Good morning! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Andrew Petiprin to continue our series on his book, The Faith Unboxed. Other guests include Bobby Schindler from the Life and Hope Network, as well as Fr. Hezekias Carnazzo from the Institute of Catholic Culture and Fr. Jonathan Duncan from the Diocese of Charleston to preview the Sunday Mass readings. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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Prayer of St. Albert the Great

Govern my heart O Lord, lest it drift into useless and disordered thoughts. Do not permit me to become excessively preoccupied with anything at all, even matters and concerns that are useful and good in themselves. Temper the affections of my soul so that I may neither love nor hate anything in a way that exceeds due proportions. Let me neither rejoice nor be saddened beyond the measure that is fitting and rational.

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Happy feast of St. Francis Xavier Cabrini! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Amy Cattapan to discuss Mother Cabrini’s role as a great spiritual teacher. Other guests include pastoral counselor Kevin Prendergast with more thoughts on grief from a Catholic perspective, and Rita Heikenfeld from About Eating with make-ahead mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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Collect for the feast of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini

God our Father, who called Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini from Italy to serve the immigrants of America, by her example, teach us to have concern for the stranger, the sick, and all those in need, and by her prayers help us to see Christ in all the men and women we meet. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

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RECIPES FROM RITA: MAKE AHEAD MASHED POTATOES

“I like Russets, also known as Idaho (the origin of many Russet potatoes) or Yukon Gold or a combo of both.”

“Both are high starch, low moisture, which means they can mash down easily. Yukon Gold gives a creamy, buttery, texture while Russets give a fluffier, lighter texture. Avoid waxy, low starch potatoes like red, new and fingerlings – they hold their shape after boiling and don’t absorb butter, cream, etc. well and that can result in a gluey texture.”

Ingredients

4-5 pounds potatoes – Russets or Yukon Gold, peeled & cut into 2” chunks

8 oz regular cream cheese, cut up and softened

1 cup regular sour cream

Butter

Salt and pepper

Instructions

Place potatoes in large pot, cover with cold water an inch above the top.

Add 2 teaspoons salt.

Bring to a boil, reduce to low, cover to keep a simmer until done, about 10-15 minutes.

Drain and put back in pan on low. Make sure potatoes are pretty dry to make them mash up without getting gluey.

Mash while still hot again so they don’t get gluey.

Add cream cheese and sour cream and blend well.

Add salt and pepper.

Pour into buttered casserole, cool, cover and refrigerate up to 2 days.

Bring to room temperature and heat in 350 degree oven, tented with foil, until hot, about 40 minutes or so. Can also reheat in microwave.

More recipes at abouteating.com.

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Good morning! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Dr. Matthew Bunson to share the latest from the U.S. Bishops’ meeting in Baltimore. Other guests include Karlo Broussard from Catholic Answers, and canon lawyer Fr. Philip-Michael Tangorra. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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Come, Holy Spirit

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth.

O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, Through Christ Our Lord, Amen.

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Happy feast of St. Martin of Tours! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Dr. John Pepino to discuss St. Martin and his connection to Veterans Day. Other guests include Steve Ray on rods and staffs in the Bible, and Kris McGregor to reflect on a selection from the Office of Readings. Plus news, weather, sports, and a whole lot more…

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Collect for the feast of St. Martin of Tours

O God, who are glorified in the Bishop Saint Martin both by his life and death, make new, we pray, the wonders of your grace in our hearts, that neither death nor life may separate us from your love. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son. who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

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Happy feast of Pope St. Leo the Great! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Mike Aquilina to discuss why the first Pope Leo is one of the most impressive figures in all of Church history. Other guests include Fr. John Gavin with more on what the Church Fathers had to say about Christian maturity, and Kevin Schmiesing with This Week in Catholic History. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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Collect for the feast of Pope St. Leo the Great

O God, who never allow the gates of hell to prevail against your Church, firmly founded on the apostolic rock, grant her, we pray, that through the intercession of Pope Saint Leo, she may stand firm in your truth and know the protection of lasting peace. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

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Chris Altieri, author of Leo XIV: The New Pope and Catholic Reform

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Good morning! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Andrew Petiprin to discuss more reasons why the Church is not an escape from reality. Other guests include Bobby Schindler from the Life and Hope Network, and Fr. Hezekias Carnazzo from the Institute of Catholic Culture and Fr. Jonathan Duncan from the Diocese of Charleston to preview the Sunday Mass readings. Plus all the latest news, weather, sports, and more…

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Prayer of St. Charles Borromeo

Almighty God, you have generously made known to man the mysteries of your life through Jesus Christ your Son in the Holy Spirit. Enlighten my mind to know these mysteries which your Church treasures and teaches.

Move my heart to love them and my will to live in accord with them. Give me the ability to teach this Faith to others without pride, without ostentation, and without personal gain.

Let me realize that I am simply your instrument for bringing others to the knowledge of the wonderful things you have done for all your creatures. Help me to be faithful to this task that you have entrusted to me. Amen.

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Good morning! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome pastoral counselor Kevin Prendergast to discuss a Catholic perspective on grief during this month dedicated to the Holy Souls. Other guests include Rita Heikenfeld with a recipe for “eggs in purgatory,” and Courtney Brown from Ruah Woods with more on how Theology of the Body help us understand the difference between humans and artificial intelligence. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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Prayer of St. John Eudes

O my Lord, what poor use I have made of creatures! Pardon me, O Lord! Henceforth I do not want to use anything unless it is for Your glory and according to Your holy will, as Your Son Jesus did. O my God, if in the past I have turned aside from You who are my Beginning, my End, and my supreme good; if I have turned toward myself and creatures, preferring their will and mine to Yours, I here and now promise to renounce, entirely and forever the world and myself, and to give myself wholly and forever to You. O my God, I give myself to You as my Beginning; take complete possession of me. May I always abide in You! Be the beginning and end of all my actions. O my God, I give myself to You as my End, my Center, my supreme Good. Draw me to You! Make me tend continually toward You. Be my delight, my glory, my treasure, my all!

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RECIPES FROM RITA: EGGS IN PURGATORY

(Recipe adapted slightly from Pina Bresciani)

Ingredients

• Olive oil
• 1/2 of a small onion, about 1/4 cup chopped real fine
• 2 garlic cloves minced – a good 2 teaspoons
• 14 oz can peeled plum tomatoes
• ¼ teaspoon chili flakes
• 1 tablespoon torn basil or 1 teaspoon or so dried
• 4 eggs
• A good cup Parmesan, grated and divided
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

• Film a 10-12” skillet with olive oil over medium heat. Once the oil is shimmering, add the onion and sauté until soft but not fully cooked, about 1-2 minutes. Add garlic and chili flakes and continue to sauté until garlic is cooked through, another 1 minute.
• While onion and garlic are sautéing, pour the tomatoes into a bowl and mash them up with a fork.
• Once onion and garlic are finished cooking, add canned tomatoes to the skillet. Also rinse out the can of tomatoes, and the bowl where you mashed the tomatoes. Add this tomato water to the sauce (about ½ cup). Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook the tomato sauce until it has thickened, 10-15 minutes. Add torn basil to sauce and stir.
• Crack an egg into a small bowl. Form a small well in the sauce and pour the egg into the well. Do this 4 times. Sprinkle the eggs with about half the cheese.Cook the eggs in the tomato sauce, partially covered, until the whites are set, but the yolks still runny, about 5 minutes. Or as firm as you like. We like them firmer.

• Top the eggs with remaining parmesan cheese, additional pepper and basil if desired.

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Good morning! On this 5th of November, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell share a Catholic perspective on Guy Fawkes’ Day. Guests include Karlo Broussard from Catholic Answers, canon lawyer Fr. Philip-Michael Tangorra, and Ken Craycraft, author of Citizens Yet Strangers. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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St. Augustine’s Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy. Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy. Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I always may be holy. Amen.

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