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Catholic Minute
A Catholic Podcast from Ken and Janelle Yasinski about intentional Catholic living. Explore topics like marriage, parenting, sacraments, Marian devotions and cultural issues. Enhance your faith with daily reflections during Advent and Lent. Together let’s live the Catholic life.
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Episodes
191 episodes
Jesus Entered the Desert — Will You This Lent? (Fr. Cristino)
This video explains the purpose of Lent in the Catholic Church, including Catholic teaching on the 40 days in the desert, Lent fasting rules, abstinence from meat, prayer during Lent, penance, and preparation for Easter.
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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19:45
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The Devil Came Before His Execution
This Catholic Lent reflection shares a powerful true story of a condemned prisoner who faced the Devil on the night before his execution. In this 1700s Catholic account, Satan demands that he renounce Jesus Christ, the Sacraments, and the Virgi...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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10:52
Ash Wednesday Warning “I Am in Hell!” – A True Story
Ash Wednesday begins the Catholic season of Lent — a time when the Church calls us to remember death, judgment, and eternity. In this true Catholic account from Naples in 1707, St. Francis of Jerome warns a woman who mocked the reality of hell....
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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6:58
Lourdes: What Heaven Asked For (Ken and Janelle)
Happy Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes.Did you know Pope Pius XII was the only pope to write an encyclical on a Marian apparition — and on what Heaven asked for at Lourdes?Today, we (Ken & Janelle) walk through some of the ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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18:15
Purity Struggles? Angelic Warfare (Fr Penna)
This is the second conversation with Fr Penna on this topic. Angelic Warfare Confraternity, a powerful devotion rooted in the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas and entrusted to the care of the Blessed Virgin Mary.These prayers address ever...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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27:27
Lust Is a Spiritual War: The Angelic Warfare Confraternity (Fr Penna)
The struggle for purity is not new — but the world our children, families, and communities are facing today is unlike anything before it.In our latest video, we sit down with Fr. Penna to discuss a powerful and largely forgotten C...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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37:54
Do Land Acknowledgements Go Too Far? Fr Cristino Priest Responds
Do land acknowledgements go too far in Catholic churches and Catholic prayer settings?In this video, Fr. Cristino — a Catholic priest with Indigenous heritage — offers a clear Catholic response to land acknowledgements, reconciliatio...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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29:00
Public Prayer Ban in Canada? Fr Cristino Explains What’s at Stake
Is Canada on the verge of banning public prayer? A Catholic priest explains what’s at stake for religious freedom, faith, and culture.As Quebec moves toward legislation restricting public prayer, Catholics are asking a serious question: can...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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27:41
Christmas Eve Message: The Lord Will Come and Save Us
Christmas Eve Catholic message of hope and gratitude. On this holy night, the Yasinski family shares a heartfelt Christmas blessing and thanks you for journeying with us through Advent as we await the coming of Christ.Merry Christmas fr...
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Season 2
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Episode 94
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1:56
Why Mary Keeps Appearing
Why does the Blessed Virgin Mary keep appearing — across centuries, cultures, and continents?From Fatima and Lourdes to Akita, Kibeho, Aokpe, and Champion, Heaven repeats the same call again and again.In this episode of Catho...
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Season 2
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Episode 93
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8:24
Fatima: The Miracle of the Sun Was a Warning
More than 70,000 people witnessed the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima — but Heaven was not putting on a spectacle.According to Sister Lucia, Fatima was a warning: a call to repentance, conversion, and prayer meant for the world today.On...
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Season 2
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Episode 92
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13:36
The O Antiphons Explained: The Church’s Hidden Countdown to Christmas (Fr Cristino)
The O Antiphons Explained — the Church’s hidden Advent countdown to Christmas that most Catholics have never been taught.From December 17–23, the Church secretly proclaims a message in the liturgy that points to the coming of Christ — an...
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Season 2
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Episode 91
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6:26
Fatima Before the Miracle of the Sun: The Angel of Peace and the Eucharist
Before the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima, the Angel of Peace appeared and gave the Holy Eucharist to three shepherd children — a hidden chapter of the Fatima apparitions most Catholics have never heard.Long before October 1917, heaven prepar...
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Season 2
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Episode 90
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9:13
Our Lady of Kibeho: The Approved Marian Apparition That Warned of Genocide
Our Lady of Kibeho is the only Vatican-approved Marian apparition in Africa — and her message included a prophetic warning of genocide. Years before the 1994 Rwanda genocide, the Virgin Mary appeared to three schoolgirls, calling the w...
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Season 2
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Episode 89
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9:41
Our Lady of Aokpe: Mediatrix of All Graces and the Eucharistic Sign
The Marian title Mediatrix of All Graces is at the heart of the reported apparitions of Our Lady of Aokpe in Nigeria—one of the most little-known Catholic events of the modern era.
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Season 2
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Episode 88
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10:09
The Fire Stopped at the Fence Line — Our Lady of Champion, America’s Only Approved Apparition
During the deadliest wildfire in American history, a wall of fire swept across Wisconsin — but stopped at the fence line of the Shrine of Our Lady of Champion. This is the true story of Our Lady of Champion, the only approved Marian apparition ...
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Season 2
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Episode 87
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12:36
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Winter Roses Filled His Tilma… Then the Image Appeared (Fr Cristino)
Our Lady of Guadalupe and the miraculous tilma. Winter roses in December, a humble cloak, and the image that appeared by the hand of God.This is the moment that changed history and transformed the faith of an entire continent.In ...
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Season 2
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Episode 86
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9:52
The Children Froze in Place… Then Our Lady of Revelation Appeared
In today’s episode of Advent Daily, we revisit the miraculous events at Tre Fontane, where three children witnessed the Virgin Mary in a burst of supernatural light. Their father—bitter toward the Church and lost in spiritual darkness—never exp...
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Season 2
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Episode 85
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16:03
Akita Miracle: The Tumor That Vanished Overnight Through Our Lady’s Intercession
Today’s episode tells the astonishing true story of Teresa Chong, a mother of four in Seoul who fell into a coma with an aggressive, inoperable brain tumor. Doctors said there was no chance of recovery. Her family prepared for her death.
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Season 2
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Episode 84
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7:39
Akita: Our Lady’s Urgent Warning to the Catholic Church
Our Lady of Akita: Verified Miracle, Marian Warning, Catholic MessageIn the 1970s, at a convent in Akita, Japan, a wooden statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary began to weep human tears. Scientific testing confirmed the fluids were human te...
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Season 2
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Episode 83
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13:28
1,000 Hail Marys… Then Mary Spoke to Her
A young Catholic nun prays 1,000 Hail Marys a day for nine straight days, preparing for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Then, during this Advent devotion, the Blessed Mother appears and speaks a message that transforms her soul. Today w...
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Season 2
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Episode 82
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9:30
Advent’s Hidden Meaning: The Two Comings of Christ Most Catholics Forget (Fr Cristino)
Most Catholics think Advent is only about preparing for Christmas, but the Church teaches something far deeper. Advent has a hidden meaning rooted in the two Comings of Christ: His birth in Bethlehem and His return in glory at the end of time.<...
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Season 2
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Episode 81
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8:59
When Mary Saved a Soul
THE INCREDIBLE CATHOLIC MIRACLE OF CLAUDE NEWMANThis is one of the most powerful Marian conversion stories in modern Catholic history — a miracle connected to the Miraculous Medal, Our Lady’s intercession, and the grace of Holy Mother Churc...
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Season 2
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Episode 80
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8:29
The Marian Apparition Catherine Labouré Never Revealed
Catherine Labouré received a Marian apparition the Church approved — but she never revealed her identity. This video explores The Marian Apparition Catherine Labouré Never Revealed: the Miraculous Medal, Mary’s message, and the symbols Heaven e...
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Season 2
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Episode 79
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10:47