The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Podcast with Fr. Greg Merkley & JD

Episode 35: World Mission Sunday, St. Luke, and Partial Prayers

Each week, JD and Father Greg Merkley share humorous stories, tackle faith questions and find joy in everyday spirituality through their wonderful parish, Immaculate Heart of Mary, located in Winona, Ontario.

We are here to help spread the good news and help to further unite our parish community.

This Week: World Mission Sunday

Saint of the Week: St Luke

Resource of the Week: Ask Him, by Matthew Kelly

Quotes:

"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free". Luke 4.18

Parish Shout out: Natalia

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God bless!

Episode 34: Our Lady of the Rosary, St. Francis of Assisi, and Guardian Angels

Each week, JD and Father Greg Merkley share humorous stories, tackle faith questions and find joy in everyday spirituality through their wonderful parish, Immaculate Heart of Mary, located in Winona, Ontario.

We are here to help spread the good news and help to further unite our parish community.

This Week: Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary

Saint of the Week: St Francis of Assisi

Resource of the Week: The Free Table

Quotes:

"Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary, use words."

"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

Parish Shout out: Lucia

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God bless!

Episode 32: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. John Chrysostom and GodParents

Each week, JD and Father Greg Merkley share humorous stories, tackle faith questions and find joy in everyday spirituality through their wonderful parish, Immaculate Heart of Mary, located in Winona, Ontario.

We are here to help spread the good news and help to further unite our parish community.

This Week: The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saint of the Week: St John Chrysostom

Resource of the Week: The Examen Prayer. Buy Here

Quotes:

"Feeding the hungry is a greater work than raising the dead."

"The Church is a hospital, not a courtroom: she does not condemn, she heals."

Parish Shout out: Nicholas

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God bless!

SHOW NOTES - Episode 31

The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Podcast with Fr. Greg Merkley & JD

Episode 31: Ordinary Time, St Gregory the Great and Relics

Each week, JD and Father Greg Merkley share humorous stories, tackle faith questions and find joy in everyday spirituality through their wonderful parish, Immaculate Heart of Mary, located in Winona, Ontario.

We are here to help spread the good news and help to further unite our parish community.

This Week: Ordinary Time

Saint of the Week: St Gregory the Great

Resource of the Week: The Examen Prayer. Buy Here

Quotes:

"Act in such a way that your humility may not be weakness, nor your authority be severity." 

"The Sacred Scriptures grow with the one who reads them". 

Parish Shout out: Emy

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God bless!

The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Podcast with Fr. Greg Merkley & JD

Episode 30: The Passion of St John the Baptist, St Augustine and Skipping Verses

Each week, JD and Father Greg Merkley share humorous stories, tackle faith questions and find joy in everyday spirituality through their wonderful parish, Immaculate Heart of Mary, located in Winona, Ontario.

We are here to help spread the good news and help to further unite our parish community.

This Week: The Passion of St John the Baptist

Saint of the Week: St Augustine

Resource of the Week: The Examen Prayer. Buy Here

Quotes:

“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.”

“Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.”

Parish Shout out: Pope Leo

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God bless!

The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Podcast with Fr. Greg Merkley & JD

Episode 29: The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St Clare, Kneeling vs Standing

Each week, JD and Father Greg Merkley share humorous stories, tackle faith questions and find joy in everyday spirituality through their wonderful parish, Immaculate Heart of Mary, located in Winona, Ontario.

We are here to help spread the good news and help to further unite our parish community.

This Week: The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saint of the Week: St Clare

Quotes:

"We become what we love,"

"Love that does not know of suffering is not worthy of the name."

Resource of the Week: The Examen Prayer. Buy Here

Parish Shout out: Seminarians Salvatore and Giuseppe

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God bless!

SHOW NOTES - Episode 28

The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Podcast with Fr. Greg Merkley & JD

Episode 28: Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord, St Dominic and the Language of Prayer

Each week, JD and Father Greg Merkley share humorous stories, tackle faith questions and find joy in everyday spirituality through their wonderful parish, Immaculate Heart of Mary, located in Winona, Ontario.

We are here to help spread the good news and help to further unite our parish community.

This Week: Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord

Resource of the Week: Prayer Cards

Saint of the Week: St Dominic

Quotes:

"Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; wear humility rather than fine clothes," 

"I can't do big things. But I want all I do, even the smallest thing, to be for the greater glory of God,

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God bless!

Each week, JD and Father Greg Merkley share humorous stories, tackle faith questions and find joy in everyday spirituality through their wonderful parish, Immaculate Heart of Mary, located in Winona, Ontario.

We are here to help spread the good news and help to further unite our parish community.

This Week: Ordinary Time (ferial)

Saint of the Week: St Benedict

Quotes:

“Ora et labora.” (Pray and work.) 

“The first degree of humility is prompt obedience.”

– Rule of Saint Benedict, Chapter 5

The Lord waits for us daily to translate his holy teachings into action.”

– Rule of Saint Benedict, Prologue

Resource of the Week: The Word on Fire Bible, Buy Here.

Parish Shout out: Rain

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God bless!

Each week, JD and Father Greg Merkley share humorous stories, tackle faith questions and find joy in everyday spirituality through their wonderful parish, Immaculate Heart of Mary, located in Winona, Ontario.

We are here to help spread the good news and help to further unite our parish community.

This Week: Ordinary Time

Saint of the Week: St Thomas

My Lord and my God!"

– John 20:28

Resource of the Week: The Examen Prayer, Buy Here.

Parish Shout out: Seminarian Giuseppe

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God bless!

The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Podcast with Fr. Greg Merkley & JD

Episode 24: All Star Week, St. Irenaeus, The Immaculate Heart of Mary and Confession.

Each week, JD and Father Greg Merkley share humorous stories, tackle faith questions and find joy in everyday spirituality through their wonderful parish, Immaculate Heart of Mary, located in Winona, Ontario.

We are here to help spread the good news and help to further unite our parish community.

This Week: 

The Nativity of St John the Baptist

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Saints Peter and Paul

Saint of the Week: St Irenaeus

“For the glory of God is a living man; and the life of man consists in beholding God.”

Resource of the Week: The Sacrament of Confession

Parish Shout out: Salvatore, our second and newest Seminarian

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God bless!