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Category Archives: PODCAzT
LENTCAzT 2026 – 05: 1st Sunday of Lent – ANGELS!
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today we visit St. John Lateran, the Roman Station and also talk about the Feast of the Cathedra of St. Peter, which is today, 22 February. The Bl. … Read More
LENTCAzT 2026 – 04: Saturday after Ash Wednesday – A very dangerous sin
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today our Roman Station is at the Church of St. Augustine. We hear from Fr. Troadec about a sin of the tongue, gossip that harms the reputations of … Read More
LENTCAzT 2026 – 03: Friday after Ash Wednesday – Prayer over the people
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today we get into the Prayer over the people, Oratio super populum – at the end of Mass in the Vetus Ordo. Yesterday’s podcast HERE
LENTCAzT 2026 – 02: Thursday after Ash Wednesday – Is your heart ready?
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. We hear from St. John Henry Newman about Lent and then there is a stirring reflection from Fr. Troadec: “If we were to die this night, would we … Read More
PODCAzT 190 – Voices of the Fathers 05 – St. Jerome’s wide open spaces
I recently rediscovered a slim volume entitled The Osterley Selection from the Latin Fathers, published in 1950. The preface praises the great classical authors—Caesar, Cicero, Livy, Virgil—yet insists that Christian also worthy. The collection includes brief selections from Fathers of … Read More
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LENTCAzT 2026 – 01: Ash Wednesday – Man your stations!
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Remarks about the Roman Stations, the manner of imposition of ashes, and thoughts of Fr. Troadec, which I don’t believe I’ve read on an Ash Wednesday. He’s terrific. … Read More
LENTCAzT 2026 – 00: Shrove Tuesday – Shrove refers to being shriven
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Getting ready for the Church’s annual retreat when we will be confronted with reality.
OLDIE PODCAzT 127: The Eve of St. Agnes and a Bleak Midwinter
A friend reminded me that today is the Eve of St. Agnes, along with being the “birthday” of the Roman martyrs Marcellus, Prisca, Fabian, and Sebastian. Years ago – good grief 2012 – when I was reading poetry in podcasts … Read More
Posted in Classic Posts, PODCAzT, Poetry
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CHRISTMASCAzT 2025 – 33 – Octave of Christmas – Memories
The last of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts for the Octave of Christmas. Card. Bacci took us out of last year. He brings us in now with sound advice. Joseph Ratzinger reflects on the rhythm of life tied … Read More
CHRISTMASCAzT 2025 – 32 – 7th Day in the Octave – Reflective
Penultimate of a series of 5 minute daily podcasts for the Octave of Christmas. Today Card. Bacci keeps us very sober. Fr. Troadec takes us into three degrees of humility. Yesterday’s podcast HERE The wonderful Benedictines of Gower Abbey have … Read More
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