Do you remember your confirmation name, the patron saint whom you chose when you received the Sacrament of Confirmation? Maybe you were an adult, or maybe you’re an Eastern Christian and you were confirmed when you were baptized as a Christian. http://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220120.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttp://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220120.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Yesterday, we began a very special period of prayer. Every year from January 18 until January 25, Christians around the world join in an intense prayer for unity that in the words of Jesus in the Last Supper, that they all may be one as the Father and the Son are one. http://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220119.mp3Podcast: Play in […]http://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220119.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

In the first reading at mass today from the first book of Samuel, we have the story of how God rejected King Saul, and chose to replace him with a most unlikely of persons – David, a mere youth who’s only occupation had been a shepherd. http://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220118.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttp://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220118.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Today, the Church honors St. Anthony of the desert. He is so named because he left everything to live as a hermit in the desert of Egypt. Many consider him the father of monastic life. http://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220117.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttp://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220117.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Although we will be following St. Luke’s gospel on Sunday this year, today the Church gives us the famous story about the Wedding Feast at Cana, where Jesus performed his first public miracle changing ordinary water into the best of wines. http://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220116.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttp://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220116.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

While Monday is the legal holiday in honor of the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., today is his birthday. Let us thank God for his life and how his life has touched so many others. http://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220115.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttp://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220115.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

In today’s gospel from the beginning of the second chapter of Mark’s gospel, we see the image of Jesus healing a paralyzed man who was lowered through the roof because of the great crowd at the door. http://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220114.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttp://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220114.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Sometimes people think of the Church as one human institution among others, and they fall into the temptation that human ingenuity and personnel management, and public relations, will solve the Church’s problems. http://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220113.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttp://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220113.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

The Bible teaches a lot about prayer. For example, in the story of the call of Samuel which can be found in chapter 3 of the first book of Samuel, we see Samuel’s mentor Eli teaching him the simple prayer: “Speak Lord, your servant is listening.” http://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220112.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttp://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220112.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

After the season of Advent and Christmas, the feast of The Holy Family, Mary Mother of God, The Epiphany and the Baptism of our Lord, we are now back to ordinary time on the Church calendar. http://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220111.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttp://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220111.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

What was the greatest day of your life? If you’re like most people, you probably didn’t think of the day you were baptized, and that’s probably because you were too young to remember it. Having just celebrated the feast of the Baptism of our Lord, it is a good time to think of that great […]http://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220110.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Today is the last day of the Christmas season and the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. The second person of the Blessed Trinity became human, shared our human nature, all in order to raise it up. http://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220109.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSShttp://relevantradio-od.streamguys1.com/podcast/PR20220109.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more