Come & See Inspirations (C&SI)

In Ireland this weekend, the National Synodal Pathway was coming to a climax with the Synodal Assembly being held on 17th October. So to put things in context ahead of the outcome of the Assembly on C&SI this week we are sharing an interview from TheWay.ie where Julieann Moran, General Secretary of the Irish Synodal Pathway, and Fr Declan Hurley, Chairperson of the National Synodal Team, invite people to engage with the Working Document and reflect on the future of the Church in Ireland. In the video conversation, Ms Moran and Fr Declan discuss the Working Document, ‘Is not this what God asks of you?’, which was published ahead of the Assembly. The document brings together the fruits of five years of prayer, listening and discernment along the Irish Synodal Pathway.  It draws on proposals developed through seven national Working Groups and provided the basis for prayer, conversation and discernment as nominated delegates gathered to consider what God may be asking of the Church at this time.
Obviously, once the Assembly is over, we will be following the outcomes and sharing with our listeners over the next few weeks. 
In part one we have our regular run through the up coming litirgical odds and ends including the saints of the week and we discuss the patron saint whose intercession could be sought for Pope Leo in his recovery after surgery.
In part three we have our regular weekly reflection on this weekly Sunday gospel Matthew 22:15–21 - where the Pharisees and Herodians try to trap Jesus by asking whether it is lawful to pay taxes to Caesar. Jesus asks for the coin used for the tax, notes that it bears Caesar's image and inscription, and says: "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's".

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In Ireland this weekend, the National Synodal Pathway was coming to a climax with the Synodal Assembly being held on 17th October. So to put things in context ahead of the outcome of the Assembly on C&SI this week we are sharing an interview from TheWay.ie where Julieann Moran, General Secretary of the Irish Synodal Pathway, and Fr Declan Hurley, Chairperson of the National Synodal Team, invite people to engage with the Working Document and reflect on the future of the Church in Ireland. In the video conversation, Ms Moran and Fr Declan discuss the Working Document, ‘Is not this what God asks of you?’, which was published ahead of the Assembly. The document brings together the fruits of five years of prayer, listening and discernment along the Irish Synodal Pathway.  It draws on proposals developed through seven national Working Groups and provided the basis for prayer, conversation and discernment as nominated delegates gathered to consider what God may be asking of the Church at this time.
Obviously, once the Assembly is over, we will be following the outcomes and sharing with our listeners over the next few weeks. 
Text us at +353 874668950 or email at comeandseeinspirtaions@gmail.com

On this weeks C&SI we take a spin through the news items over the last while to bring you some of the detail of the Beatification of Blessed Fulton Sheen in the USA on September 24th. We look at the visit of Pope Leo XIV to France including some of the touching moments and the key points from his addresses and homilies including the challenge to France, to the French Church and to Europe more generally. And we have a brief update on the Irish Synodal Pathway ahead of the Synodal Assembly in Co Meath on 17th October.
In part one we have our regular odds and ends including the Pope's prayer intention for October as well as the saints of the coming week.
And of course in part three we have some brief reflections this week on the Sunday gospel and the parable of the King's feast and what it says to us in our world today. 
Text us at +353 874668950 or email at comeandseeinspirtaions@gmail.com

On this weeks podcast excerpt on C&SI we take a spin through the news items over the last while to bring you some of the detail of the Beatification of Blessed Fulton Sheen in the USA on September 24th. We look at the visit of Pope Leo XIV to France including some of the touching moments and the key points from his addresses and homilies including the challenge to France, to the French Church and to Europe more generally. And we have a brief update on the Irish Synodal Pathway ahead of the Synodal Assembly in Co Meath on 17th October.

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On this weeks podcast we are resharing an interview we did in March 2026 when the C&SI team headed to the diocese of Peoria in Illinois in the US to speak to Msgr. Jason Gray who is the Executive Director of the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation to learn about one of the newest Beati/Blessed from the America's, Archbishop Fulton Sheen. 
Msgr Jason Gray introduces our listeners this week to Archbishop Fulton Sheen whose ceremony of beatification took place in St Louis on 24th September. While the official decree of beatification by Pope Francis was issued in 2019, the formal ceremony recognises the next step in the process towards canonisation of the man known in his lifetime as "America's Bishop". Gaining prominence initially through his radio programme the Catholic Hour  (1930 - 1950) and then from 1951 to 1979 his television series, Life is worth living, Archbishop Sheen was regarded as one of the premier 20th century Catholic evangelists who harnessed the power of what was then the new media of radio and tv, eventually reaching an estimated 30 million viewers each week, which would make it the most widely-viewed religious series in the history of television. He won an Emmy Award for Most Outstanding Television Personality, was featured on the cover of Time Magazine, and became one of the most influential Catholics of the 20th century.
Msgr Gray takes us through Sheen's life story including his role as National Director of the Society for the  Propagation of the Faith, raising money to support the missions, as Bishop of Rochester, his participation in the Second Vatican Council and the cautious approach taken to ensure there was no issues with formally declaring him Blessed. He reflects on Sheen's example to us of daily prayer as Sheen kept a daily Holy Hour and there are many videos of Sheen available online as a resource to us still in the journey of faith. 
Resources mentioned in segment about Archbishop Fulton Sheen
- Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation
Book recommendations:
- Treasure in Clay (Autobiography)
- The Life of Christ
- The Priest is not his own
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