"As Mary could not hold on to the Jesus she had known, so we cannot hold on to the lives we have always known. To Golgotha we must go, bearing the cross of this pandemic with us, but where we are going is to the empty tomb, proof that death is not the end of the story. For, you see, Christ is risen—and so are we."

+John Michael Botean

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Music: Scott Buckley - Tears in Rain

Bishop John Michael Botean CHristmas Message (2019)

Are you in a worrying mode? Worrying about worries? Best time to listen to this episode.

Music: Kevin MacLeod ("Thunderbird", "Immersed")

Fear is a movement of the sensitive appetite. We experience it every day in different forms. Probably one of the greatest human fears is of the unknown - of death. How do we deal with that? Listen to this episode by Fr. Calin Tamiian to find out the answer.

Music: Kevin MacLeod ("Our Story Begins", "In the Hall of the Mountain King", "Almost New"- see incompetech.com)

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Can you imagine a world in which kindness would be on everybody's lips as a result of the way in which people guide themselves daily? If kindness would be the currency that we use in every single relationship? Kindness is not just something that happens to us overnight. It is the result of many such efforts that can have a "butterfly effect" in the world that we are living.

Music: Kevin MacLeod

What does the opioid crisis in Ohio and a lamb can have in common?

Listen to Br. Seoirse's meditation on this stringent subject.

Music: Kevin MacLeod

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This week's word is "revenge". How many times have you thought about "paying back" to someone who has heart you? What if there is another way, a better way to cope with this?

Listen to Sr. Theresa's answer in overcoming her own challenge of dealing with the desire to take revenge.

Music: Kevin MacLeod

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This week's word is "memory" and it's a search for a defining story answering one of the greatest human questions: who are we? Brought to you by Sr. Theresa.

Music: Kevin MacLeod

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This is a new series entitled "The Word of the Week" - One word, one story, one action.

Episode 1: Incense (with Sr. Theresa Koernke)

Music: Kevin MacLeod - Relent

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The fourth element of the Church's Mission is Diakonia, service among others, as a way of living.

Music by: Kevin MacLeod