Wednesday was the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, when we had planned to present this topic. However, our Tuesday topic – How Often Do You Visit Cemeteries – turned into two parts. Of course, the entire month of May is dedicated to Our Blessed Mother, so we’ll invite you to call in on Thursday and share what role Mary plays in your life:

• Is she your spiritual mother?
• Does she lead you closer to Jesus?
• Are you just now beginning to learn who Mary is?
• Has she helped you in difficult times?
• What devotions to her do you practice?
• Have you been challenged to explain or defend the Catholic Church’s understanding of her?

We look forward to another great conversation with you on Thursday.

Join us for Part 2 of this great discussion.  We are learning and growing together.

I, Debbie, learned this habit as a small child in New Jersey. My mom on a Saturday morning, once a month, would take me for a ride to the local cemetery.  I can recall cleaning off the headstone and gravesite.  I remember helping my mom plant fresh flowers, watering them and hoping that they would last until the next visit.  My mom would always finish with a prayer and a short story about who these loved ones were and what they did for our family.  Growing up, I always remembered this practice and realized, as I matured, how incredibly honoring this was to those who have passed on.

On Tuesday’s Take 2 with Jerry and Debbie, we are asking if you regularly visit the burial sites of those you have known and loved.  Do you find it comforting?  Does it make you come to grips with your own mortality?  Have you ever had a profound experience at a cemetery?  Maybe you are new to all this and cemeteries make you uncomfortable.   If so, share why that is and let’s see if we can come to a better understanding of this fine practice.

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Below is Jerry’s sister’s grave at a cemetery in Seattle.

Most everyone has at least one thing in their life that they are possessive of. In other words, something you guard very carefully, and dislike when others infringe upon it. For some it’s:

• Sleep
• Reading time
• Your daily walk
• Your favorite TV show
• Lunch break at work
• Your usual pew at Mass

The list is endless. Can you put your finger on something you are extra careful to protect? If so, join the conversation on Monday!

Mother’s Day is this Sunday.  We see all the commercials on TV, emphasizing the need to shower moms with love, gifts and attention this special day.  We should appreciate our mothers and all who stepped in as “mothers” in our lives. It is a great day to honor moms, especially the greatest of mothers, the Blessed Mother.

Mother’s Day can also be quite painful for some women.  There are many women who have no children of their own and whose mothers have passed on.  Other moms have strained or broken relationships with their children so Mother’s Day becomes an awkward event, or worse a forgotten occasion.  Now, with the pandemic, Mother’s Day celebrations may even be virtual this year.

So we are asking you on Friday’s show, do you look forward to Mother’s Day or not, and why?  Call in and share your joys or sadness when thinking about this upcoming holiday. 1-833-288-3986

As you have with many shows over the years, you had so much to say about Wednesday’s topic that we will be featuring a part two on Thursday. See the show synopsis below for details, and plan to join us for what promises to be another impactful conversation.

Guilt is a very powerful emotion. We can experience it both when we’ve done something wrong, and when we haven’t. How is that, you ask? Well, the former should be obvious. No one makes it through life without doing some form of harm to others. Guilt from those actions is very necessary, and it could be very helpful to a person’s maturation. But there are sometimes things for which we take the guilt upon ourselves, but we really didn’t do anything wrong:

• I should have said what I was thinking at the time
• If only I had been there for him/her
• It was my fault that my parents got a divorce
• My spouse left me because I wasn’t adequate

Give this some thought and prayer, and join Jerry and Debbie to discuss it on Wednesday. As always, we want to come away a little better, and a little closer to God.

Tragedies are an inevitable part of each of our lives. Rare is the individual who has not lived through his or her share of them. Life can be going along just fine, when all of a sudden:

• A child is killed in a car accident
• A seemingly healthy pregnancy turns into a miscarriage
• You or a loved one receive a devastating health diagnosis
• Your spouse, without explanation, leaves you for someone else

These are a few examples that are perhaps more general. Others may be less frequent, but they still impact many people:

• Someone you love died with Coronavirus
• You lost a loved on on 9/11
• A person dear to you perished in a plane crash or a train wreck

Everyone deals with these losses differently. Have you had to navigate life in the aftermath of these or any other type of tragedy? If so, let’s talk about it on Tuesday’s program.

On their website, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops state that, “Work is more than a way to  make a living; it is a form of continuing participation in God’s creation.” The Catholic Church has always taught that a significant part of man’s dignity is to be found and protected in human labor. Join Jerry and Debbie on the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker as we discuss:

• Are you satisfied with your job?
• Are you retired from a satisfying career?
• Is your employment more of a burden than a blessing?
• Are you currently unemployed, but longing to return?
• Do you feel that most companies respect the basic rights of workers, as the USCCB spells them out – to perform productive work, to decent and fair wages, to the organization and joining of unions, to private property, and to economic initiative?
• Do you have to hold down multiple jobs to make ends meet?
• If you’re out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic, are you confident that you’ll be able to resume your employment?

These questions and more – including your always great lived experiences – will be discussed on Friday. Join us!