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In this week's episode, we conclude our three part series on the heart and  Pope Francis’ recent encyclical <a href= "https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html"> Dilexit Nos</a>. We reflect on Scripture as a personal love story, how it speaks to our areas of weakness, and the awesome reality of Jesus desiring to love and heal us there. The Lord meets us where we are and He is always seeking to bring our hearts closer to His. He speaks directly to each one of us with an invitation to be loved and to love. This invitation of love requires a response not only in big moments but in the ordinary moments of each day. Heather’s One Thing - Her friends Laura and Brandon Sister Miriam’s One Thing - <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Farkle-Classic-Dice-Rolling-Risk-Taking-Family/dp/B000NA0HP0/ref=sr_1_5?crid=200TMITOXZELA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.v8NuHtxBcDI04dhHyTlKY5z7Dp-3GORMmo7OsL1Sgwwk-T-cEGcZaT5MDArlFJzY8sza2urLMjM3dkU6zXJ4zbynEThJpBAQraRuVMCLl-gfjkBhbDUuZpk0qd0ruHfag8gFr9iR7Hcr2yDM-tbgWu6-CFNQFDzXfyRXR1i2Ms1kiXCS8dyAo-8z_2LOztkD4mBc-cs5OcJezJ2I0hR1CaZsjVxjY9ntorp1-8MKHVjgk0cosfQg1uj8_Onum1F0-9ShIdCnn-FRHKHWtghPmJa-uAKjBDBcC8WUekCULcs.xBgF77F163ww9J_MqPRlerrAOyabc0qK0bcJvFoT3cU&dib_tag=se&keywords=farkle+classic+dice+game&qid=1731529724&sprefix=farkle%2Caps%2C163&sr=8-5"> Farkle</a> Classic Dice Game Michelle’s One Thing -  Nazareth Organics (especially the <a href= "https://nazareth-organics.com/products/sleep-balm">Sleep Balm</a>) Michelle’s Other One Thing - The Florida State vs UNC game   Other Resources Mentioned:  <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/dilexit-nos-a-brief-guide-for-busy%20https://opusdei.org/en-us/article/encyclical-dilexit-nos-pope-francis/"> “Dilexit Nos”: A brief guide for busy readers</a></li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/286dEUPv3QLUs7QO8psfAc?si=1f45adaec49d4450"> Dilexit Nos audio version</a></li> </ul>   Journal Questions: <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How do I experience spiritual amnesia and forget the ways the Lord loves me?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">When have I experienced the tender love of the Lord in places of poverty and isolation in my heart?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Where in my life do I need to hear the sweet sound of the Lord’s heartbeats? What does Jesus want to convey to me through that sound?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">What parts of Christ’s Body, the Church, do I fail to love?</li> </ul>   Discussion Questions: <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How has the Lord being present to your heart brought you healing and communion?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How has the barrage of tragedy and hardship from the news and social media hardened your heart toward human suffering?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Where are the lukewarm places of your heart?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">What conversations can you have, actions can you take, or apologies can you make to love your neighbor like Christ?</li> </ul>   Quotes to Ponder: The pierced heart of Christ embodies all God’s declarations of love present in the Scriptures. That love is no mere matter of words; rather, the open side of his Son is a source of life for those whom he loves, the fount that quenches the thirst of his people. (Pope Francis, “Dilexit Nos”, Paragraph 101) Saint Augustine opened the way to devotion to the Sacred Heart as the locus of our personal encounter with the Lord. For Augustine, Christ’s wounded side is not only the source of grace and the sacraments, but also the symbol of our intimate union with Christ, the setting of an encounter of love. There we find the source of the most precious wisdom of all, which is knowledge of him. In effect, Augustine writes that John, the beloved disciple, reclining on Jesus’ bosom at the Last Supper, drew near to the secret place of wisdom. (Pope Francis, “Dilexit Nos”, Paragraph 103)   Scripture for Lectio:  “I led them with cords of human kindness, with bands of love. I was to them like those who lift infants to their cheeks. I bent down to them and fed them.” (Hosea 11:4)   Sponsor - Leanne Bowen: Today’s sponsor is Leanne Bowen Fine Art. We love her prints and her candles. These candles smell so good and burn super slowly. She just released a beautiful collection of candle tins that are the perfect size for stockings and hostess gifts! She has a new image of the three wisemen on a Frankincense and Myrrh candle. Her candle scents are really unique and the artwork on the labels make them very intentional gifts. Her most popular candle in November is the Cranberry Orange Spice. It has a stunning image of the Holy Family on the label. She also has a Chrism Sacred Heart candle that smells JUST like Chrism! Leanne also offers Christmas cards of the Holy Family, Saint Nicholas, the three wisemen, and Mary holding Jesus. She is offering 15% off to all our listeners with the code ABIDE15 at <a href= "http://www.leannebowen.com/">www.LeanneBowen.com</a>. We think you’ll love her stuff!   Timestamps: 00:00 - Leanne Bowen 01:33 - Intro 02:26 - Welcome 05:10 - Scripture Verse and Guiding Quote 06:26 - This is a Love Story 08:17 - Thirsting for God 10:30 - God Will Never Forget You 12:29 - Being Loved in Our Weaknesses 17:38 - Deeply and Individually Loved 19:42 - A Lament and a Request 22:42 - Loving Like Jesus 25:01 - Repairing 29:26 - Final Thoughts 30:36 - One Things

S15 E9 - The Sacred Heart - Dilexit Nos (Part 3)

In this week's episode we talk about the reality of our heavenly Father. The God of heaven and earth is passionately pursuing you right now. No matter how close you are to him, he is knocking on the door of your heart, asking to come in and meet with you once again. He’s not knocking just to fix you. He’s not knocking just to make you do something for him. He simply wants to meet with you. He simply wants to love you. In this week’s episode: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Blessed is She podcast <a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/blessed-is-she">https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/blessed-is-she</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Abiding Together podcast <a href= "https://www.abidingtogetherpodcast.com/">https://www.abidingtogetherpodcast.com/</a> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Want to send a sticker for Pro the donkey? Address: St Joseph Friary 523 W 142 St New York NY 10031</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Isaiah 9:6: Father Forever (Alternate translation: Everlasting Father)</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Why is Jesus called “Father forever”?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_Prodigal_Son_(Rembrandt)#:~:text=The%20Return%20of%20the%20Prodigal%20Son%20is%20an%20oil%20painting,of%20his%20death%20in%201669."> Rembrandt’s The Prodigal Son </a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Parables Referenced:</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The Prodigal Son</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The Lost Sheep</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The Good Samaritan</li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">The Father’s desire to be a friend to sinners.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Fr Innocent tells a personal story of searching for a friend who has recently died. The Holy Spirit moves our hearts to seek out His sons and daughters.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">How the Father pursues us and longs to be with us forever; for eternity.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">St Francis of Assisi’s example as someone who seeks the forgotten; being with the forgotten always reminded St Francis of who the Father is and of his own mission. God always pursues the forgotten.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Mission gives us experiences of the Father. Seeking the lost and the broken not only gives us a chance to love and serve others, but also gives us privileged insight of how God loves us as well.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Hosea 11; reread this passage and replace Israel with your name. God is drawing each of us out of exile.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Fr Innocent talks about how sometimes Jesus is our safe space. We say, “ok, I just want to stay with Jesus.” And he asks us, “How’s your relationship with the Father?” Jesus is not satisfied just revealing Himself. Jesus doesn’t want to keep the Father hidden away.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Our inheritance is not an orphan spirit of insecurity. We have an everlasting Father who pursues us.</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Referenced Books by Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis: Fire of Mercy (Vol. I, II, III), The Way of the Disciple</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Upcoming episodes will feature Blessed Is She’s Advent Devotional Maranatha. Order it now if you want to use the resource with the podcast: <a href= "https://blessedisshe.net/product/maranatha-advent-devotional/">https://blessedisshe.net/product/maranatha-advent-devotional/</a> .</li> </ul>

We Have a Father (forever!!): The Foundation and Fullness of Good News

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Mind-Blowing Bible Study (Dr. Scott Hahn) | Ep. 483

We’ve seen how the sacraments re-present what Christ worked for us in his Passion and death, but the Catechism also explains to us how the sacraments prefigure our eternal inheritance in heaven. Fr. Mike uses this “nugget day” as an opportunity to ensure we understand what the sacraments are and what they’re for. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1130-1134.

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Day 154: Sacraments of Eternal Life

This practical classic guides you through making a fruitful Particular Examen rooted in Christ’s five wounds. With prayers, self-inventory questions, and biblical reflections, you’ll learn to identify your predominant fault and conquer it through virtue. Use this resource to examine your daily progress, deepen your union with God, and grow in humility, purity, zeal, and charity. Perfect for priests, religious, or laity longing to strengthen their spiritual life and imitate Jesus and Mary more faithfully.

Rooting Out Hidden Faults

The Virgin Mother of God: Mary in the Bible and Church Teaching | Prof. Joshua Benson

Today, as we hear about the decline of Solomon, Fr. Mike points out how the consequences of our decisions can have ramifications far beyond ourselves. The readings are 1 Kings 11, Ecclesiastes 10-12, and Psalm 9.

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Day 153: The Decline of Solomon (2023)

Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent. Both men were loved. They weren't both saved. The second Last Word of Jesus from the Cross is missing something. Jesus has begged for mercy for all...including the two criminals who were crucified with Him. But they did not both receive mercy. One received mercy and one rejected mercy.<dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from March 13, 2022:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 27:1, 7-9, 13-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Philippians 3:17—4:1</dt> Luke 9:28-36

03/13/22 Last Words: The Missing Last Word

<ol><li>Intro  <ol><li>It is good to have you with us,</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Peter Malinoski, clinical psychologist</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Weekly Podcast Interior Integration for Catholics </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Part of our Online outreach Souls and Hearts and soulsandhearts.com</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Which is all about your human formation, all about shoring up your natural foundation for a solid Catholic spiritual life.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Episode 66 Acceptance vs. Endorsement: A Critical Difference in Catholic Marriages.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li> we are in the middle of a series on Sexuality in Catholic Marriages, but there is so much in here that is relevant about all kinds of close relationships.  </li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Where have we been?  Review the bed -- remember this canopied marriage bed represents the sexual life of a married Catholic couple.  <ol><li>The floor -- The Presence of God and His Providence -- everything begins here.  This is the most fundamental piece of the whole metaphor.  We need to be in contact with "I AM" with God who is the source of all reality.  We can't forget that</li><li>The four legs  <ol><li>Leg 1 -- the husband's commitment to his own interior integration and his own human formation</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Leg 2.  the wife's commitment to her own interior integration, her own human formation</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Leg 3.  Understanding Attachment needs and integrity needs.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Leg 4.  Internal Family Systems  -- Episode 60 --  How well do you really know your spouse?  <ol><li>In that episode, I made five bold assertions:  <ol><li>You don't really know your spouse.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Your spouse doesn't really know you.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Your Father doesn't or didn't really know your mother</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Your mother doesn't or didn't really know your father</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>And you don't really know you.  </li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Gave evidence for those bold claims are likely, not going to repeat all that evidence here, you can go to Episode 60 and listen to them again.  <ol><li>For those of you listeners who are married:  <ol><li>Can seem like spouse have such widely varying modes of operating</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>like they can be even different people when they are in these different modes of being. </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Remember what your spouse or someone close to you is like when they are different states -- like when they are really angry, or really sad, or really anxious or really happy.  How different they think, how their worldview changes in these different states.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>what we call parts:  Parts are constellations of emotions, body sensations, thoughts, feelings, impulses, assumptions about the world and so many other things.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Internal Family Systems thinking help us to make sense of our own internal experience and others' internal experience, breaking us out of the model that we have just one monolithic, homogenous personality.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>That's what episodes 60 and 61 are all about</li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Surprising how not integrated the husband's internal object representations of his wife are -- surprising how unintegrated a wife's internal object representation of her husband can be.  How confused.  <ol><li>Definition time with Dr. Pete,  Definition of internal object -- Roots in Freud, really developed my Melanie Klein: Internal object refers to the mental representation that results from how we have taken others inside of us and viewed them.  Not necessarily similar to who the person actually is, it's how we construe the person to be, which depends heavily on our subjective experiences, including how we experience ourselves. </li><li>Two dimensional -- sometimes even one dimensional  <ol><li>You are the person who is supposed to make me feel better about myself, help me avoid shame</li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Fragmented </li><li>How much husbands and wives don't see in and about each other.  </li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li></ol> <ol><li>Three of these four legs are really helpful in accepting what the actual realities are inside your spouse.  </li><li>The fourth one is great to have, but it's not as essential.  It's the one that we sometimes require first, though  <ol><li>Just tell me what's going on -- assumption that she knows what's going on.  90% unconscious.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Sometimes she just cant.  </li></ol></li><li> </li><li>The frame and the box spring -- the firm, unwavering commitment of the husband his marriage vows and the wife to her marriage vows -- separately.  Independently</li><li>The mattress  Empathetic attunement -- covered that in episode 65, last episode </li><li> Two pillows:  Self-acceptance and Spouse-acceptance -- this is what we are focusing on today.  <ol><li>Pillows support us, comfort us.  </li><li>Great security with pillows  <ol><li>Pam travels with her pillow -- learned this from her friend Cabrina -- comfort in having your own pillow</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Comfort in being accepted by someone who knows you.  </li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li>Bottom Sheet:  sexual attraction, the intensity of sexual passion</li><li>Top Sheet:  Communication between the spouses</li><li>The blankets:  human warmth, emotional connection</li><li>Four Bedposts -- imagine two spiral intertwined, like the double-helix structure of DNA  <ol><li>Mindset</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Heartset</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Bodyset</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Soulset</li></ol></li><li> </li><li>The canopy and the curtains -- to protect privacy and propriety or to hide dysfunction, exploitation, even abuse.  </li><li>The sham, the bedspread, and the bedskirt -- Used to cover up the real bed, give an impression of the state of married life to the world.  </li><li>Lay of the land:  <ol><li>Loving -- three elements:  Benevolence, Capacity, Commitment/Consistency</li><li>Not only do we not understand our spouses very well</li><li>We also don't accept the realities about our spouses that we do understand </li><li>or the realities that we could understand if we allowed ourselves to see. But so often we parts that don't want us to see who our spouses really are.   Some of that is due to confusion between acceptance and endorsement.  </li></ol></li><li>Acceptance vs. endorsement -- Definitions  <ol><li>Acceptance -- acknowledging the reality of who I am in my entirety, all my parts with their burdens, all the roughness, the wounds, the disorder, the imperfections, all the baggage, all the "stuff."  It means admitting, conceding all the things that are really true about myself.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li> acknowledging the reality who my spouse Pam is, in her entirety, in her complete being, with her parts, with her perspectives, with her virtues her vices.  Right at this moment</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Endorsement on the other hand.  means essentially approving or embracing as good some feature within myself or my spouse.  <ol><li>So husband can accept the idea that his wife is abusing painkillers without endorsing her misuse of pain medication.  </li></ol></li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Why we struggle with accepting something about our spouse,...</li></ol>

66 Acceptance vs. Endorsement: A Critical Difference in Catholic Marriages

Repost: Discernment of Spirits

Fr. Mike confronts the hard truth Jesus preaches in today&#39;s readings: Many people will ultimately choose hell over heaven. While this can be deeply distressing, Fr. Mike reminds us to focus on Jesus&#39;s directive to each one of us: &quot;[You] Strive to enter through the narrow gate.&quot; In the second part of today&#39;s commentary, Fr. Mike reflects on two of Jesus&#39; most well-known parables: the parable of the Lost Sheep and the parable of the Prodigal Son. Today&#39;s readings are Luke 13-16 and Proverbs 26:10-12. 

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Day 318: The Narrow Gate, the Lost Sheep, and the Prodigal Son (2023)

This lecture was given on November 21st, 2023, at Universidad Panamericana Campus Mixcoac. 

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About the Speaker:

Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the President of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America.

St. John Paul’s Theology of the Body and St. Thomas Aquinas | Father Thomas Petri, O.P.

Episode 30. How Small and Childlike are We Supposed to Be? -- August 24, 2020. Intro: Welcome to the podcast Coronavirus Crisis: Carpe Diem!, where you and I rise up and embrace the possibilities and opportunities for spiritual and psychological growth in this time of crisis, all grounded in a Catholic worldview.   We are going beyond mere resilience, to rising up to the challenges of this pandemic and becoming even healthier in the natural and the spiritual realms than we were before.  I’m clinical psychologist Peter Malinoski your host and guide, with Souls and Hearts at soulsandhearts.com.  Thank you for being here with me.  Let’s jump right in with this critical, central question.  Why is it that we have such a hard time trusting God?  Why is it that our confidence in God is so inconsistent, why is it that we are so fickle?  Why is it so hard for us to have the absolute confidence in God that He merits, that he deserves from us?  That’s what we will be addressing in episode 30 of Coronavirus Crisis: Carpe Diem!, released on August 24, 2020 from the Souls and Hearts studio in Indianapolis.  The title for today’s episode is How Small and Childlike are we Supposed to Be?  We’re going to get into the psychological side of this question of childlike trust in particular.  There are other sides to the question – the spiritual side, the moral side – we’ll address those sides in passing.  But what is so often neglected, so often denied, so often ignored, and thus so unknown and unavailable to so many Catholics – what we really need so badly -- is a realistic, accurate understanding of the psychological factors, the factors in the natural realm that get in the way of us trusting our God and our Lady.  We’ve certainly touched on some of these factors before, so let’s review for a moment, let’s go back to take a look at what we’ve developed in previous episodes.  So here is the causal chain as we’ve described it so far:We have distorted God images in our bones, we have distorted God images in the emotional, intuitive parts of us.  The trouble happens when we give in to those God images, we let them dominate us, we let them take over, we default to them, and we act in accord with those false God images.   Then, our self-image deteriorates.  Meanwhile, we drift away from God or even flee from him.  All the while, we are losing our peace, joy, well-being.  When that gets bad enough, we become symptomatic – anxious, depressed, apathetic, hopeless, panicky, obsessive, whatever our symptoms are.  So let’s back up one more link in the causal chain and ask the question:  What’s the main psychological reason we don’t resist our problematic God images?  I’m again talking psychological reasons here, not just spiritual reasons like having a particular vice.  Psychologically, we lose track of who God really is.  We don’t God clearly in those moments, and we waver, we are tempted to doubt, we are inclined to fall again into our destructive patterns, whatever those are for us.  We are lured by our false God images into ways of thinking, feeling, desiring and acting that are harmful to us and to others.    Why Do We Mistrust God and Mary So Much ?  I’ll give you the answer.  It’s because we are too grown up.  We are trying to be way too big.  Actively mistrusting – fearing.  Or just not considering God at all.  That what we are like when we act big.We know this.  We know the Bible verses.  We’ve heard them.  But do we really get what they are saying?     Matthew 18 1. At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 And calling to him a child (RSV, NAB), “little child” (DR) (ESV)he put him in the midst of them, 3 and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.  5 “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; 6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin,[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+18&amp;version=RSVCE#fen-RSVCE-27907a">a</a>] it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. 1 In illa hora accesserunt discipuli ad Iesum dicentes: “ Quis putas maior est in regno caelorum? ”.   2 Et advocans parvulum, statuit eum in medio eorum   3 et dixit: “ Amen dico vobis: Nisi conversi fueritis et efiiciamini sicut parvuli, non intrabitis in regnum caelorum.   4 Quicumque ergo humiliaverit se sicut parvulus iste, hic est maior in regno caelorum.   5 Et, qui susceperit unum parvulum talem in nomine meo, me suscipit.  6 Qui autem scandalizaverit unum de pusillis istis, qui in me credunt, expedit ei, ut suspendatur mola asinaria in collo eius et demergatur in profundum maris.very little, very small, tiny. petty, insignificant, Tiny.  Like babies.  Like sheep in their understanding.  When we approach God:  like that.  When sent out as sheep among wolves Matthew 10:16 Wise (Shrewd) as serpents, simple as doves.  Harmless, plain, sincere, without guile.  Without me you can do nothing.  19 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does likewise. (<a href="https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/bible.show/sVerseID/26230/eVerseID/26230">John 5:19</a>) 30 “I can do nothing on my own authority; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.  (<a href="https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/bible.show/sVerseID/26241/eVerseID/26241">John 5:30</a>) Matthew 1913 Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people; 14 but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” 15 And he laid his hands on them and went away.13 Tunc oblati sunt ei parvuli, ut manus eis imponeret et oraret; discipuli autem increpabant eis.   14 Iesus vero ait: “ Sinite parvulos et nolite eos prohibere ad me venire; talium est enim regnum caelorum ”.   15 Et cum imposuisset eis manus, abiit inde.Parvulus:  Childhood.  But emphasis on infancy.  Little, slight, unimportant, very young, insufficient, indiscreet, not able to understand.   Diminutive of Parvus  -- small, little, ignorable, unimportant.    A story of cousin Ryan.  3 or 4 years old. Dapper seersucker suit and matching cap.  Christmas morning – big deal on Mom’s side of the family.  I was young teenager.  Wanting to be a big man.  Ryan was playing.   For St. Therese of Lisieux, everything is based on and flows from spiritual childhood asserts Fr. François Jamart in The Complete Spiritual Doctrine of S...

30 How Small and Childlike are We Supposed to Be?

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From Cocaine to Christ (John Edwards) | Ep. 304

Episode 127 - Define the Relationship Being in relationship with God looks like we're sitting down in front of a big table with Him, and what a deeper conversion and deeper healing means is that we are willing to be at this table and we are willing to lay out everything here for the Lord to see.  He sits us down and He wants all our weapons, all of our distractions, all the things that keep us from Him, all the obstacles, and He's gonna keep calling us out until we lay them all out on the table. Jesus has so much more to give us, but he's waiting for us to take this step—to surrender everything to Him rather than trying to be the Lord of our own lives. Those parts of our hearts that we'd rather keep quarantined or closed off, the Lord is now sitting saying  "I want to be the Lord of that as well." This is how He is inviting all of us. This episode is the second part of a series on Hungry For God by Dr. Ralph Martin that invites us to define our relationship with Jesus and fully commit to his Lordship.  The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!

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The question of evil, suffering and brokenness in our world can be a hard one to grapple with. Sometimes, when we&#39;re in a place of darkness, the question can arise, &quot;Would it be better if I had never been born?&quot;

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If I'm Suffering, Is It Better Never to Be Born?

Fr. Mike reflects on the relationship between David and Abigail, and how the Lord calls David to be a better man through Abigail. Where has God put these types of relationships in our lives? Today&#39;s readings are 1 Samuel 25 and Psalm 63.

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Thanks for listening! Here's the text I read from the Summa II-II, Q.2 (articles 1,2, and 3). I answer that, "To think" can be taken in three ways. First, in a general way for any kind of actual consideration of the intellect, as Augustine observes (De Trin. xiv, 7): "By understanding I mean now the faculty whereby we understand when thinking." Secondly, "to think" is more strictly taken for that consideration of the intellect, which is accompanied by some kind of inquiry, and which precedes the intellect's arrival at the stage of perfection that comes with the certitude of sight. On this sense Augustine says (De Trin. xv, 16) that "the Son of God is not called the Thought, but the Word of God. When our thought realizes what we know and takes form therefrom, it becomes our word. Hence the Word of God must be understood without any thinking on the part of God, for there is nothing there that can take form, or be unformed." In this way thought is, properly speaking, the movement of the mind while yet deliberating, and not yet perfected by the clear sight of truth. Since, however, such a movement of the mind may be one of deliberation either about universal notions, which belongs to the intellectual faculty, or about particular matters, which belongs to the sensitive part, hence it is that "to think" is taken secondly for an act of the deliberating intellect, and thirdly for an act of the cogitative power. Accordingly, if "to think" be understood broadly according to the first sense, then "to think with assent," does not express completely what is meant by "to believe": since, in this way, a man thinks with assent even when he considers what he knows by science [Science is certain knowledge of a demonstrated conclusion through its demonstration.], or understands. If, on the other hand, "to think" be understood in the second way, then this expresses completely the nature of the act of believing. For among the acts belonging to the intellect, some have a firm assent without any such kind of thinking, as when a man considers the things that he knows by science, or understands, for this consideration is already formed. But some acts of the intellect have unformed thought devoid of a firm assent, whether they incline to neither side, as in one who "doubts"; or incline to one side rather than the other, but on account of some slight motive, as in one who "suspects"; or incline to one side yet with fear of the other, as in one who "opines." But this act "to believe," cleaves firmly to one side, in which respect belief has something in common with science and understanding; yet its knowledge does not attain the perfection of clear sight, wherein it agrees with doubt, suspicion and opinion. Hence it is proper to the believer to think with assent: so that the act of believing is distinguished from all the other acts of the intellect, which are about the true or the false. (Article 1)   I answer that, The act of any power or habit depends on the relation of that power or habit to its object. Now the object of faith can be considered in three ways. For, since "to believe" is an act of the intellect, in so far as the will moves it to assent, as stated above (Article 1, Reply to Objection 3), the object of faith can be considered either on the part of the intellect, or on the part of the will that moves the intellect. If it be considered on the part of the intellect, then two things can be observed in the object of faith, as stated above (II-II:1:1). One of these is the material object of faith, and in this way an act of faith is "to believe in a God"; because, as stated above (II-II:1:1) nothing is proposed to our belief, except in as much as it is referred to God. The other is the formal aspect of the object, for it is the medium on account of which we assent to such and such a point of faith; and thus an act of faith is "to believe God," since, as stated above (II-II:1:1) the formal object of faith is the First Truth, to Which man gives his adhesion, so as to assent to Its sake to whatever he believes. Thirdly, if the object of faith be considered in so far as the intellect is moved by the will, an act of faith is "to believe in God." For the First Truth is referred to the will, through having the aspect of an end.  (Article 2) I answer that, Wherever one nature is subordinate to another, we find that two things concur towards the perfection of the lower nature, one of which is in respect of that nature's proper movement, while the other is in respect of the movement of the higher nature. Thus water by its proper movement moves towards the centre (of the earth), while according to the movement of the moon, it moves round the centre by ebb and flow. On like manner the planets have their proper movements from west to east, while in accordance with the movement of the first heaven, they have a movement from east to west. Now the created rational nature alone is immediately subordinate to God, since other creatures do not attain to the universal, but only to something particular, while they partake of the Divine goodness either in "being" only, as inanimate things, or also in "living," and in "knowing singulars," as plants and animals; whereas the rational nature, in as much as it apprehends the universal notion of good and being, is immediately related to the universal principle of being. Consequently the perfection of the rational creature consists not only in what belongs to it in respect of its nature, but also in that which it acquires through a supernatural participation of Divine goodness. Hence it was said above (I-II:3:8) that man's ultimate happiness consists in a supernatural vision of God: to which vision man cannot attain unless he be taught by God, according to John 6:45: "Every one that hath heard of the Father and hath learned cometh to Me." Now man acquires a share of this learning, not indeed all at once, but by little and little, according to the mode of his nature: and every one who learns thus must needs believe, in order that he may acquire science in a perfect degree; thus also the Philosopher remarks (De Soph. Elench. i, 2) that "it behooves a learner to believe." Hence in order that a man arrive at the perfect vision of heavenly happiness, he must first of all believe God, as a disciple believes the master who is teaching him. 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158: Aquinas on the act of faith

<ol><li>Lead-in  <ol><li>Almost no one understands suicide very well.  Almost no one.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Some of you might say -- but Dr. Peter, I've been really down and out.  I've been really suicidal.  I've been there.  I lived it.  <ol><li>Not gonna argue with you about having been suicidal. But having intense feelings, almost irresistible impulses toward suicide, constant suicidal thoughts</li><li> -- that doesn't mean you understand suicide.  Not at all.</li></ol></li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>I don't think most people who have attempted suicide really understand their experience.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>I don't think most therapists really understand suicide.    </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Why ?</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Because we're afraid to really enter into what is behind suicide.  We don't want to go there.  We're terrified of what lurks underneath.  We have parts of us that don't want to understand.  <ol><li> Lauren Oliver, Delirium “Suicide. A sideways word, a word that people whisper and mutter and cough: a word that must be squeezed out behind cupped palms or murmured behind closed doors. It was only in dreams that I heard the word shouted, screamed."</li></ol></li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>And I'll go further than that.  And it's not so much because we're afraid of what we'll find in another person, a friend or relative or colleague.  It's because we are terrified that finding the darkness inside of others will wake up our own sleeping giants of darkness.  The darkness inside us.  The terror inside us.  That's why we avoid, why we distract, why we skirt the edges of this topic. </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Benjamin Franklin knew this:  Nine men in ten are would-be suicides   -Poor Richard's Almanack.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Freud popularized it in 1920 -- book the Pleasure Principle.   -- he discussed the death drive: the drive toward death and destruction, often expressed through behaviors such as aggression, repetition compulsion, and self-destructiveness.  Death drive or drives went by the name Thanatos -- the Greek god personified death.  <ol><li>Caught a lot of flak for it, then and now.  Not really widely accepted.  I think he was on to something.  Something we don't want to think about others -- that they have drives toward self-destruction.  It's something that we don't want to admit about ourselves.  </li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>If we are really honest with ourselves in looking at suicide  <ol><li>we would realize, with John Bradford There but for the grace of God go I. We would give up our false presumptions about our own strength and our own natural resiliency.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>We would realize, with Shakespeare's Lord Chancellor in Henry VIII “We all are men, in our own natures frail, and capable of our flesh; few are angels.” ― Lord Chancellor William Shakespeare, Henry VIII </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>We would understand Mahatma Ghandi when he said: “If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.”</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>We would have a lot less judgement about the souls and experience of those who killed themselves.  Yes, the action of suicide is wrong, gravely wrong, and we'll discuss that in next week's episode.  We're not minimizing the gravity of the act -- I'm talking here about the phenomenological experience of those on the brink of self-destruction and why they are there.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>And we would understand something about the spiritual dimensions, the dark spiritual powers at work in suicide as well.   </li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>I could be wrong about this, but I don't think you really have any accurate idea about suicide.  Suicide is one of the most misunderstood of human actions.  <ol><li>Because we want to avoid the churning darkness, the despair, the hopelessness, the alienation, the trauma within us, we don’t want to see it in others.  And if someone near is suicidal, we know, we know instinctively that he is tapping into his despair, his hopelessness, his alienation.  We know that our suicidal is really in the grip of her trauma and her isolation, and her excruciating pain.  </li><li>And our natural response -- is to flee.  To get out of dodge.  To protect ourselves.  <ol><li>We rationalize it -- I'm not a professional, I'm not a counselor, I don't know what to do with all of this intensity</li></ol></li><li>Or we stay in there, we force ourselves to stay in relationship, feeling really inadequate, not wanting to go too deep, not wanting to screw it up -- and in our timidity and fear, we actually aren't very helpful. </li><li>OK --  I will grant you that you don't really know what to do.  </li><li>And I get it that you're afraid -- maybe terrified.  OK.  </li><li>This is a tough issue.  Suicide is a tough issue.  And tough issues are what we specialize in here.  [Cue music]</li></ol></li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Intro  <ol><li>Welcome to the podcast Interior Integration for Catholics, thank you for being here with me, thank you for making it through the lead in and not fleeing from this episode.  I'm glad you and I are in this together.  And it's going to be OK.  By God's grace, together we can handle, we can work with, we can work through this topic of suicide.  We'll do it together.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>I am clinical psychological Peter Malinoski and you are listening to the Interior Integration for Catholics podcast, where we take on the toughest topics, the ones others don't want to touch, and we go really deep with them.  Why?  Not out of some kind of idle curiosity.  Not out of disorder curiosity, out of some kind of psychological voyeurism.  No.  We go there in this podcast because we are working on ourselves.  On our own human formation, shoring up the natural foundation for our spiritual lives, so that we can enter into loving union with God.  That's why.  It's about removing the psychological barriers you have to a much deeper intimacy with God the Father, Jesus the Son, the Holy Spirit, and the Blessed Virgin Mary, our Mother.</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>In the last episode we looked at specific cases of suicide in Sacred Scripture.  This is episode number 78, released on July 26, 2021, entitled The Desperate Inner Experience of Suicidality.  We are going to enter into the phenomenological world of the suicidal person.  </li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Why?  Why do we do that?  Why do that?  <ol><li>Two answers.  The second answer is for going into all of this depth on suicide is so that you and I can love.  <ol><li>So that we can love others who are struggling with this -- and there are so many. <ol><li> Franklin estimated 90%.  Nine men in ten are would-be suicides.  I think he's right, even though the vast majority of those don't even know there's a struggle going on inside them.  I think Benjamin Franklin knew about the latent potential in most people.</li><li>Freud:  Thanatos.  The Death Drives.  Freud knew.  For all his faults and follies, Freud knew something about the depth of pain in people's souls.  The pain that lives in the unconscious.  Locked away, at least for a time.  Unnoticed, at least for a time.  </li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>The first answer:  Is so that we can be known and loved.  That we can accept others knowing us, and us knowing ourselves.  <ol><li>1 John 4:19  We love, bec...</li></ol></li></ol></li></ol>

78 The Desperate Inner Experience of Suicidality

Fr. Mike introduces us to the books of Ezra and Haggai, explaining the Israelites&#39; return to the promised land. He also warns us against apathy and indifference in our relationship with God, as we see Israel display towards the temple. Today&#39;s readings are Ezra 1-2, Haggai 1-2, and Proverbs 20:1-3.

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Day 267: Indifference and Apathy (2023)

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109: Would Aquinas listen to Metallica? (What makes music beautiful), With Fr. Gregory Pine

Coronavirus Crisis: Carpe DiemEpisode 12:  Bodyset:  Accepting our Bodies – with Dr. Andrew Sodergren Show Notes To accept the body, we need to accept the body as a gift.  Obstacles to receiving our bodies as a gift:1.       Our bodies are imperfect and we are very aware of things we don’t like about our bodies, that fall short of the ideals that we have for our bodies.  Can be superficial issues, or more major issues such as disabilities and major medical problems.  Shame is often body-related.  Body as an obstacle to my self-perfection.  Our body and identity are given to us, not as blank slates.  There is meaning, order, and purpose already built in to our bodies, we discover those, we don’t create or command the meaning, order and purpose of our bodies.  Times when our bodies let us down, not strong enough.  2.      We associate the body with sin or sinfulness.  We can blame the body for sinfulness and hold the body in distrust.  3.      Our bodies link us to other people, especially in our families of origin.  My body reminds me of my past, my family.  4.      How other people have treated our bodies.  How people react to our bodies.  We can despise our bodies because of what our bodies have elicited from others in the past.   There is always a coherent story about why we might have feelings of hatred toward our bodies.  We want to get to the wound, pain, and the story behind the feelings of hatred for the body.  The feelings toward the body and body sensations can point us toward deeper issues and realities.  Hating our bodies means that we are hating ourselves.  Guided reflection on noticing what is going on in your body and receiving it as a gift. Dr. Andrew and Dr. Peter discuss the need to resolve correctable disorder in the body and about the body either in this life or in Purgatory before entering in to heaven.Get in touch at <a href="mailto:crisis@soulsandhearts.com">crisis@soulsandhearts.com</a> or at 317.567.9594.  Register at soulsandhearts.com for the podcast as well.

12 Bodyset:  Accepting our Bodies – with Dr. Andrew Sodergren

Pints With Aquinas has been around for 1 year!!!! To celebrate, Peter Kreeft will share with us 12 quick stories about St. Thomas Aquinas. --- SPONSORS EL Investments: <a href= "https://www.elinvestments.net/pints">https://www.elinvestments.net/pints</a> Exodus 90: <a href= "https://exodus90.com/mattfradd/">https://exodus90.com/mattfradd/</a>  Hallow: <a href= "http://hallow.app/mattfradd">http://hallow.app/mattfradd</a>  STRIVE: <a href= "https://www.strive21.com/">https://www.strive21.com/</a>  GIVING Patreon: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd">https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd</a> This show (and all the plans we have in store) wouldn't be possible without you. I can't thank those of you who support me enough. Seriously! Thanks for essentially being a co-producer coproducer of the show. LINKS Website: <a href= "https://pintswithaquinas.com/">https://pintswithaquinas.com/</a> Merch: <a href= "https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd">https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd</a> FREE 21 Day Detox From Porn Course: <a href= "https://www.strive21.com/">https://www.strive21.com/</a> SOCIAL Facebook: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd">https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd</a> Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/mattfradd">https://twitter.com/mattfradd</a> Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd">https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd</a> MY BOOKS  Does God Exist: <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586377974&sr=8-9">https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586377974&sr=8-9</a> Marian Consecration With Aquinas: <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586379026&sr=8-4">https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586379026&sr=8-4</a> The Porn Myth: <a href= "https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx">https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx</a> CONTACT Book me to speak: <a href= "https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform">https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform</a>

50.5: Peter Kreeft shares 12 stories about St. Thomas Aquinas

Repost: Striving vs. Abiding We chose to repost this episode from Season 1 because it is a message at the heart of the Abiding Together Podcast. Many of us live a life of striving and struggle, rather than accepting the invitation of abiding and trust. We take time to reflect on the scripture John 15:4-5, where Jesus invites us to abide in His love. We also chat about how we can recognize the pitfalls of striving and how to learn to trust that God is a good Father.   Sister Miriam’s one thing - <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Daring-Greatly-Courage-Vulnerable-Transforms/dp/1592408419/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr="> Daring Greatly by Brene Brown</a> Michelle’s one thing - the movie Hidden Figures Heather’s one thing - signs from The House of Belonging Additional Resources: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVjedGudN8w">Shepherd by Bethel</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZRyDbGwn5Q">Undivided by Stu Garrard (feat. Amanda Cook)</a> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Present-Over-Perfect-Leaving-Frantic/dp/0310346711/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr="> Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist</a> Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by <a href= "https://www.pilgrimagetobeauty.com/"> Pilgrimage to Beauty</a>. Their mission is to create a transformative experience of true rest and retreat, for couples or individuals wired for adventure. Pilgrimage to Beauty believes that traversing the world, cultures and even our own street can teach us so much. Gaining knowledge of other peoples and lands gives us a genuine curiosity to learn and experience even more of what the world has to offer.  Their aim is to give you a unique once in a lifetime experience that transforms and renews your spirit, no matter your vocation or state in life. Their next trip is to <a href= "https://www.pilgrimagetobeauty.com/spring-break-in-antigua---march-2020.html"> Guatemala in March 2020</a>, so check it out quickly!   Discussion questions:     <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What struck you from the podcast?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What do the terms abiding and striving mean to you?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What seed do you hear God calling you to cultivate slowly right now?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What motivates you to strive and grasp instead of abiding and trusting in God?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What is one thing you can do this week to abide more deeply in God?</li> </ol>   Journal Questions: <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Reflect and journal about this scripture: John 15:4-5. What does it speak to you personally? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Where are you striving and where are you abiding?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Where do you struggle with self-reliance?</li> </ol>   Quote to Ponder - This self-reliance was what destroyed me. - St. Teresa of Avila Scripture for Lectio Divina -  John 15:4-5: Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.

S06 Episode 18: Repost - Striving vs. Abiding

Fr. Mike examines the mystery of death and dying in Christ. Together, we explore the reality that in order to live with Christ, we must first die with Christ. Fr. Mike emphasizes that Christ accepted death in an act of free and complete submission to God’s will, and how we can follow that example by completely accepting God’s will in our own lives. Today’s readings from the Catechism are paragraphs 1005-1011.

This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB.

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Day 137: Dying in Christ Jesus (2025)

This is the first part in a three part series on happiness. Buckle up! We take you into the writings of Aquinas and show how his advice can help you today. SPONSORS EL Investments: <a href= "https://www.elinvestments.net/pints">https://www.elinvestments.net/pints</a> Exodus 90: <a href= "https://exodus90.com/mattfradd/">https://exodus90.com/mattfradd/</a>  Hallow: <a href= "http://hallow.app/mattfradd">http://hallow.app/mattfradd</a>  STRIVE: <a href= "https://www.strive21.com/">https://www.strive21.com/</a>  GIVING Patreon: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd">https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd</a> This show (and all the plans we have in store) wouldn't be possible without you. I can't thank those of you who support me enough. Seriously! Thanks for essentially being a co-producer coproducer of the show. LINKS Website: <a href= "https://pintswithaquinas.com/">https://pintswithaquinas.com/</a> Merch: <a href= "https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd">https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd</a> FREE 21 Day Detox From Porn Course: <a href= "https://www.strive21.com/">https://www.strive21.com/</a> SOCIAL Facebook: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd">https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd</a> Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/mattfradd">https://twitter.com/mattfradd</a> Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd">https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd</a> MY BOOKS  Does God Exist: <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586377974&sr=8-9">https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586377974&sr=8-9</a> Marian Consecration With Aquinas: <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586379026&sr=8-4">https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586379026&sr=8-4</a> The Porn Myth: <a href= "https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx">https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx</a> CONTACT Book me to speak: <a href= "https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform">https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform</a>

166: Will money make me happy? W/ Fr. Ryan Mann (part 2)

Opening Credits

Preface

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

It's Not What You Think

Yoga, Yoda, and YOLO

God's Jigsaw Puzzle

The Butterfly Effect

Heaven Is a Reunion

Connecting with the Cloud

Appendix A - The Human Being

Appendix B - We Worship with Our Bodies

About the Author

End Credits

Professor of Church history, Dr. James Papandrea, gathers in one place all that is known about the afterlife — drawn from the teachings of Jesus, the Apostles, the Church Fathers, and the Church's Magisterium — affording, for the first time ever, a complete, authoritative, detailed portrait of the state of souls after death and the realms we enter.

What Really Happens After We Die

This lecture was given on March 18th, 2023, at "The Passion &amp; the Sacred Wounds: An Intellectual Retreat" at the Dominican House of Studies.

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Speaker Bio:

Originally from a farm in Kansas, Fr. Andrew Hofer, O.P., is a priest in the Dominican Province of St. Joseph who teaches on the pontifical faculty of the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC where he is editor-in-chief of The Thomist. He has authored Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Oxford University Press, 2013) and The Power of Patristic Preaching: The Word in Our Flesh (The Catholic University of America Press, 2023). He is editor or co-editor of several volumes, including The Oxford Handbook of Deification, The Cambridge Companion to Augustine's Sermons, Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Fathers, Thomas Aquinas and the Crisis of Christology, and Thomas Aquinas as Spiritual Teacher.

Our Glorified Wounds | Father Andrew Hofer, O.P.

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7/7 - Bl. Benedict XI

Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Jesus saves us from being orphaned or abandoned. I was saved at my Baptism. I am being saved. I hope to be saved. The Father has adopted us in Christ. And He cannot take it back. But do we live as children of the Father?<dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from September 15, 2019:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Timothy 1:12-17</dt> Luke 15:1-32 <a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/are-you-saved-from-fatherlessness.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a>

09/15/19 Are You Saved? From What: Fatherlessness

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The heart of religion is worship, and the heart of worship is sacrifice.

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Fr. Mike Responds to “I Don’t Get Anything Out of Mass"

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Teenage Matt, Conversion, Music, and Horror (Emma Fradd) | Ep. 481

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"God Is Absent, What Do I Do?"

In today's episode we talk to Thomas about the blood of Christ and why it is important --- HUGE THANKS to the following Patrons: Tom Dickson, Jack Buss, Sean McNicholl, Jed Florstat, Daniel Szafran, Phillip Hadden Katie Kuchar, Phillipe Ortiz, Russell T Potee, Sarah Jacob, Fernando Enrile SPONSORS EL Investments: <a href= "https://www.elinvestments.net/pints">https://www.elinvestments.net/pints</a> Exodus 90: <a href= "https://exodus90.com/mattfradd/">https://exodus90.com/mattfradd/</a>  Hallow: <a href= "http://hallow.app/mattfradd">http://hallow.app/mattfradd</a>  STRIVE: <a href= "https://www.strive21.com/">https://www.strive21.com/</a>  GIVING Patreon: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd">https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd</a> This show (and all the plans we have in store) wouldn't be possible without you. I can't thank those of you who support me enough. Seriously! Thanks for essentially being a co-producer coproducer of the show. LINKS Website: <a href= "https://pintswithaquinas.com/">https://pintswithaquinas.com/</a> Merch: <a href= "https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd">https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd</a> FREE 21 Day Detox From Porn Course: <a href= "https://www.strive21.com/">https://www.strive21.com/</a> SOCIAL Facebook: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd">https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd</a> Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/mattfradd">https://twitter.com/mattfradd</a> Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd">https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd</a> MY BOOKS  Does God Exist: <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586377974&sr=8-9">https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586377974&sr=8-9</a> Marian Consecration With Aquinas: <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586379026&sr=8-4">https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586379026&sr=8-4</a> The Porn Myth: <a href= "https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx">https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx</a> CONTACT Book me to speak: <a href= "https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform">https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform</a>

52: Why is the blood of Christ precious?

John Henry Spann is a Catholic husband and a father to five children, who he lives with on his farm in the southern Appalachians. He has worked in secondary education at all levels from football coach to principal. He is passionate about authentic, Catholic education, and is currently the Dean of Academics, at an orthodox Catholic K-12 hybrid school north of Atlanta, GA He frequently speaks at colleges and retreats, as well as education conferences on topics ranging from Catholic masculinity to maintaining identity and mission. He has appeared on various radio shows and podcasts covering a variety of topics related to the faith, apologetics, and the restoration of Western Civilization. John Henry's podcast: / @honest2god Book John Henry to speak at your event: johnhenryspannbooking@gmail.com 🍺 Want to Support Pints With Aquinas? 🍺 Get episodes a week early, score a free PWA beer stein, and join exclusive live streams with me! Become an annual supporter at 👉 https://mattfradd.locals.com/support 💵 Show Sponsors:  👉 College of St. Joseph the Worker – Earn a degree, learn a trade, and graduate without crippling debt: https://collegeofstjoseph.com/mattfradd 👉  Truthly – The Catholic faith at your fingertips: https://www.truthly.ai/ 👉 Hallow – The #1 Catholic prayer app: https://hallow.com/mattfradd ￼ 💻 Follow Me on Social Media: 📌 Facebook: https://facebook.com/mattfradd 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/mattfradd 𝕏 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Pints_W_Aquinas 🎵 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@pintswithaquinas 👕 PWA Merch – Wear the Faith! Grab your favorite PWA gear here: https://shop.pintswithaquinas.com

Guys, this is serious. Seriously. (John Henry Spann) | Ep. 524

Fr. Mike explains the events of today&#39;s readings, breaking down Hushai&#39;s advice to Absalom, David&#39;s warning and charge of Solomon, and the theme of centralized worship. We all desire to be temples of the Holy Spirit, and we bring this prayer to God through today&#39;s episode. Today&#39;s readings are 2 Samuel 17, 1 Chronicles 22, and Psalm 36.

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Day 135: The Counsel of Hushai (2023)

Episode 25.  Drill Sergeant Gods, Statue Gods, and Preoccupied Manager Gods, Oh My…July 13, 2020 Intro: Welcome to the podcast Coronavirus Crisis:  Carpe Diem, where you and I rise up and embrace the possibilities and opportunities for spiritual and psychological growth in this time of crisis, all grounded in a Catholic worldview.   We are going beyond mere resilience, to rising up to the challenges of this pandemic and becoming even healthier in the natural and the spiritual realms than we were before.  I’m clinical psychologist Peter Malinoski your host and guide, with Souls and Hearts at soulsandhearts.com.  Thank you for being here with me.  This is episode 25,  released on July 20, 2020 and it’s called Drill Sergeant Gods, Statue Gods, and Preoccupied Manager Gods, Oh My… Self-concept: This what we intellectually believe about ourselves, who we profess ourselves to be, what we understand about ourselves, our mental construct of ourselves.  The self-concept of a practicing Catholic, for example, may include being a beloved child of God.  There’s a link between God concepts and Self-concepts – they go together, they harmonize.  Loving Shepherd, little sheep.   Self-images on the other hand, are much more emotionally driven, much more intuitive, subjective, and they vary a lot more from moment to moment.    These go together with God images – they impact each other  My God image is my emotional and subjective experience of God, who I feel God to be in the moment.  May or may not correspond to who God really is.   Initially my God images are shaped by the relationship that I have with my parents.  This is my experiential sense how my feelings and how my heart interpret God.  My God images are heavily influenced by psychological factors, and different God images can be activated at different times, depending on my emotional states and what psychological mode I am in at a given time.   God images are always formed experientially.  God images flow from our relational experiences and how we construe and make sense of those images when we are very young.  My God images can be and usually are radically different than my God concept. My God concept   What I profess about God.  It is my more intellectual understanding of God, based on what one has been taught, but also based on what I have explored through reading.  I decide to believe in my God concept.  Reflected in the Creed, expanded in the Catechism, formal teaching.   So in the text exchange with a listener who I will call Beth, because that’s her name, Beth told me that she was having a hard time figuring out her own God images.  So I thought I would bring in the best resource    Mistaken Identity William and Kristi Gaultiere  1989 Fleming H. Revell  -- 3 decades ago.  14 Unloving God images – drawn from I Corinthians 13, 4-7.   Preoccupied manager director GodStatue GodRobber GodVain Pharisee GodElitist aristocrat GodPushy salesman GodMagic Genie GodDemanding drill sergeant GodOuttogetcha Police Detective GodUnjust dictator God Marshmallow GodCritical Scrooge GodParty-pooper GodHeartbreaker God   Preoccupied Managing Director God:  God is busy running the world, but God doesn’t take the initiative, time, or energy to really relate with me, to connect with me. God cares about me, but he is overtaxed.  He is impatient, it is hard to get His attention.  God may want to give more to everyone, but He has limited resources and has to allocate them carefully, to those who most deserve them.  Comfort and help might come if I my situation is desperate enough.   Bible verse: Psalm 13 opening:  How long, Lord? Will you utterly forget me?  How long will you hide your face from me?  How long must I carry sorrow in my soul, grief in my heart day after day? How long will my enemy triumph over me? Self-image: I am not important enough, not worthy enough for God’s attention, for his care, for him to be concerned about me. The problems, cares, and concerns of my life are not significant enough to warrant his attention. God can’t be disturbed with my relatively minor concerns and difficulties.  God has little bandwidth for me, doesn’t need to be saddled with my petty wishes and desired.  Twisting in the wind.  I am an unprofitable servant, so God leaves me to my own devices.   Attachment History – over-parentified children of families with harried, distressed parents, often with financial concerns and time pressure. Children with a Preoccupied Managing Director God image learn that they are rewarded for being “low-maintenance” and not adding to their parents’ troubles by voicing their concerns.  Praised for how independent, mature, and responsible they are.  Anxious-preoccupied attachment style – they want intimacy, connection with God, but they feel that have to go without it, because they just don’t matter enough.  They generally don’t feel seen and known, and they don’t believe that God cherishes them – rather God sees them as a burden.   Coronavirus Crisis:  Readily activated now – some are not feel much of God’s presence.  Lots more responsibilities, lots of decisions, lots of stress.  Others, such as supervisors, superiors have more responsibilities, show less patience, more irritability.  Aging parents, more self-absorbed.  Loss of connection.  Responsibilities piling on – decision fatigue – when to wear masks, what activities can we do, conflicting feedback from politicians, medical experts, government leaders.  No help in sight.  And you can see how  Vignette:  Paula – 17 year old, second oldest child of a family of 6, father was preoccupied with his business, not doing well with the coronavirus, Mom is stressed, working a part-time job and still wanting to homeschool, and her father is self-absorbed with some health issues.  Her older brother escaped the household by enlisting in the Navy and the third oldest in the family, a 15 year old son,  is rebellious, acting out by not completing his schoolwork, announcing that he is an atheist, and experimenting with alcohol.  Paula doesn’t feel like she can burden her mother with any of her issues, lest she become impatient and irritable and act in the role of a martyr.  The 3 youngest children are emotionally and relationally draining for her mother who is strenuously trying to hold them to high standards.  Paula has barely enough time to complete her studies to her mother’s exacting principles, essentially teaching herself from a boxed curriculum. Paula’s is trying to hold her family together, and feels like she is a fish in a puddle that is evaporating.  She tries to rely on herself, but is developing and increasingly intense anger toward God and she is not aware of the anger.  Prayer – another responsibility, another thing to check off her list, based off a sense of duty.  Very dry, uncomfortable, sense of not mattering, not being cared for.  Now she has lost some activities she enjo...

25 Drill Sergeant Gods, Statue Gods, and Preoccupied Manager Gods, Oh My…  July 20, 2020

Fr. Mike zeroes in on the dynamic between Joseph and his older brothers and shows us how the sin of envy is a distorted desire to be loved. Today&#39;s readings are Genesis 37, Job 27-28, and Proverbs 3:25-27.

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Day 19: Joseph and His Brothers (2024)

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Religious Life, Helping the Poor, and St. Francis (Fr. Mark-Mary Ames) | Ep. 487

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When we bless God before meals, we acknowledge that he is the giver of all good gifts. 

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Saying Grace: Bless Us Oh Lord or Make It Up

Fr. Mike reflects on how Isaiah&#39;s prophecies in chapters 49-50 point to the immediate reality of God&#39;s promise of redemption for Israel, as well as to the distant reality of Jesus Christ as the Messiah. In our reading of Ezekiel, we also learn how the glory of God departed from the temple, and how God&#39;s presence is often hidden from us as well. Today&#39;s readings are Isaiah 49-50, Ezekiel 10-11, and Proverbs 12:17-20.

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Day 214: The Hidden Glory of God (2023)

I feel like we are in such a divided world right now! So many are feeling judged by "the other side", when we are divided the Devil wins! Christ is disappointed w/ the division and us turning on each other. Inspired by what's going on in Canada w/ their Freedom Convoy and them uniting to help end the mandates. I was inspired to hear MP Raquel Dancho take courage to speak TRUTH w/ charity. I want to help unify and move past this, we are so much more than our vaccine statute. Lets love each other as brothers and sisters in CHRIST and stop the divisions. I'm sure I will upset people on both sides by posting this, but we NEED to recognize the division and do what we can to love our neighbor as Christ calls us too. Okay I think I'm done w/ this little rant, I seriously do want to help call us all to holiness. I do NOT have it all together, but am one BIG HOT MESS, but by Gods Grace we can strive to become better!! _____________ Don’t forget that we have made <a href= "https://www.cameronfradd.com/">https://www.cameronfradd.com/</a>  the place where you can find all the things Among The Lilies! Check out our new shop with ATL merchandise, and we will be adding more items soon! Thank you all for your support. I am so grateful, and I love and am praying for y'all! Thank you for being here! If you are interested in supporting Among the Lilies (you will get access to a BUNCH of things including bonus content), please consider supporting us at <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/AmongTheLilies">https://www.patreon.com/AmongTheLilies</a> By supporting us, you will get access to a BUNCH of things, including bonus content. Please join the Among the Lilies community on Instagram and Facebook! ➡️ <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/AmongTheLiliess/">https://www.facebook.com/AmongTheLiliess/</a> ➡️ <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/among_the_lilies">https://www.instagram.com/among_the_lilies</a>

206. What Jesus really thinks about Vaccines & mandates!

Resources: <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://sophiainstitute.com/product/our-lady-of-sorrows/">Our Lady of Sorrows: Devotion to Mary's Seven Sorrows for Children</a> - Patrick O'Hearn</li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://patrickrohearn.com/">Patrick O'Hearn</a> - website</li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://sophiainstitute.com/product/finding-peace-in-the-storm/">Finding Peace in the Storm</a> - Dan Burke</li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://stpaulmemphis.com/product/into-the-deep/">Into the Deep</a> – Dan Burke</li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "http://spiritualdirection.com/shop">Spiritual Warfare and the Discernment of Spirits</a> - Dan Burke</li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/the-contemplative-rosary"> The Contemplative Rosary</a> - Dan Burke and Connie Rossini</li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://onelink.to/92tyk4">The Contemplative Rosary App</a> (phones and tablets only)</li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "http://spiritualdirection.com/shop">A Catholic Guide to Mindfulness</a> - Susan Brinkmann OCDS</li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "https://avila-institute.org/events/">Avila-Institute.org/events</a> - website</li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://avila-institute.org/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation</a></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href= "http://www.ewtnreligiouscatalogue.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">EWTN Religious Catalogue</a> – online</li> </ul>

Our Lady of Sorrows: Devotion to Mary's Seven Sorrows for Children

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Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. You do not have to know the details of a person’s life to know they are worth loving. Human worth is rooted in our deepest identity. And our deepest identity comes from being made in God’s image and likeness. And God’s deepest identity is love.<dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from June 7, 2020:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Daniel 3:52-56</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">2 Corinthians 13:11-13</dt> John 3:16-18

06/07/20 In His Image and Likeness

WARNING: This talk includes some graphic anecdotes of physician-assisted suicide.

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Joseph Marine, MD, MBA, FACC, FHRS, is a board-certified clinical cardiac electrophysiologist who practices primarily at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and holds appointments as Vice-Director of the Division of Cardiology and Section Chief of Cardiology for Johns Hopkins Community Physicians. He trained at UC San Francisco Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston University Medical Center, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Physician-Assisted Suicide: Ethical and Legal Dimensions | Prof. Joseph Marine, M.D.

Fr. Mike reflects on the goodness and providence of God the Father, emphasizing how Jesus calls us to be shamelessly persistent in prayer. Fr. Mike also explains two difficult passages found in today&#39;s readings: what Jesus means when he tells the story of an unclean spirit who is cast out only to return, and what Jesus means when he says he comes not to bring peace but division. Today&#39;s readings are Luke 11-12 and Proverbs 26:7-9.

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Day 317: Persistence in Prayer (2024)

The Holy Spirit in the Church and the Eucharist | Fr. Thomas Joseph White OP

Congratulations, you&#39;ve made it about halfway through the Bible in a Year journey! Today, we read again about king Ahaz&#39;s unfaithfulness in 2 Kings. We are also introduced to the prophet Micah, who is all about judgement and hope, and we read one of Fr. Mike&#39;s favorite psalms. Today&#39;s readings are 2 Kings 16, Micah 1-4, and Psalm 139.

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Day 182: The Inescapable God (2023)

 Introduction

The Remedy Against Pride

Considering the Things Below the Earth

Considering the Things on the Earth

Considering Heavenly Things

Exercises for Acting in the Spirit of Jesus Christ

The Spirit of Jesus in the Particular Actions of the Day

The Spirit of Jesus in All Our Acts

Preparation for Holy Communion

Thanksgiving after Communion

Daily Reflections

Biographical Note

Written before joining the Jesuits, these powerful meditations guide you in imitating Christ, growing in humility, and offering every action for the glory of God. With reflections for daily tasks, suffering, and Holy Communion, this spiritual classic leads you to deeper union with Jesus and greater zeal in pursuing sanctity. Practical, profound, and rooted in love, it offers a timeless path to holiness in everyday life.

Meditations on Humility

Fr. Mike connects today&#39;s reading from Songs to the teachings of St. John Paul&#39;s Theology of the Body. He also points out how helpful it is to track the timelines of the kings of Israel and Judah as we read from Kings and Chronicles simultaneously. The readings are 1 Kings 15-16, 2 Chronicles 16-17, and Song of Solomon 4.

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Day 165: The Lover and the Beloved (2024)

As we conclude this article on the Holy Spirit, the Catechism teaches us today about the relationship between the Holy Spirit and the Church. Fr. Mike breaks down the four main ways the Holy Spirit is active in the mission of Christ and how the life of the Church completes that mission. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 737-747.

This episode has been found to be in conformity with the Catechism by the Institute on the Catechism, under the Subcommittee on the Catechism, USCCB.

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Day 104: The Holy Spirit and the Church (2024)

Welcome to season 8! In this episode we talk about what the Lord has been teaching us over the summer and how we are invited to find our peace by fixing our eyes on Jesus and resting in the gaze of God. If we can look higher to find a kingdom perspective, we can find security in His Sovereignty. We talk about the deep realization that in all that has happened and has been taken away in 2020, there is no other answer, no other way forward, than Jesus Christ himself.   Sister Miriam’s one thing - <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X85txs60yY">Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus - Lauren Daigle</a> Michelle’s one thing -  The Life of Elise Angelette: <a href="https://youtu.be/fje5PafcIME">watch her Funeral Mass</a> (homily starts around minute 46) or <a href="https://every-little-thingblog.com">read more about her life</a>  Heather’s one thing - <a href= "https://www.pauseapp.com/">The One Minute Pause App</a> Book mentioned: <a href= "https://amzn.to/3jqdRNn">Get Your Life Back - by John Eldridge </a> Discussion questions:     <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What struck you from the podcast?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What does it mean to “fix your eyes on God” every day? What areas have you done this in the last three months and what are areas you have found yourself searching for peace elsewhere?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Sr. Miriam described our spiritual poverty as the places where we are vulnerable and dependent on the Lord. Where have you experienced this kind of poverty in the last three months?</li> </ol> Journal Questions: <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What has been your prayer to the Lord the last three months? What has been the Lord’s message to you in the last three months? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What areas is the Lord inviting you to pray “Lord, do for me what I can’t do for myself.” ? Make a small act of surrender. Pray “Jesus, I surrender … please do for me what I cannot do for myself.”</li> </ol> Quote to Ponder - “Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.” – Mother Teresa Scripture for Lectio Divina - 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

S08 Episode 01: New Beginnings

This week Jeff talks about how royalty is in your presence, but you have to discover God in ordinary places. To develop eyes that see God in our everyday activities, start by keeping a journal of the ways God intervenes in your everyday life.

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Discovering God in Ordinary Places

Fr. Mike points out how blessing something sets it apart for the purposes of God, and it is no longer meant for ordinary uses. So when we are filled with the spirit of God, our daily task becomes extraordinary, because it is consecrated to God. Today&#39;s readings are Exodus 30-31, Leviticus 22, and Psalm 115.

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Day 46: Set Apart for God (2023)

Fr. Mike zeroes in on Samuel&#39;s dramatic prophecy and the tragic moment when the Philistines capture of the Ark of God. We learn that God is mighty and holds his people to a high standard. Today we read 1 Samuel 3-5 and Psalm 150.

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Day 97: Samuel's Prophecy (2023)

Watch this video episode at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbtZV0z_is0   Episode 61 - Your Stuff is Holding You Back Ever try to connect with the person right in front of you… but he or she is staring at a phone, totally preoccupied? You want to jump in and say, “Look up! Look at me.” How often are we those preoccupied people in prayer? We have to be real about attachment. Whether we like it or not, our humanity is into stuff. In our weakness, we can get attached to stuff, which can serve us or not serve us. It’s a burden. Instead: lean into the freedom of simplicity, at the service of intimacy. We only have so much emotional and spiritual energy throughout the day. And after all—the lilies don’t get up in the morning and have to pick out their nicest dresses. Can we give God our full attention by being less cluttered in our thinking or our environments?   Get your copy of Habits for Holiness (by Fr Mark-Mary Ames, CFR!) at <a href="https://ascensionpress.com/habits" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://ascensionpress.com/habits&source=gmail&ust=1623861324191000&usg=AFQjCNHa4_Tws0AhfxgDo-f5uIxltJjh9Q"> https://ascensionpress.com/habits</a>   The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of generous donors like you. You can give at <a href="https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl= "https://www.google.com/url?q=https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco&source=gmail&ust=1623861324191000&usg=AFQjCNHzzMORWOFZh4xnDodVWPCbpPccpg"> https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco</a>. Thank you!

Your Stuff Is Holding You Back

In this week’s episode, we continue with part four of our study on Christifideles Laici. We dive deep into the role of women and discuss how embracing the fullness of our femininity can uniquely help heal the culture. We also reflect on how the Church is like a loving mother and each one of us belongs and is deeply cherished. Whether we are young or old, a man or a woman, healthy or sick, each of us are invited to offer our gifts in God’s vineyard.    Heather’s One Thing - <a href= "https://ascensionpress.com/products/catechism-of-the-catholic-church-ascension-edition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ascension’s Catechism </a> Sister Miriam’s One Thing - The song <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/track/2Gpk1rtu5wVUCMQH86kErs?si=f9f2119f248e48cd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Peace</a> by Bethel Music Michelle’s One Thing - <a href= "https://bookstore.wordonfire.org/products/the-word-on-fire-bible-volume-iii" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Word on Fire Bible Volume III</a> (or on <a href="https://amzn.to/46ZjviY" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Amazon</a> here)   Discussion Questions: <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How can women prepare Christ’s Bride, the Church, for Christ?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How is God inviting you to see womanhood as a gift?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">What is God’s mission for your family? How do each of your family members participate in that?</li> </ul>   Journal Questions: <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Do I feel like I belong in the Church?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How am I being sanctified by my current season of life?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How have I diminished my voice and accepted smallness disguised as littleness?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">What is God calling my family to?</li> </ul>   Quote to Ponder: According to the gospel parable, the "householder" calls the labourers for his vineyard at various times during the day: some at dawn, others about nine in the morning, still others about midday and at three, the last, around five (cf. Mt 20:1 ff.). In commenting on these words of the gospel, Saint Gregory the Great makes a comparison between the various times of the call and the different stages in life: "It is possible to compare the different hours", he writes, "to the various stages in a person's life. According to our analogy the morning can certainly represent childhood. The third hour, then, can refer to adolescence; the sun has now moved to the height of heaven, that is, at this stage a person grows in strength. The sixth hour is adulthood, the sun is in the middle of the sky, indeed at this age the fullness of vitality is obvious. Old age represents the ninth hour, because the sun starts its descent from the height of heaven, thus the youthful vitality begins to decline. The eleventh hour represents those who are most advanced in years... The labourers, then, are called and sent forth into the vineyard at different hours, that is to say, one is led to a holy life during childhood, another in adolescence, another in adulthood and another in old age". (Christifideles Laici Paragraph 45)   Scripture for Lectio:  "Jesus, looking upon him, loved him" (Mk 10:21).   Sponsor - MyCatholicDoctor: MyCatholicDoctor is a nationwide organization that brings a network of faithful medical professionals to patients through video visits/telehealth, home visits, and office referrals. Our clinicians can initiate your medical care virtually, order any necessary labs or imaging, and send prescriptions to any pharmacy of your choice. We practice evidence-based scientific medicine from a Catholic perspective and integrate Catholic spirituality into our care as appropriate to the situation. We accept most major insurances. If you do not have insurance, are out of network, or use a health sharing ministry, we offer discounted self-pay rates. Our clinicians offer a wide range of services such as virtual primary care, urgent care, fertility care and more. Visit <a href= "http://www.mycatholicdoctor.com/">www.mycatholicdoctor.com</a> today make an appointment or to get seen now.

S12 E23 - Christifideles Laici Chapter 4: Laborers in the Lord’s Vineyard

Goebel, 4% Neanderthal

Fr. Mike clarifies some questions surrounding the Tribe of Levi and talks about what it means to be held to a higher standard as a leader in your community. Numbers 3, Deuteronomy 3, and Psalm 87.

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Day 54: The Tribe of Levi (2024)

Fr. Mike shows us from our reading of Jeremiah that when we give our hearts and minds over to idols we become foolish. The way of man is not in himself, we need the Lord to guide and correct us. In Ezekiel, we read about the vision of the measuring of the temple and Fr. Mike shows us how the early Church Fathers would read the Old Testament in light of the New Testament. Today’s readings are Jeremiah 10-11, Ezekiel 40, and Proverbs 15:5-8.

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Day 233: Correct me, O Lord (2024)

This lecture was given at the Catholic University of America on May 16, 2023 as part of the Thomistic Institute symposium titled "Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood."

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About the speaker:
Father Thomas Petri, O.P. is the President of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, where he also serves as an assistant professor of moral theology and pastoral studies. Ordained a priest in 2009, he holds a Doctorate in Sacred Theology from The Catholic University of America.

The Priesthood in the Modern Era | Father Thomas Petri, O.P.

In today&#39;s readings, we learn how Doeg the Edomite betrayed David, the priests, and the Lord. Fr. Mike explains that betrayal is painful because our hearts are deeply wounded when trust is broken. Today we read 1 Samuel 21-22 and Psalm 52.

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Day 113: Broken Trust (2025)

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1/2 - St. Basil the Great

Fr. Mike points out Israel&#39;s continual disbelief in the prophet Jeremiah, and also explains who the queen of heaven refers to. We also conclude the book of Judith with Judith&#39;s song of praise. Today’s readings are Jeremiah 43-44, Judith 15-16, and Proverbs 17:17-20.

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Day 252: Queen of Heaven (2023)

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11: Dealing with Anxiety

In today&#39;s readings, we hear about the death of Abner, and Fr. Mike points out how David publicly mourns Abner, and instructs his people to do the same. The readings are 2 Samuel 3, 1 Chronicles 3-4, and Psalm 25.

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Day 122: Abner Is Killed (2025)

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Homily from the First Sunday of Lent. Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing. The first last words of Jesus reveal not just what, but Who was on His mind in the last moments of His life.
<dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from March 06, 2022:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Deuteronomy 26:4-10</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 91:1-2, 10-15</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Romans 10:8-13</dt> Luke 4:1-13

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What Happened to Catholicism

If we have been crucified with Christ, we can confidently hope that we will also rise with Him. Jeff discusses the concept of an &#39;Easter Eulogy&#39;, examining Ephesians 1:3-14 to explore the spiritual inheritance and blessings Christians receive through Christ&#39;s resurrection. Jeff offers insights on how this inheritance can provide hope and encouragement, especially during challenging times. 

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 &quot;All of the inheritance that Jesus has given us comes as a result of his suffering, death, and resurrection.&quot;

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Your Easter Eulogy

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1 - Saints, Angels, and Monsters

St. Michael - The Ideal Monster-Slayer

The Saints Who Slew Dragons

St. Nicholas, the Pickle Barrel, and a Devilish Tree

St. Patrick - Apostle to the Irish and Demon Chaser

Christian Werewolves?

St. Columba and the Loch Ness Monster

Do You Believe in Monsters?

Part 2 - Memento Mori

Ossuaries - Chapels Made of Bones

Christian Mummies?

The Incorruptibles

The Weird and Wonderful World of Relics

Catacomb Saints - The Bejeweled Skeletons of Catholicism

The Cadaver Synod - Putting a Corpse on Trial

Remember Death and the Dead

Part 3 - Spiritual Warfare and Catholic Campfire Stories

Catholic Ghost Stories

The Wizard Clip - A Catholic Ghost Story in Appalachia

Fr. Amorth - The World's Most Famous Exorcist

Saints to Ward Off Evil

Part 4 - Unusual Miracles

Stigmata - The Wounds of Christ

Levitation - When Saints Fly

St. Padre Pio - A Saint in Two Places at Once

St. Joseph's Miraculous Staircase

Part 5 - A Weird Catholic Pilgrimage

About The Author

Closing Credits

Michael Lichens delves into the peculiar and intriguing aspects of Catholic history, uncovering stories of saints confronting mythical creatures, the spiritual significance of bone chapels, and accounts of exorcisms and unusual miracles. Through engaging storytelling, he reveals the profound truths and spiritual lessons embedded in these oddities, illustrating how they have inspired devotion and a deeper understanding of the divine.