Podcast appearances and mentions of Saint Bernard

Today is the feast of Saint Bernard of Menthon, a priest who traveled around the alps preaching the Gospel and helping pilgrims who needed assistance in the dangerous passes of the mountains.

Dans cette émission, nous recevons l’association Le Vaisseau – Spectacles & Productions pour parler de la toute première édition de leur festival, organisé au Parc Saint-Benoît à Saint-Bernard-du-Touvet (38), du 28 au 30 mai. Pour représenter l’association sur le plateau,... Continue Reading →

Friends of the Rosary,Christ Jesus is the gate to life. As we read today (John 10:1-10), the Messiah said to the Pharisees,"I am the gate for the sheep.All who came before me are thieves and robbers,but the sheep did not listen to them.I am the gate.Whoever enters through me will be saved,and will come in and go out and find pasture.A thief comes only to steal and slaughter and destroy;I came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly."Today, we honor the fourth-century martyr St. Pancras. Like Saint Agnes, Pancras is remembered for winning the martyr's crown while still a teenager.Saint Bernard evoked his sacrifice: “He has totally emptied himself, and he did not allow himself to be concerned with things he knew could never satisfy him. He knew in whose image he had been made, of what greatness he is capable.”Ave Maria!Jesus, I Trust In You!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will. Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠May 12, 2025, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

De plus en plus de migrants à la frontière de Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle. ENTREVUE avec Jean-François Roberge, ministre de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’IntégrationPour de l'information concernant l'utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

De plus en plus de migrants à la frontière de Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle | Un conducteur a été tabassé par un témoin après avoir heurté un piéton dans le secteur de Montréal-Nord | Surprise ! Ivan Demidov se joint au Canadiens de Montréal | Marcia Pilote présente son livre « Oui, je me veux ! » Dans cet épisode intégral du 8 avril, en entrevue : Jean-François Roberge, ministre de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration Walid Hijazi, avocat criminaliste Jean-François Baril, chroniqueur sportif Marcia Pilote, comédienne et auteure Une production QUB Avril 2025Pour de l'information concernant l'utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

Migrants à la frontière : plus de 200 migrants à Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle ENTREVUE avec Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, porte-parole du Bloc Québécois en matière d’ImmigrationPour de l'information concernant l'utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

À quel moment de l’année est-il sécuritaire de changer nos pneus pour l’été ? | Les iPhones pourraient coûter 30 à 40% plus cher en raison des tarifs du président américain | Migrants à la frontière : plus de 200 migrants à Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle Dans cet épisode intégral du 8 avril, en entrevue : Bertrand Godin, pilote automobile Bruno Guglielminetti, analyste, conférencier et animateur du balado d’actualité numérique « Mon Carnet ». Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, porte-parole du Bloc Québécois en matière d’Immigration Guy Jodoin, co-animateur de Sortez-moi d’ici Une production QUB Avril 2025Pour de l'information concernant l'utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

« Le mois de mars est propice pour remonter aux origines du chant cistercien, ce chant grégorien réformé au XIIe siècle. Il ne verra le jour qu'après la fondation de l'abbaye de Cîteaux, le 21 mars 1098. Pour nous expliquer l'origine de ce chant, ces valeurs et caractéristiques ainsi que la figure majeure de Saint-Bernard, nous recevons la musicologue Alicia Scarcez qui est l'auteur d'une thèse consacrée au chant de Saint-Bernard ». Une séquence réalisée par Cécile Poss Sujets traités : chant, cistercien, grégorien, Saint-Bernard Merci pour votre écoute Un Jour dans l'Histoire, c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 13h15 à 14h30 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes d'Un Jour dans l'Histoire sur notre plateforme Auvio.be :https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/5936 Intéressés par l'histoire ? Vous pourriez également aimer nos autres podcasts : L'Histoire Continue: https://audmns.com/kSbpELwL'heure H : https://audmns.com/YagLLiKEt sa version à écouter en famille : La Mini Heure H https://audmns.com/YagLLiKAinsi que nos séries historiques :Chili, le Pays de mes Histoires : https://audmns.com/XHbnevhD-Day : https://audmns.com/JWRdPYIJoséphine Baker : https://audmns.com/wCfhoEwLa folle histoire de l'aviation : https://audmns.com/xAWjyWCLes Jeux Olympiques, l'étonnant miroir de notre Histoire : https://audmns.com/ZEIihzZMarguerite, la Voix d'une Résistante : https://audmns.com/zFDehnENapoléon, le crépuscule de l'Aigle : https://audmns.com/DcdnIUnUn Jour dans le Sport : https://audmns.com/xXlkHMHSous le sable des Pyramides : https://audmns.com/rXfVppvN'oubliez pas de vous y abonner pour ne rien manquer.Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement. Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Wellness + Wisdom: Liberated Life Series | Episode 727 Wellness + Wisdom Podcast Host, Josh Trent, shares how we can recognize deception in our everyday lives, why we believe the illusory truth effect and manipulation tactics such as fear-mongering and social proof pressure, and how we can create an internal defense system through self-awareness practices to avoid falling prey to harmful narratives. Join The Liberated Life Tribe We ALL have problems. Stop hiding. Start living life liberated. Learn how to set yourself free from self-sabotage, limiting beliefs, thoughts + behaviors so you will have lifelong confidence + clarity of purpose through a thriving community + practical tools, guiding you to play a new reality game. Discover lifelong confidence, clarity, and a true sense of purpose with practical tools and a supportive community. 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Save 20% with "JOSH20" Listen To Episode 727 As Josh Trent Uncovers: [00:00] Understanding Deception + Self-Deception Key concept: The biggest lies we believe often feel like the biggest truths Saint Bernard's quote: 'The road to hell is paved with good intentions' Milton Friedman's wisdom: judge policies by results, not intentions The most dangerous deceptions are wrapped in good intentions People lose the ability to discern truth from deception when relying on external validation Illusory truth effect: cognitive bias where repeated false statements become believed [07:55] Cognitive Biases + Manipulation Tactics Our brains prefer familiar information, creating cognitive shortcuts Familiarity does not equal truth Question to ask yourself: 'Do I believe this because it's true or because I've heard it repeatedly?' 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Dearest Listener! Please enjoy this very special bonus episode! We welcome Dirk Hoffmann-Becking, from The History of the Germans Podcast. If there's something this man doesn't know about the Wittelsbachs, I sure as hell don't want to hear about it!Dirk takes Jonny and I from the earliest context surrounding the founding of Berlin and introduces us to some real characters like Henry the Fowler, all round nice guy, Uta von Ballenstedt, popped collar, cold hard stare, medieval FOX; As well as the painfully incontinent and hateful Saint Bernard of Clairvaux…AND he's here and he's less cuddly than you might think, it's Albrecht the mutha hugging BEAR!You can find more of Dirk's fantastic content here: https://historyofthegermans.com/++++++LIVE LIVE LIVE!!!! Come see us LIVE on the 29th March 2025 at the Comedy Cafe Berlin at 8pm,

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FOX 31'S DAVE FRASER WILL TELL US WHEN THIS COLD WILL BREAK Because JUMPIN JEHOSEPHAT is it cold outside. Even Jinx the Saint Bernard was like "no thank you" this morning. He joins me at 12:30 to discuss.

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Momma Carson.Based on a post by FinalStand, in 13 parts. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels. Since a quick 'cool down' in the pool seemed like a Great idea at that instant, I sidled down the sofa and retrieved swimming trunks from my book bag. Though not Speedos, Brandy still approved. This also allowed me to 'clean up' with my underwear then stow it away in the plastic bag the trunks had come in.‘Okay,' she rang out once we were back in shirts and shorts. Mamma Carson came into view and all the blood which had been struggling back up to my brain raced to my enraged cock. Brandy's Mom was wearing a light grey sports bra, with nipples poking out invitingly, matching boy shorts, with clearly evident camel toe, and; ah; petite workout moccasins? That's what they looked like anyway. She completed the ensemble with a baby blue hair bow holding most of her hair back and a matching linen towel over her right shoulder.Undoubtedly; I was drooling.‘Mamma!' Brandy exclaimed in faux-surprise over 'Mamma's' attire.‘I just wanted to work out in the home gym and to know if you wanted to join me; like old times,' Mrs. Carson asked all innocent-like. What Brandy said was a bit less innocent and way more indicative of Brandy's trust in me (or so I thought).‘Mamma, dressed that way; I'm afraid Vlad might rape you. I'm pretty sure his brother Mikhail will; if he sees you walking around dressed like that,' Brandy chortled. Jodi May Memphis Carson wasn't a believer so I turned to the woman whose opinion truly mattered.‘Can I? Can I? Can I?' I pleaded as I fell to my knees before Brandy. ‘Please, please, please! Can I have her?'‘What!' squawked Brandy even as her eyes shone with feverish glee.‘What?' gawked Jodi May, not wanting to comprehend the scene before her; and her powerlessness in it.‘She's, my, Mother,' Brandy put both fists on her hips and began scolding me.‘Yeah, yeah, yeah,' I rapidly nodded like a maddened Fool.‘What she said,' Mamma Carson affirmed.‘Don't you care that she's my Mamma?' Brandy's tone became teasing.‘I think it is extra-special that she's your mother,' I kept up the head-bobbing.‘But I'm; ah; older enough to be her Mother,' the older Carson protested.‘Yes,' I turned to Jodi May, ‘you are what I have to look forward to if we get married, Jodi May.' Then I added a bit of my newfound cunning by saying, ‘You are almost as good as the real Brandy to my way of thinking.'I turned back to My Girl because I wasn't sure how good my Poker Face was, or how good Jodi May was at reading the hearts of young men. In reality, I didn't want a Brandy substitute and would wait for the real Brandy to become available as opposed to 'settling'.That wasn't what both women had heard though. For Brandy, it was a cruelly landed barb; on the Mother who had slept with her previous beau; as if Darius hadn't bothered to both tell Brandy and demand she never reveal she knew; because he was that kind of twisted piece of work, poisoning Daughter against her Mother.Out of sight of Mamma, I crossed the first and fore fingers of my hands to create the '#' sign followed by a '1' as I mouthed 'girl'. She winked with her hooded, left eye to show she'd caught on to my game.‘Prince, don't get pouty,' Brandy stroked my cheek. ‘It is just that Darius used to tucker her out and you are easily twice the lover he ever was to me. I don't want you screwing her unconscious like you did me our first time either,' she added on, ‘on her first day back.'‘Brandy; what?' Jodi May mentally backpedaled. ‘Who told you such stuff?'‘Darius told me, Mamma. He even showed me a video of you, him and Rashaan in a three-way,' she undercut any further attempts at denial. ‘It's okay. I believed Darius' lies too and made even worse mistakes; like believing he cared about me as opposed to his real purpose; which was to hurt Daddy.'‘Baby, you can't; I mean; it was one mistake,' she evaded.‘He showed me two tapes,' Brandy looked saddened to catch her maternal champion in a lie.‘Brandy; I; ‘‘Mamma, I'm free of him now,' Brandy let a single tear track her cheek. ‘Vlad saved me.'I took this as my clue to rise up, stop playing the Clown and return to being her masculine Guardian and Protector. I wrapped Brandy up in both arms as she wrapped my waist up in hers. Soft kisses landed on the top of her head.‘Hey, Princess?'‘Yes Prince?'‘How about you go upstairs and get dressed for a gym workout and I'll stay down here with your mother and; ‘ I led off.‘Yes; and; ,' Brandy wiggled while she looked straight up into my gaze.‘I'll spank her until you return. Seems totally fair and unbiased to me.'‘Spanking my ass is not enough for you?' she sniffle-giggled.‘Wait? What? I get to spank both your asses?!?!?'‘No,' she protested. ‘You get to spank Mamma, but only until I get back.'‘Brandy!' Mom exclaimed.‘Mamma, I'll change real fast, I promise,' Brandy shot me another wink then sprinted off before there could be any other verbal roadblocks.More, as in more of Jodi MayA few seconds later;‘Young man, I am not going to let you spank me,' Jodi May announced.‘If you don't, can you imagine how much more disappointed in you Brandy will be when she gets back? Sleeping with Darius was a stupid thing to do, but you both know how charismatic he could be. Lying to her about what you did was dumber and overly cruel to a young woman who deserves the truth desperately,' I glared her way.‘That doesn't equate to me degrading myself before you,' she frowned.‘Oh, come on,' I attempted to placate the mother. ‘Just lay across my lap. I'll give one good smack when I hear her coming down the stairs and she'll be mollified.'Maybe I had a good Poker Face after all, or perhaps mine was yet another lie Jodi May wanted/choose to believe.‘Well, don't get slap happy,' she wagged a finger at me as she came around the sofa. She certainly walked slowly enough to hard-sell her reluctance.I languidly sat down, then beckoned her forward with my forefinger. Her eyes rolled heavenward at my theater even as she complied; by crawling across my lap. I held off my 'gulp' until she wasn't looking at me.Step 1: I held my palms upraised and clasped together in supplication and prayer while whispering, ‘Таксиарх Архангел Михаил, за то, что я собираюсь получить, я смиренно благодарен.' ‘Taksiarkh Arkhangel Mikhail, za to, chto ya sobirayus' poluchit', ya smirenno blagodaren.'‘Are you saying Grace over my Behind?' she looked over her shoulder at me, somewhat caught between cross and bemused.‘Your whole body, Ma'am. Your whole body and it is only fitting and proper that I do so. Anything less would be sacrilegious in the extreme,' I smiled. Jodi May smirked. She shouldn't have been so confident.Step 2 saw me putting my left forearm casually over her shoulder blades. Now she was tensing up and becoming physically uneasy, but too late for that.Step 3 and I began massaging her buttocks.‘Hey! What are you doing?' she hissed. Her attempts to rise were countered by me applying pressure with my forearm. My right hand rose and came down with a resounding 'Smack!' ‘Ow! What the; ‘‘It should be obvious,' I humored her. ‘I lied. You've been bad. Worse, you've been bad to Brandy in my presence and I'm not going to tolerate that, not for one second. Clear enough?'‘Let go,' she struggled valiantly. ‘I said; Ow! Ugh,' she sniffled as a second blow was followed by a third in rapid succession.‘Next time it will be three and the number keeps going on up, got it?' I stated. She hesitated so my right hand rose.‘Yes,' she yielded cautiously.‘Okay. Here are the new Ground Rules. Brandy is the Lady of this House, not you. You ran off while she stayed. Play nice and my family will work overtime to not make things even worse between you and your husband when he returns. Cross any of us, or Brandy, and you have no clue how bad it will get,' I began.‘And if I say 'no' are you going to continue to beat me?' she challenged. Down came three hard blows on her luscious posterior which vibrated deliciously with each impact.‘Ow, ow, Ow!' she teared up. ‘Stop! Please stop!' It would have been more convincing if I hadn't spotted her hands sneaking back. I foresaw ten sets of claw marks in my near future if I wasn't careful.Down came four painful blows with the accompanying highly vocal protests.‘Hands over your head,' I demanded in a harsh, unforgiving tone. ‘Five, four, three; ‘I could see her contemplate trying to scarify me then think better of it. My pain tolerance was an unknowns while she was approaching hers. Up her hands went.‘Good girl,' I leaned forward and cooed into her hair from close above. ‘Cross your wrists and keep them that way.' Again, compliance with an undertone of a mare getting ready to bolt. ‘Raise your legs up on the sofa and cross your ankles. Keep them that way.' At this point she realized she was stuck. There was going to be no quick getaway for her.‘Who is the Lady of the House?' I inquired softly.‘Brandy.'‘Not very convincing, but that will have to do for the moment,' I first caused her to coil from the expected painful spanking, then relax when she realized she'd gained a respite. ‘I know you don't believe me for no reason which truly makes sense to me, but you don't. I'm okay with your current misconceptions about me.'I moved my hand under the elastic of her shorts.‘Hey,' she tried to raise her head up, stilling me with her gaze alone. My hand worked down to the crack of her ass then alternating along the sides instead of continuing 'deeper'. Once more, this was just a false hiatus as, with a few quick twists of my right wrist, I began working her shorts down until I had exposed her bare buttocks to me.Since the verbal and non-verbal roadblocks weren't working, she went for the straight physical denial by clamping her thighs shut. Thighs are stronger than arms, but you'd have had to have been a premier female bodybuilder to keep my questing fingers from between them and stop my progress at this late date; and Jodi May's figure was way too opulent for that's sport's discipline.‘While keeping your ankles crossed, move your knees apart,' I ordered. Finally she launched her all-out rebellion. I could have out-wrestled her three years ago and won without my current hellish advantages. I had Jodi May off the sofa and pinned, face-first, on the floor in ten seconds flat. Five blows to her scrumptious rear rained down. This time the resulting tears were very real.‘Okay; okay,' she sobbed.I made a production of getting off of her, resuming my seat then having her crawl back across my lap. This time she was utterly defeated and scared. Six blows were her 'reward'. The 'reward' was the playfulness of those feather-light touches of those faux-slaps to her abused flesh. ‘Ah, ah, ah; oh; ‘‘Raise up your tush.'Her ‘Why?' was quickly followed by my frown and then her instant compliance. Kisses replaced the palm of my hand as I blew gently and placed faint signs of affection on her posterior. My hand was busy going between her cheeks until my fingertips contacted moist labia-meat.‘Ah; should you? Brandy; back soon?' Jodi May whimpered.‘Who is the Lady of the House?'‘; Brandy?'‘Yes and it is up to Brandy to call me off. I know how long it takes for her to get dressed when she has sex on her mind, so I'm already aware she can intervene whenever she wishes to. This is Brandy's game, Jodi May, not yours, not mine.'I worked two fingers up to the first digit into her labia, feeling she was becoming quite wet. My thumb was tapping her sphincter as well. Jodi May was beginning to really get into it, adding a little push back to my play, when Brandy announced her presence.‘Hey guys. Whatchya doing?'I held Jodi May firm so all my mature victim could do was stay on all fours while I methodically finger fucked her from behind.‘Quick; let me up,' Jodi May urged me quietly, yet without much conviction.‘No.'‘Mamma; Vlad?' Brandy glided down the stairs and fully into view. I had been prepared for more of a fight from Mrs. Carson than she'd put up, which was for damn sure. Jodi May gracefully slid off the sofa, dragging a throw pillow with her and then buried her face in it, more a feeble effort at hiding than any real attempt to break our coupling.I couldn't have been more baffled though I felt compelled to follow to keep my position via-a-via her body.'She's been lonely,' Brandy mouthed to me followed by, ‘Vlad, that's my Mother!''Huh?' from me.'Don't stop', then ‘get off of her right now, Mister!' Fortunately, I figured out which sets of lips to obey; Brandy's silent ones and Jodi May's lower, gooey ones. Her upper ones were beginning to make subdued little moaning noises.‘Oh Mamma, is my Prince being mean to you?' my Lady knelt by her mother's head.‘He spanked me badly,' the older lady mumbled into the pillow.‘Vlad, make it up to her,' Brandy turned to me. Her insistent tone was undermined by her wink.‘I like where I am,' I defied her then mouthed, 'what do I do?'‘None of that backtalk, Mister,' she waggled a finger at me. ‘Get those magic lips to work this instant,' the finger pointed toward her mother's hindquarters.‘And if I don't?' I scoffed. Then, 'I love you.'‘Then that cock of yours is blocked from ALL the ladies this weekend; Oh Vlad who is living Vicariously,' she shot me a sly smile. 'I love you too.'‘Ouch!' I emoted as I recoiled. ‘Princess; that's harsh,' followed by a double eyebrow pump and 'anything for you.'‘Brandy; I (sniff) don't; want (sniffle); him to; oh; ah; oh, stop that Vlad,' Jodi May protested.While Mamma Carson had been voicing her dissent, I had been shuffling down the length of the sofa. Quickly enough I maneuvered myself into a position where I could begin planting kisses on her abused heinie, all the while keeping my fingers gracefully playing in her cunny and across her anal frontiers. I began adding little flicks of my tongue as I'd had something similar done to me once, during my first time with a professional. That one could arouse with just her lips, teeth and tongue in ways I'd never imagined.‘Oh; he shouldn't be doing that,' Jodi May murmured. ‘Make him stop.'During this appeal, I was petting her along her spine until she got the hint I wanted her to bow her back to give me better access to her girly bits.‘No, Mamma. Vlad has to learn his lesson. He can't take you, or any woman; but especially not us Carson women; for granted,' Brandy insisted.'You sure; about this?' I checked.'I want Mamma to stay home, Prince,' she smiled somewhat tearfully. I sensed she'd had words with Mikhail and Taliyah before returning. My youngest triplet must have been deadly insistent about the power of 'my love', which healed her heart, being able to rejuvenate her mother of whatever emotional maledictions had aided her departure from this household, things I was still largely unaware of.Twenty seconds of oral succulence later; 'I don't have a condom'.Brandy had coaxed her mother to turn her head sideways on the pillow, facing Brandy's lap though Jodi May's eyes were closed. Brandy, for her part, was in navy blue butt shorts and a blue sports bra (I figured from Brandy's desire to color coordinate) and a white, sleeve-less t-shirt with blue stripes down the sides.'She's on birth control.''This may get more than a bit weird. (Are you) sure about this?''Come back to me, Vlad.''Always, Princess.'A stellar smile followed my promise to her, then it was 'back to work' (though I hardly thought of my sexual activities in such a manner.)Honestly, Jodi May had a way more developed sense of what she liked and how to get me to go where she wanted to me to go than any other Arkansas woman I'd been with to date. She wasn't all that bashful, or clumsy about it, either. There was a magical grace to her responses which later left me amazed how she led me to her first orgasm without me realizing she was definitely leading our carnal cavorting.Hmm; my mind was recovering; in that I could create more wordy prose while simultaneously working my neck (I was on my stomach behind her by this time, propped up on my elbows), nose, mouth, fingers and tongue. I was still the composer, creating the movement for the orchestra to play, but she was the body of music, filling the auditorium of our love-making with a tantalizing harmonic melody. I couldn't tear myself away.For her part, Jodi May made sure to rub her vaginal fluids over my face from eyebrow ridge to the stubble beneath my chin (hey! I'd hurried to get over here). All I could taste and smell was her womanly aroma; a richer, raw maple syrupy smell combined with scallops; which I quickly came to adore.I got a mouth and two cheeks full when she orgasmed and she got to howl into her pillow while Brandy, now the maestro of this little performance, appeared surprised by her ever-growing, new-found power over the people who had such an emotional impact on her life. Brandy was In Charge!I was lapping away like some overly friendly Saint Bernard the juices which had escaped my gullet as Jodi May coasted down from her post-coitus euphoria. Then Mother began crying to daughter and daughter to Mother.‘I'm so sorry, Baby Boo,' Mamma addressed her offspring. ‘I tore everything apart.'‘You did, Mamma,' Brandy petted her hair, ‘but if you hadn't run off with Mr. Jenks, Senior Deputy Samsonov wouldn't have applied for his job, gotten it and the Samsonov's wouldn't have stayed. I would have been under Darius' thumb; as would have the whole school. You hurt me and Daddy plenty, yet; in the Greater Scheme of Things; it worked out better for me and Daddy with the new friends we've made.'‘That's a beautiful way of looking at my screw-up,' Jodi May's eyes opened in more ways than one way. Brandy was acting in a more self-possessed manner at this moment than she ever had before. Jodi had left a girl subjugated by a villain and come back to a women partnered with a man whom she loved and who loved her. Our strong bond powered everything else.‘You still hurt Daddy and for that you must atone, Mamma,' Brady frowned slightly.‘Atone; ah; like punish me?' Mamma didn't seem all that distressed.‘Yes. We can go back to your present room and cut up all your racy dresses, or you can promise to never leave the house without me, or Pa; or you could let Vlad be so terribly mean to you that you never forget who really cares for you,' Brandy laid out the choices. My girl had it going on!‘Terribly mean,' Jodi May flashed me a famished look, ‘like what he is doing to me right now?'‘Oh yes; just like this plus much, much worse,' Brandy feigned innocence.‘How much worse?' Mrs. Carson hid her smile well.‘Stay right there and find out,' I joined in. I finished rolling her from leaning to one side to over on her back with my kisses falling down on her still micro-trembling thighs.‘One thing though, Mamma,' Brandy grew steely.‘Yes.'‘Daddy doesn't want you around us no more.'‘Let me deal with; ‘‘No,' Brandy put her foot (knee) down. ‘You broke Daddy's heart for the last time with your cheating ways. Hell, I became a cheater too, and I think you are somewhat to blame for that as well; me going behind his back to keep dating Darius.'‘Honey Child, those are adult things,' Mamma tried to both mollify her baby while seduce me with a host of non-verbal clues.‘No, Mamma. Not anymore. I'm 18 now and I think I know what is going on. Daddy won't take you back and back into his bed, never. If you promise me and him you will behave; ‘‘I'm your Mother,' Jodi May grew frosty up top while keeping steamy and inviting below.‘And I am your Daughter and I'm telling you if you try to romance Dad, you can't win. You will cheat again and he'll detonate in a big way. Then he will take you to Divorce Court and destroy us as a family. I don't want that.'Brandy Crystal Carson.Jodi May wasn't overly groomed in the pelvic region, but it wasn't too much to deal with either. It was natural and womanly, very fitting for the untamed, sumptuous tableau of maverick charms she presented to me.‘I'll behave, Brandy Crystal Carson,' Mamma shifted around so could place one hand over her heart. ‘I swear. This time things will be different.'‘Yes. Yes, they will. Mamma, in this instant, you can stop having sex with Vlad and have sex with no other until Daddy decides to take you back to his bed, you can keep whoring around until Daddy gets so ashamed by it, he tosses you out for good, or; ‘‘Or; ?' Jodi May was somewhat less than the authoritative persona she wanted and needed to put forth to be the master/mistress the situation at this point.‘Or, we let you have sex with Vlad; and his two, identical brothers, Mikhail and Alexander, but only them.'I struggled mighty hard to not let the 'Hey now! Don't we (my Brothers and I) get a vote in this?' push the current wolfish cravings for more Jodi May off my face and to alter my demeanor from covetous carnivore to caring boyfriend. I already knew Mikhail's vote would be a 'Hell yeah!', but Alexander? Me? I found myself gradually going serpentine up my current partner's body.‘Vladimir; Vlad, you can't be okay with this?' Jodi May's eyes riveted me. Only the truth would do so I went for the most effective bit of truth.‘Brandy Crystal Carson is my Lady on my arm and my Whore in my bedroom, Jodi May. She has entered the tiny group of people whose opinions I give a damn about, and the only one of the four who isn't blood-related. That is how much I value your daughter's council, advice and personal direction when I need it.'‘So you are just going to let her tell you who you can and can't sleep with; for real; ‘‘Abso-fucking-lutely, Mrs. Carson. That is because it isn't about the fucking; it is about the happiness. I'm happiest when my world collapses down to just Brandy and me.'‘I'm happiest when she smiles at me when I've done a good thing. I'm happiest when she is so hoarse from screaming out her orgasms she can't enunciate clearly, or even move, after one of our ferocious rounds of love-making. In essence: Brandy = my happiness; so yes, I give everything she recommends to me great weight.'‘In this case,' I ran my tongue up between her gently sagging mounds of mountainous breast tissue, ‘she is telling me what will make her happy; having sex with a 'loyal' you; and; not having sex with a disloyal you; makes her happy.' I paused for several seconds to glomb onto her right nipple and playfully suckle upon it. Her legs, already open, allowed her heels to start working over the sides of my calves and the back of my knees.‘I could wake up in the morning and have sex with your daughter, Mrs. Carson. We could chase one another around, frolic and have sex all over whichever domicile we found ourselves in; and if I did it for a hundred years, I would never get bored with Brandy, or want to anything except make her joyous inside and out,' I finished up.Jodi May had three options to believe in:~ I could still be a standard milksop White Boy despite the preponderance of evidence to the contrary,~ The entire political-racial-sexual landscape had turned topsy-turvy in her short (6 month) absence,~ Or I was actually a Big Black Cock Monster in disguise (the third one was Mikhail's spin on things, I swear).I had another issue, rug burn and my desire to avoid it for both of us.‘A Prize like you shouldn't be nailed to Kingdom Come on the floor like some common floozy,' I declared. ‘Here,' I slipped on hand under Jodi May's tailbone, lifting her up and pressing her into me. ‘Wrap your arms around my neck,' I commanded 'my prize'.‘Umm,' she gasped as her body clove to mine. ‘You certainly are; ah; strong.'‘I 'pry free' ladies who Society mistakenly believes have become 'Black-owned' on a regular basis, I wrestle said 'Black' rascals down until they cry out 'I'm an Uncle Tom' and I show those women the powerful lineage of Valhalla hasn't gone from this world quite yet; though not necessarily in that order,' I bullshitted some stuff together.‘Vlad; that's gosh-darn racist; except the last part. That didn't make too much sense, but; I think I liked it,' Mamma Carson salivated over every turn of the phrase. Me being 'racist' definitely wasn't a deal-breaker for her and the Valhalla nonsense glossed over my ancestors confused relationship with those Scandinavians who came a vikinging to the East over a millennia ago.I hefted her up abruptly, spun on one knee and deposited her on her rump on the edge of the sofa cushions.‘Aie!' she squealed in surprise. Off-guard, she posed no resistance as I made my final approach. I aimed my cockhead at her glistening vulva with my left hand while pushing her left leg away while keeping the knee locked. ‘What?'‘How do you want it?' I growled. ‘Hard and brutal, or slow and gentle?'‘How about I show you how I like it?' she purred. It was hard to argue with her kind of counter-proposal. Her right-hand's fingernails trailed down my shoulders, upper arm and the over to my waist to guide me into her designated pace of her penetration.I'll give her this much, until the tenth cycle she held it together better than her daughter. Afterwards, the newness of her vaginal walls undulating around my veined shaft caused her breath to catch and her hands to grab my ass, drawing me in ever deeper.‘Ugh, ugh, ugh, ugh, Yip!' she went off after I accidently pushed passed her cervix.I was certain, just like Brandy with Darius, Mr. Jenks had most likely gone before where I was going now. The 'new' was her cervix massaging my glans and the area right behind the head like a mini-handjob (for me) /pleasurable vibrator-to-the-uterus' entrance (for her). I didn't look like the biggest, or thickest piece of Man-Meat she'd ever encountered so;‘IN-tense, isn't it, Mamma?' Brandy appeared on the sofa beside us. I was still kneeling on the floor, I had mother's legs spread in a wide 'V' and was beginning to pick up our tempo as the interrogation began.‘Hush, Baby (gasp), Mamma is; oh Lord,' she mumbled, ‘I'm; oh; my; Vlad; slow down.'Innocent trust required me to slow down. My nascent woman-sense told me to do the opposite. I slowly pulled back; then hungrily drove home deep. Jodi May grunted as her eyes, once shuttered, sprang wide open. I followed that up with small, rapid repetitions interspersed with gyrating the sensation inward, my pubic bone on her clitoral region. My partner's legs flexed even wider, her head flew back, bow keeping her hair from going wild and her eyes squeezed shut.To add to the stimulation, I latched on to her right breast, suckling the whole areola and nipple into my mouth. Brandy took the left nipple between two fingers and began pinching it and rolling it between them.‘Gurr; ‘ my first thought was 'when did the Carson's get a cat?'‘Gurr; ‘; 'Holy Shit! How did a puma get in here?'And the resulting caterwauling Yowl was the scariest, female Big Cat noise I'd ever heard; and that was Jodi May Memphis Carson having a no-holds-bared Orgasm as her body flushed ruddy, sweat perspired all over, her back painfully bowed and of course, she screamed out to High Heavens like no human I'd ever heard.I lost it. I was shooting off semen deep into her uterus as her cervix was once more grappling with my glans. I had no care in that instant where, or what I was doing. I was a spectator being taken along for the ride though I wasn't hemmed-in in any physical way.‘Holy Shit, Bro!' Mikhail laughed loudly. ‘Delivering from Downtown!' I think he was referencing a long 3-point shot in basketball, but I was too sonically concussed to be sure.‘Take notes,' Taliyah repeated her refrain.Those two had come downstairs after Brandy and, it appeared, had been quietly watching us as events unfolded.‘Brandy, is everything okay?' sounded off Noémie Lucie from the far side hallway, the one which led to the stairs down to the lower level which included the space the other cheerleaders had been sleeping. Oh boy. Explaining this was going to be a peach.Who is here to chaperone whom?(11:30 poolside at the Carson Home.)It made perfect sense Sheriff 'Big Bob' Carson wouldn't trust his home solely to his 'somewhat independent-minded' daughter when she was having thirteen friends over for a Saturday Night party. While Taliyah could show up whenever she wanted since she and Brandy were lifelong Besties, the whole crowd showing up on Friday night was completely unofficial; so he'd asked an adult, or two, to chaperone tonight.No, he hadn't handed that heavy responsibility over to us equally hormonal, 18 year old triplets; as we were considered one of the hazards which needed to be chaperoned against. Nope; if we'd been able to roll all our lives back one whole day and night, we would have seen the Sheriff having dinner with someone who fit the bill of 'perfect chaperone' (a single, adult female with a strong will, of pure moral fiber and a history of legalized violence; Big Bob was fully aware of our current extracurricular circumstances) with the sole exception she wasn't a friend, or even very much of an acquaintance; so he was asking a great deal of them.Thankfully, 'business' was keeping this person in our sleepy burgh of Kingston anyway and this would give her a perfect opportunity to interrogate some of the possible 'third parties' involved with the crime which had befallen poor Darius Pope and his busted-up buddies.Yep, Brandy's Papa had asked the AHP CID (Arkansas Highway Patrol Criminal Investigation Division) Sergeant Louisa Petrakis to 'babysit' his 18 year old daughter and her friends to make sure their partying remained PG-13. That, not some desire to twist up the criminal investigation into the Darius Pope matter, had been the reason he'd 'wined and dined' her Thursday night.She'd only agreed After she'd realized what a corrupt bunch of actors the Kingston PD was and gotten the implication the Sheriff couldn't even trust the majority of his own Deputies. To her this must have smelled like some political civil war a 'brewing; which was an unspoken menace her department was also supposed to combat.When political infighting oozed out into open law enforcement corruption cases, it hurt the State of Arkansas economically by making their home ground look less attractive to external investment and the ever-important tourist dollar. Part of a weekend with access to Big Bob's and the Mayor's daughters suddenly became very attractive to this half-Creole (US Coast Guard Officer on her mother's side) / half-Greek (her father was a Merchant Marine Captain); originally from Louisiana; law officer .She'd come to Arkansas for UA (University of Arkansas) Sociology and Criminal Justice program and stayed to pursue a career in state law enforcement plus a LLM (Master of Law) from her alma mater on the road to joining the Department of Homeland Security working cases involving international law. Yep; ambitious beyond the norm.She chose an electric blue one piece; which was nothing but string from behind; very cheeky and what she claimed was the only suit in her size available on such short notice. I thought my brothers and I should pay homage to the Swimsuit Goddesses, if that was the true, because Sgt. Louisa was truly luscious.Of course, 14 to 1 odds was asking a lot of anyone so Big Bob had wrangled (rather easily) a supporting chaperone, my Mother (‘ah shit' was Mikhail's heartfelt and instantaneous reaction upon seeing her). She wasn't the primary chaperone because, as Big Bob told Ms. Louisa; ‘she's 100% loyal, brave and true, but 100% bat-shit crazy too.' Perfectly succinct and it rhymed.Mom; ugh; wore a red and white skimpy one-piece with a 'required' blue-with-one-white-star-over-each-breast bikini top. Very; umm; patriotic? Mom had a tight, lean-muscled physique. I had no doubt she was the most deceptively lethal human being present; in both age groups; and that included the people who knew she was crazy.Because the AHP Sergeant wasn't part of the Kingston/Davis County shit-storm, Mom felt safe secretly inviting two other women to this shindig. The first came so they could be seen publically feuding (by the cheerleaders) while they actually spent time building up a rapport. Mom was being asked to put aside a truckload of hate she'd been clutching to her bosom for over twenty years toward Dominique Fox Malik's husband, father and brother.For Dominique, she'd been raised on hating the Fonteneau in general and Gayle for 'lying' about the rape Mom had gone through (at the hands of 7 Black young men when she was fifteen) and Theo, her twin, for putting her brother in a coma he was still in all these years later. They'd hated one another by association longer than I'd been alive and now were trying to put their bile 'high on the back shelf' for their children's sake.Sure, Mom was tossing money and political clout Dominique's way, but the offer would never had been made and absolutely never accepted if Taliyah and Mikhail hadn't been so deeply and truly

Cette semaine, nous allons à la rencontre des Saint-Bernard de la Fondation Barry, qui organise des randonnées avec les chiens dans les hauteurs de Martigny. Nous profiterons de ce moment pour annoncer en avant-première la naissance de chiots et la possibilité de les suivre en ligne sur le site de la Fondation. Laurent Dormond sera en compagnie d'Andrea Zollinger, qui nous parlera de la fondation et des chiots, et pour la partie randonnées, Anna Tichelli.

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Full Text of ReadingsTuesday of the Third Week of Advent Lectionary: 193The Saint of the day is Saint Hildegard of BingenSaint Hildegard of Bingen's Story Abbess, artist, author, composer, mystic, pharmacist, poet, preacher, theologian—where to begin in describing this remarkable woman? Born into a noble family, she was instructed for ten years by the holy woman Blessed Jutta. When Hildegard was 18, she became a Benedictine nun at the Monastery of Saint Disibodenberg. Ordered by her confessor to write down the visions that she had received since the age of three, Hildegard took ten years to write her Scivias (Know the Ways). Pope Eugene III read it, and in 1147, encouraged her to continue writing. Her Book of the Merits of Life and Book of Divine Works followed. She wrote over 300 letters to people who sought her advice; she also composed short works on medicine and physiology, and sought advice from contemporaries such as Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Hildegard's visions caused her to see humans as “living sparks” of God's love, coming from God as daylight comes from the sun. Sin destroyed the original harmony of creation; Christ's redeeming death and resurrection opened up new possibilities. Virtuous living reduces the estrangement from God and others that sin causes. Like all mystics, Hildegard saw the harmony of God's creation and the place of women and men in that. This unity was not apparent to many of her contemporaries. Hildegard was no stranger to controversy. The monks near her original foundation protested vigorously when she moved her monastery to Bingen, overlooking the Rhine River. She confronted Emperor Frederick Barbarossa for supporting at least three antipopes. Hildegard challenged the Cathars, who rejected the Catholic Church claiming to follow a more pure Christianity. Between 1152 and 1162, Hildegard often preached in the Rhineland. Her monastery was placed under interdict because she had permitted the burial of a young man who had been excommunicated. She insisted that he had been reconciled with the Church and had received its sacraments before dying. Hildegard protested bitterly when the local bishop forbade the celebration of or reception of the Eucharist at the Bingen monastery, a sanction that was lifted only a few months before her death. In 2012, Hildegard was canonized and named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI. Her liturgical feast is celebrated on September 17. Reflection Pope Benedict spoke about Hildegard of Bingen during two of his general audiences in September 2010. He praised the humility with which she received God's gifts, and the obedience she gave Church authorities. He praised too the “rich theological content” of her mystical visions that sum up the history of salvation from creation to the end of time. During his papacy, Pope Benedict XVI said, “Let us always invoke the Holy Spirit, so that he may inspire in the Church holy and courageous women like Saint Hildegard of Bingen who, developing the gifts they have received from God, make their own special and valuable contribution to the spiritual development of our communities and of the Church in our time.” Click here for more on Saint Hildegard of Bingen! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Extrait : « … Il a un look de punk à chien et de looser assumé, mais le cœur grand comme un Saint Bernard, la petite barique pleine de gnôle pour affronter les frimas de l'hiver. Ce gars-là a été biberonné à la sauce Brassens-Renaud, avant de tremper ses cordes dans la bière et les clopes. Il a une dent contre le monde, et un grand sourire pour les gens. Il raconte sa vie, toutes ses chansons sont ses tranches de vie qu'il met en scène pour faire passer un message … »Pour commenter les épisodes, tu peux le faire sur ton appli de podcasts habituelle, c'est toujours bon pour l'audience. Mais également sur le site web dédié, il y a une section Le Bar, ouverte 24/24, pour causer du podcast ou de musique en général, je t'y attends avec impatience. Enfin, si tu souhaites me soumettre une chanson, c'est aussi sur le site web que ça se passe. Pour soutenir Good Morning Music et Gros Naze :1. Abonne-toi2. Laisse-moi un avis et 5 étoiles sur Apple Podcasts, ou Spotify et Podcast Addict3. Partage ton épisode préféré à 3 personnes autour de toi. Ou 3.000 si tu connais plein de monde. Good Morning Music Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

Christophe Amstutz connaît bien les métiers de l'urgence. Ancien ambulancier, aujourd'hui directeur d'une des sections de la Main Tendue, le sauveteur continue d'être à l'écoute et au service de la société.Il a l'âme d'un sauveteur, Christophe Amstutz! Un peu à l'image du calme Saint-Bernard, l'emblématique chien de sa Suisse natale, muni d'un tonnelet d'eau-de-vie autour du cou, sensé revigorer les victimes du froid. Depuis sa jeunesse, il a toujours eu le désir de prendre soin des autres, d'être attentif à eux. A l'heure de choisir une profession, le jeune homme se tourne pourtant vers les métiers du bois (certificat de menuisier puis de charpentier). Mais très vite, sa foi et sa voix intérieure le dirigent vers le service du prochain. On le retrouve quelques années plus tard, marié à Florence et excerçant la profession d'ambulancier. "A vrai dire, j'aurais plutôt voulu faire pompier, mais cela ne rassurait pas ma femme", dit-il en souriant. Le monde des urgences, il l'a trouvé particulièrement grisant mais à l'âge de quarante-six ans, alors régulateur et chef adjoint au numéro d'appel sanitaire d'urgence 144, Christophe "change de numéro" en passant au 143, le point de contact pour les premiers secours émotionnels le plus connu de Suisse. Il devient ainsi directeur de la section Nord-Ouest de la Main Tendue. "Je tiens à préciser que nous sommes connus pour être un service d'écoute avant tout. Nos bénévoles sont disponibles à l'écoute des gens, dans les situations d'urgence comme dans d'autres. S'il y a une chose que j'ai apprise au cours de ces dernières années, c'est toute la détresse de notre société. La détresse sous toutes ses formes".Chacune des douze sections suisses de la Main Tendue est responsable de son propre financement et celle que dirige Christophe vit essentiellement de dons. "Depuis son début en 1963, j'aimerais souligner que les églises contribuent grandement à nous soutenir financièrement. Ça n'est pas forcément connu; voilà pourquoi je souhaite rendre la population sensible à l'importance du monde ecclésial pour le social. Quand on paie l'impôt ecclésiastique, il y a tout un travail qui est fait pour la société, au-delà de ce que l'on voit ou qu'on imagine de l'Eglise. A mon avis, sans l'aide financière de ces institutions, le monde du social s'écroulerait".Attaché à sa région, Christophe Amstutz se ressource dans la nature et aux côtés des siens, sa femme, ses quatre enfants (et le chien!), ainsi que ses amis. Et aussi au travers de la musique et du chant, particulièrement les chants de louange à Dieu, un repère constant pour lui. Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Jayne Sugg joins us on the space for faith podcast today, where we talk about how her faith has evolved and changed, and the way that she expresses that journey through her music and particularly through her new album, Belief is Hard. She takes us on her journey of deconstruction and reconstruction, and as we hear portions of her album, she unpacks for us what she was expressing that will resonate with with many of our experiences.  Jayne Sugg is a New Mexico native who's made NYC her home for the past seven years, sharing an East Village apartment with her husband Alex, and their Saint Bernard, Simba. After a decade of travel, work in music ministry, and completing an MA in Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Studies, she now channels her journey through teaching, writing, and music. A member of the Good Shepherd Collective, Jayne has released her first EP, "It's So Dark", and her newest album "Belief is Hard" has recently debuted, sharing her journey of self-discovery and spiritual renewal through her songwriting. Jayne's Website Belief is Hard Spotify  Apple Music Jayne's Instagram ---------- To help support Mike and his work, which includes this podcast, as well as his ability to offer discounted coaching, consulting, and preaching to churches, you can make tax-deductible donations to: “WE Ministries” And mail it to: Mike Goldsworthy 6285 E. Spring St #474 Long Beach, CA 90808    

Full Text of ReadingsMemorial of the Holy Guardian Angels Lectionary: 457/650The Saint of the day is Feast of the Guardian AngelsThe Story of the Feast of the Guardian Angels Perhaps no aspect of Catholic piety is as comforting to parents as the belief that an angel protects their little ones from dangers real and imagined. Yet guardian angels are not only for children. Their role is to represent individuals before God, to watch over them always, to aid their prayer, and to present their souls to God at death. The concept of an angel assigned to guide and nurture each human being is a development of Catholic doctrine and piety based on Scripture but not directly drawn from it. Jesus' words in Matthew 18:10 best support the belief: “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father.” Devotion to the angels began to develop with the birth of the monastic tradition. Saint Benedict gave it impetus and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, the great 12th-century reformer, was such an eloquent spokesman for the guardian angels that angelic devotion assumed its current form in his day. A feast in honor of the guardian angels was first observed in the 16th century. In 1615, Pope Paul V added it to the Roman calendar. Reflection Devotion to the angels is, at base, an expression of faith in God's enduring love and providential care extended to each person day in and day out. Learn more about angels! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

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Gospel  Matthew 19:23-30 Jesus said to his disciples: "Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God." When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said, "Who then can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "For men this is impossible, but for God all things are possible." Then Peter said to him in reply, "We have given up everything and followed you. What will there be for us?" Jesus said to them, "Amen, I say to you that you who have followed me, in the new age, when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory, will yourselves sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.” Reflection In the first part of this gospel. Jesus is correcting something about the teaching that they have heard from the temple. If you follow all the regulations and rules of the temple, you will be rich. And that's a sign that God is pleased with you. You'll have prosperity. But then he reminds them that this whole idea of what it is to be called into the Kingdom of God, to become part of the work of building the kingdom is not something that you earn, it's something that is given to you. It is done through you, by God. And so we see then, what is at the heart of this work, of being able to do what God calls us to do. And that is it's about giving things up, about putting everything second to this one most important thing, to build the kingdom of God. So he's saying, be careful. It's not about what is in it for us. It's about what is in it for the work to be accomplished. Closing Prayer Father, everything it seems that you ask us to achieve is something that you will accomplish for us. With us, in us. Help us to step away from the sense that we are the center of our lives. But you are the center, and you are asking us simply to allow you to be our God. And we ask this in Jesus' name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Full Text of ReadingsMemorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 420The Saint of the day is Saint Bernard of ClairvauxSaint Bernard of Clairvaux’s Story Man of the century! Woman of the century! You see such terms applied to so many today—“golfer of the century,” “composer of the century,” “right tackle of the century”—that the line no longer has any punch. But Western Europe's “man of the twelfth century,” without doubt or controversy, had to be Bernard of Clairvaux. Adviser of popes, preacher of the Second Crusade, defender of the faith, healer of a schism, reformer of a monastic Order, Scripture scholar, theologian, and eloquent preacher: any one of these titles would distinguish an ordinary man. Yet Bernard was all of these—and he still retained a burning desire to return to the hidden monastic life of his younger days. In the year 1111, at the age of 20, Bernard left his home to join the monastic community of Citeaux. His five brothers, two uncles, and some 30 young friends followed him into the monastery. Within four years, a dying community had recovered enough vitality to establish a new house in the nearby valley of Wormwoods, with Bernard as abbot. The zealous young man was quite demanding, though more on himself than others. A slight breakdown of health taught him to be more patient and understanding. The valley was soon renamed Clairvaux, the valley of light. His ability as arbitrator and counselor became widely known. More and more he was lured away from the monastery to settle long-standing disputes. On several of these occasions, he apparently stepped on some sensitive toes in Rome. Bernard was completely dedicated to the primacy of the Roman See. But to a letter of warning from Rome, he replied that the good fathers in Rome had enough to do to keep the Church in one piece. If any matters arose that warranted their interest, he would be the first to let them know. Shortly thereafter it was Bernard who intervened in a full-blown schism and settled it in favor of the Roman pontiff against the antipope. The Holy See prevailed on Bernard to preach the Second Crusade throughout Europe. His eloquence was so overwhelming that a great army was assembled and the success of the crusade seemed assured. The ideals of the men and their leaders, however, were not those of Abbot Bernard, and the project ended as a complete military and moral disaster. Bernard felt responsible in some way for the degenerative effects of the crusade. This heavy burden possibly hastened his death, which came August 20, 1153. Reflection Bernard's life in the Church was more active than we can imagine possible today. His efforts produced far-reaching results. But he knew that they would have availed little without the many hours of prayer and contemplation that brought him strength and heavenly direction. His life was characterized by a deep devotion to the Blessed Mother. His sermons and books about Mary are still the standard of Marian theology. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Join Father Kevin Drew as he preaches on this Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church. Today's readings First Reading: Sirach 15:1-6 Psalm: 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 Gospel: John 17:20-26 Catholic Radio Network

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Hey, friends! Today's episode is about a man who led a religious community and convinced Europe to crusade again. Let's find out guy who could debate a heretic into reconciliation with our new friend: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, abbot and Doctor of the Church.

A camel passing through the eye of a needle

Homily by Fr. Michael Renninger

Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the ChurchJohn 17:20-26"Righteous Father, the world also does not know you,but I know you, and they know that you sent me.I made known to them your name and I will make it known,that the love with which you loved memay be in them and I in them."

For 20 August 2024, Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor, based on Matthew 19:23-30

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A systems theorist walks into an organization and orders playfulness and earnestness. This isn't just a silly take on a joke format—it's a tested method of determining whether or not teams have what it takes to go the distance. As host Steve Cuss explains on this episode of Being Human, too much seriousness on a team tends to lead to rigidity, but playful teams tend to be able to handle ambiguity and challenges.  Could the same be true for worship? On this episode, Cuss considers the intentional inefficiency of both play and worship. He explains how overly earnest people and teams tend to be easily offended and lacking in humor, which blocks intimacy, and explores how the same can be true in worship. Playfulness, on the other hand other hand, inherently invites us to lose track of time rather than overemphasize getting everything right.  Tune in for an episode that invites us to treasure our faith through playful presence with God. Resources mentioned in this episode include:  Bowen family systems theory Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business by Patrick Lencioni Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton “Letter XLVI” by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux The Expectation Gap: The Tiny, Vast Space between Our Beliefs and Experience of God by Steve Cuss Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue by Edwin Friedman “Being Human with Steve Cuss” is a production of Christianity Today Executive Produced by Erik Petrik and Mike Cosper Produced and Edited by Matt Stevens Associate Producers: McKenzie Hill, Raed Gilliam, and Abby Perry Theme song by Dan Phelps Original Music by Andy Gullahorn Mix Engineer: Kevin Morris Graphic Design: Amy Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A systems theorist walks into an organization and orders playfulness and earnestness. This isn't just a silly take on a joke format—it's a tested method of determining whether or not teams have what it takes to go the distance. As host Steve Cuss explains on this episode of Being Human, too much seriousness on a team tends to lead to rigidity, but playful teams tend to be able to handle ambiguity and challenges.  Could the same be true for worship? On this episode, Cuss considers the intentional inefficiency of both play and worship. He explains how overly earnest people and teams tend to be easily offended and lacking in humor, which blocks intimacy, and explores how the same can be true in worship. Playfulness, on the other hand other hand, inherently invites us to lose track of time rather than overemphasize getting everything right.  Tune in for an episode that invites us to treasure our faith through playful presence with God. Resources mentioned in this episode include:  Bowen family systems theory Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable About Solving the Most Painful Problem in Business by Patrick Lencioni Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton “Letter XLVI” by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux The Expectation Gap: The Tiny, Vast Space between Our Beliefs and Experience of God by Steve Cuss Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue by Edwin Friedman “Being Human with Steve Cuss” is a production of Christianity Today Executive Produced by Erik Petrik and Mike Cosper Produced and Edited by Matt Stevens Associate Producers: McKenzie Hill, Raed Gilliam, and Abby Perry Theme song by Dan Phelps Original Music by Andy Gullahorn Mix Engineer: Kevin Morris Graphic Design: Amy Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pour ce quatrième épisode de cette série de Carême consacrée à 7 conseils évangélique, La Foi Prise au Mot propose une réflexion sur la perfection, telle que le Christ l'entend quand Il dit « Soyez parfait comme votre père est parfait. » (Mt 5,48). Mais comment un être humain peut-il prétendre se comparer à la perfection divine ? Ne dit-on pas également que celui qui veut faire l'ange, fait la bête ? « La perfection parle de notre relation à Dieu et non de commandements qui ne cessent de changer, que Jésus Lui-même passe son temps à transgresser. La perfection dont Il nous parle n'a rien à voir avec la morale », explique Marie-Pierre Cournot, pasteur de l'Eglise protestante unie de France. « Saint Bernard nous dit bien que la perfection c'est le diable ! Elle nous fait toujours sentir coupable de quelque chose. Elle accuse plus qu'elle ne sauve », ajoute soeur Marie Monnet o.p., rectrice de Domuni Universitas et invitée fil rouge de cette série.

Today's Topics: 1) Messages of Our Lady of Good Success and Our Lady of America 2) Statistics on Newly Professed Religious 3) 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time, 1 Corinthians 7.32-35; Mk 1.21-28 4) Saint Bernard and Marian Devotion

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - Today, Friday the nineteenth, is the March for Life in Washington DC. With tens of thousands of pro-life Americans will be gathering to demonstrate against abortion and for the sanctity of life. EWTN will be providing live coverage of the event, featuring expert guests and in-depth analysis. For more information about how to watch or participate in the March, visit Catholic News Agency dot com. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256561/how-to-watch-the-march-for-life-ewtn-s-complete-coverage-schedule About two-thirds of Americans support some level of government restrictions on abortion, according to a recent poll released by the Knights of Columbus. The poll, which the Knights conducted with Marist Institute for Public Opinion at Marist College, found that 66% of Americans believe that “limits should be placed on when abortion is allowed” and only 33% believe that “abortion should be allowed without any limits” when given the two options. Respondents who labeled themselves pro-life were more likely to support limits on abortion, with 91% choosing that answer. Among respondents who said they were pro-choice, 48% still believed there should be some limits on abortion. About 84% of Republicans supported some limits on abortion, as did 49% of Democrats and 66% of independents. Since the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, more than 20 states have imposed abortion restrictions, which includes more than a dozen states prohibiting abortion in almost all circumstances. Several other states, meanwhile, have moved to expand access to abortion in the wake of Roe's repeal. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256572/knights-of-columbus-poll-two-thirds-of-americans-support-some-abortion-restrictions After nearly 20 years without a cathedral, the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, announced on Wednesday that the Holy See approved one of its parishes to become a new cathedral site. Bishop Donald Hying selected a local parish, Saint Bernard, to be the future cathedral parish of the Diocese of Madison. An arson fire destroyed the diocese's cathedral, Saint Raphael Cathedral Parish, in March 2005. Saint Raphael was designated a cathedral when Madison was made a diocese in 1946, with the cornerstone of the parish having been laid in 1854. Since the arson, local parishes have taken turns hosting important events. With Saint Bernard's as the newly established cathedral, the diocese will be able to host priestly ordinations, the annual chrism Mass, and other events. Saint Bernard Church is currently being renovated before its elevation to cathedral status. The diocese expects the remodeled cathedral parish to be ready by late summer or early fall of 2025. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/256569/vatican-approves-new-cathedral-for-diocese-of-madison Today, the Church celebrates Saint Canutus, King of Denmark, who succeeded his elder brother Harold on the throne of Denmark in the year 1080. Amid the glory of his victories he humbly prostrated himself at the foot of the crucifix, laying there his diadem, and offering himself and his kingdom to the King of kings. The justice of Saint Canutus as sovereign was well known. His charity and tenderness towards his subjects made him study all possible ways to make them a happy people. During a rebellion in his kingdom, the king was surprised at church by the rebels. He confessed his sins and received Holy Communion. Stretching out his arms before the altar, he was struck down on his knees by the enemies of his Christian reign. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-canutus-king-of-denmark-121

Full Text of ReadingsThird Sunday of Advent Lectionary: 8The Saint of the day is Saint Hildegard of BingenSaint Hildegard of Bingen's Story Abbess, artist, author, composer, mystic, pharmacist, poet, preacher, theologian—where to begin in describing this remarkable woman? Born into a noble family, she was instructed for ten years by the holy woman Blessed Jutta. When Hildegard was 18, she became a Benedictine nun at the Monastery of Saint Disibodenberg. Ordered by her confessor to write down the visions that she had received since the age of three, Hildegard took ten years to write her Scivias (Know the Ways). Pope Eugene III read it, and in 1147, encouraged her to continue writing. Her Book of the Merits of Life and Book of Divine Works followed. She wrote over 300 letters to people who sought her advice; she also composed short works on medicine and physiology, and sought advice from contemporaries such as Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Hildegard's visions caused her to see humans as “living sparks” of God's love, coming from God as daylight comes from the sun. Sin destroyed the original harmony of creation; Christ's redeeming death and resurrection opened up new possibilities. Virtuous living reduces the estrangement from God and others that sin causes. Like all mystics, Hildegard saw the harmony of God's creation and the place of women and men in that. This unity was not apparent to many of her contemporaries. Hildegard was no stranger to controversy. The monks near her original foundation protested vigorously when she moved her monastery to Bingen, overlooking the Rhine River. She confronted Emperor Frederick Barbarossa for supporting at least three antipopes. Hildegard challenged the Cathars, who rejected the Catholic Church claiming to follow a more pure Christianity. Between 1152 and 1162, Hildegard often preached in the Rhineland. Her monastery was placed under interdict because she had permitted the burial of a young man who had been excommunicated. She insisted that he had been reconciled with the Church and had received its sacraments before dying. Hildegard protested bitterly when the local bishop forbade the celebration of or reception of the Eucharist at the Bingen monastery, a sanction that was lifted only a few months before her death. In 2012, Hildegard was canonized and named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI. Her liturgical feast is celebrated on September 17. Reflection Pope Benedict spoke about Hildegard of Bingen during two of his general audiences in September 2010. He praised the humility with which she received God's gifts, and the obedience she gave Church authorities. He praised too the “rich theological content” of her mystical visions that sum up the history of salvation from creation to the end of time. During his papacy, Pope Benedict XVI said, “Let us always invoke the Holy Spirit, so that he may inspire in the Church holy and courageous women like Saint Hildegard of Bingen who, developing the gifts they have received from God, make their own special and valuable contribution to the spiritual development of our communities and of the Church in our time.” Click here for more on Saint Hildegard of Bingen! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

In this re-uploaded episode of The A to Z English Podcast, Kevin and Jack talk about their pets. Transcript: 00:00:02JackYou are listening to the A-Z English podcast.00:00:10KevinWelcome to an A-Z English quick chat. We're going to surprise each other with a topic for the day and see where the conversation goes. Check our site for a study guide with vocabulary notes and discussion questions, as well as links to our WhatsApp group or other social media so you can join in the conversion.00:00:26KevinSo Jack, as as you know, a big part of my life is my pet dog and I wanted to talk about pets today because I I love animals. Animals are fantastic. Sometimes more than people. And I'm just curious, like we we talked a little bit about animals last time, but that was more of a.00:00:45KevinPhobia things you were scared of.00:00:47JackYeah, yeah.00:00:48발표자What? What kind?00:00:50KevinOf pets. Did you have growing up? What kind of pets do you have now? What? What are your favorite animals?00:00:57KevinFor a pet of.00:00:59JackSure. When I was growing up, we had a dog. He was a golden retriever and his name was buddy. Buddy is buddy. Means friend in English like my buddy, my friend. And it's a very common pet name.00:01:08KevinBye bye.00:01:16JackUsually for for male dogs. And yeah buddy was.00:01:20KevinSo I'm kind of curious just to break. Sorry, I'm I'm curious to hear from our listeners really quick what are common pet names in your country?00:01:27KevinBecause buddy, like just friend, is a really common name for pet names there, but I've I've never heard of any, you know, like Korean pet names where it's like, hey, chingu like, I've never heard that as a pet name. But you're right, that is a very common American dog name anyway.00:01:39JackYeah, yeah.00:01:42JackYeah, amigo. Amiga. Yeah, that was. That's interesting. I wonder.00:01:46KevinSo tell tell me more about buddy.00:01:48JackYeah. So my parent, my sorry, my brother and I begged my parents to get us a dog, you know, like.00:01:55KevinHow old are?00:01:55JackYou, well, 12 years old. So I was 12. My brother was 9 and we really, really wanted a dog so badly. And my parents were.00:01:57KevinOK, cool.00:02:07JackReluctant because they kind of felt like we weren't being honest when we said that we would clean up after the dog. Like, I promise I'll walk the dog. I'll clean up after the dog. I'll do all the all, all the the stuff. And then, of course, my dad ended up, you know, cleaning up after the dog and.00:02:18발표자Every day. Oh.00:02:27JackYou know my brother and I just kind of played with our toys inside the house while my dad was cleaning. You know, the yard.00:02:36JackBut, but we did love buddy. He was a very sweet dog, very gentle dog. So he was big. He was about. Well, I could say he's probably like £75, which I'm not sure how much that is in kilo. Yeah, like 30 kilos? Yeah. He was a big boy and he had long hair.00:02:47KevinOh wow, it's like 30.00:02:51KevinSomething like that.00:02:56JackSo in the summer he would shed a lot which really bothered my mom because there was, you know, like, hair on the sofa, hair in the carpet, hair everywhere. And that got really annoying to my mom.00:03:00발표자You know.00:03:11JackBut everybody loved buddy because he was so sweet and he loved everybody, so even strangers, he would, you know, come up to a stranger. And one of the things that he used to do that was really cute is that he would like.00:03:29JackWhen he he was so excited he would, he would drop down on his shoulder.00:03:34JackBut he would never he would never fully roll over.00:03:37발표자He would just.00:03:37JackKeep his **** up in the air, stand on his hind legs and yeah, and just and and just just begging somebody to, you know, pet him, you know, and just to give him some attention. So he really loved people. He he was a great dog to have with children.00:03:40KevinThey play with me.00:03:54JackAnd uh.00:03:56JackYou also I think we felt safer around the house with him, you know, like when somebody comes by drive, you know, walks by your house, he would bark and alert us that, you know somebody was there. And I think it it it's there's a safety element to having a pet so.00:04:15JackThat was buddy.00:04:15KevinAt least for dogs, because the pets that I had when I was a kid, well, I had some, some hamsters or gerbils, but that that was only for a short time.00:04:24KevinBut then our our big pet, when I was younger is my brother.00:04:27KevinAnd I had.00:04:28KevinCats, when we had two and we originally my one of my moms friends his cat had kittens and so there were suddenly many baby kittens around and my my mom's friend said come please.00:04:29JackOK, OK.00:04:43KevinTake take one of these cats. And so my mom said, let's go get a kitten and my my brother and I were very excited.00:04:50KevinAnd when we went to choose which kitten to to take home, my brother picked one and I picked one, and so then we had two. And and cats we had. Yeah, 2 cats growing up. And cats are amazing animals. I really do love cats. Although we can talk about that.00:04:58JackOK. Yeah.00:05:10KevinYeah, I've changed my opinion a little bit now. I still love cats, but cats are great animals, but they will alert you. Of course you know when someone else comes around, they pretty much run and hide most of the time when strangers are around.00:05:23KevinBut cats, I think are great animals for busy people.00:05:27KevinThey're great pets for busy people because.00:05:29JackThey can take care of themselves, you know they can entertain themselves, yeah.00:05:30KevinThey take care of themselves. Yeah, they're not nearly. They don't take nearly as much work. So we could leave for school where my mom could go to work. And especially because.00:05:41KevinWe had two.00:05:42KevinCats, brother and sister, they were fine. They would play together all day and we would come home and then they were happy. You know, we could give them food. We gave them a place to go to the bathroom.00:05:51KevinAnd they were. They were.00:05:52KevinLine. We could even leave them for like a long weekend. Sometimes for two or three days, if we went on a trip and then they were a little angry at us.00:06:00KevinAnd we came home, like, where did you go?00:06:02KevinBut mostly they were OK for that. Any longer and we would have neighbors come and check on them, of course. But for for a short time they were great. And so cats are amazing, great little animals. They're they're really cute, they're they're fun, but they're very independent.00:06:21JackYeah, I feel like dogs are very needy, like they're they need. They need your attention. They need your love. And if you leave for 5 minutes, they feel like they lost your love, you know, like, as soon as you come home and then they're like, please love me. Please love me. You know, they're very desperate.00:06:38KevinI will say.00:06:38KevinThat's the thing. Like dogs. Now we have a dog and and I love my our little dambi at home. Maybe more than my cats. And and I I feel bad saying about them. They were amazing animals, amazing pets as well but.00:06:52KevinDogs are very different, right? They take a lot more work like you were saying. Your dad has to take care of the dog, you know, go out and clean up after them and you've got to play with them. You a lot more time. But they give you a lot more love, love. You know, I come home and and my dog dambi, she's just.00:07:11발표자Like, Oh my gosh.00:07:12KevinYou're home and she's so happy to to see me. Whereas when I had cats, you'd come home and they would.00:07:18KevinJust be like ohh.00:07:20KevinHi, welcome you again. Right, right. So dogs require a lot more work, but they give you a lot more in return I think.00:07:21JackYou again, yeah.00:07:31KevinWell, we.00:07:33JackYou know, my dad cleaned up after our dog when I was a child, and now my my daughter is has a we have a dog that we bought for my daughter when she was young. Maybe when she was like 5.00:07:46JackSo and so we have Lily and Lily is a a very little dog. She's a a a Maltese. Yeah. So she's got white hair, but she's very small. She weighs like, 3 kilograms, something like that. Two or three kilograms.00:08:01KevinThat's about the same size as zombie.00:08:02JackYeah, and. But Lily is very sweet. She's kind of has, like, a a big dog personality in a small dog's body. So she she can just sit on your lap. And she's very sweet and she's good with other people. She doesn't.00:08:10KevinOK.00:08:17JackSnap at people. She doesn't try to bite. You know kids or whatever. And so she's very gentle, very sweet. So we've, you know, I've had two dogs in my life. And and both of them were were great dogs. And so I we've I feel really lucky. But these days I clean up after.00:08:38JackOur dog.00:08:39JackBasically it's karma, yes, and so my dad is laughing, you know, at me sometimes because he says, yeah, now you understand how I feel, you know?00:08:39KevinIt's karma, the bag.00:08:52KevinI think dogs are funny as well, cause in in America many people like you, said buddy. You know it was a golden retriever. That's a pretty big.00:09:00KevinAnd although I never had a dog when I was, when I was young, I had many neighbors or friends who had dogs, and so we play with them a lot. And American dogs tend especially depends on where you live, but they tend to be bigger, you know, so getting like a 3040K dog is just kind of normal. That's just dog size.00:09:20KevinAnd these small.00:09:21KevinDogs like you know you're Lily or Danby 34K dogs.00:09:26KevinBefore I came to here before I had dambi at home, I didn't like small dogs. I I really didn't. I was like that. That's not a real dog. They're just annoying little just bark, bark, bark, bark, bark. You know, they're they're kind of crazy hyper dogs.00:09:41KevinMy opinion has changed.00:09:43JackYeah, yeah.00:09:43KevinOf course, I I now realize that.00:09:46KevinSmall dogs are just as loving as as big dogs are, and I understand when you live in a big city.00:09:53KevinYou know, like we don't have a yard. We live in an apartment. And so, yeah, like, I would love a bigger dog. I don't know if I want a really big dog, but like a medium sized one, I think would be amazing.00:09:55JackSame, yeah.00:10:05KevinBut I just don't have a yard for them to go outside and run around and play, and dogs have a lot of energy and they need more more area to play. So small dogs make sense in in cities and apartments.00:10:18JackYeah, I agree. I I'll. I'll leave with one last little story, my friend. When I when I was growing up, his father had a Saint Bernard.00:10:29JackAnd if you're talking, yes, this dog dog is probably 50 or 60 kilograms, like over 100 pounds and yeah, and they and they have the the big slobbering spit coming out of their mouths all the time. So yeah, they're very. They're very interesting looking dogs, but if you're.00:10:43KevinRight.00:10:49JackIf you're, if you want to see what a a big dog looks like, check out a Saint Bernard.00:10:53JackHard. They're they're really fun.00:10:54KevinMy my neighbors when I was a kid, they had.00:10:56KevinA Great Dane.00:10:57KevinYou are. I don't know if they way. Yeah, they're they're. They're not as big. Like they don't weigh as much. Maybe as a Saint Bernard. But they're tall. They're tall and skinny. Really long legs, really, really tall. And I remember when I was young, this dog was almost as tall as me.00:10:57JackYes, must think it's a horse.00:11:07JackYeah. Your long legs, yeah.00:11:15KevinNot standing on two legs, just.00:11:16KevinOn all four legs was still very.00:11:17KevinTall. Mm-hmm. And you know how dogs are when they get excited, they wag.00:11:21KevinTheir tails a.00:11:22KevinLot right? And so this was a big dog. And I remember I would just be standing next to it, talking to the neighbors.00:11:28KevinAnd he'd be so excited, wagging his tail and the tail would, like, hit me in the shoulder. And it was like your friend punching you.00:11:35KevinIt was like boom like.00:11:36KevinIt almost knocked me over that that dog's tail was so strong.00:11:40JackGet slapped by the the tail of a Great Dane, yeah.00:11:42KevinYeah, big dogs, big dogs are fun, but they're they're at a whole different kind of animal to like these small apartment dogs.00:11:51JackIt's it's hard to believe that little Lily there and damba the 2-3 kilogram dog and a Great Dane are the same species.00:11:58KevinRight. Almost. Yeah. They're they're so different size and and behavior and appearance from each other. It's very. I'd love to hear what our what some of our listeners. What kind of pets are common in their country? What? What size of pets?00:11:59JackYou know, it's just, yeah.00:12:11JackGive us the names of pets too. Like what? What's the name of your dog? What does it mean in your language?00:12:14KevinYeah, I.00:12:17KevinYeah, cause I mean.00:12:18KevinPets are pets are a great.00:12:20KevinThing to talk about.00:12:21KevinI mean, zombie is like it's family. Yeah, she is family. She's our daughter.00:12:27KevinThe most, and I'm sure other people feel the same. You know, your pets are your kids, your brother, your sister. You know, whatever they they really are a full part of your family. And so it's it's fun to share to about about family.00:12:42JackOur four legged family members, you know, Yep.00:12:45KevinYep. Our our four legged friends our.00:12:46발표자There you go.00:12:47Kevin4 legged family.00:12:49KevinSo everybody, thanks for listening and come and tell us about your pets. Check our WhatsApp group or Facebook or Instagram or on all the socials. Come tell us about your pets and join in the discussion with with everyone else. So we'll see you next time.00:13:03JackOK. Bye bye.Podcast Website:https://atozenglishpodcast.com/do-you-have-any-pets/Social Media:Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/671098974684413/Tik Tok:@atozenglish1Instagram:@atozenglish22Twitter:@atozenglish22A to Z Facebook Page:https://www.facebook.com/theatozenglishpodcastCheck out our You Tube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCds7JR-5dbarBfas4Ve4h8ADonate to the show: https://app.redcircle.com/shows/9472af5c-8580-45e1-b0dd-ff211db08a90/donationsRobin and Jack started a new You Tube channel called English Word Master. 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Full Text of ReadingsMemorial of the Guardian Angels Lectionary: 455/650The Saint of the day is Feast of the Guardian AngelsThe Story of the Feast of the Guardian Angels Perhaps no aspect of Catholic piety is as comforting to parents as the belief that an angel protects their little ones from dangers real and imagined. Yet guardian angels are not only for children. Their role is to represent individuals before God, to watch over them always, to aid their prayer, and to present their souls to God at death. The concept of an angel assigned to guide and nurture each human being is a development of Catholic doctrine and piety based on Scripture but not directly drawn from it. Jesus' words in Matthew 18:10 best support the belief: “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father.” Devotion to the angels began to develop with the birth of the monastic tradition. Saint Benedict gave it impetus and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, the great 12th-century reformer, was such an eloquent spokesman for the guardian angels that angelic devotion assumed its current form in his day. A feast in honor of the guardian angels was first observed in the 16th century. In 1615, Pope Paul V added it to the Roman calendar. Reflection Devotion to the angels is, at base, an expression of faith in God's enduring love and providential care extended to each person day in and day out. Learn more about angels! Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Mary has many different titles, Father Kubicki explains one of her most popular titles The Star of the Sea. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux has some elegant words in a prayer honoring Mary the Star of the Sea. We should ask Mary to guide us through our storms.

Full Text of ReadingsTwentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 118The Saint of the day is Saint Bernard of ClairvauxSaint Bernard of Clairvaux’s Story Man of the century! Woman of the century! You see such terms applied to so many today—“golfer of the century,” “composer of the century,” “right tackle of the century”—that the line no longer has any punch. But Western Europe's “man of the twelfth century,” without doubt or controversy, had to be Bernard of Clairvaux. Adviser of popes, preacher of the Second Crusade, defender of the faith, healer of a schism, reformer of a monastic Order, Scripture scholar, theologian, and eloquent preacher: any one of these titles would distinguish an ordinary man. Yet Bernard was all of these—and he still retained a burning desire to return to the hidden monastic life of his younger days. In the year 1111, at the age of 20, Bernard left his home to join the monastic community of Citeaux. His five brothers, two uncles, and some 30 young friends followed him into the monastery. Within four years, a dying community had recovered enough vitality to establish a new house in the nearby valley of Wormwoods, with Bernard as abbot. The zealous young man was quite demanding, though more on himself than others. A slight breakdown of health taught him to be more patient and understanding. The valley was soon renamed Clairvaux, the valley of light. His ability as arbitrator and counselor became widely known. More and more he was lured away from the monastery to settle long-standing disputes. On several of these occasions, he apparently stepped on some sensitive toes in Rome. Bernard was completely dedicated to the primacy of the Roman See. But to a letter of warning from Rome, he replied that the good fathers in Rome had enough to do to keep the Church in one piece. If any matters arose that warranted their interest, he would be the first to let them know. Shortly thereafter it was Bernard who intervened in a full-blown schism and settled it in favor of the Roman pontiff against the antipope. The Holy See prevailed on Bernard to preach the Second Crusade throughout Europe. His eloquence was so overwhelming that a great army was assembled and the success of the crusade seemed assured. The ideals of the men and their leaders, however, were not those of Abbot Bernard, and the project ended as a complete military and moral disaster. Bernard felt responsible in some way for the degenerative effects of the crusade. This heavy burden possibly hastened his death, which came August 20, 1153. Reflection Bernard's life in the Church was more active than we can imagine possible today. His efforts produced far-reaching results. But he knew that they would have availed little without the many hours of prayer and contemplation that brought him strength and heavenly direction. His life was characterized by a deep devotion to the Blessed Mother. His sermons and books about Mary are still the standard of Marian theology. Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Today's Topics: 1) Reflections for the Feast of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux 2) Matthew 5.13-19: The Salt of the Earth, the Light of the World, and The Fulfillment of the Law 3) Veritatis Splendor vs Amoris Laetitia  https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/veritatis-splendor-vs-amoris-laetitia 4) More on Monsignor Charles Pope's article 8 Errors Catholics Should Know and Avoid  https://www.ncregister.com/blog/8-modern-errors-every-catholic-should-know-and-avoid

Welcome to The Endow Podcast! This podcast is a forum for women to foster conversations about the intellectual life and intentional community for the cultivation of the feminine genius.On this episode, Simone Rizkallah, Director of Program Growth, interviews Ryan Ayala on Bishop Olmsted's Apostolic Exhortation to Catholic men and how this document can be read and studied by not only adult men, but by high school teenage boys while the girls participate in our high school Endow studies.Link to the Apostolic Exhortation: https://dphx.org/into-the-breach/ Link to the series on Formed: https://watch.formed.org/into-the-breach Ryan Ayala is the Director of Marriage and Family Life at Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic Church in Scottsdale, Arizona. He has been married for seven years and is blessed to have three children. Previously, he served as the Director of Campus Evangelization and Theology Teacher at Saint Mary's Catholic High School and Youth Leader at Saint Thomas the Apostle in Phoenix. He also teaches the Youth Specialization course for the Kino Institute at the Diocesan Pastoral Center. Prior to his arrive to Phoenix, he served as a Campus Minister at the University of Notre Dame. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Theology from Holy Cross College and a Master of Education, Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Mary. Support the Endow PodcastWhat's on your mind and heart? Let our host, Simone Rizkallah, know by connecting with her and The Endow Team on social media!Facebook at www.facebook.com/endowgroupsInstagram at www.instagram.com/endowgroupsWant to start your own Endow Group? Learn more by visiting our website at www.endowgroups.org or reach out to us at info@endowgroups.org. We look forward to serving you!