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Tag Archives: LENT
LENTCAzT 2026 – 11: Ember Saturday 1st Week in Lent – “Know Thyself!”
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today brief comments on the Roman Station, St. Peter’s on the Vatican Hill, and about the ancient Ember Days, and their “arc” according to Joseph Ratzinger. Then Card. … Read More
LENTCAzT 2026 – 10: Ember Friday 1st Week in Lent – “Ego te absolvo” is your sure guarantee!
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today we learn about the Station of all four Ember Fridays. Pius Parsch on the happiness of a clear conscience. The Benedictines of Gower Abbey sing to us. … Read More
LENTCAzT 2026 – 09: Thursday 1st Week in Lent – Law and Order
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today we hear about St. Lawrence, his churches in Rome and his martyrdom. Why did the Lord at first refuse a miracle to the Canaanite woman? Yesterday’s podcast … Read More
LENTCAzT 2026 – 08: Ember Wednesday 1st Week in Lent – The Four Preachers
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Today we hear about the Roman Station: St. Mary Major, a review of Ember days, and then about our annual Lenten Retreat’s four preachers. Yesterday’s podcast HERE
LENTCAzT 2026 – 07: Tuesday 1st Week in Lent – Against the wicked
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. St. Jerome used to say Mass at the Roman Station today. We hear something Christ told St. Catherine of Siena in the Dialogues. Then, a blunt prayer to … Read More
LENTCAzT 2026 – 06: Monday 1st Week in Lent – Bonds
A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. We hear today about chains, bonds, uniting and separating. Pius Parsch chimes in on what the Church wants us to learn today. $£€ – Yesterday’s podcast HERE
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
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