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Be Silent episodes

April 03, 2022 21. Springtime for our souls
A meditation by Fr Gavan Jennings for the season of lent.
19 min
March 26, 2022 20. The Annunciation
A meditation by Fr Gavan Jennings for the feast of the Annunciation
31 min
March 18, 2022 19. St Joseph, a life of self-giving
The Feast of St Joseph is a celebration of self-giving to God. St Joseph’s life and person are immensely rich precisely because he gave himself completely to God. We get the courage to give ourselves completely to God by contemplating God’s self-giving to us in Christ. This is what St Joseph did. A meditation by Fr Donncha O hAodha on the Feast of St Joseph, 19 March 2022.
31 min
March 16, 2022 18. St Patrick, Apostle of Ireland
For our primary patron of Ireland, St Patrick, celebrated today on 17th March, Fr Brian McCarthy leads a meditation on St Patrick's personality and his work of evangelisation.
25 min
March 12, 2022 17. The Transfiguration
What does the Transfiguration have to say to us during Lent? A meditation by Fr Patrick Gorevan for the second sunday in Lent
30 min
March 01, 2022 16. Change of Heart
A meditation for Ash Wednesday by Fr Gavan Jennings
28 min
February 20, 2022 15. Let God work
Let God work. Holiness is less about our doing or achieving things, and more about letting God work. When we abandon ourselves to God we can free ourselves from the tendency to want to be in control, and we reach much further than we might imagine. This meditation is given by Fr Donncha O hAodha
31 min
February 20, 2022 14. Hymn to Love
St Paul gives some key characteristics of love in his famous 'Hymn to Love'. In this meditation Fr Gavan Jennings looks at some of these features, especially how they apply in the love between spouses.
29 min
February 13, 2022 13. Celebrating two anniversaries of the Prelature of Opus Dei
February 14 is the occasion of two anniversaries for the Prelature of Opus Dei: the commencement of Opus Dei's apostolic work with women in 1930 and the beginning of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross in 1943. Fr Patrick Gorevan reflects on how St Josemaría Escrivá responded to the divine inspiration he received on that date and what that means for us today.
31 min
January 30, 2022 12. You are my prophet
In this meditation, for the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Fr Gavan Jennings delves into the prophetic role each of us is called to play, following the example of Jesus Christ, through the good example we give, with our professional prestige and our sanctified work. "I have appointed you as a prophet for the nations" Jeremiah 1:5
30 min