How Can I Keep From Singing Podcast – Episode #1
By Susan Bailey • Oct 31st, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Susan Bailey
Welcome to “How Can I Keep from Singing,” a supplemental podcast in support of the Marian Cenacle Rosary Podcast. In this ‘faith in action’ series, host Susan Bailey shares from her own life how praying and singing the rosary, studying the word of God and practicing other spiritual exercises nourishes her faith and surrounds her with a shield of grace as she faces the trials of unemployment in her family. A song, often sung and written by Susan, will be featured with each podcast episode. May this series encourage you as you face the trials of this difficult economy, or any other trial in your life.
In Episode #1, titled “Feasting,” Susan shares how feasting on prayer, the scriptures, the mass and the Eucharist have strengthened her and surrounded her with grace. And how a very familiar prayer, and one line in particular, has given her much needed strength.
Scripture: Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15 (from the Sunday Lectionary, 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Psalm 34 (from the Sunday Lectionary, 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Music: “How Can I Keep from Singing” (Quaker Hymn), performed by Susan Bailey.
Susan would enjoy your feedback. Share your stories, your prayer requests. Write to her at susan@gvonline.net or call the feedback line at 206-600-6940.
Susan Bailey - Susan Bailey - Susan Bailey is a
singer/songwriter, recording artist, author and speaker, performing prayerful
music as an expression of her Catholic faith. She has appeared on EWTN's
"Backstage," CatholicTV's telethons and "This Is the Day"
program, Catholic Familyland's "His Love," hosted by Marty Rotella,
and she was a featured performer at World Youth Day 2002 in Toronto.Susan has
released 3 CDs: "Teach Me to Love," a collection of original
inspirational songs along with 2 songs dedicated to Blessed Mother Teresa; "Wait with Me: Advent of the Promised
Son," which focuses on Advent and Christmas; and "Mater Dei," an
album dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. In 2008, Susan published her first
book, the "Mary, Queen of Peace Meditation Guide & Sung Rosary"
which includes a scriptural rosary book complete with color pictures of stained
glass windows and icons, and a fully sung rosary on CD. As former editor of
GrapeVine, a website devoted to the promotion of Catholic music, Susan's other
ministry work has included extensive blogging, podcasting and video making. She
was the music editor of Catholic.net, a former contributor to “Today’s Catholic
Woman” found on the Catholic Exchange, and regularly contributes to
Catholicmom.com through her Marian Cenacle Rosary Podcast. Visit her websites
at www.susanbailey.net and www.sungrosary.com.
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