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A Lorica is a prayer recited for protection in which the petitioner invokes the power of God as a safeguard against evil. lōrīca originally meant “armor” or “breastplate.” The title is taken from St. Patrick’s Breastplate, his much loved prayer written in 433 A.D.
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Episode 324 - Inheriting Eternal Life (opens the original)
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In this homily, Fr. Patrick discusses how the Good Samaritan reveals Christ’s love and mercy toward fallen humanity, calling us to love God and our neighbor wholeheartedly. Through the Holy Spirit, Christ gives us the strength to overcome weakness, take up our cross, and love others as He has loved us.
Episode 323 - Everything Was Going According to Plan (opens the original)
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In Fr. Patrick's feast of St. Joachim homily, hear the story of Saints Joachim and Anna, their faithful prayer and suffering, and the miraculous birth of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. Fr. Patrick's homily explores the Nativity of the Theotokos, the Archangel Gabriel, the Presentation of Mary in the Temple, and how Joachim and Anna offered their long-awaited blessing back to God.
Episode 322 - Beware a Thief (opens the original)
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Two men go up to the temple to pray, returning at last to the place from which Adam had been cast out. But only one of them truly prays. The Pharisee trusts in himself, speaking to himself and about himself, while the publican can scarcely lift his eyes from the ground. He has nothing to present but his need: “God, be merciful unto me.” And it is he who goes home justified. This is the prayer of the persistent widow who cries out day and night, and the trust of the little child who simply receiv
Episode 321 - My House Is a House of Prayer (opens the original)
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Christ weeps over Jerusalem before He enters the temple and casts out those who have made His house a den of thieves. Their sin is older than the temple itself: from Lucifer to Adam, from Judas to us, fallen man reaches out his hand and takes. We grasp because what God has given somehow seems not to be enough. Yet He has already given us everything — He has given us Himself. Against this ancient thievery Christ sets prayer. Prayer is the opposite of taking: it is the offering of ourselves back t
Episode 320 - You Give Them Something to Eat (opens the original)
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Six times the Gospels tell of the miraculous feedings, and six times we are invited to see beyond the bread. The crowds are hungry, and Christ has compassion on them — but the miracle is a sign of a deeper hunger, and of the only food that can finally satisfy it. Christ gives us His own flesh and blood, the living Bread come down from heaven. Yet receiving Him is only the beginning of the sign. “You give them something to eat.” The disciples have almost nothing, but Christ does not ask them to f
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