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Liz welcomes back former Radio Maria presenter Stefi, now married nearly a year, for a frank conversation about what nobody tells engaged couples: that marriage can be genuinely fun, not just a cross to bear. They talk about carrying someone else’s heart, choosing love when the feelings fade, and what’s quietly stirring in Stefi and her husband’s life that they can’t yet explain. L'articolo Stefi Returns! Liz chats to her about love, discernment, and what nobody tells engaged couples proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Eamonn McCarthy and Mary Hooton sit with Matthew’s account of Peter walking on water, and the moment his nerve gives out mid-step. They connect it to Elijah in the cave covering his face before the still small voice, and ask what it actually costs to get out of the boat in your own life. Listen to more reflections on the Sunday Gospel here. L'articolo Gospel Tidings – Stepping Out of the Boat – Mary Hooton and Fr Eamonn – 19th Sunday OT [Year A] proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Eamonn McCarthy and Matthias Connery continue their read-through of Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas, tracing how Laudato Si’, Fratelli Tutti and Dignitas Infinita feed into the Church’s response to artificial intelligence. They dwell on the claim that human dignity is infinite, unconditional and impossible to erase — no matter the circumstance. Listen to more walkthroughs of papal documents (including Humanae Vitae, Dilexi Te, and Ecclesia de Eucharistia) here. L'articolo Can We Lose Our Human Dignity? – Magnifica Humanitas – Church Wisdom with Fr Eamonn McCarthy & Matthias Conroy proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn brings on Oxford classicist Sam Troy to talk through Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey and what Hollywood cut from Homer’s original — including most of the comedy and nearly all of the gods. The conversation turns to Pope Francis’s own fondness for the Aeneid, and the image of Aeneas carrying his father out of a burning city that he kept coming back to. For more reflections from Fr Peter click here! L'articolo Catechesis – Was St Paul a Secret Classicist? – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv and Sam Troy proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn is joined by Sister Colette, a Poor Clare from his own native Galway, to mark St Clare’s feast. She tells the story behind her convent’s supposed emergency bell, what it meant that Clare wrote the first religious rule ever composed by a woman, and how a deathbed visit from the Pope himself finally settled centuries of argument over what her order was allowed to be. She also walks through a full day of the horarium — bells at quarter past five, adoration through the night, work that leaves the mind free to pray. For more stories from Franciscan history with Father Peter, click here! L'articolo The Franciscan Hour – The First Rule Written by a Woman – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv and Sr Colette OSC proviene da Radio Maria.

Mary Stenson works through a run of popes who’ve written to the Legion of Mary, digs up a story about St Anthony of Padua’s private doubts over the Assumption, and turns to Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s lifelong devotion to Our Lady — including the ten days he spent in Lourdes, penniless, waiting on a stranger to settle his hotel bill. For more episodes on the Church’s largest lay ministry, click here! L'articolo All Things Legion – The Popes Who Wrote to the Legion – Mary Stenson and Dymphna Sheehan proviene da Radio Maria.

Deacon Thady opens with the gospel of the Transfiguration and a homily that stopped him in his tracks seven months after coming off a ventilator: that when the cross truly strikes, nothing you can talk yourself into will get you through it. He traces that thread back through his own recovery and a conversation with Fr Pat Collins that sent him hunting through Proverbs for a verse he’d already been living. To listen to more morning reflections from Deacon Thady, click here. L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – Nothing You Can Concoct Will Save You – Deacon Thady O’Connor proviene da Radio Maria.

Carmela presents from the Belfast Station with Charlie Guy from Armagh, who tells the story behind his invention of the rosary wheel — a set of rosary beads mounted on a steering wheel, sketched out on the drive home from a moment when he wished he could pray without taking his hands off the wheel. The episode includes the testimony of a man from South Armagh who messaged Charlie the same night he posted a video about it, and what he had been searching for online just before he found it. If you or someone you know is struggling, the Samaritans are available 24 hours on 116 123. For more Ulster Updates, click here! L'articolo Northern Soul – Jesus and Mary Take the Wheel, Literally! – Charlie Guy and Carmela proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn presents on Our Lady of Champion in Wisconsin — the only approved Marian apparition site in the United States — beginning with the deadliest wildfire in recorded history, which broke out across the surrounding countryside in October 1871. The episode tells the story of Sister Adele Brice, a Belgian immigrant who spent her life teaching catechism at Our Lady’s instruction, and of what happened at her little compound when the fire arrived. For more reflections from Fr Peter click here! L'articolo Catechesis – Our Lady Appears in America – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Is morality simply about personal freedom, or is there a deeper reality? This programme explores why no human decision exists in a vacuum. Every choice has ripple effects that extend beyond ourselves, shaping our relationships, our communities, and our own character. We begin developing practical, respectful approaches for engaging with relativism without hostility, recognising that many people have never been invited to consider the wider consequences of their beliefs. – Michael For more episodes on the Intersection of Science, Religion and the Modern World, click here. L'articolo Science, Religion, and the Modern World – Beyond “It’s My Choice” – Michael Flanagan and Gerard McReavy proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Billy Swan, broadcasting from a sweltering Rome, answers a grandmother’s dilemma over whether sending religious books to an unbaptised grandchild abroad counts as pushing faith on the family. He then works through last Sunday’s miracle of the loaves and fishes by way of Mayo’s All-Ireland win and a radio commentator’s cry that “the famine is over.” For more morning reflections with Fr Billy click here. L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – What Counts as ‘Pushing Faith’? – Fr. Billy Swan proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn tracks down the little-known patron saint of firefighters, from slave-run bucket brigades in ancient Rome to a monastery in Austria and a set of oxen that mysteriously refused to move outside Krakow. Along the way: why half of Europe’s footballers seem to share his name, and what he has to do with the young Karol Wojtyła. For more reflections from Fr Peter click here! L'articolo Catechesis – The Patron of Firefighters and Pope John Paul II – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Donal O’Sullivan Latchford and Fr Eamonn McCarthy remember Radio Maria volunteer Liam Grant, then turn to a Newstalk interview from Lough Derg on the “attention economy” and why an island with no phone signal might be onto something. They dig into a run of media stories on gossip and eavesdropping being rebranded as harmless or even healthy — and where exactly that argument stops making sense. Hear more current affairs shared and explored by Donal and Father Eamonn here. L'articolo Hope in the Media – Lough Derg and the Attention Economy – Fr. Eamonn McCarthy & Dónal O’Sullivan-Latchford proviene da Radio Maria.

Nick Koeppel opens John Paul II’s theology of the body with a hard claim: you don’t have a body, you are your body. From there he moves to the ways a body can lie — the kiss of Judas, casual sex, a handshake — and what it means that masculinity and femininity don’t make sense standing alone. For more reflections on Theology of the Body with Nick click here. L'articolo Body Talk – Telling Lies with Our Bodies – Nick Koeppel and Fr Stephen Fawcett proviene da Radio Maria.

Margaret reports in from the Lee Valley after finally getting rain, with an update on her phlox and a warning about the storms it can survive but the stems it can’t. She continues last week’s houseplant run-through — orchids that thrive in dim kitchen windows, the aptly-named prayer plant, a Swiss cheese plant she’s been running as a two-plant repotting experiment, and the multicoloured croton she compares to Joseph’s coat. Click here for more great gardening tips with Margaret! L'articolo Sow and Grow – The Houseplant Named After Prayer – Margaret Griffin proviene da Radio Maria.

Caroline is joined by reviewers Emma Andrews and Breda Broderick to tackle Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor — the story of a young ex-soldier who comes home from war and founds his own “church without Christ.” The panel disagree sharply on how to score it, and on whether it’s a book you’d ever hand to someone outside the faith. One reviewer calls it medicine, not dessert. All book club titles are listed here, and previous episodes can be listened to here. L'articolo E14 | The Radio Maria Book Club – Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn admits he’s no Tolkien scholar, but a passage in Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas changed his mind about devoting an episode to him. He shares brushes with people who actually knew Tolkien in Oxford — a secretary of C.S. Lewis, a pub sign rescued from a skip, a son who became a priest — before turning to the Pope’s five paths toward a “civilization of love.” One quote, borrowed from the Return of the King, ties the whole thing together. For more reflections from Fr Peter click here! L'articolo Catechesis – Tolkien and the Pope – Fr Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio Maria.

Fr Peter George Flynn and relic expert Sean Pilcher return to weigh a very old jibe: that if every fragment of the True Cross were reassembled, you’d have enough wood for a ship. They trace how the relic was divided and dispersed after St Helena’s discovery, and what a nineteenth-century French architect’s fragment-by-fragment survey actually found. Sean also brings a lesser-known saint’s relic to the desk this week. Click here to listen to all episodes of the Relic Hunter here. L'articolo E6 | The Relic Hunter – Enough True Cross Relics to Make a Ship? – Sean Pilcher & Fr. Peter George Flynn proviene da Radio Maria.

This month, Sinéad talks to Sean Murray, founder of CatholicismRocks.com, about how his creative resources are helping young people engage with the Catholic faith. He also discusses the upcoming gathering on Catholic education and faith formation at the HLI Building in Knock on Saturday, 19 September. In the second half of the show, Sinéad is joined by Joanne Crowley, who helps us discover the meaning and promise of the First Saturday Devotion. Joanne shares its Fatima roots, simple practices, and powerful call to prayer, reparation, and peace, offering timely encouragement for families to make this beautiful devotion a monthly habit. Click here to listen to more episodes about all things Catholic Motherhood! L'articolo Catholic Mothers: Family Matters – Catholicism Rocks & The First Saturday Devotion – Sinéad Strong with Sean Murray & Joanne Crowley proviene da Radio Maria.

Naoimh, Yvonne and Caroline are still riding the high of Mayo’s All-Ireland win, seventy-five years in the making, and find more in it than football. They talk about Andy Moran’s nerve in blooding young players, a team that refused to entertain the fear of failure, and what any of it has to do with faith. It closes, inevitably, with a song for Our Lady of Knock. Listen to more breakfast shows with Naoimh here! L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – What the All-Ireland Teaches About the Fear of Failure – Naoimh Barbieri, Yvonne and Caroline proviene da Radio Maria.