Podcasts by Better Days BroDcast

S5E3: Kindness as an Ember of Love from 2023-09-05T07:30:09

In this episode, we're diving deeper into our previous topic on kindness. Let's reflect on how we are challenged to be kind in our world today. Cover art: AI-generated

S5E2: Kindness as Currency from 2023-08-12T03:41:30

Imagine a world where a simple act of kindness holds more value than money. (AI-generated cover art)

S5:E1 | Imagine Kindness from 2023-08-05T05:55:52

In this episode, we're going on a journey to explore the wonders of imagination.

Episode cover photo by Listen

S4E1 Captain of the Ship | Pandemic and Tourism | First Anniversary Episode from 2021-07-24T07:35:25

Today, I celebrate the first anniversary of this podcast called Better Days BroDcast. My first podcast was entitled: When Prayerful Silence Sets the Day and it was published last July 16, 2020. ...

MTR(e63) Saint Anthony of Padua from 2021-06-12T09:00

Anthony of Padua was born of noble parents in Lisbon, Portugal, and entered the Canons Regular of Saint Augustine in that city at the age of 15. During the eight years that Anthony spent, in the...

MTR(e62) Saint Philip Neri from 2021-05-25T09:00

Philip Neri was born in Florence, and from boyhood was noted for his combination of goodness and joy. At first, he led a quiet life of prayer, study, and penance. Philip is best known for foundi...

MTR(e61) Saint Bernardine from 2021-05-19T09:00

Bernardine was born of the noble Sienese family Albizeschi at Massa Marittima, where his father was governor. Orphaned at the age of six, he was raised by aunts. At school in Siena, he was outst...

Saint Philip and Saint James from 2021-05-02T00:59:55

De La Salle considers that the Apostle James, son of Alpheus, is the same James who was the first bishop of Jerusalem, martyred in 62 A.D., and the author of the Epistle. Some scholars however, ...

MTR(e60) Saint Philip and Saint James from 2021-05-02T00:59:55

De La Salle considers that the Apostle James, son of Alpheus, is the same James who was the first bishop of Jerusalem, martyred in 62 A.D., and the author of the Epistle. Some scholars however, ...

MTR(e59) Saint Athanasius from 2021-05-02T00:31:37

Athanasius was born in Alexandria and received an excellent education in the classics and in the Scriptures.  He was very influential in opposing the heresy of Arius at the Council of Nicea...

MTR9(e58) Saint Catherine from 2021-04-28T09:00

Catherine was born in Siena, the daughter of a wealthy wool dyer, Giacomo Benincasa. In adolescence, she was drawn to prayer and solitude, and became a problem for her mother, by resisting any s...

MTR(e57) - Saint Anselm from 2021-04-20T09:00

Saint Anselm was born at Aosta in Piedmont. After a period of neglect of religion, he entered the Benedictine Order at the monastery of Bec, in Normandy, the center of the monastic revival in th...

MTR(e56) The Annunciation of the Lord from 2021-03-24T09:00

The date of this feast was determined by the relation, between the feast of Christmas, and the visit of the Angel Gabriel to Mary, a period of nine months. From its inception, this feast was the...

MTR(e55) Saint Joseph from 2021-03-18T09:00

De La Salle had a special love for Saint Joseph, developed undoubtedly as part of his training in the seminary of Saint Sulpice. Photo by Listen

Chair of Saint Peter from 2021-02-21T15:12:41

It is significant that De La Salle wrote this meditation, during the time when the Pope’s authority was being seriously challenged, over the issue of Jansenism, especially in France. The firm su...

MTR(e54) Chair of Saint Peter from 2021-02-21T14:12:41

It is significant that De La Salle wrote this meditation, during the time when the Pope’s authority was being seriously challenged, over the issue of Jansenism, especially in France. The firm su...

MTR(e53) Presentation of the Lord from 2021-02-01T09:00

Today this feast is referred to, as the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, which was the original focus of the celebration. As such, De La Salle’s meditation corresponds well in the second a...

MTR(e52) Saint Thomas Aquinas from 2021-01-27T09:00

Thomas Aquinas was born in the castle of Rocca Secca, near Naples. He began his education at the nearby abbey of Monte Casino, and later attended the University of Naples. His Summa Theologica, ...

S1E8: The "Show Up" Must Go On from 2021-01-25T23:00

A message for the Catholic Teachers Day / Lasallian Mentors Day: Who will be there for the students when they go online or go back to school? 

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MTR(e51) The Conversion of Saint Paul from 2021-01-24T09:00

Originally, this feast was a celebration of the transfer of the body of the Apostle Paul from the Appian Way, to the Ostian Way or, more likely, the transfer of a relic of the Apostle, to some c...

MTR(e50) Saint Francis de Sales from 2021-01-23T09:00

Francis de Sales was born of a noble family at Annecy, in Savoy, France. While studying in Paris at the Jesuit College of Clermont, he made a vow of chastity. He studied law at the University of...

MTR(e49) Saint Anthony - Abbot from 2021-01-16T09:00

Saint Anthony is called the father of monasticism. The story of his life, written by his contemporary and friend, Saint Athanasius, is considered to be the first formal biography of a monk. (MTR...

MTR(e48) Adoration of the Kings from 2021-01-02T09:00

This feast, now generally celebrated on the Sunday between January 2 and January 8, is known as the Epiphany because it originated in the Greek-speaking Near East, where the word means a showing...

MTR(e47) The Holy Innocents from 2020-12-27T09:00

Originally, this feast had a penitential character, as if in mourning for the massacre of the children. Perhaps this is why De La Salle stresses self-denial and mortification in his meditation. ...

MTR9(e46) Saint John the Evangelist from 2020-12-26T09:00

Although this meditation does not allude to the apostolic work of the Brothers, there is a relationship with the Brothers’ spirit of zeal in the meditation’s focus on love for Jesus. This medita...

MTR(e45) Saint Stephen from 2020-12-25T09:00

De La Salle presents Saint Stephen to the Brothers as a model of the spirit of faith, which they had chosen under his guidance as the spirit of their Institute, not only for their own life but a...

MTR(e44) The Nativity of Jesus Christ from 2020-12-24T09:00

Just as the previous meditation reflects the basic Christological orientation of De La Salle’s spirituality, this meditation for Christmas, stresses the ascetical response to this Christology na...

MTR(e43) Vigil of the Nativity of Jesus Christ from 2020-12-23T09:00

The 1718 Rule of the Brothers states that on this vigil, at 10:30 p.m., the Brothers go to the oratory, where a subject of meditation is read, and afterward go to the church, to be there for the...

S3E3 Thursdays with Mitch & Broden (TM&B) from 2020-12-09T17:00

Mitch and Broden share the results of their informal survey on: "What's the first thing you will do when the pandemic is over?" Photo by Listen

S4e3 Thursdays with Mitch & Broden (TM&B) from 2020-12-09T17:00

Mitch and Broden share the results of their informal survey on: "What's the first thing you will do when the pandemic is over?" Photo by Listen

MTR(e42) Immaculate Conception of Mary from 2020-12-07T09:00

This feast was first celebrated in the Eastern Church, and was only gradually introduced into Europe during the ninth century. It was promoted by the Franciscans in the thirteenth century, and t...

MTR9(e41) Saint Ambrose from 2020-12-06T09:00

Ambrose was born in Treves Germany. His father was governor of the Gauls, and a member of the Roman aristocracy. Ambrose was educated in Rome, and became a provincial governor with headquarters ...

MTR9(e40) Saint Nicholas from 2020-12-05T09:00

Saint Nicholas, bishop of Myra Asia Minor, is known largely from legends and popular devotion, as the patron of sailors in the East and of children in the West. When the Saracens took possession...

MTR(e39) Saint Francis Xavier from 2020-12-02T09:00

Francis was born at Xavier, in the Spanish kingdom of Navarre. He was educated in Paris and became a professor of philosophy at the College of Beauvais. At the University of Paris, he met Ignati...

MTR(e38) Saint Andrew from 2020-11-29T09:00

Andrew, as the Gospel tells us, was the brother of Saint Peter, one of the first to be called by Christ, a fisherman by trade. He was the one who told our Lord about the boy with the five loaves...

MTR(e37) Saint Catherine from 2020-11-24T09:00

Catherine, according to the legend written about her, was beheaded after an unsuccessful attempt to kill her on a spiked wheel during the reign of Emperor Maxentius. The story of her refuting 50...

MTR(e36) Presentation of Mary from 2020-11-20T09:00

The feast of the Presentation of Mary, is based on a tradition that is without any biblical foundation for its historicity. It was first celebrated by the Pope when he was at Avignon in 1372, al...

S3E2 Thursdays with Mitch & Broden from 2020-11-18T18:00

Mitch and Broden share a secret never revealed to anyone, not even to their parents.

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S4e2 Thursdays with Mitch & Broden from 2020-11-18T18:00

Mitch and Broden share a secret never revealed to anyone, not even to their parents.

Photo by Listen

MTR(e35) Saint Elizabeth of Hungary from 2020-11-16T09:00

Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231), the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary, was married at the age of 13 to the saintly Louis of Thuringia, Germany, for whom she bore a son and two daughters. A...

MTR(e34) Saint Martin of Tours from 2020-11-10T09:00

Martin was born at Salaria Hungary, and became a catechumen at an early age, despite the fact that his father was a pagan. Conscripted in the Roman army, he became a Christian after a vision of ...

S3E1: Thursdays with Mitch & Broden from 2020-11-04T17:00

Two great friends since grade school years talk about what matters in life during these times. Recorded on Oct 26, 2020 and published the following Thursday. Photo by Listen

S4E1: Thursdays with Mitch & Broden from 2020-11-04T17:00

Two great friends since grade school years talk about what matters in life during these times. Recorded on Oct 26, 2020 and published the following Thursday. Photo by Listen

MTR(e33) Saint Charles Borromeo from 2020-11-03T09:00

Charles Borromeo was born of a noble family in Arona, Italy. He earned a doctorate in canon law at Pavia in 1559 and forthwith was created a cardinal by his uncle, who had just become Pope Pius ...

MTR(e32) All Souls Day from 2020-11-01T18:00

This feast became part of the liturgy of the universal Church in the fourteenth century. Prior to that it was a long-standing practice of the Benedictines, begun during the tenth century at the ...

MTR(e31) All Saints Day from 2020-10-31T09:00

This feast was inaugurated when the Pantheon in Rome, which had originally been dedicated to all the pagan gods by the emperor Agrippa in 273 B.C., was consecrated to the worship of God in honor...

MTR(e30) Saints Simon and Jude from 2020-10-27T09:00

Simon is unknown except for the mention of him as one of the 12 Apostles. He was called the Zealot by Christ, which could mean only that he was a man of zeal for the Law rather than a member of ...

MTR(e29) Saint Hilarion from 2020-10-20T09:00

Hilarion  is known to us from the biography of him written by Saint Jerome, who learned about him from Saint Epiphanius of Salamis, who knew Hilarion personally. Hilarion was born in Palest...

MTR(e28) Saint Luke the Evangelist from 2020-10-17T09:00

The Evangelist Luke, aAs author of the Gospel bearing his name and the Acts of the Apostles, he is the largest single contributor to the New Testament. We learn about him from passages in the Ac...

MTR(e27) Saint Teresa of Avila from 2020-10-14T09:00

Saint Teresa was born in 1515 near Ávila, Spain, partly of Jewish descent, and grew up in a large, upper middle-class family. When her mother died in 1528, she became a boarder in a convent scho...

MTR(e26) Saint Denis from 2020-10-08T09:00:35

According to Saint Gregory of Tours, Saint Denis, the bishop of Paris, was sent to France by the Pope and martyred at a spot that was later named for him, Saint-Denis, near Paris. The Abbey of Sain...

MTR(e25) Saint Francis of Assisi from 2020-10-03T09:00:31

Saint Francis was born at Assisi around 1881 in Umbria. He was a son of a prosperous merchant, Peter Bernadone. Led by a deep religious experience, he abandoned a military life and the wealth of h...

MTR(e24) The Holy Guardian Angels from 2020-10-01T09:00:58

Not until 1670 was the feast of the Guardian Angels made a celebration for the whole Church, but devotion to these protectors of individual people was a much older practice among Christians. During...

MTR(e23) Saint Michael the Archangel from 2020-09-28T09:00:13

The Archangel Michael was honored by the Jews as a special protector of Israel and became for Christians a special protector of the Church. Originally, September 29 was the feast of the Dedication ...

MTR(e22) Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist from 2020-09-20T09:00:37

The only certain facts about Saint Matthew are those found in the Gospel. The details used by De La Salle concerning his mission and martyrdom are not historically certain.

S1E7 How to Survive the Storms in Life from 2020-09-17T09:00:26

Link to Arirang News: https://youtu.be/eROyHoLBEjk Link to Firm Foundation song: https://youtu.be/ta-pL48u_w8 I was the resource speaker for the Holy Hour event of young people from Regnum Christi...

MTR(e21) Saint Cyprian from 2020-09-15T09:00:57

Cyprian was an African who practiced law and taught rhetoric before his conversion to Christianity. His considerable talents and learning became, after his conversion and ordination to the priestho...

MTR(e20) Triumph of the Cross from 2020-09-13T09:00:26

The feast of the Triumph of the Cross, as it is called today, focuses less on the occasions of its origin and more on the mystery of the Cross in the work of salvation. As in his meditation for May...

MTR(e19) Birthday of Mary from 2020-09-07T09:00:28

De La Salle took his inspiration for this meditation from the liturgy of the feast as it was celebrated in his time, borrowing thoughts from the Lessons of the Nocturnes, the Collect, and the Gradu...

S1E9: A Final Say on the Original Composer of the La Salle College (HK) School Song from 2020-09-02T08:03:35

The debate as to who composed the lyrics of the La Salle College school song, has occupied the hearts and minds of many over the years. (This podcast episode is an audio version of an article in Ga...

S3E1: A Final Say on the Original Composer of the La Salle College (HK) School Song from 2020-09-02T08:03:35

The debate as to who composed the lyrics of the La Salle College school song, has occupied the hearts and minds of many over the years. (This podcast episode is an audio version of an article in Ga...

MTR(e18) - The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist from 2020-08-28T10:00:12

Pay attention to Saint John’s manner of life and to his zeal. Reflect that like him, you are obliged to prepare the way for the Lord in the hearts of your disciples and to destroy the reign of sin ...

MTR(e17) - Saint Augustine from 2020-08-27T10:00:26

Saint Augustine labored as a devout bishop for his people, as the leader of a community of priests, monks, and nuns, for which he wrote the Rule of Saint Augustine, and as a profound theologian, wr...

MTR(e16) - Saint Louis, King of France from 2020-08-24T09:00:11

Saint Louis, King gf France was born at Poissy in 1214, and became heir to the throne at the age of 12, under the regency of his devout mother, Queen Blanche of Castille. At the age of 19, he marri...

MTR(e15) - Saint Bartholomew from 2020-08-23T03:00

Saint Bartholomew was called by Jesus to be among the first Apostles. He is also mentioned in the account of Jesus’ appearance to the Apostles by the side of the lake after the Resurrection. He cam...

MTR(e14) - Saint Bernard from 2020-08-23T00:03:22

Saint Bernard was born near Dijon, France in the year 1090. At the age of 22, he became a Benedictine monk at Citeaux, the austere abbey of the Cistercian reform. He did not join alone, however, bu...

S1E6 - You Turn My World Upside Down from 2020-08-15T06:17:25

It gets harder each day to think about what to joyfully proclaim and thank God for, mainly because this is a totally different experience for us as we battle this pandemic. This pandemic has turned...

MTR(e13) - The Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin from 2020-08-14T11:24:34

In 1950 Pope Pius XII defined the doctrine of our Lady’s Assumption, saying that the Immaculate Mother of God was assumed body and soul to heavenly glory. This statement embodies the two bases for ...

MTR(e12) - Saint Cassian from 2020-08-14T10:35:23

De La Salle reflects on Saint Cassian being a teacher and on his martyrdom by his students. He speaks of him as a patron for the Brothers, especially in his patience with students.

MTR(e11) - Saint Lawrence from 2020-08-14T08:21:02

Lawrence was a martyr during the persecution of the Emperor Valerian, probably in the year 258, and became one of the most famous of all martyrs.

MTR(e10) - Saint Cajetan from 2020-08-11T13:53

Saint Cajetan founded the Society of Clerks Regular. The group vowed to live entirely on Providence, even prohibiting themselves any asking for alms. In this De La Salle saw a model for the Brother...

MTR(e9) - Transfiguration of our Lord from 2020-08-11T06:48:18

This feast was extended to the universal Church in 1457 by Pope Calixtus III to commemorate the victory of Saint John Capistrano over the Turks near Belgrade. It was earlier celebrated in the litur...

MTR(e8) - Saint Dominic from 2020-08-11T05:32:17

In 1206, Pope Innocent III commissioned Saint Dominic and bishop, Diego, to the work of preaching against the Albigensian heretics in the South of France. After much hardship, with six companions i...

MTR(e7) - Our Lady of the Snow from 2020-08-05T05:20:42

The feast celebrates the dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, on the Esquiline Hill in Rome, the oldest church in honor of our Lady, dating back to the fifth century. The feast of Our La...

MTR(e6) - Saint Ignatius from 2020-07-31T04:11:50

De La Salle found much inspiration in the founder of an apostolic order dedicated to education and vowing the highest regard for the Pope. Some elements of the Brothers’ Rule were adapted from the ...

S1E5 When God Put Things In Order from 2020-07-29T18:00:17

In the seeming disorder in the world now, there appears to be an “order-ing” in the things we do and value in life. This quarantine period has allowed us to return to ourselves again.

MTR(e5) - St Martha from 2020-07-28T02:53:58

The feast of St Martha is celebrated every July 29. She is the sister of Mary and Lazarus of Bethany. Martha was the busy hostess when Jesus visited them in their home. She was not honored in the l...

MTR (e4) - Saint Anne from 2020-07-22T12:19

Saint Anne, the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was honored, probably along with Saint Joachim, her husband, as early as the sixth century in Constantinople. Devotion in Rome can be traced arche...

S1E4: Signs of God’s Presence from 2020-07-21T14:10:12

There are just so many uncertainties during this pandemic. January. In the People continue to endure hunger, anxiety, and the ineffective response of some government officials. With all of these, m...

MTR (e3) - Saint James the Greater from 2020-07-21T05:41:30

James the Greater is the brother of Saint John the Evangelist, often singled out by Jesus for special favors, along with Peter and John. He was put to death by Herod around 42 A.D. He is the Patron...

MTR (e2) - Mary Magdalene from 2020-07-18T08:42:53

The devotion to Mary Magdalene in France was enhanced by the belief that her body, with that of Lazarus was brought to Provence in the 9th Century. In 1713, De La Salle, discouraged by the turn o...

MTR (e1) - An Introduction to the Meditations for the Time of Retreat from 2020-07-18T05:53:49

Listen to the audio version of the Meditations for the Time of Retreat written by St John Baptist de La Salle, the Founder of the Brothers of the Christian SchoolS. Let Br. Peter and his friends re...

S1E3: Has God Abandoned Us? from 2020-07-17T20:00:59

So here you are trying to decide to hit that PLAY button. Maybe the title of the episode interested you (ahhh... a clickbait!). Perhaps you are a friend of mine and want to know what I am up to dur...

S1E2: Be Healed from Spiritual Sickness from 2020-07-16T16:07:17

These days, we must admit that we do get afraid of getting sick. We need to be aware that sometimes we forget that there is also an essential part of us that needs our attention. This episode deals...

S1E1: When Prayerful Silence Sets the Day from 2020-07-16T06:58:49

If yesterday was quite noisy for you, today, we will look into cultivating that silence from within you. Hopefully, at the end of this, you will see that silence can be a form of prayer too. (This ...