Episode #4876 Tale of Two Williams

Episode #4876 Tale of Two Williams

Father Koys takes us on another “brain wrinkling” walk as his mind turns to the “Tales of two Williams”.  Father Koys being the history buff that he is takes a deep dive into historical details around events with William Cecil; the powerful, longest serving politician in England and Secretary of State to King Henry VIII & Guillaume (William) de Nogaret; a french statesman, councilor and keeper of the seal to Phillip IV of France.  The tale revolves around these two men serving their respective kings as they battle the Catholic Church to protect their kings’ rights.  As Father Koys dives into and shares details and short stories about their battles and approaches, he highlights how one fought the church within the framework of Catholicism to achieve his goals while not destroying the church, while the other fought to reform the church at all cost with no care for its framework or boundaries.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/]

Episode #4875 Truth and Hope

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 contemplating whether he is too negative, whether he offers light and hope as he is called to do.  While he speaks truth and does not sugarcoat things, he recognizes that he needs to offer hope and welcomes critique or reprimand as priest are not above it. The trio discusses the reality of speaking truth and how the vast majority of people do not want to hear truth and would rather be blissfully ignorant.  After prayer, Father focuses on the reading from Sunday from the Gospel of Matthew. He speaks to Jesus’ explanation of the parable and unpacks it.  Father shares quotes from past popes and addresses how prophetic they are and how some of them had direct impact to him and his journey.  Father points out that we would be wise to stay focused on prayer and pray incessantly praying the Jesus prayer which is taken right out of scripture.  He states how he truly wants to be a saint, how he wants for us, through him, to come to Christ.   St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish [https://ststanschurch.org/]

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/]