# St. Kateri Tekakwitha Part 1

An episode of [Saints Alive Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1598392451), 13 Jul 2026, 14 min.

Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1882754/episodes/19459654-st-kateri-tekakwitha-part-1.mp3

Step into the court with Paul as a painful injury threatens the championship game. While he rests, he opens a new saint story: St. Kateri. Today, the saint squad gains a powerful new hero! Today’s episode is a special public release from the Hallow exclusive Lenten series for families: The Miracle Hunters! Access the full challenge on Hallow! Saints Alive is brought to you by the #1 Catholic Prayer App, Hallow! Sign up today with a 30-day free trial! Please rate, review and share with friends and family! Find out more about Saints Alive at our website: https://www.saintsalivepodcast.com/

## Transcript

[0:03] SPEAKER_01: Welcome back to the Miracle Hunters.
[0:05] SPEAKER_01: Today, we'll catch up with Paul on the basketball court.
[0:09] SPEAKER_01: Let's listen in.
[0:11] SPEAKER_12: Good hustle, good hustle.
[0:12] SPEAKER_12: Dallas, get open.
[0:14] SPEAKER_12: Pass it back.
[0:15] SPEAKER_18: Go room! Defense, let's go.
[0:17] SPEAKER_18: Come on, guys.
[0:19] SPEAKER_18: Defense! Defense!
[0:26] SPEAKER_12: Step back, everybody.
[0:27] SPEAKER_04: What happened?
[0:28] SPEAKER_04: Uh I don't know.
[0:29] SPEAKER_04: Uh I think I might sprain my ankle or something.
[0:33] unknown: Oh man.
[0:34] SPEAKER_12: Alright, I'll help you up.
[0:37] SPEAKER_12: Alright, let's get to the bench.
[0:38] SPEAKER_12: Don't put any weight on it.
[0:40] SPEAKER_18: This is not good.
[0:42] SPEAKER_04: I'm gonna go get some ice.
[0:43] SPEAKER_04: Thanks, Leo.
[0:45] SPEAKER_04: I'm sure it's fine.
[0:47] SPEAKER_04: It'll be I'll be fine.
[0:48] SPEAKER_04: Thanks, Coach.
[0:50] SPEAKER_12: Of course.
[0:51] SPEAKER_12: Alright, I'm gonna give your mom a call to come pick you up.
[0:53] SPEAKER_04: No.
[0:54] SPEAKER_04: I don't want to miss practice.
[0:56] SPEAKER_12: Well, unfortunately, you won't be playing today, kiddo.
[0:59] SPEAKER_12: But keep it elevated and keep that ice on it while you wait for your mom.
[1:03] SPEAKER_12: Okay.
[1:05] SPEAKER_12: Thanks, Coach.
[1:06] SPEAKER_18: How's it feel?
[1:07] SPEAKER_04: You want my honest answer?
[1:09] SPEAKER_18: Come on, man.
[1:10] SPEAKER_18: Give it to me straight.
[1:10] SPEAKER_04: This hurts as much as when I broke my arm when I fell off my bunk bed.
[1:14] SPEAKER_18: I said give it to me straight.
[1:15] SPEAKER_04: What I did, Brad.
[1:17] SPEAKER_04: That means tell me the truth.
[1:18] SPEAKER_18: Oh right.
[1:20] SPEAKER_18: I know that.
[1:21] SPEAKER_18: Okay.
[1:22] SPEAKER_18: Hey.
[1:22] SPEAKER_18: Oh no, that's not good.
[1:24] SPEAKER_18: Not good, I tell you.
[1:26] SPEAKER_04: Hey, listen.
[1:27] SPEAKER_04: This is not the time to panic.
[1:29] SPEAKER_18: This is the perfect time to panic.
[1:31] SPEAKER_18: Wait, wait.
[1:33] SPEAKER_18: If your ankle's broken one week before a championship came, what what what are we supposed to do?
[1:40] SPEAKER_04: I know, I I know.
[1:41] SPEAKER_04: I don't even want to think about that.
[1:43] SPEAKER_04: All right, boys.
[1:45] SPEAKER_04: Let's get some water, do some sprints.
[1:47] SPEAKER_18: Feel better, Paul.
[1:49] SPEAKER_04: Thanks.
[1:50] SPEAKER_04: Yeah, uh, I'll be back out there soon.
[1:52] SPEAKER_18: You want something to read while you ice your ankle?
[1:55] SPEAKER_04: Um, sure.
[1:57] SPEAKER_04: The pain is pretty bad, so I could use the distraction.
[2:02] SPEAKER_18: Here, I need to read this by the end of the week.
[2:05] SPEAKER_18: So maybe you could read it and give me the information by osmosis.
[2:11] SPEAKER_04: Wait, Brad.
[2:12] SPEAKER_18: I'm just kidding.
[2:13] SPEAKER_18: Check it out though.
[2:14] SPEAKER_18: She might be good to add to our Saint Squad.
[2:17] SPEAKER_18: Saint Squad.
[2:19] SPEAKER_04: Shanketeri.
[2:37] SPEAKER_13: Did I make it?
[2:38] SPEAKER_13: In time.
[2:39] SPEAKER_14: I hope so.
[2:41] SPEAKER_13: Where are they?
[2:42] SPEAKER_14: This way.
[2:43] SPEAKER_14: Follow me.
[2:49] SPEAKER_13: How are they doing?
[2:50] SPEAKER_14: Much worse, I fear.
[2:52] SPEAKER_14: Fever, aches, the rashes are spreading.
[2:57] SPEAKER_14: Just like everyone else.
[2:59] SPEAKER_13: I don't have much to help.
[3:01] SPEAKER_13: I'm down to my last doors.
[3:03] SPEAKER_14: We will make do.
[3:07] SPEAKER_13: First the village chief.
[3:10] SPEAKER_13: Now his family.
[3:16] SPEAKER_15: Shh, my love.
[3:17] SPEAKER_15: Shh.
[3:18] SPEAKER_15: Try not to itch.
[3:20] SPEAKER_15: You will only make it worse.
[3:24] SPEAKER_13: Here.
[3:26] SPEAKER_13: Try this.
[3:28] SPEAKER_13: It may ease the pain.
[3:30] SPEAKER_15: Thank you.
[3:32] SPEAKER_15: Willow?
[3:33] SPEAKER_15: Can you pretend to be a tree for me?
[3:36] SPEAKER_15: For the next five seconds, you are a big, strong willow tree.
[3:40] SPEAKER_15: Rooted deep down in the earth.
[3:42] SPEAKER_15: Stable and fearless.
[3:43] SPEAKER_15: And most of all, still.
[3:46] SPEAKER_15: No moving whatsoever, okay?
[3:52] SPEAKER_15: Five.
[3:54] SPEAKER_15: Four.
[3:55] SPEAKER_15: That's it now.
[3:57] SPEAKER_15: Be absolutely still.
[3:59] SPEAKER_13: There.
[4:00] SPEAKER_13: All done.
[4:01] SPEAKER_15: See?
[4:02] SPEAKER_15: You did it.
[4:03] SPEAKER_15: This too shall pass.
[4:05] SPEAKER_13: You too must rest, Cainta.
[4:09] SPEAKER_13: And you must not make promises that you cannot keep.
[4:14] SPEAKER_13: Even your own husband.
[4:15] SPEAKER_15: I know.
[4:16] SPEAKER_15: You need not remind me of what I have lost.
[4:20] SPEAKER_15: First, my husband, then my son.
[4:23] SPEAKER_15: And now.
[4:25] SPEAKER_15: I know what is to come more than anyone.
[4:28] SPEAKER_15: I may not live to see another day, but I need to believe she will.
[4:32] SPEAKER_15: She must.
[4:34] SPEAKER_15: She's all I have left.
[4:36] SPEAKER_13: I understand.
[4:38] SPEAKER_13: Do try to get some rest.
[4:41] SPEAKER_13: I must go and check on the others.
[4:43] SPEAKER_15: I will.
[4:44] SPEAKER_15: Thank you so much for coming.
[5:02] SPEAKER_15: Mama, I can't sleep.
[5:05] SPEAKER_15: Well, that makes two of us.
[5:07] SPEAKER_15: Here, come close to me.
[5:10] SPEAKER_15: I have to tell you something.
[5:12] SPEAKER_15: What is it?
[5:13] SPEAKER_15: Many, many years ago, long before you were born and before I belonged to the Mohawk Turtle clan.
[5:21] SPEAKER_15: I was in a different tribe.
[5:22] SPEAKER_15: The Ogunkans.
[5:24] SPEAKER_15: That's right.
[5:25] SPEAKER_15: And before I was captured, my people taught me something very special.
[5:30] SPEAKER_15: They taught me about Jesus.
[5:33] SPEAKER_15: Jesus?
[5:34] SPEAKER_15: Yes, little Willow.
[5:36] SPEAKER_15: Jesus.
[5:37] SPEAKER_15: He is the one who loves us most in the world.
[5:40] SPEAKER_15: Every single one of us.
[5:42] SPEAKER_15: And he is the one we can turn to when all hope seems lost.
[5:46] SPEAKER_15: You cannot see him in our lands, but you can talk to him in your heart, and he will hear you.
[5:52] SPEAKER_15: He is all powerful.
[5:54] SPEAKER_15: Stronger than a tree?
[5:56] SPEAKER_15: Much stronger.
[5:58] SPEAKER_15: Now, this must be our secret, okay?
[6:02] SPEAKER_15: Moserau clan does not yet know about Jesus.
[6:05] SPEAKER_15: How come?
[6:06] SPEAKER_15: I think perhaps they are simply not ready to meet him.
[6:11] SPEAKER_15: But I wanted you to know the truth.
[6:14] SPEAKER_15: They will understand in time.
[6:16] SPEAKER_15: Just promise me this.
[6:18] SPEAKER_15: Anything, Mama.
[6:19] SPEAKER_15: That even if you are sick and suffering, even if I seem far away, or if you feel all alone in the world, you will remember that Jesus is with you.
[6:32] SPEAKER_15: Always.
[6:38] SPEAKER_01: That autumn, the smallpox epidemic devastated the Iroquois village where little Willow lived.
[6:44] SPEAKER_01: She survived, but her brother, father, and mother left this earth, leaving her all alone at just four years old.
[6:56] SPEAKER_01: After that, she was taken in and raised by her aunt and uncle, another Mohawk chief.
[7:02] SPEAKER_01: Though she was still young and weakened from the effects of smallpox, a flicker of hope burnt deep within her heart.
[7:13] SPEAKER_16: This is where you will eat.
[7:16] SPEAKER_16: That is the mat that you will sleep on.
[7:20] SPEAKER_16: Nothing you haven't seen before, child.
[7:23] SPEAKER_07: Yes, Uncle.
[7:24] SPEAKER_16: And you will see to it that you help your aunt with all the chores.
[7:30] SPEAKER_10: Of course, Uncle.
[7:32] SPEAKER_10: I will not let you down.
[7:38] SPEAKER_02: Keep up, little willow.
[7:40] SPEAKER_02: It's time to plant the seeds.
[7:42] SPEAKER_02: Yes, I'm coming!
[7:43] SPEAKER_16: Little Willow! There's a rabbit here that needs roasting!
[7:47] SPEAKER_10: Yes, Uncle!
[7:48] SPEAKER_16: Little Willow! Little Willow!
[7:50] SPEAKER_01: Willow! The years passed quickly by, and Little Willow dutifully worked for her aunt and uncle.
[7:57] SPEAKER_01: In time, she learned that bravery meant doing the next right thing with great love.
[8:03] SPEAKER_01: On a humid day in July, Little Willow went to draw water from the stream.
[8:08] SPEAKER_01: She hastened down the hill toward the great river, squinting in the late afternoon light.
[8:13] SPEAKER_07: There we go, filled to the brim.
[8:21] SPEAKER_10: There she is, just beyond the street.
[8:24] SPEAKER_10: She's coming this way.
[8:26] SPEAKER_10: Wait for it.
[8:28] SPEAKER_10: Ready?
[8:30] SPEAKER_10: Now gotcha.
[8:35] SPEAKER_07: Well, that wasn't very nice or very funny.
[8:40] SPEAKER_07: Now I have to refill my bucket.
[8:43] SPEAKER_09: A little water never hurt anyone.
[8:45] SPEAKER_09: It's not our fault, little willow.
[8:48] SPEAKER_09: Or what was the name I heard my mother calling you?
[8:51] SPEAKER_09: Oh right.
[8:53] SPEAKER_09: Zeko with her.
[8:55] SPEAKER_09: Since you're always bumping into things.
[8:58] SPEAKER_09: Well, you scared me.
[9:00] SPEAKER_08: If you wouldn't wear that shawl over your face, I bet you would have seen us coming.
[9:05] SPEAKER_08: She's too afraid to take it off, remember?
[9:08] SPEAKER_08: Her face is covered in scars.
[9:10] SPEAKER_07: I'm not afraid.
[9:13] SPEAKER_07: Those mawpox damage my eyes.
[9:17] SPEAKER_07: I cannot see well, especially in the sun.
[9:22] SPEAKER_10: Well, that would explain why you're always so clumsy.
[9:26] SPEAKER_10: Teko witha.
[9:27] SPEAKER_10: Teko we sa oeiza.
[9:31] SPEAKER_10: Taco we saco with the tackle with you.
[10:02] SPEAKER_06: What's going on?
[10:04] SPEAKER_06: The whole village keeps calling me that name.
[10:08] SPEAKER_06: Tekawita.
[10:09] SPEAKER_06: She who bumps into things.
[10:12] SPEAKER_02: Try not to take it to heart, child.
[10:15] SPEAKER_02: Your limitations need not define you.
[10:19] SPEAKER_05: I suppose there are worse things to be called.
[10:22] SPEAKER_05: If my sight is weak, at least my spirit is strong.
[10:28] SPEAKER_17: The audacity.
[10:31] SPEAKER_06: Oh yes, Uncle.
[10:33] SPEAKER_17: Quickly.
[10:34] SPEAKER_17: Rise and start the kettle.
[10:37] SPEAKER_17: The black robes are coming.
[10:39] SPEAKER_03: The black robes?
[10:40] SPEAKER_03: The the French black robes tonight?
[10:43] SPEAKER_17: Yes, they come in peace.
[10:45] SPEAKER_17: As peacefully as anyone comes after their own nation's armies have destroyed our villages.
[10:51] SPEAKER_03: They nearly starved us, for goodness sake.
[10:54] SPEAKER_17: And now we are asked to feed them.
[11:01] SPEAKER_17: Oh, please.
[11:06] SPEAKER_07: I will get the door.
[11:08] SPEAKER_07: Sagel, greetings to you all.
[11:12] SPEAKER_11: Thank you very much for welcoming us.
[11:14] SPEAKER_11: We are honored to be here.
[11:16] SPEAKER_03: Please.
[11:17] SPEAKER_03: Come in and sit down.
[11:18] SPEAKER_03: Dinner will be ready shortly.
[11:22] SPEAKER_03: Don't stare to go in the It is not polite.
[11:26] SPEAKER_07: Uh, I'm sorry.
[11:27] SPEAKER_07: It's just that I've never seen people dress like that before.
[11:31] SPEAKER_07: Why do they have such big hats?
[11:33] SPEAKER_03: It is none of your business, child.
[11:37] SPEAKER_07: We have prepared you a humble stew from this year's harvest.
[11:42] SPEAKER_11: Thank you.
[11:43] SPEAKER_11: And your name is?
[11:44] SPEAKER_07: Oh, me?
[11:45] SPEAKER_07: Uh, little I mean Tekawita.
[11:48] SPEAKER_11: Thank you, Tekawita.
[11:50] SPEAKER_11: Shall we, brothers?
[11:52] SPEAKER_11: Excuse us a moment.
[11:54] SPEAKER_11: You know me Neparto at Filiot Spielzo Sancti.
[11:57] SPEAKER_11: Amen.
[11:58] SPEAKER_07: No one has ever smiled at me like that.
[12:01] SPEAKER_07: Or thank me for cooking.
[12:03] SPEAKER_07: Hush, child.
[12:04] SPEAKER_11: We also wanted to thank you, Chief, for welcoming us into your village.
[12:09] SPEAKER_11: We know these have been trying times.
[12:12] SPEAKER_11: It is a great privilege for us to serve your people.
[12:15] SPEAKER_16: And may I ask, how exactly you intend to be of service to us?
[12:20] SPEAKER_00: We are missionary priests and travel far and wide to share the Christian message to all who long to hear it.
[12:30] SPEAKER_17: You really are clumsy, aren't you?
[12:33] SPEAKER_17: What has gotten into you?
[12:35] SPEAKER_07: It's just my mother was a Christian.
[12:39] SPEAKER_17: Your mother was an embarrassment to our tribe.
[12:44] SPEAKER_03: We are just fine.
[12:46] SPEAKER_03: Here.
[12:46] SPEAKER_03: Tekawitha, please go attend to your other chores.
[12:49] SPEAKER_07: Yes, Auntie.
[12:55] SPEAKER_01: Though the black robes only stayed in the village for a few days, they made a lasting impression.
[13:01] SPEAKER_01: Despite her uncle's disapproval, Tekowitha couldn't help but hope that they'd be back soon.
[13:08] SPEAKER_01: For now, however, she would just have to wait.
[13:17] SPEAKER_12: Oh hey, Mom.
[13:20] SPEAKER_09: Oh gosh, that does not look good.
[13:23] SPEAKER_12: Yeah, it's looking pretty swollen, bud.
[13:25] SPEAKER_09: Well, Dr.
[13:25] SPEAKER_09: Lawson can get you in tomorrow afternoon to take a look at it.
[13:28] SPEAKER_12: In the meantime, you have strict orders to rest and ice.
[13:33] SPEAKER_12: Got it?
[13:34] SPEAKER_12: Oh, got it.
[13:36] SPEAKER_04: I think the couch is caught in my name, Mom.
[13:39] SPEAKER_09: Oh, now you're gonna milk it, huh?
[13:41] SPEAKER_04: Hey, I can't even walk.
[13:44] SPEAKER_04: I think this deserves an early family movie night.
[13:46] SPEAKER_09: Sounds good to me.
[13:48] SPEAKER_09: Come on, kiddo.
[13:49] SPEAKER_09: Let's get you home.
[13:54] SPEAKER_01: Thank you so much for listening today.
[13:56] SPEAKER_01: Make sure to tune back in tomorrow to hear more of the story of Saint Katiri.

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