Podcast appearances and mentions of Peter Damian

Reflections from St. Peter Damian, St. Bernard, et al

St. Peter Damian (1007 - 1072 AD) was an advisor to, and sometimes corrector of, Popes, Emperors, and Kings. Through his writings he was a reformer of the clergy, and the monasteries, especially calling out and confronting immorality among the clergy. He was a member of the first college of cardinals as we know it today, and took part in wrestling away from royals and nobles the power to appoint Popes, restoring the process of papal elections.  Links Listen to the Catholic Culture audio book of St. Peter Damian's The Lord Be With You: https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/st-peter-damian-lord-be-with-you/ Listen to previous episodes of The Way of the Fathers on the subject of the validity of the Sacraments: Episode 4.8 - Novatian: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Part 1: The Good): https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/48-novatian-good-bad-ugly-pt-1-good/ Episode 4.9 - Novatian: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Part 2: The Bad and the Ugly): https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/49-novatian-part-2-bad-and-ugly/ Pope St. Stephen and the Sacraments: https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/pope-st-stephen-and-sacraments/ Fr. Owen J. Blum's Dissertation - St. Peter Damian: His Teaching on the Spiritual Life: https://www.faithandfamily.pub/st-peter-damian-his-teaching-on-the-spiritual-life/ SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's Newsletter:  https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters/ DONATE at:  http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Dr. Papandrea's Homepage:  http://www.jimpapandrea.com Dr. Papandrea's YouTube channel, The Original Church: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOriginalChurch To ask questions, make comments, or interact with Dr. Papandrea, join the conversation in the Original Church Community: https://theoriginalchurch.locals.com/ Theme Music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed:  https://www.ccwatershed.org/  

St. Peter Damian (1007 - 1072 AD) is another one of our lesser-known Doctors of the Church, and yet he was, in his time, a man who could give advice to the Popes, and call for reform in the clergy and in the monasteries. Known as a Catholic reformer (long before the Protestant Reformation), he confronted clergy immorality, simony and lay investiture, as well as corruption in the process of the election of Popes, and he was a member of the first college of cardinals, as we know it today.  Links Listen to the Catholic Culture audio book of St. Peter Damian's The Lord Be With You: https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/st-peter-damian-lord-be-with-you/ Listen to previous episodes of The Way of the Fathers on the subject of the validity of the Sacraments: Episode 4.8 - Novatian: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Part 1: The Good): https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/48-novatian-good-bad-ugly-pt-1-good/ Episode 4.9 - Novatian: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (Part 2: The Bad and the Ugly): https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/49-novatian-part-2-bad-and-ugly/ Pope St. Stephen and the Sacraments: https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/pope-st-stephen-and-sacraments/ Fr. Owen J. Blum's Dissertation - St. Peter Damian: His Teaching on the Spiritual Life: https://www.faithandfamily.pub/st-peter-damian-his-teaching-on-the-spiritual-life/ SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's Newsletter:  https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters/ DONATE at:  http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Dr. Papandrea's Homepage:  http://www.jimpapandrea.com Dr. Papandrea's YouTube channel, The Original Church: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOriginalChurch To ask questions, make comments, or interact with Dr. Papandrea, join the conversation in the Original Church Community: https://theoriginalchurch.locals.com/ Theme Music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed:  https://www.ccwatershed.org/  

Happy feast of St. Peter Damian! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell talk to. Dr. Matthew Bunson about his legacy as a Doctor of the Church. They also welcome Fr. Hezekias Carnazzo from the Institute of Catholic Culture and Fr. Jonathan Duncan from the Bone Church Revival podcast to preview the Sunday Mass Readings. Plus news, weather, sports and more… ***** A Prayer to St. Peter Damian for Insomniacs St. Peter Damian, you were an insomniac for a long period of time. You understand how difficult it is to function after a sleepless night, how hard it is to be kind, understanding and loving when you are exhausted, how frustrating it is to be tired and unable to do your best. Please intercede for us before the throne of God and ask that if it be His will, they may be able to sleep at night and no longer suffer from insomnia. If it is not God’s will at this time, we ask for the grace to use any sleepless hours as a time of prayer, offering that sleeplessness for the souls who most need God’s love and mercy. ***** Dr. Ben Reinhard, author of The High Hallow: Tolkien’s Liturgical Imagination Fr. Tad Pacholczyk is online at ncbcenter.org. Full list of guestsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today is Sunday, February 23, 2025, Sexagesima Sunday, a 2nd class feast, with the color of violet. In this episode: The meditation: “Our Eyes are Holden,” today's news from the Church: “Pakistan: The Business of Blasphemy,” and today's thought from the Archbishop. Sources Used Today: The Works of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (Angelus Press) “Pakistan: The Business of Blasphemy” (FSSPX.news) https://fsspx.news/en/news/pakistan-business-blasphemy-50717 The Spiritual Life- Archbishop Lefebvre (Angelus Press) - - - - - - - We'd love your feedback on these Daily Devotionals! What do you like / not like, and what would you like us to add? podcast@sspx.org - - - - - - - Please Support this Apostolate with 1-time or Monthly Donation >> - - - - - - - Explore more: Subscribe to the email version of this Devotional - it's a perfect companion! Subscribe to this Podcast to receive this and all our audio episodes Subscribe to the SSPX YouTube channel for video versions of our podcast series and Sermons FSSPX News Website: https://fsspx.news Visit the US District website: https://sspx.org/ - - - - - What is the SSPX Podcast? The SSPX Podcast is produced by Angelus Press, which has as its mission the fortification of traditional Catholics so that they can defend the Faith, and reaching out to those who have not yet found Tradition.  - - - - - - What is the SSPX? The main goal of the Society of Saint Pius X is to preserve the Catholic Faith in its fullness and purity, to teach its truths, and to diffuse its virtues, especially through the Roman Catholic priesthood. Authentic spiritual life, the sacraments, and the traditional liturgy are its primary means of bringing this life of grace to souls. Although the traditional Latin Mass is the most visible and public expression of the work of the Society, we are committed to defending Catholic Tradition in its entirety: all of Catholic doctrine and morals as the Church has always defended them. What people need is the Catholic Faith, without compromise, with all the truth and beauty which accompanies it. https://sspx.org

Full Text of ReadingsFriday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 339The Saint of the day is Saint Peter DamianSaint Peter Damian's Story Maybe because he was orphaned and had been treated shabbily by one of his brothers, Peter Damian was very good to the poor. It was the ordinary thing for him to have a poor person or two with him at table and he liked to minister personally to their needs. Peter escaped poverty and the neglect of his own brother when his other brother, who was archpriest of Ravenna, took him under his wing. His brother sent him to good schools and Peter became a professor. Already in those days, Peter was very strict with himself. He wore a hair shirt under his clothes, fasted rigorously and spent many hours in prayer. Soon, he decided to leave his teaching and give himself completely to prayer with the Benedictines of the reform of Saint Romuald at Fonte Avellana. They lived two monks to a hermitage. Peter was so eager to pray and slept so little that he soon suffered from severe insomnia. He found he had to use some prudence in taking care of himself. When he was not praying, he studied the Bible. The abbot commanded that when he died Peter should succeed him. Abbot Peter founded five other hermitages. He encouraged his brothers in a life of prayer and solitude and wanted nothing more for himself. The Holy See periodically called on him, however, to be a peacemaker or troubleshooter, between two abbeys in dispute or a cleric or government official in some disagreement with Rome. Finally, Pope Stephen IX made Peter the cardinal-bishop of Ostia. He worked hard to wipe out simony—the buying of church offices–and encouraged his priests to observe celibacy and urged even the diocesan clergy to live together and maintain scheduled prayer and religious observance. He wished to restore primitive discipline among religious and priests, warning against needless travel, violations of poverty, and too comfortable living. He even wrote to the bishop of Besancon complaining that the canons there sat down when they were singing the psalms in the Divine Office. He wrote many letters. Some 170 are extant. We also have 53 of his sermons and seven lives, or biographies, that he wrote. He preferred examples and stories rather than theory in his writings. The liturgical offices he wrote are evidence of his talent as a stylist in Latin. He asked often to be allowed to retire as cardinal-bishop of Ostia, and finally Pope Alexander II consented. Peter was happy to become once again just a monk, but he was still called to serve as a papal legate. When returning from such an assignment in Ravenna, he was overcome by a fever. With the monks gathered around him saying the Divine Office, he died on February 22, 1072. In 1828, he was declared a Doctor of the Church. Reflection Peter was a reformer and if he were alive today would no doubt encourage the renewal started by Vatican II. He would also applaud the greater emphasis on prayer that is shown by the growing number of priests, religious, and laypersons who gather regularly for prayer, as well as the special houses of prayer recently established by many religious communities. Enjoy these quotes from some of our favorite saints! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Friends of the Rosary,Today, Friday 21, is the Memorial of St. Peter Damian (1007-1072), Doctor of the Church and one of the greatest reformers of the Middle Ages.In his poem, the Divine Comedy, Dante places Damian in the “seventh heaven.” That was his place for holy people who loved to think about or contemplate God.Men admire Damian, the scholar, for his wealth of wisdom; Damian, the preacher of God's word, for his apostolic zeal; Damian, the monk, for his austerity and self-denial; Damian, the priest, for his piety and zeal for souls; Damian, the cardinal, for his loyalty and submission to the Holy See, his enthusiasm and devotion for the good of Mother Church.He wrote, “Do not stop protecting yourself daily by receiving the Flesh and Blood of the Lord.”  He often prescribed penances and fasting to lax religious people.Jesus, I Trust In You!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!St. Peter Damian, Pray for Us!+ Mikel Amigot | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• February 21, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

February 21st, 2025:  Where are the St Peter Damians of Today?;  Deliver Us from All Vice;  Book of Gomorrah and Today's Clerical Sex Abuse Scandal;  Calming the Storms, Where Peace Is, God Is

The 11th century was a mess—corrupt clergy, moral decay, and a Church in desperate need of reform. Enter Saint Peter Damian. A man of prayer, penance, and unshakable courage, he didn't just sit back and complain—he fought for holiness. Hard.In this episode, we dive into: 

Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Peter Damian, 988-1072; became a professor, but left his teaching to devote full-time prayer with the Benedictines; Peter succeeded the abbot, and founded five additional hermitages; Pope Stephen IX made Peter the cardinal-bishop of Ostia; he worked to combat simony, and encouraged his priests to observe celibacy and to live together, observing scheduled times of prayer and religious observance; after retiring as cardinal-bishop, he was still called upon as a papal legate; on one such mission to Ravenna, he developed a fever, and died with his monks surrounding him, praying the Divine Office Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/21/25 Gospel: Mark 8:34-9:1

Happy feast of St. Peter Damian! On today's show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell talk to. Dr. Matthew Bunson about his legacy as a Doctor of the Church. They also welcome Fr. Hezekias Carnazzo from the Institute of Catholic Culture and Fr. Jonathan Duncan from the Bone Church Revival podcast to preview the Sunday Mass Readings. Plus news, weather, sports and more...

The Community of St Gregory the Great sing the Gregorian Chant Mass for the Memoria of St Peter Damian. Recorded live at Southgate House on 21 February 2025.

Genesis 11:1-9 (‘It was called Babel, because there the language of all the earth was confused') 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (‘Do the work of an evangelist, fulfil your ministry')

Happy feast of St. Angela Merici! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell reflect on her legacy as founder of the Ursulines. Guests include Brendan Hodge from The Pillar, and Teresa Tomeo to recap her coverage of this past weekend’s March for Life in Washington. Plus news, weather, sports and more… ***** A Prayer to St. Peter Damian for Insomniacs St. Peter Damian, you were an insomniac for a long period of time. You understand how difficult it is to function after a sleepless night, how hard it is to be kind, understanding and loving when you are exhausted, how frustrating it is to be tired and unable to do your best. Please intercede for us before the throne of God and ask that if it be His will, they may be able to sleep at night and no longer suffer from insomnia. If it is not God’s will at this time, we ask for the grace to use any sleepless hours as a time of prayer, offering that sleeplessness for the souls who most need God’s love and mercy. ***** The Catholic Ministries Appeal for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati is online at catholicaoc.org/cma. Bill Schmitt is online at onword.net. Stephen Crampton is online at thomasmoresociety.org. Full list of guestsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Weekly dance music show broadcast from The Parkdale Shedio in Toronto. Hosted by Benjay. WE'RE BACK! Peter Damian is one of my favourite formerly-local DJs who has moved to Montreal. He's been an inspiration to me for years. I threw my first few The Pregame Live @ the former Parlour because of him, and I just generally appreciate his selection and vibe. I hope you enjoy the set as much as I did! ⚡️Like the Show? Click the [Repost] ↻ button so more people can hear it!

Good morning! On today's show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome certified herbalist Rita Heikenfeld to discuss more foods from the Bible and share recipes from her kitchen. Other guests include Courtney Brown from Ruah Woods to discuss the principles of Theology of the Body, and Gary Michuta from Hands on Apologetics. Plus news, weather, sports and more… ***** A Prayer to St. Peter Damian for Insomniacs St. Peter Damian, you were an insomniac for a long period of time. You understand how difficult it is to function after a sleepless night, how hard it is to be kind, understanding and loving when you are exhausted, how frustrating it is to be tired and unable to do your best. Please intercede for us before the throne of God and ask that if it be His will, they may be able to sleep at night and no longer suffer from insomnia. If it is not God's will at this time, we ask for the grace to use any sleepless hours as a time of prayer, offering that sleeplessness for the souls who most need God's love and mercy. ***** Patti Armstrong writes at ncregister.com. Full list of guestsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We conclude Pope Gregory VII's first year, a man Peter Damian called “the Holy Satan” – a deceiver within the holiest halls of Western Christendom — for how he manipulated and orchestrated his way to the top of the Catholic Church. Members-Only Series on Patreon: For only a dollar per month, you can hear multiple varying stories and storylines so far through the 11th century. Every dime donated will be put directly back into the show, so I hope you consider becoming a Patreon member!  Just follow this link to our Patreon page to peruse the right “subscription” for you: https://www.patreon.com/FortunesWheelPodcast.  Social Media: YouTube Page: Fortune's Wheel Podcast Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/fortunes.wheel.3  Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/WheelPodcast  Music: Music for this episode is called “Cutting Edge” from the talented artist Hemlock!Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hemlock/cutting-edge License code: Y0ZLEPLIZYV2RTMJ

From Hildebrand to Gregory VII -- or what monk Peter Damian called him, "The Holy Satan" -- Matilda's choice of personal savior is in for one helluva first year. This is the first part of that story. Members-Only Series on Patreon: For only a dollar per month, you can hear multiple varying stories and storylines so far through the 11th century. Every dime donated will be put directly back into the show, so I hope you consider becoming a Patreon member!  Just follow this link to our Patreon page to peruse the right “subscription” for you: https://www.patreon.com/FortunesWheelPodcast.  Social Media: YouTube Page: Fortune's Wheel Podcast Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/fortunes.wheel.3  Twitter Page: https://twitter.com/WheelPodcast  Music: Music for this episode is called “Cutting Edge” from the talented artist Hemlock!Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hemlock/cutting-edge License code: Y0ZLEPLIZYV2RTMJ

Full Text of ReadingsWednesday of the First Week in Lent Lectionary: 226The Saint of the day is Saint Peter DamianSaint Peter Damian's Story Maybe because he was orphaned and had been treated shabbily by one of his brothers, Peter Damian was very good to the poor. It was the ordinary thing for him to have a poor person or two with him at table and he liked to minister personally to their needs. Peter escaped poverty and the neglect of his own brother when his other brother, who was archpriest of Ravenna, took him under his wing. His brother sent him to good schools and Peter became a professor. Already in those days, Peter was very strict with himself. He wore a hair shirt under his clothes, fasted rigorously and spent many hours in prayer. Soon, he decided to leave his teaching and give himself completely to prayer with the Benedictines of the reform of Saint Romuald at Fonte Avellana. They lived two monks to a hermitage. Peter was so eager to pray and slept so little that he soon suffered from severe insomnia. He found he had to use some prudence in taking care of himself. When he was not praying, he studied the Bible. The abbot commanded that when he died Peter should succeed him. Abbot Peter founded five other hermitages. He encouraged his brothers in a life of prayer and solitude and wanted nothing more for himself. The Holy See periodically called on him, however, to be a peacemaker or troubleshooter, between two abbeys in dispute or a cleric or government official in some disagreement with Rome. Finally, Pope Stephen IX made Peter the cardinal-bishop of Ostia. He worked hard to wipe out simony—the buying of church offices–and encouraged his priests to observe celibacy and urged even the diocesan clergy to live together and maintain scheduled prayer and religious observance. He wished to restore primitive discipline among religious and priests, warning against needless travel, violations of poverty, and too comfortable living. He even wrote to the bishop of Besancon complaining that the canons there sat down when they were singing the psalms in the Divine Office. He wrote many letters. Some 170 are extant. We also have 53 of his sermons and seven lives, or biographies, that he wrote. He preferred examples and stories rather than theory in his writings. The liturgical offices he wrote are evidence of his talent as a stylist in Latin. He asked often to be allowed to retire as cardinal-bishop of Ostia, and finally Pope Alexander II consented. Peter was happy to become once again just a monk, but he was still called to serve as a papal legate. When returning from such an assignment in Ravenna, he was overcome by a fever. With the monks gathered around him saying the Divine Office, he died on February 22, 1072. In 1828, he was declared a Doctor of the Church. Reflection Peter was a reformer and if he were alive today would no doubt encourage the renewal started by Vatican II. He would also applaud the greater emphasis on prayer that is shown by the growing number of priests, religious, and laypersons who gather regularly for prayer, as well as the special houses of prayer recently established by many religious communities. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

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Wednesday of the First Week of Lent Commemoration of St. Peter Damian, 988-1072; joined the Benedictines, and became abbot; Pope Stephen IX made him cardinal-bishop of Ostia, where he battled simony, and encouraged his priests to observe celibacy and urged even the diocesan clergy to live together and maintain scheduled prayer and religious observance; upon his retirement, he continued to serve as a papal legate; on one such assignment in Ravenna, he was overcome with fever, and died with his monks gathered around him praying the Divine Office Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/21/24 Gospel: Luke 11:29-32

Fr. Roger J. Landry Columbia Catholic Ministry, Notre Dame Church, Manhattan Wednesday of the First Week of Lent Memorial of St. Peter Damian, Doctor of the Church February 21, 2024 Jonah 3:1-10, Ps 51, Lk 11:29-32   To listen to an audio recording of today's homily, please click below:  https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/2.21.24_Homily_1.mp3   The following points were […] The post Lenten Conversion at the Sign Greater Than the Sign of Jonah, Wednesday of the First Week of Lent, February 21, 2024 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

The Community of St Gregory the Great sing the Gregorian Chant Mass for the Commemoration of St Peter Damian. Recorded live at Southgate House on 21 February 2024.

     "Faith & Feasts" is a weekly segment of Morning Light hosted by Teresa Zepeda. She starts off by highlighting some of the saints and feast days over this week including St. Peter Damian, St. Polycarp and St. Gregory of Narek. Finally, a new resource for your faith life - "Letters From the Saints" where you'll receive snail mail from the superstars of the Church.  Learn more at: www.LettersFromtheSaints.com  

How you start your morning sets the tone for your day as a whole which is why your very first actions of the day should be to give adoration and thanksgiving to the Holy Trinity followed by a morning offering. Father covers these aspect of starting your day along with listener questions and another reading from Saint Peter Damien's “The Book of Gomorrah” in this episode. Lenten Mission sermons on The Four Last Things: Death Judgement Hell Heaven Books mentioned in this episode: Saint Alphonsus Daily Meditations and Readings The Raccolta Divine Intimacy (Leather bound) Online: Saint Louis de Montfort: True Devotion to Mary Offline: Saint Louis de Montfort: True Devotion to Mary The Glories of Mary Online: The Spiritual Combat by Dom Lorenzo Scupoli Offline: The Spiritual Combat by Dom Lorenzo Scupoli The Baltimore Catechism The Book of Gomorrah and St. Peter Damian's Struggle Against Ecclesiastical Corruption Be sure to visit www.soti.blog for more information about Father Isaac, other podcast episodes, and resources for strengthening your Faith! Additional locations to view and listen to the podcast include: Odysee GloriaTV To support the work of Fr. Isaac you can donate to him via the following: Venmo PayPal To submit questions for future episodes send email to To submit questions for future episodes send email to podcast@soti.blog – questions SPECIFICALLY for Father should be addressed to father@soti.blog This podcast is produced by Supernerd Media.

As we finish 2023 it's a good time to reflect on the past year and make a General Confession. It's also an excellent time to resolve to improve our spiritual life, first by knowing ourself and our chief fault but also make the most of the time we have by developing our spiritual life through attendance at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Spiritual Communions, Mental Prayer, the Rosary, Spiritual Reading, study of the Faith, and more. Formula for a Spiritual Communion: My Jesus, I believe that Thou art present in the Blessed Sacrament. I love Thee above all things and I desire Thee in my soul. Since I cannot now receive Thee sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. As though thou wert already there, I embrace Thee and unite myself wholly to Thee; permit not that I should ever be separated from Thee (Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori). Books mentioned in this episode: Saint Alphonsus Daily Meditations and Readings Divine Intimacy (Leather bound) The Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Glories of Mary Saint Louis de Montfort: True Devotion to Mary The Story of a Family: The Home of St. Therese of Lisieux The Book of Gomorrah and St. Peter Damian's Struggle Against Ecclesiastical Corruption Be sure to visit www.soti.blog for more information about Father Isaac, other podcast episodes, and resources for strengthening your Faith! Additional locations to view and listen to the podcast include: Odysee GloriaTV To support the work of Fr. Isaac you can donate to him via the following: Venmo PayPal To submit questions for future episodes send email to To submit questions for future episodes send email to podcast@soti.blog – questions SPECIFICALLY for Father should be addressed to father@soti.blog This podcast is produced by Supernerd Media.

Good morning! On today's show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Fr. Rob Jack to discuss the difference between the particular judgment and the general judgment. Other guests include Fr. Augustine Wetta on how contrary opinions can help us in our decision making, and Gary Zimak on what Mark's Gospel tell us about the importance of watching and waiting for the Lord. Plus news, weather, sports and a whole lot more… ***** A Prayer to St. Peter Damian for Insomniacs St. Peter Damian, you were an insomniac for a long period of time. You understand how difficult it is to function after a sleepless night, how hard it is to be kind, understanding and loving when you are exhausted, how frustrating it is to be tired and unable to do your best. Please intercede for us before the throne of God and ask that if it be His will, they may be able to sleep at night and no longer suffer from insomnia. If it is not God's will at this time, we ask for the grace to use any sleepless hours as a time of prayer, offering that sleeplessness for the souls who most need God's love and mercy. ***** Laura Streitmann is online at cincinnatirighttolife.org. Full list of guestsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good morning! On today's show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Fr. John Gavin to look at one of the most famous quotes from Tertullian that's cited in the Catechism. Other guests include Dr. Matthew Bunson with more coverage of the Synod on Synodality, and Kevin Schmiesing with This Week in Catholic History. Plus all the latest news, weather, sports, and a whole lot more… ***** A Prayer to St. Peter Damian for Insomniacs St. Peter Damian, you were an insomniac for a long period of time. You understand how difficult it is to function after a sleepless night, how hard it is to be kind, understanding and loving when you are exhausted, how frustrating it is to be tired and unable to do your best. Please intercede for us before the throne of God and ask that if it be His will, they may be able to sleep at night and no longer suffer from insomnia. If it is not God's will at this time, we ask for the grace to use any sleepless hours as a time of prayer, offering that sleeplessness for the souls who most need God's love and mercy. ***** Msgr. James Shea is online at eucharisticcongress.org. Damien O'Connor is online at kofc.org/missionofthefamily Full list of guestsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

#SPONSORED - Check out Our Lady of Victory Homeschool: OLVS.org Before getting into the controversy surrounding breaking news about Fathers Jackson (FSSP) and de Maillard (SSPX), Michael Matt looks at the post-Vatican II Church under fire in just about every conceivable way – from 9 priests murdered in Mexico, to cathedrals burned by arsonists in Europe, to iconic churches being repurposed as restaurants, climbing walls, and even Satanic temples all over the world. And what's Pope Francis doing about cancel culture cancelling the Catholic Church? Why, he's canceling the Latin Mass, of course. Plus, the politicization of sex scandals involving Latin Mass priests: Critics accuse traditional Catholics of believing that, since they offer the Latin Mass, traditionalist priests can never fall from grace. Is this true? The same critics also insist that Traditional Catholics say there was no problem with predator priests before Vatican II. Is this true? How could it be when St. Peter Damian was warning against perverts in the priesthood a thousand years ago?   Uh-oh! What's an “investigative journalist” going to do now? Are any of these charges true, or is this just part of their anti-Trad narrative? Michael takes it head on: What do traditionalists actually believe? What is the truth of the matter? And are Latin Mass priests above the law? HOW TO SUPPORT RTV: Sign up for Michael Matt's Weekly E-Letter: https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/subscribe-today/free-remnant-updates Follow Michael Matt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Michael_J_Matt Subscribe to The Remnant Newspaper, print and/or digital versions available: https://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/subscribe-today Listen to Michael Matt's podcasts:SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/1AdkCDFfR736CqcGw2Uvd0APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-michael-j-matt-show/id1563298989

Dr. Tom Curran talks about the 500-year-cycle of church crises: teaching, sexual morality and finances/power. Tom shares stories of bishops who stood up against heresy in the church: St. Athanasius, St. Peter Damian, St. Pope Gregory VII and more!Tom references the article: Imagining a Heretical Cardinal by Thomas J. Paprocki (FirstThings.com)

February 23rd, 2023 -Ecclesiastical corruption! Sexual perversity in the clergy! Matthew Hoffman, translator of St. Peter Damian's "Book of Gomorrah", joins us to discuss these painfully relevant topic in the light of St. Peter's life and work.

Full Text of ReadingsTuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 342The Saint of the day is Saint Peter DamianSaint Peter Damian's Story Maybe because he was orphaned and had been treated shabbily by one of his brothers, Peter Damian was very good to the poor. It was the ordinary thing for him to have a poor person or two with him at table and he liked to minister personally to their needs. Peter escaped poverty and the neglect of his own brother when his other brother, who was archpriest of Ravenna, took him under his wing. His brother sent him to good schools and Peter became a professor. Already in those days, Peter was very strict with himself. He wore a hair shirt under his clothes, fasted rigorously and spent many hours in prayer. Soon, he decided to leave his teaching and give himself completely to prayer with the Benedictines of the reform of Saint Romuald at Fonte Avellana. They lived two monks to a hermitage. Peter was so eager to pray and slept so little that he soon suffered from severe insomnia. He found he had to use some prudence in taking care of himself. When he was not praying, he studied the Bible. The abbot commanded that when he died Peter should succeed him. Abbot Peter founded five other hermitages. He encouraged his brothers in a life of prayer and solitude and wanted nothing more for himself. The Holy See periodically called on him, however, to be a peacemaker or troubleshooter, between two abbeys in dispute or a cleric or government official in some disagreement with Rome. Finally, Pope Stephen IX made Peter the cardinal-bishop of Ostia. He worked hard to wipe out simony—the buying of church offices–and encouraged his priests to observe celibacy and urged even the diocesan clergy to live together and maintain scheduled prayer and religious observance. He wished to restore primitive discipline among religious and priests, warning against needless travel, violations of poverty, and too comfortable living. He even wrote to the bishop of Besancon complaining that the canons there sat down when they were singing the psalms in the Divine Office. He wrote many letters. Some 170 are extant. We also have 53 of his sermons and seven lives, or biographies, that he wrote. He preferred examples and stories rather than theory in his writings. The liturgical offices he wrote are evidence of his talent as a stylist in Latin. He asked often to be allowed to retire as cardinal-bishop of Ostia, and finally Pope Alexander II consented. Peter was happy to become once again just a monk, but he was still called to serve as a papal legate. When returning from such an assignment in Ravenna, he was overcome by a fever. With the monks gathered around him saying the Divine Office, he died on February 22, 1072. In 1828, he was declared a Doctor of the Church. Reflection Peter was a reformer and if he were alive today would no doubt encourage the renewal started by Vatican II. He would also applaud the greater emphasis on prayer that is shown by the growing number of priests, religious, and laypersons who gather regularly for prayer, as well as the special houses of prayer recently established by many religious communities. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

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Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial of St. Peter Damian, 988-1072; left a teaching career to become a Benedictine; ultimately became abbot of his community and founded five other hermitages; Pope Stephen IX appointed him cardinal-bishop of Ostia, where he worked to wipe out abuses and encourage the holiness of the clergy; after retiring, he was called to serve as a papal legate; when returning from one such assignment in Ravenna, he was overcome by fever and died Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 2/21/23 Gospel: Mark 9:30-37

Fr. Roger J. Landry Columbia Catholic Ministry, Notre Dame, Manhattan Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time, Year I Memorial of St. Peter Damian, Doctor of the Church February 21, 2023 Sir 2:1-11, Ps 37, Mk 9:30-37   To listen to an audio recording of today's Gospel, please click below:  https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/2.21.23_Homily_1.mp3   The following […] The post Preparing Ourselves for Trials with Trust, Seventh Tuesday (I), February 21, 2023 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

Hey, friends! Today's Saint Friend hoped for a life as a solitary monk and ended up being a “fixer” bishop for three different popes. Let's find out how an orphan boy can make his was into the line of Apostolic Succession with our new friend: Saint Peter Damian, bishop and Doctor of the Church.

Every age of the Church has different needs. In the eleventh century, the Church needed an unwavering and courageous voice for reform. Saint Peter Damian was that voice. Though his heart was most at home in his monastery doing penance and chanting the psalms, his valiant efforts restored many parts of the Church which began to radiate as the Bride of Christ once again.This Podcast series is available on  all major platforms.See more resources, maps, and information at:https://www.dwworldhistory.comCheckout the video version at:https://www.youtube.com/DWWorldHistoryA PDF Publication is available for this episode at:https://www.patreon.com/DWWorldHistorySupport the show

The Community of St Gregory the Great sing the Gregorian Chant Mass for the Memoria of St Peter Damian. Recorded live at Southgate House on 21 February 2023.

Ecclesiasticus 2:1-11 (The chosen are tested like gold in the fire) 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (Make the preaching of the Good news your life's work, in thoroughgoing service)

Peter Damian, bishop and doctor Hymn Antiphon: Our God will be made manifest; he will not come in silence. Psalm 50 Antiphon: Offer to God the sacrifice of praise Psalm 50 Antiphon: I want a loving heart more than sacrifice, knowledge of my ways more than holocausts. Psalm 50 Verse: You will hear the word from my mouth Resp: You will tell others what I have said. First reading: Sirach 39:1-10 Responsory: The Lord filled him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding. Second reading: From a letter by St. Peter Damian, bishop Responsory: His future will be secure in the Lord. Presentation of the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) from The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) (c) 1975, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The texts of Biblical Readings are reproduced from the New American Bible © 1975

Peter Damian, bishop and doctor: Invitatory Invitatory Antiphon: Come, let us worship Christ, chief shepherd of the flock. Presentation of the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office) from The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes) (c) 1975, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. The texts of Biblical Readings are reproduced from the New American Bible © 1975

Dr. Matthew Bunson discusses the life, times and teachings of St. Peter Damian Born: 1007, Ravenna, Italy Died: February 23, 1072, Faenza, Italy The post St. Peter Damian – The Doctors of the Church: The Charism of Wisdom with Dr. Matthew Bunson Podcast appeared first on Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcasts.

February 21: Saint Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor 1007–1072 Optional Memorial; Liturgical Color: White (Violet on Lenten Weekday) Patron Saint of Faenza and Font-Avellana, Italy A wise monk becomes a Cardinal and thunders for reform Every Catholic knows that the Pope is elected by, and from, the Cardinals of the Church gathered in the Sistine Chapel. Every Catholic knows that the Pope then goes to a large balcony perched high in the facade of St. Peter's Basilica to greet the faithful and receive their acceptance. This is simply the way things are done in the Church. But it's not the way things were always done. A Catholic in the early Middle Ages would have described a papal election as something like a bar room brawl, a knife fight, or a political horse race replete with bribes, connivings, and promises made just to be broken. Everyone—far-off emperors, the nobility of Rome, military generals, influential laity—tried to steer the rudder of the Church in one direction or another. Papal elections were deeply divisive and caused lasting damage to the Body of Christ. Then along came Saint Peter Damian to save the day. Saint Peter headed a group of reform-minded Cardinals and others who decided in 1059 that only Cardinal Bishops could elect the Pope. No nobles. No crowds. No emperors. Saint Peter wrote that the Cardinal Bishops do the electing, the other clergy give their assent, and the people give their applause. This is exactly the program the Church has followed for almost a thousand years. Today's saint sought to reform himself first, and then to pull every weed that choked life from the healthy plants in the garden of the Church. After a difficult upbringing of poverty and neglect, Peter was saved from destitution by an older brother named Damian. Out of gratitude, he added his older brother's name to his own. He was given an excellent education, in which his natural gifts became apparent, and then entered a strict monastery to live as a monk. Peter's extreme mortifications, learning, wisdom, uninterrupted life of prayer, and desire to right the ship of the Church put him into contact with many other Church leaders who desired the same. Peter eventually was called to Rome and became a counselor to a succession of popes. Against his will, he was ordained a Bishop, made a Cardinal, and headed a diocese. He fought against simony (the purchasing of church offices), against clerical marriage, and for the reform of papal elections. He also thundered, in the strongest language, against the scourge of homosexuality in the priesthood. After being personally involved in various ecclesiastical battles for reform, he requested leave to return to his monastery. His request was repeatedly denied until finally the Holy Father let him return to a life of prayer and penance, where his primary distraction was carving wooden spoons. After fulfilling a few more sensitive missions to France and Italy, Peter Damian died of fever in 1072. Pope Benedict XVI has described him as "one of the most significant figures of the eleventh century...a lover of solitude and at the same time a fearless man of the Church, committed personally to the task of reform." He died about one hundred years before Saint Francis of Assisi was born, yet some have referred to him as the Saint Francis of his age. More than two hundred years after our saint's death, Dante wrote his Divine Comedy. The author is guided through paradise and sees a golden ladder, lit by a sunbeam, stretching into the clouds above. Dante begins to climb and meets a soul radiating the pure love of God. Dante is in awe that the heavenly choirs have fallen silent to listen to this soul speak: "The mind is light here, on earth it is smoke. Consider, then, how it can do down there what it cannot do up here with heaven's help." God is unknowable even in heaven itself, so how much more unfathomable must He be on earth. Dante drinks in this wisdom and, transfixed, asks this soul its name. The soul then describes its prior earthly life: “In that cloister I became so steadfast in the service of our God that with food seasoned just with olive-juice lightheartedly I bore both heat and cold, content with thoughtful prayers of contemplation. I was, in that place, Peter Damian.” Dante is among refined company in the loftiest ranks of heaven with today's saint. Saint Peter Damian, you never asked of others what you did not demand of yourself. You even endured the detraction and calumny of your peers. Help us to reform others by our example, learning, perseverance, mortifications, and prayers.

Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 1st Wednesday of Advent, on the Feast St. Andrew the Apostle, November 30th, 2022. Celebrated by Father Nathaniel Sanders. Thanks for praying with us, for inquiries, requests, feedback, please email singthehours@gmail.com. Visit our website www.singthehours.org. To support this work, visit www.patreon.com/singthehours. Deus in Adjutorium Hymn: "Captator Olim Piscium," St. Peter Damian, 4th Century Psalm 116v10-19 (Gregorian tone 7) Psalm 126 (Gregorian tone 2) Canticle: Ephesians 1v3-10 (Gregorian tone 1) Reading: Ephesians 4v11-13 Responsory: Tell all the nations, how glorious God is. Magnificat: Luke 1v46-55 (Latin, Gregorian tone 8) Intercessions: Be mindful of your Church, O Lord. The Lord's Prayer Concluding Prayers The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes), ©1974, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Readings and Old and New Testament Canticles (except the Gospel Canticles) are from the New American Bible © 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C.

Vespers, Evening Prayer for the 20th Monday in Ordinary Time, August 15th, 2022. Solemnity of the Assumption. Thanks for praying with us, for inquiries, requests, feedback, please email singthehours@gmail.com. I need your support! This project is in great need of faithful support from our faithful listeners. Thank you to our 300< patrons who have already pledged. To get involved, please visit www.patreon.com/singthehours. Hymn: "Gaudium Mundi," St. Peter Damian, translation copyright ©2021 John R. Rose, Latin source: Solesmes Liber Hymnarius, 1983 (2019), p. 414. Acknowledgements: Holly Coty, Sing the Hours Psalm 122 Psalm 127 Canticle: Ephesians 1v3-10 1 Corinthians 15v22-23 Responsory: The Virgin Mary is exalted above the choirs of angels. Magnificat, Canticle of Mary Intercessions: Mary, full of grace, intercede for us. The Lord’s Prayer Concluding Prayers Salve Regina The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes), ©1974, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Readings and Old and New Testament Canticles (except the Gospel Canticles) are from the New American Bible © 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C.

Vespers, Evening Prayer I for the Solemnity of the Assumption, on the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 14th, 2022. Thanks for praying with us, for inquiries, requests, feedback, please email singthehours@gmail.com. I need your support! This project is in great need of faithful support from our faithful listeners. Thank you to our nearly 300< patrons who have already pledged. To get involved, please visit www.patreon.com/singthehours. Hymn: "Gaudium Mundi," St. Peter Damian, translation copyright ©2021 John R. Rose, Latin source: Solesmes Liber Hymnarius, 1983 (2019), p. 414. Acknowledgements: Holly Coty, Sing the Hours Psalm 113 Psalm 147v12-20 Canticle: Ephesians 1v3-10 Reading: Romans 8:30 Responsory: As Mary is taken up to heaven, the angels of God rejoice. Magnificat, Canticle of Mary Intercessions: Mary, full of grace, intercede for us. The Lord’s Prayer Concluding Prayers Salve Regina The Liturgy of the Hours (Four Volumes), ©1974, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. Readings and Old and New Testament Canticles (except the Gospel Canticles) are from the New American Bible © 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C.

Father Ed Broom, OMV, serves as Associate Pastor at St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens, California. He is a member of the Religious Order, Oblates of the Virgin Mary, and was ordained by Saint John Paul II in St Peter's Basilica on May 25, 1986. Fr. Ed is a Retreat Master and teaches Catholic […] The post ST. PETER DAMIAN appeared first on Fr. Ed Broom, OMV.

Saint Peter Damian, Bishop and Doctor of the Church1007–1072February 21—Optional MemorialLiturgical Color: White (Purple if Lenten Weekday)Patron Saint of Faenza and Font-Avellano, ItalyA wise and holy monk becomes a Cardinal and thunders for reform in the ChurchEvery Catholic knows that the Pope is elected by, and from, the Cardinals of the Church gathered in the Sistine Chapel. Every Catholic knows that the Pope then goes to a large balcony perched high in the facade of St. Peter's Basilica to greet the faithful and receive their acceptance. This is simply the way things are done in the Church. But it's not the way things were always done. A Catholic in the early Middle Ages would have described a papal election as something like a bar room fight, a back-alley brawl, or a political horse race replete with bribes, connivings, and promises made just to be broken. Everyone—far-off emperors, the nobility of Rome, military generals, influential laity, priests—put their hands on the wheel to turn the rudder of the Church in one direction or another. Papal elections were sources of deep division, causing lasting damage to the Body of Christ. Then along came Saint Peter Damian to save the day.Saint Peter headed a group of reform-minded Cardinals and others who decided in 1059 that only Cardinal Bishops could elect the Pope. No nobles. No crowds. No emperors. Saint Peter wrote that the Cardinal Bishops do the electing, the other clergy give their assent, and the people give their applause. This is exactly the program the Church has followed for almost a thousand years.Today's saint sought to reform himself first, and then to pull every weed that choked life from the healthy plants in the garden of the Church. After a difficult upbringing of poverty and neglect, Peter was saved from destitution by an older brother named Damian. Out of gratitude, he added his older brother's name to his own. He was given an excellent education, in which his natural gifts became apparent, and then entered a strict monastery to live as a monk. Peter's extreme mortifications, learning, wisdom, uninterrupted life of prayer, and desire to right the ship of the Church put him into contact with many other Church leaders who desired the same. Peter eventually was called to Rome and became a counselor to a succession of popes. Against his will, he was ordained a Bishop, made a Cardinal, and headed a diocese. He fought against simony (the purchasing of church offices), against clerical marriage, and for the reform of papal elections. He also thundered, in the strongest and clearest of language, against the scourge of homosexuality in the priesthood.After being personally involved in various ecclesiastical battles for reform, he requested leave to return to his monastery. His request was repeatedly denied until finally the Holy Father let him return to a life of prayer and penance, where his primary distraction was carving wooden spoons. After fulfilling a few more sensitive missions to France and Italy, Peter Damian died of fever in 1072. Pope Benedict XVI has described him as “one of the most significant figures of the eleventh century…a lover of solitude and at the same time a fearless man of the Church, committed personally to the task of reform.” He died about one hundred years before Saint Francis of Assisi was born, yet some have referred to him as the Saint Francis of his age.More than two hundred years after our saint's death, Dante wrote his Divine Comedy. The author is guided through paradise and sees a golden ladder, lit by a sunbeam, stretching into the clouds above. Dante begins to climb and meets a soul radiating the pure love of God. Dante is in awe that the heavenly choirs have fallen silent to listen to this soul speak: “The mind is light here, on earth it is smoke. Consider, then, how it can do down there what it cannot do up here with heaven's help.” God is unknowable even in heaven itself, so how much more unfathomable must He be on earth. Dante drinks in this wisdom and, transfixed, asks this soul its name. The soul then describes its prior earthly life: “In that cloister I became so steadfast in the service of our God that with food seasoned just with olive-juice lightheartedly I bore both heat and cold, content with thoughtful prayers of contemplation. I was, in that place, Peter Damian.” Dante is among refined company in the loftiest heights of heaven.Saint Peter Damian, your reform of the Church began in your own monastery cell. You never asked of others what you did not demand first of yourself. You even endured the detraction and calumny of your peers. Help us to reform others by our example, learning, perseverance, mortifications, and prayers.