A Personal Journey with MartinTubridy

A description of an intercession with Blessed Carlo Acutis in the town of Assisi, Italy at St. Mary Major Cathedral and also with a local priest by the name of Father Leandro by a Spanish nurse and pediatrician. Lola realizes that she may have cancer and visits the tomb of Blessed Carlo Acutis and feels like a heavy burden has been lifted from our body. She prays to God and Carlo to help her raise her children and that her family w...

A story about a retail store that provided excellent service to a customer. Albeit, the purchase was for less than $100 and they indicated free shipping on orders over $75. We were just above the minimum required but the store's approach was first rate in both handling questions by the attendant and the delivery, speed and care for packaging a bird feeder we purchased from a Wild Birds Unlimited. We also mention the care of an...

Clare Crockett as a young Irish teenager is totally devoted to her acting, singing and wants to become very famous as soon as possible. All in her immediate family and her friends can see the brightness in her personality and her ability to communicate so well with others. Unexpectantly, she goes on a Pilgrimage to Spain and has a life changing experience on Good Friday. This, ultimately, changes her life. She desires to become a n...

Tony Hendra, the author of Father Joe is best known for his lead position with the National Lampoon and his involvement with the very famous comedy movie entitled "Animal House" in the late 1970's. He moved to the theatre and was fundamental in a very successful play entitled "Lemmings" that brought to fame John Belushi and Chevy Chase. He later co-created a successful tv series in England entitled "Sp...

Canonization to Sainthood in August, 2025, Pier Giorgio Frassati represents a different kind of saint from the usual. He was not a priest or member of a religious order. He was a young layman whose prominent desire was to help the poor and needy in his hometown of Turin, Italy. He loved sports, loved to do pranks on his friends, was very creative both in education and his love for Latin and Dante, opera, theater and art museums. He...

A beautiful meditation from Richard Rohr, a Franciscan priest with the Center of Action and Contemplation that he founded in Albuquerque, NM. He is an author of many books and a speaker at many, many events in his lifetime. His description in this narrative is that God includes the imperfections of the human race and acknowledges them. God is perfect but, we are definitely not. Hope you enjoy.

Thanks for listening. MartinT

A short summary of what is a major transition in the interest of the Bible. Sales of the Bible are increasing-dramatically up 23% from 2023 to 2024. Overall book sales have only increased by 1% in the similar period. Interestingly, there is a 13% increase in Google searches(amazing that they would report this) in inquiries of Bible -related topics. There may be many factors for this, but experts seem to conclude in America, people ...

• A story about Saint Martin of Tours. An unlikely saint whose early life was as a soldier in the Roman military. Even at a very young age, he gave away a good chuck of his salary to the needy in what ever area he was deployed. He is noted for a number of miracles that were performed in his life but the most striking example of his generosity was to share his cloak by cutting it in half with a freezing beggar. He had a vision of ...

A member of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Brother Andre Bessette was a Doorkeeper, Sacristan and in lowly positions in his order. Yet, he had an intense devotion to St. Joseph, the stepfather of Jesus. People flocked to him for advise and help and his concerns were with the poor and sick always. Doctors criticized him, his superiors were skeptical but Andre gave full credit to Saint Joseph. In this episode, I refer to a Bishop as...

Edward Bern's-a name not immediately recognized had a major impact on marketing and advertising in the 20th century. Whether it be product placement, now so common in movies or tv shows, pop-up mobs with a message, suggestive advertising, planned obsolesce or other categories, Bern's was a key to making this all a reality in today's culture. His clients were major firms such as Procter & Gamble(Ivory Soap), Gener...

One of the most compelling stories in the Bible is the Book of Ruth. She is a Moabite woman married to her husband, who passes away. She is left with her mother -in-law, Naomi and decides to go to Bethlehem wiHope you totally enjoy the reading th her, not knowing any of the people, customs or religion. A truly self-sacrificing person. She gleans inbthe fields of Boaz, a relative of Naomi's husband, Elimenich and a beautiful st...

A wide range of early discussions of food in the First Chapters of the Bible-Genesis and Exodus and then followed by Food Norms that were gathered from the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Bible Gateway sites. The discussions cover the early events involving Adam and Eve, Abraham and his visitors, Joseph in Egypt with harvesting the grains in abundant times to storehouse for a period of family. Joseph, also, with his brothers in a fea...