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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9gxcq-12146d6 In this first part of a two part interview with Fr. Paul Donlan, a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei, our spirits will be raised, I think, by his optimism about the undercurrent of growth of the Church by virtue of family life and conversions to the faith courtesy of the Holy Spirit!Continue reading “Fr. Paul Donlan: The Rebirth and Growth of the Catholic Church By Family and Conversion Part I”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-6xr4a-1214678 The first part of an enheartening conversation with Fr. Paul Donlan, priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei, whose optimism about the undercurrent of growth of the family and conversions to the the Church will bolster our spirits through the Holy Spirit! 

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nmwv7-1200051 Ordinary Old Catholic Me attends the Triduum. This means the podcast will not drop today but later on Easter Sunday…to say He is Risen. He us truly Risen!

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vu34j-11f536e As we wend our way to Holy Week, we should be thinking about why Christ died for us? Because of, sin. The only way to restore the relationship with God after the sin of Adam and Eve was for God to become Man, join time, join history, die, be resurrected and offer to us,Continue reading “Sin, What Sin?”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qxbwz-11eadba Imagine that you are in Jerusalem and Jesus Christ stops in your neighborhood and stands in front of you and looks at you with his beautiful eyes. Even without his words, “Come, Follow Me” you know what He wants. Do you follow? How can you become disposed to follow? 

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-hmun5-11e15d3 Given the state of the world, which never seems, despite all the technology, to get better, and given the warnings of the Blessed Mother to the human race, that seem to go mostly unheeded, I found myself wondering whether, if Mary had to do it over again, would she say that “Yes” to theContinue reading “Mary, Would You say ”Yes” again?”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5zvg4-11d7f7d My mind became abuzz with the poet Edna St. Vincent Millay this week, and one thing led to another and I began to wonder whether she and I could talk about the Catholic purpose of life without rancor, but more, whether she might be drawn to it. But then, that’s a problem for allContinue reading “If Edna and I Could Talk”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-5mueq-11cd318 It has been a while since I have done an in person interview. It is so extraordinary to listen to the ordinary stories of other Catholics, and I am privileged to be able to bring a little of that life to your attention. In conversation with Ada Onwukeme. 

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-uhhaa-11c36ba This episode was initially going to be a description of a rare day of peace doing ordinary things, but it turned out that it had real connection to the retreat I am trying to do, the ebbs and flows of consolation in the Lord and desolation because of original sin and how His sacrificeContinue reading “A Perfect Ordinary Day”

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rtsce-11b93e8 A simple, but not so simple question, from a listener brought me to explore today’s subject. What was the power to loose and bind that Jesus gave to Peter? What did it all mean?