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Saint John: Nothing Happened Here

Greg Marquis - History Professor, Mark Allan Greene - History Author

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Many people think that nothing significant ever really happened in Saint John, New Brunswick. This history podcast challenges those thoughts by uncovering little known tales from the city and providing fresh perspectives on the people, places and events of the past.
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Reflections on the daily Gospel to help you prepare your morning meditation. The Saint John Society (www.socsj.org) is a society of priests in the Catholic Church, dedicated to the new evangelization. Fr. Lucas Laborde and other priests in the DGM team started this podcast in 2019 to encourage Catholics around them in the daily practice of lectio divina, or meditation.
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CBC Radio New Brunswick's Information Morning in Saint John brings you all the news and information you need to start your day. We'll get you connected to your community, your country and the world. Without us, you won't know what's going on.
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This episode, released close to International Women’s Day (March 8), recalls an important political reform cause in Saint John’s past that was part of a national and international movement: the fight for women’s voting rights. Starting in the late 1800s, the Saint John Women’s Enfranchisement Organization, which was a spinoff from a national organi…
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The rewards of those who venture things for Christ - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What things have you risked or given up to follow Christ? In what ways have you experienced that paradox of receiving from the Lord the true measure of those things you had given up to follow him?
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The calling of the rich young man - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.How has Jesus led to you ascend from grace to grace? What are things that come natural to you now, but would have been difficult at the beginning? Can you identify some step or trial that Christ has encouraged you to face, something you need or have the grace to …
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The mouth speaks from the fullness of the heart - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Can you identify these three components in the person of Jesus, in the way He carried out his life on earth? To which aspect of moral life is Jesus directing your attention? Does He want you to work more keenly on one of them? Or, maybe, in the conn…
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Why did Jesus want children to come to him? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Is Jesus inviting you to review any guiding principles in your life regarding the importance of forming others and his insistence that young minds be allowed to approach him? What does it mean for you to have a childlike heart, and how is that different…
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What did Jesus teach about divorce? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What has it meant, in your case, to be challenged by Christ to believe you can aspire to a higher kind of love? What is the resistance you have found in your own hardness of heart? How has the Lord provided you with strength to overcome that resistance?…
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Protecting our relationship with God - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. What are possible things you could do in attention to Christ? Could some words or actions of yours cause others to sin? Can you recall situations in which a challenging sacrifice was required to preserve your integrity or your faith? What helps you keep your …
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How can Jesus be so strict and open-minded at the same time? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Do you recognize the patience of Christ toward you as you began your journey, when your steps were still imperfect, but well-directed? How is Jesus asking you to support the positive steps of others who are still on the way to a deeper…
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Why the disciples avoided the topic of the Passion - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Are there questions about being a disciple that you are hesitant to bring up to Jesus? How can you expand your horizon, so as to see things from Jesus’ perspective? What entices you to want to be first in the way Jesus understands it?…
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Faith vs. idolatry and unbelief - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings. Have you observed a similar contrast between God’s consolation and trials in recent times? Has your faith been tested in some way? What is Jesus teaching you about the nature of faith, and what it means to trust him and follow him?…
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How can Jesus expect us to love our enemies? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Have you experienced the impact of someone returning good for evil? What examples do you find most inspiring in that way? How is Jesus challenging you to love in situations in which it is difficult to love? How could you apply the measure of God’s love…
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Why did Jesus give Peter the keys to the kingdom of heaven? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What do you find most inspiring in this passage? What does it show you about how God works? Can you relate this to your own life? Have there been moments in which you grew in knowing God, and so came to know yourself better as well?…
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Simon’s profession of faith - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What difference does it make for you to relate to Jesus as one who is more than a prophet, as to one who is God himself? What experiences of walking with Christ give you an understanding of what his divinity means? In what ways has your faith in Christ been purified by…
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Jesus becomes the living way - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.In what ways has Jesus become your personal guide in the spiritual journey? How did He provide for you? What were the signs and instruments of his guidance? And then, what were the steps He had you take, as part of the process you needed to find healing in him?…
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Two weeks before Great Britain declared war on Germany in 1914, the Saint John central business district was the site of another type of conflict, a labour struggle that pitted more than 100 members of the street railway union against the unpopular streetcar company. The three-day strike drew thousands of onlookers and supporters to the uptown area…
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What is the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Do you notice that the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod has, in some aspect, made its way into your soul? How would Jesus respond to those in your own circumstances? Could it happen that over-focusing on something you feel at fault …
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The ones who are blessed in the eyes of God - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.How did Jesus live these out? When were the woes a temptation to him? Is there a way in which Jesus is asking you to take a step of faith, and place God above wealth, pleasure, entertainment, and social approval, as your source of security and happiness…
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Why did Jesus multiply the loaves of bread for that crowd? - Fr. Lucas Laborde.Click here for today’s readings.Have you experienced that compassion of Jesus for you and for others? In what ways has Jesus invited you to enter his thoughts and sentiments? What are those loaves of bread and fish that you need to bring to the Lord, so that He can multi…
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What does the healing of the deaf man represent? - Fr. Lucas Laborde.Click here for today’s readings. What calls your attention in the steps Jesus followed to heal this man? Has the Lord healed you in your capacity to connect with others? Is there a relationship or area in your life that needs to be healed? What change would that require?…
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Why did Jesus respond that way to the Greek woman? - Fr. Lucas Laborde.Click here for today’s readings.Has something like this ever happened to you: has the Lord purified you, before giving you something you wanted? Why does God act that way at times? Does it make sense to give certain gifts in the context of a relationship, but not when that conte…
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In what sense are human traditions wrong? - Fr. Lucas Laborde.Click herefor today’s readings.Why do you think it was important for Jesus to confront the Pharisees the way He did? What do you make of the fact that Jesus uncovered that, behind their strictness, the Pharisees weren’t really good observers of the Law? Have you incorporated habits that …
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The connection between salvation and healing - Fr. Lucas Laborde.Click here for today’s readings.What wounds have you come to recognize in yourself? Have any lies derived from those wounds become a criterion of judgment? How does Jesus want you to cooperate in your healing process, by undoing the lies of sin, by cultivating wholesome attitudes? Wha…
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The miraculous catch of fish - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What calls your attention in the way Jesus called Simon to follow him? What signs has the Lord shown you that led you to believe in him, and to take steps of faith? How does Jesus respond to your fears and hesitations about your mission?…
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How did Jesus manage such an intense life? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What is most needed in your life right now? Do you need to incorporate more rest, prayer, reflection, time for others? Or to be more disciplined in your activity? Or to connect your activities with your purpose in life?…
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The instructions for the apostles’ mission - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.What are the signs of authority that Jesus has given you to radiate his light? It could be your testimony, your faith, your love for Him, your peace, your eloquence. What have been the signs that drew you to Christ in the people that the Lord sent your w…
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How come people in Nazareth didn’t believe in Jesus? - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.Have you seen someone go beyond what was naturally expected of them through the power of God? (this could be yourself too) What is Jesus teaching you about the gift of faith? What is He teaching you about how to interact with those who do not y…
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In this episode, we return to Sept. 11 1968 and the early moments of the first skyjacking in Canadian history on board Air Canada Flight 303. The flight had arrived from Moncton, New Brunswick to pick up passengers at Saint John with a final destination of Toronto. In addition to pilot, Ronald Hollett, and second officer, Ronald Bromley, the crew c…
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Christ’s miracles are doors to higher gifts - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.With which of these characters do you identify? What do you learn from the way in which Jesus addressed the needs of each of them? How would you handle emotions in a situation like the one Jesus found himself in? Try to enter his mindset, his criteria, …
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A discreet rehab centre to help New Brunswickers recover from addictions was approved for a location on Darlings Island. The centre is causing a lot of controversy among people who live there. They say they deserve input and answers. The CBC's Rachel Cave spoke to a resident and the people behind the rehab.…
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The unexpected power of initial graces - Fr. Lucas Laborde. Click here for today’s readings.How were the beginnings of your faith journey? Where did you find refuge and encouragement? Do you verify in yourself this disproportion between the beginnings and the outcome? What are the stages the Lord led you through in your growth?…
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