{"podcast":{"title":"All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri","slug":"all-things-catholic-with-dr-edward-sri-225399","podcast_index_feed_id":225399,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fireside.fm/allthingscatholic/rss","website_url":"https://media.ascensionpress.com/category/ascension-podcasts/allthingscatholic/","image_url":"https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/d/d94167f6-bffc-443f-9f3e-ba9ff0de3b5a/cover.jpg?v=2","author":"Ascension","episode_count":474,"summary":"Join well-known theologian and author Edward Sri for weekly insights on understanding and living out the Catholic faith. Delve deeper into the Bible, prayer time, virtue, relationships, marriage and family and culture with practical reflections on all things Catholic. Don't just go through the motions. Live as an intentional Catholic, a disciple of Jesus Christ.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T14:22:18.667502+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/all-things-catholic-with-dr-edward-sri-225399"},"episode":{"title":"Why Catholics Pray the Hail Mary","slug":"why-catholics-pray-the-hail-mary","published_at":"2026-09-08T07:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/all-things-catholic-with-dr-edward-sri-225399/why-catholics-pray-the-hail-mary","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/all-things-catholic-with-dr-edward-sri-225399","url":"https://allthingscatholic.fireside.fm/476","audio_url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/d94167f6-bffc-443f-9f3e-ba9ff0de3b5a/ec84277b-f8cf-4219-a3e5-12c7849e241e.mp3","summary":"Did you know that the Hail Mary is actually a prayer that ultimately leads us to Jesus? Dr. Sri explains the Biblical roots of the prayer and reveals how Jesus is the “center of gravity” of the prayer. He also offers a simple way to pray it with greater attention and love. _ _ For full shownotes, visit Ascensionpress.com/Allthingscatholic, or text ALLTHINGSCATHOLIC to 33-777 for weekly shownotes sent to your inbox. Support All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri","meta_description":"Did you know that the Hail Mary is actually a prayer that ultimately leads us to Jesus? Dr. Sri explains the Biblical roots of the prayer and reveals how…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1081,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/all-things-catholic-with-dr-edward-sri-225399/episodes/why-catholics-pray-the-hail-mary/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/all-things-catholic-with-dr-edward-sri-225399/why-catholics-pray-the-hail-mary.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}