communion of saints

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I've marveled over saints and their devotion to Mary. But saints and their devotion to other saints has been inspiring to me too. I'm grateful for Kimberly Begg's new book Unbreakable: Saints Who Inspired Saints to Moral Courage. In a conversation fitting for All Saints Day, allow the witness of the saints and their devotion to inspire you. Buy her book: https://tanbooks.com/products/books/unbreakable-saints-who-inspired-saints-to-moral-courage/ This episode is brought to you by Monks' Bread. Enter Discount Code: MARY23 at checkout to save 10% on your entire order at MonksBread.com

The Catechism begins Paragraph 5 and dives into the communion of saints. This communion is “in holy things (sancta)” and “among holy persons (sancti).” Fr. Mike emphasizes that “the least of our acts done in charity redounds to the profit of all.” At the same time, every sin hurts every single member of the Church. No one is an island—we belong to each other. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 946-953. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/ciy Please note: The Catechism of the Catholic Church contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised. This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB.

A listener perplexed by the name of St. Olaf College asks: do Protestants have saints? The Nuns discuss!

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Podcast hosts: Sister Shannon, OSF, and Sister Maxine, IHM. Topics: Do Protestants have saints, does the Mass need updating if people leave early, how do I know God wants me to enter religious life, 54-day novenas Read the full transcript of this podcast: https://siste.rs/3yufwfr (2:33) Listener question: Do Protestants have saints? (4:19) The Catholic road to sainthood 

(7:07) The communion of saints 

(14:34) Listener question: A friend of mine says that when a lot of people leave Mass right after Communion, it's a sign that some updating about the Mass is needed for parishioners. Is that true? And if it is, why?

(15:58) The Sunday Mass obligation

(19:16) The Vatican II perspective 

(26:37) Listener question: I know I want to become a sister. I don't want to start the discernment process yet, but would like to visit a community to see if that can help me get my calling. What are your thoughts about this?

(27:07) Signs from God

(30:01) What do you mean by “discernment?” 

(32:25) Joining the community

(37:26) A 54-day novena

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For our third episode of our journey towards the feast day of our parish's namesake, Michael Gormley tackles a question a lot of you may have - just what exactly is a novena? Isn't Jesus going to get bored of me praying for the same thing over and over again? Join us as we prepare for a "prayer of perseverance" to help us dive into the Communion of Saints!

Now that we've revealed all 27 relics coming to our parish, it's time to focus on one saint in particular: Saint Anthony of Padua himself! With his feast day right around the corner, Michael Gormley is back for a quick 4-part weekly video series to tell you more about the communion of saints as we prepare to celebrate our parish namesake on June 13th!

The blessings and woes from Jesus are not so much a description for how to become a saint (get a low paying job), so much as they are a description of God who brings blessing to those who are not otherwise blessed, God who redeems the cursed, God who brings the dead to life and will remake all of creation.