Cor Sanctum

July 17th

Welcome ot Pro Sanctity’s Holiness Heplers on Spirit 102.7.  I’m Nancy Tefft, and this is July: A Deeper Look At Our Relationships With God, Family, And Community. 

Today’s theme is “Children: God’s Gift of Love.”  When a couple makes the decision to marry, life changes.  Each has to sacrifice for the other and give up many of their old ways.  Just as the couple settles into married life, God grants them a share in HIS creation, a child. 

The news of this new life is the happiest and scariest moment in the couple’s lives.  Suddenly, the couple must give up space for the nursery, spending money for baby needs, time for play, and sleep for their nocturnal darling.

Day by day the child grows and learns.  Life becomes an adventure.  Once he is relatively independent, he may fall into a routine, and parents can take their first breath in three or so years. 

Although…just because he can play by himself does not necessarily mean he will play by himself.  A child needs to be constantly reminded that Mommy and Daddy love him.  He may ask to be played with everytime he sees his parents walk into the room. 

Everytime that becomes a chore, remember that he is little for a short time, and someday, all too soon, he will be getting married and having children of his own. 

In the end it is our parents who remind us of our past, our spouses who remind us of our present, and our children who give us hope for the future.

Honeymoon Souvenir

Simon And Billy

Fathers And Daughters

Silent

We Are Loved

Eyes

If you would like to hear more of the music in this program,

• Look for us on the web at www.corsanctum.com
• Find us on Facebook as Cor Sanctum and Holy Heart Media
• Follow us on Twitter as Holy Heart Media

This has been a Holy Heart Media Production in association with the Pro Sanctity Movement.  Thank you for listening.  God Bless!

July 10th

Welcome to Pro Sanctity’s Holiness Helpers on Spirit 102.7.  I’m Nancy Tefft, and this is “July: A Deeper Look At Our Relationships With God, Family, and Community.”  Today’s theme is Marriage: A Love Made In Heaven.  After the Lord created Adam in the Garden, God saw that Adam was lonely.  Even the animals could not fill the void.  God created Eve.  Adam loved Eve.  He found that he was complete with her. 

St. Paul discussed the sacred bonds of marriage in his letter to  the Ephesians.  He told them wives should be supportive of their husbands, and husbands must love their wives as Christ loved the Church, stretching out His arms on the Cross for her.  The man is head of the family, and the wife is the heart. 

Today love is a complicated thing.  In days past, love was a commitment to another person, rejecting all others.  Today love is seen as a feeling that comes and goes, and marriage is seen as a temporary agreement that lasts as long as both parties are having fun.  

In the beginning it was not so.

God draws us to the spouse we are meant to have.  If we are agreeable, we can build beautiful lives with these people, designed to be our other halves.  However, in our fallen world there is often jealousy and resistance to change.  Scripture covers this as well, “A man shall leave his mother and a woman her home.”  We are called to leave everything for love of the other, regardless of the naysayers.  If we place God at the center and the well-being of our spouse before ourselves, we can build a love made in Heaven. 

Man and Wife

One Flesh

Walking Hand In Hand With You

She Didn’t Steal My Heart

[I Fall In Love Again]

A Love Made In Heaven

Without Love

If you would like to hear more of the music in this program,

• Look for us on the web at www.corsanctum.com
• Find us on Facebook as Cor Sanctum and Holy Heart Media
• Follow us on Twitter as Holy Heart Media

This has been a Holy Heart Media Production in association with the Pro Sanctity Movement.  Thank you for listening.  God Bless!

Today is the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle.

St. Thomas is best known for being so hurt and angry at Jesus for letting Himself be crucified instead of crushing the Roman oppressors under foot, that he gave up.  Thomas was done with all of it.  He petulantly said it would take putting his fingers in the wounds to make him believe.  The prophets foretold of a mighty savior.  Where was HE?!  What good was some suffering servant that could be put down without a second thought? 

Thomas had given up everything for Jesus, now that Jesus was dead, Thomas had nothing to go back to, no future, and no hope.

That is what he was BEST KNOWN for, but that is not what earned him a feast day.

Jesus returned to the upper room, and this time Thomas was there.  He felt terrible about the hurtful things he had said and felt toward Jesus.  Jesus knew Thomas’ heart and bid him to touch the wounds, suffered that all my be free of death’s dark hold.  There was healing in the wounds.  Thomas experienced an  unshakable conversion. 

As John listened to the Heart of Christ at the Last Supper, so Thomas touched the human vulnerability of GOD. 

Today, we touch Christ in a similarly intimate way each time we receive the Eucharist.  However, that is not the only way… 

Each time we touch another through our thoughts, words, and deeds we either place balm or salt in the wounds of Christ. 

Doubting Thomas   

July 3rd

Welcome to Pro Sanctity’s Holiness Helpers on Spirit 102.7.  I’m Nancy Tefft, and this is July: A Deeper Look At Our Relationships With God, Family, and Community.” 

Today’s theme is “God: Our Constant Companion, Savior, and Friend.”  Many times we feel alone in the world, wondering if we will ever find the happiness others seem to have.  In the darkest of these moments, we may call out to the Lord, asking if He truly loves us, or if we have been left by the wayside as other, more deserate prayers are answered first. 

We know that lasting peace can only come from God, but how do we gain the confidence to give ourselves to the Lord fully?  St. Patrick had the answer.  He prayed over 100 times a day, offering a simple petition: “Christ Be With Me.” 

As we grow in our faith, we become more able to trust in God’s plan and accept our role in it.  It is at this point that we realize God has been with us the whole time.  The world is loud, and we just missed Him.  In the end we are God’s people, and we belong to Him.  As His children, our home is with the Lord. 

All Alone Through The Dark

Tell Me, My Lord

Only In You

Christ Be With Me

Prayer

Where I’ve Stood

I Belong With You

If you would like to hear more of the music in this program,

• Look for us on the web at www.corsanctum.com
• Find us on Facebook as Cor Sanctum and Holy Heart Media
• Follow us in Twitter as Holy Heart Media

This had been a Holy Heart Media Production in association with the Pro Sanctity Movement.  Thank you for listening.  God Bless!

June 26^th

Welcome to Pro Sanctity’s Holiness Helpers on Spirit 102.7.  I’m Nancy Tefft, and this is “June: A Celebration of the Month of the Founder of the Pro Sanctity Movement.”  Servant of God, Bishop Giaquinta wrote extensively about the Universal Call to Holiness.  He taught in the 1950s what Pope John Paul II made an integral part of his papacy 20 years later: and that is we are all called to give the maximum of ourselves to God and our neighbor.  We are all called to be saints. 

Throughout his writings, he looked at our relationship with Christ.  God loves us no matter what we do.  If we are to answer God’s call to sainthood, we must follow the example of the saints, believe in God’s love for us, cast out into the deep, go to the Holy Spirit for help along the way, and ultimately come to the Cenacle to contemplate Christ.  

To Answer God’s Call

For The Saints

I Believe In You

Into The Deep

Holy Spirit, We Implore You

Come To The Cenacle

Jesus, Bread Of Life

If you would like to hear more of the music in this program, see us live at Scooters Coffee on Capehart in Bellevue this evening at 7pm, and Bear Creek Coffee July 10^th at 2pm. 

§        Look for us on the web at www.corsanctum.com

§        Find us on Facebook as Cor Sanctum and Holy Heart Media

§        Follow us on Twitter as Holy Heart Media

This has been a Holy Heart Production in association with the Pro Sanctity Movement.  Thank you for listening.  God Bless!

Thank you to the Nebraska Christian Music Festival organizers for putting together such a faith-filled event and extending the invitation to Omaha’s own humble Praise Musicians! 

As posted on the official site…

Cor Sanctum

1:05 pm early afternoon heart renewal  

Cor Sanctum founder, Stephen Tefft, is a prolific composer with over 1000 songs to his credit.  Founded in 1999, the band, Cor Sanctum, has played in a variety of venues, including Mead, NE, and World Youth Day in Germany in 2005.  Says Tefft, “. . . holiness is universal.  If you listen to all the songs, that’s the main theme – helping people get to heaven,” he said. “How can we get to heaven?  What more can we give to God?” Rick Smith on percussion, Michael Buell on guitar and Jen Gaddie on vocals join Tefft in forming the faith-based group. “We just get together and it flows out of us for the most part,” Gaddie said. “[It's] the grace of God, I think.” While Scripture and prayers inspire the lyrics, the band’s sound comes from a variety of different genres and is anything from quiet reflective to get-up-and-dance praise, Tefft said. The likes of John Denver, Simon and Garfunkel and other folk-based sounds can be heard in Cor Sanctum’s music. 

Social Contradiction

11:00 am morning spiritual reveille  

  Social Contradiction Omaha’s newest group, Social Contradiction, a group of high school friends  using their talents for God and giving a courageous message in living what they believe, have fun doing it.  They cover popular praise and worship songs, and have produced original songs in their repertoire. They are a true inspiration for teens and adults alike.  Organized in the fall of 2009, Social Contradiction members include: Alex Engelkamp (Lead Vocals), Sean Carney (Rhythm Guitar/Back-up Vocals/Manager), Joey Bastian (Lead Guitar), Sean “Koolaid Mann” Anderson (Bass Guitar), Michele Maguire (Keyboard/Female Vocals), and Arick Franke (Drums).

June 19

Welcome to Pro Sanctity’s Holiness Helpers on Spirit 102.7.  I’m Nancy Tefft, and this is “June: A Celebration of the Month of the Founder of the Pro Sanctity Movement.”  Servant of God, Bishop Giaquinta wrote extensively about the Universal Call to Holiness.  He taught in the 1950s what Pope John Paul II made an integral part of his papacy 20 years later: and that is we are all called to give the maximum of ourselves to God and our neighbor.  We are all called to be saints. 

In his book The Cenacle, he wrote about Jesus’ message of love to His apostles at the Last Supper.  Bishop Giaquinta focused on the themes of service and sacrificial love as it pertains to both the priesthood and the laity.  He described in great detail how the bread and wine are transformed into the Body and Blood of Christ, and in turn we are transformed by our participation in the feast. 

Anamnesis

Transformation

True Unity

Divine Spirit

Prayer For Our Priests

The Priest

If you would like to hear more of the music in this program, see us live at the Christian Music Festival in Hastings, NE tomorrow at 1:30pm, at Scooters Coffee on Capehart in Bellevue June 26^th at 7pm, and Bear Creek Coffee July 10^th at 2pm.

§        Look for us on the web at www.corsanctum.com

§        Find us on Facebook as Cor Sanctum and Holy Heart Media

§        Follow us on Twitter as Holy Heart Media

This has been a Holy Heart Production in association with the Pro Sanctity Movement.  Thank you for listening.  God Bless!

June 12^th

Welcome to Pro Sanctity’s Holiness Helpers on Spirit 102.7.  I’m Nancy Tefft, and this is “June: A Celebration of the Month of the Founder of the Pro Sanctity Movement.”  Servant of God, Bishop Giaquinta wrote extensively about the Universal Call to Holiness.  He taught in the 1950s what Pope John Paul II made an integral part of his papacy 20 years later: and that is we are all called to give the maximum of ourselves to God and our neighbor.  We are all called to be saints. 

In his book of Prayers, he wrote about our part in the relationship with God.  It is not enough to bask in God’s infinite love.  We must respond to that love.  We must stand up and say, “Lord, I love You with all that I am and all that I have.  Send me, and I shall bring your message of love to the nations.”  We take God’s love with us and open ourselves to the truth, that we may be a window through which God’s love can be seen.

Father, We Praise You

Eucharistic Jesus

For Priests

Only In You

Divine Martyr Of Calvary

Peace

If you would like to hear more of the music in this program, see us live at Bear Creek Coffee this afternoon at 2pm, St. Peter’s Church McMahon Hall on June 13^th at 3pm, and at the Christian Music Festival in Hastings, NE June 20th.

§        Look for us on the web at www.corsanctum.com

§        Find us on Facebook as Cor Sanctum and Holy Heart Media

§        Follow us on Twitter as Holy Heart Media

This has been a Holy Heart Production in association with the Pro Sanctity Movement.  Thank you for listening.  God Bless!

June 5^th

Welcome to Pro Sanctity’s Holiness Helpers on Spirit 102.7.  I’m Nancy Tefft, and this is “June: A Celebration of the Month of the Founder of the Pro Sanctity Movement.”  Servant of God, Bishop Giaquinta wrote extensively about the Universal Call to Holiness.  He taught in the 1950s what Pope John Paul II made an integral part of his papacy 20 years later: and that is, we are all called to give the maximum of ourselves to God and our neighbor.  We are all called to be saints. 

In his book of Prayers, Bishop Giaquinta wrote about our relationship with God and the depth and breadth of the love God has for us.  We are God’s children.  We long to love and be loved by Him.  We are called to be saints, and sainthood happens in clusters.  If I want to go to Heaven, then I must help you, and you in turn help me.  Together we will help each other, and so on.  Our goal is always Christ. 

Jesus, Divine Master

Tell Me, My Lord

Abba, Father

To The Son

Make Us Saints

You Have Loved Me

Mother Of God

If you would like to hear more of the music in this program, see us live at Bear Creek Coffee June 12^th at 2pm, St. Peter’s Church McMahon Hall on June 13^th at 3pm, and at the Christian Music Festival in Hastings, NE June 20th.

§        Look for us on the web at www.corsanctum.com

§        Find us on Facebook as Cor Sanctum and Holy Heart Media

§        Follow us on Twitter as Holy Heart Media

This has been a Holy Heart Production in association with the Pro Sanctity Movement.  Thank you for listening.  God Bless!