Podcast by City Year
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City Year UK is a youth social action charity which challenges 18 to 25-year-olds to tackle educational inequality through a year of full-time voluntary service. As mentors, tutors and role models in schools, they support pupils growing up in some of the most deprived areas of the UK. This is podcast summarises current from training, and provides an opportunity for our volunteers to continue to develop.
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What do we know about Jesus and Mary? For starters, what the evangelists recorded in the gospels. Throughout Church history, mystics have received visions of the life of Jesus and Mary and recorded them as biographies. One such mystic was Venerable Maria of Agreda who authored The Mystical City of God, a four-volume book totaling more than 2,000 pages. It's a daunting task to read, but Marian theologian Fr. Edward Looney has partnered with TAN Books to read it in a year. Join him as he reads ...
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"Two Years in the Forbidden City" is a book written by Princess Der Ling, who was the renowned Lady-in-waiting to the Empress Dowager Cixi in the early 20th century. Though Empress Dowager Cixi is a household name, Der Ling's point of view offers a quite unique and surprisingly intimate portrayal of the Empress and Beijing's Imperial Palace in China's last feudal dynasty.
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100 Years, 100 Objects: Stories from the Collections of Lancaster City Museums
Lancaster City Museums
A podcast celebrating 100 Years of Lancaster City Museums by delving into the history, stories and themes that can be discovered through our collections.
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THE author of the following narrative has peculiar qualifications for her task. She is a daughter of Lord Yu Keng, a member of the Manchu White Banner Corps, and one of the most advanced and progressive Chinese officials of his generation. she became First Lady-in-Waiting to the Empress Dowager, and while serving at the Court in that capacity she received the impressions which provide the subject-matter of this book. Her opportunity to observe and estimate the characteristics of the remarkab ...
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Fr. Edward Looney finishes reading chapter 28 of book 3 and then offers a reflection on Satan's attack on the family.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter 28 of book 3 and then comments on how the devil pursues the world and the Church and how we can defend against him.
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Fr. Edward Looney finishes reading chapter 27 and comments on the temptations of jealousy and idleness and Mary's recommendations to confront temptations.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter 27 and comments on combating temptations with the Word of God and how we face assaults on our memories and desires for food.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter 27 of book 3 and then comments on the tactics of the enemy and how we can put him to flight.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter 26 of book 3 and then comments on the tactics of the devil and how God deceives the deceiver in the incarnation.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter 26 of book 3 and then comments on Satan attacks on humanity.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter 25 of book 3 and then offers a reflection on Our Lady's ability to obtain miracles from God.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter 24 of book 3 and then offers a reflection about reflecting on the Visitation during your rosary prayer and about priestly blessings.
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Fr. Edward Looney finishes reading chapter 23 of book 3 and then offers a reflection on the words of the Benedictus of Zechariah.
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Fr. Edward Looney begins reading chapter 23 of book 3 and then reflects on the significance of names.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter 22 of book 3 and then offers a reflection on Mary's presence at the birth of John the Baptist.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads the beginning of chapter 22 of book 3, and then comments on the forthcoming birth of St. John the Baptist as one who testifies to the light.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter 21 of book 3 and then offers a reflection on ensuring we pray for God's will in every situation.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter 20 and then reflects on Mary's role in obtaining conversion.
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Fr. Edward Looney finishes reading chapter 19 of book, and then comments on coming to know the things we cannot perceive, the holy conversations of Mary and Elizabeth, and Mary performing simple household tasks.
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Fr. Edward reads chapter 19 of book 3 and reflects on Mary's conversations with the angels during the visitation and hints at her role as co--redemptrix.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads from Chapter 18 of book 3 and then comments on the experiences of Mary and Elizabeth.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter 18 of book 3 and then offers a reflection on Mary's visit to Elizabeth.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter 17 of book three and then offers a reflection.
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Fr. Edward Looney begins reading chapter 17 of book 3 and then comments about Mary's Magnificat.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter 16 of book 3 and offers a reflection on Maria of Agreda's knowledge of certain things revealed to her.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter 16, book 3, and provides a reflection on the events which transpire during the Visitation.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter 15 of book 3 and reflects on the Visitation.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter 14 of book 3 and then comments on it, including about the Mary's love for birds.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter 13 of book 3 and then offers a reflection on the day's reading.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter 13 of book three and then offers a reflection on the day's reading, including Mary as a viatrix and the beauty of Mary.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter twelve of book three and then offers a reflection on the day's reading.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter 12 of book 3, and then reflects on our profession of faith in Jesus and why certain events aren't contained in the gospels.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter eleven of book three and then offers a reflection on how we can meditate on the Annunciation.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter eleven from book three and then offers a reflection on the Angelus prayer.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter ten of book three and then begins to reflect on the Annunciation.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter nine of book three and then reflects on Mary's vision of Heaven and Hell and how she later shows Heaven and Hell to visionaries in apparitions.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter eight of book three and then offers a reflection about the heart of Mary and her awareness of her sinlessness.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter 7, book 3, and then comments on the Book of Esther and speculates if Mary shared her visions with St. Joseph.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter six from book three and reflects on Mary's efficacy in healing intercession and her original holiness and innocence.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter 5 of Book 3, and then offers a reflection on Mary as cause of our salvation and Mary's dialogue with God in prayer.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter four of book three from the Mystical City of God and then reflects on Mary's sorrow over man's avoidance of God.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter three of book three in its entirety and then offers a reflection.
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Fr. Edward Looney begins reading chapter 1 of book 4 which focuses on the anxiety of St. Joseph.
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Fr. Edward reads the entirety of chapter six from book four and then offers a reflection on the virtues of Joseph and Mary, their poverty, and Mary's songs.
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Fr. Edward Looney finishes reading chapter 5 of book 4 and then comments on Mary's hiddenness, her diet of moderation, and humility.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter 5 of book 4 and then offers a commentary on acts of veneration we might pay to the Blessed Virgin.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads the instruction of Our Lady and reflects on how she encourages us to live a better life.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter 4 of book 4 and then offers a reflection on St. Joseph's conversation with Our Lady, Mary's praying of the Magnificat, and Joseph's plentitude of grace.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads the entirety of chapter 3 of book 4, and then comments on sleep and how God communicates with us.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads from chapter 2 of book 4 and then comments on the plans of Joseph and Mary's advice for us.
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Fr. Edward Looney finishes reading chapter 1 of book 4 and comments on God's providence in the life of Joseph and Mary.
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Fr. Edward Looney reads chapter 2 of book 3 in its entirety and then offers a reflection on Mary as Queen of Earth and powerful over storms, the value of suffering, and our need to pray for the coming of Jesus.
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Fr. Edward Looney finishes reading chapter 1 of book 3 and reflects on Mary's knowledge of creation given to her on this first day of preparation for the Annunciation.
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