Prayer, Fasting and Mercy!

How Precious the Gift of the Cross!

Are you afraid of the Cross? Are you aware of its power to save? This podcast may give you hope in a world that denies the cross of Christ and its redeeming graces!

God’s Extravagance!

1st Reading from the Book of Exodus prefigures the Mass, the 2nd Reading is about Saint Frances of Rome who is extravagant in her love for God and others, even during the most fatal plagues and diseases!

Prayer, Fasting and Mercy!

From a sermon by Saint Peter Chrysologus, bishop Prayer knocks, fasting obtains, mercy receives. There is nothing more pleasing that we can offer to God, as the psalmist said in prophecy: A sacrifice to God is a broken spirit; God does not despise a bruised and humbled heart.

Our Deeper Questionings

There are those who despair of finding any meaning in life. There is an increasing number of people who are asking the most fundamental questions. We address this in this reading.

Hardening of Heart vs Circumcision of Heart

Do we harden our hearts when we are called to do what is right and just? Do we allow our hearts to be refashioned? Molded?