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Struck by God:…
Any decent person is repulsed by slavery of any kind. Today “trafficking” is the modern day slavery through sexual exploitation and labor. Research says that 20.9 million people are victims of forced labor. Does St. Paul open the door to slavery? What does he really say? In the next part of this series on St. […]
Holistic Healing
Sometimes we have to go to the hospital. We’re concerned about our physical well-being but we also need God at this time. In this interview with Fr. Mike, Fr. Chris Ponnet talks about his twenty year ministry as hospital chaplain. Right now he is Director of Spiritual Care at LAC & USC Medical Center. As […]
Pain Management
What do you do when you have a chronic illness? How do you explain God to yourself? How do you deal with others? In Fr. Mike’s interview with Aletha Kuenstler,a nurse,psychotherapist, and someone who lives with several chronic illnesses herself, she shares some of life’s lessons she has learned both professionally and personally while in the […]
Prophet Portrayal
We experience Jesus when we experience others who are suffering. Bringing justice to these people is challenging. In Fr. Mike’s interview with Sharon Halsey-Hoover, they explore how Sharon does this in her own life. She talks about her early life, how she found Jesus, drifted a bit and then became committed to Jesus through the […]
Struck by God:…
Do you ever go to the end of a book to see where the story is going? In this program, Fr. Mike give a concise summary of the teachings of St. Paul, one of his favorites as an appropriate ending to this series on St. Paul. He speaks of Paul’s teachings under five headings; 1. […]
Struck by God:…
Of all the definitions of love, Paul’s insight into love is used at most weddings. In this program, Fr. Mike discusses Paul’s definition of love. Fr. Mike first looks at the Greeks’ explanation of love and then at the Hebrews in the Old Testament. He then turns to Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, especially Chapter […]
God’s Ambassador with…
You’re living your life as a Catholic, but you don’t have fire. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you had the fire that couldn’t be extinguished? Maria Vadia has that fire. But she didn’t always have it, not until she was 37 years old. So there is hope for all of us! In this interview of […]
Restorative Healing
We hear a lot about killing and violence in our world. Where do we stand with regard to the victims and those who perpetrate these terrible acts? Fr. Mike interviews Fr. George Horan, Board Chair of Healing Hearts, Restoring Hope, who has worked for twenty-eight years in the area of restorative justice in the jails […]
Struck by God:…
If you believe in God, you have to talk to God. How do we communicate with God? St. Paul has some help for us. In this program, Fr. Mike looks at the writings of St. Paul on prayer. Sometimes Paul receives an answer to his prayers and sometimes not. At times he is very spontaneous […]
Struck by God:…
Some women don’t like St. Paul because of his attitude toward women. In this program, Fr. Mike makes a case for St. Paul. He says that we need to place St. Paul within the culture of his time. Women were regarded differently in the Jewish and in the Roman communities. Paul challenged men to respect […]
Price of Goodness
There is a TV reality show entitled “What Would You Do?” Well, suppose you saw a man chasing a woman with a butcher knife. You knew he was going to kill her. What would you do? This really happened to John Aquilar, Jr. In this interview, John relates the story to Fr. Mike including the […]
At the Frontline
Suppose you are in the middle of a war. You write a letter to loved ones at home How will that letter be received ? Fr. Mike interviews Andrew Carroll, author of Grace Under Fire, about his work of collecting letters from or to servicemen and women. Andrew talks about how he got into this […]
Struck By God…
Division is one of the greatest problems in life – in families, at the work place , in a Church. What does St. Paul have to say about this? Fr. Mike gives St. Paul’s views from his letters to the Corinthians and Galatians. St. Paul doesn’t mince words when he tells the people that they […]
Faith Talk
If you love Jesus, you have to have faith, but you also have to pursue understanding on a deeper level. Fr. Mike and Fr. James Heft, SM, investigate just how to do this. Fr. Heft, SM, is a professor at the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC. He has edited many books that are […]
Bonded Family
How can a family live in today’s world filled with so much tension and so many demands? In this interview by Fr. Mike, Janice Carleton tells of her growth in faith and how she came to know Jesus as a person. Janice has been married for 39 years, has three sons and a daughter. Through […]
Struck by God…Body…
St. Paul says that you and I as members of the Church are the Body of Christ. What does that mean? In this program, Fr. Mike analyzes what that statment with examples from St. Paul. He asks the question – How do people come to know Jesus? Using St. Paul’s description of the many parts […]
Struck by God…
An important reality today is our hunger to be accepted, to be appreciated. What if God said yes to that? – ” I love you, I accept you, I deeply appreciate you.” In this program, Fr. Mike traces God’s acceptance of us through the writings of St. Paul and the workings of the Holy Spirit. […]
Francis Effect Part…
With Pope Francis’s visit to Philadelphia coming up in September, there is much talk about the family. Cardinal Rodriquez, in this second interview, tells us what Pope Francis has to say about the family, homosexuality and women in the Church. The Cardinal talks about his own diocese where there are one and a half million […]
Francis Effect Part…
Pope Francis has certainly had an effect on the world. What is he really like? Fr. Mike interviews Cardinal Oscar Rodriquez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tequcigalpa, to find the answer to that question. The Cardinal traces his friendship with Pope Francis and talks about how he, the Cardinal, ended up chairing the Commission of nine cardinals […]
Struck by God…
This program begins with And the Sun Rises sung beautifully by Ralph and Victoria Mohutsky. Fr. Mike then talks about what St. Paul has to say about the Resurrection. He uses the marvelous quotes of Paul to the Corinthians, when Paul tried to explain what the resurrection meant to them at that moment. The Corinthians […]