Dr Taylor Marshall Podcast

In the Cathedral of Foggia one can find an ancient and mysterious image of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This icon, called “Our Lady of the Seven Veils,” once caused Saint Alphonsus to go into ecstasy, which I will describe below. As a young priest, St Pio of Pietreclina would make a visit to this image every day. I’ve read about the image, but knew nothing about it. I did some research and here is what I found.

Madonna of the Seven Veils, Foggia

In the eleventh century Foggia, Italy was a tiny town perched around the Tavern of the Owl. One day some local farmers saw three flames over a small pond or bog. Intrigued, they dug where the miraculous fire had been and discovered a large “table” buried in the mud. They realized that this “table” was actually a Byzantine icon that had remained somewhat preserved despite being soaked in water and mud. The image was cleaned and then cloaked with new veils. I assume there were seven veils and hence the name, but I cannot verify this. The icon was then placed in the local Tavern of the Owl for veneration. Soon the tavern became a place of pilgrimage.

In 1080 Robert Guiscard built a church to honor the sacred image. In 1172 the church was expanded by William II “the Good” of Sicily.

The “face hole” is all that one can now see of the original wooden icon. It is black and the face is now indiscernible. However, on Maundy Thursday of 1731, the Virgin Mary’s white face appeared in this portal, which was usually black and dark.

Saint Alphonsus Liguori heard about apparition and went to Foggia to venerate the Immaculate Mother of the Savior. He also received an apparition of the Virgin’s face in the small black portal. He described the Blessed Virgin’s face on that occasion as a girl of 13-14 with a white veil. The apparitions of the Virgin’s face on the icon continued until about 1745.

As the city grew larger, the church was decorated and enriched. The Normans, Swabians, Angevins, Aragonese, Spaniards, and Bourbons considered the church to be one of the most important in Italy. It has served as the site for several royal weddings. Today, the image is said to be covered in seven layers of precious metal and embroidered material – hence the name Madonna of the Seven Veils.

Please take a moment to listen to my podcast on Our Lady of the Seven Veils. It’s free at iTunes. Or you can just listen to it by clicking here.

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Sweet Mother Mary, pray for us

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Have you every done the Total Consecration to Mary?

Our Lord Jesus Christ came from eternity and entered into time through the Blessed Virgin Mary. He has ordained that we can best know Him in that same order. Mary leads us to Jesus. As Mary herself says in St John’s Gospel, “Do whatever he tells you to do.

Have you ever considered doing the 33 day consecration? If not, then this is the podcast for you.

And not only are we going to talk about consecration, each week in December we’ll introduce an approved Marian apparition or devotion that you may not have heard of.

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1) Proverb of the Week:

2) Tip of the Week:

Apparition of the Week:

3) Featured Segment:

*make an allowance here for a leap year.

4) Latin Word of the Week:

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My goal today is to challenge you to simplify your life and ask you 5 questions to help you discover your apostolate.

Our Lord Jesus Christ made you for a specific purpose. You are here to fulfill a special apostolate that He has designed just for you! So we will look at 5 questions to help figure out if you’re on the right path.

We’ll also take a look at how to simplify your life and the apostolate of Saint Lawrence of Brindisi.

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1) Proverb of the Week:

2) Tip of the Week:

Saint of the Week:

3) Featured Segment:

4) Latin Word of the Week:

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Everyone of us is living a liturgy – a pattern of devotion. Today we are going to look at a very basic and simple way that you can create daily rhythm of prayer and love for God throughout the day.

This will become your liturgy of life.

I’ll share 6 ways you can punctuate your day with the supernatural so that you can have more joy, a better apostolate, a happier family, and most importantly, stay near to our Lord Jesus Christ.

We’ll also take a look at the death of Saint Edmund the King:

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1) Proverb of the Week:

2) Tip of the Week:

Saint of the Week:

3) Featured Segment:

4) Latin Word of the Week:

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Have you ever wanted to write a novel? Maybe in the hustle of life you gave up painting pictures, playing the guitar, or writing a screenplay. Do you want to start a charity.

Why don’t you? The theology of being creative. God is a creator and He delights in His children being creative.

I’m going to give you a three step process on how you can overcome the resistance in your life and release your creative powers.

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1) Proverb of the Week:

2) Tip of the Week:

Beta Test: Saint of the Week:

Here’s the robot of Saint Didacus that I talked about in today’s podcast:

3) Featured Segment:

4) Latin Word of the Week:

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Our new podcast is still doing great on iTunes: 14,442 downloads!

A huge “THANK YOU” to all 72 (!) of you who wrote amazing 5-star reviews at iTunes. Y’all are the ones that pushed it to the top. I’m grateful to you all. Again, thank you so much. If you’re new, you can rate this podcast on by clicking here and then “View in iTunes.” From there you can leave a review.

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My goal today is to challenge you to rethink what you know about Virtue. If you grew up in the last 50 years, you probably weren’t taught much. It’s not your fault. Today we’re going to explain what a virtue is and why “virtue ethics” are the only way to go.

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1) Proverb of the Week:

2) Tip of the Week:

3) Featured Segment:

4) Latin Word of the Week:

It’s easy. If you would like to ask me a question and have it featured on the weekly podcast, please click here for an easy way to leave a question.

Our new podcast is still doing great on iTunes: 14,442 downloads!

A huge “THANK YOU” to all 64 (!) of you who wrote amazing 5-star reviews at iTunes. Y’all are the ones that pushed it to the top. I’m grateful to you all. Again, thank you so much. If you’re new, you can rate this podcast on by clicking here and then “View in iTunes.” From there you can leave a review.

I appreciate you for this!

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You lost your keys. You’re late for work. You have a big meeting. The boss is waiting on you. You ask Saint Anthony to help you find your keys…quick! But how does Saint Anthony even hear you from heaven?

Today we look at the theology behind how saints in heaven can see your prayer requests (are enabled by God to help) through their mystical vision of God.

How do they in heaven, hear you on earth?

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1) Proverb of the Week:

2) Tip of the Week: 

3) Featured Segment:

4) Latin Word of the Week:

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Our new podcast is still doing great on iTunes: 14,442 downloads!

A huge “THANK YOU” to all 64 (!) of you who wrote amazing 5-star reviews at iTunes. Y’all are the ones that pushed it to the top. I’m grateful to you all. Again, thank you so much. If you’re new, you can rate this podcast on by clicking here and then “View in iTunes.” From there you can leave a review.

I appreciate you for this!

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My opinion of “Father” Martin Luther. Every October 31 is the anniversary of Martin Luther’s Great Protest against the Catholic Church. Find out what I really think of him in today’s podcast.

Martin Luther? Thumbs up or down? Find out in today’s podcast.

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1) Proverb of the Week:

2) Tip of the Week: 

3) Featured Segment:

4) Latin Word of the Week:

It’s easy. If you would like to ask me a question and have it featured on the weekly podcast, please click here for an easy way to leave a question.

Our new podcast is still doing great on iTunes: 14,442 downloads!

A huge “THANK YOU” to everyone who has written amazing 5-star reviews. Y’all are the ones that pushed it up to the top. I’m grateful to you all. Again, thank you so much. If you’re new, you can rate this podcast on by clicking here and then “View in iTunes.” From there you can leave a review.

I appreciate you for this!

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What if you could only do one daily devotional or prayer every day. Which would it be? In today’s episode I reveal what I think is the one single non-negotiable prayer/devotion and I share four more. These are my Top Five daily prayers/devotions.

Which is the top devotion? Blessed John Paul 2 practiced it daily. Find out in today’s podcast.

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1) Proverb of the Week:

2) Tip of the Week: 

3) Featured Segment:

Source from Mark’s question on “Bread of Angels”

Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae, III, q. 80, a. 2, ad 1

Reply to Objection 1. The receiving of Christ under this sacrament is ordained to the enjoyment of heaven, as to its end, in the same way as the angels enjoy it; and since the means are gauged by the end, hence it is that such eating of Christ whereby we receive Him under this sacrament, is, as it were, derived from that eating whereby the angels enjoy Christ in heaven. Consequently, man is said to eat the “bread of angels,” because it belongs to the angels to do so firstly and principally, since they enjoy Him in his proper species; and secondly it belongs to men, who receive Christ under this sacrament.”

4) Latin Word of the Week:

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A huge “THANK YOU” to everyone who has written amazing 5-star reviews. Y’all are the ones that pushed it up to the top. I’m grateful to you all. Again, thank you so much. If you’re new, you can rate this podcast on by clicking here and then “View in iTunes.” From there you can leave a review.

I appreciate you for this!

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