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LENTCAzT 2023 – 46: Holy Saturday – Waiting
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: … TODAY: Fr. Troadec and Bl. Ildefonso team up Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 46: Holy Saturday – Waiting
LENTCAzT 2023 – 45: Good Friday – Abandonment
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Croce TODAY: Fulton Sheen on the great cry of Christ. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 45: Good Friday – Abandonment
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LENTCAzT 2023 – 44: Maundy Thursday – Priests
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: St. John Lateran TODAY: Thoughts on the Eucharist and priesthood Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 44: Maundy Thursday – Priests
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LENTCAzT 2023 – 43: Spy Wednesday – The Crucifixion is the summary of Catholic belief.
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: St. Mary Major Collect: St. Peter in Chains TODAY: Bl. Ildefonso gives us an astonishing view of the Crucifixion Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 43: … Read More
LENTCAzT 2023 – 42: Holy Tuesday – The Passion of St. Peter
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Prisca Collect: Santa Maria in Portico TODAY: We hear of the parallel “passion” endured by Peter while Christ was suffering His own. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · … Read More
LENTCAzT 2023 – 41: Holy Monday – The second time
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Prasede Collect: Santa Balbina TODAY: We hear about the anointing of the Lord’s feet with the precious nard. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 41: … Read More
LENTCAzT 2023 – 40: Palm Sunday – Hosanna… now.
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: St. John Lateran TODAY: Bl. Ildefonso and Pius Parsch bring us into the drama and significance of this royal day. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – … Read More
LENTCAzT 2023 – 39: Saturday Passiontide – The hour is coming.
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: St John at the Latin Gate TODAY: The Martyrdom of John and the separation of the sheep and the goats. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – … Read More
Posted in Four Last Things, LENTCAzT, PODCAzT
Tagged Catholic, confession, fasting, holiness, LENT, LENTCAzT, liturgy, penance, Roman Station, sin
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LENTCAzT 2023 – 38: Friday Passiontide – Our Lady of Sorrows
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santo Stefano Rotondo Collect: Sts. John and Paul TODAY: One week out from Good Friday, Pius Parsch delves into the complementarity of the ferial Mass formulary and … Read More
Posted in LENTCAzT, Our Solitary Boast, PODCAzT
Tagged Catholic, confession, fasting, holiness, LENT, LENTCAzT, liturgy, penance, Roman Station, sin
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LENTCAzT 2023 – 37: Thursday Passiontide – The counterpart to the Prodigal Son
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Sant’Apollinare Collect: Santa Maria in Via Lata TODAY: A moving account of the repentance and conversion of St. Mary Magdalen Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – … Read More
LENTCAzT 2023 – 36: Wednesday Passiontide – There are only two camps
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Marcello in Via Lata Collect: San Marco TODAY: Fr. Troadec describes two camps into which the world is divided. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – … Read More
LENTCAzT 2023 – 35: Tuesday Passiontide – When the hour comes
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Sabina TODAY: Sticking to Fr. Troadec brings us to a meditation on endurance and waiting upon divine Providence. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 35: … Read More
LENTCAzT 2023 – 34: Monday Passiontide – Repent and live!
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Crisogono Collect: San Giorgio in Velabro TODAY: We hear about the conversion of the Ninevites at the preaching of Jonah while those to whom Jesus preached … Read More
Posted in LENTCAzT, PODCAzT
Tagged Catholic, confession, fasting, holiness, LENT, LENTCAzT, liturgy, penance, Roman Station, sin
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LENTCAzT 2023 – 32: Saturday 4th Week – Annunciation
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Nicola in carcere Collect: Sant’Angelo in piscibus TODAY: We hear about the pivotal moment in all of time and a prayer we say at Holy Mass. … Read More
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Tagged Annunciation, Catholic, confession, fasting, holiness, LENT, LENTCAzT, liturgy, penance, Roman Station, sin
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LENTCAzT 2023 – 31: Friday 4th Week – Dead but rising
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Sant’Eusebio Collect: San Vito TODAY: Bl. Ildefonso gives insights into the raising of Lazarus and the Sacrament of Penance. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT 2023 – 31: … Read More
LENTCAzT 2023 – 30: Thursday 4th Week – Eternal death and YOU – CORRECTED
There was a glitch when I uploaded the file. It has been corrected. Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santi Silvestro e Martino ai Monti Collect: Santi Quirico e Giulitta TODAY: We hear … Read More
Posted in GO TO CONFESSION, LENTCAzT, PODCAzT
Tagged Catholic, confession, fasting, holiness, LENT, LENTCAzT, liturgy, penance, Roman Station, sin
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LENTCAzT 2023 – 29: The Ancient Mid-Point
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: St. Paul’s outside-the-walls Collect: St. Mennas TODAY: In ancient times, before Lent was lengthened this was the mid-point. Today the catechumens underwent rites that are retained in … Read More
LENTCAzT 2023 – 28: Tuesday 4th Week – “What abundance! What generosity!”
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: San Lorenzo in Damaso Collect: Santa Maria Domnae Rosae TODAY: Fr. Troadec talks about the figurative sense of the Gospel passage from last Sunday. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf … Read More
LENTCAzT 2023 – 26: 4th Sunday of Lent – Joy
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Croce in Gerusaleme Today: Fr. Troadec talks about joy at this point in Lent, even as we look towards the Passion. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf · LENTCAzT … Read More
LENTCAzT 2023 – 25: Saturday 3rd Week – Getting it right after doing it wrong
Daily 5 minute podcast to help you in your Lenten discipline. Roman Station: Santa Susanna (but really at Santa Maria della Vittoria Collect: San Vitale TODAY: Connections between the Station and the Readings from Daniel and about the “adulteress” brought … Read More
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Tagged Catholic, confession, fasting, holiness, LENT, LENTCAzT, liturgy, penance, Roman Station, sin
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