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Fr. Peter George Flynn talks about the Acts of the Apostles which is a record of the life of the Church when it was young. It is typically read in Churches around Easter time. Fr. reflects on the end of Chapter 6 and Chapter 7 of the the Acts of the Apostles. L'articolo Catechesis – Acts of the Apostles – Fr Peter George Flynn OFM proviene da Radio Maria .

Mary Hooton interviews Monsignor Anthony Figueiredo and Gwen Wiseman, who have brought first-class relics of St Carlo Acutis to Knock Shrine as part of a pilgrimage tour of Ireland. Monsignor Anthony — based in Assisi, the city where Carlo lived and is buried — describes the five relics they carry: a lock of hair, a […] L'articolo Carlo Acutis: Saint of the Young, in Knock – Monsignor Anthony Figu...

Fr. Billy Swan presents from Casa Santa Marta — his new address inside the Vatican walls — on the feast of St Catherine of Siena. He opens with Pope Leo XIV’s letter for the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, drawing out three themes from the Good Shepherd Sunday gospel: pause, listen, and entrust yourself […] L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – Catherine of Siena and the Vocations Crisis – Fr Billy Sw...

Nick Koeppel begins working through St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body catechesis, delivered as papal Wednesday audiences from 1979 to 1984. He sets out the catechesis’s three working titles — The Redemption of the Body, Human Love in the Divine Plan, and the Sacramentality of Marriage — and explains why John Paul II […] L'articolo Body Talk – John Paul II and Divorce – Nick Koeppel proviene...

Mary teaches how to bake Lemon Yogurt Cake. If you would like to follow along with the recipe, please click here. We would love to see how this recipe turns out for you! Please WhatsApp your home baking images to 089-4672000 or info@radiomaria.ie. L'articolo E27 | Let’s Bake – Lemon Yogurt Cake proviene da Radio Maria .

This week’s show opens with a week away in Carrowkeel South, near Aghagower at the foot of Croagh Patrick — beautiful drives, gorse in full fragrance, cuckoos calling in the evening, and rosary before Mass in Westport each morning. An appeal goes out to anyone with knowledge of the famine ridges still visible on the […] L'articolo Sow and Grow – How the Whole World Depends on Pollen – Margaret Gri...

Paul McAree continues his exploration of the Knock apparition, reading it this week in the light of the Transfiguration: human figures of dazzling light appearing on a hill, St John present at both, the glory of Jesus revealed. But where the Transfiguration speaks, Knock is silent — and Paul proposes a striking reason why. Next […] L'articolo Praying the Prodigals Home – Comparing Knock to the Tra...

Liz Whyte welcomes Dr. Bob Schuchts of the JP2 Healing Center in Tallahassee — therapist, author of Be Healed, and father of two daughters with eleven grandchildren — for a conversation on how the earliest experiences of life shape everything that follows. Dr. Bob opens with the Trinitarian foundation: we are made for communion, and […] L'articolo Stages of Life – Does Childhood Really Matter? – D...

Fr. Peter George Flynn reads Acts chapter six: the Hellenist widows being overlooked in the daily distribution, the apostles’ decision to appoint seven men to handle administration so they can devote themselves to prayer and the Word, and the ordination of the first deacons by the laying on of hands. He unpacks why Greek-speaking Jews […] L'articolo Catechesis – The Greek Jews and the Temple Pries...

John and Sandra talk about changing negative thoughts into positive ones, the battlefield of the mind and being aware of ones own thoughts. How our thoughts can affect our mental health Click here to listen to more episodes of Peace of Mind! L'articolo Peace of Mind – Battlefield of the Mind – John Farren and Sandra proviene da Radio Maria .

Fr. Peter George Flynn talks about the Acts of the Apostles Chapter 5 Verse 12 in which the healing of the sick takes place and the apostles perform many signs and wonders. This verse highlights the miraculous acts of the apostles and the unity of the early Christian community and their faith and worship. L'articolo Catechesis – Joy of Eastertide, Acts of the Apostles – Fr Peter George Flynn OFM p...

Eoin and Fr Chris Garrett work through the YouCat, moving from questions on personal sin and collective responsibility — including a pointed question about what it means to pay taxes in a country that has legalised abortion — into Chapter Two on human community. The episode closes on education and what it is actually for; […] L'articolo YouChat – Catholic Understanding of Education – Fr. Chris Gar...

In this episode, we learn about the Easter Season, how long it lasts for; we hear the incredible stories from the Gospels and much more! We then learn a new prayer, hear an inspiring quote, and get a to-do activity! Click here to listen to more episodes of the Children’s Show! L'articolo E93| Children’s Show – Easter Joy proviene da Radio Maria .

Fr. Adrian Crowley offers a wide-ranging meditation on the Holy Spirit as Pentecost and confirmation season approach. Drawing on the image of a condor lifted by warm air over Andean canyons, Ezekiel’s valley of dry bones, and the healing river of Ezekiel 48, he explores what it means to let the Holy Spirit lift our […] L'articolo Catechesis – Allowing the Holy Spirit to Wake Us – Fr Adrian Crowley...

Naoimh welcomes Fr. Marius O’Reilly, the priest behind Totus Tuus magazine and the National Rosary Rally at Knock Shrine, now approaching its 41st year. Fr. Marius traces how his vocation emerged from a business career in London, a call he spent years avoiding until, at 31, he finally said yes and found the peace he […] L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – A Reluctant Vocation and the Rosary Rally – Nao...

Mary Hooton and Fr. Eamonn McCarthy reflect on the Good Shepherd gospel for the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Fr. Eamonn opens with a striking video he’d seen of a Middle Eastern shepherd demonstrating to pilgrims that when strangers called his sheep nothing happened, but the moment his own voice rang out every head lifted. That […] L'articolo Gospel Tidings – Do We Hear the Good Shepherd? – Mary Hooto...

Fr. Eamonn McCarthy and Matthias Conroy begin Humanae Vitae, the 1968 encyclical letter of Pope Saint Paul VI on the regulation of births — one of the most controversial documents of the modern church, and one that effectively ended Paul VI’s writing of encyclicals. Fr. Eamonn sets the historical stage: the widespread expectation, including among […] L'articolo Beginning the Contraception Controve...

Fr. Peter George Flynn opens with a close reading of the communal life of the early church, distinguishing it firmly from Marxist communism: Barnabas gave freely and was praised for it precisely because he was not obliged to. Then comes the story of Ananias and Sapphira — who did give, but lied about the amount. […] L'articolo Catechesis – Communal Life of the Early Church – Fr Peter George Flynn...

Deacon Don and Aidan open with what is replacing faith in many homes today — and what Aidan has found happens when those things are removed. The conversation moves into the epidemic of loneliness and isolation in rural Ireland, the culture of the closed gate, the “overboundaried” person who has shut off almost all possibility […] L'articolo The Healing Power of the Sacraments – Loneliness Without...

Carmela welcomes Joe Flanagan, a numerary member of Opus Dei for 53 years, who traces a journey from Mayo to UCG to a chance encounter on the Galway campus that changed his life. He speaks about running Opus Dei centres, bringing students to Russia and Albania, 27 years teaching English and religion at Rockbrook Park […] L'articolo Northern Soul – A Lifetime in Opus Dei – Joe Flanagan and Carmela...

Fr. Peter George Flynn continues his Easter series with Acts chapters three and four. The episode centres on the healing of the man lame from birth at the Beautiful Gate — a man over 40 years old, known to everyone who passed through the temple, suddenly walking and leaping and praising God. Fr. Peter pauses […] L'articolo Catechesis – Preaching to the Killers of Christ – Fr Peter George Flynn OFM...

Deacon Thady opens with a vivid account of the National Eucharistic Congress pilgrimage to Knock, where Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan of Waterford was the main celebrant — and what it felt like to travel as a moving congregation from dawn to late evening, young people leading the rosary on the bus. He then announces a gathering […] L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – Blockages That Prevent Healing – Deacon...

Mary Stenson marks the first anniversary of Pope Francis’s death with a prayer for his repose, then turns to two figures whose stories stopped her in her tracks. The first is Sister Ignatia Gavin — a Mayo woman, a nun, a nurse — who admitted the world’s first officially recognised alcoholism patient to a hospital […] L'articolo All Things Legion – The Nun Who Co-Founded Alcoholics Anonymous – Mary...

In this fascinating programme, we explored how modern science suggests that the universe had a beginning, often called the Big Bang. We discussed why many physicists believe past time is finite, meaning time itself may not stretch endlessly backwards. If time, space, and matter all began together, what could have caused that first moment? Using practical examples and […] L'articolo Science, Religi...

Fr. Billy Swan presents from Rome on an unusually warm April morning, reflecting on the Emmaus gospel for the Third Sunday of Easter. His starting point is personal: he invites listeners to recall a moment of real disappointment or failure, and uses that as the door into the story of Cleopas and his unnamed companion […] L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – Seeing Ourselves on the Road to Emmaus – Fr Bi...