Today is Spy Wednesday of Holy Week.  It's the last full day of Lent.

The Roman Station is Santa Maria Maggiore. We were here five weeks ago.

Ven. Fulton J. Sheen talks about how Christ borrowed things from time to time and what that can mean for us.

The Benedictines of Gower Abbey sing to us.  [US HERE – UK HERE]

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Today is Tuesday in Holy Week.  Closer day by day.

The Roman Station is Santa Prisca. We aren't sure who she was, but there is a really cool tradition about her.

Fr. Troadec reflects on the Passion according to Mark, which we hear today in Holy Mass in the Traditional Roman Rite. Fulton Sheen gives us an image of unhappy souls.

In these podcasts I sometimes use snips from this lovely disc of music: Motecta Trium Vocum.  Today's choice is about someone longing for the Eucharist: Desidero mi Iesu.

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Desídero mi Iesu,

Hoc Angelórum esu

Ut me refícias.

Fac, Iesu mi benígne,

Accéndam semper digne

Ad has divínas épulas

Hic cibus nutriméntum

Hic potus aliméntum

Sit meae ánimae

Det grátiam dum spiro

Sit in agóne diro

Pignus futúrae glóriae.

I desire, O my Jesus,

That you would refresh me

On this the food of angels:

Make me, my kind Jesus,

Always worthily approach

To this divine repast.

Let this food be a nutriment,

Let this drink be a nourishment,

Be unto my soul:

Let it give grace while I breathe,

In my final agony

Be it a pledge of future glory.

Future glory, and future Eucharistic Communions!

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Today is Monday in Holy Week.  Closer day by day.

The Roman Station is Santa Prassede all'Esquilino, one of the original parish churches of Rome. Here is kept part of the pillar at which Christ was scourged, brought back to Rome by St. Helena.

Today Cardinal Bacci gives us another beautiful meditation, this time on Christ's Cross and, consequently, your cross.

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Today is Palm Sunday.  Holy Week begins.

The Roman Station is San Giovanni in Laterano, the Cathedral of Rome.

We are today one week from Easter.  Almost there.

Today I rant a little with practical tips about how you might beneficially participate from afar in the sacred rites of this most Holy Week.

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Today is Saturday in the 5th Week of Lent - Passiontide.  It's the last day before Holy Week.

The Roman Station is San Giovanni a Porta Latina, where the pagans tried to murder St. John the Apostle and Evangelist.

We are today one week from the Easter Vigil.  Almost there.

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Today is Friday in the 5th Week of Lent - Passiontide.  The Roman Station is Santo Stefano Rotondo in Monte Celio, the round basilica.

We are today one week from Good Friday.  As such it is the feast of our lady of Sorrows.

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Today is Thursday in the 5th Week of Lent - Passiontide.  The Roman Station is Sant'Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine near the Piazza Navona.

I am happy to read again today from the new English translation of Fr. Patrick Troadec's work Toward Easter.  I don’t have to translate from the French original now.  US HERE – UK HERE   Today we hear about Mary Magdalen.

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Today is Tuesday in the 5th Week of Lent - Passiontide.  The Roman Station is Santa Maria in Via Lata.

I am excited to read today from the new English translation of Fr. Patrick Troadec, SSPX, work Toward Easter.  I don't have to translate from the French original now.  US HERE - UK HERE   Father talks about how we should be ready to suffer for Christ but also about being prudent.

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Today is Monday in the 5th Week of Lent - Passiontide.  The Roman Station is San Crisogono in Tratevere.

What we must do when we realized we have sinned.

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Today is 1st Passion Sunday, the 5th Sunday of Lent.  The Roman Station is St. Peter’s Basilica on the Vatican Hill.

This podcast intends to help you get ready to die... liturgically.

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