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- Episode 115 -- Life of St Philip X.115 -- Fulfilling All DesiresWe read about St Philip being unable to sleep during an illness. He begged that Holy Communion be brought to him. Fr Tarugi did not want this to be done. He thought St Philip would be even more unable to sleep. Even saints need proper and sufficient sleep. Our Lord himself slept. But in the end St Philip knew what he was talking about. Our Lord can help us get the rest we need. Let us ask him to show us when to sleep and when to rise.12 min
- Episode 114 -- Life of St Philip IX.114 -- Spiritual Fathers and Inspiration
Did St Philip have any trouble building the Chiesa Nuova?
Yes! We will read about the strange miracle of the roof not colasping at the Chiesa Nuova. St Philip was given a vision of Our Lady holding up an unsupported beam! The workmen went to inspect. And they found the beam in mid-air!
10 min - Episode 114 -- Life of St Philip IX.114 -- Spiritual Fathers and InspirationDid St Philip have any trouble building the Chiesa Nuova?Yes! We will read about the strange miracle of the roof not colasping at the Chiesa Nuova. St Philip was given a vision of Our Lady holding up an unsupported beam! The workmen went to inspect. And they found the beam in mid-air!10 min
- Episode 113 -- Life of St Philip IX.113 -- Young Men Can Follow the Lord
Did St Philip have any trouble building the Chiesa Nuova?
Yes! We will read about the strange miracle of the roof not colasping at the Chiesa Nuova. St Philip was given a vision of Our Lady holding up an unsupported beam! The workmen went to inspect. And they found the beam in mid-air!
10 min - Episode 113 -- Life of St Philip IX.113 -- Young Men Can Follow the LordDid St Philip have any trouble building the Chiesa Nuova?Yes! We will read about the strange miracle of the roof not colasping at the Chiesa Nuova. St Philip was given a vision of Our Lady holding up an unsupported beam! The workmen went to inspect. And they found the beam in mid-air!10 min
- Episode 112 -- Life of St Philip IX.112 -- Mary Upholds our Lives
Did St Philip have any trouble building the Chiesa Nuova?
Yes! We will read about the strange miracle of the roof not colasping at the Chiesa Nuova. St Philip was given a vision of Our Lady holding up an unsupported beam! The workmen went to inspect. And they found the beam in mid-air!
9 min - Episode 112 -- Life of St Philip IX.112 -- Mary Upholds our LivesDid St Philip have any trouble building the Chiesa Nuova?Yes! We will read about the strange miracle of the roof not colasping at the Chiesa Nuova. St Philip was given a vision of Our Lady holding up an unsupported beam! The workmen went to inspect. And they found the beam in mid-air!9 min
- Episode 111 -- Life of St Philip IX.111 -- Lay Holiness is PossibleWe read about one of St Philip's holiest female penitents. He was convinced that she went straight to heaven when she died. Lavinia Massimi was married. She was a mother. Holiness is possible in the world. "Let us be saints in our own homes," St Philip used to say.8 min
- Episode 111 -- Life of St Philip IX.111 -- Lay Holiness is Possible
We read about one of St Philip's holiest female penitents. He was convinced that she went straight to heaven when she died. Lavinia Massimi was married. She was a mother. Holiness is possible in the world. "Let us be saints in our own homes," St Philip used to say.
8 min - Episode 110 -- Life of St Philip IX.110 -- Human Malice and Divine ProvidenceWe read about the opposition St Philip faced from some of the neighbours as he was building the new church. People even physically attacked those working on it. But the money and workers kept coming. St Philip was convinced that "all things work for the good of those who love God" (Romans 8:28). The malice of men, their evil intentions, can be turned by God to good!9 min
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St Philip Neri in the 16th century would gather those each day who were desirous of seeking Christian perfection. He would read from a spiritual book and then discourse on the meaning of what was…
read. This podcast (and the nightly prayer group from which it springs) seeks to carry on St Philip’s method of helping people become holy, even saints, in their own homes.