Showing posts with label Audio Clip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Audio Clip. Show all posts

Friday, May 8, 2015

A Treasure Trove of Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Listen Online)


1.  Misunderstanding the World Misunderstanding the World
2.  Jesus the Eternal Priest Jesus the Eternal Priest
3.  The Drama of the Mass The Drama of the Mass
4.  Memorial of the Cross Memorial of the Cross
5.  The Denial of Sin The Denial of Sin
6.  Triple Transference Triple Transference
7.  Persevering Prayer Persevering Prayer
8.  The Incarnation The Incarnation
9.  The Passion of Christ Continues The Passion of Christ Continues
10.  The Power of the Resurrection The Power of the Resurrection
11.  The Betrayal of Judas The Betrayal of Judas
12.  Mary Mother and Spouse Mary Mother and Spouse
13.  The Hour of Testing The Hour of Testing
14. The Fall and Conversion of Peter The Fall and Conversion of Peter

Source: http://www.bishopsheentoday.com/school-of-bishop-sheen-2/a-retreat-for-everyone/

Sunday, October 7, 2012

We Should Pray When We Do Not Want To

One must force oneself to pray, even if one has no spiritual prayer.
In such a case, God, seeing that a man earnestly is striving, pushing himself against the will of his heart (that is, his thoughts), He grants him true prayer.

St. Macarius of Egypt (d.391) quoted by St. Theophan the Recluse



LAGNIAPPE
50 Spiritual Homilies of St. Macarius of Egypt 

I LOVE these homilies! They are very simple, but wonderful. St. Theophan wrote these four homilies for some nuns. I originally found them in a book, but I had some reservations about that book (see The Path of Prayer below in this list). Now I have found that the same homilies have been translated into English, and by an Orthodox priest! They have been published on an Orthodox web site. I have no concerns about "chaff" in the "wheat" here, and I heartily recommend these instead of the book, The Path of Prayer:
Theophan the Recluse, On prayer, Homily 1
Theophan the Recluse, On prayer, Homily 2
Theophan the Recluse, On prayer, Homily 3
Theophan the Recluse, On prayer, Homily 4

More books about or including St. Theophan.
 

Friday, March 2, 2012

Amazing Lectures - Christendom College

I just found a great resource:  Extra-Campus Lectures by Christendom College.
Christendom's faculty members are frequently invited to speak at other campuses, conferences, and community gatherings. Find these lectures here.

You will also find: Major Speakers Program by Christendom College
 The Christendom College Major Speakers Program is an important aspect of the academic life at the College, offering the students and community an opportunity for cultural, intellectual, and spiritual enrichment beyond the classroom. The Major Speakers Program offers the students expanded opportunities to gain greater insights and depth of understanding of important issues, and to interact personally with a wide range of men and women who are shapers and critics of our society. At least two major speakers are hosted by the College each semester.

Look for this, also: Pope Benedict XVI (2006) by Christendom College  

Christendom College's 17th annual Summer Institute was held July 28-29, 2006 at its Front Royal, Virginia, campus. The conference, entitled "Pope Benedict XVI: A New Pontificate," featured guest speakers Francis Cardinal Arinze, Fr. Benedict Groeschel, and others. Over four hundred people came to hear inspiring talks on various themes relating to the thoughts and writings of the newly elected pontiff.

My son is doing a research paper on St. Paul so this was an amazing find!  
St. Paul: His Spiritual and Scriptural Contributions to the Church (2009) by Christendom College

And, last, but not least:  Guest Lectures by Christendom College
As a Catholic liberal arts collge, Christendom's essential purpose is to place students on the path to Christian wisdom, a wisdom born from the contemplation and love of both natural and divinely revealed truth. The activities, events, community and spiritual life on campus also foster the cultivation of wisdom, helping students to form the moral virtues, the habits of Christian living, which will enable them to order properly the goods and things of the body and the higher goods and things of the soul. In support of the every-day academic life, the President's Office, Career Development, Student Life, and various student organizations invite men and women to speak on various topics. Find these lectures here.

Christendom College is the Catholic College of Virginia where...
  • Catholicism is the "air that we breathe"
  • Academic excellence takes the Magisterium as its guide
  • Education is a personal experience guided by top-notch professors who truly care about the students' learning
  • Catholic culture is taught, lived, and loved
  • Students earn B.A. degrees in Classics, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science and Economics, and Theology as well as M.A. degrees in Theology
  • Parents can feel assured that their children will grow in the knowledge, love, and practice of the Catholic Faith
  • Students can continue to follow their vocation to holiness
Christendom College is a four-year coeducational Roman Catholic Liberal Arts College with undergraduate and graduate programs offered on three campuses in Front Royal and Alexandria, Virginia, and Rome, Italy.







Tuesday, October 19, 2010

The Lamb's Supper (and audio interview)

If I have not recommended this book before then shame on me! The Lamb's Supper is an amazing book by Scott Hahn. Here is an excerpt from an interview with Scott Hahn (about the Early Church Fathers)
Q: In The Lamb’s Supper, you described your first encounter with the Holy Eucharist. Could you tell us the experience and what the Early Christians got to do with it?

A: I had been studying the writings of the Fathers, and there I’d found countless references to “the liturgy,” “the Eucharist,” “the sacrifice.” For those first Christians, the Bible — the book I loved above all — was incomprehensible apart from the event that today’s Catholics called “the Mass.” Well, I’d had no experience of liturgy. So I persuaded myself to go and see, as a sort of academic exercise.
As the Mass moved on, I began to notice how biblical it was. One line was from Isaiah, another from the Psalms, another from Paul. The experience was overwhelming. Then I saw the priest raise the host, and I felt a prayer surge from my heart in a whisper: “My Lord and my God. That’s really You!”

A wonderful additional resource:
Audio clips of another interview -- Mike Aquilina interviews Scott Hahn.
If you don't know much about the Mass, or feel like you "just don't get anything out of it," you should definitely read The Lamb's Supper and listen to these. And, let me add that if you already LOVE the Mass -- I humbly offer the same advice!  :-)
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SOURCES:
St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology
and
Sonitus Sanctus
Sonitus Sanctus is dedicated to offering free orthodox Catholic audio.
"Faith then cometh by hearing; and hearing by the word of Christ." Rom 10:17 (DRV)

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