Fr. Z's PODCAzTs

The Roman Station is San Lorenzo in Lucina.  Today Fr. Troadec talks about the encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan Woman at the well of Jacob and the “living water”.

Today the Roman Station is at Sts. Cosmas and Damian at the Roman Forum.   Fr. Troadec speaks forthrightly about being defensive, harboring resentments and holding grudges.

The Roman Station is San Sisto Vecchio  Fr. Troadec explains why it is spiritually a really bad idea to be a jerk.

Today the Roman Station is Santa Pudenziana.  It is also the Feast of the Annunciation.  We have some notes about the Feast from Card. Schuster. Card. Bacci talks about what make love of God authentic.

Today’s Roman Station is San Marco near the Piazza Venezia and Capitoline Hill. Today is the Feast of St. Gabriel the Archangel. Card. Bacci gives us a stern talking to about doing penance along the lines of, “Do it or you will probably go to Hell”. He put’s it better than that. To help you do penance, I included a little bit of a modernist pipe organ riff on the Lenten chant “Attende Domine”.

The Roman Station today is at St. Lawrence outside-the-walls. We were here on Septuagesima Sunday.

Card. Bacci and St. Francis de Sales give us a lesson about overcoming our character faults and progressing in the spiritual life.

The Roman Station is at Santi Marcellino e Pietro.  Fr. Parsch comments on how the antiphons of the office, based on the Gospel’s parable of the Prodigal Son, lines up with our lives.  Fr. Troadec remarks on God’s tremendous mercy. 

The Roman Station is San Vitale once associated with the Order of Widows.  We have the insights of Fr. Troadec, who points to the similarities between Joseph son of Jacob of the Old Testament and Christ.   There is a good reflection her about how dangerous jealousy is, the sin of envy.

We visit the Basilica of Saint Cecilia today. I have a person connection with this beautiful place. Card. Antonio Bacci gives us a lovely reflection on St. Joseph.

Wonderful St. Joseph!

The Roman Station is Santa Maria in Trastevere.

We hear from a sermon of St. Gregory The Great (+604).  He put together many of the Mass formularies and traditional practices we use today.  He reminds his listeners that they had had very bad times.  Now that things were better, the Enemy had to change his approach to ruining souls.    At the end, the beginning of an appropriate orchestral piece.