Better Days BroDcast

The feast of St Martha is celebrated every July 29. She is the sister of Mary and Lazarus of Bethany. Martha was the busy hostess when Jesus visited them in their home. She was not honored in the liturgy until about the fifteenth century.

Brother Rey Mejias FSC is the guest reader for this particular meditation.

Saint Anne, the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was honored, probably along with Saint Joachim, her husband, as early as the sixth century in Constantinople. Devotion in Rome can be traced archeologically to the eighth century.

There are just so many uncertainties during this pandemic. January. In the People continue to endure hunger, anxiety, and the ineffective response of some government officials. With all of these, many perhaps are now asking, When this will end? Are you with us, dear Lord? Why do you allow us to suffer too much? These are difficult questions to answer. Sometimes, I feel that the answers can just be felt in the heart. Or maybe, just maybe, we should be asking a different question instead.

James the Greater is the brother of Saint John the Evangelist, often singled out by Jesus for special favors, along with Peter and John. He was put to death by Herod around 42 A.D. He is the Patron Saint of Spain, probably as a result of a legend that his body was discovered through a star that appeared over a field. His shrine became known as Campostella (field of the star).

The devotion to Mary Magdalene in France was enhanced by the belief that her body, with that of Lazarus was brought to Provence in the 9th Century.

In 1713, De La Salle, discouraged by the turn of events in his ministry, made a retreat in the monastery of Saint Maximin, near the grotto of Saint Mary Magdalen, about 30 miles from Marseille, France.

Listen to the audio version of the Meditations for the Time of Retreat written by St John Baptist de La Salle, the Founder of the Brothers of the Christian SchoolS. Let Br. Peter and his friends read the mediations for you and make this podcast a part of your day's activities.

So here you are trying to decide to hit that PLAY button. Maybe the title of the episode interested you (ahhh... a clickbait!). Perhaps you are a friend of mine and want to know what I am up to during this quarantine period. Hit that PLAY button then and listen to why I think God has not abandoned us during this global health crisis.

These days, we must admit that we do get afraid of getting sick. We need to be aware that sometimes we forget that there is also an essential part of us that needs our attention. This episode deals with our need to be healed in more profound ways. I hope that listening to this will give you additional energy to overcome life's challenges.

If yesterday was quite noisy for you, today, we will look into cultivating that silence from within you. Hopefully, at the end of this, you will see that silence can be a form of prayer too. (This first episode is dedicated to + Br Dindo Maralit FSC)