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All we have to comfort, guide us and sustain us in this straggling path called life are the radiant whispers that we grasp as a distant “sunrise of wonder” in our spiritual practice, in great works of literature, music, art, and in nature and blue skies. These are the Radiant Whispers. That's what this podcast is about. We will talk about culture and society, about ancient and modern history, literature and art with dramatized readings of poetry, fables, theatre, novels and stories. Subscribe -let's find radiant whispers everywhere.

Radiant Whispers Gabriel Porras

    • Society & Culture

All we have to comfort, guide us and sustain us in this straggling path called life are the radiant whispers that we grasp as a distant “sunrise of wonder” in our spiritual practice, in great works of literature, music, art, and in nature and blue skies. These are the Radiant Whispers. That's what this podcast is about. We will talk about culture and society, about ancient and modern history, literature and art with dramatized readings of poetry, fables, theatre, novels and stories. Subscribe -let's find radiant whispers everywhere.

    I Bind Unto Myself Today (St Patrick's Breastplate)

    I Bind Unto Myself Today (St Patrick's Breastplate)

    Join me to pray together every morning this powerful prayer known as "The Breastplate of St. Patrick," which was written in the 9th century in Ireland. I invite you to pray this prayer every morning with passion, surrender, and eagerness, believing that God will transform your day. This prayer is not for the timid or half-hearted, as it requires genuine conviction and a belief that our prayers can reach beyond the walls of our room.

    How big is your faith? How big are your goals and aspirations? Pray this prayer with all your heart for seven days and be amazed.
    Listen to more prayers and important topics and stories at www.radiantwhispers.com.

    Also, please support me by subscribing, commenting, and sharing this content with others. Thank you!

    Programme voiced, recorded and produced by Gabriel Porras at www.gabrielvoice.com and www.radiantwhispers.com
    Music: The circle of life, by The Circle of Life @artlist.io. Used with license.

    Photo: Morning Sunrise at Lake Kawaguchi and Mount Fuji. Yamanashi, Japan Copyright © 2022 Wallpapers13.com
    Cover design by Ricardo Gil, ricardo@scrav.com
    Again:

    Listen to more prayers like this and other important stories and topics at www.radiantwhispers.com

    Please support me by subscribing, commenting and sharing this content with others.

    • 3 min
    Psalm 27, Prayer Of The Aborted Baby

    Psalm 27, Prayer Of The Aborted Baby

    Psalm 27 from the Bible was written over three thousand years ago by King David, "the sweet singer of Israel". It is a profound prayer of praise to God and a plea for protection and comfort in the most troubled and challenging of times. David contemplates the most outrageous and cruel destiny he can imagine: that of a child deliberately abandoned by his parents. "Even if my father and mother abandoned me, you will take care of me"... even if something as unimaginable and unnatural as being deliberately abandoned by his parents were to happen to him, even if the natural and biological order were to be so twisted, God would take care of him. Even if his father and mother conspired to abandon him.

    That is why I put his prayer on the lips of every aborted baby boy and girl.

    Text:
    The Voice (VOICE)The Voice Bible Copyright © 2012 Thomas Nelson, Inc. The Voice™ translation © 2012 Ecclesia Bible Society All rights reserved.
    Adapted and read by Gabriel Porras for radiantwhispers.com and gabrielvoice.com.
    Production: Gabriel Porras and Andre Sosa @drorangeacademy
    Cover by Ricardo Gil ricardo@scrav.com
    Music: "Purify" by Embrace at artlist.com. Used with license.

    • 4 min
    Luvina, by Juan Rulfo

    Luvina, by Juan Rulfo

    A jewel of Spanish-language literature, quintessentially Mexican and universal at the same time. The story of a town that is all dust, loneliness and silence “where sorrow makes her nest”.


    Original story by Juan Rulfo read by Gabriel Porras
    Translation by Stephen Beechinor
    Production: Gabriel Porras and Andre Sosa @drorangeacademy
    Cover design by Ricardo Gil ricardo@scrav.com
    Music: La Guanábana, by Los Parientes de Playa Vicente, from the album América Afroíndigena at freemusicarchive.com

    • 25 min
    Why celebrate Christmas?, by Nicky Gumbel

    Why celebrate Christmas?, by Nicky Gumbel

    Every year, Christmas is the greatest celebration around the globe. No other event makes us get together as families and friends like Christmas. And yet, Christmas is also the worst time of the year for millions of lonely, hurting people. Commandeered by businesses and restaurants, Christmas celebrations often obscure Christ, whose birth is the original and best reason to celebrate Christmas. Find out why the birth of Christ deserves to be celebrated with all your heart.

    Programme presented and produced by Gabriel Porras at gabrielvoice.com and musmullosradiantes.com

    Text: Nicky Gumbel
    Nicky Gumbel is the creator of the Alpha Course, which is a beautiful and warm introduction to Christianity. Over 26 million people have taken the Alpha Course in over 100 countries. Nicky graduated in Law at Cambridge and in Theology at Oxford. He worked as a barrister before becoming a writer and preacher.
    Join an Alpha Course near you here: https://alpha.org.uk/try
    You can also do it online.

    Cover created by Ricardo Gil, ricardo@scrav.com with AI at www.bing.com by Microsoft

    Music:
    "Handpanophone" by David Charrier is from his album Ephemeral on artlist.io.
    Sound effect:
    Clean high bell ring, license Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://orangefreesounds.com/

    • 29 min
    If Hamas Wins, We All Lose

    If Hamas Wins, We All Lose

    Reducing the conflict in Gaza to a question of Palestinian-Israeli differences is an unforgivable mistake. The conflict that has been raging in Gaza for decades is the conflict between Islam and world civilisation, that is, between Islam and you and me, and each and every one of us who are not yet under Islam: not only Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Newagers and Hindus. Also homosexuals, transsexuals, feminists, atheists, agnostics, science, education, technology and progress and welfare for all. All this is lost if Hamas wins, and Islam advances.

    Programme written, presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, at murmullosradiantes.com.

    Cover created by Ricardo Gil, ricardo@scrav.com
    Image by Vectonauta at www.freepik.es

    Music:
    "Gone with the winds", by Veaceslav Draganov (Picture) on artlist.com.
    "Jericho at Dusk", by Alon Peretz (Three Middle Eastern Cities), on artlist.com
    "Ruhi", by Meriem Ben Amor, on artlist.com

    Links and references:
    On how Hamas rewards its soldiers with girls as young as nine years old, see these photographs: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hamas-wedding-girls/

    On Islam's hatred of women, and how it promises a paradise of luxury and sex to Hamas soldiers and Islamism, listen to these past episodes:
    "Islam hates women": https://soundcloud.com/murmullosradiantes/el-islam-odia-a-las-mujeres
    "Is paradise a luxury brothel?": https://soundcloud.com/murmullosradiantes/el-paraiso-es-un-burdel-de-lujo
    On the dangerous stupidity of the masses:
    https://soundcloud.com/murmullosradiantes/el-peligro-de-la-estupidez-mr-sc-esp

    A long and detailed collection of Hamas abuses on this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Hamas#Press_restrictions

    On the despicable sexual violence of Hamas’ attack on 07 October: https://youtu.be/2l3EbRiDATE?feature=shared

    Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of one of the founders of Hamas, appears in multiple YouTube videos, such as this one:
    https://youtu.be/H9WEcvrWvyo?feature=shared
    His experiences and perspectives on the workings of Hamas appear in a book entitled "Son of Hamas":
    https://amzn.eu/d/ff29BB7
    and a film entitled "The Green Prince":
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B00YRUA3QU/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

    On Hamas soldiers shouting "Allah is victorious" as they behead and rape innocent Israelis on October 7, 2023: https://youtu.be/SmivUM0tlwc?feature=shared

    A passionate article by Alan Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, which inspired me to write this episode: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20126/hamas-nazis

    Photos of Mufti Husseini reviewing troops and having tea with Hitler can be seen here: https://youtu.be/ou0EgaK49Ak?feature=shared

    • 36 min
    The Daydreams of Atheism

    The Daydreams of Atheism

    My atheist friends love to cite Immanuel Kant, David Hume and Voltaire as leading thinkers who opened new horizons for humanity, freeing it from the religious prejudices that had enslaved it for centuries. But things were very different, and the writings of these three influential thinkers provided a framework that supported the slavery and exploitation of non-European races more than anyone else. We examine the great ambiguities of the Enlightenment and the main myths of atheism, such as The Myth of Progress, The Myth of Human Rationality and The Myth of Human Goodness, with a discussion of Steven Pinker's "Enlightenment Now".

    Programme written, presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, professional voice actor (gabrielvoice.com).

    Cover design: Ricardo Gil (ricardo@scrav.com).

    Music:
    "Joking Together", by Michele Nobler/Memory Tapes @artlist.io
    "Alive and Well", by Campagna/Hello Love @artlist.io

    The inspiration for this programme comes from a debate between Steven Pinker and Nick Spencer, titled "Have science, reason and humanism replaced faith?", available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ssf5XN5o9q4?feature=shared

    Nick Spencer published a well-argued article entitled "Atheist Fairy Tales: exposing secularism's major myths" on Premier Unbelievable: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/topics/atheist-fairytales-exposing-secularisms-major-myths/12200.article

    Francis Collins, the director of the Human Genome Project, published a book entitled "The Language of God", in which he makes a strong case for the existence of God.

    • 38 min

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