I am going to be producing a special podcast series during the season of Advent and the Nativity which will consist of daily passages from the scriptures and the Church Fathers with a special focus on the spirituality of the Eastern Church. You can subscribe to it via the website here or via feedburner here.
Today as I celebrate my ordination, we go back in history to look at another special event that we celebrate – the 400th anniversary of the Gun Powder Plot and Guy Fawkes Day. Join us in the wayback machine as we look at this very important event in the history of the Catholic Church of England and the way that this event continues to influence our world.
Here are some good web sites with more information:
The Gunpowder Plot – site of the British Parliament
The Gunpowder Plot – Wikipedia
The Gunpowder Plot – Catholic Encyclopedia
Guy Fawkes – Wikipedia
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With my ordination to the priesthood a week away, this week’s episode focuses on my vocational journey. Listen as I relate how I came to discern my call and how I came to experience the continual protection of the Lord.
This episode also has a song by Don’t Harass Betty – “Your Love is Everything” via Podsafe Music.
Promoted podcasts are the Catholic Mormon Podcast and the Bible In A Year Podcast.
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Sorry for the inconvenience.
This week we look more at the theology of the icon and the spirituality of the iconographer. Learn how you can integrate icons into your own prayer life. We will also be looking at St. Andrei Rublev, one of the most famous iconographers and his icon of the Holy Trinity as we take another trip to the Icon Corner.
There are a couple of good sources available for those interested in icons and iconography. Jim Forest’s book “Praying with Icons” and Maria Giovanna Muzj’s “Transfiguration” each offers some good advice on adding icons to your spiritual life.
On the Internet, you can find a good basic articles on icons and St. Andrei Rublev on Wikipedia. There is a good list of icon sites on the web at Icons and Iconography.
Our musical interlude is a Russian hymn – “O Gladsome Light” sung by the Monks and Metropolitan Choirs of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra from the CD Russian Orthodox Chants available from magnatune.com.
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We’ve got another great show coming your way with an interview with Father Richard Davis TOR. Father Richard served as vocation director for the TORs of the Province of the Most Sacred Heart for eight years and now supervises the TOR affiliate program. He speaks on the state of vocations in the US, vocational discernment and what one might expect in following a vocation to the religious life and says lots of nice things about yours truly. [It always helps to interview one’s vocation director!]
We also have Anne Davis’s Awakening from Podsafe Music and some of my own advice for those seeking to discern a vocation to the religious life and/or priesthood.
For further information on discerning a vocation, I would suggest taking a look at the book by Fr. Michael Scanlan, TOR and James D. Manney – What Does God Want?
Some good websites to check out are:
VISION – Offers advice and information about religious vocations and links to various religious communities.
Vocations Online – Run by the Diocese of Joliet, offers information on religious and diocesan vocations.
Franciscans Friars, TOR – the official site of the Third Order Province of the Most Sacred Heart
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