Episode #4845 The Story Continues…

Episode #4854 Harvest is Plenty-the Laborers Few

Father Anthony with Cristina and Tony regroup today after the weekend to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  Father greets everyone and chats regarding events of the last week, the school closing being one of them.  He offers a recap of the life of the school as it went through its enrollment challenges to the large community support providing hundreds of thousands of dollars to support enrollment through scholarships via the Kostka Kids Fund.  Despite the huge efforts to maintain the school it succumbed to closure and the community is suffering through a “death” as they mourn the closure.  Father Anthony turns to prayer and then to the gospel reading from Sunday to address the “harvest is plenty…the laborers are few”.  He unpacks the gospel reading and focuses on drawing attention to the need to focus on growth and renewed ongoing focus on the parish now that the school is closed.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/]

Episode #4853 “Change Agent”

It’s Monday and Lauretta has as her guest, Joe Boroden (Ba-road-in), member of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal and board member of Pentecost USA Today.  Joe introduces himself and shares his journey on how he came to be impacted by the Holy Spirit.  Joe explains the mission that God placed on him to be a “change agent”, go out and develop focused prayer groups with a mission/vision that promote not only praying and evangelizing but on training and developing future leaders to do the same and to promote the acceptance of the Holy Spirit in your life.  Joe tells everyone to be OPEN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, as he was and his life was completely changed and blessed.  Lauretta encourages Joe to explain his work and to share praise stories and testimonies.  Joes discusses how he goes about doing the work of setting up these groups from networking and outreach to the actual steps of forming the prayer groups, the excitement and love for this work clearly heard throughout the show in his voice and his words.  Lauretta is planning on organizing a seminar for Joe to present here in the Chicagoland area.  She will provide this information as she finalizes the details.  Stay tuned! In the meantime, to connect with Joe and his work visit his YouTube channel, see the link below.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/]  https://www.youtube.com/@fireupyourcatholiccharisma8768 [https://www.youtube.com/@fireupyourcatholiccharisma8768]

Episode #4852 Sacred Heart of Jesus

Father Anthony with Cristina and Tony, joined by Alice Babij (Bobby) gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  Father greets everyone and there’s chatting around downed trees they experienced in the storm last night, being thankful no one was hurt.  Father mentions the last mass of the school year and the school’s tenure, being both emotionally charged and beautiful. Father leads us in prayer including the Litany to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  After a break, Father talks about the Sacred Heart of Jesus then welcoming back Alice Babij (Bobby) who introduce the book “Enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, by Rev Scott Haynes.  The book focuses on the history, meaning and practice of the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, showing how it sanctifies family life through prayer, work, sacrifice, forgiveness and trust.  The book is available at priestlypress.com St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/] priestlypress.com

Episode #4851 Ambiguity: Good & Bad?

Father Koys takes us on another “brain wrinkling” walk as he tackles his take on ambiguity-the good and the bad. Father Koys states that ambiguity can have a good or bad impact. He uses the example of Pope Gregory X to illustrate his point, referencing that Pope Gregory was ambiguous in regards to requiring the Eastern church to add the filioque clause to their version of the Creed.  Today he illustrates ambiguity in the words of Pope Leo as he references words spoken by him in either speeches or in responses to questions posed where he deems Pope Leo being ambiguous around the importance of matters of sexuality and sexual immorality in the Church. He surmises that ambiguity can have a positive impact when it allows for unity, tolerance and coexistence but can have a negative impact when it allows for confusion, anger, betrayal, or other negative responses. For his preference he would like to see clarity rather than ambiguity especially in matters of great importance to the Catholic Church.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/]

Episode #4850 Heed the Words of the Saints

Father Anthony with Cristina and Tony regroup today after the weekend to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  This continues to be an emotionally filled time for the Parish and its families as the school closes this month after 150 years of offering excellent Catholic education. Father Anthony offers daily prayer with the Litany to the Sacred Heart.  After prayer Father chats about Corpus Christi and the differences in how we celebrate it today.  He then reads from the Letter of St. Ephrem, todays saint of the day, unpacking his words applicability to current times.  Father concludes the show with the words of St. Boniface of the seventh century who was a reformer in his time founding and restoring dioceses.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/]