Gabriel's Trumpet
About
Available on
Community
491 episodes
The stone which sealed the tomb of Jesus on Good Friday has been rolled away! This episode discusses the meaning of the rolled away stone for our daily walk with the Lord.. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
Today is a time of solemn waiting and a time of ANTICIPATION. This episode discusses the way of waiting and anticipating; the way of remembering and hoping. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
time for pr --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
We began the three holiest days of the year with Holy Thursday, The Lord's Supper. This episode discusses the three parts of this HOLY NIGHT and its meaning for our participation in these three days AND BEYOND. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
What price would WE want to betray or deny Jesus? Judas and Peter had a price in mind. This episode discusses our own price and Jesus's response to betrayal and denial on this Spy Wednesday. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
How do we cope with disappointment, especially when we have spent so much of our resources in trying to help others? We can get angry, give up, blame the other or circumstances. This episode discusses the way God responds to disappointment and its meaning for US. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
The crowds have gone home. The psalms removed. The cloaks gathered. This episode discusses the the day AFTER Palm Sunday. It a day of a prophetic act by a woman which reveals what lies ahead for Jesus and all who follow him. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
It may seem strange if not contradictory that the triumphal entry into Jerusalem is connected to the PASSION of Jesus? This episode discusses the meaning of this unbroken oneness and it's meaning as we enter into this HOLY WEEK. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
We hear a great deal of talk today about the presence of CONSPIRACIES. this episode discusses the the meaning and DANGEROUS DYNAMICS of CONSPIRACIES with an evil intent. And the destructive consequences that result. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
Three frustrating things: try to sleep but sleep not, wait for one who comes not, and TRY TO PLEASE BUT PLEASE NOT!. This episode discusses the the trying to please but pleasing NOT. What does Jesus teach when faced with such situations? How do WE respond? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
Without faith living is NOT possible. From the moment we are born, life is a web of faith and trust. So it is and more so on the SUPERNATURAL level. This episode discusses the need for faith on the natural and SUPERNATURAL levels of daily living. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
To be a Christian is to be a WITNESS! Each day we are called to give testimony by our thoughts, words, and ACTIONS that what we believe is TRUE about Jesus. This episode discusses the meaning of being a daily witness as to the TRUTH of our gift of faith. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
Antidotes work to counter the deadly effects of poisons. This episode discusses the the poison of SIN and its DEADLY effects on the soul. What is the ANTIDOTE to the poison of SIN? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
There is a higher law than justice. It the perfection of justice by MERCY. With being shown mercy one is called to repent and reform. This episode discusses the importance of justice, mercy, and reform in our relationship with God and others.. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
We are moving ever closer to the holy city of Jerusalem! God is doing something NEW! Do we see it? This episode discusses the new thing God is doing. Are we prepared to be part of the assembly walking with the Lord? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
Is God VENGEFUL? The short answer is YES! However, NOT by the standards of the world. This episode discusses the vengeance of God and it's meaning for US TODAY. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
We don't like to think we are FOOLS. Yet, to be a faithful disciple of Christ is to be a FOOL! This episode discusses the importance of BEING A FOOL for Christ and the Gospel. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
We say that seeing is beliving. NOT always! True belief requires more than seeing. This episode discusses the MORE that is required. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
We often waste our time in fear. This episode discusses the dynamic of fear and its consequences. We also need to reflect on the way we live in freedom from FEAR and to walk toward the God who invites us to live in the joy of TRUTH! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
Water is essential for life. Water is essential for growth. This is true physically and SPIRITUALLY. This episode discusses the the need for spiritual hydration, especially in the waters of our Baptism. We are to WALK WET in those waters each day. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
The eyes are the windows to the soul. We tend to judge on the basis of eye appeal. However, we often overlook the heart; what is really important -- the core of one's being. The Lord alone is able to see the heart. This episode discusses the importance of forming a pure heart in our relationship with God. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
Life is the cycle of light and darkness. Spiritually, it is the ebb and flow of grace and sin, freedom and fear. With sin we live with FEAR of the light. Jesus is the LIGHT of LIFE. This episode discusses the importance of living in the light. We need NOT be AFRAID. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
This episode discusses the the meaning of SINCERITY and its importance in our everyday lives. Sincerity is essential in our relationship with God. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
Confession is a PROCESS! There are stages: confession, contrition, firm resolve not to commit that offense again, penance as restitution for the offense, and receiving the peace of reconciliation. This episode discusses the importance of the process of a genuine confession. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
Ofter we face situations which appear to be lifeless and hopeless. We find ourselves in a kind of desert. We have no water. The Lord invites us to STRIKE THE ROCK! We and return to former ways of acting or we can in faith and trust strike the rock in which life giving waters will gush forth. The decision is OURS! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
One of the most important RESPONSIBILITIES of parents and grandparents is the religious formation of those entrusted to their care. This episode discusses the the obligation and privilege of teaching the young abot Almighty God. This teaching comes through word and EXAMPLE! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
We DO NOT pray TO the Saints. We pray THROUGH the Saints to Almighty God. Also, the acceptable sacrifice to God comes from our very being. We carry that OFFERING within us each day. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
The word surrender carries with it the idea of giving up. There is another way to surrender -- acknowledging our limitations and the need for help. This episode discusses the the two ways of SURRENDER . One leads to despair, the other opens the way to blessedness. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
A key element in Christian love is PATIENCE. Too often we discard people and things which do not produce results quickly enough. In doing so we often miss out on the fruits of patient love. This episode discusses the PATIENT LOVE of God toward each of us. We are called to show tjat love to others and to OURSELVES! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
Today is the memorial of St Joseph. This episode discusses three aspects of St Joseph's life for us today: integrity, silence, and the eork of God through our daily witness. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fr-william-maestri-overfed-and-undernourished/support
