Faith & Culture Podcast
1) Ask Great Things of Him
“’All these things shall be added unto you’ ‘He knoweth that ye have need of these things.’ St. Teresa of Avila says we should not trouble our Lord with such petty trifles. We should ask great things ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Piety and Criticism
In the present time of trial, Catholics need examples of piety and of the critical exercise of reason. These two complementary excellences are on display in the late Fr. Marvin R. O’Connell’s Tel...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) A Holy Kiss
Faith&Culture offers this selection from St. Francis de Sales’s Treatise on the Love of God (1616) as part of its ongoing reflection on the nobility of the human face. In a delightf...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) Male and Female
Faith&Culture offers this selection from St. John Paul II’s Letter to Families (1994) in homage to the incomparable gift that was his pontificate.The universe, immense and diverse as it...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) Soporific Power
“Why does opium make us sleep? Because of its soporific power.” So ran Molière’s send-up of self-important Parisian physicians. Sohrab Ahmari’s “The Trouble with Christian Leftism” invites a similar q...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.6) The Angelic Salutation
Ave, gratia plena.Hail, full of grace.Luke 1:28 Throughout the whole world, the ancient Church was of one mind, always addressing the Mother of God in the words of the angel: Ave Maria, grati...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.7) Mark 3:13 with St. Thérèse of Lisieux
“And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom he desired, and they came to him.”St. Thérèse opens her Story of a Soul with a reflection on this verse. She says that the verse ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) Matthew 25:40 with St. Teresa of Calcutta
“And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’”Mother Teresa became well known for speaking about “the Gospel on five f...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.9) Augustine as Patron of the New Evangelization
As we approach the fifteenth anniversary of the Augustine Institute, it might well occur to readers of Faith and Culture to ask: why is St. Augustine the patron of an Institute dedicated to ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.10) Luke 14:10 with St. Teresa of Ávila
“But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table wi...Show More
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