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Super Saints Podcast

Brother Joseph Freyaldenhoven

397 episodes

17 hours ago

Send us a text We explore why the lives of the saints still matter, moving from raw witness and practical prayer to Eucharistic and Marian devotion, with concrete ways to begin. Their hard-won wisdom becomes a roadmap for modern struggles and a call to act with courage and love. • why reading saints’ lives is transformative, not passive • flawed people becoming models of heroic virtue • connecting Augustine, Thérèse, and Kolbe to modern challenges • learning perseverance amid suffering and d...

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Send us a text We explore why the lives of the saints still matter, moving from raw witness and practical prayer to Eucharistic and Marian devotion, with concrete ways to begin. Their hard-won wisdom becomes a roadmap for modern struggles and a call to act with courage and love. • why reading saints’ lives is transformative, not passive • flawed people becoming models of heroic virtue • connecting Augustine, Thérèse, and Kolbe to modern challenges • learning perseverance amid suffering and d...

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Super Saints Podcast

Should We Read Lives Of The Catholic Saints?

Send us a text We explore why the lives of the saints still matter, moving from raw witness and practical prayer to Eucharistic and Marian devotion, with concrete ways to begin. Their hard-won wisdom becomes a roadmap for modern struggles and a call to act with courage and love. • why reading saints’ lives is transformative, not passive • flawed people becoming models of heroic virtue • connecting Augustine, Thérèse, and Kolbe to modern challenges • learning perseverance amid suffering and d...

1 day ago

25 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

From Reformation Chaos To Catholic Renewal With Saint Charles Borromeo

Send us a text We trace the bold, tender reform of Saint Charles Borromeo, from Trent and the Roman Catechism to parish schools, seminary renewal, Eucharistic devotion, and courage during plague. We share why clarity, presence, and charity still rebuild the Church today. • noble upbringing shaping a call to service • leadership at the Council of Trent and doctrinal clarity • the Roman Catechism as pastoral roadmap • founding CCD to catechize children and workers • seminary reform and ongoing...

4 days ago

34 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

Saint Martin’s de Porres Roadmap Of Charity

Send us a text We trace the life of Saint Martin de Porres from Lima’s barrios to the Dominican convent, exploring how his humility, Eucharistic devotion, and radical charity forged a path of healing and unity. We share practical steps to imitate his service and invite you to walk with us. • Early life, Afro‑Peruvian roots, and apprenticeship • Dominican lay brother vocation and hidden work • Miracles of healing and multiplication • Charity to the poor, sick, and abandoned • Humility as stre...

5 days ago

34 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

How The Rosary Turned Battles, Hearts, And History

Send us a text Note: This article is from Bob and Penny Lord's book "Victories of the Rosary" We trace how prayer, especially the rosary, moves from last resort to first response and how Mary’s intercession frames courage in personal crisis and across history. Stories span a near-fatal car incident to Lepanto, Vienna, Sri Lanka, Austria, Brazil, the Philippines, and New Orleans. • prayer as armor, not fallback • Mary’s motherly protection and intercession • angels and saints interwoven with ...

1 week ago

32 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

Tracing Apparitions of Our Lady's Messages From Scripture To Today

Send us a text We explore the multifaceted nature of Marian apparitions through Scripture, tradition, and history, tracing how consistent messages of prayer, repentance, peace, and Eucharistic devotion continue to renew the Church. Along the way, we examine credible signs, the lives of visionaries, and the cultural impact from Guadalupe to Lourdes and Fatima. • scriptural groundwork for Marian imagery and presence • tradition and early accounts shaping devotion • common themes of...

1 week ago

31 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

How The Messages Of Our Lady of Akita Challenge Catholics To Return To The Eucharist

Send us a text We trace the apparitions of Our Lady of Akita through the life of Sister Agnes Sasagawa and the Handmaids of the Eucharist, set against postwar Japan. We unpack the three messages, the Eucharistic focus, the weeping statue, healings, and the link to Fatima, then invite concrete steps of prayer and penance. • Postwar Japan context and Catholic minority • Sister Agnes’s conversion, deafness and vocation • Founding and charism of the Handmaids of the Eucharist • First apparition ...

1 week ago

35 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

Michael The Archangel: Defender And Guide

Send us a text We trace Saint Michael the Archangel from Scripture to shrines and into everyday life, showing how his mission guards the Eucharist and strengthens the faithful against real spiritual battles. We share practical ways to invoke his protection for families, homes, and parishes and invite you to stand with us under his shield. • Michael’s identity as defender and guardian • Scriptural roots in Daniel and Revelation • Meaning of Quis Ut Deus as a battle cry • Pop...

2 weeks ago

33 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

From Ruins to Rescue: The Supplica to Our Lady of Pompeii and Deliverance for Modern Families

Send us a text We trace the Supplica to Our Lady of Pompeii from ash-covered streets to living rooms, and show how a simple, bold prayer can steady families facing heavy burdens. Bartolo Longo’s fierce conversion, practical steps, Scripture, and the Rosary converge into a clear path of deliverance and hope. • origins of the supplica in nineteenth century Pompeii • the conversion and mission of Blessed Bartolo Longo • why Marian intercession matters for families • how to prepare heart and spa...

2 weeks ago

36 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

How Pope Pius X Reframed Catholic Life Through Simplicity And Trust

Send us a text We trace Pope Pius X’s path from humble village roots to a papacy defined by Eucharistic renewal, liturgical clarity, and pastoral courage. Along the way we share practical steps to live a simpler, stronger faith and invite you into community and prayer. • early life shaped by poverty and grit • priestly service grounded in presence and mercy • 1903 conclave and a reluctant shepherd • restoring all things in Christ as a lived plan • frequent communion and lowering First Commun...

2 weeks ago

30 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

John Paul II’s Roadmap: Eucharist at the Heart of a Church on the Move

Send us a text We trace John Paul II’s Eucharistic devotion from hidden wartime chapels to stadium altars, showing how a boy from Wadowice became a pilgrim who carried Christ to the margins. Along the way, we explore his documents, World Youth Days, Marian heart, and the public witness of processions and adoration. • early life in Poland and Eucharistic awakening • clandestine wartime Masses and priestly formation • pilgrim papacy across 129 countries • Dominicae Cenae and Ecclesia de Euchar...

2 weeks ago

40 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

When heaven chooses the humble: what Banneux asks of us

Send us a text We trace how an ordinary Belgian village became a sanctuary of healing through the eight apparitions to 11-year-old Mariette Beco in 1933. From historical context to Church approval and reported cures at the spring, we explore why the “Virgin of the Poor” still calls us to prayer and compassion. • Belgium’s 1933 crisis shaping a hunger for hope • Mariette’s humble life and quiet courage • Eight apparitions and their core messages • Meaning of the title Virgin of the Poor • Chu...

2 weeks ago

28 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

Faith Under Siege: The Black Madonna and Poland’s Fight for Freedom

Send us a text A scarred face, a steadfast gaze, and a nation that refused to bow—this is the living story of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa. We travel from the mist of legend to the grit of history, tracing how a single icon at Jasna Gora became a fortress of faith and a compass for Poland’s identity. You’ll hear how the 1655 siege transformed a monastery into a rallying cry, why a king vowed Mary as Queen of Poland, and how coronations, crowns, and countless pilgrim offerings turned devot...

2 weeks ago

39 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

Saint Paul of the Cross: Founder, Mystic, and the Fire that Shaped the Passionists

Send us a text A burning vision turned into a rule, a retreat, and a mission that kept the memory of Christ’s Passion alive. We trace Saint Paul of the Cross from family sorrow to mystical fire, from public preaching to tender letters, and the hard-won recognition of the Passionists. • early life in Ovada and family grief • youthful asceticism and vivid mystical visions • Marian mandate to found a congregation • drafting a demanding rule on Mount Argentario • founding the first Passionist re...

2 weeks ago

37 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

Bartolo Longo: From the Occult to Redeemed, A Shrine Raised, A People Renewed

Send us a text A fallen seeker becomes a builder of hope as we trace Blessed Bartolo Longo’s path from occult rites to a life consecrated to Mary and the rosary. We share how prayer, confession, and community rebuilt a soul and revived Pompeii with a living devotion. • early life in Brindisi and the loss that shaped him • university restlessness and the pull of secularism • descent into spiritism and satanic priesthood • a mother’s rosary and hidden intercession • meeting Fr Alberto Radente ...

2 weeks ago

37 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

From Rue du Bac to the World: Saint Catherine Labouré and the Miraculous Medal’s quiet revolution

Send us a text We trace Catherine Labouré’s hidden path from Burgundy to Rue du Bac, where a midnight summons became a global devotion. Through history, symbols, miracles, and mission, we show why a small medal still carries big grace. • early life and formation of Catherine Labouré • 1830 France as context for the apparitions • July 18 encounter and personal commissioning • November 27 vision and the medal design • December confirmation of mission and promises • theology of the medal a...

2 weeks ago

39 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

Building A Domestic Church With Catholic Litanies

Send us a text We explore how Catholic litanies can revive family spirituality and turn the home into a domestic church, weaving prayer into meals, bedtime, and the liturgical year. History, Church teaching, and practical tools guide parents and kids toward a stable, shared faith life. • reclaiming the domestic church as daily practice • why litanies work for busy families • links to saints and the universal church • Vatican II and catechism on family mission • choosing litanies for seasons ...

3 weeks ago

35 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

Ocotlán: A Marian Sign Amid Plague, Conquest, and Hope

Send us a text A Marian encounter in Tlaxcala brings burning trees that do not consume and a spring that heals, set amid conquest, epidemic, and a people searching for hope. We trace witness accounts, early Franciscan discernment, the rise of a shrine and basilica, and the enduring call to mercy and conversion. • Tlaxcala’s turbulent context after the Spanish conquest • Juan Diego Bernardino’s vision and guidance to a hidden spring • Burning ocote trees as a sign of purification and hope • R...

3 weeks ago

35 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

Sacred heart Devotion invites us into Christ’s burning love

Send us a text We trace the Sacred Heart from Scripture and early mystics to Saint Margaret Mary and papal teaching, then make it practical with consecration, First Fridays, the Holy Hour, and home enthronement. Stories, symbols, and promises show how this ancient devotion brings peace, courage, and community today. • scriptural roots in John 19:34 and early Church interpretation • medieval mystics preparing the ground for personal devotion • Saint Margaret Mary’s revelations amid Jansenism ...

3 weeks ago

41 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

Saint Margaret Mary and the Making of the Sacred Heart Devotion

Send us a text We trace the hidden life of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque and how her visions of the Sacred Heart moved from a cloister to a global feast day. From illness and loss to alliances and opposition, we show how mercy became a movement and offer concrete ways to live it now. • early losses, childhood prayer, private vows • entry to the Visitation, discipline and scrutiny • core revelations of 1673–1675 and their meaning • the Twelve Promises and practical devotion • doubts, desolatio...

3 weeks ago

40 minutes

Super Saints Podcast

Saint Teresa of Avila: Reform, Prayer, and the Wound of Divine Love

Send us a text We trace Teresa of Avila’s move from lukewarm routine to fierce friendship with God, and how that interior shift powered a barefoot reform that reshaped the Carmelite Order. Mysticism meets practicality as we unpack the transverberation, the Interior Castle, and a simple path to deeper prayer. • Spain’s social pressures and Teresa’s early zeal • Grief, vanity, and the first stirrings of reform • A hard-won conversion sparked by the wounded Christ • Prayer as friendship rather ...

3 weeks ago

39 minutes