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Tutti Frutti. El rockumental del underground mexicano El rockumental es un género muy activo en México y, dadas las circunstancias en las que el rock mexicano se vio obligado a sobrevivir, sus registros, por ahora, están centrados en los convulsos años 80 del siglo pasado. Tutti Frutti: El templo del underground, estrenado hace apenas unos días, es una muestra peculiar de ello. La película registra lo que nadie se encargó de documentar y cuenta desde la emoción viva cómo mucho del rock mexicano se pintó, desde el escenario del Tutti Frutti –tan minúsculo en lo físico, como gigantesco en su enfoque– con los colores de Los Caifanes, La maldita vecindad, Atoxxico, Santa Sabina, tanto como los de Café Tacvba y Bon y los Enemigos del silencio. Para hablar de la película que registra a una generación que picó piedra en una ciudad que estaba por despertar, invitamos a este podcast Cinegarage a Brisa Vázquez, co fundadora del mítico Tutti Frutti, baterista de la banda Los Esquizitos y protagonista involuntaria del rockumental Tutti Frutti: El templo del Underground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Patrick Belisle, Director of Philanthropy at the Hoffman Institute Foundation, is our guest today. A self-described practical mystic, Patrick embarked upon a spiritual journey that took him around the world and the country. In 2022, he participated in what he calls the pinnacle of his spiritual journey, the Hoffman Process. In this conversation with Drew, Patrick shares his unique perspective on money as “financial energy.” He explains how philanthropic giving is a win-win; a way to fulfill both parties' goals and dreams. Patrick's approach to money will inspire you to craft your own financial story. We hope you enjoy this conversation with Patrick and Drew. More about Patrick Belisle: Patrick Belisle is a self-described "practical mystic" who studied theology with Benedictine monks at his college in Minnesota, meditated with Buddhist monks in Thailand, and had a powerful spiritual awakening at the Osho Commune in Pune, India. He and his wife Jane, also a Hoffman graduate, traveled around the world for a year, and around North America for another three years, in search of the meaning of life. They live happily and authentically in Charlottesville, Virginia. Over the years, Patrick has worn many hats: He is a longtime student and teacher of famous psychic Edgar Cayce's readings. Patrick had a 15-year tenure as a Director at Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.) in Virginia Beach, VA. He's also worked for Dr. Ian Stevenson's Division of Perceptual Studies at the University of Virginia for many years. UVADOPS.org applies rigorous scientific research to Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), children who seem to remember past lives, psychic phenomena, and other consciousness-related topics. Patrick has practiced hypnotherapy for many years. He has worked with young people in many capacities, facilitated various relationship workshops, and officiated over 60 weddings, baby blessings, and celebrations of life. Patrick currently serves as Director of Philanthropy at the Hoffman Institute Foundation. He helps raise over $2 million annually for student scholarships and teacher training. Beginning in 2025, Patrick and Hoffman's Board has set a goal to raise $25 million to purchase and renovate Hoffman's new Santa Sabina campus in San Rafael, CA. Santa Sabina will open in 2026. His unique perspective on money as “financial energy” will inspire you to think of your financial energy in a whole new way; how it comes to you, how you use it, and how it all works. As mentioned in this episode: Ways to Donate to Hoffman Catholic Benedictine monks Eastern Philosophy Mysticism Breathwork David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life The Post-Process Weekend Integration: Participants often feel very different after completing their Process, almost like a new self inhabiting a new life. It is important to orient and synthesize everything you have experienced and learned. We strongly recommend taking the weekend to complete this quiet integration. Raz Ingrasci & Liza Ingrasci, Founders of the Hoffman Institute Foundation • Listen to Raz on the Hoffman Podcast Hoffman Scholarships Hoffman tools mentioned The Hoffman App Join Hoffman's Instagram Daily Quad Checks at 8:00 am PT Hoffman 1-Day Graduate Refreshers in the US and Canada The Hand-on-Heart Practice Left Road/Right Road - Making a Choice Negative Love Patterns • Pattern tools: Pre-Cycling, Vicious Cycle, Recycling
I titoli: Condizioni di salute stazionarie per Papa Francesco. Ieri niente nuove crisi. Incrementata la fisioterapia respiratoria e quella motoria attiva. La Quaresima, periodo che ci ridimensiona ma, che ci invita anche alla speranza. Il messaggio del papa nell'omelia letta ieri nel mercoledì delle ceneri durante la Messa nella Basilica di Santa Sabina a Roma. Vertice straordinario oggi a Bruxelles: sul tavolo il sostegno all'Ucraina e un piano di difesa europea. Conduce: Paola Simonetti
Alex Murphy is a teacher at Santa Sabina domincan College in Sutton, North Dublin which has nurtured such a wonderful atmosphere in the school that they have become the first school in the world to receive the award.
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Producción y conducción: Sofia Solorzano. Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión. Visita: www.jaliscoradio.com
Noble romana. Decapitada por odio a su fe cristiana.
Conducción: Begoña Lomelí y Sofia Solorzano. Producción: Armando Tiburcio. Sistema Jalisciense de Radio y Televisión. Escucha la música del día dando clic aquí Visita: www.jaliscoradio.com Fecha: 14 Agosto 2024
¡Nos lanzamos a la casa de Santa Sabina en Guadalajara! Esta joya de los años 50's en la Colonia Americana, donde charlamos y cheleamos con Koki, un carnal de Culiacán; adoptado y adaptado en Guanatos, que dejó el 'godinato' para dedicarse a su pasión: la cerveza artesanal. Hablamos del origen de Santa Sabina, de sus primeras cheves y de cómo pasó de estudiar Ingeniería Industrial y dedicarse a las Finanzas, a luego hacer cerveza. Me contó de su encuentro con Frankie en una fiesta, donde le dijo: “Oye, compa… ¿No quieres hacer chela?", que lo cambió todo. Empezaron a experimentar con pequeños kits cerveceros hasta actualmente crear auténticas obras de arte líquidas. Koki y Frankie son ‘Los Nuevos Rebeldes' de la cerveza, fusionando arte y creatividad para, junto con su crew, dar vida a Santa Sabina. También hablamos del proceso que hay con las más de 100 etiquetas y las historias que hay detrás de cada cerveza.La influencia de María Sabina, Jim Morrison y otros iconos culturales. Le pregunté sobre sus chelas favoritas de Santa Sabina, tanto las de línea como las rotativas, y cómo crean ambientes únicos con música en su casa cervecera. Y claro, probamos algunas de sus joyitas: LARGA VIDA AL CRAFT: Literal, ¡unos hot cakes líquidos! STOUT DE OLLA: Un café de olla en forma de cerveza. ROSALIA: Sin acento en la "i", pero con acidez balanceada, lo dulce de la frambuesa y fermentada con levadura de champagne. Gracias, Koki, por las atenciones y por dejarnos entrar hasta la cocina. LA VIDA ES COMO LA ESPUMA... PON SHUFFLE WEY Instagram: @sobrelaespuma @cervezasantasabina @santasaabinaamericanaa —————————————————————— PON SHUFFLE WEY Instagram: @dan.bojorges / @ponshufflewey TikTok: @ponshufflewey Tapas: @mahoarte Producción: NueveMenosUno Equipo Técnico: @eme_studiooo #SantaSabina #SantaSabinaAmericana #KOKI #PonShuffleWey #CervezaArtesanal #SobreLaEspuma #CervezaMéxico #Podcast #Entrevista #PonShuffleWeyTalks #CDMX #México #Guadalajara #Arte #MusicPodcast #MAHOarte #EMEStudio --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ponshufflewey/message
Norman gives the seventh dharma talk at the Santa Sabina Sesshin 2024 on "Dogen's Generosity and the Story of Sadaprarudita" Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://everydayzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Dogen_s-Generosity-and-the-Story-of-Sadaprarudita-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-2024-Talk-7.mp3
Norman gives the fifth dharma talk at the Santa Sabina Sesshin 2024 on "Dogen's Zazen-shin: The Point of Zazen." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://everydayzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Dogens-_Zazen-shin_-The-Point-of-Zazen-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-2024-Talk-5.mp3
Norman gives the fourth dharma talk at the Santa Sabina Sesshin 2024 on "Suzuki Roshi on Expression." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://everydayzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Suzuki-Roshi-on-Expression-Talk-4-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-2024.mp3
Norman gives his second dharma talk at the Santa Sabins Sesshin 2024 on "Radiant Light" from Dogen's Shobogenzo #37. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://everydayzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Radiant-Light-Dogens-Shobogenzo-37-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-2024-Talk-2.mp3
Shuso Anlor Davin gives her "Way Seeking Mind" talk to the Santa Sabina Sesshin 2024 (talk 3). Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://everydayzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Wayseeking-Mind-Anlor-DavinT-Talk-3-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-2024.mp3
Norman gives his first dharma talk at the Santa Sabins Sesshin 2024 on "Zazen and Mind Only Teachings," Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://everydayzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Zazen-and-Mind-Only-Teachings-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-2024-Talk-1.mp3
This weekend, in what is normally the interview segment, I offer a mini-pilgrimage of sorts as we visit some of the Lenten Station churches in Rome, very special churches that tell a beautiful story over the 40 days of Lent, a story found only in Rome. I note at the start that, every year on Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent, Popes process from the Benedictine church of Sant'Anselmo on the Aventine Hill to the nearby Dominican basilica of Santa Sabina, thus renewing a centuries-old Roman tradition of celebrating Mass at what are known here as Lenten station or stational churches.
This weekend, in what is normally the interview segment, I offer a mini-pilgrimage of sorts as we visit some of the Lenten Station churches in Rome, very special churches that tell a beautiful story over the 40 days of Lent, a story found only in Rome. I note at the start that, every year on Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent, Popes process from the Benedictine church of Sant'Anselmo on the Aventine Hill to the nearby Dominican basilica of Santa Sabina, thus renewing a centuries-old Roman tradition of celebrating Mass at what are known here as Lenten station or stational churches.
La storia della Sardegna nell'Alto medioevo è unica nel suo genere, sospesa tra Cartagine, Roma e Costantinopoli.Ne parliamo con Diego Serra, studioso di Storia bizantina e storico del diritto. Con Diego attraverseremo brevemente la storia antica della Sardegna (periodo nuragico, dominazione cartaginese e romana) per giungere alla sezione che più ci interessa: la Sardegna bizantina, fino all'emersione dei Giudicati. ---Nell'immagine: chiesa di Santa Sabina a Silanus, realizzata su fondamenta nuragiche.---IMPORTANTE, per prenotare l'adunata di "Feudalesimo e libertà", nella quale sarò presente domenica 19 maggio:https://www.ticketone.it/artist/feudalesimo-liberta/IMPORTANTE2: ricordatevi dell'appuntamento a Napoli il 15 marzo alle 18:30, alla Ubik di Spaccanapoli!IMPORTANTE3: Registrarsi alla mia mailing list: https://italiastoria.com/mailing-list/ in modo da poter prenotare in anteprima il viaggio a Costantinopoli. L'11-12 marzo è l'ultimo giorno per farlo!---Per acquistare i miei libri:IL MIGLIOR NEMICO DI ROMA: https://amzn.to/3DG9FG5 anche in audiolibro https://amzn.to/3rZwAJBPER UN PUGNO DI BARBARI: https://amzn.to/3l79z3u---Ti piace il podcast? Sostienilo, accedendo all'episodio premium, al canale su telegram, alla citazione nel podcast, alle première degli episodi e molto altro ancora:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/italiastoriaTipeee: https://en.tipeee.com/italiastoriaAltri modi per donare (anche una tantum): https://italiastoria.com/come-sostenere-il-podcast/Altri link utili:Tutti i link su Linktree: https://linktr.ee/italiastoriaSito con trascrizioni episodi, mappe, recensioni, genealogie: https://italiastoria.com/Pagina Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/italiastoriaGruppo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/italiastoriaInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/italiastoria/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ItaliaStoriaYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzPIENUr6-S0UMJzREn9U5Q---Musiche di Riccardo Santato: https://www.youtube.com/user/sanric77 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
En su homilía durante la Santa Misa del Miércoles de Ceniza, este 14 de febrero en la Basílica de Santa Sabina, el Pontífice animó a todos los fieles a volver a Dios con todo el corazón y a reconocernos por lo que somos: polvo amado por Dios.PARA ESCUCHARLA, Pincha aquí : https://youtu.be/GXeLkcjQN8g?si=E_C6Sv6FX2WO_VTc
“Noble romana, decapitada por odio a su fe cristiana”
Norman gives his fourteenth and last talk of the Surangama Sutra 2023 series to the Santa Sabina 2023 Sesshin as the sixth talk. This series is based on the "The Surangama Sutra" version published by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. Norman also references Robert Rosenbaum's "That is Not Your Mind: Zen Reflections on the Surangama Sutra." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/03150758/Surangama-Sutra-14-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-2023-Talk-6.mp3
Norman gives his thirteenth talk of the Surangama Sutra 2023 series to the Santa Sabina 2023 Sesshin as his fourth talk. This series is based on the "The Surangama Sutra" version published by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. Norman also references Robert Rosenbaum's "That is Not Your Mind: Zen Reflections on the Surangama Sutra." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/31135748/Surangama-Sutra-13-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-2023-Talk-4.mp3
Norman gives his twelfth talk of the Surangama Sutra 2023 series to the Santa Sabina 2023 Sesshin as his third talk. This series is based on the "The Surangama Sutra" version published by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. Norman also references Robert Rosenbaum's "That is Not Your Mind: Zen Reflections on the Surangama Sutra." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/30150107/Surangama-Sutra-Talk-12-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-2023-Talk-3.mp3
Norman gives his eleventh talk of the Surangama Sutra 2023 series to the Santa Sabina 2023 Sesshin as his second talk. This series is based on the "The Surangama Sutra" version published by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. Norman also references Robert Rosenbaum's "That is Not Your Mind: Zen Reflections on the Surangama Sutra." Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/29143654/Surangama-Sutra-2023-Talk-11-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-Talk-2.mp3
Norman gives his tenth talk of the Surangama Sutra 2023 series to the Santa Sabina 2023 Sesshin as his first talk. This series is based on the "The Surangama Sutra" version published by the Buddhist Text Translation Society. Norman also references Robert Rosenbaum's "That is Not Your Mind: Zen Reflections on the Surangama Sutra." He also pays tribute in this talk to recently deceased Zen priest Layla Smith Bockhurst. Suggested donation: $7 https://bit.ly/donate-edz-online-teachings We cannot continue offering teachings online without it. Thank you! https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/29132005/Surangama-Sutra-10-Also-Remembering-Layla-Smith-Bockhurst-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-Talk-1.mp3
María Sabina: Hongos mágicos y curación Curaciones en la práctica tradicional Mazateca de Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca. Humo canción de Santa Sabina. Entrevista con Enrique González Rubio Montoya, autor de “María Sabina: La tradición de los Hongos sagrados entre los curanderos Mazatecos” y otros libros sobre chamanismo. María Sabina: Espiritualidad Chamánica y mística sincrética. Cantos y poesía del documental María Sabina, Mujer Espíritu (1979) de Nicolás Echevarría Sabia indígena y humilde sanadora. María Sabina estará siempre ligada a la historia del chamanismo y de los hongos sagrados en México. María Sabina Magdalena García era su nombre completo. Nació en 1894 en una pequeña población del municipio de Huautla de Jiménez, en la sierra de Oaxaca. Tierra de frijol y milpas. Huautla está habitada por la cultura mazateca, que aún mantiene vivo un ritual religioso basado en la ingesta de hongos alucinógenos. https://bit.ly/3wmkd6i #enteogenos #chamanismo #psicodelia
María Sabina: Hongos mágicos y curación Curaciones en la práctica tradicional Mazateca de Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca. Humo canción de Santa Sabina. Entrevista con Enrique González Rubio Montoya, autor de “María Sabina: La tradición de los Hongos sagrados entre los curanderos Mazatecos” y otros libros sobre chamanismo. María Sabina: Espiritualidad Chamánica y mística sincrética. Cantos y poesía del documental María Sabina, Mujer Espíritu (1979) de Nicolás Echevarría Sabia indígena y humilde sanadora. María Sabina estará siempre ligada a la historia del chamanismo y de los hongos sagrados en México. María Sabina Magdalena García era su nombre completo. Nació en 1894 en una pequeña población del municipio de Huautla de Jiménez, en la sierra de Oaxaca. Tierra de frijol y milpas. Huautla está habitada por la cultura mazateca, que aún mantiene vivo un ritual religioso basado en la ingesta de hongos alucinógenos. https://bit.ly/3wmkd6i #enteogenos #chamanismo #psicodelia
Bienvenidísimas, queridísimas bestias de la noche nocturna a esta su más reciente nalgada radiofónica para conmemorar a la muerte en el día de los Muertos con un menú simplemente mortal! empezando con La Muerte desde Bélgica, luego el combo afroamericano punk Death, Café Tacvba, el grandioso metal de Death, Alice in Chains, Ska-P, Suciedad Discriminada, The Mijas, Santa Sabina y mucha más!
El 13 de septiembre de 2022 Jean-Luc Godard, uno de los cineastas más extraordinarios en la historia presente y futura de la humanidad, falleció por muerte asistida en Rolle, Suiza. A partir de ese momento miles de homenajes a su obra se pusieron en marcha alrededor del mundo. ¿Por qué? ¿Quién fue Godard? ¿Es en realidad tan grande su legado al cine? Sí. Eso y más. Sin la obra de Jean-Luc Godard el cine tal cual lo disfrutamos ahora simple y sencillamente no sería posible y eso incluye tanto al cine más comercial como al más autoral de todos. Por eso invitamos a Norma Loeza, Socióloga, Maestra en Estudios Latinoamericanos y colaboradora en los proyectos Corre Cámara y Artes 9, ambas publicaciones electrónicas de análisis cinematográfico. También es columnista en la Silla Rota. Nuestro otro invitado es Alejandro Otaola ex integrante de bandas como Santa Sabina, San Pascualito Rey, músico solista y compositor para cine. Ambos, sobra decirlo, son admiradores de Godard.
“Noble romana, decapitada por odio a su fe cristiana”
Con Santa Sabina pasó algo muy curioso... las artes escénicas se trasladaron hacia las artes musicales, habiéndose conocido todos gracias al teatro. Rita Guerrero, su cantante, tuvo mucho que ver en ello y marcó la historia con su talentoso estilo, pero cada uno de sus miembros aportó un hechizo para que esta mezcla musical se conjurara en una realidad que ahora es histórica.Lo más curioso es que su propuesta hizo historia en el entorno rockero de México, sin siquiera tocar estrictamente rock... Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/flashblackep1. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Norman gives his fifth and last talk to the Santa Sabina Sesshin 2022 on Dogen's "Birth and Death." https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/02142325/Dogen-on-Birth-and-Death-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-2020-Talk-5.mp3
Norman gives his second talk on Dogen's "Zazenshin" or Zazen Only to the Santa Sabina Sesshin 2022. This is the third https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/31200737/Dogens-Zazenshin-Zazen-Only-Talk-2-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-2022-Talk-3.mp3 talk of the Sesshin.
Norman gives his third talk on Dogen's "Zazenshin" or Zazen Only to the Santa Sabina Sesshin 2022. This is the fourth talk of the Sesshin. https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/01165109/Dogens-Zazenshin-Zazen-Only-Talk-3-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-2022-Talk-4.mp3
Norman gives his first talk on Dogen's "Zazenshin" or Zazen Only to the Santa Sabina Sesshin 2022. This is the second talk of the Sesshin. https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/30201419/Dogens-Zazenshin-Zazen-Only-Talk-1-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-2022-Talk-2.mp3
Norman gives his first talk to the Santa Sabina Sesshin 2022 on "The Seven Jhanas " or Meditation States. https://s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/edz.assets/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/30200241/Seven-Jhanas-or-Meditation-States-Santa-Sabina-Sesshin-2022-Talk-1.mp3
Un sólo punto en dos partidos y las sensaciones cambian con esta mala racha de resultados en su localía y visita del Cruz Azul. Cuco Angulo es abucheado por la afición y nos preguntamos si es bueno o es malo hacerse sentir en el estadio de esa manera. El regreso al Azteca está a la vuelta de la esquina donde el líder Puebla pretende quedarse con los 3 puntos pero no podemos permitirnos más pérdidas en casa. El sábado se viene el partido de la jornada. Rafa Nadal gana el Abierto Mexicano de Tenis y se regresa La Champions la próxima semana donde el platillo principal es el Real Madrid recibiendo al PSG. Pam & Tommy y Licorice Pizza son nuestras recomendaciones para disfrutar este fin de semana y la música corre a cargo de Volován, Santa Sabina, Zoé y Real de Catorce con canciones con título Azul
4 discos que varían en locura, sonido, luz y propuesta. La Castañeda, Santa Sabina, Jose Manuel Aguilera y Cabezas de Cera (re)ingresan ahora en tu mundo gracias a estos discos que los pusieron muy de cerca en los corazones de los mexicanos en su momento.Entregas discográficas que pocos recuerdan o ubican pero que tienen mucho por decir aún. Motivos sonoros con los que te darán ganas de volver a hacer rock. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/flashblackep1. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Esta semana, Piro tiene de visita a Patricio Iglesias y Poncho Figueroa, baterista y bajista de Santa Sabina, dos músicos fuera de serie que forman una de las bases más sólidas de nuestro rock. Además, Piro nos habla del álbum This Year's Model, del prolífico compositor y guitarrista británico Elvis Costello. Cáiganle que se puso chido el asunto!
Radio Francigena fornisce una voce e un servizio a tutte le realtà culturali, associative, storico-turistiche, di movimento – italiane ed estere – che puntano sul patrimonio culturale, allargato alla qualità della vita e del buon vivere. Slow food, cammino lento, cultura, creatività, prodotti a chilometro zero, riscoperta della parola, della fantasia e dei valori fondamentali della vita. In più: ottima musica e conduttori di talento.
“Noble romana, decapitada por odio a su fe cristiana”
Alejandro Otaola, es un distinguido músico mexicano que con su estilo único, ha logrado consolidarse como uno de los guitarristas más prolíficos e identificables del rock en los últimos años. Además de haber sido guitarrista de Santa Sabina, ha colaborado con San Pascualito Rey, Cuca, La Barranca, entre muchos otros. Su capacidad interpretativa y su inagotable imaginación musical, lo ha llevado a experimentar en distintos proyectos personales, como lo son los más recientes "Fractales. Vol. 2", así como y "Otaola, Cruz, Iglesias". Conoce más de estos proyectos en el siguiente episodio.
Una de las obras cumbre de Santa Sabina, Babel…de 1996, rock progresivo en español, gótico, adornado de jazz, con la inmejorable vocalista Rita Guerrero y Santa Sabina, la banda mejicana más original de la historia que llenó de magia oscura la escena de su país.
Versione audio: Nell’antica civiltà romana, la basilica fu, assieme al tempio, uno degli edifici pubblici di maggiore importanza. Ogni città ne aveva almeno una, prospiciente al foro. Roma ne contava parecchie, tra cui la Basilica Emilia e la Basilica Ulpia. A differenza del tempio, la basilica svolgeva unicamente una funzione civile di tipo giuridico-amministrativo e […] L'articolo La Basilica di Santa Sabina a Roma e le basiliche paleocristiane proviene da Arte Svelata.
Por fin el Muerto cumple la apuesta y nos trae rock de sus tiempos así que tomen la máquina del tiempo para escuchar este rolononón....
10 años han pasado desde que la gran Rita Guerrero (vocalista de Santa Sabina) abandonará este plano y ahora sus amigos se unen para interpretar una canción en su honor, así que prepárate para escuchar Rita Bonita.
Octava victoria consecutiva de Cruz Azul en la Liga, sobre unos Pumas que quisieron meter las garritas y se quedaron con las ganas. Ahora, Monterrey será un partido duro donde veremos a dos contendientes por el título en un partido que puede repetirse en Liguilla. Hablamos sobre la eliminación de Cristiano Ronaldo con la Juventus y de Lio Messi con Barcelona en las UEFA Champions League en dos partidos que dejan gran sabor de boca. Y, en La Liga Española, el Atlético de Madrid consigue un pequeño suspiro al separarse de sus perseguidores al ganar su partido pendiente. El final de WandaVision (Disney+), ya vimos Descuida yo te Cuido (Netflix) y nos encantó, gracias por la recomendación Victor! Y para ver este fin de semana: Loco Por Ella (Netflix) además del final A 10 años de la muerte de Rita Guerrero, vocalista de Santa Sabina, la recordamos con todo el cariño con un par de canciones que forman parte del soundtrack de muchos de nosotros.
En 2007, luego de su paso por bandas emblemáticas del rock mexicano como Santa Sabina o La Barranca, Alex Otaola lanzó su primer disco como solista: Fractales. Una propuesta en la que mostró su visión creativa, artística y, obvio, musical. 13 años después de aquella propuesta artística, y ahora bajo condiciones extraordinarias y completamente distintas, en 2020 Alex lanzó Fractales II, disco en el que regresa a colaborar con músicos, esta vez 24, bajo un esquema similar. Fragmento del artículo "Alex Otaola lanza Fractales II": https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/opinion/yonathan-amador-gomez/alex-otaola-lanza-fractales-ii ************************ In 2007, after passing through emblematic Mexican rock bands such as Santa Sabina or La Barranca, Alex Otaola released his first solo album: Fractals. A proposal in which he showed his creative, artistic and, obviously, musical vision. 13 years after that artistic proposal, and now under extraordinary and completely different conditions, in 2020 Alex released Fractals II, an album in which he returns to collaborate with musicians, this time 24, under a similar scheme. Excerpt from the article "Alex Otaola launches Fractals II": https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/opinion/yonathan-amador-gomez/alex-otaola-lanza-fractales-ii
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A new podcast every day of Lent. Join us in Rome as we focus on the Lenten Station Church of the day.
For Lent I offer daily 5 minute podcasts. They are intended to give you a small boost every day, a little encouragement in your own use of this holy season. The Roman Station today is Santa Sabina. Today is Ash … Continue reading →
Lo que comenzó como una curiosa investigación terminó por convertirse un descubrimiento increíble. Amigo cinechelero, con todo el placer te presentamos al director del mes: Tomm Moore Irlandés de nacimiento y talentosísimo por que el universo así lo quiso, este cineasta es responsable de la trilogía más importante de películas animadas al puritito estilo tradicional (sí, así con lápiz y papel) en las que nos toma de la mano y nos lleva por un viaje a través del hermoso folklor celta e irlandés. Con un estilo visual único, este señorón es responsable de la existencia de las joyitas "The Secret of Kells", "Song of the Sea" y su más reciente "Wolfwalkers". Un invitado como el de este episodio solo podía acompañarse con lo mejor: chelitas "Ikigai" de Cervecería MuShin y "Mèlange D'or" de Cervecería Santa Sabina. Síguenos en instagram para más chime, cine y chelas: @cinechelas --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cinechelaspodcast/message
► En este episodio suenan Santa Sabina, Loli Molina, Oasis & Greentea Peng listos para hacerte sentir bien y sumarse a un playlist de aquí al infinito...► PLAYLIST INFINITO, un podcast con Efraín García Mora & Carlos Andrade.
El guitarrista y compositor Alex Otaola (Santa Sabina, La Barranca, San Pascualito Rey, Cuca) nos platica de sus inicios en la música, el proceso de audición para Santa Sabina, su carrera en arquitectura y su nuevo material "Fractales II" el cual ya está disponible en formato digital en Bandcamp y en edición limitada de 300 vinilos en el Club del Rock and Roll.Página Oficial
Especial de Halloween dedicado a la figura del vampiro en sus múltiples formas. Canciones del rock iberoamericano sobre el "no muerto" que se transforma en murciélago. Con música de Tierra Santa, Mephisto, Santa Sabina, Los Ratones Paranóicos, Suero, Dorso, Warcry, Monte Casino, Anabantha, entre muchos otros. No te pierdas, todos los miércoles a las 8 pm (hora de Panamá), Otra Mirada: Sonidos por Descubrir, a través de Radio 10 (88.1 FM, Panamá) o en las cuentas del programa en Twitch, Periscope, y YouTube, o como podcast en Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, y SoundCloud.
Cristo es mi Dios, solo a Él sirvo
Queridísimas Bestias Paranoicas y Piratíizimas, yan se pueden estrellar en esta su sonidera y bucanera embarcación de Eclectomeiroland ParaPiratones y Juguete Rabioso #352 "donde la música realmente tiene voz" justo en el marco de nuestros festejos del 8o ANIVERSARIO de este espacio donde la música, la literatura y el chacoteo se trenzan para poder pasarnosla de pelos! con Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros, TORDO, Crocodiles, Santa Sabina, Coro Délicieux, Nation of Language, Deftones, Will Butler, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Pryapisme, José Agustín, Che Alexandre, Mixar Lopez y +
Como comentamos antes, usaremos el "%" en lugar del vs en los nombres de nuestros capítulos, porque no se trata de competencia. Y siempre hablamos del porcentaje de alcohol por volumen. En este capítulo hablamos de dos cerveceras mexicanas: probamos una IPA de Santa Sabina y una American IPA de Fauna. Escucha el episodio para saber más. Síguenos en Fb: https://www.facebook.com/alcoholporvolumen/
Nacida el 22 de mayo de 1964 en la ciudad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, nuestro tema de hoy es la artista mexicana Rita Guerrero. Rita, mejor conocida por ser la vocalista del grupo Santa Sabina, fue una mujer compleja y multifacética quien terminó convirtiéndose no solo en una figura, sino también en un ícono cultural. A partir del largometraje "Rita, el documental" de Arturo Díaz Santana, revisaremos el paso de una de las figuras femeninas más trascendentales en la historia del rock mexicano.Escucha a Enrique Figueroa Anaya, Diana Pastén, Rosario Ochoa y a Alex Gracida en #CinemaTempo Historia.Visita http://cinematempo.com.mx y síguenos en @cinematempo
It is Ash Wednesday. Lent begins. The Roman Station is Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill. REMINDER: I am on pilgrimage in the Holy Land. I remember my benefactors in my prayers. I provide these especially in gratitude to … Continue reading →
Mónica, El Muerto, Jaramillo y Fercho se ponen a analizar semanalmente una nueva Rola de Rock Mexicano.
TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜http://www.bastabugie.it/it/articoli.php?id=6030COME RISPOSE SAN GREGORIO MAGNO AL CORONAVIRUS DEL SUO TEMPO di Roberto de MatteiUn alone di mistero avvolge il Coronavirus, o Covid-19, di cui non conosciamo né l'origine, né i reali dati di diffusione, né le possibili conseguenze. Ciò che però sappiamo è che le pandemie sono sempre state considerate nella storia come flagelli divini e che l'unico rimedio che la Chiesa ha opposto ad esse è stata la preghiera e la penitenza. Così accadde a Roma nell'anno 590, quando Gregorio della famiglia senatoriale della gens Anicia, fu eletto Papa con il nome di Gregorio I (540-604).L'Italia era sconvolta da malattie, carestie, disordini sociali e dall'onda devastatrice dei Longobardi. Tra il 589 e il 590, una violenta epidemia di peste, la terribile luesinguinaria, dopo aver devastato il territorio bizantino ad Oriente e quello dei Franchi ad Occidente, aveva seminato morte e terrore nella penisola e si era abbattuta sulla città di Roma. I cittadini romani interpretarono questa epidemia come un castigo divino per la corruzione della città. La prima vittima mietuta a Roma dalla peste fu papa Pelagio II, che morì il 5 febbraio 590 e fu sepolto in San Pietro. Il clero e il senato romano elessero come suo successore Gregorio che, dopo essere stato praefectus urbis, viveva nella sua cella monacale sul monte Celio. Dopo essere stato consacrato il 3 ottobre 590, il nuovo Papa affrontò subito il flagello della peste. Gregorio di Tours (538-594), che fu contemporaneo e cronista di quegli eventi, racconta che in un memorabile sermone pronunciato nella chiesa di Santa Sabina, Gregorio invitò i romani a seguire, contriti e penitenti, l'esempio degli abitanti di Ninive: «Guardatevi intorno: ecco la spada dell'ira di Dio brandita sopra l'intero popolo. La morte improvvisa ci strappa dal mondo, senza quasi darci un minuto di tempo. In questo stesso momento, oh quanti son presi dal male, qui intorno a noi, senza neppure potere pensare alla penitenza».SOLLEVARE LO SGUARDO A DIO PER PLACARE LA COLLERA DIVINAIl Papa esortò quindi a sollevare lo sguardo a Dio, il quale permette tali tremendi castighi al fine di correggere i suoi figliuoli e, per placare la collera divina, ordinò una «litania settiforme», cioè una processione dell'intera popolazione romana, divisa in sette cortei, secondo il sesso, l'età e la condizione. La processione mosse dalle varie chiese di Roma verso la Basilica Vaticana, accompagnando il cammino con il canto delle litanie. È questa l'origine delle cosiddette Litanie maggiori della Chiesa, o rogazioni, con cui preghiamo Dio di difenderci dalle avversità. I sette cortei muovevano attraverso gli edifici dell'antica Roma, a piedi nudi, a passo lento, il capo coperto di cenere. Mentre la moltitudine percorreva la città, immersa in un silenzio sepolcrale, la pestilenza arrivò al punto tale di furore che, nel breve spazio di un'ora, ottanta persone caddero a terra morte. Ma Gregorio non cessò un attimo di esortare il popolo perché continuasse a pregare e volle che dinanzi al corteo fosse portato il quadro della Vergine conservata in Santa Maria Maggiore e dipinta dall'evangelista san Luca (Gregorio di Tours, Historiae Francorum, liber X, 1, in Opera omnia, a cura di J.P. Migne, Parigi 1849 p. 528).La Leggenda aurea, di Jacopo da Varazze, che è un compendio delle tradizioni trasmesse dai primi secoli dell'era cristiana, racconta che man mano che la sacra immagine avanzava, l'aria diventava più sana e limpida ed i miasmi della peste si dissolvevano, come se non potessero sopportarne la presenza. Si era giunti al ponte che unisce la città al Mausoleo di Adriano, conosciuto nel Medioevo come Castellum Crescentii, quando improvvisamente si udì un coro di angeli che cantavano: «Regina Coeli, laetare, Alleluja - Quia quemmeruisti portare, Alleluja - Resurrexit sicut dixit, Alleluja!». Gregorio rispose ad alta voce: «Ora pro nobis rogamus, Alleluja!». Nacque così il Regina Coeli, l'antifona con cui nel tempo pasquale la Chiesa saluta Maria Regina per la risurrezione del Salvatore. Dopo il canto, gli Angeli si disposero in cerchio intorno al quadro della Madonna e Gregorio, alzando gli occhi, vide sulla sommità del Castello un Angelo che, dopo avere asciugato la spada grondante di sangue, la riponeva nel fodero, in segno del cessato castigo. «Tunc Gregorius vidi super Castrum Crescentii angelum Domini qui glaudium cruentatum detergens in vagina revocabat: intellexit que Gregorius quod pestisilla cessasset et sic factum est. Unde et castrum illud castrum Angeli deinceps vocatum est». Comprese Gregorio che la peste era finita e così avvenne: e quel castello fu d'allora in poi chiamato il Castello dell'Angelo (Iacopo da Varazze, Legenda aurea, Edizione critica a cura di Giovanni Paolo Maggioni, Sismel-Edizioni del Galluzzo, Firenze 1998, p. 90).LA FINE DELLA PESTEPapa Gregorio I fu canonizzato e proclamato Dottore della Chiesa, ed entrò nella storia con l'appellativo di "Magno". Dopo la sua morte i romani cominciarono a chiamare la Mole Adriana "Castel Sant'Angelo" e, a ricordo del prodigio, posero in cima al castello la statua di san Michele, capo delle milizie celesti, in atto di rinfoderare la spada. Ancora oggi nel Museo Capitolino è conservata una pietra circolare con le impronte dei piedi che, secondo la tradizione, sarebbero state lasciate dall'Arcangelo quando si fermò per annunciare la fine della peste. Anche il cardinale Cesare Baronio (1538-1697), considerato per il rigore della sua ricerca uno dei più grandi storici della Chiesa, conferma l'apparizione dell'Angelo alla sommità del castello (Odorico Ranaldi, Annali ecclesiastici tratti da quelli del cardinal Baronio, anno 590, Appresso Vitale Mascardi, Roma 1643, pp. 175-176).Osserviamo solo che se l'Angelo, grazie all'appello di san Gregorio, rinfoderò la spada, vuol dire che essa era stata prima sguainata per punire i peccati del popolo romano. Gli Angeli sono infatti gli esecutori dei castighi divini dei popoli, come ci ricorda la drammatica visione del Terzo segreto di Fatima, esortandoci al pentimento: «un Angelo con una spada di fuoco nella mano sinistra; scintillando emetteva grandi fiamme che sembrava dovessero incendiare il mondo intero; ma si spegnevano al contatto dello splendore che Nostra Signora emanava dalla sua mano destra verso di lui: l'Angelo, indicando la terra con la mano destra, con voce forte disse: Penitenza, Penitenza, Penitenza!».L'APPELLO ALLA PENITENZALa diffusione del Coronavirus ha un qualche rapporto con la visione del Terzo Segreto? Il futuro ce lo dirà. Ma l'appello alla penitenza resta la prima urgenza della nostra epoca e il primo rimedio per assicurarci la nostra salvezza, nel tempo e nell'eternità. Le parole di san Gregorio Magno devono risuonare ancora nei nostri cuori: «Cosa diremo degli avvenimenti terribili di cui siamo testimoni se non che sono preannunci dell'ira futura? Pensate dunque fratelli carissimi, con estrema attenzione a quel giorno, correggete la vostra vita, mutate i vostri costumi, sconfiggete con tutta la vostra forza le tentazioni del male, punite con le lacrime i peccati compiuti» (Omelia prima sui Vangeli, in Il Tempo di Natale nella Roma di Gregorio Magno, Acqua Pia Antica Marcia, Roma 2008, pp. 176-177).È di queste parole [...] che avrebbe oggi bisogno la Chiesa, che appare oggi come la descriveva san Gregorio ai suoi tempi: «Nave vetusta e terribilmente squarciata; dappertutto infatti entrano i flutti e le tavole marcite; squassate dalla violenta e quotidiana tempesta, fanno presagire il naufragio (Registrum I, 4 ad Ioann. episcop. Constantinop.)». Ma allora la Divina Provvidenza suscitò un nocchiero che, come afferma san Pio X, «tra l'imperversare dei marosi seppe non solo toccare il porto, ma anche mettere al sicuro la nave dalle tempeste future» (Enciclica Jucunda sane del 12 marzo 1904).Nota di BastaBugie: riportiamo un estratto dell'esperienza di domenica scorsa di Maurizio Blondet come l'ha riportata sinteticamente su Una Vox del 23 febbraio 2020.Non ho voglia di scrivere a lungo: sono rimasto senza Messa domenicale. Stremato dal viaggio della notte precedente (da Rimini incredibili ore di treno fermo “per ordine dell'autorità giudiziaria” [...]), vado nella mia parrocchia prima delle 18 e sento per radio che l'arcivescovo di Milano, Mario Delpini, ha cancellato tutte le Messe con la scusa del coronavirus.Così, come niente fosse, in tutta la diocesi, non solo i paesi attorno a Codogno; la diocesi più grande del mondo, dove mai fu sospeso il rito nemmeno durante la peste del Manzoni; anzi, al centro del lazzaretto c'era una chiesetta aperta da tutti i lati per consentire ai malati sotto il porticato di vedere la Presenza Reale. Adesso per almeno due settimane lascia il popolo senza Messa alcuna.Ho provato a dire a uno dei sacerdoti: voi la celebrate, per voi, la Messa? Lasciateci essere presenti, a distanza... Dobbiamo obbedire, altrimenti ci andiamo di mezzo noi.Evidentemente si fa temere, il nuovo vescovo. E la sua comunicazione della sua decisione spiritualmente gravissima, non sente nemmeno il bisogno di giustificarla: bisogna togliere le occasioni di assembramento, quindi va da sé: come fosse un prefetto o un ufficiale sanitario, senza dolore e senza suggerire modi e per adempiere all'onore che si deve a Cristo col precetto.Le sue quattro parole sono tutte una benedizione agli uomini delle istituzioni e a “scienziati e ricreatori” che cercano il vaccino; sentendo il bisogno di avvertire che “la benedizione di Dio non è una assicurazione sulla vita, una parola magica che mette al riparo dei problemi e dai pericoli.La sua cura insomma è di toglierci ogni superstizione.
A disfrutar de este grandioso disco en el #SéptimoDía con Santa Sabina en el #XVAniversario.
A disfrutar de este grandioso disco en el #SéptimoDía con Santa Sabina en el #XVAniversario.
Una plática con Poncho Figueroa haciendo un repaso por la historia de la banda para llegar a este 2019, año en que la banda pone un punto final en la historia con una gira que arrancó en #VL19 y que los llevará a Guadalajara en el festival Coordenada pasando por la experiencia cuadrafónica en el Teatro Metropolitan.
Una charla con Santa Sabina previo a su celebración por los 30 años de la banda y presentación en Vive Latino 2019.
Platicamos con Edu Cabra ex Calle 13 sobre su carrera como productor y su actual proyecto Trending Tropics, música nueva de Lorelle Meets the Obsolete. La propuesta de Rock para Milenials con DJ Perro, Amandititia en sus propias palabras nos habla de su nueva canción y #RumboAlVL Liquits y Santa Sabina nos hablan sobre las decisiones del 2019 que incluyen su participación en #20AñosVL, y los úmeros que presenta Txart con los años de cada una de las bandas internacionales en el cartel.
Santa Sabina PDF Through some combination of military disasters, barbarian migrations, social change, and dynastic bad luck, the Western Roman Empire collapsed in the fifth century. In this tenth episode of our History of Rome, focused on the church of … Continued
(Cultura Cattolica) Una martire della cui esistenza e santità fanno fede, ancor prima del dato storico, la tradizione e il sensus fidei.
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Bruce McDougall talks about the ongoing turmoil at catholic girls school Santa Sabina. Also a concerned parent rings in to express his concern. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Christen sind nicht gezwungen, das Kreuz offen vor sich herzutragen. Durch die Taufe tragen sie es ja eben so in sich wie die Verheißung der Auferstehung. Wenn Christen sich aber öffentlich des Kreuzes entledigen, setzen sie ein Statement – insbesondere dann, wenn es sich um Amtsträgerinnen und Amtsträger handelt. Das Kreuz ist eben mehr als […]
El Gólem, las gárgolas, las estatuas de pascua y el Libro de piedra... ¿qué hay detrás de esos personajes pétreos, para siempre paralizados en la misma mueca y la misma pose? En esta emisión, hablamos sobre estatuas y además, entrevistamos a Poncho Figueroa, del grupo Santa Sabina, sobre su musicalización del clásico del cine Nosferatu. Con Erick Yáñez, Nina Groncho y Fer Santamaría
Have things gotten worse for mothers who want the time to write? Former non-fiction editor at Literary Mama, now SF Grotto-ite, solo performer, writer, host of a yearly contemplative creative retreat at Santa Sabina and more, talks about the prohibitions against mothers leaving their children for extended writing retreats, the challenges and process of fielding submissions, time management, juggling projects, navigating Medium.
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[PODCAST] Programa 3: Dia de los muertos & fotografía música En este programa número 3 hacemos un altar de muertos a modo de podcast a músicos que son importantes y representativos para Tsunami Musical, y que sabemos que son cruciales para los oídos de cualquier melómano. La lista del homenaje se acompaña de los fotógrafos que enmarcaron a estos músicos para la posteridad con su trabajo visual: 1. ikey Owens, tecladista de The Mars Volta, Mastodon y Jack White. Fotografo Jason Rosete 2. Lou Reed. Fotógrafo Guido Harari 3. Fela Kuti. Fotógrafo Femi Bankalo Osunla 4. Gustavo Cerati, Soda Stereo. Fotógrafo Fernando Aceves 5. Jimi Hendrix. Fotógrafo Gered Mankowitz 6. Rita Guerrero, vocalista de Santa Sabina. Fotógrafo Benjamin Alcantara 7. Miles Davis. Fotógrafo Irving Penn
The Biblical character, Thomas Aquinas, focused on his work as rain battered the red clay tiles of the church roof of in the Santa Sabina church in Rome. Thomas was writing a very special manuscript. It would go on to become one of the most influential written works in history. And Thomas Aquinas would eventually be honored as a saint. This was the night he would write those three mysterious words; words that have baffled scholars and theologians for thousands of years; three words that may contain the secret to eliminating one of the worst diseases facing mankind. But Thomas Aquinas didn’t make up these words. They stretch back to the very beginning of life on earth; to the Garden of Eden itself. You can find them in the Bible, in Genesis chapter two. Tune in Wednesday at 7PM for the rest of the story on Aging Younger Radio.
La Cuaresma es una invitación a volver a Dios, porque algo no va bien en nosotros, en la sociedad y en la Iglesia y tenemos necesidad de convertirnos. Así lo afirmó el Papa Francisco celebrando ayer por la tarde en la Basílica de Santa Sabina en el Aventino el miércoles de ceniza. Vivimos en un mundo cada vez más artificial y la Cuaresma viene a despertarnos de la inercia y de la rutina para ir más allá de nuestra "pequeña huerta". Antes de la Misa, la procesión penitencial desde la Iglesia de San Anselmo en el Aventino. Oración, ayuno y limosna para no dejarse dominar por las cosas que "aparecen" porque, lo que cuenta, no es la apariencia o el éxito, sino lo que tenemos dentro. Fuente: vaticanes
Summary of today's show: On a day without much news from the College of Cardinals, Scot Landry took the opportunity to take part of the Station Church tradition and visit the Basilica of Ss. Cosmas and Damian for Mass and then to interview Worcester seminarian Donato Infante, Fr. Norman Tanner, SJ, and Br. Mark McBride, TOR, in which he learned about the twin doctors to whom the church is dedicated and the fact that Masses have been celebrated there every day since 525AD. Then Scot spoke to Terry Donilon, Cardinal Seán's spokesman, about how the media is covering the interregnum and especially letting the world get to know Cardinal Seán. And finally, he talks to a group of pilgrims from St. John's Seminary's Master of Arts in Ministry program who are following in the footsteps of Pope John Paul II from Poland to Italy. Listen to the show: Watch the show via live video streaming or a recording later: Today's host(s): Scot Landry Today's guest(s): Donato Infante, Fr. Norman Tanner, Br. Mark McBride, Terry Donilon, Fr. Chris O'Connor, Mary Jo Kriz, Aldona Lingertat, Beth Joyce Links from today's show: Today's topics: LIVE from Rome: Station Church of Ss. Cosmas and Damian; Seminarian and Priest; Cardinal Seán's spokesman; Pilgrims from Boston 1st segment: Scot Landry welcomed everyone to the show. It's been a slow news day thus far in Rome as the cardinals are in a silent period. So instead Scot participated in the ancient Roman tradition during Lent of visiting the station churches. This practice dates to the fourth century and involves visiting 40 different churches in Rome during the 40 days of Lent. Each morning priests and seminarians from the North American College lead English-speaking pilgrims in Rome to the station church for Mass at 7am. George and Scot met with a group of about 50 seminarians at 6:15am at the bottom on the Janiculum hill and made the 35 minute walk to the basilica of Sts. Cosmas and Damian. It's next the Roman Forum. The journey along the streets is silent by rule of the seminary. It's moving to walk through the quiet streets of Rome at that hour and see most of the seminarians praying the Rosary. Today, there were about 40 concelebrating priests, 60 seminarians and 60 others in this small, but beautiful basilica, which was consecrated a church in the year 535. There has been a Mass there everyday since. Then played of the sounds of chant from the Mass. 2nd segment: Scot was joined by seminarian from the Diocese of Worcester, Donato Infante. Donato said the tradition of the station churches began in the early centuries of Christianity where the Bishop of Rome visited each of the churches of his diocese during Lent. Sometime in history the tradition stopped in the 1970s, the North American College revived tradition and other colleges in the city started doing the same. Scot noted that nobody spoke while walking from the NAC. Donato said the faculty explicitly encourages them to take the walk as a time to pray to make it a pilgrimage to the churches. Scot asked him what he likes about the station churches. Donato said many of the churches are beautiful and have the tombs of many of the saints in the Roman Canon of the Mass. To go to their tombs is a wonderful pilgrimage and a great way to celebrate Lent. Others who attend are priests on sabbatical at the Casa Santa Mariae and faculty and students at universities in Rome. Scot asked if he has a favorite church. Donato said San Clemente is his favorite because of the mosaic in the apse that is very old. He said a quarter of the seminarians go more than a couple of times per week, most go occasionally and they all go on Ash Wednesday to Santa Sabina as that's the required community Mass. More music and prayer from the Mass is now played. 3rd segment: Scot now welcomed Fr. Norman Tanner, a professor at the Gregorian University from Great Britain. Scot asked about the number of churches in Rome and their significance. Fr. Tanner said it's a very ancient custom and Rome has 40 ancient churches which are station churches. Fr. Tanner said the 7am Mass is a perfect time to get in before their first 8:30am Mass. Scot asked about Saints Cosmas and Damian. He said they were martyrs of the early church and are mentioned in the 1st Eucharistic Prayer. They were both medical doctors and surgeons. Scot asked about the Gregorian. Fr. Tanner said many of the NAC seminarians and newly ordained study there. It was founded in 1554, two years before the death of St. Ignatius and it's been a work of the Society of Jesus. There are about 2,500 students from almost all countries of the world. Fr. Tanner said as a church historian it's a unique privilege to be in Rome. The history of the Church helps in the study for the priesthood to understand the Christians of the past, like Cosmas and Damian. More prayer from the Mass. 4th segment: Scot welcomes Br. Mark McBride, who works at St. Cosmas and Damian Basilica. He asked him how today compared to the Sunday liturgies. Brother said it's not a parish church and so serve tourists and those with devotion to Cosmas and Damian. This day in Lent is special for the church. It has special Masses, including a special Mass in the evening with their titular cardinal. They have had English, German, and French groups come in for Mass and then their principal Mass would be in the evening at which the relics of the saints would be exposed for veneration. Scot said many people might not know much about those saints. Br. McBride said they were doctors in Syria and martyred in 313 AD. People who admired them had great devotion to them and built two major basilicas for them, one in Rome and one in Constantinople. When Constantinople fell, so did the church. So the one in Rome is the remaining sanctuary. The two were twin brothers and they received no money for their services. When questioned by the Romans why they didn't charge for their services, they said they did it for the Lord and so were martyred. In later centuries, people came to the basilica to pray for cures from their ailments. People from the East still come, many from Russia, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and celebrate the Divine Liturgy in the crypt. The church was a part of a former Roman library built in 77 AD. It was used that way until 525 when the library was given to Pope Felix who converted it to a church. Pope Gregory the Great in the 600s had a major devotion to the saints there and to the Madonna della Salute, Our Lady of Good Health, which is also in the church. Mass has been said in the church every day since 525. Only a few other churches can boast such longevity. Scot said the relics of Ss. Cosmas and Damian are in the lower church. Br. McBride noted that the lower church or Crypt Church was not the lower level at first, but was ground level in the 6th century. In the 1600s, the basilica was cut horizontally which made it two churches. The lower church contained the relics of the saints as brought back to Rome by Pope Gregory. Scot said Br. McBride is originally from the San Francisco area. He asked him what led him to become a Franciscan and how did he come to Rome. Br. McBride said as a child he had a great devotion to the Franciscans, especially after studying the life of St. Francis. The pastor of his parish spoke of the TOR, Third Order Regular, Franciscans and he sought them out. He is not a priest, but a consecrated religious. From there he worked in their high school in the Philadelphia archdiocese for 20 years, then worked as provincial treasurer in the United States. From there he became general treasurer of the whole order which is headquartered at Ss. Cosmas and Damian. Since coming to Rome, he has been made superior of the friary which has friars from around the world. He said many Americans will know the TORs because they sponsor Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio and St. Francis College in Loreto, Pennsylvania. They also have parishes in Florida and Texas. Living in Rome is at times it's an incredible feeling to the point it's not even believable. To live at the church where St. Francis must have once prayed is incredible. The feeling of being in a room where millions of prayers have been offered is sometimes hard to even believe. You almost sense in the air that this is ancient. This is hard for Americans to grasp. The doorknobs of the church were made in 1400, centuries before America was founded. The choir stalls are from the 1600s. But because it looks so nice, it's hard to imagine they're so old. It makes him feel Catholic, a religion that knows no nationality, no single background. Scot asked how being situated right by the Colosseum and Forum impact the number of visitors who come to the church or the experience of praying there. Fr. McBride said they are in the Ancient District of Rome, at the feet of the Palatine Hill. That's where Rome was founded and became the center of the world for hundreds of years. Because it's ancient and you can see the development of peoples from all the oldest periods of Rome, all blending together. To be there at the church, you are at the point of convergence of all those periods of time. In the church it's the same, kneeling and praying in a place that goes back to a time before Christianity. When it was a library, it was a place dedicated to medicine and there is a sense of continuity, a sense of ever-old, ever-young. Today, they're looking at making the basilica a center for bioethics to continue that idea. Scot asked Br. McBride's perspective on the papal transition today. He said the ancient basilica reminds us that this isn't the first conclave. He describes this moment as a time of grace. Christ has promised us a Church. We believe what the cardinals are doing is no accident. We believe whoever the cardinals choose will be the successor of Peter. The Church isn't a museum. It lives and renews itself, renews itself with a new leader. Br. McBride said they don't have favorites in the conclave, but they would of course love to see a Franciscan pope. They're waiting to see how the Holy Spirit works through the choice that is made. The new Pope is elected for a reason. He compared the interregnum to Lent and awaiting Easter. More prayer from the Mass. 5th segment: Scot Landry, reporting now from the Borgo Pio near the Vatican, welcomes Terry Donilon, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Boston, to the show. Scot asked Terry what Rome is like now in this anticipation. Terry said it feels like a celebration waiting to happen. There have been long lines waiting to get into St. Peter's, people milling about in the Square, attending the Holy Hour last night with the cardinals. He gets a sense that people are in an anticipatory state. Scot noted Cardinal Seán did a lot of media interviews earlier this week and the American cardinals gained praise from around the world for their transparency. But as of yesterday there won't be further press conferences as the cardinals decided not to speak. He asked Terry what the cardinal's key themes were. Terry said the cardinal felt it would be good to take the time in the Congregations to assess the other cardinals so when conclave began he knew who he would vote for. The cardinal was very aware of the immense decision he and the other cardinals would be about to make. The cardinal is in a deep prayerful state right now to prepare for that. Scot said more than 5,000 journalists have already been credentialed, including most from Boston. Why are they coming? Terry said Boston is a heavily Catholic community and the local news recognizes that this is important to the 1.8 million Catholics in the archdiocese. It's an opportunity to see this rare transition in the Church. All the major networks and affiliates and newspapers are present and have invaded Rome. Scot said many in the media were complimenting the American cardinals on how they were more open about process and other items they could talk about. That seems to be different from the culture of the Church in the rest of the world. Terry said the US Church believes in transparency. The cardinal finds an opportunity to talk to the people back in Boston. The rest of the world is slow to pick up on that. He also noted that the rest of the Church in the world hasn't reached the same level of the use of digital media and technology. There isn't a diocese in the world that brought the same level of expertise and assets to communicate back to the people in the archdiocese. The cardinal said before he left Boston that there is a responsibility to report back to the people what can be reported. It's unfortunate that the level of communication has changed but there were reports in the Italian press that made a lot of people take pause, although it wasn't anything that came from the American cardinals. Scot asked Terry his impression of the city, things you might not see elsewhere. Scot noted that the city rises late in the morning. He added that a lot of people come to visit St. Peter's and it's one of the best people-watching spots in the world. Terry said you see lots of priests and religious in great numbers walking the streets, seeing religious photos and items on display everywhere and clear signs that people are proud of their Catholic faith. He notes that many people speak English and he feels that more people speak English now than when he was in Rome in the late 90s. Terry said the story is building toward the conclave. The media is analyzing the top contenders for pope, although the college of cardinals has a way of surprising us. He said he's working to bring a Boston flair and focus top the coverage back home. It's a major story and recognition of the pope's influence on world affairs. Scot said the three main questions he gets from people when they know he's from Boston are: When's the conclave going to start? Who does he think the next pope will be? Does Cardinal Seán have a chance? What other questions are Terry getting? Terry said people want to know who Cardinal Seán really is. He's given the world a glimpse of who he really is. In Boston, he's well known, but the outside world is getting a glimpse of him and of the Archdiocese of Boston. Terry thinks the world is getting a chance to celebrate the hard work that has been done in Boston by the priests, religious, and laity of the archdiocese. People think Cardinal Seán is interesting because he stands out from the other cardinals and has had an influence through his work in the sexual abuse crisis but also his emphasis on the New Evangelization. Terry said no one realistically thinks Cardinal Seán will be elected despite his qualifications and when he returns home after being celebrated so much, it will be a little surreal. At the worst, it opens the eyes of the world that the cardinals and bishops in America are doing good work on behalf of the Church and may open the door for a future American cardinal being elected pope. 6th segment: Scot, reporting from outside St. Peter's Square, welcomed a pilgrimage group from the Master of Arts in Ministry program at St. John's Seminary, including Fr. Chris O'Connor, Mary Jo Kriz, and Beth Joyce. He asked Mary Jo about the first part of their trip in Poland and what people should see on a pilgrimage there. She said Our Lady of Czestochowa was great but everything there, especially the people whose faith shines through in their daily life. The Divine Mercy chapel was perhaps the best. Scot noted they are tracing the footsteps of Pope John Paul II. He asked Fr. Chris where else they have visited. Fr. Chris said they went to Auschwitz, where even there they saw a glimmer of hope in the tomb of St. Maximilian Kolbe. You feel John Paul's presence in the city of Krakow, where he was born. He said there are more than 6,000 public statues of John Paul throughout Poland. You can feel his presence in that country. Scot asked Beth about the great faith of the people of Poland under oppression. He asked her about these salt mines in which the people had carved cavernous churches underground complete with altars and statues. Beth said the common people went down deep in to the earth to carve these beautiful reminders of our Lord. She said it shows the faith that permeates Poland. Scot asked Aldona Lingertat about their itinerary in Rome for the days that they are there. She said today they were going on a walking tour of Rome, including Mass in St. Peter's. They walked throughout the basilica and in the afternoon for the Scavi tour. The next day they were to go to Assisi, ending with Vespers in the chapel of San Damiano. On Friday, they were to visit the basilicas and more of the city, plus Mass at the tomb of Pope John Paul II. She's been to Rome three times. Her favorite part is being steeped in the faith all around her in Rome. Scot noted that it's Beth's third trip to Rome, but the first time since her son started studying at the North American College. He asked her how it's different this time. She said came at Christmas to see her son and it's a great blessing that he's studying in Rome for the priesthood. Scot said Cardinal Seán says that vocations are everyone's business. He asked Beth what she did in her household that helped plant the seed for her son Kevin. When she realized her faith is a gift, she wanted to share it and wanted to communicate it to her child. She said the lives of the saints are great to share with them from a very early age because they were real people and they made it look possible to follow Jesus. Scot noted that originally the pilgrimage was to be at the General Audience, so he asked Aldona what it was like to be in Rome during the sede vacante. Aldona said the Vatican Post Office issues a special stamp during the sede vacante and she bought some for herself. These will be very rare. She was interviewed by Italian TV when she bought them. It's a unique moment in time and the Holy Spirit is at work. She said her hope is that the new pope will be holy, prayerful and humble like our two previous popes. Also someone who is strong and courageous. Scot asked Fr. Chris what he hopes people take away from these pilgrimages to Rome. He said the long tradition and history of preaching the Gospel and proclaiming Christ Jesus. There is a hopefulness in the sede vacante with the knowledge of the continuity of the Church.
Summary of today's show: Ash Wednesday this year is marked with a special significance as Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his last public Mass as Supreme Pontiff. Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams plumb the depths of the Holy Father's homily and then turn to Fr. Matt's own homily for today that connects the Lenten disciplines of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving with love, romance, and St. Valentine's Day. Listen to the show: Watch the show via live video streaming or a recording later: Today's host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Matt Williams Today's topics: Ash Wednesday and Lent 1st segment: Scot Landry welcomed Fr. Matt Williams to the show and he noted that The Good Catholic Life started on an Ash Wednesday two years ago. Scot said he totally forgot about the anniversary because he's been so preoccupied with the huge cross of ashes on his forehead. He had made a plea yesterday to all priests everywhere not to take advantage of the wide canvas provided by the folliclely challenged. Scot told the story of getting his ashes this morning. Scot said today they'll be discussing Pope Benedict's homily for Ash Wednesday, which has been announced as his public Mass as Pope. Fr. Matt said when he heard he realized that this is the closure. With a funeral, you have a time to say goodbye, but with this Mass it is done. 2nd segment: Scot said the Holy Father's Ash Wednesday Mass is usually at a smaller station church in Rome, Santa Sabina, but very wisely they moved it to St. Peter's Basilica for the expected larger crowds. Scot recalled the Holy Father's comments to the General Audience before his catechesis: As soon as the Holy Father emerged onto the stage from the side door the crowds erupted in greeting. “Dear brothers and sisters, as you know I decided”, he began only to be interrupted with prolonged applause. “Thank you for your kindness” he responded and began again. “I decided to resign from the ministry that the Lord had entrusted me on April 19, 2005. I did this in full freedom” the Pope added forcefully, “for the good of the Church after having prayed at length and examined my conscience before God, well aware of the gravity of this act”. But continued Pope Benedict, “I was also well aware that I was no longer able to fulfil the Petrine Ministry with that strength that it demands. What sustains and illuminates me is the certainty that the Church belongs to Christ whose care and guidance will never be lacking. I thank you all for the love and prayer with which you have accompanied me”. Again the Pope was interrupted by lengthy applause, and visibly moved he continued: “I have felt, almost physically, your prayers in these days which are not easy for me, the strength which the love of the Church and your prayers brings to me. Continue to pray for me and for the future Pope, the Lord will guide us!”. Fr. Matt said it's evident of the great love the Holy Father has for his people and the great love that's returned. He was created from the beginning of time to be Supreme Pontiff and in humility he has set that aside, allowing another to take his place. Scot talked about how he has left things before and what it feels like to do significant things for the last thing. This Mass has to have been especially moving and he's probably been reflecting the rest of today what that means to him. Fr. Matt said it crystallizes his humility and that it was never about him, but about his bride the Church. Scot read from the beginning of the Holy Father's catechesis from the Wednesday general audience: Today, Ash Wednesday, we begin the liturgical time of Lent, forty days that prepare us for the celebration of Holy Easter, it is a time of particular commitment in our spiritual journey. The number forty occurs several times in the Bible. In particular, it recalls the forty years that the Israelites wandered in the wilderness: a long period of formation to become the people of God, but also a long period in which the temptation to be unfaithful to the covenant with the Lord was always present. Forty were also the days of the Prophet Elijah's journey to reach the Mount of God, Horeb; as well as the time that Jesus spent in the desert before beginning his public life and where he was tempted by the devil. In this Catechesis I would like to dwell on this moment of earthly life of the Son of God, which we will read of in the Gospel this Sunday. First of all, the desert, where Jesus withdrew to, is the place of silence, of poverty, where man is deprived of material support and is placed in front of the fundamental questions of life, where he is pushed to towards the essentials in life and for this very reason it becomes easier for him to find God. But the desert is also a place of death, because where there is no water there is no life, and it is a place of solitude where man feels temptation more intensely. Jesus goes into the desert, and there is tempted to leave the path indicated by God the Father to follow other easier and worldly paths (cf. Lk 4:1-13). So he takes on our temptations and carries our misery, to conquer evil and open up the path to God, the path of conversion. Scot now switched to the homily for the Ash Wednesday Mass: Today, Ash Wednesday, we begin a new Lenten journey, a journey that extends over forty days and leads us towards the joy of Easter, to victory of Life over death. Following the ancient Roman tradition of Lenten stations, we are gathered for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. The tradition says that the first statio took place in the Basilica of Saint Sabina on the Aventine Hill. Circumstances suggested we gather in St. Peter's Basilica. Tonight there are many of us gathered around the tomb of the Apostle Peter, to also ask him to pray for the path of the Church going forward at this particular moment in time, to renew our faith in the Supreme Pastor, Christ the Lord. For me it is also a good opportunity to thank everyone, especially the faithful of the Diocese of Rome, as I prepare to conclude the Petrine ministry, and I ask you for a special remembrance in your prayer. Scot notes that the Holy Father specifies that Christ is the Supreme Pastor. The readings that have just been proclaimed offer us ideas which, by the grace of God, we are called to transform into a concrete attitude and behaviour during Lent. First of all the Church proposes the powerful appeal which the prophet Joel addresses to the people of Israel, “Thus says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning” (2.12). Please note the phrase “with all your heart,” which means from the very core of our thoughts and feelings, from the roots of our decisions, choices and actions, with a gesture of total and radical freedom. But is this return to God possible? Yes, because there is a force that does not reside in our hearts, but that emanates from the heart of God and the power of His mercy. The prophet says: “return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting in punishment” (v. 13). It is possible to return to the Lord, it is a ‘grace', because it is the work of God and the fruit of faith that we entrust to His mercy. But this return to God becomes a reality in our lives only when the grace of God penetrates and moves our innermost core, gifting us the power that “rends the heart”. Once again the prophet proclaims these words from God: “Rend your hearts and not your garments” (v. 13). Today, in fact, many are ready to “rend their garments” over scandals and injustices – which are of course caused by others - but few seem willing to act according to their own “heart”, their own conscience and their own intentions, by allowing the Lord transform, renew and convert them. Scot noted that it's implied we should ask God for grace through all the participation in liturgies and devotions and practices of Lent so that this can be the Lent in which we grow the closest to God. Fr. Matt said he's also helping us understand that the work of repentance and conversion is a work of grace. We turn from sin and toward the Lord in faith. No one does that on their own. We have to operate of our own free will as moved by the Lord upon examining our conscience. God invites us to conversion, but we have to respond and if we say Yes, then grace is there again to help us follow through on that. This “return to me with all your heart,” then, is a reminder that not only involves the individual but the entire community. Again we heard in the first reading: “Blow the horn in Zion! Proclaim a fast, call an assembly! Gather the people, sanctify the congregation; Assemble the elderly; gather the children, even infants nursing at the breast; Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her bridal tent (vv.15-16). The community dimension is an essential element in faith and Christian life. Christ came “to gather the children of God who are scattered into one” (Jn 11:52). The “we” of the Church is the community in which Jesus brings us together (cf. Jn 12:32), faith is necessarily ecclesial. And it is important to remember and to live this during Lent: each person must be aware that the penitential journey cannot be faced alone, but together with many brothers and sisters in the Church. Fr. Matt said we believe as a community and we repent as a community. We acknowledge Christ came for all of us, the sick and the healthy, to save us. The Holy Father is saying we need not only an individual relationship with God, but we need a communal relationship with God, because we are social beings. So when we sin, we hurt not just our relationship with God, but also our relationship with the whole Church. Finally, the prophet focuses on the prayers of priests, who, with tears in their eyes, turn to God, saying: ” Between the porch and the altar let the priests weep, let the ministers of the LORD weep and say: “Spare your people, Lord! Do not let your heritage become a disgrace, a byword among the nations! Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?'”(V.17). This prayer leads us to reflect on the importance of witnessing to faith and Christian life, for each of us and our community, so that we can reveal the face of the Church and how this face is, at times, disfigured. I am thinking in particular of the sins against the unity of the Church, of the divisions in the body of the Church. Living Lent in a more intense and evident ecclesial communion, overcoming individualism and rivalry is a humble and precious sign for those who have distanced themselves from the faith or who are indifferent. Fr. Matt said what gives these things authenticity is that they flow from deep friendship with the Lord, not out of pride. Scot said the externals are important as a witness, but the internals are even more important as we ask whether we're growing our relationship with God in this Lent. “Well, now is the favourable time, this is the day of salvation” (2 Cor 6:2). The words of the Apostle Paul to the Christians of Corinth resonate for us with an urgency that does not permit absences or inertia. The term “now” is repeated and can not be missed, it is offered to us as a unique opportunity. And the Apostle's gaze focuses on sharing with which Christ chose to characterize his life, taking on everything human to the point of taking on all of man's sins. The words of St. Paul are very strong: “God made him sin for our sake.” Jesus, the innocent, the Holy One, “He who knew no sin” (2 Cor 5:21), bears the burden of sin sharing the outcome of death, and death of the Cross with humanity. The reconciliation we are offered came at a very high price, that of the Cross raised on Golgotha, on which the Son of God made man was hung. In this, in God's immersion in human suffering and the abyss of evil, is the root of our justification. The “return to God with all your heart” in our Lenten journey passes through the Cross, in following Christ on the road to Calvary, to the total gift of self. It is a journey on which each and every day we learn to leave behind our selfishness and our being closed in on ourselves, to make room for God who opens and transforms our hearts. And as St. Paul reminds us, the proclamation of the Cross resonates within us thanks to the preaching of the Word, of which the Apostle himself is an ambassador. It is a call to us so that this Lenten journey be characterized by a more careful and assiduous listening to the Word of God, the light that illuminates our steps. In the Gospel passage according of Matthew, to whom belongs to the so-called Sermon on the Mount, Jesus refers to three fundamental practices required by the Mosaic Law: almsgiving, prayer and fasting. These are also traditional indications on the Lenten journey to respond to the invitation to «return to God with all your heart.” But he points out that both the quality and the truth of our relationship with God is what qualifies the authenticity of every religious act. For this reason he denounces religious hypocrisy, a behaviour that seeks applause and approval. The true disciple does not serve himself or the “public”, but his Lord, in simplicity and generosity: “And your Father who sees everything in secret will reward you” (Mt 6,4.6.18). Our fitness will always be more effective the less we seek our own glory and the more we are aware that the reward of the righteous is God Himself, to be united to Him, here, on a journey of faith, and at the end of life, in the peace light of coming face to face with Him forever (cf. 1 Cor 13:12). Dear brothers and sisters, we begin our Lenten journey with trust and joy. May the invitation to conversion , to “return to God with all our heart”, resonate strongly in us, accepting His grace that makes us new men and women, with the surprising news that is participating in the very life of Jesus. May none of us, therefore, be deaf to this appeal, also addressed in the austere rite, so simple and yet so beautiful, of the imposition of ashes, which we will shortly carry out. May the Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church and model of every true disciple of the Lord accompany us in this time. Amen! Scot said God's grace makes us new men and women, not just improved. Lent is a time of second chances. Part of living Lent well is to become a new man or woman. Fr. Matt said it takes courage, grace, and humility. 3rd segment: This week's benefactor card raffle winner is Nicholas Boncoddo from Braintree He wins the CD “Marian Grace” available from [http://mysteriumonline.com/](http://mysteriumonline.com/) If you would like to be eligible to win in an upcoming week, please visit . For a one-time $30 donation, you'll receive the Station of the Cross benefactor card and key tag, making you eligible for WQOM's weekly raffle of books, DVDs, CDs and religious items. We'll be announcing the winner each Wednesday during “The Good Catholic Life” program. 4th segment: Scot said Fr. Matt's homily today for Ash Wednesday used the timeliness of St. Valentine's Day to talk about Lenten disciples of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Fr. Matt said for the 40 days of Lent he'll be doing a daily YouTube reflection and as he thought about it he connected it to romance and dating. He said prayer is communicating with God. In a dating relationship, when you first meet them, you get to know them more through communication. That communication gets deeper and deeper and flash forward 50 years, it's as deep as can be. At the beginning of the relationship, there's lots and lots of vocal communication. But after 50 years of marriage, they walk hand in hand silently, but communicate even more. We have to open our minds to all that communication can be and all that prayer can be. It's not just rote prayer and lots of words, but it can also just being together in love. The second Lenten discipline is fasting. Fr. Matt said there was a time when young people dated, they would date casually and then as you got serious with one, you would begin to say no to others to prioritize this person. You would also say to no to other things in life. Fasting is a way of prioritizing our lives with God as the center. Somethings we give up because they're not virtuous, but others are goods we give up in order to focus on the Lord. When you fall in love you begin to order your life to the beloved. Scot said he always thought of fasting as from food, but it didn't help him grow in faith. Instead he finds fasting from TV, from technology, and from activities he enjoys to be more helpful. He's decided to give up listening to secular radio and instead listen to Catholic radio, Catholic podcasts, or Christian music. Scot recalls how he likes the interviews on sports radio with baseball players returning to spring training and how difficult it is to give that up. But he knows he's grown already in the past three days. He finds himself in a better mood lately. The third practice is almsgiving. Fr. Matt said when you fall in love, the things that are important to the beloved become important to you. They may not be your preference, but you do it out of love. Almsgiving is traditionally about giving not just from surplus, but giving from our want to the needy. It's taking care of God's own. If we're trying to grow in relationship with God, then what He cares about should be what I care about. The things that are important to God naturally become more important to me as well. In addition to giving money to poor, it's really about being attentive to the spiritual and temporal needs of those marginalized in our society. Scot used to think that almsgiving was saving up money and giving it to the Church, which is still a good thing that we should do, but it's also about giving yourself to others. One way to practice almsgiving is to make one phone call per day to someone you need to touch base with. Fr. Matt said it could be a note or letter each day. Scot asked Fr. Matt his Lenten resolutions. He said his theme is order within gives way to order without. He's going to work on not hitting the snooze button in the morning and get up each day at a consistent time. When he does that he feels like he's starting his day at the top of the mountain. He will spend more time in meditation. Scot said his kids don't let him sleep late, but he wants to set an alarm. He wants to only watch TV if he's watching it with his kids or his wife. He's giving up eating between meals. He wants to replace criticism of others with acts of encouragement. He wants to get to Mass more frequently and spend 15 minutes more day listening to the Lord. He's going to spend more time with family and to reach out to friends. Fr. 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This is Episode 9 in the on-going epic tale of Rabban Sauma.Finally, Sauma has arrived in Europe. After two months aboard ship, his party arrives in Naples. Which is unusual because the trip from Constantinople ought to have taken less than a month. Here again, it's Sauma's account that seems to be lacking detail. Being a commercial vessel, most likely they'd used the route to further their business, so had put into port along the way for days at a time.Sauma took some time in Naples to recover from the long voyage before setting out for Rome. While there, staying at a mansion provided by the ruling family of Anjou, Sauma witnessed from the roof, the Battle of the Counts on June 23rd in the Bay of Naples. This was part of the larger War of the Sicilian Vespers between the Houses of Aragon and Anjou. Sauma says the Anjou lost 12,000 men. What surprised him was the care given by both sides to avoid harming non-combatants. Familiar with the Mongol method of war, Sauma assumed no distinction between civilians and soldiers in battle. He was deeply impressed by the caution exercised in the fighting to avoid civilian casualties.Naples had proven to be unsafe due to the conflict, so Sauma decided it was best to leave, even before having a chance to visit the city's religious sites. An unusual move for him since that was his personal primary motivation. His unease may have been due to the sketchy political situation he sensed taking place around him. Better to ‘git' while the ‘gitting' was good.So they packed up and headed for Rome.The trip across Italy was yet another surprise for the Chinese monk. There was simply little landscape without some kind of settlement. Whether that was a solitary farm, hamlet, village, town, or city, the road led across a land that was, to Sauma's thinking, filled with people. This was in sharp contrast with the territory he'd spent the previous decade in. It was possible to travel for days in Central Asia and not see another soul nor evidence of settlement. The path he now took went up and down hills, but after the towering peaks he'd traversed earlier in his pilgrimage, they were but bumps in the road.As he approached Rome, he rehearsed his speech to the Pope, asking for him to call a Crusade of Europe's' monarch against the Muslim Mamluks that would coincide with a Mongol attack from the East. But word was carried to Sauma that Pope Honorius IV had died in early April. Instead of being disheartened, Sauma increased his pace, hoping to be among the first to speak to the new Pope.But it was not to be. The twelve cardinals charged with the task of selecting the pope couldn't reach a decision, largely because several of them wanted to wear Peter's ring.Arriving in the City, he sent word to the Cardinals of his presence, requesting an audience. Surprisingly, they invited him into that sacred place where the pope is chosen, the papal palace next to the Church of Santa Sabina. No one else was allowed into their deliberations but their closest assistant. So this was an uncommon honor. Even so, Sauma was briefed on proper etiquette when meeting the Cardinals. He made a good impression and proved a welcome distraction from the grinding machinations of the would-be popes. Their task proved so stressful, half of the Cardinals died before the end of that Summer.After initial introductions and realizing how far the Rabban had traveled, the Cardinals expressed their dismay and concern for his health. They assumed it would take weeks for him to recover his strength and urged him to rest. He assured them his stay in Naples had been sufficient and that he had pressing, indeed, supremely urgent matters to share with the Pope. In this way, he hoped to impress on them the need to be quick to find Honorius's replacement.But they would not be hurried. They insisted he get more rest and pondered what his arrival and embassy might mean for the future of Europe and the Church. How might Sauma's mission effect WHO they selected as the next Pope? Should they pick someone who'd be amenable to his request for an alliance with the Ilkhans, or someone who'd refuse?They decided it was best to avoid political discussions with the Rabban altogether. A safer subject, and one of genuine interest to them, was Sauma's faith. How was the Church of the East now different from the Roman church? The rift that had separated East and West occurred all the way back in the 5th C. It was over 800 yrs later. How had the two expressions of the Christian Faith diverged, they wondered. And how had Christianity reached all the way to the Far East so that a monk would embark on such a seemingly impossible pilgrimage as Sauma had?In his account Sauma admits some frustration with the Cardinals' refusal to let him pursue his political assignment. But when it was clear they would not entertain his embassy along those lines, he warmed to the task of explaining his beliefs and the history of the Nestorian Church.Sauma explained that the headquarters of his church was in Baghdad and that he was the Patriarch of the Church of the East's official representative to the court of the famous Khubilai Khan. The Cardinals were eager to hear how Christianity had reached China. Of chief concern to them was who'd brought them the Gospel. Sauma spoke of the Apostle Thomas who carried the message of Christ to Mesopotamia, Persia, and all the way to India. Thaddaeus and Mari also played a role in planting churches in the East. These were all names the Cardinals were familiar with and settled any concerns they had that the Nestorian Church rested on an apostolic foundation.Sauma told them of the extensive missionary activity of the Nestorian Church. They'd planted churches among the Mongols, Turks, and Chinese. Their outreach to the children of the Mongol elite had proven especially effective. Then he brought the conversation back round to his embassy. Christianity was favored in the Mongol realm of Persia. In fact, the Ilkhan leader Arghun was a good friend and supporter of the Nestorian Catholicus Mar Yaballaha. Like the Europeans, Arghun wanted to dislodge the Mamluks from the Middle East. “Hey, how about an alliance?”The Cardinals retreated to safe ground. They couldn't agree to anything without a pope, they said. Besides, the previous Pope, Honorius IV, had already tried to rally support for a campaign against the Mamluks, but Europeans leaders weren't interested.So the Cardinals once more shifted the conversation back to theological issues. They wanted to know how closely the Nestorian Church aligned with Catholic doctrine. Sauma said no envoy from the Pope nor representative from the Vatican had come East with those doctrines. What the Nestorians believed was drawn from the apostles and fathers he'd mentioned earlier. The Cardinals asked him for a run-down of Nestorian theology.This was a critical moment for Sauma. He needed to keep the door open with them. But he was aware of some differences between Nestorian & Catholic doctrine, especially in regard to the nature of Christ.Consider for a moment how monumental the task was for Sauma. He has to explain the complexities of theology, specifically the intricacies of the Trinity, in Persian, which is then translated into Latin. The Cardinals listen, formulate questions for clarification, speak them in Latin which is translated into Persian and passed along to Sauma. For goodness sake! It's difficult enough explaining the Trinity to someone in your own tongue.Sauma's managed to describe the Nestorian belief in the nature of Christ in such a way that the Cardinals took no offense. Next, they queried his beliefs about the Holy Spirit. He engaged them in a back and forth Socratic dialog that not only satisfied their concerns about his doctrine but greatly impressed them with his erudition.In fact, Rabban Sauma's replies, included in his account of the meeting, did convey ideas the Cardinals would have found heretical. But it seems they wanted to avoid controversy as much as he did. Realizing further discussion with its parsing of details would only increase the chance of running afoul of their favor, Sauma indicated he thought his explanation of Nestorian theology was sufficient. He now realized the lack of a head for the Catholic church was a hindrance to his mission. He asked the Cardinals to appoint him someone who could take him round the religious sites to be seen in Rome. They assigned him several monks to escort him on a tour of the Eternal City's churches and monasteries.The first and most impressive site he was shown was the old Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican. Of course, what he saw is not the St. Peter's of today. That wasn't built till the 16th & 17th Cs. Still, the church of his time was massively larger than anything he'd seen besides the Hagia Sophia. He wrote of it, “The extent of that temple and its splendors cannot be described.” He was shown the 180 columns erected by Constantine, the altar from which only the Pope served Mass, Peter's Chair, and Peter's tomb, in which a gold sarcophagus was placed inside a bronze coffin, topped by a solid gold cross weighing 150 pounds.Sauma was especially impressed by a relic purported to bear the image of Christ. Another feature in the church he enthused over was a throne on which popes crowned emperors. He reports his guides told him the pope picked up the royal crown from the floor with their feet, transferred it to their hands then placed it on the ruler's head. This showed the supremacy of the Church over State; that secular power was under religious authority.Either Sauma's misunderstood or was misinformed. That wasn't the procedure. After being crowned, the Emperor knelt and kissed the Pope's feet. But it was a ritual going out of practice by Sauma's time. Hostility between popes and monarchs was already growing.After seeing St. Peter's Basilica, Sauma was shown several other sites, all of major significance to the faith in Rome. While the architecture and furnishings of these churches and shrines were remarkable, Sauma's account gives little attention to that aspect of them. He was far more interested in the hundreds of relics he was shown. Body parts, clothing, instruments, items tied to the Biblical stories of the saints were his special fascination. It's clear Sauma attached deep spiritual significance to these relics, giving them a special place as means of communicating grace to his soul.Having had his fill of the religious dimensions of Rome, and realizing the absence of a pope was stalling his mission, he decided to carry out the next phase of his task, visiting the rulers of Western Europe. The subject of our next episode.
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