The Radio Immaculata Show

It is not a mere formality the way we receive Holy Communion. It expresses our faith in the Most Holy Body and Blood our Our Lord. This is the reason why Mother Church in Her wisdom has commanded us - it is universal law - to receive Holy Communion directly on the tongue while kneeling. In this manner adoration is visible as well as humility, reproducing in our flesh the abasement of the Divine Word. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A catechesis by Fr Serafino M. Lanzetta on the Paschal Mystery - Passion, Death and Resurrection of Our Lord as one single mystery. The Cross without the Resurrection would be a sacrifice that ends with the death of Jesus - a failure of His prophecies and of His mystery as the Son of God. On the contrary, the Resurrection without the Cross would be a glory without suffering, a reward with no sacrifice, something only human.However, the current danger is to take only the Resurrection without the Cross, with all harmful consequences that it may bring about. For example, a split between a pre-Conciliar and post-Conciliar Church. The first would be the one attached to the Cross, to penance and to the rigor of doctrine. The second would instead be born of the Resurrection, of the Pentecost, the one that easily puts aside the Cross and happily moves on singing the Alleluia!Holy Communion is therefore given only to people who rigidly stand and receive it in their hand. In this logic, if one is risen doesn't kneel anymore. He only stands, without embracing the suffering of the Cross. We are affected by a "Pentecostal renewal" that hasn't produced that renovation hoped for. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast Fr Serafino M. Lanzetta reflects on the Marian title "Mary Mother of the Church." In order to know why Mary is the Mother of the Church we should consider first what the Church is - the mystical Body of Christ, made by all members reborn on Calvary in the Blood of Christ. Since Our Lady participated uniquely in the work of our Redemption as the new Eve, She is in a singular way the Mother generating in Her sorrows and tears each disciple of Christ. Mother of the Church because mother generating Christians to supernatural life. Mary is even more than the Church: it is the prefiguration by Her virgnity and divine maternity, and the completion with Her Assumption body and soul into Heaven. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast, Fr Serafino M. Lanzetta reflects on the greatness of St Joseph, starting from a Marian perspective. From his being totally united to Mary in a virginal espousal, we can also understand his being a "just man". Joseph's silence has to be discovered as a tremendous way to be always faithful to God, even when we do not understand immediately His salvific and providential plan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this podcast Fr Serafino M. Lanzetta reflects on the unique and virginal espousal of St. Joseph with Mary, the key to understanding the figure of the Carpenter of Nazareth as the first type of Marian consecration. Joseph of Nazareth comes to be known in the New Testament for his espousal relationship with Our Lady. Since this marriage was verginal, can it be read more in-depth as a way St Joseph was fully consecrated to Mary? You might also wish to read this article by Fr Serafino M. Lanzetta. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this second episode on the social kingship of Christ we reflect on the fact that if Christ is King he has then a kingdom. What is this kingdom about? Not a human realm that can be mixed up with a political power or a millenarist idea of prosperity on earth. But the way God rules over us in Christ. The Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of heaven, that Jesus brings about in his preaching, is in our midst - God is with us in Christ, His Lordship is finally visible and definitively present. The kingship of Christ has very practical consequences for the Christian life: 1) to ban relativism and syncretism - Christ is the only one; 2) to consecrate ourselves to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary in order to manifest our submission of love to the Kingdom of Christ. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this first episode on the social Kingship of Christ we reflect on Christ being a king for the fact that He calls Himself as such and also because He is recognized as such. His kingship is already prepared in the Old Testament and has its completion in the New Testament, especially in two key moments: the adoration of the Magi and the Process before Pilate. Christ is the King of truth, therefore His kingship is cosmic. It is founded on Christ's primacy over all things as Creator of all things, visible and invisible, and on Christ's headship over the Church, his Mystical Body redeemed by His Blood. Christ's kingship is principally spiritual but also universal and social. Nothing is outside the power of truth and love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

L'evento-Fatima ha segnato l'inizio di un cammino rinnovato per tutta la Chiesa: la Bianca Signora, venuta dal Cielo a parlarci attraverso i tre umili Pastorelli, ha ridetto al XX secolo e all'uomo di oggi la verità del Vangelo di sempre, ma con una particolarità, calandola nella storia. Gli eventi soprannaturali - riconosciuti tali dall'approvazione della Chiesa - hanno confermato i fatti storici e la storia è stata letta dalla Vergine stessa alla luce di Dio. Nel maggio 2010 il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI si recò a Fatima, allargando ulteriormente gli orizzonti spirituali del Messaggio di Fatima. Si opinava, infatti, che con la rivelazione della terza parte del Segreto - avvenuta nel 2000 - la profezia di Fatima fosse ormai conclusa. Il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI, invece, ha affermato che Fatima è un messaggio ancora aperto, una profezia che deve ancora realizzarsi completamente. La Madonna di Fatima chiede la consacrazione al suo Cuore Immacolato come rifugio per salvare noi e tutte le anime dalla morte eterna. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Siamo preda di un amorfismo contagioso che diluisce i misteri della fede nel flusso del tutt'uguale. Abbiamo perso la forma, cioè quel principio che determina l'essenza di una cosa e che la specifica distinguendola da tutte le altre. L'invito ad essere perfetti è rivolto a tutti, però abbiamo dimenticato che c'è una gerarchia negli stati di vita del cristiano. Così il matrimonio e la vita consacrata, livellati per invitare tutti alla santità, versano entrambi in una crisi profonda. Crisi che non risparmia neppure il celibato, soggetto ormai alle trasformazioni epicuree del tempo. La soluzione è Maria Vergine. La sua perpetua verginità è la forma originaria che ha plasmato Cristo e in Lui ogni cristiano e ogni vocazione cristiana. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Serafino M. Lanzetta, Secundum Cor Mariae. Esercizi spirituali ai sacerdoti, Cantagalli, Siena 2019.Questo libro è il frutto di un corso di Esercizi Spirituali che padre Serafino Lanzetta ha predicato ai sacerdoti, presso la Casa di Esercizi dei PP. Passionisti, a Roma. Un itinerario spirituale alla riscoperta della grandezza del dono del sacerdozio e delle inestimabili ricchezze che esso riversa su chi compie la scelta di essere sacerdote, non solo in virtù del sacramento ricevuto, ma anche e soprattutto con tutta l’esistenza trasfigurata da questo mistero. In una parola: desiderare di avere il Cuore di Maria per accogliere il Cuore sacerdotale di Gesù, farlo proprio e così essere pienamente suoi. Desiderare di essere secundum Cor Mariae per essere pienamente secundum Cor Iesu. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.