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Fr Toby reflects on what it means to return to the Lord with all our hearts. 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 supporting us with a one-off or monthly...

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider supporting us with a one-off or monthly donation. It is only through the generosity of our listeners that we are able to be a Christian voice by your side. ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.radiomariaengland.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  

Fr Toby, inspired by St James, encourages us to take responsibility for the temptations we endure. 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 supporting us wit...

Fr Toby speaks about how beauty is an experience of a spiritual reality through our bodily senses. THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays at 11.15am and is rebroadcast at 11.15pm on the same days. Radio Maria's priest director Fr Toby hosts special guests, reads spiritual books and talks everything from Aquinas to philosophy, making a wide range of content accessible fo...

Fr Toby recalls some features of his recent trip to Mexico and starts to consider the importance of beauty in coming to know God. THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays at 11.15am and is rebroadcast at 11.15pm on the same days. Radio Maria's priest director Fr Toby hosts special guests, reads spiritual books and talks everything from Aquinas to philosophy, making a wide...

Fr Toby looks at how the Sermon on the Mount is addressed to the depths of our being. 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 supporting us with a one-off o...

Dr Mark Stella-Sawicki speaks about the remarkable life and legacy of Charlotte Pearson Boyd, restorer of Walsingham. 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, as well as 4.15pm on Saturday and 5pm on Sunday. Radio Maria broadcasts on digital radio (DAB+) in selected regio...

Henri-Pierre Koubaka, Rebecca Coyne and Paul Danon team up to look at the January 2026 protests in Iran: the context, the drivers...At the end of the report, they ask listeners to carry Iranians in their prayers. FROM NEWS TO PRAYER is a monthly programme with a topic from the international news that we unpack before we pray for the people who are impacted. If you enjoyed this programme, please co...

Fr Toby reflects on wisdom of St Thomas Aquinas OP. 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 supporting us with a one-off or monthly donation. It is only thr...

Fr Joseph Hamilton introduces us to the rich theological reflection of Jacob of Serugh on Mary, the Mother of God. Fr Joseph Hamilton is the Rector of the Domus Australia in Rome, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney Australia. Prior to his appointment at Domus, he served as private secretary to George Cardinal Pell, until the Cardinal’s untimely death. Fr Joseph completed his doctoral studie...

Helena in conversation with Kezia Harrow and Davina on young adult communities around England and Wales interested in charism, faith, friendship and service to others. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider supporting us with a one-off or monthly donation. It is only through the generosity of our listeners that we are able to be a Christian voice by your side. ⁠ ⁠⁠www.radiomariaengland.uk⁠...

Fr Toby reflects on the new family of the Church. 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 supporting us with a one-off or monthly donation. It is only throu...

Fr Toby looks at the experience of beauty and the two virtues necessary for its appreciation and creation, namely, temperance and fortitude. THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays at 11.15am and is rebroadcast at 11.15pm on the same days. Radio Maria's priest director Fr Toby hosts special guests, reads spiritual books and talks everything from Aquinas to philosophy, ma...

Raj from Bromley asks about the familiar relationship between Mary and Elizabeth? Were they cousins or Aunt and Niece? Sam from Cambridge has concerns about his mom taking photos during Mass? Brian from Birmingham asks about St John the Baptist needing "reassurance" that Jesus is the messiah and also asks about who is the first Martyr? St Stephen, but what about the Holy Innocents of St...

Isabel and Ben will be joined by Ira Winter a Prolife Nurse who runs Fiat Fertility Care using NaproTechnology. Currently in the UK there are around a quarter of a million abortions every year – what’s our response to this? March for Life UK faces this issue with truth and compassion to help bring to an end the tragedy of abortion.  Our public witness events, training days, YouTube channel, social...

Welcome to the 17th Episode of Bethany Breakfast with Mimi and Chiara Toone where we give some practical advice on how to withstand the Wintry blues (both physical and spiritual!). We begin with prayer, the way we tune into God's perspective and root our day in the Lord. Bethany Breakfast is a space to listen, to laugh and to ask questions about being a Gen Z Catholic woman. Join sisters Mimi...

On this week’s Culture Tuesday, Helena Judd is joined by Stephanie Pena to explore the moving biographical drama 'H is for Hawk'. Based on Helen Macdonald’s acclaimed memoir, the film follows Claire Foy as Helen, a woman navigating grief and depression after the sudden death of her father. Together, Helena and Stephanie discuss Helen’s journey of healing through training a goshawk, the beauty of h...

Fr Toby reflects on how to love better: we need to be less busy. 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 supporting us with a one-off or monthly donation. I...

Fr Joseph Hamilton reflects on Christian baptism through the writings of Origen. Fr Joseph Hamilton is the Rector of the Domus Australia in Rome, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney Australia. Prior to his appointment at Domus, he served as private secretary to George Cardinal Pell, until the Cardinal’s untimely death. Fr Joseph completed his doctoral studies in Patristics at Christ Church,...

In this edition of  Seasons of Grace , we lean into the beauty of January and offer a dazzling selection of menus to banish those blues. Alongside reflections shaped by the Church’s calendar, you’ll find  warming, joyful menus — food that nourishes body and soul, rooted in season, tradition, and pleasure. As ever, prayer, story and nature are gently woven through the hour. Perfect for all those se...

Fr Toby uses the lens of Rene Girard to examine the rising levels of violence in the Western world. THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays at 11.15am and is rebroadcast at 11.15pm on the same days. Radio Maria's priest director Fr Toby hosts special guests, reads spiritual books and talks everything from Aquinas to philosophy, making a wide range of content accessible f...

Fr Toby asks, 'What is Beauty?' and suggests that we find it, in potent mix of order and surprise, in the person of Jesus Christ. 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 progr...

Fr Toby uses the insights of Rene Girard to take us deeper into what it means to call Jesus, 'the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world'. 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...

Fr Toby delights in how many people requested a Companion Saint for the year, using the thought of Rene Girard on mimetic desire, to show why this matters so much. THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays at 11.15am and is rebroadcast at 11.15pm on the same days. Radio Maria's priest director Fr Toby hosts special guests, reads spiritual books and talks everything from Aq...

At the beginning of the year Sally looks at what conversion and turning back to Christ to anchor ourselves in these uncertain times. She looks at the poetry of GK Chesterton, Christina Rossetti, George Herbert and an anonymous poem from her own anthology 100 Catholic Poems. Sally Read is a British poet based near Rome, Italy. A convert to Catholicism she has written a memoir about her journey, The...