Episode #4894 Are we living Christian Lives?

Episode #4894 Are we living Christian Lives?

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 briefly about viewing the movie, A Great Day.  He then focuses on the challenges of living a Godly life and refers to the readings from Sunday.  He discusses the readings and unpacks them and their application to our lives. He reflects on the harshness of the words in Matthew 15:21-28, explaining the importance of the harshness of these words as Jesus works to establish the new covenant setting an example for the disciples.  Father Anthony asks us, “When the world sees us, do they see that we are Catholic?  They discuss what that means and for us to be conscious of whether we are truly leading Christian lives as were called to as Catholics.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/]

Episode #4893 Welcome and Promote the Holy Spirit

It’s Monday and Lauretta’s scheduled quest, Alex Zuko was unable to join us today but we will reschedule him for a later date.  Lauretta greets everyone and gives a shout out to the prayer warriors reminding us all that ongoing prayer is necessary asking for continuous prayers for Jimmy Lai and for promoting of the Holy Spirit.  Today Lauretta takes the opportunity to promote the Holy Spirit, “Veni Creator Spiritus”. She discusses her trip to Italy and her time with the Oblates of the Holy Spirit in Lucca Italy.  Lauretta talks about how her faith was developed early on as her family were devout Catholics and prayer was part of their daily life.  As we all know, Lauretta is a strong promoter of the Holy Spirit. She asks us to find the novena, Pentecost Novena, prayer to the Holy Spirit and pray it daily. Lauretta is grateful for her gifts and reminds us to welcome our gifts and to promote our faith and the Holy Spirit and to obey God’s calling to do so.  Search the web for some of St. Elena writings to help you learn more about the Holy Spirit so that you may better know the Holy Spirit and promote it among all. Visit pentecostusatoday.com for the novena. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/]  https://www.pentecosttodayusa.org

Episode #4892 Wrap Up of The Sword of St. Michael

Father Anthony with Cristina and Tony, gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish.  Father Anthony is joined by his guest Alice Babij (Bobby) today.  Father greets everyone and after a quick intro he leads us in praying the Chaplet of St. Michael.  After a break, Father discusses the Assumption, the feast that will be celebrate on August 15th.  After a break, Father discusses todays saint of the day, St. Maximilian of Kolbe, who was devoted to Our Lady, he gave up his life for another prisoner at Auschwitz as he was old and the other prisoner was young with a family.  Father then welcomes back Alice Babij (Bobby) to wrap up the discussion on the various miracles attributed to the seven sanctuaries as discussed in the book, “The Sword of Michael”, by Rev. Scott Haynes. The book explores the mysterious alignment of seven churches across Europe that appear to represent a sword. The book explores this alignment as it delves into historical details, miracles, and spiritual significance of the sanctuaries.  The book is available at priestlypress.com.  The show is closed with the shared stories regarding the protections of St. Michael and the importance of invoking our saints for protections.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/] priestlypress.com

Episode #4891 Disorder

Father Anthony with Tony and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father greets everyone and chats briefly about the parish meeting yesterday to allow parishioners to engage with him regarding the parish focus. Father reflects on the reading from last night in Ezekiel that can be interpreted as a being harsh as it addresses chastisement, which seems that today no one wants to discuss.  However, salvation requires correction and chastisement is therefore necessary. Father leads us in prayer and afterwards addresses the disorder in society and in our lives and reminds us that as Christians we should draw attention to the disorder so that we can make the necessary corrections.  After a break, Father discusses St. Clair calling attention to her dedication and emulation of St. Francis as she was impressed by his total dedication to God.  She confirmed herself to live in the image of Jesus.  Father reflects on her idea of this mirror asking the group what do you see when you look in the mirror? Do you see yourself differently each time you see yourself in the mirror?  Do you look in the mirror and think of God looking back at you?  God does see you and he’s looking at you all the time, what would it be like if we could see ourselves through God’s eyes?   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/]

Episode #4890 Smorgasbord of the Brain Wrinkling Wednesdays

Father Koys takes us on another “brain wrinkling” walk.  Today Father Koys takes tidbits of his various Wednesday episodes and creates a “smorgasbord” of sorts as he discusses various topics.  He comments on the crazy weather we’ve had and its impact to various trees around St. James Parish, then turns to speaking about the nuclear bomb, Iran and the need to keep them from having it.  Father Koys discusses that Iran is a theocracy and addresses what it is, how it impacts the current war as he addresses the various understandings of the Messiah across different religions. This brings him to share a reflection from CS Lewis that references several ills of the world that can bring about death referencing that the nuclear bomb is just another ill added to the mix and that rather than live in fear of the nuclear bomb and dying, we should live prayerfully, joyfully, sharing in the good of the world and doing good.  During the second half of the show, he reflects and unpacks the poem “The Ambulance Down in the Valley”, explaining that it is essentially a lesson on morality.  Father reads the poem and then breaks it down as he draws attention to what we should walk away with.  He ends sharing a story of a family coming in for OCIA, Order of Christian Initiation of Adults, where one shares their confusion over the hierarchy in catholic religion, questioning why we need it, which leads him to discuss the Catholic Hierarchy and its role in teaching and demonstrating that getting directly to God is not an easy way, opening the door to yet another topic for another Brain Wrinkling Wednesday.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/]