One of the most popular stories from the life of Saint Francis is that of his meeting with the Sultan. In this week’s episode, we look at Saint Francis’ encounter with Islam and what light it can cast on the problems of today.
Join me in a visit to the St. Peter’s Cemetery and Catacombs in Salzburg, Austria. We’ll see a chapel built almost one thousand years ago and the possible burial site of holy martyrs.
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Saint Marguerite Marie Alacoque encouraged devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Sr. Josefa Menendez wrote about “The Way of Divine Love”, St. Mary Faustina Kowalska spoke of Jesus as the “King of Divine Mercy”. In this episode, we look at the similarities and differences of these three devotions and what they have to say about our relationship to God.
Listen in this episode to a wondrous story of the Knight with the Barrel from 13th century France and his search for forgiveness. Also, Pope St. Eleutherius and the Simpsons and Catholic Vegetarianism.
I removed the pdf file link for “Christianity and Vegetarianism” from here because iTunes didn’t like it. I’ll put it in the comments section instead.
“Virgin Madre Gloriosa by Mediva from “Viva Mediva” and magnatune.com
Virgin Madre Gloriosa
“Il me souffit” by Edward Martin from Art of the Lute in Renaissance France and magnatune.com
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More Austrian adventures both in cooking and the weather, plus a continuing look at the history of Catholic Social Teaching and the Worker Priest. Drop me an e-mail or leave a comment if the Catholic:Under The Hood t-shirt sounds good to you.
After much climbing and panting, I got to Castle Durnstein in Durstein, Austria for a great view of the Danube River and to see the Castle that once held Richard the Lionheart.
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In honor of the recent feast day of St. Vladimir today’s podcast discusses the Conversion of Rus’, the legend and the history and what insights it gives us about the differences between Eastern and Western Christianity.