Happy feast of Blessed Margaret of Castello! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Fr. Steven Alcott, O.P., to discuss the powerful witness of this woman with many physical difficulties who went on to become a bleloved lay Dominican. Other guests include Fr. Michael Zimmerman on a new resource for encouraging priestly vocations, Dr. Ryan Hanning on cooperation as a virtue, Steve Ray on music in the Bible, and Marlon de la Torre on why Catholic education should be teaching toward heaven. Plus news, weather, sports and a whole lot more…
Maura McKeegan, author of Saved by the Lamb: Moses and Jesus
Marlon de la Torre is online at catholicbrain.com.
Fr. Steven Alcott is online at stgertrude.org.
Fr. Roger Landry writes at ncregister.com.
Fr. Michael Zimmerman is online at vocationsboston.org.
Dr. Ryan Hanning, co-author of The Willpower Advantage
Steve Ray is online at catholicconvert.com.
Kari Beckman is online at catholicfamilyconference.com..
Dr. Kenneth Howell, author of The Mystery of the Altar
Steven Howard is online at indefenseofchristians.org.
Danielle Bean is online at catholicmom.com.
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Prayer for the Intercession of Blessed Margaret of Castello
Dear God, thank You for the gift of life that You have given me. I am sorry for the times when I have failed to recognize the value and sacredness of life in others.
Bl. Margaret, you were often looked at differently because of your physical disabilities. These disabilities didn’t stop you from living a life centered on Christ. Help me to see beyond labels, so that I may see each person for who they are. Pray that I might accept every part of myself, including my physical appearance, as part of God’s beautiful creation. Amen.
Find the full novena at praymorenovenas.com.