Good morning! Happy Feast of St. Bridget of Sweden and St. John Cassian! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell talk to Mike Aquilina about this Church Father and trainer of monks. Other guests include Fr. Philip-Michael Tangorra to talk about the role of grandparents in transmitting the faith, as we approach the feast of the grandparents of Jesus, and Gary Zimak with this week’s verse to help ease anxiety.

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Prayer of St. Augustine

Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you! You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept me from you; yet if they had not been in you they would have not been at all. You called, you shouted, and you broke through my deafness. You flashed, you shone, and you dispelled my blindness. You breathed your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for you. I have tasted you, now I hunger and thirst for more. You touched me, and I burned for your peace.

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Happy feast of St. Mary Magdalene! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Amy Welborn to discuss the real Mary beyond the myths and legends. Other guests include Fr. Boniface Hicks with more thoughts on personal prayer, and Kris McGregor to reflect on the Office of Readings. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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Collect for the feast of St. Mary Magdalene

O God, whose Only Begotten Son entrusted Mary Magdalene before all others with announcing the great joy of the Resurrection, grant, we pray, that through her intercession and example we may proclaim the living Christ and come to see him reigning in your glory. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

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Dr. Benjamin Reinhard, author of The High Hallow: Tolkien’s Liturgical Imagination

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Happy feast of St. Lawrence of Brindisi! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Dr. Matthew Bunson to discuss the legacy of this Capuchin friar and Doctor of the Church. Other guests include Brendan Hodge from The Pillar with data on non-practicing Catholics, and Kevin Schmiesing with This Week in Catholic History. Plus all the latest news, weather, sports, and more…

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Collect for the Feast of St. Lawrence of Brindisi

Almighty God,
for the glory of Your Name
and the salvation of souls,
You conferred upon St. Lawrence,
the spirits of counsel and fortitude.
Grant us, in the same Spirit,
to know what we are to do,
and through his prayers,
to do what we have come to know.
We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever.

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Happy feast of St. Camillus de Lellis! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell discuss his path from mercenary to religious life. Guests include Andrew Petiprin to explain what Pope Benedict XVI meant by the Dictatorship of Relativism, and Fr. Hezekias Carnazzo and Fr. Jonathan Duncan to preview the Sunday Mass readings. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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Collect for the feast of St. Camillus de Lellis

O God, who adorned the Priest Saint Camillus with a singular grace of charity towards the sick, pour out upon us, by his merits, a spirit of love for you, so that, serving you in our neighbor, we may, at the hour of our death, pass safely over to you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

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Good morning! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Rita Heikenfeld to share more summer recipes using foods mentioned in the Bible. Other guests include Gary Michuta from Hands On Apologetics, and pastoral counselor Kevin Prendergast. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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A Prayer for Faithful Citizenship

Gracious and loving God, let your Spirit be with us today. Hear our prayers and increase in us the will to follow your Son Jesus. Help us to draw on the resources of our faith as we use the opportunities of our democracy to shape a society more respectful of the life, dignity, and rights of the human person, especially the poor and vulnerable. We ask this through Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.

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RECIPES FROM RITA: 7-LAYER RIGATONI

Ingredients:

3 cups uncooked rigatoni pasta (8-9 ounces)
1 lb turkey sausage (can use chicken sausage)
28 oz can crushed tomatoes, undrained
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped – 1 tablespoon
Palmful fresh basil, minced or 1 tablespoon dried basil
1 package (8 oz or so) sliced fresh mushrooms (3 cups)
1 nice red bell pepper, drained and chopped
1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
3 cups shredded Mozzarella cheese

Instructions

Heat oven to 375 . Spray rectangular baking dish 13x9x2-inches, with cooking spray.
Cook and drain pasta as directed on package.
While pasta is cooking, cook sausage in 10-inch skillet over medium heat 5 to 7 minutes,
stirring occasionally, until no longer pink; drain.
Mix tomatoes, garlic and basil.
Layer half each of the pasta, sausage, mushrooms, bell peppers, Parmesan cheese, tomato
mixture and mozzarella cheese; repeat layers.
Bake uncovered 35 to 40 minutes or until hot and cheese is golden brown.

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Happy feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell talk to Fr. Frank Donio about his own connection to this feast day. Other guests include Fr. Rob Jack on the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicea, and Gary Zimak on the connection between seeing and believing. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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The Memorare

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thine intercession was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.

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Happy feast of St. Bonaventure! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell talk to Fr. Boniface Hicks about his legacy as the Seraphic Doctor. Other guests include Kathryn Jean Lopez, author of “A Year with the Mystics,” and Steve Ray on breath and wind in the Bible. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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Prayer of St. Bonaventure

Pierce, O most sweet Lord Jesus, my inmost soul with the most joyous and healthful wound of Thy love, and with true, calm and most holy apostolic charity, that my soul may ever languish and melt with entire love and longing for Thee, may yearn for Thee and for thy courts, may long to be dissolved and to be with Thee.

Grant that my soul may hunger after Thee, the Bread of Angels, the refreshment of holy souls, our daily and super substantial bread, having all sweetness and savor and every delightful taste.

May my heart ever hunger after and feed upon Thee, Whom the angels desire to look upon, and may my inmost soul be filled with the sweetness of Thy savor; may it ever thirst for Thee, the fountain of life, the fountain of wisdom and knowledge, the fountain of eternal light, the torrent of pleasure, the fullness of the house of God;

May it ever compass Thee, seek Thee, find Thee, run to Thee, come up to Thee, meditate on Thee, speak of Thee, and do all for the praise and glory of Thy name, with humility and discretion, with love and delight, with ease and affection, with perseverance to the end; and be Thou alone ever my hope, my entire confidence, my riches, my delight, my pleasure, my joy, my rest and tranquility, my peace, my sweetness, my food, my refreshment, my refuge, my help, my wisdom, my portion, my possession, my treasure; in Whom may my mind and my heart be ever fixed and firm and rooted immovably. Amen.

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Dr. Benjamin Reinhard, author of The High Hallow: Tolkien’s Liturgical Imagination

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Happy feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell discuss the courage and holiness of the Lily of the Mohawks. Guests include Teresa Tomeo from Catholic Connection, Dr. Matthew Bunson with a Catholic perspective on Bastille Day, and Kevin Schmiesing with This Week in Catholic History. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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Collect for the Feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha

O God, who willed the Virgin Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
to flower in a life of innocence
among the Native peoples of North America,
grant, through her intercession,
that all gathered in your Church
from every nation, tribe and tongue,
may glorify you in a single canticle of praise.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.

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