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April's Teaching Moment
Before the recent death of a family member, I asked that the Apostolic Pardon be prayed over him by the priest after the Anointing of the Sick. As Msgr. Pope writes, the Apostolic Pardon forgives temporal punishment due to sins (not the sins themselves). Presuming that we die in a state of grace, anything for which we have not done adequate penance in this life (called the “temporal punishment” due to those sins) can be forgiven us through the Apostolic Pardon. The Apostolic Pardon is often given when it is rather certain that the person is nearing death.
The current form of the blessing is: “Through the holy mysteries of our redemption, may almighty God release you from all punishments in this life and in the life to come. May He open to you the gates of paradise and welcome you to everlasting life.”
In the Handbook of Indulgences we read that “Priests who minister the sacraments to the Christian faithful who are in a life-and-death situation should not neglect to impart to them the apostolic blessing, with its attached indulgence.
Carolina Catholic learns about The Snow Queen, a ballet, from founder and artistic director of the City Ballet, Andrea Hill, and teacher and choreographer, Merlee Hill
For our first show in April, I speak with Andrea Hill, wife of the Basilica Shrine of St. Mary Music Director, Alex Hill, and their daughter, Merlee, about the upcoming production at the Wilson Center, The Snow Queen. Members of this wonderfully talented, Catholic family have shared their musical and dance talent with our community for the past few decades. In this show, we learn about the City Ballet and its history and about The Snow Queen, which is based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson.
This show will air on Wilmington Catholic Radio's station, 93.1 FM, on Saturdays at 11 am and Sundays at 6 pm on the first two weekends of April. You can listen on-line live by clicking on the Listen Now tab. Or, listen 24/7 by going to the Carolina Catholic tab and clicking on the show page.
Carolina Catholic learns about Christianity in the Crosshairs by author, Dr. Bill Donohue, and we prepare for the Novena and Feast of Divine Mercy
For our second show in March, I first speak with Catholic League President, Bill Donohue, about his newest book, Christianity in the Crosshairs: Ruling Class and Radicals Find a Common Enemy, which explores how elites and radicals target Christianity.
And we will also prepare for the Feast of Divine Mercy, which is celebrated on the first Sunday after Easter, called Divine Mercy Sunday. My guest is Amanda Gandolf. She and I traveled to the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Lagiewniki (Krakow), Poland in 2023, and visited the shrine and the resting place of Saint Faustina Kowalska. In this show, we will learn about the Divine Mercy Novena, beginning on Good Friday, and the Feast of Mercy and how to prepare ourselves to obtain the graces from this beautiful feast.
This show will air on Wilmington Catholic Radio's station, 93.1 FM, on Saturdays at 11 am and Sundays at 6 pm on the third and fourth weekends of March. You can listen on-line live by clicking on the Listen Now tab. Or, listen 24/7 by going to the Carolina Catholic tab and clicking on the show page.
Carolina Catholic gets ready for Lent by learning about martyrs and a devotion to Our Lord in the Womb
For our second show in February, I speak again to Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan, about his newest work from TAN Books, No Greater Love: The True Meaning of Martyrdom. In this book, His Excellency shares his personal stories of priests and laity who fought against the evils of communism to keep the Catholic faith alive, as well as stories of others who have died for their faith. In another book from TAN Books, we learn about the first divine nine months of Our Lord's life when He was in the womb of Mary. This beautiful devotion was written by Fr. Henry James Coleridge, SJ, who died in 1893, and we hear from Jason Gale, VP of Content & Production at TAN, about this beautiful abridgement of the original 1885 publication.
This show will air on Wilmington Catholic Radio's station, 93.1 FM, on Saturdays at 11 am and Sundays at 6 pm on the third and fourth weekends of February. You can listen on-line live by clicking on the Listen Now tab. Or, listen 24/7 by going to the Carolina Catholic tab and clicking on the show page.