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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Full list of guests