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Look, we have nothing against Whales but we keep doing these episodes anyways. This time it's Saint David under our snarky microscope adn we talk about him and a ton of other stuff too. Honestly, the Welsh have no reason to get mad at us because we actually have so many asides we hardly have any time to talk badly about their, um, country? I guess? Also, support Anna's sister Emily in her marathon run for refugees. It would be really nice: https://www.justgiving.com/page/emily-dominey-1?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CLPlease rate, review, and subscribe wherever you can. It really helps the show. And tell a friend! Thanks.If you would like to support the show you can give us a one-time tip at ko-fi.com/qedcomedylabIf you want to tell us anything please contact us at SaintMisbehavinPod@gmail.comOur Original Saint Audio art is by local Oxford artist Karina Tarin. Find more of her amazing pieces at https://www.karinatarin.co.uk/

Full Text of ReadingsSaturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 346The Saint of the day is Saint David of WalesSaint David of Wales' Story David is the patron saint of Wales and perhaps the most famous of British saints. Ironically, we have little reliable information about him. It is known that he became a priest, engaged in missionary work, and founded many monasteries, including his principal abbey in southwestern Wales. Many stories and legends sprang up about David and his Welsh monks. Their austerity was extreme. They worked in silence without the help of animals to till the soil. Their food was limited to bread, vegetables and water. In about the year 550, David attended a synod where his eloquence impressed his fellow monks to such a degree that he was elected primate of the region. The episcopal see was moved to Mynyw, where he had his monastery, now called St. David's. He ruled his diocese until he had reached a very old age. His last words to his monks and subjects were: “Be joyful, brothers and sisters. Keep your faith, and do the little things that you have seen and heard with me.” Saint David is pictured standing on a mound with a dove on his shoulder. The legend is that once while he was preaching a dove descended to his shoulder and the earth rose to lift him high above the people so that he could be heard. Over 50 churches in South Wales were dedicated to him in pre-Reformation days. Reflection Were we restricted to hard manual labor and a diet of bread, vegetables and water, most of us would find little reason to rejoice. Yet joy is what David urged on his brothers as he lay dying. Perhaps he could say that to them—and to us—because he lived in and nurtured a constant awareness of God's nearness. For, as someone once said, “Joy is the infallible sign of God's presence.” May his intercession bless us with the same awareness! Saint David of Wales is the Patron Saint of: Wales St. Anthony Messenger‘s Celebrating Saints Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

The day of Wales' patron saint is fast approaching and being as those Anglo-fascists next door won't let the good people of Cymru have a day off for it to get merry we thought the least we could do is have another go at educating the masses on the day's namesake. Hit play and revel in the miracles of the good Dewi Sant. Yes, one of them is another bastard healing spring. What's more saintly than buying merch, following us on socials or joining our insta?

Saints du jour 2024-12-29 Saint David by Radio Maria France

Geoff Thomas: The Holy Spirit – Chapter 19: “The Holy Spirit and Revival”Opening verses: Titus 3:5-6PEOPLE OF HISTORIC REVIVALThe history of the church was shaped by some great leaders and memorable spiritual breakthroughs, which, in turn, shaped the history of nations.Think of Saint Patrick's work in Ireland in the fifth century and Saint David's labors in sixth-century Wales. Patrick broke the back of heathenism in Ireland, and David did the same in Wales. The greatest outpouring of the Holy Spirit since the apostolic era was the Reformation in the sixteenth century.In the seventeenth century, Puritans such as John Bunyan and John Owen preached and wrote extensively about the Scriptures, influencing many people for generations to come in Great Britain and North America.EXAMPLES OF REVIVAL IN THE OTJosiah's discovery of the Book of the Law. When King Josiah was twenty-six years old, an ancient copy of God's Word was found in the temple of Israel. For centuries, the Scriptures had gone missing, and no one, not even the priests, had seemed to notice. When the book of the law was rediscovered, it had a profound effect on the king, the priests, and all the people of Israel. We read in 2 Chronicles 34:14–21 Jonah's mission to Ninevah. God directed Jonah to preach repentance to Israel's arch-enemy, Ninevah. The prophet rebelled against that order by taking a ship in the opposite direction. But after nearly drowning, Jonah returned to the Lord and went to Ninevah, where he began to proclaim to the residents of that great city, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown” (Jonah 3:4).The rebuilding of God's temple. The people of God had been in exile in Babylon for seventy years. Now, through God's miraculous intervention, specifically in the heart of Cyrus, king of Persia, many of the exiles had returned to Israel. But it was hard for these exiles to live for the Lord and support themselves in a ruined land that was surrounded by enemies who thwarted and sabotaged whatever they did. It took all their energy to look after themselvesREVIVAL IN THE NEW TESTAMENTPeter's sermon at Pentecost (Acts 2)Philip goes to Samaria (Acts 8)Paul's mission efforts (Acts 13 - 28)WHY REVIVAL IS SHUNNEDRevivals are poorly defined. The word revival is not found in the New Testament. Thus people use the word to describe any event that makes them feel blessed. The problem is that some people describe a meeting where they experienced the nearness of God as a revival, while others who went to the same meeting felt it was dull and uninspired. One man's feast was plain soup to another.Revivals are illusive. For a church member sitting in a pew, revivals never seem to be for the here and now. They appear to be events that happened a hundred years ago or that will occur sometime in the future. If they are occurring now, they are ten thousand miles away from where we live. So an ordinary Christian is restlessabout sermons on revival, Many revivals are not revivals. Many people today claim to be experiencing revivals in places such as Toronto, Kansas City, or Pensacola, Florida. For more information about this group, please visit their website at reformationboise.com. Every weekday at 8:00am you can listen to The Gospel for Life on 94.1 The Voice in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, USA. If you have a question, comment, or even a topic suggestion for the Pastors, you can email them. There is only one rule: Be Kind! Phone: (208) 991-3526E-mail: thegospelforlifeidaho@gmail.comPodcast website: https://941thevoice.com/podcasts/gospel-for-life/

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Full Text of ReadingsFriday of the Second Week of Lent Lectionary: 234The Saint of the day is Saint David of WalesSaint David of Wales' Story David is the patron saint of Wales and perhaps the most famous of British saints. Ironically, we have little reliable information about him. It is known that he became a priest, engaged in missionary work, and founded many monasteries, including his principal abbey in southwestern Wales. Many stories and legends sprang up about David and his Welsh monks. Their austerity was extreme. They worked in silence without the help of animals to till the soil. Their food was limited to bread, vegetables and water. In about the year 550, David attended a synod where his eloquence impressed his fellow monks to such a degree that he was elected primate of the region. The episcopal see was moved to Mynyw, where he had his monastery, now called St. David's. He ruled his diocese until he had reached a very old age. His last words to his monks and subjects were: “Be joyful, brothers and sisters. Keep your faith, and do the little things that you have seen and heard with me.” Saint David is pictured standing on a mound with a dove on his shoulder. The legend is that once while he was preaching a dove descended to his shoulder and the earth rose to lift him high above the people so that he could be heard. Over 50 churches in South Wales were dedicated to him in pre-Reformation days. Reflection Were we restricted to hard manual labor and a diet of bread, vegetables and water, most of us would find little reason to rejoice. Yet joy is what David urged on his brothers as he lay dying. Perhaps he could say that to them—and to us—because he lived in and nurtured a constant awareness of God's nearness. For, as someone once said, “Joy is the infallible sign of God's presence.” May his intercession bless us with the same awareness! Saint David of Wales is the Patron Saint of: Wales Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

For 1 March 2024, Memorial of Saint David, Bishop, based on Matthew 5:13-16 (Photo of Stained glass window of St. David from Bury St Edmunds Cathedral, courtesy of Fr. Lawrence Lew, OP)

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Saints du jour 2023-12-29 Saint David by Radio Maria France

From his earliest years Iakovos Tsalikis wanted to become a monk, but he would have to wait. The world had to get to know him and he had to get to know the world. Born in Livisi, a picturesque village in Asia Minor, the Tsalikis family was forcibly uprooted from their ancestral homeland. Leaving the life they knew behind, they took with them what was their true life - their Faith. Resettled in Northern Evia, the future Saint was raised in piety and trained in virtue by his grandmother Despina and mother Theodora. Iakovos worked hard alongside his father, Stavros, and eventually became the provider for the family. At the age of 32, he realized his calling in life by entering the Monastery of Saint David the Elder in Evia, living the rest of his life there as a monk. He rose above insurmountable obstacles, labored ascetically beyond what is human and suffered greatly for the sake of Christ. He received divine gifts as his reward, including clairvoyance and miracle-working, becoming an Elder of great stature. The author of this book, Professor Stylianos Papadopoulos, was blessed to know the Elder personally. His intimate knowledge of the Elder's life together with his literary talent make the story on these pages come alive. God has not left us without Saints in our age of falsehood and agnosticism. Saint Iakovos intercedes for us today, now glorified among the Saints in heaven. From the vivid, lively stories in this book, may we be moved to glorify God and ask Saint Iakovos to intercede for us! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/athonite-audio/support

It was a huge privilege for my latest Nostalgia Interview to meet Anne Pőnisch and Vicky Tomlinson, daughters of John Roland Lloyd Thomas who was Principal of Saint David's (University) College for nearly a quarter of a century from 1953 until the mid-1970s. Anne and Vicky remember the days of living behind the College Chapel with its spiders, attics and cellars in an age when students wore academic gowns and had to be back home at around 10pm. They paint a fascinating picture of Lampeter from a different age. We talk about how SDC was not just a theological college, and they remember how students would line up to see their father after supper. Their father enjoyed rugby and cricket and the pastoral side of being Principal was important to him. He did all the admissions work during his time as Principal as well as taking disciplinary measures. They grew up knowing their father was a big fish in a small pond, and remember the diverse range of people they would encounter around the house. We find how things were for their mother whose first husband died in the War, and they talk about how she did all the dinner parties and cooking, in those days. We find out why she didn't let on that she was a Welsh speaker as well as why their father was keen to admit female students. This was an era when it wasn't obvious the College would survive. Vicky reminisces about once being kidnapped near Burgess Hall during Rag, and how there was once a This Is Your Life-type show arranged for their father in Lampeter's Victoria Hall. Anne and Vicky have many records from that era, including the letters that their father would write to them every weekend, and sermons and cine films. We also find out who they are in touch with from that era. Anne and Vicky reflect on how much smaller things seemed when they returned to West Wales as young adults, and we talk about returning to the place of origin. They remember when things changed in Lampeter, e.g. problems around drugs and the police having to be involved, and we learn how their father felt about retirement. Towards the end of the interview, we find out whether they have followed in their parents' footsteps at all and what their parents would have thought about the lives they have led. We learn that their father might not be happy about some developments in the Church, and what he might have thought of women priests, and they refer to the ‘lost souls' that their father was keen to take in to Lampeter who might not have secured a place elsewhere.

Wales is home to a fair few big names that made their mark by swinging swords and leading armies but occasionally someone stands out for something different, like growing hills and having sea serpents run errands for you.In this week's episode we discuss the latter and delve into the history of the patron saint of Wales and all his boring meat and beer free beliefs.Bless us by following our socials here.Much like a church you can also give us money for nothing if you're feeling generous and want to support our booze soaked ramblings.

Pastor Dave shares with us the Bible verse that changed his life 50 years ago on August 6, 1973, and how that verse has a way of calling people into a relationship with Jesus.

As teachers there are many ways that we can use research to improve our practice or find answers to burning questions about what is happening in our classrooms. Whether it's restoring order after lunch, eliminating distractions or something more complicated, Dr. Victoria Gilbert takes us through the whys and how of research. From simple to the elaborate we can all be a part of improving our own and our colleagues' practice. Bio: Dr. Gilbert grew up in three different countries and has taught foreign languages in elementary school (Spanish & French) and science for over thirty years in NYC. She received her doctorate from Teachers College in educational leadership. She is a frequent presenter on authentic resources and IPA design. For ten years, she was also curriculum specialist and professional development leader for Global Language Project (GLP). Dr. Gilbert has taught FLES methodology classes and served as lead instructor in NYU's and GLP's StarTalk program for teachers. She is currently the Chair of the Modern Language Department at Saint David's School.  Producer's Notes: Visit the Language Lounge on Twitter - https://twitter.com/langloungepod Connect with Michelle - https://twitter.com/michelleolah Have a comment or question? Leave a voicemail at (207) 888-9819 or email podcast@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com Watch this episode on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/wayside Social Media https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-gilbert-29b33312/ https://twitter.com/vgilbertteach Mentions: Educator Inquiry Website - https://www.educatorinquiry.com/

Fr Matthew Roche-Saunders, a Catholic priest from the parish of Aberystwyth is in Rome, following in the footsteps of faithful pilgrims across the centuries. 900 years ago this year, as recorded by the English historian William of Malmesbury, Pope Callixtus II granted a privilege to St Davids to be of significant spiritual importance for pilgrims. As part of our 'In The Footsteps of David' series of programmes celebrating our patron saint, Fr Matthew explores the act of pilgrimage, hearing from others visiting places around the globe linked to Saint David, to understand more about this journey of faith.

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Special Guest David Simpson Today is Saint David of Whales feast day. War of the Worlds on Epix The Holy Ghost has warned us about a lot. In the 1950's and 60's Phillip K Dick wrote about what we are seeing now. No one knew about the submarine until 20,000 leagues under the sea was written. From science fiction to science fact. If they can randomly hand out fake money for the loan and then hand out fake money to forgive the loan how can anyone say what is going to happen to the market. ANY market! HEADLINE: Mortgage demand from homebuyers drops to a 28-year low by Diana Olick  Mortgage applications to purchase a home dropped 6% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's seasonally adjusted index. Volume was 44% lower than the same week one year ago, and is now sitting at a 28-year low. Mortgage rates have moved 50 basis points higher in just the past month. Last February, rates were in the 4% range. If the Federal Government can't loan money anymore for Student Loans, the local bank has to right? So where does the bank get the money to loan said student? Why don't we get a mortgage holiday or it being forgiven b/c the same Federal Gov gave the bank the money for my mortgage too?!!!!! Why just forgive student loans? Trying to get a loan for his son to buy a truck and asked about the interest rate and the local bank told him the BEST he could do is 12-16% interest.  So he told the teller, okay I have about $50,000 in that bank right now, get you a Kroger bag b/c I'm coming to get it in an hour and he did! He grabbed every cent he had w/ that bank. That is how we should ALL be acting that way w/ our local banks. Is this a Federal Reserve thing? Yes all banks are members of the FDIC. Is there some side step out of this Federal Reserve stuff? Can we make our own bank? Stay constant and steady -  When you give up the TV for Lent you realize you have 3 hours in the afternoon that you just don't have anything to do! Maggie has read 4 books this Lent already! HEADLINE: Going For Gold by Jacob Imam  Because fiat currency is not based in the natural order, it causes the people who use it to suffer. The ability to print money as “needed” may be a boon to business, but in actual fact, most of the money printed is gobbled up by the banks. “The Cantillon Effect” describes the fact that the chief beneficiaries of the expansion of the money supply are the first recipients of the new money (usually the banks): they are able to spend the funds before they have caused prices to increase. Those next receiving the money (other major corporations jumping on the new lines of credit) face a small increase in price levels, and so on. The last recipients of the new money (the poor and the middle-class) face the greatest inflation in prices with the proportionally few dollars that trickle down to them.  In short, by printing and distributing money through specific corporate channels, central authorities have not only diminished the value of the common man's savings but have drastically increased the wealth-gap between those associated with the state and those who are not. This was dramatically seen during the COVID-19 crisis when, between March 2020 and April 2021, the base monetary supply in the US increased by 29.9% and US billionaire wealth increased by 61.9%. Likewise, the top five Wall Street banks—JP Morgan Chase & Co, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, and Citigroup—earned an additional $51 billion that year compared with the year previous.

Full Text of ReadingsWednesday of the First Week in Lent Lectionary: 226The Saint of the day is Saint David of WalesSaint David of Wales' Story David is the patron saint of Wales and perhaps the most famous of British saints. Ironically, we have little reliable information about him. It is known that he became a priest, engaged in missionary work, and founded many monasteries, including his principal abbey in southwestern Wales. Many stories and legends sprang up about David and his Welsh monks. Their austerity was extreme. They worked in silence without the help of animals to till the soil. Their food was limited to bread, vegetables and water. In about the year 550, David attended a synod where his eloquence impressed his fellow monks to such a degree that he was elected primate of the region. The episcopal see was moved to Mynyw, where he had his monastery, now called St. David's. He ruled his diocese until he had reached a very old age. His last words to his monks and subjects were: “Be joyful, brothers and sisters. Keep your faith, and do the little things that you have seen and heard with me.” Saint David is pictured standing on a mound with a dove on his shoulder. The legend is that once while he was preaching a dove descended to his shoulder and the earth rose to lift him high above the people so that he could be heard. Over 50 churches in South Wales were dedicated to him in pre-Reformation days. Reflection Were we restricted to hard manual labor and a diet of bread, vegetables and water, most of us would find little reason to rejoice. Yet joy is what David urged on his brothers as he lay dying. Perhaps he could say that to them—and to us—because he lived in and nurtured a constant awareness of God's nearness. For, as someone once said, “Joy is the infallible sign of God's presence.” May his intercession bless us with the same awareness! Saint David of Wales is the Patron Saint of: Wales Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Jane gives us her favourite facts about Saint David, while Fi ponders an acorn of an idea for a matchmaking service. They're joined by Richard Reeves, writer and academic, to discuss his book 'Of Boys and Men: Why the modern male is struggling, why it matters, and what to do about it'. If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio Times Radio Producer: Kate Lee Podcast Executive Producer: Ben Mitchell Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Be joyful, and keep your faith and your creed, and do the little things that you have seen me do and heard about.”

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 - This week a federal Texas judge could stop over half of the abortions happening in the country in what may be the most consequential abortion ruling since the reversal of Roe v Wade. US Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk for the Northern District of Texas is set to issue a decision in the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine's (AHM) suit against the Federal Drug Administration that alleges the agency ignored its own research and testing standards when approving the abortion drug mifepristone. Mifepristone is the first of two drugs used in chemical abortions, which account for 53% of all abortions in the country. If Kacsmaryk rules against the FDA, the administration could be forced to rescind its approval of the drug, bringing its legal distribution to a halt across the country, even in states where abortion remains legal. Though a ruling against the FDA could block the legal distribution of mifepristone, that result might only be temporary. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253763/here-s-how-half-of-us-abortions-could-be-stopped-this-week The Nicaraguan dictatorship led by Daniel Ortega has prohibited holding the Stations of the Cross in the streets the same week that the dictator accused the Church of being a “mafia.” Local media reported February 23 and 24 that the government had banned the Stations of the Cross, a traditional practice during Lent and Holy Week. Hundreds of faithful participated in the Stations of the Cross that took place around the Managua Cathedral on Friday, February 24. Ortega's government has in recent years detained, imprisoned, and likely tortured numerous Catholic leaders, including at least one bishop and several priests. His government has also taken action to repress Catholic radio and television stations, and driven Catholic religious orders, including the Missionaries of Charity, from the country. The regime also expelled Archbishop Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag, the former apostolic nuncio in Nicaragua, from the country, a move the Vatican called “incomprehensible.” https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253760/dictatorship-in-nicaragua-bans-stations-of-the-cross-in-the-streets Today, the Church celebrates Saint David of Wales. David is the patron of the Welsh people, remembered as a missionary bishop and the founder of many monasteries during the sixth century. David was a popular namesake for churches in Wales prior to the Anglican schism, and his feast day is still an important religious and civic observance. Twelve monasteries have their founding ascribed to David, who developed a reputation for strict asceticism. His monks modeled their lives on the earliest desert hermits – combining hard manual labor, silence, long hours of prayer, and a diet that completely excluded meat and alcohol. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-david-of-wales-163

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Surprise!We couldn't let St Helens being crowned World Champs on Aussie soil pass us by without a dose of Saint David smugness could we!? So here's Mark & David recapping the big win for David's side and our competition.We'll talk about the match itself and the possible legacy this leaves. Plus, which was greater? Wigan in 1994 or St Helens in 2023?

Saints du jour 2022-12-29 Saint Thomas Becket et Saint David by Radio Maria France

Meet Marian Brosschot from Easy Welsh as she discusses, with Rita, how Culture and language are inseparable. Marian was raised bilingual Welsh-Dutch at home in Wales. She traveled quite a bit and has been teaching Welsh and English abroad for some time. In 2020, Marian B. went to Argentina for a year to work as a Welsh teacher in Patagonia and is currently studying Linguistics at the University of Bangor in North Wales. In this episode, she shares valuable tips for those who want to join the ever-growing number of students learning Welsh and other critical cultural facts about Wales, mysterious names in Welsh, and the biggest Cultural event in Europe. "Hoffech chi gael coffi" before starting? Show Notes Super Easy Welsh 1: How to order drinks in Welsh (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmGLWMJpZLM&t=174s) Marian's Brosschot Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/@galesconmarian)(Galés con Marian) Names of places in Wales mentionned in this episode: Castell y Gwynt (“Castle of the Wind”) – rock formation on the summit of Glyder Fach (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castell_y_Gwynt) Pen Llithrig y Wrach (“The slippery head of the witch”) – Mountain (http://mmmmargot.blogspot.com/2020/06/pen-llithrig-y-wrach.html) Event in Wales: Dydd Gŵyl Dewi (St David's Day) 1st of March. People wear a daffodil, which is the national symbol of Wales. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_David%27s_Day) Eisteddfod – biggest cultural festival in Europe. (https://eisteddfod.wales/national-eisteddfod-wales) Numbers of learners of Welsh in the UK (https://cardiffjournalism.co.uk/intercardiff/business-culture/learning-welsh-with-growing-popularity-an-immersive-experience-of-welsh-culture) Quote from Jacques Leylavergne and Andrea Parra (https://blog.gymglish.com/2020/09/09/importance-culture-language-learning)

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"Your body is a miracle so deep that God herself longed to be in a body like yours." About today's speaker: Kerlin Richter is an Episcopal Priest, a painter, a writer, a preacher, a 7 on the enneagram, a failed southerner, a stalled drummer, and an unrepentant schemer. Kerlin is currently the Rector of Saint David of Wales Episcopal Church in Southeast Portland, OR, and is currently in the process of becoming a licensed sex educator.   Advent for Every Body is a daily podcast exploring how human bodies bear God in our world. Listen every day in Advent right here in the "Sermons from Trinity Cathedral Portland" podcast feed.

Music by Mary Watson

Saint Davids Day, Wales' day of celebration. Whether you are spending the day on a night on the town, having a family outing or even having a completely normal day we here at Mind and Money today talk about the importance of simply enjoying life. This is something we forget to do when worrying about our money and our future, but I'll ask you this, when is that future? Life is for the living and that is now.Listen here while we explain the importance of balancing life and money for the things that are important to you.Watch with video here.Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHoZx0CREZxyT3JRFzqrSPw/featured

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 - Pope Francis has asked people around the world to fast and pray for peace in Ukraine on March 2, Ash Wednesday. After meeting Pope Francis on Monday, the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris invited Muslims in France to pray for peace in Ukraine. In a statement after his private audience at the Vatican on Feb. 28, Chems-Eddine Hafiz said that the pope expressed deep concern about the fate of migrants arriving in Europe and the conflict in Ukraine. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250518/after-meeting-pope-francis-leader-invites-france-s-muslims-to-pray-for-peace-in-ukraine March 5 will mark the first anniversary of Pope Francis' historic trip to Iraq, as the first pope to do so. In a meeting with Iraqi Christian leaders at the Vatican on Monday, Pope Francis called it an “unforgettable visit” and emphasized the importance of the Christian presence in the Middle Eastern country. The Christian population in Iraq, a country of around 40 million people, has been steadily dwindling for decades, from around 1.4 million in 2003 to about 250,000 today. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250515/pope-francis-remembers-historic-iraq-visit-1-year-later The Women's Health Protection Act failed in the U.S. Senate on Monday. Pro-life groups had called it the most radical abortion bill in U.S. history. The Feb. 28 vote needed 60 votes to proceed, with all but one Senate Democrats voting for the Act, and no Republicans. The vote marked the first time that the Senate voted on a standalone bill to proactively codify Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court case that legalized abortion nationwide. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250523/pro-abortion-womens-health-protection-act-fails-in-us-senate Today, the Church honors Saint David of Wales, the patron of the Welsh people, who is remembered as a missionary bishop and the founder of many monasteries during the sixth century. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-david-of-wales-163 - Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Today, there are several saints honored. Saint Angela of the Cross, a 19th-century Spaniard, is the Foundress of the Institute of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross, a group dedicated to prayer and silence, as well as to serving the poor and dying. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-angela-of-the-cross-165 St. Agnes of Prague, a European who lived in the 13th century, entered the monastery after turning down the Holy Roman emperor's overtures of marriage. Emperor Frederick is said to have remarked: "If she had left me for a mortal man, I would have taken vengeance with the sword, but I cannot take offense because in preference to me she has chosen the King of Heaven." https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-agnes-of-prague-170 And finally, Blessed Charles the Good was a Flemish warrior and ruler known for his just, compassionate, and wise actions. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/blessed-charles-the-good-412

Full Text of ReadingsTuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 348All podcast readings are produced by the USCCB and are from the Catholic Lectionary, based on the New American Bible and approved for use in the United States _______________________________________The Saint of the day is Saint David of WalesDavid is the patron saint of Wales and perhaps the most famous of British saints. Ironically, we have little reliable information about him. It is known that he became a priest, engaged in missionary work, and founded many monasteries, including his principal abbey in southwestern Wales. Many stories and legends sprang up about David and his Welsh monks. Their austerity was extreme. They worked in silence without the help of animals to till the soil. Their food was limited to bread, vegetables and water. In about the year 550, David attended a synod where his eloquence impressed his fellow monks to such a degree that he was elected primate of the region. The episcopal see was moved to Mynyw, where he had his monastery, now called St. David's. He ruled his diocese until he had reached a very old age. His last words to his monks and subjects were: “Be joyful, brothers and sisters. Keep your faith, and do the little things that you have seen and heard with me.” Saint David is pictured standing on a mound with a dove on his shoulder. The legend is that once while he was preaching a dove descended to his shoulder and the earth rose to lift him high above the people so that he could be heard. Over 50 churches in South Wales were dedicated to him in pre-Reformation days. Reflection Were we restricted to hard manual labor and a diet of bread, vegetables and water, most of us would find little reason to rejoice. Yet joy is what David urged on his brothers as he lay dying. Perhaps he could say that to them—and to us—because he lived in and nurtured a constant awareness of God's nearness. For, as someone once said, “Joy is the infallible sign of God's presence.” May his intercession bless us with the same awareness! Saint David of Wales is the Patron Saint of: Wales Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Saints du jour 2021-12-29 Saint Thomas Becket et Saint David by Radio Maria France

Gwenno Dafydd is a singer, songwriter, Welsh Nationalist and she is passionate about Women's rights. Learn more about her work here Here is more information about music Gwenno has created, some of which was played in today's episode: Song: Padam Padam – Sung by Gwenno Dafydd. Accompaniment Gareth Griffiths. Song: Cenwch y Clychau i Dewi – (Ring out the Bells for Saint David. Words: Gwenno Dafydd. Music: Heulwen Thomas.) Sung by Mantra: Manon Ogwen Parry, Anna Cole and Tara Camm. Piano: Helen Roberts. Words: Gwenno Dafydd Music: Heulwen Thomas Song: Behind a tiny window - Singer: Jodi Bird. Words: Gwenno Dafydd. Music: Katherine Cole https://music.apple.com/gb/album/behind-a-tiny-window-single/1599732888 Song: 'Alba gu brath. Don't give up hoping Hannah. (Part of the Celtic Cousins Trilogy for Independence) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL5kFg0P4DspERzkfcVPHCYFEh-j1doEi (Gwenno directed and produced both films) Singer: Conor Gaffney. Words: Gwenno Dafydd. Music: Katherine Cole. Blog Post: https://americymru.net/ceri-shaw/blog/5461/mixing-up-some-great-new-songs-on-gwenno-dafydds-new-record-label-coctel?fbclid=IwAR0w4N6rtnMbj7fo4fEt2B30CeUD4ecovn9e656_2oi_i8rfhf1Bu0t4HeM * * * Visit https://musicsecretsexposedpodcast.com for Episode Directories. To find out more about Music Secrets Exposed and the Musical Change Makers 2021 competition amongst other offerings visit the links below: Competition: https://musicalchangemakers.com/ Graded Music Theory Waiting List: https://www.gradedmusictheory.com/ 1-1 Piano classes: https://www.theworldofpiano.com Tested and Tried Health Hack: https://faig.pruvitnow.com/ Getting Into Tune With Music Theory - buy the e-book here. Want the Audio Book instead? Buy at your favorite retailer below: Audible, Amazon Sylvia would love a cup of coffee to keep her going, and as it has been said 'every little helps!' ;) : ko-fi.com/sylviamoran --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/musicsecretsexposed/message

That famous photo- the one we're all familiar with- an astronaut in a bright white suit flying untethered – floating, really, above the Earth with the dark contrast of space in the background… that photo has an incredible backstory… and it's been captured perfectly in an awesome new book by author Bruce McCandless III.     Astronaut Bruce McCandless III is perhaps best remembered as the subject of a famous NASA photograph (below right), flying alongside the space shuttle in the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) -- the first astronaut to fly untethered from his spacecraft… His time as an astronaut encompassed much more than that mission, including serving as the Mission Control communicator for Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's moonwalk on the Apollo 11 mission. There's so much more to this iconic photo- and now we can enjoy the story behind the moment from Bruce's son, Bruce McCandless III in his new book, Wonders All Around.  On this episode, Bruce shares his perspective with Beth on what it was like growing up with an astronaut Dad and more right here on this week's Casual Space Podcast.  Both the book -and this conversation- is really good.     About Bruce McCandless III  Bruce McCandless III grew up in the shadow of Houston's Johnson Space Center during the Apollo and Skylab eras, watching Batman and Buzz Aldrin with equal enthusiasm. He graduated from the Plan II Honors Program of the University of Texas and went on to earn an M.A. from the University of Reading in England and a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. After teaching at Saint David's School in New York City, he returned to Austin to practice law and retired in 2019 as general counsel of Superior HealthPlan, the Texas affiliate of Fortune 100 company Centene.    In addition to Wonders All Around: The Incredible True Story of Astronaut Bruce McCandless II and The First Untethered Flight in Space, Bruce is also the author of the science fiction novel Sour Lake (2011), the modern fairy tale Beatrice and the Basilisk (2014), and, with his daughter Carson, a book of light verse for middle schoolers titled Carson Clare's Trail Guide to Avoiding Death (And Other Unpleasant Consequences) (2017). He has published poems, stories, and essays in a variety of journals, including the Texas Observer, The Seattle Review, The Asian Wall Street Journal, Pleiades, and Consequence, and his book of poems, All of This is Ours, will be published in the summer of 2021 by Kelsay Books. Bruce is an avid runner and mountain biker who spends most of his free time on Central Texas trails. He is also a board member of the Worthy Garden Club—an Oregon-based environmental organization working to plant a million trees in the Pacific Northwest—and the Austin Library Foundation. Bruce and his wife, Pati McCandless, live in Austin To Learn More about Bruce and his work:  First, check out the famous photo here: Bruce McCandless III from the NASA website: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/astronaut-bruce-mccandless-on-first-ever-untethered-spacewalk And  Bruce III, the author, the attorney, the teacher and more: https://brucemccandless.com.    ORDER YOUR COPY OF THIS GREAT BOOK Wonders All Around HERE: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1626348650/ref=cm_sw_su_dp  

March 1, 2021. 8. ••• 0:00 - 13:55:: Max, Mara, & Bridge Family Community; Girl Scouts & Healing Memories; Neurological Repair By Airwaves; Esther's Approach & Level-Headedness; Cait Hardlypie's Purim Party Collaborative Celebration Practice & Ever-Evolving Understanding; Chag Purim Samayach; Beruchah At Shekhinah ••• 13:55 - 50:00:: Happy Saint David's Day from Max, Evan, and This Intuitive Mishkan; Intuitive Anchor & Our "Broadcast Delay"; One-Full-Quarter-Welshness and Welsh Expansiveness; Generational Trauma Amidst Colonialization; Daffodils & Leeks; Dafydd Y Gareg Wen (David Of The White Rock); Strengthening Singing At The Cusp Of Death; Recovery From Environmental Illness & Toxic Injury; Songs About Dying; Eisteddfod, Eisteddfodau, & Intuitive Social Welsh; Celtic Concert Practice; follow t.me/s/IntuitivePublicMusic & t.me/s/IntuitiveSocialKitchen for more; also t.me/s/IntuitiveSocialLanguage; Toolset Functions; Platform Solutionstorms; Etymology; Tolkein-Level Sorrow; We Take Up Our Harps To Express Love While Dying And We Travel Into A New Kind Of World; Continuations, Part Of The Same Growing Tree; Honoring Death & Honoring Song; Physiological Conditions For Neuroplastic Change; Going On Or Dying; Intuitive Public Radio & The Intuitive Community Network; Safety For Survivors Of Severity; Navigating This Universe Of Possible Deaths; Are You "Too Dying" To Be In Community? We Make The Material We Are Living In ••• 50:00-50:40:: Dafydd Y Gareg Wen As A Dirge Called Misalignment ••• 50:40 - 54:19:: Alignment & Embodiement Practice (As Close To Live As Any Of Us Can Get) & A Joyful False Start • 54:19 - 56:09:: Dafydd Y Gareg Wen ••• 56:09 - 1:10:05 Celebration, Vocal Pedagogy, & Medicinal Musicality; It's Really The Sound Of The Person; Same Different Davids; Saint David's Yartzeit; Henry II & An Archbishop Beckett Re: Melt-Downs & Bruised Friendship; Considerations Of History; What Is Most Core To Us And At Our Root? Here Is How We Sing Music And Share Food; Intuitive Public Social Community Druidry; Make Us A Wrap • Gratitude, Blessings! • https://Intuitive.community/mishkan • https://Intuitive.social/welsh • https://t.me/s/IntuitivePublicRadio/7461 •• --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/intuitive/support

Dans cet épisode, nous avons la chance de recevoir Jean-Philippe Bouchard de la Distillerie du Fjord de Saint-David-de-Falardeau. Le distillateur en chef saguenéen nous parle de l’histoire de cette entreprise L’article Ginétique – EP06: Km12 de la Distillerie du Fjord est apparu en premier sur RadioH2O.

While Jalen & Ethan remain trash, these guests have been incredibly interesting. On this Episode we speak with Chicago based artist, Blake Saint David, who was a pleasure. They got into ...waking up early to make music, not getting valentines day candy grams, & learning to “read the room”..... What else am I supposed to say here...Go listen…

Good morning and welcome to Waking up with the Saints! Today we'll be talking about St. David and living our lives out, especially during lent, with more loyalty and commitment to God! Thanks for listening, God bless! :D

Discover the remarkable life of the patron saint of Wales. Saint David. Hear about his numerous miracles and find out why he is unique among the patron saints of Britain. Explore the stories of other lesser known saints of Wales and their influences not only on rulers of Wales but Lords in France and Kings of England too.   If you have your own stories to share please email us on darkwales@hotmail.com

Full Text of ReadingsMonday of the Second Week in Lent Lectionary: 230All podcast readings are produced by the USCCB and are from the Catholic Lectionary, based on the New American Bible and approved for use in the United States _______________________________________The Saint of the day is St. David of WalesAmong Welsh Catholics, as well as those in England, March 1 is the liturgical celebration of Saint David of Wales.St. David is the patron of the Welsh people, remembered as a missionary bishop and the founder of many monasteries during the sixth century.David was a popular namesake for churches in Wales prior to the Anglican schism, and his feast day is still an important religious and civic observance.Although Pope Benedict XVI did not visit Wales during his 2010 trip to the U.K., he blessed a mosaic icon of its patron, and delivered remarks praising St. David as one of the great saints of the sixth century, that golden age of saints and missionaries in these isles, and...thus a founder of the Christian culture which lies at the root of modern Europe.In his comments, Pope Benedict recalled the saint's dying words to his monastic brethren: Be joyful, keep the faith, and do the little things. He urged that St. David's message, in all its simplicity and richness, continue to resound in Wales today, drawing the hearts of its people to renewed love for Christ and his Church.From a purely historical standpoint, little is known of Davids life, with the earliest biography dating from centuries after his time. As with some other saints of sixth-century Wales, even the chronology of his life is not easy to ascertain.Davids conception is said to have occurred as a result of rape a detail that seems unlikely to have been invented by later biographers, though it cannot (like almost all of the traditions surrounding his life) be established with certainty. His mother Saint Nonna, or Nonnita, has her traditional feast day on March 3.David appears to have been the cousin of his contemporary Saint Teilo, another Welsh bishop and monk. He is described as a pupil of the monastic educator Saint Paulinus, who was one of St. Teilos teachers as well. There are doubts, however, about the story which holds that David and Teilo traveled to Jerusalem and were ordained together as bishops.It is clear that David served as the Bishop of Menevia, an important port city linking Wales and Ireland in his time. His leading role in two local councils of the Church is also a matter of record.Twelve monasteries have their founding ascribed to David, who developed a reputation for strict asceticism. His monks modeled their lives on the earliest desert hermits combining hard manual labor, silence, long hours of prayer, and a diet that completely excluded meat and alcohol.The monks did not use animals to take care of their fields, and lived off of only bread, vegetables, and water.One tradition places his death in the year 601, but other writers believe he died in the 540s. David may well have survived to an advanced age, but evidence is lacking for the claim (made by his 11th-century biographer) that he lived to the age of 147. Pope Callistus II canonized St. David of Wales in 1120. Saint of the Day Copyright CNA, Catholic News Agency

GB2RS NEWS Sunday the 28th of February 2021 The news headlines: A landmark for Stay Safe net Share your views on the Direct to Full Licence exam Tonight @ 8 looks at propagation tools   Last Thursday evening, Lowestoft District and Pye Amateur Radio Club held its 100th Stay Safe net hosted on GB3YL. The net has been running on Monday and Thursday nights since the first lockdown with James, M1TES, helped by some other local amateurs. Each week the number of participants has increased and has even included amateurs from Holland joining in when conditions have allowed it. This is quite an achievement and has brought local amateurs together. Have you given your views in the RSGB’s consultation on a new, Direct to Full licence exam? Nearly 800 people have responded already, so make sure your voice is heard by completing the Society’s survey. The background to this consultation, as well as links to the proposed syllabus and the survey, are on the RSGB website at rsgb.org/direct-to-full. The next RSGB Tonight @ 8 webinar takes place on Monday the 1st of March. RSGB Propagation Studies Committee Chair, Steve Nichols, G0KYA will look at Using Propagation Prediction Tools. You can find out more about all the Tonight @ 8 webinars as well as links to further information, books and videos on the webinar topics on the Society’s website at rsgb.org/webinars. From modest beginnings on the 31st of March 1921, the men and women of the Royal Australian Air Force have served Australia’s national interest. To mark this Centenary, the Wireless Institute of Australia will be celebrating with two call signs. VI100AF will operate from the 1st of March to the 29th of May. It will be used by radio amateurs that are either current or veteran military personnel; some activities may be from military bases. VK100AF will be active from the 1st of March to the 31st of August. This callsign will be used by a team of over 40 radio amateurs across the bands around Australia. Full QSL information and detail on operations can be found on QRZ.com. The RSGB has launched a new page on its website that includes a video outlining the benefits of Membership. To watch the video and find out more go to rsgb.org/membership. Radio amateurs serving in the Finnish military will be using the prefix OI on Friday the 5th of March. There are only about 35 stations with an OI callsign, so it’s a rare prefix. There is an award available, just search online for OI Award Finland. Now the DX news Tom, NL7RR, is active as KH9/NL7RR from Wake Island, IOTA reference OC-053, for about 6 weeks. He hopes to be on the 40 and 20m bands, as time permits, using SSB. 5V7DE is the newly issued callsign for Daniel, HB9EHD, who is in Kara, Togo. He will operate on QO-100 SSB during his evenings and on the 40 and 20m bands FT8. QSL via Logbook of The World and eQSL, or direct to his home call. Now the Special Event news Saint David is the patron saint of Wales. Saint David’s Day is celebrated by the Welsh around the world every 1st of March. Simon, GW0NVN will be operating GB0SDD on HF and 2m from 0000 to 2359UTC on the first of March. Club Log, Logbook of The World and eQSL will be used. GB2VAX will be operational from the QTH of Andy, G4ISN of the Welland Valley ARS from the 1st to the 28th of March. Modes will be SSB / FT4 / FT8 on HF bands. Coventry is The City of Culture in 2021. GB1COC is being operated until the 13th of March on behalf of Coventry ARS by Brian, G8GMU. He will be mainly on the 80m-band using SSB, 2m FM and digital speech modes. See QRZ.com. Now the contest news Please remember to check before the contest for any new rules due to lockdown and social distancing, which may differ around the world. The RSGB strongly advises obeying your national and local government’s advice. This weekend the CQ 160m DX contest ends its 48-hour run at 2200UTC today, the 28th. Using SSB only, the exchange is signal report and CQ Zone. American stations also exchange their State and Canadians their Province. The REF Contest runs for 36 hours, ending at 1800UTC today, the 28th. Using SSB only on the 3.5 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and serial number. French stations also exchange their Department number or overseas prefix. Today, the 28th, the First 70MHz Cumulative Contest runs from 1000 to 1200UTC. Using all modes, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Monday the data leg of the 80m Club Championships will run from 2000 to 2130UTC. The exchange is signal report and serial number. On Tuesday the 144MHz FM Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 1955UTC. It is followed by the all-mode UK 2m Activity Contest from 2000 to 2230UTC. The exchange for both is signal report, serial number and locator. On Wednesday the 144MHz FT8 Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2100UTC. The exchange is signal report and your 4-character locator. Also on Wednesday, the UK EI Contest Club 80m contest runs from 2000 to 2100UTC. Using SSB only, the exchange is your locator. Next weekend it’s the ARRL International DX Contest. It runs for 48 hours from 0000UTC on the 6th to 2359UTC on the 7th. Using SSB on the 1.8 to 28MHz contest bands, the exchange is signal report and transmit power. American stations will also exchange their State, and Canadian stations, their Province. The 144/432MHz contest also takes place next weekend. Running from 1400UTC on the 6th to 1400UTC on the 7th, all modes are permitted. The exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Sunday the 7th, the UK Microwave Group Low Band Contest runs from 1000 to 1600UTC. Using the 1.3 to 3.4GHz bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. The Worked All Britain 3.5MHz phone contest will take place next Sunday, the 7th from 1800 to 2200UTC. The exchange is signal report, serial number and WAB square. Entries should be with the QSL manager by the 17th of March. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, there will be no mobile or portable categories, and entries will not be accepted from mobile or portable stations. However, there will be a club category, with members operating from their home QTH. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA & G4BAO on Friday the 26th of February. We had a slightly better week in terms of solar activity, but the consensus is that HF propagation is still in the doldrums. Two sunspot groups made an appearance last week, although by now they may have vanished around the Sun’s edge again. Groups 2804 and 2805 pushed the solar flux index to 81 by Thursday, with a sunspot number of 33. Although group 2804 was quite large and also responsible for several low-level B-class solar flares, 2805 never really managed to appear as much more than a pinprick on the solar surface. Last week was dominated by geomagnetic disturbances, with the Kp index staying at four for a lot of the time. This was mainly caused by the arrival of matter from a coronal mass ejection that was launched from the Sun on the 20th of February, and ongoing high-speed solar wind streams from coronal holes. The solar wind speed has been dropping, which suggests a return to more settled geomagnetic conditions this weekend. The US Air Force predicts the solar flux index will start at 82 on Sunday, but then decline to 74 as the week progresses. This reflects the lack of future sunspot activity currently being seen on the STEREO Ahead spacecraft. Geomagnetic conditions are likely to start settled but become unsettled on the first, second and sixth of March, with a potential Kp index of five. This is due to matter arriving from a very large coronal hole on the solar surface. So it looks like a reasonable weekend for HF, but conditions and MUFs may decline early next week. And note that we are now entering March. Spring is typically a time when HF favours North-South paths, such as the UK to South Africa and South America. Make the most of the next couple of months, before we enter the Summer season, which is characterised by lower F2-layer maximum usable frequencies. However, the bands will stay open longer, perhaps even 24 hours on 20 metres by mid Summer. Short-skip Sporadic-E on 7 to 28MHz can make up for decreasing F2-layer propagation and activity, but we are still a couple of months away from the start of the Sporadic-E season. And now the VHF and up propagation news. As we ended the week, an area of high pressure extended towards southern Britain from the southwest. It should have become firmly established over the country by now and should produce a welcome return of Tropo conditions for the VHF and UHF bands. This should dominate into next week, but during Tuesday a more summer-like area of low pressure drifts north from Biscay and may produce some heavy spring showers over southern England, so possible rain scatter conditions coming up for midweek. The high doesn’t go away and should bring further Tropo after this showery interlude, but eventually, an Atlantic cold front will move into north-west Britain at the end of the week, starting a spell of unsettled, windy weather there, but leaving southern Britain under the Tropo ridge for another day or so. We are now in an extended period where the lowest EME path losses coincide with low Moon declination and hence short Moon visibility windows. This week, declination goes negative on Monday so Moon visibility windows and peak Moon elevations will reduce. Path losses continue to fall this week as we get to the Moon’s closest approach to Earth, called perigee, on Tuesday. There are no major meteor showers until mid-March, so pre-dawn continues to be the best time for random meteor scatter contacts. That’s all from the propagation team this week.

Entrevue avec Catherine Morissette, mairesse de Saint-David-de-Falardeau, coiffeuse et propriétaire du salon Petit Paris Coiffure à Chicoutimi-Nord : Les salons de coiffure devraient être considérés comme étant un service essentiel selon elle: la mairesse de Saint-David-de-Falardeau prend les moyens pour que François Legault entende sa demande et lance une pétition.Pour de l'information concernant l'utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

Le billet de Richard Martineau : Les voyageurs très peu surveillés, des subventions aux bars de danseuses et Justin Trudeau défend le pétrole aux dépens de Joe Biden. Chronique Crime et Société avec Félix Séguin, journaliste au Bureau d’enquête de Québecor : Le contrôle exercé par Valérie Plante dérange, un tireur vise un déneigeur de Saint-Calixte, la boss de Loto-Québec quittera dans la tourmente et le méga-procès de la 'Ndranghenta. Segment LCN avec Richard et Jean-François Guérin : Erin O’Toole écarte Derek Sloan et les aînés négligés. Entrevue avec Gérard Deltell, leader parlementaire de l'opposition officielle, député de Louis–Saint–Laurent : Pas d'extrême droite au Parti conservateur du Canada, dit Erin O'Toole. Commentaire de Gilles Proulx, chroniqueur au Journal de Montréal-Journal de Québec : Valérie Plante dérange à Montréal et la fin du règne Trump. Chronique économique avec Yves Daoust, directeur de la section Argent du Journal de Montréal Journal de Québec et animateur du balado « Mêlez-vous de vos affaires » : Couche-Tard veut acheter Carrefour à tout prix et la patronne de Loto-Québec quitte ses fonctions. Entrevue avec Catherine Morissette, mairesse de Saint-David-de-Falardeau, coiffeuse et propriétaire du salon Petit Paris Coiffure à Chicoutimi-Nord : Les salons de coiffure devraient être considérés comme étant un service essentiel selon elle: la mairesse de Saint-David-de-Falardeau prend les moyens pour que François Legault entende sa demande et lance une pétition. Commentaire de Claude Villeneuve, chroniqueur au Journal de Montréal Journal de Québec : La situation actuelle de la COVID-19 au Québec et l’intimidation sur les patinoires. Entrevue avec Julie Lesage, québécoise vivant au Texas : Le climat politique à la veille de l’inauguration de Joe Biden. Chronique de Denise Bombardier, chroniqueuse au Journal de Montréal Journal de Québec : La pandémie COVID-19 gâche la vie de bien des gens et le règne de Donald Trump laissera des traces. Commentaire de Mathieu Bock-Côté, chroniqueur blogueur au Journal de Montréal Journal de Québec et animateur du balado « Les idées mènent le monde » à QUB radio : La censure de Donald Trump et Mathieu se fait catégoriser. Chronique d’Emmanuelle Latraverse, analyste politique : O’Toole dit non, risques de Trumpisme au Canada, Yves-François Blanchet ne donne certainement pas l’exemple et le programme d’aide aux entrepreneurs noirs du fédéral tente de décider qui est « assez Noir ». Une production QUB radio Janvier 2021 Pour de l’information concernant l’utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

Entrevue avec Catherine Morissette, mairesse de Saint-David-de-Falardeau, coiffeuse et propriétaire du salon Petit Paris Coiffure à Chicoutimi-Nord : Les salons de coiffure devraient être considérés comme étant un service essentiel selon elle: la mairesse de Saint-David-de-Falardeau prend les moyens pour que François Legault entende sa demande et lance une pétition. Pour de l’information concernant l’utilisation de vos données personnelles - https://omnystudio.com/policies/listener/fr

Saints du jour 2020-12-29 Saint Thomas Becket, Saint David et Saint Martinien by Radio Maria France

One of the great delights from the Ordination service held at Saint Christopher's was the sermon by Father Blackburn's good friend, The Rev'd Brian Tarver. The two had worked together at Saint Philip's Church in Beeville, and Father Tarver is now the Rector of Saint David's Church in San Antonio.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the learning experiences for students in the clinical setting. Students at Saint David’s School of Nursing at Texas State University remerged in the clinical setting in summer 2020. Students developed a heightened sensitivity about how COVID-19 was impacting patients, families, and the hospital staff. This podcast with Mr. Mark Livsey presents how the power of the nurse's presence (students' presence) promoted learning in the clinical setting.

In this episode, we put on our best suits, style our hair real pretty, and talk about the genre of religious rhetoric that brought preachers and faith healers to your living room. And if you send us $1,000 you will be blessed by Saint David of Dewberry and Rev. Tim McGee Rhetoric-O-Rama is a fun and educational introduction to rhetoric by two college professors, Dr. David R. Dewberry and Dr. Tim "As Seen on TV" McGee. Each episode features a discussion on some aspect of rhetoric and then offers some tasty extra bonus content: a fallacy, a historical tidbit, or a stylistic device to help improve your own rhetoric. After each show, they get a cheeseburger and celebrate the time Tim was on Wheel of Fortune in the early 80s. You can find us at www.rhetoric.fun Available on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, and pretty much wherever you can get podcasts. Find out more at http://rhetoric.fun

You can see video of the farm at https://groundedbythefarm.com/trish-brian-mckeighen/ Belenus Farms Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/BelenusFarms/ Trish and Brian McKeighen purchased a farm in Saint David, Arizona that had a dozen pecan trees. The couple used Brian's baking knowledge to create new recipes for candied pecans including a local flavor called Mexican chocolate.  For Trish and Brian, the farm was located in a great area -- Brian's family ranches nearby -- but the couple didn't know anything about pecans. And with a dozen or so trees on the property, they decided they needed to quickly learn more about them as it offered a way to begin getting some return on their investment in the farm.  Bringing back the trees that had been neglected for years was only one thing to consider. The McKeighens also knew there were a lot of other places that could sell customer pecans. So they wanted something more. They went through a lengthy process of developing flavors and recipes and had fellow farmers taste test and provide feedback on the candied pecans.  The unique Mexican choclate flavor was inspired by a family member's love of Mexican hot chocolate -- a long time local favorite drink for winter. When it comes to favorite ways of eating pecans, Trish's dad likes them plain as he watches television but Brian's baking skills take the path toward desserts like pecan pie cheesecake. As they built various new pieces to the farm, they added backyard chickens, so the couple have home grown eggs to use in the recipes.  Brian shares some of the learnings they have had with food safety also led to product quality improvements. For instance, soaking pecans shortly before their are cracked allows them to remove any chicken litter, but also seems to yield more halves and larger pieces in the shelling process.   

this week a look at the patron saint of Wales. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/verybritish/message

On the final episode of Lectio Musica, Matthew David shares his reflections on what he’s learned from this podcast project. Then he offers a new melody to an old, beloved prayer. The Readings for this episode and for the upcoming Sunday are: Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9 Psalm 15 James 1:17-27 Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 Read all 4 readings online, or using your favorite Bible translation.  Lectio Musica is written and produced by Matthew David Morris. This podcast was made possible by a grant from the Episcopal Evangelism Society.  The melody and music for the “Collect of Purity” was written by Matthew David Morris (© 2018 Lectio Music, BMI) and recorded at Saint David of Wales Episcopal Church in Portland, Oregon. Learn more about Matthew David’s new ministry Beloved Community on Campus.  

This week on the show: readiness. How do we get ready for our writing practice and our spiritual practice? Hear the new Lectio Musica song, “Shoes”! The Readings for this episode and for the upcoming Sunday are: Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 Psalm 34:15-22 Ephesians 6:10-20 John 6:56-69 Read all 4 readings online, or using your favorite Bible translation.  Lectio Musica is written and produced by Matthew David Morris. This podcast was made possible by a grant from the Episcopal Evangelism Society.  “Shoes” was written by Matthew David Morris (© 2018 Lectio Musica, BMI) and recorded at Saint David of Wales Episcopal Church in Portland, Oregon. To reach out to Matthew David about being a part of Lectio Musica, e-mail mdm(at)lectiomusica(dot)com. — As a reminder, please do not send or submit original songs via e-mail. Send Matthew David an e-mail expressing interest and he will respond to talk about the next steps.  

This week on the show: discernment. How do we go about discerning the work that is ours to do and what belongs to God? Hear the new LM song, “That’s God’s Job." The Readings for this episode and for the upcoming Sunday are: Proverbs 9:1-6 Psalm 34:9-14 Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58  Read all 4 readings online, or using your favorite Bible translation.  Lectio Musica is written and produced by Matthew David Morris. This podcast was made possible by a grant from the Episcopal Evangelism Society.  “That’s God’s Job” was written by Matthew David Morris (© 2018 Lectio Musica, BMI) and recorded at Saint David of Wales Episcopal Church in Portland, Oregon. To reach out to Matthew David about being a part of Lectio Musica, e-mail mdm(at)lectiomusica(dot)com. — As a reminder, please do not send or submit original songs via e-mail. Send Matthew David an e-mail expressing interest and he will respond to talk about the next steps.  

On this episode: Honesty. Honesty in our writing. Honesty in scripture. Matthew David shares a songwriting story from his childhood and plays the new song, “Where God Started." The Readings for this episode and for the upcoming Sunday are: 1 Kings 19:4-8 Psalm 34:1-8 Ephesians 4:25-5:2 John 6:35, 41-51 Read all 4 readings online, or using your favorite Bible translation.  Lectio Musica is written and produced by Matthew David Morris. This podcast was made possible by a grant from the Episcopal Evangelism Society.  “Where God Started” was written by Matthew David Morris (© 2018 Lectio Musica, BMI) and recorded at Saint David of Wales Episcopal Church in Portland, Oregon. To reach out to Matthew David about being a part of Lectio Musica, e-mail mdm(at)lectiomusica(dot)com. — As a reminder, please do not send or submit original songs via e-mail. Send Matthew David an e-mail expressing interest and he will respond to talk about the next steps.  

This week on the show: the universal and the particular in songwriting. Matthew David shares his new song, “Powerless." The Readings for this episode and for the upcoming Sunday are: 2 Kings 4:42-44 Psalm 145:10-18 Ephesians 3:14-21 John 6:1-21 Read all 4 readings online, or using your favorite Bible translation.  Lectio Musica is written and produced by Matthew David Morris. This podcast was made possible by a grant from the Episcopal Evangelism Society.  “Powerless” was written by Matthew David Morris (© 2018 Lectio Musica, BMI) and recorded by Matthew David at Saint David of Wales Episcopal Church in Portland, Oregon. To reach out to Matthew David about being a part of Lectio Musica, e-mail mdm(at)lectiomusica(dot)com. — As a reminder, please do not send or submit original songs via e-mail. Send Matthew David an e-mail expressing interest and he will respond to talk about the next steps.  

Ben finds out about Saint David and considers some of the well-known legends about him.

Saint of the Day for March 1, Saint David of Wales (d. March 1, 589) Saint David of Wales’ Story David is the patron saint of Wales and perhaps the most famous of British saints. Ironically, we have little reliable information about him. It is known th

Interview With: Albert and Gage, guests for Strings on Grass November 13, 2015 RSVP here.Listen here or podcast here.Interview Conducted By: Will TaylorWill: Christine Albert & Chris Gage are appearing with Strings Attached at our Strings on Grass series, coming up on November 13th—after being rescheduled two times because of rain in Austin!—So, we’re here to talk a little bit about the two of them, and some questions that I have pulled together, as well as some reflections that they have on working with Strings Attached. I hope this interview will get people excited about the show.The special thing about Strings Attached and our concerts, is that we have this one-time experience when we get together with singer-songwriters, and reimagine their music… sometimes to an extreme level. For instance, when we do Beatles tribute shows, we might reimagine the music in a completely different way than the original versions. Along with our ever popular cover shows, we love to collaborate with singer-songwriters in the Austin area,—like Eliza Gilkyson, Slaid Cleaves—which was the original direction our band took in the beginning, years ago. We bring to the table, certain things like jazz improvisation, or different vocal sounds, adding some color to the arrangements. We try to create a unique experience for people to come out and be intrigued. That’s the first thing that I wanted to talk about. If I remember correctly, we had a show about 10-15 years ago. Chris: Has is been that long?Christine: Yeah, I think so, I think it has.Will: Yeah, and it was at Saint David’s church, which is a beautiful space. Yeah, it’s a distant memory for me. I’m curious to see if you remember anything specifically about working with us… or anything in general about what we do. So yeah, my first question is: Was there anything notable about that performance?Chris: I just remember being thrilled to hear our songs envisioned by someone else. Like you said, everyone has a different take on music. Some people come from a more classical background, and some people have a little more jazz. You know, I do this gig at Strange Brew every week where I’m playing with somebody different every each time… it’s a lot of time the same songs, but each person is going to bring something different to it. And what you do with Strings Attached, is real inventive. And plus, you have a core group of people that do this a lot. And so they know what you’re thinking when you write an arrangement, and they can help you bring it to life. It’s just real exciting for me.Christine: Yeah, I think every artist has sort of a fantasy of hearing their music with strings or with an orchestra… more arranged in that way. For me, it brings an elegance to the music that we try to bring that to our performances at Don’s Depot. It’s not always there. Chris: Well, I turn on the string machine sometimes. (Christine laughs.)Christine: So especially at Saint Davids, and in that beautiful environment, it was almost mystical. And I imagine the Strings on Grass is a different kind of environment, but also brings a sort of natural, organic beauty to it that really compliments the music. Will: Exactly! Yes, that’s the same approach that we were taking with the original Strings Attached series in the church; was that context where people walk into it. It’s not just about hearing the music directly, but it’s the environment that you’re in. It really affects the emotional receiving of the song, or the music. So same thing, you’re right! With Strings on Grass, we’re in this beautiful, gorgeous yard with large trees, and there’s lights shining in the trees, along with the stars above. There’s something about hearing music in a natural setting. It’s very different from Saint David’s, but I think it’s very natural. You know, for instance, Karen and I love Kerrville (The folk festival). So there’s a little bit of a being-around-the-campfire feeling, and we really enjoy it. So people are coming for the experience. The full on music in nature experience. So we look forward to hearing your songs. It makes me think, are there in nature songs in there? (Will chuckles.) Maybe we should pick out a song that’s fitting for that setting.Christine: Yeah, we’ll have to look at that.Chris: How many of these have you done, Will?Will: We’ve been doing them for about a year, just over a year. So we’re probably at 12 or 13. Chris: Oh cool!Will: We’ve done one every month, and we take off the winter months, obviously. And yeah, I’m really enjoying putting these shows on. People enjoy bringing kids, but still are able to really enjoy the music. Some outdoor events, you know, people start to talk, and then the music becomes the background to conversations. So we’re still trying to bring over that respect for listening, which is what we started with at Saint David’s. Chris: Well we’re really looking forward to it.Will: That sounds great. So, okay, onto the other questions. There’s an artist whom I really respect, and I have been studying his book called Effortless Mastery. You may have heard about it when I sent you the list of questions. Kenny Warner talks about the idea of just getting out of the way of yourself and your ability to grow and thrive as an artist. It has a relation to mindfulness work, meditation, you know, the idea of just letting things happen. Like the song “Let it Be” that the Beatles wrote. So I’ve been very attracted to this idea of getting out of the way of myself, as a performer, as a creative person. There’s this quote in here, I’ll read it quickly: “Ultimately, musicians of the world must come to realize their potential of their calling. Like Shamans, we may service  healers, metaphysicians, inciters, exciters, spiritual guides, and sources of inspiration. So if the musician is illuminated from within, he becomes a lamp that lights other lamps.” And it goes on. I was very attracted to that idea, and the fact that we could relate this to you, for instance how you have the swan songs organization. How do you resonate with this? Christine: Well, most of it does. In fact, all of that resonates with me especially because I do practice mindfulness meditation. Recently my mind has been very busy because I’m so active in other things. So I’m in a different mindset most of the day, and then I get to the performance, walk onstage, and start singing. When I find my mind racing, and I’m not really present, I actually close my eyes and practice meditation, in between the lines of the song. That’s by focusing on my breath, and being in the moment, it brings me back to why I’m there, and then it starts to become a gift to me when I can really get out of my own way.  It’s certainly hard for me, because there’s so much going on in my life and in my brain. But that’s the technique that I use. And I have my own personal prayer that I wrote years and years ago that I say. For instance, every morning, or especially before a performance. One of the phrases in there is: “My life is a vehicle for divine love, and my music is the instrument of expression.” So I believe that the quote you just read resonates with me because of what I say to myself.Will: Mhm. And so you still find that you have to remind yourself when you get up there on stage.Christine: Totally. It doesn’t come naturally, but the more you do it, the more years you sing, as a performer, and I think just as a person who’s connected to why I do this, it’s obvious to me when I’m not connected, I’m like whoops! oops! oops! It’s kind of like when you’re meditating, and your thoughts start to take off, and thinking, and you have to bring it back to the breath. When I’m doing that on stage, I realize “Oh, I am really not here. I just created an agenda in my mind while I’m trying to sing a song. “ And that of course is not going to work for the entire performance. And I think I can feel it when I shift back. And I think Chris can feel it too, he’s like “okay! you’re here with me now.” He knows exactly when I’m not. And even if I’m singing all of the right notes, and getting all of the lyrics, it’s obvious when I’m not present.”Chris: Well it’s amazing how much you can think about while you play. And I look at it this way: We spend our whole lives learning, and preparing, but when you step on stage, and that one person has come because they love your music, or they need something out of that evening, well then it’s time to just let it seep out, explode out. And I know that when I totally forget that I’m taking a piano solo, for example, if I just let it fly, those are the ones that get responded to the most. Not if I’m trying to play like Fats Waller, or if I’m trying to make sure that my left hand is in time, you know. If I just explode, those are the ones that people react to. Will: I was going to ask you a question, related to that comment, actually. What does a great solo feel like, or look like to you? And part of what you’re saying, is you’re so out of the way, you really don’t even notice it. So that’s what you’re saying?Chris: Well it’s come from years of doing it, you know. There are solos that musicians have a term for, that you’re very aware of. It’s called noodling. And it’s just you know what notes go on the scale, and so you play some. But to me, a solo is like a whole song itself. It’s a whole competition. It has a beginning, and it has a rise, and it has to resolve itself at just the right time. It has to be emotional, it has to be clever at times, you know, but it more than anything, it has to just fit the mood of the piece that you’re in. Will: So I’ve got a little follow up question with something related to that. I’ve always wondered: For me, I’ve studied the jazz traditional method, and if you look at Charlie Parker, or even Louis Armstrong, when they take a solo, they take certain approaches. With Louis, he takes the melodic approach, always relating his solo to the main melody. Whereas Charlie Parker and some of those main cats, you know, the bee-boppers, completely are going way off. So how much are you actually improvising? Do you consciously go off completely from the melody? Or do you generally always try to work off of the melody?Chris: You know, in the studio, when I’m trying to get something out of a soloist, I refer to it as “melody plus”. Which is an odd thing. Will: Okay.Gage: I don’t like to get too far away from the melody. And I’m totally happy with a baritone guitar solo that plays the melody, I think that’s beautiful. One of the coolest solos on record—and this also relates to you mentioning “What’s your favorite song?”—there’s a Glenn Campbell recording of Jimmy Webb’s “Wichita Lineman”. And when the solo comes in, its just the melody, and it is so satisfying to hear that. It’s better than any hot lick that could ever have been picked by Tommy Tedesco, or another guitar player. It’s just the melody. (Chris starts humming.) And it’s just gorgeous. So there’s a lot of songs that I will just play the melody, and others, “melody plus”, as I call it. You’ve got to sneak off and do something exciting, two-thirds of the way through. Bring it back to the home base at the end of a solo. Will: So it’s like those little shuttle inflections on the melody that make it your own. It really brings it into the moment. This particular melody you’re talking about, he pretty much states it the way it is?Chris & Christine: Yeah.Will: Nice. Okay, this is from a musician standpoint. I’m always interested to hear other musicians’ approach to that. Because the jazz players sometimes will be like: “Oh, well that’s boring. I don’t want to hear the melody over and over and over again.” But then if I listen to some folk or pop records, that’s all they do! And it’s like you said, it’s actually very pleasing to hear the melody. I don’t want to get too far off on that, but I’ve come from a jazz position, and then for the last 15-20 years have been around people like Eliza, and you guys, and been pulled back toward “this”, kind of stating simplicity, and roots music. And so it’s an interesting journey for me to get back to being grounded; what naturally comes up as opposed to—. You know as you were talking about earlier, I’ve got this classical background, but I’ve spent a lot of times in the last 25 years just coming back to the roots music. Which is an oral tradition, it’s not a written tradition. So I love it. I love staying with the melody.Christine: It’s interesting, as a singer, I’ve found, that because I’m playing with so many different players now at Mystery Monday, (Monday nights at El Mercado) lead players jump up there without hearing most of the songs we’re doing. And so I’m really struck by how a soloist impacts the way I sing, and what I get from that and the way we interact. Chris was saying there’s a beginning, a middle, a rise and end, and really the whole solo can be a mess, but if you end it in a way that really leads into what I’m about to say or sing, I’m always like “Yes that was awesome!” There’s something about setting up what the singer’s about to do next that is part of the role of the solo. If it’s a certain kind of solo, I bring that excitement and that energy, or that tenderness or that folk. Whatever it is, it so compliments what the singer is about to do. And feeds into it. So I really appreciate that.Chris: Well and I think that’s the role of the soloist… especially in a vocal group. The role is to not draw the attention away from the song, not to be all “Look at me look at what I can do!” That’s when they’re not considerate of the melody, or the vocalist, that’s about to come back and deliver the song. And it has to relate to the song itself. I’m a jazz fan, and I love the older stuff. I used to love the Miles Davis Quintet records, and I would just get lost in them because half the time I couldn’t follow what they were doing. On a heart-level, it doesn’t get me, but just washing through my brain, and giving me exciting musical experiences it does that. But on a heart-level, I would much rather just hear a great country song, actually. I’d rather hear Lefty Frizzell sing about forgetting to shave that day. Will: Yeah, I get that. And from working with singer-songwriters for the last 15-20 years, I enjoy the sideman aspect. I enjoy the simple art of laying out and finding where to fill, to compliment the song. Because from my standpoint, a great song exists with simply the melody and the lyrics. Even without a rhythm part, you can just sing it a cappella . So then therefore everything that I’m bringing to the table has got to be supportive. Essentially, I’m not really needed. So I’ve got to find this beautiful space where I can just slide my creativity in, and so I’ve really enjoyed that, because I originally came from playing instrumental jazz. In that, i was playing all of the material. What I’m trying to do is bring what I’m learning from this—playing with singer-songwriters—back to the instrumental music. Bring the heart back.Chris: And that’s exactly right. And when Christine and I do a show, and we have a new musician with us, including y’all, we always say, find your spots, but don’t forget, we do this all the time without you. You know, it’s all there. It just needs a little spice and seasoning. Will: Exactly, okay now to the next question. That was good, nice organic flow. So, do you have a preferred question? Chris: Well you asked what we do on date nights. We went to see the Martian in 3-D the other night. That was a good date. Christine: Yeah, at the Alamo. We actually don’t get many date nights, we’re just always so busy. We play so many weekly things. He plays every Sunday morning at Riverbend, and we both play Mondays at different venues. He plays every Wednesday, we’re almost always working on weekends, and we spend a lot of time doing studio sessions during the day. So date night, usually we opt for a movie or if we have a night off, we always want to be with our kids, and grandchildren, so we do family dinners a lot. That’s our indulgent time is to get the entire family over, and cook together. And they’re all great cooks, so I get to take advantage of that, because I’m not. (Laughs.) Our evenings are late. Chris doesn’t usually come out of the studio, and I’m not usually home until 9:30 or 10, so we have late evenings together. That’s our down time too, if we’re not working. Will: Yeah, with Karen and I, I always dreamed of having a musical family. We kind of do, like with Coralina, we have some music that we play with her. But it’s not like there’s music being played all the time in the house, because we try to take a break from that. Is that kind of what it looks like in your household?Chris: Yeah, we actually have one album that we play every time we cook, and it’s Paolo Conte’s greatest hits! It’s all in Italian, and we all sing along, even though we don’t know the words. (Christine chuckles.) But it’s just the perfect kitchen music.Will: That’s funny.Christine: Yeah you had asked also about practicing, and what that looks like. And we really don’t, we really don’t practice. When we have new songs, we sort of learn them as we go on stage. Although, I need practice more than Chris does, I’ll say. I’ll be like, “We really need to sit down and go over this, if it’s a new one that we’ve released.” I really need to get it in my brain, and go over what the arrangement is. But quite often it’s just as we go because we’re playing so much. And then there’s so much business to take care of during the day. And with all of my nonprofit work, I’m just like an office person everyday. It’s just regular office hours and then I play gigs. Will: Oh, I’ve got a great follow up question to this. It’ll help me to hear your answer to this, because I myself spend so much time taking care of my business as well. And in the Western world, we’re so focused on time, and doing. And after all, we’re actually not “human doings”, we’re “human beings”. Sometimes I just think: Okay, well if I didn’t have to do all of those business oriented tasks, what would you do if you had more time available. Let’s say if you had four more hours in the day, is there anything you’d want to do in regards to practicing and taking your music to the next level? Christine: If it was musically, I would relearn to play the piano, and to write with it. I enjoy  writing with piano, but I hardly ever do it. Piano was actually my first instrument as a child, but I haven’t really played in two years. So if I really was going to spend indulgent time on the music part, I would reconnect with piano, and I would get my flute fixed, because my flute has such old pads, that I can’t event play it. I would revive my flute because I also used to play that for many years. And I love to play it I just haven’t put the focus onto it. And just creatively in general, I really want to write more books and essays. I would spend more time writing, which means you have to spend a lot of time unplugged, in solitude. Nature helps me, gardening helps me, to get into that space. And I am so far from that right now. Chris: Yeah we don’t have time for that right now. I haven’t written a song in a long time because I’m so busy working on other people’s songs. All day every day. And then I take 30 minutes to try to think about what I’m going to do for example, I’ve got a show tonight at 6 o’clock with a guitar player I’ve never played with. And I’ve got to think about what might work between us when I don’t have even a clue of what his style is. So I’ll take some time and put a little thought into that. Christine: And he’s in the studio now working on someone else’s music all afternoon.Chris: Right, now if I had four hours a day, I’m sure I would be composing, and working on some tracks for t.v placement, and writing a new song for Albert and Gage. Will: Nice, well this was great. We took a little extra time, so thank you guys. I wish we could go on, I just love it. I’m trying to do these little interviews to create some interesting content where it’s from the point of view of us as musicians. I think it could create some interesting conversations. And this could be content that you could have up for years. This feels kind of like as if I was Terry Gross, except for Will Taylor with Fresh Air. So I appreciate y’all for being guinea pigs for my new idea, I really appreciate it. I enjoyed you guys.Christine: Thank you, it was a good conversation.RSVP to the show here.

Today we celebrates Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and his feast day which falls on the 1 March every year. Little is confirmed about the life of the saint, known as Dewi Sant in Welsh, but what we do know is that an aristocratic man from West Wales lived around the 6 century and died. Many

What is a saint? Continuing our series on Kingship we look this Sunday at the call to be holy. We look to Saint David. Israel was called to be a holy nation and the church is holy. There is no holiness without social holiness as John Wesley put it.

Daffodils and leeks for all.

Daffodils and leeks for all.

I have been taking the choir around to Newport and Cwmbran. you heart the Cwmbran podcast before and here you hear some of the sounds from Tredegar House in Newport Christmas Celebration, where the choir sang so beautifully in the Great Hall. The new CD PAX HOMNINIBUS BONAE VOLUNTATIS-Peace on Earth Goodwill to men. The most beautiful carols of Europe ALL sung in Latin. You may think this is odd,yet Latin is easier than Czech or Polish and I discovered 'Infant Holy was Polish!' This is beautiful sung by Convivium Musicorum and their intstrumental Group. (Get from Amazon and type in Latin Hymns) The Christmas Story and Welsh Christmas songs Pope Leo's short Christmas Sermon of 440AD-even before Saint David! I sing 'Our Father' Excerpt from 'Carol Singing' from Laurie Lee-Cider with Rosie.(and not singing properly because I have a cold) Cwmbran Salvation Army Band play Adeste Fideles(O Come all ye Faithful) Merry Christmas Everyone http://maryinmonmouth.blogspot.com