relationship, there is nothing better than a contemptuous attitude  In attacking the self, the shame may not be felt at all -- rather it's just assumed that I am worthless, no good, evil  -- not even possible to say "I feel ashamed" -- there is just the attack on the shame-bearing part.   Attacking others first -- this one is often counterintuitive.  Stay with me here. This is when one of your protector parts, in order to shield you from your own shame, attacks another person.  You are not the problem -- the other person is.  Anger and disgust are directed away from the self toward blaming and shaming another person in order to salvage your own sense of self-worth.  You externalize the shame, you project it on someone else.   Wants you to not know about the underlying shame -- and doesn't want anyone else to see your shame either.   If the other person is feeling the shame, is getting overwhelmed by their own shame, then the shame is there and not in you.  The other person is inferior and you are superior -- the other person has the shame problem not you.  And these shaming parts are driven by shame that they are totally unaware of.   Lot of marital conflict stems from shame and shaming.  Lots of it.  The primary problem.   Number one issue in aggressive, pushing people who cut others down -- bullies, intimidators, tough guys, gaslighters, manipulators -- it's a part of a person who is desperately trying to ward off shame.  .  That doesn't make it all right.  That doesn't make it not sinful.   Isolate from others  part of you accepts the message of shame and believes it.  And feels terrible and hides.  No desire to be exposed, to be vulnerable to more ridicule, more shaming.  Just hiding.  Like Adam and Eve in Genesis 3, after eating the forbidden fruit.  Lots of anxiety and fear.  See how anxiety and fear are secondary emotions to the shame?  They flow from the shame.  So many problematic emotions have shame at their root, at their core, but shame is so tricky, the other emotions seem to be the problem.   Avoid social situation Limit relational interactions Withdraw Look at others with dread.   Avoid inner experiences Denial  Dissociation -- disconnection  Numbing  Depersonalization or derealization  Attempts to distract self -- TV, movies, alcohol, sex, binge eating, obsessions, hyperactivity, dissociation, manic episodes, incessant humor or joking, changing the subject when the conversation pulls for looking inward, focusing on the other person, excessive caregiving with no self-care, compulsive do-gooding  also spiritual bypassing -- a flight into spiritual practices to avoid dealing with your inner experiences -- lots of litanies and prayer cards and holy hours and lectio divina, but with a driven quality to it, a rigidity, a nearly exclusive outward focus.  Little or no awareness of shame, or shameful actions, reactions, faults or negative characteristics.   We will get to working with shame -- much more constructively, how do we do that?  It's coming. I will be giving you strategies for working with shame in upcoming podcasts.   Can't rush it.  There's often a strong impulse to rush through working with shame.  We'll also get into the spiritual impact of shame.  Soulset  For example, if you have a part who feels unloved and unlovable -- how do you think that part would understand God?  Would it see God as loving and caring if it has been shut off from love?  What about your parts that have been shamed by important others and by other parts of you?  How would they see God?  How does your internal critic, you know that voice that has running commentary about your faults and failings, exacerbating shame -- how does that part see God? What God images do these parts have?  How Satan uses your shame against you?  Remember, grace perfects nature, and it makes sense for Satan to attack at the weak points in your natural foundation.  We will get into those issues as well as the relationship between shame and pride.  All here at the Coronavirus crisis Carpe Diem podcast, where harmonize the best of psychology with the Truths of our Catholic Faith. Let others know about this podcast. Who do you know that might be suffering from shame?  Reach out -- send them a link.  Soulsandhearts.com   Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play.  Get the word out.  Whole series on shame -- going far more in depth than most people every comprehend.  All from a Catholic perspective.   Bonus Podcast on Sex difference in shame.  This is getting long.  How are men and women different.  That is available to our Resilient Catholic Carpe Diem community.   RCCD community:  Example past Zoom meeting  October 14 a guided meditation to help you locate a part of you that feels unloved and unlovable and to reach out with care and gentleness to that part -- how to work with parts that carry the burden of shame.  -- Very positive response to that experience, RCCD members really getting in touch with parts that feel unlovable and carry the burden of shame.  It's not that hard for many people to reach out to these parts of themselves and really be with them.  Seek and ye shall find.    recorded the introduction and the meditation sections of this so RCCD community members can do it on their own.  Building a whole library of different exercises and techniques to help you.  Example: Office hours -- we will be discussing shame in zoom office hours on October 21 from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern -- free for RCCD members.  Going in to the concepts of this podcast.  Lively Q&A.   Place to get questions answered -- but we won't be getting into any individual issues there. $25 per month Temporarily halting admission to the RCCD community November 3 – less than a month away  -- won't reopen until sometime next year, in 2021 lock in prices for all of 2021.   Go to soulsandhearts.com, click on the tab that says all courses and shows and register for the Resilient Catholics Carpe Diem Community.   Pray for me.  I will pray for you. Patroness and Patron

1.      Intro: Welcome to the podcast Coronavirus Crisis: Carpe Diem!, where by God's grace, you and I rise up and embrace the possibilities and opportunities for spiritual and psychological growth in this time of crisis, all grounded in a Catholic worldview.   We are going beyond mere resilience, to rising up to the challenges of this pandemic and becoming even healthier in the natural and the spiritual realms than we were before.  I'm clinical psychologist Peter Malinoski and I am here with you, to be your host and guide.  This podcast is part of Souls and Hearts, our online outreach at soulsandhearts.com, which is all about shoring up our natural foundation for the spiritual life, all about overcoming psychological obstacles to being loved and to loving.  a.       Thank you for being here with me.  This is episode 37, released on October 12, 2020 b.      and it is titled: The Silent Killer Who Stalks You From Inside.  2.      I want to talk with you about the silent killer, the worst adversary I face clinically, the greatest rival, the greatest opponent to love and life that I have ever met within another person or within myself. 3.      This one is a very stealthy, effective, ruthless killer -- often hidden beneath the surface of our consciousness, in the murky waters deep below where we can see.  But then at times it surfaces, Powerful, moving.  And maybe you think I'm being dramatic -- but I'm not.  I've seen it kill other and I've been seriously wounded by it myself.     a.       Killer on the natural level and also on the spiritual level.  This assassin slays not only hearts, minds and bodies but also souls.  A very comprehensive murderer, very complete, this hitman does his work often slowly but very thoroughly.  b.      Who is this killer?  High blood pressure?  No.  Stroke?  No.  Heart disease?  No.  Diabetes?  No.  Cancer? No.  These can and do kill bodies, but as serious as they are, they are nowhere near as deadly to most people as our silent killer.  c.       Who is this killer?  The devil you say?  Satan?  No.  Not Satan.  Satan cherishes this killer, and prizes the stealthy sneaking, clandestine work.d.      No, it's not Satan because this killer lives within us in a way that demons ordinarily do not.  This killer has a pass to roam within us, to move in our being.  Satan doesn't, unless we are possessed.  Besides, Satan does not have permission to slay us, or to harm us unless God permits it, at least with His passive will, and only then for our greater good.  e.       This killer seems meek and modest, but when it whispers its messages in our ear, it evokes in us fear, anxiety, depression, and efforts to do more and more, and it can also provoke us to anger, aggression, and violence.  Unchecked, this killer can bring us all the way to helpless, despair and suicide.  f.        Some of us try to numb ourselves to distract ourselves from this killer by using alcohol, drugs, food, binging on Netflix, hours of social media, masturbation, porn, shopping, compulsive exercise, gambling, surfing the web, video games, sleeping the day away, dissociating and even cutting and burning our bodies, all in an attempt to escape.g.      Who is this killer?  It is absolutely vital for us to know -- is it guilt -- no.  Depression -- no, Anxiety, Fear, Anger -- no, no, no.  Is it pride?  No, not pride.  But this killer has a close and intimate relationship with pride.  The killer feeds pride and is nourished by pride.  Who is it?  Take a moment and really think about it.  We need to know this killer, this adversary.  And we will.  Today we will be getting to know this silent killer.  But not yet.  We've got to look beyond the killer for a moment.  4.      There is one thing that disarms this killer.  One thing.  And that one thing is Love.  Real authentic Love.  Charity.   Love rescues us from this killer.  It transforms us, makes us immune to the silent killer who no longer has power over us.  So let's talk about love.  5.      Shifting gears.  Two great commandments -- a.       Matthew 22:35-40    And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” And Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.”b.      Main task is to love God and love our neighbor.  With all of ourselves.  All your heart, all your mind, all your soul.  All of us.  c.       And we need to love our neighbor as ourself.  Think about that.  Love our neighbor as ourselves.                                                                                 i.            Jesus doesn't say we need to love our neighbor more than ourselves -- it could be implied, but I wonder about whether that's possible.  d.      So that means we need to be loved                                                                                i.            Reflecting on last week's episode --  Why we flee from real love.  the capacity to receive love --                                                                               ii.             We discussed fear, avoidance, anger                                                                             iii.            We went into how real love burns, it requires us to give up dysfunctional coping mechanisms                                                                            iv.            It can require us to give up good things that are lesser than love.                                                                                v.            We discussed require us to be open, receptive and thus also vulnerable                                                                             vi.            But we didn't discuss what or who causes our vulnerability to seem so dangerous to us.  Who does that?   That is the silent killer rearing its ugly head again.  It's our silent killer makes the vulnerability seem so perilous, so potentially catastrophic for us.  e.       We need to be loved in order to pass that love on                                                                                i.            Last episode Nemo dat quod non habet  -- No one gives what they don't have.   Nemo dat rule.                                                                               ii.            To reflect that love back to God                                                                            iii.            To be a channel of love to others                                                                            iv.            And to love ourselves in an ordered way 6.      So ultimately, what I want is for you to be able to love God so much better and to love your neighbor so much bettera.       So we will do a whole series of episode on loving God and another whole series of loving our neighbor                                                                                i.            Focusing on the psychological aspects that can make this much more difficult than it needs to be                                                                              ii.            Souls and Hearts -- Grace perfects nature.  7.      But we need to start with receiving love bettera.       So first, we will do a whole series of episodes on receiving love.                                                                                i.            From God our Father                                                                              ii.            From Mary our Mother                                                                            iii.            From Jesus and the Holy Spirit                                                                            iv.            From the Saints                                                                              v.            From ourselves                                                                            vi.            And from others8.      And to kick that series off loving ourselves better, we need to know what are the obstacles, especially the psychological obstacles to receiving love.   We need to know what stands in the way, what are the hurdles, what makes it difficult for us to receive love.  a.       And that brings us back, face to face with our silent killer.  And now it's time to name the killer.9.      The silent killer, the worst adversary I face clinically, the greatest rival, the greatest opponent to love and life that I have ever met within another person or within myself is [drum roll]  Shame.  S-H-A-M-E.  Shame.  10.  So what is shame.  How do we define it.  a.       English has real limitations, a significantly restricted vocabulary when it comes to expressing the nuances of internal experience.  It's really important to get this straight.  b.      Brene Brown is a research professor at the University of Houston -- really done a great job of bringing the topics of shame and vulnerability into the public square for discussion                                                                                i.            Her definition of shame:  I define shame as the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging – something we've experienced, done, or failed to do makes us unworthy of connection                                                                              ii.            Great start and better than most definitions out there.  But still incomplete.  Brene Brown is primarily a researcher, though she is a licensed master social worker and has clinical experience.   I approach this as a trauma therapist who really specializes in shame work.   c.       Shame is:  a primary emotion, a bodily reaction, a signal,  a judgement, and an action.  d.      Drawing heavily from Treating Trauma-Related Dissociation -- A practical, integrative Approach by Kathy Steele, Suzette Boon, and Otto van Der Hart.  Experts in complex trauma, with a real focus on the disconnects that happen within the person who has experienced trauma.                                                                                  i.            Those disconnects, when severe enough, become dissociation                                                                              ii.            Those disconnects are, by definition, a lack of integration.  e.       Shame is a primary emotion -- heartset                                                                                i.            Primary emotions are those that we feel first, as a first response to a situation. They are unthinking, instinctive, automatic emotions that we have. Under threat, we feel fear.  We don't have to think about it.  We see a Bear in our campsite. Hmm  Bear.  Big teeth.  Looks feriocious. It's coming at us.  Ok, it's time to be scared.                                                                                ii.            Emotional response to 1.      a real or perceived abandonment2.      Rejection3.      The loss of relationship -- a relationship we sense (rightly or wrongly) that we need to survivef.        Shame as a bodily reaction -- physiology of shame  Bodyset                                                                                i.            Defenses against shame are immediate, unmediated by our higher-order thought processes1.      The intellect does not have time to reflects2.      The automatic nature of the defenses against shame compromises the will's effectiveness in the moment.                                                                                ii.            Takes us out of the window of tolerance1.      Window of tolerance the zone of arousal in which a person is able to function most effectively. When people are within this zone, they are typically able to readily take in information, process that information, and integrate that information more readily.  People in the window of tolerance are feeling emotions at moderate levels, not overwhelmed with emotion and not numbing their feelings out.  People in the window of tolerance respond to the demands of everyday life without much difficulty -- they can make pretty good decisions, carry out their role responsibilities, do what they need to do.  2.      Stressful cortisol levels go up, and our ACTH levels rise, indicating a stress response.3.      Hyperarousal -- this is where our sympathetic nervous system revs us up, gets into fight or flight mode in response to shamea.       Heart starts racingb.      Breathing quickensc.       Pupils dilated.      Blood rushes to arms and legse.       Face can flush red f.        Get ready to defend ourselves or attack or run away 4.      Hypoarousal, when the parasympathetic nervous system shuts us down -- freeze response, like a deer in the headlightsa.       We disengage sociallyb.      Want to disappear, hide, camouflage ourselves. c.       Shut down.  Numb out.  Dissociated.      Lowering of the heade.       Breaking off eye contactf.        Tightening up of muscles, curling up in a ball (spine) -- hunching to protect vital organs.  Making one's body smaller, less visibleg.      Feeling like ice water in the veins, cold freezing sensationh.      Fluttering in belly.g.      Functions of Shame  This often gets missed.  The upside of shame.  Why it exists.                                                                                 i.            Shame is a signal that there is a lack of attunement or an even more serious threat in one or more of our important relationships.  It has important function                                                                              ii.            Shame inhibits other emotions, thoughts, sensations, beliefs or behaviors that are perceived as unacceptable to powerful others who we need.1.      Steele Boone and van der Hart refer to it as a "social threat detector" that alerts us to modify or avoid behaviors that will cause us to be rejected by those we need.  They see this as part of social evolution.   2.      Shame helps us learn the boundaries of socially acceptable behavior so that we can be part of our group, with the optimal level of closeness and distance.  a.       By 12 to 18 months or so, toddlers show signs of shame in response to misattunement or disapproval.  Mommy and Daddy's reactions help guide the child through developmental milestone and avoiding shame is a part of that.  3.      Shame is a survival mechanism.  It helps save us from potential terrible consequences -- example of abuse.  Inhibiting of crying -- I'll give you something to cry about.  Freezing, staying still not crying.  4.       Some shame needs to be accepted.  The only ones who don't seem to experience shame at all are psychopaths -- sociopaths.  Think of it -- someone who is shameless -- that's hardly a compliment.   8.      Shame as a judgment  -- mindseta.       A judgement about who we really are from the perpective of a critical, rejecting other.                                                                                                    i.            We look at ourselves through the eyes of critical, angry or disappointed other, often a parent or other caregiver.  b.      But we have internalized it.  We've take it inside.  Now we are doing it to ourselves.  c.       We repeat messages we've picked up from important others:                                                                                                  i.            Nobody cares about you.                                                                                                  ii.            You're a loser                                                                                              iii.            You can't do anything right                                                                                              iv.            You should never have been born. d.      May no longer the case, no longer accurate.  Anachronistic, no longer applies.  No longer in second grade.   9.      Chronic shame needs to be attenuated, reduced, titrated, ordered, regulated. a.       Chronic shame develops when the child has a sense of being rejected, unwanted, a burden.  b.      When the child changes behaviors, does what he can to be better in the eyes of the adult and still is rejected, he can conclude that he just is a bad person.  c.       The difficulty is in the response of the others -- the caregivers.  d.      But the child bears the burden of shame caused by the shaming of the caregivers.  e.       Child sees parts that are unacknowledged and unacceptablef.        Ostracized or invaded.  10.  And we assume that God is like our caregivers -- soulset.   11.  Shame as action  -- “shaming” is an action that is intended to cause someone else to feel inadequate, worthless, unlovable, a loser, etc.  for being or doing something that the originator feels is wrong or undesirable.a.       It is a quick way to control another person, especially one in a dependent positionsb.      Little children will do almost anything to preserve their attachments to their parentsc.       Teachers, coaches, instructors -- huge powersd.      Also romantic partners are motivated my shame -- seems to protect from the loss of relationship.  12.  Qualities of shamea.       Shame is hidden.  Hidden from others, hidden from God, often hidden from the therapist, hidden from self.  b.        Shame inhibits positive emotions13.  Strategies for coping with shamea.       Nathanson (1992, 1997)  Four defensive scripts for avoiding shame:                                                                                                  i.            Attack self                                                                                                ii.            Attacking others first -- preemptive.  Sarcasm, cutting humor,                                                                                               iii.            Isolate from others                                                                                              iv.            Avoid inner experiences1.      Controlling-caregiving -- viewing others as more deserving, as more in need.  Denying my own needs by extending myself to serve others, but it's not out of charity -- it's a defense, a way of running away from my own shame, keeping just ahead of my shame shadow.   11.  Brief review  Shame is:  a primary emotion, a bodily reaction, a signal, a judgment, and an action.  There's not a simple definition.  12.  Enough for today.  We will get more into shame and how to work with it in the next several episodes.  So much more to unpack.  This was conceptually heavy -- lots to understand.  13.  Lucy had a comment.14.  Great stories of how this podcast is changing lives.  I want your stories -- stories of how the podcast has impacted you -- send them to me.  crisis@soulsandhearts.com, PM me in the community.  Let me know if I can use them on the air.  Your story can help other people.  Cell is 317.567.9594.  15.  RCCD community:  I want to tell you about the Resilient Catholics: Carpe Diem! Community.  a.       The RCCD community brings together people who are really interested in growing more and more resilient, both in the natural realm and in the psychological realm,b.      Catholics who are seizing this day, this moment,  as an opportunity for great spiritual and psychological growth.  c.       We are bringing in IFS concepts and guidance on working with your parts in your system, to help you become more self-aware, to better love God, others, and yourself.  d.      Example Upcoming Zoom meeting                                                                                i.            Join me for a guided meditation to help you locate a part of you that feels unloved and unlovable and to reach out with care and gentleness to that part -- how to work with parts that carry the burden of shame.                                                                                ii.            When is it?  Wednesday, October 14  7:30-8:45 PM Eastern time.  Two days from release                                                                            iii.            We will record the introduction and the meditation sections of this so RCCD community members can do it on their own.                                                                            iv.            Building a whole library of different exercises and techniques to help you. e.       Example: Office hours -- we will be discussing shame in zoom office hours on October 21 from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern -- free for RCCD members.  Going in to the concepts of this podcast.  Lively Q&A.   Place to get questions answered -- but we won't be getting into any individual issues there.f.        $25 per monthg.      closing November 3 – less than a month away  -- won't reopen until sometime next year, in 2021 lock in prices for all of 2021.h.      Go to soulsandhearts.com, click on the tab that says all courses and shows and register for the Resilient Catholics Carpe Diem Community.  16.  Shout out to Catholic therapists and counselorsa.       Are you seeking                                                                                i.            Greater insight into yourself as a clinician and better self-care?                                                                               ii.            New therapeutic skills to help your clients help themselves?                                                                            iii.            Deep, personal connections within a small group of other Catholic therapists who understand the unique demands of our lives?                                                                            iv.            Guidance on how to work with your clients' parts in therapy or counseling -- I have an answer and a possibility for you.  b.      I am leading Catholic Internal Family Systems consultation groups                                                                                i.            Get together every month for 90 minutes via Zoom in groups of 8.                                                                                ii.            Experience IFS techniques through a variety of exercises that I will lead -- demonstrations.                                                                            iii.            Practice IFS techniques, working on our own real issues as a therapist within our own internal systems, in the holding environment of the group                                                                            iv.            Participate in some interpersonal processing, based on an IFS understanding of parts and self, recast in accordance with our Catholic faith                                                                              v.            Amazing response   29 of 32 slots are filled, but there are 3 left1.      Two for the Second Wednesday of the month, starting October 14 from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM Eastern time -- gotta move quick on this.  2.      One slot for the Fourth Wednesday of the month, starting October 28 from 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM Eastern time                                                                            vi.            Check out [insert website link]17.  Patroness and Patron

In this episode we discuss Griselda Blanco, possibly the world's greatest and deadliest female Queenpin. A word of advice: Don't fuck with the Patroness.

Welcome Jose Domingo to our Podcasts as an narratorA princess, whose life was dedicated to Our Lord Jesus, Elizabeth marrier her childhood sweetheart, also considered a Saint, who died when she was very young. She spent the rest of her life taking care of the sick and homeless in Germany. She died at 24 years old. She is is the Patroness of Brides, Widows and Young Girls. She could also be called patroness of beggars, the sick, innocents falsely accused. She lived a very difficult life especially after the death of her husband. She gave up all her wealth and lived the life of a poor person. Come with us to Marburg, Germany, to the magnificent Basilica built in honor of our Saint. See her original tomb, a gold sarcophogus, the beautiful Stained Glass windows and paintings which tell the story of her life.Support the show (https://bobandpennylord.store/pages/we-need-your-help)

Opgenomen op zaterdag 29 februari in JC Vizit te Wilrijk tijdens de release party van Patroness hun debuut EP: Pyre. Steven en ik praatten met leden van Patroness, Meander, Onrust, Winterblind, Traveller, en headliner King Hiss over wat hen bij hun respectievelijke genres heeft gebracht.PSA: Deze aflevering is opgenomen een tweetal weken voor COVID-19 ons binnenshuis zou houden. Steven als verpleegkundige zijnde, en ikzelf met twee kindjes, zagen onze vrije tijd in rook opgaan en dit tijdelijk ten koste van o.a. de podcast. Er zullen afleveringen blijven komen, maar we ontzien ons van een vast release schema. Onwards!

Laurie Power and Pete Sanchez are back for another Talking Saints episode. “Miss Drexel Enters a Catholic Convent- Gives Up Seven Million.” This was the 1889 headline in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, after Philadelphia native and heiress Katharine Drexel decided to enter the Sisters of Mercy convent in Pittsburgh. On this month’s Talking Saints, our hosts unpack the story of a woman who gave up material wealth for spiritual treasure, and founded schools and missions to educate Native Americans and African Americans- a path that led her to sainthood and even more headlines. Saint Katharine Drexel, Patroness of Racial Justice and Philanthropists, pray for us!

The post 12/10/19-Bishop Campbell-Living The Catholic Life: Immaculate Conception doctrine is simple: by the grace of God, from the very moment of the Virgin Mary’s conception she was free from all sin. The day also celebrates Mary as the Patroness of the United States. She teaches us that our job in life is to follow the will of God. appeared first on St Gabriel Catholic Radio.

1492 Columbus discovers America his flagship, Sant María de la Inmaculada Concepción. 1846 The USA Bishops declare the Immaculate Conception the Patroness of the USA. 1854 Pope Blessed Pius IX declares the infallible dogma of the Immaculate Conception. 1857 Pope Blessed Pius IX approves the Immaculate Conception patronage over the USA.

Summary: This weekend we celebrate Mary as our parish Patroness. And we also get a head start on Advent—a head start on preparing for the Lord to come into our world and into our hearts. This is not Christmas Creep. This is an opportunity to commit now to being watchful and alert! To prepare the way of the Lord! To commit to getting to know better the One whom we are waiting for, looking for, and preparing for.

Fr. Seóirse Murray, a Stavraphoremonk and Vocations Director at Holy Resurrection Byzantine Romanian Catholic Monastery in St. Nazianz, Wisconsin is Dr. Mary Anne Urlakis’ guest on Episode 3 of Vows, Vocations, & Promises: Discerning the Call of Love. Fr. Seóirse is a fully tonsured stavraphoremonk (cross-bearing monk) and has made his life-profession of vows to Holy Resurrection Monastery. In this episode, Fr. Seóirse discusses what it means to be a “cross-bearing monk,” the daily rhythm of prayer and life in the monastery, and the unique charism of this Eastern Catholic monastery. In addition, Fr. Seóirse and Dr. Urlakis discuss the Patroness of Holy Resurrection Monastery: the Theotokos, Our Lady Searcher for the Lost, and Her central intercessory role in the lives of the monks and the pilgrims whom they serve. Further information regarding Holy Resurrection Monastery can be found on their website at: https://hrmonline.org/. (September 26, 2019)

In this episode of Inter Vitam et Mortem, Mary Anne Urlakis interviews Fr. Hilarion Heagy, a Byzantine Catholic priest and Monk at Holy Resurrection Monastery. Fr. Hilarion and the Patroness of Holy Resurrection Monastery- The Mother of God, Search for the Lost- made national Catholic news last week, regarding a Lenten prayer campaign for fallen-away Catholics that was started in two parishes in Northwestern Indiana. Here is the link to the Crux article: https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2019/04/20/indiana-parishes-pray-for-fallen-away-catholics-through-lent/. In today's interview, Fr. Hilarion discusses both the relevance of the Icon of the Searcher for the Lost to his own personal vocation story, as well as the Indian-based Lenten prayer campaign to bring home fallen away Catholics through the intercession of the Theotokos Searcher for the Lost. (May 6, 2019)

The apparitions of "Our Mother of Help" (aka Madonna del Soccorso, the Patroness of Sciacca) tells of a 14th century landlocked apparition and fishermen turned seafarers. I value feedback through the comments section on my website OR- Better via email at NikosSteves@gmail.com One night in 1306 an Augustinian Friar received a vision of the Madonna who’s radiant beauty overcame him. The Virgin Mary spoke to him saying she was the "Mother of Help" or the Madonna of Rescue and came to his town Sciacca to aid and assist the towns people. She asked him to get up and spread the story of his being healed.   Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she passed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity. The origin of these podcasts began with my book Constant Procession. An e-book copy of the book can be found on my website: ConstantProcession.com I've read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110) To listen from Installment 93 Constant Procession; the podcast; is published every Tuesday morning and has links, photos, video and more information for each episode at ConstantProcession.com

As the Church on this day remembers Saint Cecilia, our “Talking Saints” hosts Laurie and Pete discuss the life of this 4th century Roman martyr of the early Church, known as the Patroness of music, due to her hearing the music of heaven in her heart on her wedding day, and is usually depicted in art with a pipe-organ. As we attend Masses this week, let us think of the cantors, choirs and musicians who God has graced with the talent and vocation to bring spirituality into our lives through the medium of song. Dear Saint Cecilia, one thing we know for certain about you is that you became a heroic martyr in fidelity to your divine Bridegroom. Inspire musicians to gladden the hearts of people by filling the air with God's gift of music and reminding them of the divine Musician who created all beauty. Amen.

This week the Broads welcome Tuscaloosa comic and Southern Gentleman Caleb Garrett to share his stories of comedy gone right and wrong, and to weigh in on dudes fightin’ dudes. Hilarious guy and longtime listener who will be back on Thursday for more comedian dishing.Music this week comes from Boston, courtesy of John E. Funk and the Skunks. Their song “Piece of Pie” and other hard-grooving tracks can be found at their website: http://theskunks.band/If you get something out of the show, consider donating to our Patreon. We're forming a Shot Club to help you salute us from home with a Beers and Broads shot glass of your own, or a beer koozie if liquor ain't your bag. Thanks to our Patrons Wes Franks of Whose Turn Is It? and Jeremy Satcher of the Druid City Comic, AND our new Patroness, Amanda Paul! Thank you from the bottom of our glasses.See it all! https://patreon.com/BeersAndBroadsIG: Beersandbroadsbham Twitter: @BeersandBroads https://www.facebook.com/beersandbroads/

The Broads welcome our old friend Tommy into the kitchen studio to find out what it’s like being in a band and why you might want to keep some blood capsules handy for that unexpected knock at the door. Tune In!This episode features our wonderful Patron and previous guest Wes Franks of Whose Turn Is It? telling his drunken escapade courtesy of our Patreon. Find out more here! We couldn’t do it without you!See Paige at Brennan’s Irish Pub’s Blarney Show every Tuesday at 8!and Tommy every Monday at Oasis in Birmingham!Tragic City: https://www.bandsintown.com/en/a/11049972-tragic-cityChasing Corruption (AL.com): https://www.facebook.com/ChasingCorruption/If you get something out of the show, consider donating to our Patreon.We're forming a Shot Club to help you salute us from home with a Beers and Broads shot glass of your own, or a beer koozie if liquor ain't your bag.Thanks to our Patrons Wes Franks of Whose Turn Is It? and Jeremy Satcher of the Druid City Comic, AND our new Patroness, Amanda Paul! Thank you from the bottom of our glasses.See it all! https://patreon.com/BeersAndBroadsIG: Beersandbroadsbham Twitter: @BeersandBroads https://www.facebook.com/beersandbroads/You can listen to Whose Turn Is It? on the Earth Hotel network every Wednesday!https://www.theearthhotel.org/whose-turn-is-it/

The Broads start the work week off with stories of customer dissatisfaction and quality service with Wes Franks of the Whose Turn Is It? podcast and Marty’s GM. As a donor to the Patreon and longtime associate of the Earth Hotel, Wes serves up the funny and charm on and off the clock. We hope you enjoy this episode and all the fun changes coming soon.See Paige at Brennan’s Irish Pub’s Blarney Show every Tuesday at 8!You can listen to Whose Turn Is It? here, which is where all the music came from this week.https://www.theearthhotel.org/whose-turn-is-it/If you get something out of the show, consider donating to our Patreon. We're forming a Shot Club to help you salute us from home with a Beers and Broads shot glass of your own, or a beer koozie if liquor ain't your bag. Thanks to our Patrons Wes Franks of Whose Turn Is It? and Jeremy Satcher of the Druid City Comic, AND our new Patroness, Amanda Paul! Thank you from the bottom of our glasses. See it all! https://patreon.com/BeersAndBroadsIG: Beersandbroadsbham Twitter: @BeersandBroads https://www.facebook.com/beersandbroads/

Holy moly guys, it's a Beers and Broads benchmark! It's been almost a year and we're so excited to bring you another year of podcasting and sloppy truth-telling. Thank you all, we owe so much to everyone who listens and if the show brightens your day or week, that's a huge win for everybody. We'll be back next week with a guest and more Brew-tally honest stories.Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255Please reach out and get the help of a professional you trust if you are in crisis. We are most certainly not mental health professionals. If you get something out of the show, consider donating to our Patreon. We're forming a Shot Club to help you salute us from home with a Beers and Broads shot glass of your own, or a beer koozie if liquor ain't your bag. Thanks to our Patrons Wes Franks of Whose Turn Is It? and Jeremy Satcher of the Druid City Comic, AND our new Patroness, Amanda Paul! Thank you from the bottom of our glasses. See it all! https://patreon.com/BeersAndBroadsIG: Beersandbroadsbham Twitter: @BeersandBroads https://www.facebook.com/beersandbroads/

Every two years, the Diocese of Camden makes a pilgrimage to Washington, D.C.’s beautiful Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, to pray to and receive graces from Mary, Mother of God, the Patroness of the United States and the Catholic community of South Jersey. As the diocesan community prepares for its next pilgrimage next month, Father James Bartoloma, Chancellor for the Diocese of Camden and Director of its Marian Commission, steps into the vault with Mike and Pete this week to talk about the joyous day. Father Bartoloma guides us through the shrine’s history, as it seeks to reflect God’s beauty through its representations of the diverse traditions of the global Catholic community through its side chapels and icons, and its newly-constructed Trinity Dome. For more information on the upcoming Oct. 13 pilgrimage, visit www.camdendiocese.org, contact your parish office, or call 856-939-1769.

The Broads have a good old fashioned think tank over a couple of cold ones with local comedy impresario Peter Davenport to discuss our ideas for what to do when our Plan A and Plan B go awry. Enjoy! We have something special planned for Thursday's 50th episode celebration and we bless you with our beer magic for a good week in your spot. Maintain our thirst with Patreon memberships that include bonus material TOO FUNNY TO AIR and art from both Paige and Natalia. We're forming a Shot Club to help you salute us from home with a Beers and Broads shot glass of your own, or a beer koozie if liquor ain't your bag. Thanks to our Patrons Wes Franks of Whose Turn Is It? and Jeremy Satcher of the Druid City Comic, AND our new Patroness, Amanda Paul! Thank you from the bottom of our glasses. See it all! https://patreon.com/BeersAndBroadsIG: Beersandbroadsbham Twitter: @BeersandBroads https://www.facebook.com/beersandbroads/Music this week was recorded live at ICHFAA headquarters, by the good fellas of Witch's Wall. Find I Came Here For An Argument here: https://www.theearthhotel.org/i-came-here-for-an-argument/and Witch's Wall here: https://witchswall.bandcamp.com/

The party finally has come to a close and we return on a bright (SO BRIGHT) Sunday morning to talk about sexual health, how to know when you're being abused, and when vaginas do and don't have teeth. Callbacks galore but we're still single!Have fun, we'll be back next week with the fabulous Peter Davenport and our big 50th Episode Mental Health Special, with a bonus straight from the Patreon as a thank you for sticking with us.Maintain our thirst with Patreon memberships that include bonus material TOO FUNNY TO AIR and art from both Paige and Natalia. We're forming a Shot Club to help you salute us from home with a Beers and Broads shot glass of your own, or a beer koozie if liquor ain't your bag. Thanks to our Patrons Wes Franks of Whose Turn Is It? and Jeremy Satcher of the Druid City Comic, AND our new Patroness, Amanda Paul! Thank you from the bottom of our glasses. See it all! https://patreon.com/BeersAndBroadsIG: Beersandbroadsbham Twitter: @BeersandBroads https://www.facebook.com/beersandbroads/Music this week comes courtesy of Washington D.C.'s real power duo, LOI LOIhttps://loiloi.bandcamp.com/

The party concludes with some honest-to-god truths! Our former guest Doug regales us before heading off to Taiwan, and mutual friend Patrick joins in the discussion on Tinder for the umpteenth time, and it only gets better with time. This is the end of the party and we all go for fast food after! We'll be back on Thursday with a sober(ing) recap episode all by ourselves, again.Maintain our thirst with Patreon memberships that include bonus material TOO FUNNY TO AIR and art from both Paige and Natalia. We're forming a Shot Club to help you salute us from home with a Beers and Broads shot glass of your own, or a beer koozie if liquor ain't your bag. Thanks to our Patrons Wes Franks of Whose Turn Is It? and Jeremy Satcher of the Druid City Comic, AND our new Patroness, Amanda Paul! Thank you from the bottom of our glasses. See it all! https://patreon.com/BeersAndBroadsIG: Beersandbroadsbham Twitter: @BeersandBroads https://www.facebook.com/beersandbroads/

The party continues to slog ahead and the drinks are well-poured at this point. We're feeling it and we invited two of our previous guests to return and catch us up on what their Tinder experiences have been like. Fitness model Nate appeared on episode 19 and Sam told us about his novel on episode 16.Get that novel here! https://www.amazon.com/World-We-Killed-Sam-Bowdon/dp/1980271399We'll wrap up our party exploits next week and we'll be back with normal, only moderately intoxicated episodes soon! Enjoy!Music for this week is by Dommel Mosel: https://dommelmosel.bandcamp.com/Maintain our thirst with Patreon memberships that include bonus material TOO FUNNY TO AIR and art from both Paige and Natalia. We're forming a Shot Club to help you salute us from home with a Beers and Broads shot glass of your own, or a beer koozie if liquor ain't your bag. Thanks to our Patrons Wes Franks of Whose Turn Is It? and Jeremy Satcher of the Druid City Comic, AND our new Patroness, Amanda Paul! Thank you from the bottom of our glasses. See it all! https://patreon.com/BeersAndBroadsIG: Beersandbroadsbham Twitter: @BeersandBroads https://www.facebook.com/beersandbroads/

The party continues in earnest as we talk with Natalia’s favorite fun and tough kickboxing coach and MMA fighter David and his friend. Things get raunchy and the drinks keep flowing! Stories have been reviewed to protect the guilty, naughty, and kinky.Maintain our thirst with Patreon memberships that include bonus material TOO FUNNY TO AIR and art from both Paige and Natalia. We're forming a Shot Club to help you salute us from home with a Beers and Broads shot glass of your own, or a beer koozie if liquor ain't your bag. Thanks to our Patrons Wes Franks of Whose Turn Is It? and Jeremy Satcher of the Druid City Comic, AND our new Patroness, Amanda Paul! Thank you from the bottom of our glasses. See it all! https://patreon.com/BeersAndBroadsIG: BeersandbroadsbhamTwitter: @BeersandBroadshttps://www.facebook.com/beersandbroads/The music for this week comes to us from Sex Camel! of Birmingham. Enjoy "Pants Have Become" and follow their Bandcamp for more coming soon! https://sexcamel1.bandcamp.com/

The nicest man in Birmingham comedy has teeth! turns out. The Broads continue the partying at Natalia's House Warming so the questions and jokes get turned up a notch! Hear from Michael Ruffino about his encounters with the drinking public during comedy shows and we'll answer some burning questions in the meantime. Maintain our thirst with Patreon memberships that include bonus material TOO FUNNY TO AIR and art from both Paige and Natalia. We're forming a Shot Club to help you salute us from home with a Beers and Broads shot glass of your own, or a beer koozie if liquor ain't your bag. Thanks to our Patrons Wes Franks of Whose Turn Is It? and Jeremy Satcher of the Druid City Comic, AND our new Patroness, Amanda Paul! Thank you from the bottom of our glasses. See it all! https://patreon.com/BeersAndBroadsIG: BeersandbroadsbhamTwitter: @BeersandBroadshttps://www.facebook.com/beersandbroads/Music this week is courtesy of The Quickening from New Orleans, LA. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7hp18jvM3Y&list=PLbaMoVctB5al2kL7SyHZPTcaPoqCTSpm3&index=1

We gathered this weekend to celebrate the formal relocation of the Beers and Broads Mansion and what better way to do that than by collecting embarrassing experiences from your friends and propagating them to the world? Birmingham comedian Andy Bates is our first man on call with an unfortunate sex story from NEAR the airport. We'll be back Thursday with what happened next in the night as we progress through August into a drunker state. We got five installments from the adventures in drinking so stay tuned!Maintain our thirst with Patreon memberships that include bonus material TOO FUNNY TO AIR and art from both Paige and Natalia. We're forming a Shot Club to help you salute us from home with a Beers and Broads shot glass of your own, or a beer koozie if liquor ain't your bag. Thanks to our Patrons Wes Franks of Whose Turn Is It? and Jeremy Satcher of the Druid City Comic, AND our new Patroness, Amanda Paul! Thank you from the bottom of our glasses. See it all! https://patreon.com/BeersAndBroadsIG: BeersandbroadsbhamTwitter: @BeersandBroadshttps://www.facebook.com/beersandbroads/Music for this week is from Nuclear Milwaukee, a Montevallo two-piece recorded at the Grand Opening of the Earth Hotel in yr/69.

In which the Broads fight others together, not each other. Sorry, fellas. It's an exciting two-match card tonight as Natalia and Paige both have had hearty confrontations these last harrowing weeks and it all breaks down here. "Classic Beers and Broads!" raved an impartial, anonymous listener.Maintain our thirst with Patreon memberships that include bonus material TOO FUNNY TO AIR and art from both Paige and Natalia. We're forming a Shot Club to help you salute us from home with a Beers and Broads shot glass of your own, or a beer koozie if liquor ain't your bag. Thanks to our Patrons Wes Franks of Whose Turn Is It? and Jeremy Satcher of the Druid City Comic, AND our new Patroness, Amanda Paul! Thank you from the bottom of our glasses. See it all! https://patreon.com/BeersAndBroadsIG: BeersandbroadsbhamTwitter: @BeersandBroadshttps://www.facebook.com/beersandbroads/Our music this week comes from Nashville's Hubcap Thieves with "Wrasslin' Is Real"Listen to more here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/hubcap-thieves/160033241

The Broads make a stand for their turf in the new neighborhood and tell a few stories about the craziness that has transpired in the recent weeks. The Dan Alten Story is told in its full truth, and we reflect on some interesting hypotheticals after hearing from our friend Alice from Oakland. WARNING: Anything after :22 mins is NSFW, if you thought any of this was in the first place. Dark comedy is the will of the world, and free speech is our right. Enjoy!Maintain our thirst with Patreon memberships that include bonus material TOO FUNNY TO AIR and art from both Paige and Natalia. We're forming a Shot Club to help you salute us from home with a Beers and Broads shot glass of your own, or a beer koozie if liquor ain't your bag. Thanks to our Patrons Wes Franks of Whose Turn Is It? and Jeremy Satcher of the Druid City Comic, AND our new Patroness, Amanda Paul! Thank you from the bottom of our glasses. See it all! https://patreon.com/BeersAndBroadsIG: BeersandbroadsbhamTwitter: @BeersandBroadshttps://www.facebook.com/beersandbroads/Music this week is from our friend Dylan Coffee, you can listen more at:https://dylancoffee.bandcamp.com/

Laurie Power and Pete Sanchez share the life of Saint Rita of Cascia, a 15th century Italian widow and Augustinian nun, and now Saint of the Catholic Church. This Saint known as "The Precious Pearl" is a shining example of how we are called to live a life of faith and peace, in wherever we are at in our lives. Saint Rita of Cascia, Patroness of Impossible Causes, pray for us!!

The apparitions of the the Virgin Mary known as the Madonna del Soccorso, the Patroness of Sciacca that tells of a 14th century landlocked apparition and fishermen turned seafarers.   The Constant Procession; the Podcast is published every Tuesday morning and lives on the website ConstantProcession.com Each installment runs 7 minutes in length. I've read the entire book from cover to cover (podcasts 1-49) Since installment 50, additional stories about the history of the Virgin Mary that are not in the book are presented. I value feedback through the comments section on my website or better via email at NikosSteves@gmail.com

*Hymns may not match audio.  All material is used for Spiritual/Educational Purposes. TUESDAY Morning Prayer God, come to my assistance.- Lord, make haste to help meGlory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spiritas it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever.  Amen. HYMN Mother of Christ, our hope, our Patroness,Star of the sea, our beacon in distress,Guide to the shores of everlasting dayGod's holy people on their pilgrim way. Virgin by vow but Mother of all grace,Chosen by God to be his dwelling-place,Blessed are you: God's word you did believe,Your "Yes" undid the "No" of sinful Eve. Daughter of God, who bore his holy One,Dearest of all, the Christ, your loving Son,Show us his face, O Mother, as on earth,Loving us all, you gave our Savior birth. Melody: Farley Castle 10.10.10.10Music: H. Lawes, 1596-1662Text: Alma RedemptorisTranslator: James Quinn, SJ   Or: Behold then the joy of the whole universe.Let the union of God and man in the Son of the Virgin Maryfill us with awe and adoration.Let us fear and worship the undivided Trinityas we sing the praise of the ever-virgin Mary,the holy temple of God,and of God himself, her Son and spotless Bridegroom.To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Cyril of Alexandria (c. 382-444)   PSALMODYAnt.1 The angel Gabriel was sent to the Virgin Mary, who was engaged to be married to Joseph. or: Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, for you carried the Creator of the world in your womb. Psalm 101Avowal of a good rulerIf you love me, keep my commandments (John 14:15) My song is of mercy and justice;I sing to you, O Lord.I will walk in the way of perfection.O when, Lord, will you come? I will walk with blameless heartwithin my house;I will not set before my eyeswhatever is base. I will hate the ways of the crooked;they shall not be my friends.The false-hearted must keep far away;the wicked I disown. The man who slanders his neighbor in secretI will bring to silence.The man of proud looks and haughty heartI will never endure. I look to the faithful in the landthat they may dwell with me.He who walk in the way of perfectionshall be my friend. No man who practices deceitshall live within my house.No man who utters lies shall standbefore my eyes. Morning by morning I will silenceall the wicked in the land,uprooting from the city of the Lordall who do evil. Ant. 2 Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Or: You are the mother of your maker, yet you remain a virgin for ever.   Canticle                                                      Daniel 3:26,27,29,34-41Azariah's prayer in the furnace.With your whole hearts turn to God and he will blot out your sins. (Acts 3:19.)   Blessed are you, and praiseworthy,O Lord, the God of our fathers,and glorious forever is your name. For you are just in all you have done;all your deeds are faultless, all your ways right,and all your judgments proper. For we have sinned and transgressedby departing from you,and we have done every kind of evil. For your name's sake, do not deliver us up forever,or make void your covenant. Do not take away your mercy from us,for the sake of Abraham, your beloved,Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one, to whom you promised to multiply their offspringlike the stars of heaven,or the sand on the shore of the sea. For we are reduced, O Lord, beyond any other nation,brought low everywhere in the world this daybecause of our sins. We have in our day no prince, prophet, or leader,no holocaust, sacrifice, oblation, or incense,no place to offer first fruits, to find favor with you. But with contrite heart and humble spiritlet us be received;as though it were holocausts of rams and bullocks,or thousands of fat lambs,so let our sacrifice be in your presence todayas we follow you unreservedly;for those who trust in you cannot be put to shame. And now we follow you with our whole heart,we fear you and we pray to you. Ant. 3: Trusting in the Lord's promise, the Virgin Mary conceived a child, and remaining a virgin, she gave birth to the Saviour. Or: We share the fruit of life through you, O daughter blessed by the Lord. Psalm 135:1-12Praise for the wonderful things God does for usHe has won you for himself...and you must proclaim what he has done for you: he has called you out of darkness into his own wonderful light (1 Peter 2:9).   Praise the name of the Lord,praise him, servants of the Lord,who stand in the house of the Lordin the courts of the house of our God. Praise the Lord for the Lord is good.Sing a psalm to his name for he is loving.For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himselfand Israel for his own possession. For I know that the Lord is great,that our Lord is high above all gods.The Lord does whatever he wills,in heaven, on earth, in the seas. He summons clouds from the ends of the earth;makes lightning produce the rain;from his treasuries he sends forth the wind. The first-born of the Egyptians he smote,of man and beast alike.Signs and wonders he workedin the midst of your land, O Egypt,against Pharaoh and all his servants. Nations in their greatness he struckand kings in their splendor he slew.Sihon, king of the Amorites,Og, the king of Bashan,and all the kingdoms of Canaan.He let Israel inherit their land;on his people their land he bestowed. FIRST READING                                                      Philippians 2:6-7 Though he was in the form of God,Jesus did not regard equality with God something to be grasped.Rather, he emptied himself,taking the form of a slave,coming in human likeness;and found human in appearance.   Or                                                       Sirach 24:1-16 Wisdom sings her own praises,  before her own people she proclaims her glory; In the assembly of the Most High she opens her mouth,  in the presence of his hosts she declares her worth: "From the mouth of the Most High I came forth,  and mistlike covered the earth.In the highest heavens did I dwell,  my throne on a pillar of cloud.The vault of heaven I compassed alone,  through the deep abyss I wandered.Over waves of the sea, over all the land,  over every people and nation I held sway.Among all these I sought a resting place;in whose inheritance should I abide? "Then the Creator of all gave me his command,  and he who formed me chose the spot for my tent,Saying, 'In Jacob make your dwelling,  in Israel your inheritance.'Before all ages, in the beginning, he created me,  and through all ages I shall not cease to be.In the holy tent I ministered before him,  and in Zion I fixed my abode.Thus in the chosen city he has given me rest,  in Jerusalem is my domain.I have struck root among the glorious people,  in the portion of the LORD, his heritage. "Like a cedar on Lebanon I am raised aloft,  like a cypress on Mount Hermon,Like a palm tree in En-gedi,  like a rosebush in Jericho,Like a fair olive tree in the field,  like a plane tree growing beside the water.Like cinnamon, or fragrant balm, or precious myrrh,  I give forth perfume;Like galbanum and onycha and sweet spices,  like the odor of incense in the holy place.I spread out my branches like a terebinth,  my branches so bright and so graceful. SECOND READING From a sermon by St. Leo the Great, pope(Sermo 1 in Nativitate Domini, 2, 3: PL 54, 191-192) Mary conceived in her soul before she conceived in her body.   A royal virgin of the house of David is chosen. She is to bear a holy child, one who is both God and man. She is to conceive him in her soul before she conceives him in her body. In the face of so unheard of an event she is to know no fear through ignorance of the divine plan; the angel tells her what is to be accomplished in her by the Holy Spirit. She believes that there will be no loss of virginity, she who is soon to be the mother of God. Why should she lose heart at this new form of conceiving when she has been promised that it will be effected through the power of the Most High? She believes, and her faith is confirmed by the witness of a previous wonder: against all expectation Elizabeth is made fruitful. God has enabled a barren woman to be with child; he must be believed when he makes the same promise to a virgin. RESPONSORYHail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. - Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb. - The Lord is with you.Glory to the Father... - Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Or: After the birth of your Son, you remained a virgin. - After the birth of your Son, you remained a virgin.Mother of God, intercede for us; - you remained a virgin.Glory to the Father... - After the birth of your Son, you remained a virgin.   CANTICLE OF ZECHARIAH                                                       Luke 1:68-79Ant. In his great love for us, God sent his Son in the likeness of our sinful nature.   The Messiah and his forerunner   Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;he has come to his people and set them free. He has raised up for us a mighty savior,born of the house of his servant David. Through his holy prophets he promised of old,  that he would save us from our enemies,  from the hands of all who hate us. He promised to show mercy to our fathersand to remember his holy covenant. This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham,to set us free from the hands of our enemies,free to worship him without fear,holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life. You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High,for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way, To give his people knowledge of salvationby the forgiveness of their sins. In the tender compassion of our Godthe dawn from on high shall break upon us,to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.  Amen. INTERCESSIONS We celebrate the beginning of our salvation when the coming of the Lord was announced by the angel. Let us pray with joy in our hearts, saying: May God's holy Mother intercede for us.   Mary received God's word with joy,- may joy fill our hearts as we welcome our Saviour. You looked with love on your lowly servant,- in your mercy, Father, remember us and all your children. Mary, the new Eve, was obedient to your word,- may we echo her loving obedience. May God's holy Mother help all in distress, encourage the fainthearted, console the sorrowful,- may she pray for your holy people, for the clergy, and for all women dedicated to your service. Our Father… CONCLUDING PRAYERGod our Father,your Word became flesh and was born of the Virgin Mary.May we become more like Jesus Christ,whom we acknowledge as our redeemer, God and man.We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord,Who live and reigns with you and Holy SpiritOne God, forever and ever, Amen. May the Lord bless us,protect us from eviland bring us to everlasting life. -  Amen.  

Convo with Kyle: Bishop discusses highlights from his recent trip to Baltimore for the fall meeting of the USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops). He talks about his new role serving on the Committee on Doctrine plus other USCCB developments. Bishop then talks about the Patroness of the Americas, Our Lady of Guadalupe (Feast day December 12). Catholic Word of the Week: Gaudate Listener Questions: Can guardian angels hear my prayer intentions? What is a Christian response to situations when I see homeless outside, especially around Christmas? How should I tithe while on vacation? I went to confession for the first time in 15 years, it was really hard to work up the courage, yet it has transformed my life, if someone hasn't gone to confession in many years how can we encourage them to take the leap to receive the mercy and joy Jesus has waiting for them if they just ask? ------ Truth in Charity is brought to you in part by Notre Dame Federal Credit Union. ------ Live: www.redeemerradio.com Follow us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram @RedeemerRadio Submit your question(s): Call / Text (Holy Cross College text line) - 260-436-9598 Online - www.RedeemerRadio.com/AskBishop E-mail - AskBishop@RedeemerRadio.com Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes | Google Play | SoundCloud | RSS

Today I am going to give my perspective on a very touchy subject. The conversion of Doreen Virtue to Christianity and much more.  If you haven’t heard, Doreen Virtue, was the Queen of the New Age and Patroness of the Oracle Card Deck. She had a conversion experience to Christianity. And no, not the New Age ,  New Thought Christianity, ... Read More

Today’s show we will be talking about the Empress and Demeter. The Lost Episode Blog Post: https://bittydiana.wordpress.com/2017/05/12/myth-tarot-love/ Tarot card positions. When you are reading tarot you often use a spread, i.e. Celtic Cross. Basically a spread means that you put the card in a certain position and that place will also help to define its meaning. The Empress: - She is surrounded by nature and feminine symbols. - She appears large in the image, and seated/relaxed but also attentive. - she represents creativity, intuition, love (unconditional love), and motherhood. - Ultimate mother figure in the tarot, with the Queen of pentacles as a close second - phase of life where things are being created around you. Possibly even that you are pregnant. - Locus Amenos Symbol of fertility, and there are many fertility goddesses, such as: Gaia, Inanna, Astarte, Cybele, Isis, and of course Demeter. Demeter (Roman Ceres): - goddess of grain, fertility and motherhood. Patroness of farming. - daughter of Kronos and Rhea, elder sister and the fourth wife of Zeus represented as a mature and dignified woman, holding a cornucopia. - Homeric Hymn to Demeter (the earliest myth of Demeter and Persephone). Thunder Bitty Lightening Round: Hades and the ‘rape’ of Persephone. Trigger warning. How to get in touch with us Facebook group: The Myth Tarot Love Podcast Email: mythtarotlove@gmail.com Instagram & Twitter: @bittydiana Next week: The Emperor and Augustus

Rebroadcast of the long running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour", a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.org Louise de Marillac was born probably at Ferrieres-en-Brie near Meux, France, on August 12, 1591. She was educated by the Dominican nuns at Poissy. She desired to become a nun but on the advice of her confessor, she married Antony LeGras, an official in the Queen's service, in 1613. After Antony's death in 1625, she met St. Vincent de Paul, who became her spiritual adviser. She devoted the rest of her life to working with him. She helped direct his Ladies of Charity in their work of caring for the sick, the poor, and the neglected. In 1633 she set up a training center, of which she was Directress in her own home, for candidates seeking to help in her work. This was the beginning of the Sisters (or Daughters, as Vincent preferred) of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (though it was not formally approved until 1655). She took her vows in 1634 and attracted great numbers of candidates. She wrote a rule for the community, and in 1642, Vincent allowed four of the members to take vows. Formal approval placed the community under Vincent and his Congregation of the Missions, with Louise as Superior. She traveled all over France establishing her Sisters in hospitals, orphanages, and other institutions. By the time of her death in Paris on March 15, the Congregation had more than forty houses in France. Since then they have spread all over the world. She was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1934, and was declared Patroness of Social Workers by Pope John XXIII in 1960. Her feast day is March 15th.

St. Rita was born at Spoleto, Italy in 1381. At an early age, she begged her parents to allow her to enter a convent. Instead they arranged a marriage for her. Rita became a good wife and mother, but her husband was a man of violent temper. In anger he often mistreated his wife. He taught their children his own evil ways. Rita tried to perform her duties faithfully and to pray and receive the sacraments frequently. After nearly twenty years of marriage, her husband was stabbed by an enemy but before he died, he repented because Rita prayed for him. Shortly afterwards, her two sons died, and Rita was alone in the world. Prayer, fasting, penances of many kinds, and good works filled her days. She was admitted to the convent of the Augustinian nuns at Cascia in Umbria, and began a life of perfect obedience and great charity. Sister Rita had a great devotion to the Passion of Christ. "Please let me suffer like you, Divine Saviour," she said one day, and suddenly one of the thorns from the crucifix struck her on the forehead. It left a deep wound which did not heal and which caused her much suffering for the rest of her life. She died on May 22, 1457. She is the patroness of impossible cases. Her feast day is May 22. www.AtonementFriars.org

Rebroadcast of the long running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour", a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.org St. Zita was born into a poor but holy Christian family. Her older sister became a Cistercian nun and her uncle Graziano was a hermit whom the local people regarded as a saint. Zita herself always tried to do God's will obediently whenever it was pointed out to her by her mother. At the age of twelve Zita became a housekeeper in the house of a rich weaver in Lucca, Italy, eight miles from her home at Monte Sagrati. As things turned out, she stayed with that family for the last forty-eight years of her life. She found time every day to attend Mass and to recite many prayers, as well as to carry out her household duties so perfectly that the other servants were jealous of her. Indeed, her work was part of her religion! She use to say: "a servant is not holy if she is not busy; lazy people of our position is fake holiness." At first, her employers were upset by her generous gifts of food to the poor, but in time, they were completely won over by her patience and goodness and she became a very close friend. St. Zita was given a free reign over her working schedule and busied herself with visits to the sick and those in prison. Word spread rapidly in Lucca of her good deeds and the heavenly visions that appeared to her. She was sought out by the important people, and at her death in 1278 the people acclaimed her as a saint. She is the patroness of domestic workers. Her feast day is April 27.

Rebroadcast of the long running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour", a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.org St. Odillia -- About the year 300, Saint Odilia and ten other virgins set out from England on a pilgrimage to the East. By accident or plan the ship in which they sailed went up the Rhine. They were captured by some soldiers and taken to Cologne. There the young women were killed in defense of their Christian faith and their purity. St. Odilia's future role as the Patroness of the Order of the Holy Cross is pictured by the Crosier standard and her motto, "I have chosen the cross."

Fr. Larry Rice shares the interesting legend of St. Dymphna, the patroness of the mentally ill.  

Fr. Riccardo asks the congregation to make a commitment to pray the rosary daily, and to ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, our Patroness, to intercede on our behalf for our families and for married couples.

Paul's recent visit to Washington, D.C., takes him down Connecticut Avenue, the Metro, and out to the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the campus of Catholic University.  Join him to hear "saintly" tunes on the jukebox at a lunch stop, and to walk through the Upper Church at the Basilica, dedicated to the Patroness of the United States.