Podcast: St.Bridget of Sweden – princess, wife, mother, widow

Here’s something brand new to the blog. The very first podcast. Click this link to play the podcast about St.Bridget, or go to the player on my sidebar and click “posts” to find it and play it.

Strong women impress me. Saint Bridget of Sweden is one of them. She persevered till the completion of her race. That we are all called to holiness no matter what our station is in life, is a given in the Christian life. Still, having eight children, even while being a princess, was probably no walk in the park. No wonder then she is patron saint of widows… and Europe. And yes, her fourth child Catherine would later be known as St.Catherine of Sweden. Which goes to show you: the first apostolate is the family. If we can inspire the people closest to us to look upon the Lord, then we are living out our faith. May we all learn to be bright beacons of faith in our respective homes.

St.Bridget of Sweden

Here is a link to her booklet of 15 beautiful prayers entitled Pieta. While the prayers are beautiful and definitely have been used by the faithful for centuries, the other material (the promises) in the booklet are private revelation to St.Bridget. Catholics are free to believe in them or not. They are not officially accepted by the Catholic Church. Just for your info.

Footnote about the podcast: Trying out something new here. There are many free technologies now present that allow one to create podcasts directly from a phone. And I’m trying out a bunch of them here on the blog. The point, I guess, is that these technologies allow you to create content when you haven’t got a lot of free time to record and edit podcasts. Bravo, I say. Drop me a line in the comments and tell me if I should keep going using podcasts or not. And God bless.