Saturday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Nicholas Owen, 1550-1606; born at Oxford, England, and became a carpenter, building hiding places for Jesuit priests in mansions; he became a Jesuit lay brother in 1580, and was arrested in 1594; he was tortured, but refused to reveal the names of his […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/273a5799-4161-4d8b-9a35-b2a800337915/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Friday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Enda, 450-530; Irishman noted for his military feats who was convinced by his sisterSt. Fanchea to renounce his warring activities and marry; when he found his fiancee dead, he decided to become a monk and went on pilgrimage to Rome, where he was […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/980cbc74-c794-4bcf-9103-b2a7003c0c3c/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Thursday of the Second Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Martin of Braga, 520-580; born in Pannonia, along the Danube;he made a pilgrimage to Palestine and then settled in Spain; regarded as one of the outstanding scholars of his age, he converted many Arians, built Dumium Monastery, and then became bishopof Braga andmetropolitan […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/226fb302-1af2-4ad1-b81a-b2a6005efefb/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Solemnity of St. Joseph, Husband of Mary Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/19/25 Gospel: Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/3767fbaf-cfdb-4080-81a2-b2a500388649/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/3767fbaf-cfdb-4080-81a2-b2a500388649/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent Commemoration of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, 315-386; raised in Jerusalem and well-educated, especially in the scriptures; as a priest, he was given the task during Lent of catechizing those preparing for Baptism and catechizing the newly baptized during the Easter season; folllowing his consecration, conflict rose between Cyril […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/42c33607-670f-474e-b0fd-b2a4003e2a88/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Monday of the Second Week of Lent Commemoration of St. Patrick, 415-493; Patrick called himself both a Roman and a Briton; at 16, he and a large number of his father’s slaves and vassals were captured by Irish raiders and sold as slaves in Ireland; Patrick escaped and returned to Britain at the age of […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/55f6c9aa-1e52-46e8-9d62-b2a30035fcf3/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Second Sunday of Lent Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 3/16/25 Gospel: Luke 9:28-36 https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/45aff187-a680-4358-b40e-b2a200398d6d/audio.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttps://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/45aff187-a680-4358-b40e-b2a200398d6d/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Saturday of the First Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Louise de Marillac, 1591-1660; following the death of her husband, she met St. Vincent de Paul, and worked with him for the rest of her life, directing his Ladies of Charity in their work of caring for the sick, the poor, and the […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/508c8abf-91af-460e-a46a-b2a1006a7f29/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Friday of the First Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Matilda; Tenth Century daughter of Count Dietrich ofWestphalia and Reinhild of Denmark; married Henry the Fowler, son of Duke Otto of Saxony, in the year 909; he succeeded his father as Duke in the year 912 and in 919 succeeded King Conrad I […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/9e5af8b3-8b85-48e6-9075-b2a000374b73/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Thursday of the First Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Heldrad; Ninth Century Benedictine abbot who devised ways of rescuing travelers in the Alps; a noble from Provence, France, he set out on a pilgrimage to Rome, entered the abbey of Novalese in the Italian Alps, became abbot, and ruled for thirty years; […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/4cc91eaf-abcb-4595-a451-b29f005b1f7f/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Wednesday of the First Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Peter of Nicomedia; Third- and early Fourth-Century chamberlain to emperor Diocletian in Nicomedia; arrested for being a Christian at the beginning of the last great persecution by the Roman Empire; Peter was tortured and roasted to death over a fire in 303 A.D. […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/7d0f5f5c-24a6-4070-bcfe-b29e00527012/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Tuesday of the First Week of Lent Saint of the Day: St. Eulogius of Cordoba; noted scripture scholar; wrote “Exhortation to Martyrdom” for two young virgin martyrs; he was named archbishop of Cordoba; before being consecrated, he aided Leocritia, a young Moorish woman who had converted to Christianity; they were caught and beheaded in 859 […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/e7258e0a-c82f-41fd-8df8-ade30145abb7/595bd640-282a-4b22-be3e-b29d006dd68a/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more