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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
215 episodes
What Is Almsgiving? (And Why It Matters)
What is almsgiving, and why does the Church call us to practice it?In this episode, Fr. Cristino explains the meaning of almsgiving in the Christian life and how it goes beyond simply giving money. Rooted in Scripture and Tradition, alms...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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22:09
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Gregorian Masses: The Story That Started It All
A monk dies with one hidden sin… and what happens next reveals something powerful about purgatory and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.In this episode, we share a true account recorded by St. Gregory the Great: a monk who secretly kept gol...
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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10:16
St. John Bosco’s Vision of Hell
What is mortal sin—and can it lead a soul to hell?In this episode, we recount one of the most sobering visions of St. John Bosco. He saw young souls walking a path that seemed safe… until it began to pull them downward. There was no sudd...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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7:51
A Burned Handprint from Purgatory
A nun dies—and days later, her voice is heard again.In this episode, we recount a striking account from Catholic tradition: a Franciscan sister appears after death, describing her suffering in purgatory and leaving behind a burned handpr...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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13:54
The King Refused to Escape… Then Surrendered
In this episode, we reflect on the life of St. Louis IX, Catholic king and saint, and his extraordinary witness to Christian virtue.During the Crusades, he faced defeat, illness, and captivity—and was given the chance to escape.He...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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7:45
Fasting vs Abstinence: What’s the Difference? (Fr Cristino)
Are you fasting the right way?In this conversation with Fr. Cristino, we unpack the difference between fasting and abstinence—and why many Catholics misunderstand it, especially during Lent.Fasting isn’t just about giving somethin...
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Season 3
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Episode 26
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17:25
Eucharistic Miracle: The Room No One Could Enter
A priest forgot the Blessed Sacrament… and what followed stunned everyone.In this episode, we share a powerful Eucharistic miracle preserved in Catholic tradition—a moment that reveals the reality of Christ’s presence in the Eucharist an...
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Season 3
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Episode 25
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9:33
A Dead Man’s Warning: “There Is a Hell”
A man dies. And hours later… he returns.What follows is one of the most chilling accounts preserved within Catholic tradition—recorded by Mgr. de Ségur and passed on as a warning about the reality of hell, judgment, and the eter...
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Season 3
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Episode 24
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10:01
Buried Alive… One Last Chance to Repent
In this episode, Ken and Janelle share a striking story from Catholic tradition about a woman who publicly mocked the truths of the faith—until she was confronted by the grave.After being declared dead and buried, something unexpected ha...
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Season 3
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Episode 23
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9:02
The Poisoned Cup of St. Benedict
Catholic story from the life of St. Benedict and a famous moment from early Christian monastic history.In this Lent Daily episode we share a striking story from Catholic tradition. During a meal, a cup is placed before St. Benedict — and...
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Season 3
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Episode 22
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8:59
Lent: The Lie That Makes You Quit (Fr Cristino)
In this Lenten conversation, we explore why so many people begin Lent with good intentions but end up giving up their penances, fasting, or spiritual commitments along the way.Why does this happen so often? And what spiritual lie might b...
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Season 3
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Episode 21
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15:39
The Devil’s Contract — St. Basil Confronts a Demonic Claim
In this episode, we share a striking story from Catholic tradition connected to St. Basil the Great, bishop of Caesarea and one of the great Doctors of the Church.A servant desperate to marry his master's daughter turns to an ench...
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Season 3
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Episode 20
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11:20
Confession and Hidden Sin: The Monk Who Fooled Everyone
In this Lent Daily reflection, Ken and Janelle share a sobering story from Catholic tradition about confession, hidden sin, and the danger of deceiving ourselves.A monk known for his holiness dies and is buried by his brothers in the mon...
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Season 3
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Episode 19
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8:52
One Look at Her and the Bishop Collapsed
In this Catholic Lent reflection, we share a powerful story from Catholic tradition about conversion, repentance, and the surprising ways God calls a soul back to Him. This Lenten meditation from early Christian history tells how a bishop, afte...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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11:06
An 18 Year Old Queen Silenced 50 Philosophers
In the early fourth century, during a time when Christians still faced persecution under Roman authority, a young queen named Catherine stood before the rulers of Alexandria and refused to worship the pagan gods of the empire. When Roman author...
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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14:01
An Angel Appeared in Her Prison Cell — It Was the Devil
An angel appeared in her prison cell… offering freedom. But St. Juliana of Nicomedia, a Catholic martyr of the early Church, recognized the deception: the visitor was not an angel at all—it was the devil.This powerful Catholic saint sto...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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14:25
He Laughed at Hell — Then Spoke From It
Two Russian generals mocked the Catholic teaching on Hell and made a pact: whichever died first would return and reveal the truth about the afterlife.One of them kept his word.In this episode, we explore a powerful story from Cath...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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8:21
“I Am Eternally Damned”: A Catholic Warning About Despair
A condemned man refused the Sacrament of Confession before his execution. Thirty days after death, he returned with a terrifying declaration: “I am eternally damned.”In this episode, we examine a sobering account preserved in Ca...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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10:23
She Raised the Dead — Rome Still Killed Her
This Catholic Lenten reflection explores the true story of St. Agnes, a 13-year-old virgin martyr and early Christian saint of the Catholic Church during the Roman persecution of Christians under the Roman Empire. Her miracle, martyrdom, and to...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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9:48
The Humiliation Cure — Why the Devil Fears Your Confession (Fr Cristino)
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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33:03
The Devil's Contract — How Mary Burned a Blood Deal
What happens when a man signs away his soul in blood? In Episode 6 of our Lent Daily series, we explore one of the most terrifying yet hopeful miracles in Church history: The miraculous fall and rise of Saint Theophilus the Penitent.
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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9:43
The Hail Mary That Saved Him from Hell
In this Lenten reflection, we share a powerful Catholic story of repentance, mortal sin, and Marian mercy.One night, a young man was shown hell. His companion was damned — but through a few Hail Marys to the Blessed Virgin Mary, he was s...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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9:18
The Holy Cross Turned Her Away (St Mary of Egypt)
Lent calls us to the Holy Cross — but can mortal sin block our return?St. Mary of Egypt’s dramatic conversion reveals how repentance restores us to grace and opens the way back to Holy Communion.
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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10:51
St. Lucy Defied Rome for the Eucharist
St. Lucy of Syracuse lived in 3rd-century Sicily during the Roman persecutions of Christians. When ordered to sacrifice to pagan gods, she refused. Ancient Christian tradition recounts that soldiers attempted to drag her away, yet she stood unm...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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13:12
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