• Son Rise Morning Show 2026.04.27
    Apr 27 2026

    Good morning! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Fr. John Gavin, SJ, to share more thoughts from the Church Fathers on Christian maturity. Other guests include Teresa Tomeo from EWTN’s Catholic Connection, and Kevin Schmiesing with This Week in Catholic History. Plus news, weather, sports, and a whole lot 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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  • Son Rise Morning Show 2026.04.24
    Apr 24 2026

    Good morning! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Greg Willits to share more thoughts from St. Louis de Montfort’s “Love of Eternal Wisdom,” Other guests include Andrew Petiprin from the Spe Salvi Institute on Pope Leo’s trip to Africa, 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 news, weather, sports, and more…

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    A Prayer to Our Lady, Health of the Sick

    Our Lady, Health of the Sick,
    I look to you for the comfort of a mother’s love,
    I pray to you on behalf of those who are suffering
    and for my own healing needs.
    Mary, your love strengthens me
    and brings me peace.

    Our Lady, Health of the Sick,
    embrace all who are emotionally and physically ill that they may return to
    good health under your tender care. And please intercede for my very
    special needs. (mention your needs here).

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  • Son Rise Morning Show 2026.04.23
    Apr 23 2026

    Are you coming to Sacred Heart Radio’s 25th Anniversary banquet June 13th? Join Matt and Anna (and Paul!), along with keynote speaker and Mass celebrant Fr. Wade Menezes, Ken Craycraft, and a few other surprises, to celebrate a quarter century of sharing the Catholic Faith over the airwaves. Individual tickets are $150 to the banquet, but other packages are available! Register here.

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    Happy feast of St. George! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Mike Aquilina to discuss the life and witness of the real St. George. Other guests include pastoral counselor Kevin Prendergast on how to avoid succumbing to road rage, and Gary Michuta to unpack more Old Testament prophecies about Jesus. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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    Saint Charles Borromeo Marian Prayer for Holy Priests

    O Holy Mother of God, pray for the priests
    Your Son has chosen to serve the Church.
    Help them by your intercession,
    to be holy, zealous, and chaste.

    Make them models of virtue
    in the service of God’s people.
    Help them to be prayerful in meditations,
    effective in preaching, and enthusiastic
    in the daily offering of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
    Help them to administer the sacraments with joy.

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    RECIPES FROM RITA: PERPETUAL COLANDER SALAD GARDEN

    Find inexpensive colanders at thrift or dollar stores.

    As far as what to grow, choices are endless. You can plant a single variety of greens or a mix. Let the little ones help you choose. Depending on the depth, you can also plant radishes and carrots. Or how about strawberries?

    1. Line a colander with coffee filters to keep soil in and allow good drainage. Or use a plastic baggy and poke holes in it for drainage
    2. Tape coffee filters/baggies if necessary to adhere to colander..
    3. Pour soil in 3/4 of the way up. Tamp down to smooth.
    4. Water gently but thoroughly.
    5. Sprinkle seeds evenly over surface. You can sprinkle on a good amount of seeds if using lettuces. If using carrots or radishes, do less since they need room to grow under the top soil.
    6. Pour a tiny bit of soil on top of seeds, just enough to cover.
    7. Tamp down gently.
    8. Add label and date. You can simply tape the seed packet on a popsicle stick.
    9. Place in sunny spot. Outside or in – depending upon weather. If outside and it’s raining a lot bring it in.
    10. Water as needed. The first few days you won’t have to water. Keep evenly moist but not soggy.
    11. Watch closely — in a week or so you’ll see all those tiny seeds sprouting.
    12. Some varieties of lettuces and radishes are ready to eat in 3 weeks
    13. For the lettuce garden, as the greens grow, cut at soil level. New growth appears in a few days.

    Waste not want not!

    Even if you don’t grow a colander garden, you can grow lettuce from cores! Best kinds to use are romaine and leaf lettuces.

    Place a 1-2 inch lettuce stem in a shallow bowl with half an inch of water, ensuring the leaves remain above water. Set it on a sunny windowsill, changing the water every 2 days to prevent rot. Leaves will emerge in days.

    This works for celery, too!

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  • Son Rise Morning Show 2026.04.22
    Apr 22 2026

    Good morning! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Gary Zimak to discuss the passage from St. Peter’s first epistle that’s quoted in the St. Michael Prayer. Other guests include Fr. Philip-Michael Tangorra on how the war in Ukraine is affecting the Catholic Church there, and Deacon Nathan Beiersdorfer to continue our series on St. Francis de Sales’ Introduction to the Devout Life. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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    Prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas for Students

    Come, Holy Spirit, Divine Creator, true source of light and fountain of wisdom! Pour forth your brilliance upon my dense intellect, dissipate the darkness which covers me, that of sin and of ignorance. Grant me a penetrating mind to understand, a retentive memory, method and ease in learning, the lucidity to comprehend, and abundant grace in expressing myself. Guide the beginning of my work, direct its progress, and bring it to successful completion. This I ask through Jesus Christ, true God and true man, living and reigning with You and the Father, forever and ever. Amen.

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  • Son Rise Morning Show 2026.04.21
    Apr 21 2026

    Happy feast of St. Anselm of Canterbury! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Fr. Boniface Hicks to discuss some of St. Anselm’s thoughts on prayer. Other guests include Steve Ray to discuss more about coins and money in the Bible, and Kris McGregor to reflect on a selection from the Office of Readings. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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    Prayer of St. Anselm of Canterbury

    Lord my God, you gave me life and restored it when I lost it. Tell my soul that so longs for you what else you are besides what it has already understood, so that it may see you clearly. It stands on tiptoe to see more, but apart from what it has seen already, it sees nothing but darkness. Of course it does not really see darkness, because there is no darkness in you, but it sees that it can see no further because of the darkness in itself… If I fail to see this light it is simply because it is too bright for me… O supreme and inaccessible light, O complete and blessed truth, how far you are from me, even though I am so near to you! How remote you are from my sight, even though I am present to yours! You are everywhere in your entirety, and yet I do not see you; in you I move and have my being, and yet I cannot approach you; you are within me and around me, and yet I do not perceive you.

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  • Son Rise Morning Show 2026.04.20
    Apr 20 2026

    Good morning! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Fr. John Gavin, SJ, to share more thoughts from the Church Fathers on Christian maturity. Other guests include Stephanie Mann with more thoughts from Robert Hugh Benson’s The Friendship of Christ, and Kevin Schmiesing with This Week in Catholic History. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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    Prayer of St. Francis before the Crucifix

    Most High, glorious God,
    Enlighten the darkness of my heart, And give me right faith,
    Certain hope,
    And perfect charity,
    Wisdom and understanding,
    Lord, that I may carry out
    Your holy and true command. Amen.

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  • Son Rise Morning Show 2026.04.17
    Apr 17 2026

    Good morning! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome Andrew Petiprin to discuss Christian anthropology in light of the latest Morrissey album. 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 news, weather, sports, and more…

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    St. Benedict Prayer

    Gracious and holy Father,
    grant us the intellect to understand you,
    reason to discern you, diligence to seek you, wisdom to find you, a spirit to know you,
    a heart to meditate upon you.
    May our ears hear you, may our eyes behold you, and may our tongues proclaim you.
    Give us grace that our way of life may be pleasing to you, that we may have the patience to wait for you
    and the perseverance to look for you.
    Grant us a perfect end-your holy presence,
    a blessed resurrection and life everlasting.
    We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.
    Amen.

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  • Son Rise Morning Show 2026.04.16
    Apr 16 2026

    Happy feast of St. Bernadette and St. Benedict Joseph Labre! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell welcome pastoral counselor Kevin Prendergast to discuss St. Benedict as a patron of mental health, and Fr. Boniface Hicks to share thoughts from St. Bernadette on prayer. Other guests include Gary Michuta with more Old Testament prophecies fulfilled in Christ, and Rita Heikenfeld with Bible Foods. Plus news, weather, sports, and more…

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    A Prayer for Faithful Citizenship

    Gracious and loving God, let your Spirit be with us today. Hear our prayers and increase in us the will to follow your Son Jesus. Help us to draw on the resources of our faith as we use the opportunities of our democracy to shape a society more respectful of the life, dignity, and rights of the human person from conception to natural death, especially the most vulnerable among us. We ask this through Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.

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    RECIPES FROM RITA: CHICKEN SPAGHETTI

    Ingredients

    2 cups cooked chicken – either cook your own or use deli roasted
    3 cups spaghetti, uncooked and broken into two-in. pieces
    2 cans cream of mushroom soup
    3-4 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese
    1/4 cup finely diced red or other colored bell pepper
    1/4 cup finely diced onion
    1 (4-oz.) jar diced pimentos, drained – optional
    2 cups chicken broth (can use broth you cooked chicken in or canned broth)
    1 teaspoon or so Seasoned Salt
    1/8 tsp. to 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
    Salt and pepper, to taste

    Instructions

    Cook spaghetti in chicken broth until al dente. Do not overcook. (If you didn’t cook the chicken from scratch, use canned chicken broth to cook the spaghetti.

    When spaghetti is cooked, combine with remaining ingredients except additional

    1 cup extra sharp cheddar.

    Place mixture in casserole pan and top with remaining 1 cup sharp cheddar.

    Cover and freeze up to six months, cover and refrigerate up to two days, or bake immediately: 350 for 45 minutes until bubbly. (If the cheese on top starts to get too cooked, cover with foil).

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