Best Flader Podcasts (2025)

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Lessons from the Manger

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From the manger in Bethlehem, the infant Jesus has much to teach us. In this meditation we use texts of Scripture to consider seven of his lessons, which are all important for our spiritual life:By Father John Flader

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Marriage a path to holiness 29:59

2M ago29:59

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Children of a loving father 30:03

2M ago30:03

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Marriage, a path to holiness

2M ago

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The call to holiness is lived out in all circumstances of life, one of the most important of which is marriage and family. When they see their marriage as a path to holiness, couples grow in holiness themselves and they help their children and other families to discover the beauty of their own vocation. In […]…

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Children of a loving Father

3M ago

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One of the great revelations that Jesus gives us, especially in the Sermon on the Mount, is that God is not just the Supreme Being, the creator of the universe, but truly our loving Father. In this meditation we use texts of Scripture and of St Josemaria Escriva to consider what […]By Father John Flader

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Vocation to love 29:06

3M ago29:06

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Vocation to love

3M ago

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God has known and loved each one of us from all eternity. Then, in the fulness of time for us, he created us out of love and invited us to enter into a loving relationship with him. In this meditation we use texts of Scripture, St John Paul II and St Josemaria to […]By Father John Flader

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The gift of faith 31:29

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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The gift of faith

5M ago

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We tend to take our faith in God for granted when we find it easy to believe in God, but we should not forget that faith is a great gift that can be lost. In this meditation we use texts of the Catechism of the Catholic Church and of Scripture to consider how:By Father John Flader

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Love for God 28:54

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Love for God

6M ago

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We are all aware of the commandment to love God with our whole heart, soul, mind and strength. But what exactly does this mean? Is it having feelings of love, telling God we love him, having many devotions? In this meditation we use texts from Scripture, St John Paul II, St Josemaria, St Alphonsus Liguori, […]…

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Love for the Sacred Heart 28:54

6M ago28:54

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Love for the Sacred Heart

6M ago

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Our Lord has loved us to the end, to the last drop of his blood and water, and he invites us to love him in return. In this meditation we use texts of Scripture, Pope Francis’ encyclical Dilexit nos, St Margaret Mary Alacoque and St Josemaria Escriva to consider how:By Father John Flader

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Mary and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit 29:45

7M ago29:45

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Mary and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

7M ago

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In the Annunciation, Our Lady receives a message from the angel Gabriel announcing that she is to have a son through the Holy Spirit. She immediately accepts. We learn from her to be docile to the promptings of the Holy Spirit, who acts in us through his seven gifts. In this meditation we consider how: […]…

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Easter with Pope Francis 29:04

8M ago29:04

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Easter with Pope Francis

8M ago

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For Easter Sunday 2005, Pope Francis wrote a beautiful homily to be read in the morning Mass in St Peter’s Square by the celebrant, Cardinal Angelo Comastri. Less than 24 hours later, God called Pope Francis to eternal life with him. In this meditation, we use the text of that homily to consider how: Mary […]…

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Lessons from the Passion 30:53

9M ago30:53

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Lessons from the Passion

9M ago

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Jesus teaches us so much in his suffering and death on the Cross. In this meditation we use the events from his prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, through his death on Mount Calvary, to his Resurrection on Easter Sunday to consider some of these lessons: Our weakness, like that of Peter, in denying Christ […]…

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Hope in the Lord 31:09

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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The Journey to Easter 30:29

9M ago30:29

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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The Journey to Easter

10M ago

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Lent is an annual opportunity to accompany Jesus in his forty days of prayer and fasting in the desert and in his suffering and death on Mount Calvary to his resurrection on Easter Sunday. In this meditation we use texts of Scripture and of Pope Francis’ Message for Lent 2025 to consider how: Lent symbolises […]…

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The virtue of Hope 31:09

10M ago31:09

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Hope in the Lord

11M ago

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Everyone has issues in life which give rise to uncertainty about the future, to doubts and even anxiety. In this meditation we pray about the virtue which gives reassurance in these situations, the important virtue of hope. We use Pope Francis’ document for the Jubilee Year 2025, Spes non confundit, a beautiful commentary on hope, […]…

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Learning from the humanity of Christ 30:16

12M ago30:16

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Learning from the humanity of Christ

12M ago

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Everyone wants to be a better person. But what do we mean by this? Who is the standard, the model? It is obviously Christ himself, perfect man as well as perfect God. In this meditation we use texts from Scripture to consider the humanity of Christ and some of the many virtues we can […]By Father John Flader

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Journey to Bethlehem 32:21

1y ago32:21

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Journey to Bethlehem

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In this season of Advent we can learn much about how to focus our spiritual life from Our Lady, as she makes her way to Bethlehem with St Joseph. Among the lessons Mary teaches us are: Docility to the will of God Self-giving to others Bearing hardships without complaining Purifying our soul through penance Life […]…

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The hope of Heaven 29:55

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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In the Communion of the Saints 30:14

1y ago30:14

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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The hope of Heaven

1y ago

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As we know from children’s catechisms, the reason why we exist is to know, love and serve God on earth in order to be happy with him forever in heaven. We know it but we tend to forget it in the busyness and distractions of everyday life. In this meditation, we consider how we can […]By Father John Flader

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One in the Communion of Saints

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One of the most consoling truths of our faith is the reality of the Communion of Saints – the Church triumphant in heaven, the Church suffering in purgatory, and the Church militant on earth, all helping one another. In this meditation we use texts from Scripture, the Catechism, St Bernard, St Therese of Lisieux and […]…

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Humility 30:49

1y ago30:49

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Humility

1+ y ago

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One of the most fundamental virtues is humility. Many of the saints, among them St Augustine and St John Vianney, stress how important it is. In this meditation, we use texts of Sacred Scripture, St Augustine, St John Vianney and St Josemaria to consider how: Humility is the foundation of the other virtues Our Lady […]…

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The spiritual Olympics 32:29

1+ y ago32:29

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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The spiritual Olympics

1+ y ago

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Athletes go through a rigorous training regime in order to achieve their goal of winning a medal in the Olympic games. Our goal is much higher: eternal life with God in heaven. We too need a training regime. In this meditation we use texts of Scripture, especially of St Paul, and of saints like Augustine, […]…

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Heart in God not in goods 31:15

1+ y ago31:15

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Heart in God, not in goods

1+ y ago

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The Scriptures invite us to love God above all things. But in an affluent society, where goods abound, it is easy to put our heart more in goods than in God. In this meditation we draw on texts of Scripture, Popes Paul VI and Francis, and Fathers of the Church, to consider how: We must […]By Father John Flader

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Loving with the Holy Spirit 29:36

1+ y ago29:36

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Loving with the Holy Spirit

1+ y ago

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The Holy Spirit is love and, as St Paul writes, love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Since God has loved us first, we should love God with our whole heart, and love one another. In this meditation we use the Scriptures and a letter […]By Father John Flader

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Hope in the Resurrection 31:26

1+ y ago31:26

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Hope in the Resurrection

1+ y ago

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When the women went at dawn to anoint the body of Christ on Easter Sunday, they didn’t know how they would remove the huge stone that closed the tomb. To their surprise, they found the stone already removed. In this meditation we use the homily of Pope Francis in the Easter Vigil in St Peter’s […]By Father John Flader

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The light of Easter 28:20

1+ y ago28:20

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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The Light of Easter

1+ y ago

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The resurrection of Christ brings light into a world in darkness. That darkness may be of unbelief, of sin, of lack of hope. In all cases, Christ is the light who can dispel the darkness with the light of his Resurrection. In this meditation we consider how we can respond to this light of Christ […]By Father John Flader

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Lessons from Holy Week 30:43

1+ y ago30:43

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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Lessons from Holy Week

2y ago

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Holy Week should be holy not only in its name and in the events we commemorate, but in the way we live it. In this meditation we consider the numerous lessons we can learn from this week and how we can put them into practice. We will consider: Palm Sunday – praising God by our […]By Father John Flader

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Sowers of peace 30:14

2y ago30:14

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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The spirit of Lent 30:37

2y ago30:37

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The meditations by the Catholic Priest John Flader (in English) lasts 20 / 30 minutes (aprox). You may use it for your daily personal prayer or meditation and it allows you to use your device to pray while doing your daily activities. We hope you develop with this your interior life.

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The spirit of Lent

2y ago

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In Lent we prepare for the celebration of our redemption by Christ’s death and resurrection. In this meditation we consider how: We can accompany Our Lord in his forty days of fasting and prayer in the desert by our own greater effort in prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Lent is a time for conversion, of starting […]…

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Sowers of peace

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The prophet Isaiah announced the coming of one who would be called Prince of Peace. When Christ was born in Bethlehem, the angels announced peace on earth, and Christ later told the apostles that he came to bring peace such as the world cannot give. But when we look around us, we see a great […]By Father John Flader