



371. Saint Wenceslas
September 28 commemorates Wenceslas. Better known as Good King Wenceslas from the famous Christmas Carol, he was Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (not actually a king), who lived from 907 to 929 AD. He is the patron saint of the Czech Republic. Check out the YouTube version of this episode at https:/…

Testament 14. Gospel of Mark (Chapter 14)
We continue the Gospel of Mark's fast-moving account of the fascinating life of Jesus of Nazareth. Gospel of Mark available at https://amzn.to/3X3m9Ba Historical Jesus books available at https://amzn.to/43rnYbq ENJOY Ad-Free content, Bonus episodes, and Extra mat…

TESTAMENT 57. Acts of the Apostles (Chapter 9)
The Book of ACTS continues the story of Christianity and is the fifth book of the New Testament. It recounts the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message across the Roman Empire. Breathe Bible Audio CD available at https://amzn.to/3CPRa4x The Acts of the Apostles book availabl…

370. Canadian Martyrs Memorial
September 26 is the annual feast day of the Canadian Martyrs. In the United States, this feast day is celebrated on October 19 where the group is officially referred to as St. John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, and Companions, but they are commonly known as the North American Martyrs. The date of Octob…

Feast of JOHN the Evangelist
September 26 marks the annual Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine-rite commemoration of the Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian. The Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist is also celebrated every year on December 27by Catholic and Protestant Lutheran & Anglican Churches. …

LITERATURE 1.29 Quest of the Historical Jesus (Chapter 8.5)
Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) gives us one of the first historical treatments of the life of Jesus in his pioneering book (1906) that reviews all prior work on the question of the "historical Jesus" and points out how Jesus of Nazareth's image has changed with the times—while offering his own synop…

369. Padre Pio (part 2/2)
Padre Pio (1881-1968) was an Italian Capuchin friar, priest, and mystic famous for Bilocation and bearing the Stigmata (the wounds of Christ). Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World podcast at https://amzn.to/3YJpTqZ Books by Jimmy Akin available at https://amzn.to/3shLkD8 Books about Padre Pio availab…

368. Padre Pio (part 1/2)
September 23 marks the anniversary of Saint Padre Pio's death in 1968, known in the Catholic Church as his "birth into heaven" and is his annually celebrated feast day. Padre Pio (1881-1968) was an Italian Capuchin friar, priest, and mystic famous for Bilocation and bearing the Stigmata (the wounds…

Walking on Water
In the biblical account from the Gospel of Matthew (14:22-33), Jesus walks on water to reach his disciples in a boat on the Sea of Galilee during a storm, a miracle signifying his divine authority. The disciples initially mistake him for a ghost, but he reassures them, and Peter even briefly walks …

367. Yom Kippur
Every September or October, the fast and holy day of Yom Kippur concludes at nightfall with a single, resounding blast of the shofar or ram’s horn. As a devout Jewish man living in first-century Judea, Jesus observed the biblical holiday known in the Torah as Yom Kippur meaning The Day of Atonement…