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Faithcast

Faithcast is the weekly podcast from catholicnews.ie, the news source for the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference.

Presented by Brenda Drumm, Faithcast is a mixture of interviews and news from the Catholic Church in Ireland.

Come and See Inspirations

Come & See Inspirations (C&SI) is a podcasting team based out of Ardagh in west Limerick. The C&SI team work on sharing interesting, faith filled conversations about local, diocesan and global issues of interest as they make a small contribution to the New Evangelisation on the digital frontiers.

After all, in 2009 Pope Benedict XVI's urged the users of the internet to

"......bear witness to your faith through the digital world!......Employ these new technologies to make the Gospel known, so that the Good News of God’s infinite love for all people, will resound in new ways across our increasingly technological world!"

View on our page here: comeandseeinspirations.buzzsprout.com

Come & See Inspirations

March 15, 2024
C&SI - "Patrick who couldn't "stay silent because of all that God had done for him in His mercy" - 17 Mar 2024 (S04 E17b) (podcast excerpt)

On this weeks podcast we are joining in the national celebrations here in Ireland as we mark the solemnity of St Patrick and our national holiday. We are sharing a reflection from Fr Michael Liston who leads us through a short reflection on this weeks programme considering "this extraordinary man" Patrick who couldn't "stay silent because of all that God had done for him in His mercy" and what his example has for Irish people today.

We dig into the archive to share with your a 2012 reflection from Fr Michael.  

Many of us know the story of his capture and years of captivity but when we read Patrick's own writings we hear of his instinctive turn to pray in a time of despair and how it leads to transformation for him in his life. Throughout his writings we see a man who is very conscience that the success of preaching the gospel in Ireland was not by a human being on his own but only successful by the grace of God. A human being with a great sense of gratitude to God and how God had loved him. In the middle of all his travails it comes across again and again that his heart could burst for gratitude and love of God because of the relationship of love that Patrick had for God.

Patrick's story reminds us of the power of the grace of God in the lives of people and how it can lead to change and betterment of people something which he had witnessed in his time in Ireland.

The feast day provides us with the opportunity to enable us to listen again to the still voice of God in our hearts following the example of Patrick who was convinced that God had personally spoken to him, allowing room for that communication to happen. Patrick calls us again to listen to the foundation of our lives which should be the Word of God which is still calling to us again.

March 15, 2024
C&SI - "Patrick who couldn't "stay silent because of all that God had done for him in His mercy" - 17 Mar 2024 (S04 E17)

On this weeks podcast we are joining in the national celebrations here in Ireland as we mark the solemnity of St Patrick and our national holiday. We are sharing a reflection from Fr Michael Liston who leads us through a short reflection on this weeks programme considering "this extraordinary man" Patrick who couldn't "stay silent because of all that God had done for him in His mercy" and what his example has for Irish people today.

We have our regular run through the liturgical odds and ends for the coming week which is the last full week of Lent so gives you an opportunity to renew your Lenten plans before we head into Holy Week..

We also have our regular reflection on the Sunday gospel which is the gospel of the 5th Sunday of Lent even in Ireland! The reflection is on John 12:20-33.

St Patrick
We dig into the archive to share with your a 2012 reflection from Fr Michael.  Many of us know the story of his capture and years of captivity but when we read Patrick's own writings we hear of his instinctive turn to pray in a time of despair and how it leads to transformation for him in his life. Throughout his writings we see a man who is very conscience that the success of preaching the gospel in Ireland was not by a human being on his own but only successful by the grace of God. A human being with a great sense of gratitude to God and how God had loved him. In the middle of all his travails it comes across again and again that his heart could burst for gratitude and love of God because of the relationship of love that Patrick had for God.

Patrick's story reminds us of the power of the grace of God in the lives of people and how it can lead to change and betterment of people something which he had witnessed in his time in Ireland.

The feast day provides us with the opportunity to enable us to listen again to the still voice of God in our hearts following the example of Patrick who was convinced that God had personally spoken to him, allowing room for that communication to happen. Patrick calls us again to listen to the foundation of our lives which should be the Word of God which is still calling to us again.

March 10, 2024
C&SI - Lenten Stations of the Cross - 10 March 2024 (S04E16)

On this weeks podcast we take a Lenten prayer space and take listeners through the Stations of the Cross. The Stations are a very traditional Lenten observance associated especially with the Franciscans in the Holy Land who commemorate the Lords Passion and Death by walking  the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. The objective of the stations is to help the Christian faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage through contemplation of the Passion of Christ.

The reflections used on this years recording of the Stations of the Cross are taken from the Cafod Stations 2024.

We have our regular run through the liturgical odds and ends of the coming week and also reflect on the fact that today is Laetare Sunday.

We have our weekly reflection on the Sunday gosepl from John 3:14-21 with that great summary of faith - "God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost but may have eternal life".
 

March 9, 2024
C&SI - Lenten Stations of the Cross - 10 March 2024 (S04E16b) (podcast excerpt)

On this weeks podcast excerpt we take a Lenten prayer space and take listeners through the Stations of the Cross. The Stations are a very traditional Lenten observance associated especially with the Franciscans in the Holy Land who commemorate the Lords Passion and Death by walking  the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. The objective of the stations is to help the Christian faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage through contemplation of the Passion of Christ.

The reflections used on this years recording of the Stations of the Cross are taken from the Cafod Stations 2024.

March 2, 2024
C&SI - The Irish Synodal Pathway - An Update with Julianne Moran - 3 Mar 2024 (S04 E15b) (podcast excerpt)

On this weeks podcast we welcome Julianne Moran back to speak to John and Shane about the Irish Synodal Pathway and where things stand with it. 

In March 2021, the Irish Bishops conference announced their intention to be begin the process of having a Synodal Pathway in Ireland which could include a Synodal Assembly in 2026. Then a couple of months later Pope Francis put the proverbial cat among the pigeons by announcing the Universal Synod on Synodality and requiring the input from Catholics around the world.

Julianne Moran is the General Secretary for the Irish Synodal Pathway and she rejoins the podcast this week to set out how the process of responding and engaging with the Synod on Synodality in Rome has provided the tools, ideas and assisted the discernment around the Irish Synodal Pathway and where things are and where they are going over the next 18 - 24 months following on the recommendations of the initial National Steering Committee report and the results from the research conducted on the process of engaging with the Synod on Synodality on the training needs ahead of any Irish Synodal Pathway.

You can find out more about the Irish Synodal Pathway at synod.ie and we highly recommend this video The Synodal Pathway - the journey so far. There are many other resources on the website and a lot of short videos which take you through different aspects of the process to date. 

March 2, 2024
C&SI - The Irish Synodal Pathway - An Update with Julianne Moran - 3 Mar 2024 (S04 E15)

On this weeks podcast we welcome Julianne Moran back to speak to John and Shane about the Irish Synodal Pathway and where things stand with it. We have our regular liturgical odds and ends and of course our reflection on the weekly Sunday gospel which this week is John's account of Jesus cleansing the temple in Jerusalem.

Irish National Synodal Pathway
In March 2021, the Irish Bishops conference announced their intention to be begin the process of having a Synodal Pathway in Ireland which could include a Synodal Assembly in 2026. Then a couple of months later Pope Francis put the proverbial cat among the pigeons by announcing the Universal Synod on Synodality and requiring the input from Catholics around the world.

Julianne Moran is the General Secretary for the Irish Synodal Pathway and she rejoins the podcast this week to set out how the process of responding and engaging with the Synod on Synodality in Rome has provided the tools, ideas and assisted the discernment around the Irish Synodal Pathway and where things are and where they are going over the next 18 - 24 months following on the recommendations of the initial National Steering Committee report and the results from the research conducted on the process of engaging with the Synod on Synodality on the training needs ahead of any Irish Synodal Pathway.

You can find out more about the Irish Synodal Pathway at synod.ie and we highly recommend this video The Synodal Pathway - the journey so far. There are many other resources on the website and a lot of short videos which take you through different aspects of the process to date.