Today's Daily Decade, on the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, offers prayers for JP, for his ongoing job hunt, and for his continued happy marriage and healthy family. We beg the intercession of St. Joseph, patron of husbands, fathers, and workers to this end. Today's reflection addresses the Annunciation, and its place restoring the presence of God in the world lost to mankind's sin, and what His promise, that He is now with us always, announces to us and asks of us, His Church.

Today's Daily Decade, on the Feast of St. Clare of Assisi, offers prayers for Natalie, Ryan, and their unborn baby Jude, for safe delivery and continued growth in health and devotion as a family. Today is a bit unusual, since it is a Friday but we nevertheless pray in English and beg the intercession of St. Gerard - this intention was originally supposed to be offered this past Monday, the Feast of the Four Crowned Martyrs. Today's reflection is on the Crucifixion and the way Christ reveals his triune identity as Son of David, Son of Man, and Son of God even as He dies for us on the Cross, as a last effort to win the hearts of the stubborn people to whom He was sent. Instead, He wins the thief and centurion - Ss. Dismas and Longinus. 

Today's Daily Decade, for the Feast of the Finding of the Relics of St. Stephen Protomartyr, offers prayers for an anonymous servant of God committed by his family to a psych ward. We beg the intercession of Ss. Benedict of Nursia and Michael the Archangel, both powerful warriors in the fight against the devil and his angels. Today's reflection considers the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and what both Mary and the other Saints teach us by their example about habits of holiness and keeping our minds before God at all times. 

EDIT: I have updated the audio for this episode to make it a little more listenable. It's still not perfect, but you can hear my voice more clearly now.

Today's Daily Decade, on the Feast of St. Peter in Chains, offers prayers for Daniel and his conversion to the Catholic Faith. We ask the intercession of St. Ignatius of Loyola, whose feast was yesterday. Today's reflection is on the meaning of the Temple as a tool of God to manifest Himself and why we need temples in our own lives, including our own bodies.