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Fr Toby on the many ways we refuse our invitation to the Banquet. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Mari...

Fr Toby on the necessity but insufficiency of manuals. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.  If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England...

JUST LIFE is a human formation programme brought to you by Radio Maria, airing on weekdays at 10am and rebroadcast at 10pm.  If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www. RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Ch...

John and Amy introduce us to Aid to the Church in Need's biennial Persecuted and Forgotten report, launched just this week in Parliament. From the attack on Churches in Jaranwala to a story of forced conversion and marriage in Egypt, is persecution of Christians worsening worldwide and what can we do to help? John Pontifex is Head of Press and Public Affairs and Amy Balog is Press Officer at ACN,...

This week Derek takes us further into the importance of forgiveness and how it can lead to both inner and physical healing. Derek Williams is a lay evangelist with a passion for preaching the Word of God. He has taught weekly on Radio Maria for over two years. CREDO is a programme that nourishes listeners in their Catholic faith. It airs live on Radio Maria every weekday at 4pm and is rebroadcast...

Dr Charles Wilson, who is stepping down as President of Radio Maria after years of dedicated service, introduces new President Inti Paolucci. Inti reflects on his faith journey which has brought him to this point. A warm welcome to Inti and a blessed term as President.

Shadows: Visible & Invisible: 5 (Catholic Teen Books Visible & Invisible Anthology Series). Corinna Turner speaks about a new "Hallowtide" Young adult book written by 7 Catholic authors for teens.

The Inklings authored some of the most important books in the English language in the 20th century. This group of friends included famous writers such as J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield and Charles Williams, as well as others, who met in Oxford through the central decades of the 20th century to read and discuss literature together. This talk explores some of their key ideas, through t...

Enter the kingdom as a little child with Lucia and Maria Watson as they go through the Gospel readings for this Sunday's Mass. CHILDREN’S LITURGY is put together for Radio Maria by Lucia Watson based on CAFOD’s Children’s Liturgy material. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www. RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 030...

We welcome the Flame of Love of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Movement on today's JUST LIFE with Liz Ansah, National Coordinator, who is joined by Scottish representative Pauline Gallagher. Based on the private revelations given to Hungarian Elisabeth Kindelmann starting in the 1960s, the Flame of Love Movement is becoming increasingly well-known. www.flameoflove.org.uk JUST LIFE is a programme tha...

We're delighted to welcome back to Radio Maria author Fiorella de Maria. Today she talks to us about her new book Courage Under Fire: Father Willie Doyle SJ, Priest and Hero of the First World War bringing to life for us a lesser known figure of tremendous courage and holiness. Fiorella lives in leafy Surrey in the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton. As well as being an author, she is a mother of fou...

The complex ecosystem of the swamp and the even greater complexity of governing human affairs. CREDO is a programme that nourishes listeners in their Catholic faith. It airs live on Radio Maria every weekday at 4pm and is rebroadcast at 4am the following morning.  If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www. RadioMaria...

Fr Toby reflects on the (unexpected) wisdom of praying to be numbered among the uncanonized saints. This episode of Word for Today is a throwback to Word for Today for All Saints Day, 2022. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the...

This month Fr Richard opens up the three parables in chapter 25: the ten bridesmaids, the talents, the sheep and the goats. Fr Richard Ounsworth is the Prior and Parish Priest of the Priory of the Holy Cross in Leicester. CREDO is a programme that nourishes listeners in their Catholic faith. It airs live on Radio Maria every weekday at 4pm and is rebroadcast at 4am the following morning.  If you e...

Adelaide di Maggio is Policy and Research Analyst for the Catholic  Bishops '  Conference  of England and Wales. In this episode of Mornings with Radio Maria she speaks to Fr Toby about the importance of opposing the movement to pass a bill that will legalize Assisted Suicide.

Fr Toby on how we might elevate mundane rituals with prayer making them part of spiritual warfare. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.  If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off...

Simon John makes a special appearance to speak about the problem of slavery during Anti Slavery Week. JUST LIFE is a human formation programme brought to you by Radio Maria, airing on weekdays at 10am and rebroadcast at 10pm. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www. RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 dur...

Part 25 of Fr Toby in Conversation with Simon Tugwell's Prayer in Practice. THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11:15am and is rebroadcast at 11:15pm on the same days. Our Priest Director Fr Toby reads through a spiritual book, pausing and providing commentary as he goes. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donati...

The life worth living is worth dying for - Fr Toby on the martyrdom of Bl Terence and Bl Peter, Dominican martyrs of Ireland. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day. If you enjoyed this programme, please...

In this episode Edward defines the economy as the humanizing of the world through a cycle of labour, consumption and production. CREDO is a programme that nourishes listeners in their Catholic faith. It airs live on Radio Maria every weekday at 4pm and is rebroadcast at 4am the following morning. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria En...

Fr Bernardino encourages us to get to get to know Jesus and to pick up the weapon of the rosary, so as to be a powerful intercessor in this world. Fr Bernardino is a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal at St Patrick's Friary in Limerick, Ireland. CREDO is a programme that nourishes listeners in their Catholic faith. It airs live on Radio Maria every weekday at 4pm and is rebroadcast at 4am the followi...

How do explain the existence of God to non-believers? Fr Toby tackles this question and others QUESTIONS OF FAITH is a programme in which listeners call in and ask our guests a theological, biblical or pastoral question - anything related to the faith, in other words. We usually have a priest, religious brother or sister or lay evangelist on and the programme airs live on Fridays at 11:15am. If yo...

Fr Toby speaks with Madeline Page about the dangers of the new bill on 'Assisted Dying'. THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11:15am and is rebroadcast at 11:15pm on the same days. Our Priest Director Fr Toby reads through a spiritual book, pausing and providing commentary as he goes. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or m...

Fr Toby on the Kingdom of God within us WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.  If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www...

'The chapter in which someone complains,' is how Fr Euan described where we are in the Book of Job. Although this hardly narrows it down, the meandering dialogues in this ancient text are truly fascinating. Fr Euan draws out the hidden meanings chapter by chapter. CREDO is a programme that nourishes listeners in their Catholic faith. It airs live on Radio Maria every weekday at 4pm and is rebroadc...