Orandi Semper

As a Catholic business owner entrepreneur I talk about the importance of consecrating your business to the sacred heart of Jesus and the Immaculate heart of Mary and what it did for my business and peace of mind. Based on the Consecration of a business To the Pierced hearts of Jesus and Mary. Sources: https://www.piercedhearts.org/two_hearts/consecrations/business_two_hearts.htm

Feast of the holy name of Jesus 

A devotion for the month of January. Includes introductory prayer and week one day 1 - The Name Above Every Name.

Reading from the gospel of Matthew chapters 5-9.

Battling temptation? Listen to this personal reflection on the choices we have when we’re faced with spiritual attacks and temptation.

Body, blood, soul and divinity! We explore one of the most ancient teaching that the earlier Christians all understood and believed - that Jesus is really and truly present in the Eucharist.  Every single Christian in the first, second and third century knew and believed this - well before Christianity was accepted by the roman emperor. St. Ignatius of Antioch, a disciple of St. John the Apostle, who was alive when the gospels were written and states that the Eucharist it the real body and blood of Christ and all of the earlier church fathers were united on this essential teaching.

References: St. Paul Center: Where Do We Find Church Teaching on the Real Presence? By Leon J. Suprenant Jr. and Philip C.L. Gray [social-share] https://stpaulcenter.com/posts/where-do-we-find-church-teaching-on-the-real-presence Catechism Part Two  In Brief: https://www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_two/section_two/chapter_one/article_3/in_brief.html Catholic Answers: https://www.catholic.com/qa/do-any-other-faiths-believe-in-transubstantiation Orthodox Church in America: Holy Eucharist https://www.oca.org/orthodoxy/the-orthodox-faith/worship/the-sacraments/holy-eucharist Luther’s defense of the Real Presence in the Eucharist https://www.detroitcatholic.com/voices/luther-s-defense-of-the-real-presence-in-the-eucharist Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America: The Holy Eucharist https://www.goarch.org/-/the-holy-eucharist SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST (Coptic Orthodox) https://www.copticchurch.net/introduction-to-the-coptic-church/sacraments/4_eucharist    

To call Mary the Ark is not to exalt her above Christ. It is to recognize that the Incarnation did not happen in abstraction. It happened in her. And in her flesh, the Word did not merely dwell. He tabernacled. Why the Early Church Saw It This is why the early Church Fathers–St. Ambrose, Gregory the Wonderworker, and John Damascene–saw Mary as the new Ark. It was not a title of sentiment. It was a declaration of theological fact.    Sources: https://www.catholic365.com/article/51313/why-mary-is-the-ark-of-the-new-covenant.html    

With gospel readings and reflections from Matt Fradd's Pocket Guide to the Rosary

With scripture readings and reflections - take from Pocket Guide to the Rosary by Matt Fradd

With scripture readings and reflections

With scripture readings and selections

With scripture readings and reflections from the Pocket Guide to the Rosary by Matt Fradd

Scriptural rosary with reflections taken from Pocket Guide to the Rosary by Matt Fradd.