Catholic Couple Podcast

Father McKenna: The Amazing St. Bernadette

Sermon from St. Gertrude the Great in Cincinnati, Ohio. February, 2023.

Our Lady of Lourdes

One of the very first episodes of "Feast Day Quick Takes", this originally aired on February 11, 2022.

To Calvary with Our Lady

Here on today’s episode we read the first half of discourse 9 from “The Glories of Mary” on the Dolors of Mary. I hope everyone has a very beneficial Lent season! God bless you and Mary keep you all! AMDG

The Victory of St. Scholastica

Recipe for the Italian dish called "Lightning and Thunder." Lampo e Tuoni Ingredients: 6 ounces dried orecchiette pasta (“little ears”) 2 T. olive oil 1 large clove garlic, minced 1 cup cooked garbanzo beans 1 ½ t. finely slivered sage, plus sprigs for garnishing, or alternatively, basil ½ cup chicken broth ½ t. coarsely cracked black pepper, “mignonette or butcher-grind” 1 T butter 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano Directions: Add orecchiette to pot of boiling, salted water and cook until al dente (about 12 minutes.) While that is boiling, cook garlic and chickpeas in olive oil over high heat. Stir until the chickpeas begin to pop. Add sage or basil and broth and pepper. Continue to cook over high heat until the broth reduces a bit and becomes syrupy (about 5 minutes.) Drain pasta well. Put butter in a large warm bowl and add pasta. Toss. Add chickpeas and broth to bowl and stir well. Add 1/2 cup cheese and salt to taste.Mix gently. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil, if desired, and dust with extra cheese. Garnish with herb leaves. Serve immediately. Serves 4 though easily doubled to serve a large crowd.

Was the Tucker/Putin interview the most important in history?

Kevin and Dad talk about the recent, viral, interview with the Russian leader. Controversial to be sure, it still begs the question if there has ever been a more important interview before. And not only due to what was said but also the fact that it makes the legacy media now completely obsolete. May God help us all and may Our Lady bring us peace!

Our Obligation to the Poor

In this episode, we finish up Chapter XX Works of Mercy from Mission and Duties of Young Women.

The American Republic chronologically prefigured by the Roman Republic

n prior episodes, we have explored the astonishing chronological parallels between the History of the Catholic Church and Old Testament. Here is a link to that podcast in case you missed it.    • Church History Chronologically Prefig...   In this podcast, our guest Dominic will expound a corollary of those prefigurements between the Church and Old Testament Israel. In the course of Old Testament events, the city of Rome founded far away from Israel across the Mediterranean Sea, in 753 BC. Likewise in parallel fashion, in the course of Church history, at a corresponding point in time, the Jamestown colony was founded in 1607 across the ocean from Christendom. See both the early Roman colony and the Jamestown colony develop and grow into republics. Their histories share astonishing chronological parallels in their leaders, major events, societal trends, government structures, wars, internal conflicts and more! At the time of Octavian Augustus, the Roman republic was just about finished transitioning into the Roman Empire. The republic, with its representative system of government, was eclipsed by the autocratic rule of the emperor. By parallel, America is going through the same transition with the "death of democracy" that we keep hearing about. By comparing Rome and America through astonishing chronological parallels, we can step back from our personal experiences with America and see it more clearly in the light of ancient history. This is especially beneficial for us as Catholics!

Pope Pius XII: Le Pelerinage de Lourdes

Encyclical of Pope Pius XII Warning Against Materialism on the Centenary of the Apparations at Lourdes July 12, 1957

Is the war on the US border a good thing?

Mom and Dad join the show to talk about the US border, politics and what's new at CFP. The Politics portion starts at 19:20

Fr. Philip: Renunciation of the World

^{From the 2021 Fatima Conference, Father Philip Marie, CMRI, discusses devotion to Our Lord and Our Lady and renouncing the world. Courtesy of our good friends at Traditional Catholic Sermons.}