Fr. Z's PODCAzTs

Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline.

Collect Church is San Pietro in Vincoli and the Roman Station is Santa Maria Maggiore.

It is Ember Wednesday in Lent, so we hear briefly about Ember Days. Then we continue with some sobering thoughts from Thomas a Kempis about death. "Death bed conversions" or "repentance". Possible? Maybe... but are you going to risk your soul on it?

TODAY:

Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline.

Roman Station: Sant'Anastasia (Collect: San Nicola in Carcere)

Fr. Troadec explores blindness and prayer.

Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline.

Roman Station: St. Peter in Chains (Collect Sts. Cosmas and Damian)

We begin some reflections on the one thing that is certain but that we cannot predict.

Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline.

Roman Station: St. John Lateran. No Collect church today.

Today we hear from Fr. Troadec about the importance of 40. Bl. Ildefonso cites St. Gregory the Great on what it means for us that Christ was tempted by Satan in the desert.

Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline.

Roman Station: Santa Sabina.  The Collect: S. Lorenzo in Lucina.

Today we hear the Prayer Over the People after visiting the Roman Station.  Then Fr. Troadec gives us a stout dose of medicine about how harmful sins of the tongue can be.

Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline.

Roman Station: Sts. John and Paul on the Coelian Hill (Collect: S. Lucia in Septizonio)

We hear from the Gospel of Matthew and I pull apart the Collect that commemorates the ferial Friday.

Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline.

Roman Station: San Giorgio in Velabro (Collect: San Nicola in Carcere)

Today we hear about the military character of the Gospel, connected to the Station. Also we introduce the "Prayer over the people", characteristic of Masses in Lent. Finally, there is a connection between the Oratio, preparation for death and the prayer the priest should recite before Mass about his intention.

EGO VOLO celebrare Missam, et conficere Corpus et Sanguinem Domini nostri Iesu Christi, iuxta ritum sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae, ad laudem omnipotentis Dei totiusque Curiae triumphantis, ad utilitatem meam totiusque Curiae militantis, pro omnibus, qui se commendaverunt orationibus meis in genere et in specie, et pro felici statu sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae.

GAUDIUM cum pace, emendationem vitae, spatium verae paenitentiae, gratiam et consolationem Sancti Spiritus, perseverantiam in bonis operibus, tribuat nobis omnipotens et misericors Dominus. Amen

MY PURPOSE is to celebrate Mass and to make present the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the rite of the holy Roman Church to the praise of our all-powerful God and all His assembly in the glory of heaven, for my good and the good of all His pilgrim Church on earth, and for all who have asked me to pray for them in general and in particular, and for the good of the holy Roman Church.

MAY the almighty and merciful Lord grant us joy and peace, amendment of life, room for true repentance, the grace and comfort of the Holy Spirit and perseverance in good works. Amen.

Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline.

Today, some notes about the beautiful responsory from the Blessing of Ashes, Emendemus in melius. We hear the second prayer of the blessing of ashes and attend to today Roman Station, which is Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill.

Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline.

Today, we hear what "Shrove" means as in Shrove Tuesday, another name for "Fat Tuesday" or "Mardi Gras". What is Lent called and why? We have a few reminders about Roman Stations and purpose of Lent.

Today we reach back to the year of Our Lord 2019 and my podcast for the Feast of the Holy Innocents.