En Cristo

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Gospel reflection with parish warmth.

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En Cristo is a devotional Catholic show built around the day’s Gospel and the Church calendar. Each episode moves from Scripture into practical exhortation, then closes with a saint’s life and a blessing.

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About En Cristo

En Cristo is a Catholic reflection show with the cadence of a parish morning meditation. It is structured around the Church calendar, the day’s Gospel, and the spiritual meaning of seasons such as Lent, Holy Week, and Easter. The format is simple. A date and liturgical setting open the episode, followed by a reading-centered reflection and then a saint’s life. The Gospel commentary often moves from close attention to biblical scenes into direct moral application. The road to Emmaus becomes a meditation on sadness, community, Eucharist, and the recognition of the Risen Christ. The miraculous catch becomes a prompt to keep working with patience, kindness, and trust after failure. The raising of Lazarus leads into confession, mercy, freedom from sin, charity, and the concrete work of Caritas. The show is devotional rather than argumentative. It assumes the listener values Catholic practice, sacramental language, saints, Marian devotion, and spiritual discipline. Still, the reflections are not only inward-facing. They repeatedly press faith toward testimony, generosity, forgiveness, patience, and service to people in need. The saints’ segments give the show much of its texture. Miguel de los Santos is remembered through Trinitarian religious life and mystical devotion. Julia Billiart is presented through catechesis, care for children, illness, recovery, and religious foundation. Stanislao of Cracovia brings martyrdom, conflict, and the cost of prophetic witness into view. Matilde is framed through responsibility, prayer, widowhood, almsgiving, and generosity. These stories are told as examples, not as detached history. The pacing can be repetitive and prayerful, with phrases returning as if to settle them into memory. Its register is warm, pastoral, and openly affectionate. The closing blessing is part of the identity: brief, familiar, and intimate. En Cristo suits listeners who want faith formation woven into ordinary days, with Scripture, saints, sacramental life, and hope treated as daily companions rather than occasional themes.

Made for: For Catholic listeners seeking Scripture reflection, saint stories, Marian devotion, and practical spiritual encouragement. It especially suits those who follow the liturgical calendar closely.

What sets it apart: The show combines a day-by-day Gospel meditation with extended saint biographies and a consistent blessing-led close. Its parish-like intimacy makes the reflections feel personal without losing their devotional structure.

In their own words

"Los que aman a Dios todo les sirve para bien". En este espacio el Padre José Juan Hernández Déniz, párroco de San Nicolás de Bari en Avilés, nos regala estos minutos de reflexión y esperanza para seguir el buen camino.Te invitamos a participar con tus peticiones y oraciones.Vía de contactoe-mail: [email protected]

Gospel readingsEaster hopeLenten repentanceconfession and mercyMarian devotionsaints’ biographiescharity and CaritasChristian witness

Episodes

  1. 1

    Santa Casilda de Toledo, virgen

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  2. 2

    San Juan Bautista la Salle, presbítero fundador

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  3. 3

    Lunes de la octava de Pascua

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  4. 4

    5 de abril - Domingo de Resurrección

    ·6m
  5. 5

    Sábado Santo

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  6. 6

    Viernes Santo

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  7. 7

    Jueves Santo

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  8. 8

    San Hugo, obispo

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  9. 9

    San Benjamín, diácono y mártir

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  10. 10

    San Juan Clímaco, Abad

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  11. 11

    Domingo de Ramos en la Pasión del Señor

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  12. 12

    San Esteban Harding, Abad fundador del Cister

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  13. 13

    San Ruperto, obispo

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  14. 14

    Beata Magdalena Morano, religiosa salesiana

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  15. 15

    Solemnidad de La Anunciación del Señor

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  16. 16

    San Óscar Romero, obispo y mártir

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  17. 17

    Sto. Toribio de Mogrovejo, obispo

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  18. 18

    San Filemón

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  19. 19

    San Martín de Braga, obispo

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  20. 20

    San José

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  21. 21

    San Cirilo de Jerusalén, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia

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  22. 22

    San Patricio, obispo

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  23. 23

    San José Gabriel Brochero, sacerdote

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  24. 24

    IV Domingo de Cuaresma

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  25. 25

    San Rodrigo, sacerdote y mártir

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  26. 26

    San Luis Orione, presbítero y fundador

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  27. 27

    Sto. Domingo Cam, presbítero y mártir

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  28. 28

    Sta. María Eugenia de Jesús, religiosa fundadora

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  29. 29

    Sta. Francisca Romana, religiosa

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  30. 30

    III Domingo de Cuaresma

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  31. 31

    Stas. Perpetua y Felicidad, mártires

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  32. 32

    San Olegario, obispo

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  33. 33

    San Adrián, mártir

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  34. 34

    San Casimiro

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  35. 35

    Stos. Emeterio y Celedonio, mártires

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  36. 36

    Santa Inés de Praga, virgen

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  37. 37

    II Domingo de Cuaresma

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  38. 38

    San Román, Abad

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  39. 39

    San Gregorio de Narek, doctor de la Iglesia

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  40. 40

    Sta. Paula Montal, virgen y fundadora

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  41. 41

    San Vicente de Zaragoza, diácono y mártir

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  42. 42

    Santa Inés, virgen y mártir

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  43. 43

    San Fabián, Papa. San Sebastián mártir

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  44. 44

    Beato Marcelo Spinola, obispo-cardenal y fundador

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  45. 45

    II Domingo del T.O.

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  46. 46

    San Antonio, abad

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  47. 47

    San Fulgencio, obispo

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  48. 48

    San Arnoldo Janssen, presbítero y fundador

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  49. 49

    San Juan de Ribera, obispo

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    San Hilario de Poitiers, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia

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  51. 51

    San Martino de León, presbítero

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  52. 52

    El Bautismo del Señor

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  53. 53

    San Gregorio de Nisa, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia

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  54. 54

    San Eulogio, presbítero y mártir

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  55. 55

    San Julián, mártir

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  56. 56

    San Raimundo de Peñafort, presbítero dominico

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  57. 57

    Epifanía del Señor

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  58. 58

    San Manuel González, obispo

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  59. 59

    II Domingo de Navidad

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  60. 60

    Santísimo Nombre de Jesús

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  61. 61

    San Estanislao, obispo y mártir

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  62. 62

    San Miguel de los Santos, Trinitario

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  63. 63

    Stos. Francisco y Jacinta, videntes de Fátima

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  64. 64

    Beato Álvaro de Córdoba, presbítero dominico

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  65. 65

    Beato Fray Angélico, dominico, pintor

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  66. 66

    Siervos de la Virgen María

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  67. 67

    San José Allamano, sacerdote y fundador

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  68. 68

    VI Domingo del T.O.

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  69. 69

    Stos. Cirilo y Metodio. San Valentín, sacerdote y mártir

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    San Benigno de Todi, presbítero y mártir

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  71. 71

    Los santos mártires de Abitinia

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  72. 72

    Nuestra Señora de Lourdes. Jornada del enfermo

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  73. 73

    Sta. Escolástica, virgen y fundadora

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  74. 74

    Sta. Apolonia, virgen y mártir

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  75. 75

    V Domingo del T.O.

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  76. 76

    San Ricardo, rey sajón

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  77. 77

    San Pablo Miki y compañeros mártires

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  78. 78

    Santa Águeda, virgen y mártir

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    Stos. Luis Versiglia y Calixto Caravario, mártires salesianos

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    San Modesto de Treveris, obispo

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    San Policarpo, obispo y mártir

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  82. 82

    I Domingo de Cuaresma

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    San Pedro Damián, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia

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    Sta. Catalina de Ricci, religiosa dominica

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  85. 85

    San Blas, obispo y mártir. San Óscar, obispo

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  86. 86

    Presentación del Señor. Ntra. Sra. de la Candelaria

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  87. 87

    IV Domingo del T.O.

    ·11m
  88. 88

    San Juan Bosco, presbítero y fundador

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  89. 89

    San Lesmes, Abad benedictino

    ·8m
  90. 90

    Beato Manuel Domingo y Sol, presbítero y fundador

    ·9m
  91. 91

    Sto. Tomás de Aquino. Presbítero dominico y doctor de la Iglesia

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  92. 92

    San Enrique de Osso, presbítero y fundador

    ·9m
  93. 93

    Stos. Timoteo y Tito, obispos

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  94. 94

    III Domingo del T.O.

    ·11m
  95. 95

    San Francisco de Sales, obispo y doctor de la Iglesia

    ·9m
  96. 96

    San Ildefonso, obispo

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  97. 97

    Stos. Basilio y Gregorio nacianceno, obispos y doctores de la Iglesia

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  98. 98

    II Domingo de Pascua

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  99. 99

    Santa Julia Billiart, virgen y fundadora

    Father José Juan Hernández Déniz reflects on the Gospel story of the Emmaus journey, where two disciples fail to recognize the risen Christ until he breaks bread.

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  100. 100

    San Estanislao, obispo y mártir

    Father José Juan Hernández Déniz reflects on Easter week and the Virgin Mary's guidance.

    ·8m
  101. 101

    V Domingo de Cuaresma

    Father José Juan Hernández Déniz reflects on the fifth Sunday of Lent, known as the Sunday of Lazarus.

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    Santa Matilde, reina

    Father José Juan Hernández Déniz reflects on the third week of Lent, focusing on the Virgin Mary as a guiding star.

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    San Miguel de los Santos, Trinitario

    Father José Juan Hernández Déniz reflects on the Gospel of John 21:1-14, where Jesus appears to seven apostles after a miraculous fishing.

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