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Fr Toby on the morality of knowing the person. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 8:15am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.  If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

Fr Toby on the danger of seeing persons and objects. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 8:15am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.  If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

As we remember, ponder and cherish in our hearts He who descended from the highest throne into our earthly existence and all that comes with it, Sarah de Nordwall has once again given us ways and means of turning that contemplation into a gift. Get your pens, paper, or whatever you use for writing ready and listen in to this Christmas episode of The Bardcast and remember to send in your creations to sarah@sarahdenordwall.com. THE BARDCAST airs live and can be listened to on www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or digital radio in London, Bristol, South Birmingham and Cambridge at 3:15pm after the Divine Mercy Chaplet on Sundays and during your lunch hour at 1:30pm on Tuesdays. Each week Sarah de Nordwall reflects on poems that have been sent in, shares a poem of her own, leaves us with a theme and a writing prompt and sends us off to write something ourselves.  If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

In today's episode, Ciro Candia discusses the different roles people often adopt during this time of year, as well as the associated pressures. However, Ciro offers an alternative approach to better prepare for the Christmas season. ProParent is a programme that promotes confident parenting, written and presented by Ciro Candia, founder of ProParent Hubs. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

On Monday the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith released the Declaration Fiducia Supplians, clarifying the meaning and application of blessings specifically with regards to people living in irregular relationships. Do listen to Fr Toby, Sr Carino and Tim's take on this!

We begin with today’s O Antiphon, sung by the Dominicans again. Listen to this week’s episode of the Liturgical Looking Glass as we look at Christmas and beyond. Here’s what we heard: 1. O Rex Gentium, sung by the Dominican Friars 2. Rorate Caeli, sung by the choir of King’s College 3. There is no Rose, by Paul Hillier and sung by Theatre of Voices 4. Adam Lay Ybounden, sung by the Cambridge Singers 5. Eya martyr Stephane, by La Reverdie 6. Sans Day Carol by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band 7. Coventry Carol by the Vienna Boy’s Choir 8. Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, sung by the Cambridge Singers

Fr Bernardino finishes off this wonderful series of Advent Reflections looking back at Gaudete Sunday and forward to the 4th Sunday of Advent which this year falls on Christmas Eve.

Verses 24-27 of the Book of Isaiah have been sectioned out as an apocalyptic sub section! Fr Euan introduces us to this part of the Scriptures during this season of Advent.

Fr Alvan shares his inspiring testimony with the listeners of Radio Maria. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

Florilegium is a new programme on Radio Maria which seeks to weave together liturgy, literature and  gardening in rambling hopefully fruitful ways. It is written and presented by Kate Banks and Antonia Shack. In episode one Kate and Antonia dig into Jack Clemo’s poem ‘Christ in the Clay Pit’ a reading from Isaiah and winter digging.  Antonia leads a patchwork life with jobs including but not limited to mother, book designer, editor, actor and teacher. She and Kate began discussing poetry, liturgy and gardening at the Willibrord Fellowship reading group in London and are delighted to be continuing these conversations on Radio Maria.  Kate is a teacher of Literature, Philosophy and Theology, with a particularly keen regard for the poet and artist David Jones around whom many of her studies and her teaching-subjects have been based. She also briefly worked as a gardener in London, though she now lives with her little boy on the river Exe in Devon. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.