We all make mistakes. We all sin. And we all should seek to be forgiven of the wrongs we have committed. God always forgives when we ask Him to. But we can at times not take to heart His loving forgiveness, or the forgiveness of others we have hurt. Let’s talk about this on Wednesday.

As we’ve mentioned on the air, this year we’re going to devote one show each month to discussing our love of the Eucharist. Please join us for this impactful conversation.

Brain health, more commonly termed mental health, is so vital to a happy, healthy life. We hear a lot these days that many people are struggling in this area of their lives, especially with all of the challenges we’re facing today. On Thursday, let’s talk about how our brain health is holding up.

Our first live broadcast of the new year will focus on prayer. Specifically, your intentions. Join us on Tuesday and let us know whom or what you are praying for.

A while back we did a show on things we’re looking forward to. It was a very impactful broadcast. On Thursday, we’ll look toward the new year, and share with each other some of the things we are hoping and praying for. Be sure to join us!

Merry Christmas! We continue to celebrate this holy season with our monthly Unscripted show on Wednesday.Let us know what’s on your mind or your heart.

As we enter the holy Christmas season, we all have many hopes and dreams for ourselves, our families and the world. On Wednesday, join us as we share them with the world.

Christmas is first and foremost about celebrating the birth of Jesus. It also includes the giving and receiving of gifts. As a child – or an adult – have you ever tried to sneak a peek at a gift that had your name on it? We’ll all share candidly about this on Tuesday.

Mother Angelica on Christmas!:

I wonder if we understand the message of Christmas. For many, it is a time of giving and receiving, bargain hunting and frustration over what to buy for Aunt Sara, who has never been satisfied you your gift, or Uncle Peter, who grumbles over every pair of socks you have ever given him.
The children want gifts and toys you can’t afford and your husband keeps telling you things will be better next year- but he has been saying that for the last ten years! Then there is that year-in, year-out argument about which in-laws’ house you will visit to celebrate the holidays this year!
Yes, it is possible for Christmas to come and go while you hardly have time to listen to a carol. If fact, you have probably heard them for a whole month but never got the message. What is the message of Christmas?
I used to ask myself that very question when I was young. As a child of a single parent family, Christmas was bleak, to say the least. My mother could never afford Christmas trees or gifts. We went to Grandma’s for dinner and then went back to a cold apartment where my mother broke down in tears. The great feast of warmth, joy and song was put in shadow by the reality of a lonely life. A life of poverty and rejection, sadness and frustration. The saddest thing of all was that there was no hope that next Christmas would be any different.
Then, through a series of events that manifested God’s personal love for me, I became a nun in a Franciscan Contemplative Order. It was only then that the real message of Christmas was clear. As I look back, the message had always been there but heartache had blurred the vision. In the monastery the emphasis is on an Infant who came into the world to experience the very heartache and poverty that had haunted me my whole life. I was thrust into heartache and poverty because of my father’s rejection; Jesus chose it because of His Father’s love for mankind. He wanted to give me a concrete, physical experience of that Love. The Father cared enough to send His Son to share my problems and frustrations. The Divine Infant was the message sent to me, so I could face the suffering and trials of daily life. There would no longer be a desolate loneliness, but an aloneness with the One I loved and who loves me. Different sufferings and heartaches continue to come my way, but Jesus and I accept them together. Now there is peace in the midst of turmoil, hope when all seems lost, and faith in the darkness. Knowing He lives in our midst gives me courage.
This was my experience. Your experience may be vastly different, but the important thing is that you do not allow the festivities of the season to blur your vision. You need not join a monastery to hear the message of Christmas- the message is already in your heart, for that is where Love lives.
Merry Christmas,
Mother Mary Angelica

There’s always a lot going on in the news. Some good, lots bad, some in between. On Monday, we’ll have our monthly show when you can call and discuss something in the news, in particular, if there’s something of interest in your local area that didn’t reach the rest of us.

We’re quickly making our way through Advent this year. Have you attended a parish mission, or a mission at some other location? Not just this year, but anytime before? On Friday, let us know how blessed you were by the experience.