Sparks of Mercy

It can be hard enough to forgive small hurts, but how do you forgive a mass shooter who killed your daughter at Sandy Hook? Jennifer Hubbard, whose daughter, Catherine Violet, lost her life in that terrible tragedy, knows from experience. In this conversation, Hubbard discusses how her faith helped her through an unthinkable series of losses, the role our Lord and Our Lady play in her life, and much, much more. Are you enjoying this podcast? I invite you to listen to more shows brought to you by the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. Join us daily for enriching, spiritual content which will help you on your journey with Jesus Christ. Simply visit DivineMercyPlus.org for a complete list of our shows. That's DivineMercyPlus.org. Please “follow” or “subscribe” to this podcast to receive the latest episodes and updates. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please consider leaving a review. Reviews greatly improve our podcast ranking, and will help spread this podcast to other people throughout the world. Thank you and God bless you! 

The Church beatifies Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen on Sept. 24, 2026, a saint from Illinois during the pontificate of the first pope from Illinois. A media star, erudite author of many books, and longtime national director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, a Pontifical Mission Society, Archbishop Fulton Sheen left a rich treasure trove of teaching on the Catholic faith in the modern world. Marian Press author Maria V. Gallagher mined that treasure trove for her new book offering Sheen’s wisdom and perspective on how to live joyfully in this luminous, sorrowful, and glorious world. Are you enjoying this podcast? I invite you to listen to more shows brought to you by the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. Join us daily for enriching, spiritual content which will help you on your journey with Jesus Christ. Simply visit DivineMercyPlus.org for a complete list of our shows. That's DivineMercyPlus.org. Please “follow” or “subscribe” to this podcast to receive the latest episodes and updates. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please consider leaving a review. Reviews greatly improve our podcast ranking, and will help spread this podcast to other people throughout the world. Thank you and God bless you! 

For all that Catholicism has an ancient presence in Ireland, the Knock apparition in 1879 is an outstanding gift from Heaven to the Church in the isle of saints and scholars, and to Catholics around the world. Patrick O’Hearn, coauthor with Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, of The Lamb of God: The Story of Our Lady of Knock talks about the silent message of Knock, the gifts it brought to the people at the time it took place, and the relevance it has for all of us today. Are you enjoying this podcast? I invite you to listen to more shows brought to you by the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. Join us daily for enriching, spiritual content which will help you on your journey with Jesus Christ. Simply visit DivineMercyPlus.org for a complete list of our shows. That's DivineMercyPlus.org. Please “follow” or “subscribe” to this podcast to receive the latest episodes and updates. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please consider leaving a review. Reviews greatly improve our podcast ranking, and will help spread this podcast to other people throughout the world. Thank you and God bless you! 

Our Lady’s apparitions have been tremendous sources of hope, grace, and guidance across the centuries of Church history. Now, 14 of the fully Church approved apparitions are gathered into an illustrated book for children by Sara Beth Meyer and Allison Hsu. In this interview, Meyer and Hsu share what Our Lady means to them, why we need to tell our children these sorts of stories, and what Our Lady’s message is for us all today. Are you enjoying this podcast? I invite you to listen to more shows brought to you by the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. Join us daily for enriching, spiritual content which will help you on your journey with Jesus Christ. Simply visit DivineMercyPlus.org for a complete list of our shows. That's DivineMercyPlus.org. Please “follow” or “subscribe” to this podcast to receive the latest episodes and updates. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please consider leaving a review. Reviews greatly improve our podcast ranking, and will help spread this podcast to other people throughout the world. Thank you and God bless you! 

Pope St. Paul VI famously said, “Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.” The late Marian Helper Therese Tirpak was both a teacher of and a witness to Divine Mercy. Her son, Tom Tirpak, edited together his mom’s stories of graces received, special moments from her years of practicing and promoting the Divine Mercy message and devotion, and her faith-filled wisdom. Are you enjoying this podcast? I invite you to listen to more shows brought to you by the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. Join us daily for enriching, spiritual content which will help you on your journey with Jesus Christ. Simply visit DivineMercyPlus.org for a complete list of our shows. That's DivineMercyPlus.org. Please “follow” or “subscribe” to this podcast to receive the latest episodes and updates. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please consider leaving a review. Reviews greatly improve our podcast ranking, and will help spread this podcast to other people throughout the world. Thank you and God bless you! 

In America 250, what better way to mark our nation’s 250th anniversary than to turn with love and devotion to Our Lady, the Immaculate Conception, Patroness of the USA? And how better to invite God’s grace into our national life, heal our divisions, make reparation for our sins and the sins of our neighbors, and transform our country to a community of love of God and neighbor, than to take up the traditional Dominican Rosary? Marian Press author and pro-life champion Maria V. Gallagher discusses all this and more. Are you enjoying this podcast? I invite you to listen to more shows brought to you by the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. Join us daily for enriching, spiritual content which will help you on your journey with Jesus Christ. Simply visit DivineMercyPlus.org for a complete list of our shows. That's DivineMercyPlus.org. Please “follow” or “subscribe” to this podcast to receive the latest episodes and updates. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please consider leaving a review. Reviews greatly improve our podcast ranking, and will help spread this podcast to other people throughout the world. Thank you and God bless you! 

Handing on the faith to the next generation is an enormous challenge these days. But why? And what can be done? Experienced catechist and author Mary Josephine shares what has guided her in spreading the faith, how her faith has shaped her life, and more. Author of the charming children’s book My ABC's with Jesus, she shares what’s led her to put her catechetical experience to work in print. Are you enjoying this podcast? I invite you to listen to more shows brought to you by the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. Join us daily for enriching, spiritual content which will help you on your journey with Jesus Christ. Simply visit DivineMercyPlus.org for a complete list of our shows. That's DivineMercyPlus.org. Please “follow” or “subscribe” to this podcast to receive the latest episodes and updates. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please consider leaving a review. Reviews greatly improve our podcast ranking, and will help spread this podcast to other people throughout the world. Thank you and God bless you! 

It’s good to follow Jesus. It’s good to do Marian consecration. And many people are waking up to the value of devotion to St. Joseph. But what happens if you honor the Holy Family as a whole? Explore this and other profound insights into devotion to the Holy Family with Scott L. Smith, co-author with Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, of a new consecration to the Holy Family from Marian Press. Are you enjoying this podcast? I invite you to listen to more shows brought to you by the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. Join us daily for enriching, spiritual content which will help you on your journey with Jesus Christ. Simply visit DivineMercyPlus.org for a complete list of our shows. That's DivineMercyPlus.org. Please “follow” or “subscribe” to this podcast to receive the latest episodes and updates. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please consider leaving a review. Reviews greatly improve our podcast ranking, and will help spread this podcast to other people throughout the world. Thank you and God bless you! 

Our Lady is more important than ever in our troubled world. Fatima gives context to our times and prophetic direction; Marian consecration continues to renew the Church; the Immaculate Conception is the Patroness of the United States; and the Immaculate Heart’s Triumph continues to approach. But why does Our Lady have such a special place in the Catholic faith? How do we live this devotion well? Dr. Robert Stackpole explains. Are you enjoying this podcast? I invite you to listen to more shows brought to you by the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. Join us daily for enriching, spiritual content which will help you on your journey with Jesus Christ. Simply visit DivineMercyPlus.org for a complete list of our shows. That's DivineMercyPlus.org. Please “follow” or “subscribe” to this podcast to receive the latest episodes and updates. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please consider leaving a review. Reviews greatly improve our podcast ranking, and will help spread this podcast to other people throughout the world. Thank you and God bless you! 

The Jubilee of Hope has ended, but we need hope now more than ever. Internationally best-selling author Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle discusses where we can look for hope in the days and years to come, and how Our Lady, “Our Life, Our Sweetness, and Our Hope,” is always ready to assist us in every need. Drawing from the insights and perennially wise counsel in her book Our Life, Our Sweetness, and Our Hope: Jubilee Pilgrims of Hope with Mary, Donna-Marie shows us the Marian path before us. Are you enjoying this podcast? I invite you to listen to more shows brought to you by the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. Join us daily for enriching, spiritual content which will help you on your journey with Jesus Christ. Simply visit DivineMercyPlus.org for a complete list of our shows. That's DivineMercyPlus.org. Please “follow” or “subscribe” to this podcast to receive the latest episodes and updates. If you have been blessed by this podcast, please consider leaving a review. Reviews greatly improve our podcast ranking, and will help spread this podcast to other people throughout the world. Thank you and God bless you!