It is Thursday after Ash Wednesday.  Lent is getting underway.

The Roman Station is San Giorgio in Velabro.

 

 

 

REMINDER: I am on pilgrimage in the Holy Land.  I remember my benefactors in my prayers.

I provide these especially in gratitude to benefactors who help me and this blog.

It is Ash Wednesday.  Lent begins.

The Roman Station is Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill.

 

 

 

REMINDER: I am on pilgrimage in the Holy Land.  I remember my benefactors in my prayers.

I provide these especially in gratitude to benefactors who help me and this blog.

And so we begin again a series of daily 5 minute podcasts for Lent.  They are intended to give you a small boost every day, a little encouragement in your own use of this holy season.

I provide these especially in gratitude to benefactors who help me and this blog.

Today is Shrove Tuesday, a day upon which many would seek to be "shriven" before the beginning of Lent.   In other words GO TO CONFESSION!

Today is also called "Fat Tuesday".  When the discipline of Lent was more serious in the Latin Church, this was the last day you could eat animal fats, etc.

 

REMINDER: I am on pilgrimage in the Holy Land.  I remember my benefactors in my prayers.

As a favor to a friend, I’ll repost this old podcast.  It is the Eve of the Feast of St. Agnes, which of course reminds us of the famous poem by Keats. I, fan of poetry that I am, read … Read More →

Here is CHRISTMASCAzT 32, The Octave of Christmas, the 8th day after Christmas, Feast of the Circumcision, Feast of Mary the Mother of God.

This is the final podcast.

Slightly longer today.  Dom Prosper Guéranger sets the scene for this amazing feast.  Fr. Patrick Troadec offers a marvelous insight into the Holy Name of Jesus, given to the Lord this day.  Finally, as I close this series of podcasts, there is a self-interested prayer.

These 5 minute offerings were a token of gratitude especially for my benefactors.  Thank you!

Have an idea for a reading in these podcasts?  HERE   Make some Mystic Monk Coffee and have a listen!

PS: These podcasts should also be available through my iTunes feed, though maybe not immediately. Let me know how you are listening.  Through the plugin on this post? Through iTunes? Downloading?   Did you enjoy what you heard?  DONATE

Here is CHRISTMASCAzT 31, Tuesday in the Octave of Christmas, the 7th day after Christmas.

We hear about the indulgences offered on this, the last day of the year, and also on the first day of the new year. And Antonio Card. Bacci really takes it to us with an examination of our progress.

These 5 minute offerings are a token of gratitude especially for my benefactors.  Thank you!  Chime in if you listened.  I have lost the ability to track statistics.

Have an idea for a reading in these podcasts?  HERE   Make some Mystic Monk Coffee and have a listen!

PS: These podcasts should also be available through my iTunes feed, though maybe not immediately. Let me know how you are listening.  Through the plugin on this post? Through iTunes? Downloading?   Did you enjoy what you heard?  DONATE

Here is CHRISTMASCAzT 30, Monday in the Octave of Christmas.

We hear from St. Augustine about who the boss really is.  The Christmas Preface is amazing.  Fulton Sheen on true love.

These 5 minute offerings are a token of gratitude especially for my benefactors.  Thank you!  Chime in if you listened.  I have lost the ability to track statistics.

Have an idea for a reading in these podcasts?  HERE   Make some Mystic Monk Coffee and have a listen!

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Here is CHRISTMASCAzT 29, Sunday in the Octave of Christmas.

Dom Prosper Guéranger points to three amazing aspects of the Christ Child. Fr. Troadec ponders the Child with Joseph and Mary.

These 5 minute offerings are a token of gratitude especially for my benefactors.  Thank you!  Chime in if you listened.  I have lost the ability to track statistics.

Have an idea for a reading in these podcasts?  HERE   Make some Mystic Monk Coffee and have a listen!

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Here is CHRISTMASCAzT 28, for Holy Innocents.

Lully, Lullay.  And dom Prosper Guéranger writes of the Feast of the Holy Innocents.  We hear the rendering of the text of the Coventry Carol by Philip Stopford.

These 5 minute offerings are a token of gratitude especially for my benefactors.  Thank you!  Chime in if you listened.  I have lost the ability to track statistics.

Have an idea for a reading in these podcasts?  HERE   Make some Mystic Monk Coffee and have a listen!

PS: These podcasts should also be available through my iTunes feed, though maybe not immediately. Let me know how you are listening.  Through the plugin on this post? Through iTunes? Downloading?   Did you enjoy what you heard?  DONATE

Here is CHRISTMASCAzT 27, for St John's Day 2019!

Dom Prosper Guéranger talks about St. John the Evangelist and his non-martyrdom but authentic martyrdom.

These 5 minute offerings are a token of gratitude especially for my benefactors.  Thank you!  Chime in if you listened.  I have lost the ability to track statistics.

Have an idea for a reading in these podcasts?  HERE   Make some Mystic Monk Coffee and have a listen!

PS: These podcasts should also be available through my iTunes feed, though maybe not immediately. Let me know how you are listening.  Through the plugin on this post? Through iTunes? Downloading?   Did you enjoy what you heard?  DONATE