Winds of Change Show

Episode #4874 Summer Fun and Relaxation

It’s Monday and Lauretta has her mind on all sorts of things this summer. She gives a shout out of congratulations to the Vance family on the new addition to their family, baby boy Alec.  She asks the prayer warriors to lift up the recently killed service members and their families and reminds all the prayer warriors to keep at it as the world needs peace. Lauretta could not do the show today without mentioning the World Cup-what excitement, the game, the players, the coaches, the fans and the delight of foreigners reveling in the USA!  While promoting summer fun and relaxation to all, Lauretta discusses her summer trip to Rome, her love of the beach and pool and her summer reading.  She makes it a point to promote reading over the summer as she encourages you to include reading selections that break out the scriptures in such a way to promote a stronger relationship with God.  Lauretta then takes a look at the Saints of this week, the beauty of their lives and contributions. She ends announcing the upcoming Encounter Retreat-Summer Intensive on August 6th-8th at St. James Catholic Church in Arlington Heights. For more information visit their website at encounterschool.org. St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/]  encounterschool.org/chicago/ [https://encounterschool.org/chicago/]

Episode #4873 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 they briefly chat about the current conditions with the air quality being impacted by fires and then he mentions his renewed focus on the church now that the school has closed.  After prayer, Father continues his discussion from yesterday focusing on discipleship bringing Alice into that discussion.  He calls on us to consider how we navigate living our faith in these diabolical times.  For us to consider how we really become disciples-do we actually consider ourselves disciples while reminding us that we are disciples by nature of our baptism.  After a break, Father welcomes back Alice Babij (Bobby) who introduces the book “The Sword of St. 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.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/] priestlypress.com

Episode #4872 Do We Think Ourselves Disciples

Father Anthony with Tony and Cristina gather to discuss the goings on, and people in the Parish. Father greets everyone and chats about the current state of things asking us “do we think ourselves disciples?”  This leads the trio to discuss discipleship, what it is and how we foster our relationship with God.  The group shares key events and people that contributed to their faith formation. Specifically pointing to key people that made significant impact and guided their journey to Jesus.  Father entertains the discussion on how to come to faith through discipleship and touches on Catholic “culturism” and its impact on the current state of the church.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/]

Episode #4871 Fr. Koys Tackles Feminism in Christianity (Reair051326)

Father Koys takes us on another “brain wrinkling” walk as he tackles feminism in Christianity.  He welcomes author Carrie Gress to discuss her book on the topic titled “Something Wicked: Why Feminism Can’t Be fused with Christianity”.  Together they tackle the topic and highlight some of the points made in the book. They touch on the seven elements of feminism and the creation of a shadow church as feminism seems to act as a religion of its own. Father Koys and St James at Sag Bridge will host a talk by Carrie Gress on July 18, 2026.  For more information, please visit their website at historicstjames.org.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/]  https://historicstjames.org/

Episode #4870 Inner Groaning

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 a bit about his past week and the feeling of being just being overly tired and hot, mentioning that he felt some frustration with not finding the rest he was looking for during his recent private retreat.  After prayer, he discusses the Saint of the Day, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American to be canonized.  He shares details of her life and how she dedicated her life to Jesus being committed to living a pure and prayerful life, reminding us that we should all be receptive to the inner workings of God’s spirit, mindful that this will lead us to the inner peace we yearn.  Father connects this to the past Sunday’s reading that clearly references suffering and groaning.  The trio discusses suffering and acknowledges that all suffer and no one escapes it and all groan about their sufferings.  Father points out that inner peace and joy may still exists while we suffer and groan but to recall that Jesus never promised us happiness and that we should choose internal joy over fleeting happiness.        St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/]