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Even though mortal sins are more deadly than venial sins, that doesn’t mean venial sins are harmless. Fr. Mike explains the damage venial sins do to us and advises us to not become complacent in our sin, no matter how minor it may seem to us, because all sin negatively impacts our relationship with God.<a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast</a>

Mortal Vs Venial Sin

Good Soil In this episode we break open the parable of the sower and the seeds. We chat about how we can cultivate good soil in our hearts where seeds can grow and bear good fruit. We also talk about the practicals of what makes up rocky ground that chokes out goodness and what makes up the fertile soil, where God can bring forth life and abundance. Sister Miriam's one thing - <a href= "https://jpiihealingcenter.org/product/undone-carrie-schuchts-daunt/"> Undone: Freeing Your Feminine Heart from the Knots of Fear and Shame</a> by Carrie Schuchts Daunt Michelle's one thing - <a href= "https://youtu.be/wcp65nDQBo8">Higher Love</a> - Kygo, Whitney Houston Heather's one thing - The team building my house from <a href= "http://tundradevelopments.ca/">Tundra Developments</a> Announcements! The Abiding Together Lenten Book Study will be <a href= "https://amzn.to/2tZNV6G">The Return of the Prodigal Son</a> by Henri Nouwen. 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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 is the terrain of your heart? What does the soil in your life look like right now?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Where do you need to dig in the dirt and let God bring in His light and cultivate the soil?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What do I need to steward well in my life and what do I need to prune back?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What are the weeds that need to be pulled out in my heart?</li> </ol> Journal Questions: <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Reflect and journal about this scripture: Matthew 13. What does it speak to you personally? </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What are the thorns that choke the good seed in your life? Where do you need to seek the true face of Jesus?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">What is the fruit being born in your life? What do you think God is trying to show you about your soil?</li> </ol> Quote to Ponder - "Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe." ― St. Bernard of Clairvaux Scripture for Lectio Divina - Matthew 13: The Parable of the Sower That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Whoever has ears, let them hear." The disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you speak to the people in parables?" He replied, "Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. This is why I speak to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.' But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. "Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."

S07 Episode 1: Good Soil

Opening Credits

The Revolutionary Tempo

War and the Shattering of Illusions

Providence and War

Conditions of a Just War

Militarism and Pacifism

What Are We Fighting For

War as a Judgment of God

Understanding of Judgment

Universiality of Judgment

A Declaration of Dependence

The Papacy and International Order

About the Author

End Credits

In a world gripped by confusion and fear, this powerful call to clarity exposes the spiritual crisis underlying global unrest. Unmasking false ideologies, moral decline, and the rejection of God, it urges a return to truth, justice, and repentance.

Homily from the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. I can know all I need to know and still not do all I need to do. There are so many things that we know that we ought to do. There are even things that we know that we want to do. And yet...we just can't seem to act on what we know. How do we start? How do we become people who do what we know we ought to do?<dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from July 10, 2022:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Deuteronomy 30:10-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36-37</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Colossians 1:15-20</dt> Luke 10:25-37

07/10/22 Simple Things First

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Why Suffering is MERCY | Mthr. Natalia

Together, with Fr. Mike, we have arrived at the conclusion and nugget day for the section on the sacrament of Confirmation. Fr. Mike reiterates the idea that, “What God has done in me cannot stop with me.” We receive God’s gifts at Confirmation, and it is now up to us to use these gifts. He also emphasizes the importance of having the desire for the sacrament of Confirmation when the sacrament is received. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1315-1321.

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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.

Day 179: Summary of Confirmation

Did you know there is more than one liturgical rite in the Catholic Church? Fr. Mike reviews the different liturgical Traditions that are part of the Catholic Church. All of the different rites are rooted in the same mission of Christ, reminding us that the diversity of liturgical Traditions does not take away from the unity of the Faith. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1200-1203.

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 164: Liturgical Diversity and Unity (2024)

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Why I JUST Became a Catholic (Dr. Alan Harrelson) | Ep. 427

During Holy Week, as we contemplate the last hours of Jesus’ life, we get an intimate look at how Jesus prays to his Father.

Starting with our Lord’s prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane, we hear Jesus talking to God the Father about the upcoming moments of his life. He continues to pray through his Passion all the way until his last breath—a model that we as sons and daughters of God can follow as well. But what does Jesus show us about what it means to truly pray “Abba, Father”?

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Pray Like Jesus Prayed This Holy Week

We may be too hard on ourselves when considering how we use the word “should.” Of course, we should go to Mass and pray every day. We should avoid stealing and other sins. However, in the midst of the healthy “shoulds,” there could be unhealthy “shoulds,” like “I should enjoy going to Mass and praying,” or “it shouldn’t be this hard to avoid sin.”

But no one ever said that. No one ever said doing what’s right would be easy. So let’s stop “shoulding” ourselves, and let’s rely on God’s grace to pull us through instead. Our weakness is an opportunity to embrace God’s grace. Fr. Mike says if all the things we should do were easy, we wouldn’t need Jesus.

“For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities; for when I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10).<a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast</a>

How We Use the Word Should

Resources: <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://soulcore.com/">SoulCore</a> – website</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>

SoulCore

We explore the surprising compatibility of Internal Family Systems with a Thomistic understanding of the human person. The modern pioneer of parts work, Richard Schwartz, originator of IFS harmonizes with the medieval angelic doctor of the Church, St. Thomas Aquinas. Join Thomistic philosopher Dr. Anthony Flood, Catholic psychologist Dr. Eric Gudan and me, Dr. Peter, as we discuss how the goodness of IFS can be modified and grounded in the excellence of a Thomistic anthropology.   For the full video experience with all our visuals, gestures, and graphics, and for conversation and sharing in the comments section, check us out on our YouTube channel here:  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/@InteriorIntegration4Catholics">www.youtube.com/@InteriorIntegration4Catholics</a>

174 Richard Schwartz and IFS Meet St. Thomas Aquinas

Episode 24.  God Images and Self ImagesJuly 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 24,  released on July 13, 2020 and it’s called God Images and Self Images.  Today we’re going to consolidate some of our learning to date, spiraling back to a few key concepts and then bringing those key concepts to life in a story.  You may remember Richard and Susan from Episodes 17 and 19 when we were doing a three-episode series on grief – you long-time listeners that were with us six to eight weeks ago may remember.  And you may have forgotten.   No worries.  Don’t worry if you don’t remember.  We are going to review all the key concepts briefly here and I’ll catch you all up on the doings of Susan and Richard, as we begin this fifth installment on Catholic resilience.  We’re also going to take a close, in-depth look at the negative God images that Richard and Susan struggle with, and how those God images impact how they feel about themselves and each other.  Now if you are just joining us, Richard and Susan are made up – I created these characters to illustrate the concepts we’re discussing, buy they are realistic, and have issues common in our lives.   I said were going to review what a God image is, so let’s just go over that again briefly. 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.   This distinction between God image and God concept is so critical, I really want you to grip onto it, to really understand it a deep level. I hope you can really digest to the difference, not just at a conceptual level, but at a much deeper level in you, and hang onto it for the rest of your lives. I mean that. Remember the causal chain that we discussed last time? Letting ourselves be taken in by our bad God images leads us to lose confidence in God, which in turn causes us to become much less resilient.  Allowing our problematic, heretical God images to dominate us, to exert influence on us in subtle but powerful ways.   In the last episode, Episode 23, we discussed how the greatest sin against the First Commandment among us serious Catholics is defaulting to our negative God images, and letting them rule us, not resisting their pull on us, letting them draw us away from God.  The more we give into our negative, heretical God images, the more they color our God concepts, leading us to entertain doubts in our intellect about God’s love, his power, his mercy, his goodness.  And once we abandon our God concept to the notions of our heretical God images, we are headed for major trouble.  Richard and Susan from Episodes 17 and 19 on Grief.  We’re going to take a close look at Susan’s God images throughout her life to date in more detail, and in order to do that, we have to go back 100 years, and some generations.  Susan’s father Pawel--  Born 1919 in Pittsburgh to Polish immigrant parents, Pawel’s mother died shortly after he was born from Spanish influenza.  Youngest of three brothers.  Grew up in the 1920s  with his father and two older brothers.  No sisters, no experience of mother, no stepmother – some extended family but not really close.   Pawel’s father (Susan’s grandfather)  was a wheelwright, making wagon wheels.  At age 10, Al experienced the stock market crash and the Great Depression, hard times, unemployment, and a rough house, with some alcoholism.  So Pawel grew up in difficult economic circumstances, completed 8th grade, went to work as a printer’s apprentice and then to war in 1942 and fought in the American infantry in France under Pershing.  In 1945, return with some shellshock, not able to talk about war experiences.  In 1951 six years after the war ended, 32 year old Pawel married Maja, an 18 year old Polish immigrant who had US shortly after WWII ended.   He had known Maja’s family.  Maja was devoted to Pawel, very social, very outgoing, but with a history of unresolved war trauma from the German invasion of Poland when she was a little girl in the late 1930’s.  Pawel and Maja had four children, three boys and then Zuzanna – which is Polish for Susan -- Zuzanna was the youngest of the four, born in 1960.  Life was good for the family in the 1950s and 1960s.   Susan:§  Susan’s Father the good days·         Worked in a printing shop, a master printer, first shift·         High school education, funny, affectionate, a great story teller·         Susan was the youngest, and the only girl, three older brothers, everyone said she was her mother’s daughter, similar to Mom Maja  in so many ways, both physically and in her personality  ·         Dad gave her lots of warmth and affection as a baby and toddler and little girl, all through grade school – he read to her and was like the coolest dad, because he would come to her tea parties with her dolls – §  God image – Susan found it easy to pray – first communion, first confession.  Warmth toward God, sunny days.  Felt beloved.  §  Susan’s Father – the difficult days·         But when she turned 14, in 1974, it became a difficult relationship – she and her father did not see eye to eye.o   When Susan reached puberty, Dad withdrew emotionally – seemed to reject her hugs and kisses, told her those were “things little girls did” and “Susan, you’re a big girl now”o   She told him he had always said she’d be his little girl and didn’t understand when he said nothing in responseo   She didn’t understand the tears in his eyes or why he’d turn away, leave her and watch TV alone in his d...

24 God Images and Self Images

Join Dan Burke and Melissa Elson as they offer solutions to our culture's technologically obsessed world by speaking with author, Dr. Christopher Blum about his book, A Mind at Peace: Reclaiming an Ordered Soul in the Age of Distraction. Topics/Questions covered in the show: <ul> <li>What was the inspiration/motivation for the book?</li> <li>How does technology increase anxiety? How does it detract from the spiritual life?</li> <li>Why is the book set up in three sections?</li> <li>What is the best way for readers to use this book? </li> <li>How can we take custody of our hearts and minds according to the Church?</li> <li>Is A Mind at Peace a work of philosophy, theology, psychology, spirituality or all of these fields combined?</li> <li>How would you characterize the peace that one can attain from the book?</li> <li>What does it mean to be in the world but not of the world?</li> <li>Which spiritual writers influenced the book most heavily?</li> <li>Does the book offer a technique in achieving interior peace?</li> <li>Could one use an app or other device to help determine how much social media time is enough in the course of the day? </li> </ul>   Resources: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.spiritualdirection.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spiritualdirection.com</a> - website</li> <li><a href="http://avila-institute.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sophiainstitute.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Sophia Institute Press</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/mind-at-peace?utm_source=Resources%20Edition&utm_medium=Mind%20at%20Peace&utm_content=ResourcesEditionMindatPeace" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Mind at Peace</a> by Dr. Christopher Blum</li> <li>Questions? Send an e-mail to <a href= "mailto:Questions@myavila.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Questions@myavila.com</a> or call 818-646-7729. Please leave your name, location and question.</li> </ul>

Resources Edition: Dr. Christopher Blum, A Mind at Peace

Hey everyone! We interrupt the Catholic Creatives series for a bit of a rant and an explanation as to why we didn't release an episode last week. The truth is.... LIFE HAPPENS AND IS SO CRAZY. I'm in it with all you ladies who have a million different things going on! Enjoy this episode. Look below to find out how you can keep up with Among the Lilies and support the ministry! Head on over to instagram to enter into our next giveaway! 🌹 Support me on Patreon: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/AmongTheLilies">https://www.patreon.com/AmongTheLilies</a> 🌹 To follow me on Twitter: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=pu24f9rDnlm8B9KEyjmwTNy_rU98MTU2MjQ0NDU2N0AxNTYyMzU4MTY3&v=7S5i-mO_uNQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fmattfradd&event=video_description"> https://twitter.com/cameronfradd</a> 🌹 To follow me on Instagram: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=pu24f9rDnlm8B9KEyjmwTNy_rU98MTU2MjQ0NDU2N0AxNTYyMzU4MTY3&v=7S5i-mO_uNQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fmattfradd%2F&event=video_description"> https://www.instagram.com/among_the_lilies/</a> 🌹 To follow me on Facebook: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=pu24f9rDnlm8B9KEyjmwTNy_rU98MTU2MjQ0NDU2N0AxNTYyMzU4MTY3&v=7S5i-mO_uNQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmattfradd%2F&event=video_description"> https://www.facebook.com/AmongTheLilies/</a>

Ep. 115 We Interrupt This Series for a Rant

Jesus is a miracle worker. He worked incredible “signs and wonders” during his 33 years on earth, and he continues to stun us with modern miracles to this day. He has healed people physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. But if he has shown us that he can do this… why hasn’t he healed everyone?

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Why Doesn't God Heal Everybody?

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Is Coffee a Drug? | Fr. Gregory Pine O.P.

Coronavirus Crisis: Carpe Diem A Call To Arms: Rise Up, Red-Blooded CatholicsEpisode 6:  April 6, 2020Look, I’m going to get right down to it.  We are in a real crisis with this virus.  You’ve seen the news – New York City’s hospitals are overwhelmed and infections and deaths are accelerating exponentially.  We’re facing shortages of some basic items and supply chains are breaking down.  We’ve never experienced anything like this.  And I believe we are in it for the long haul.   The bottom line is this:  The Catholic Church now, more than ever needs heroes to rise up.  The Church needs you to be an unsung hero in your vocation, in your duties of state.  Other souls need you to be clearheaded, calm, effective, thoughtful, patient, generous, and resilient.  They don’t just need you to be a holy man or woman.  They need you to be well-formed on a human level, well integrated, soul, heart, body and mind.  Other souls are looking to you for safety, security, guidance, direction.  Are you up for that yet?  Are you equipped to handle whatever may come? Cue music 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. This is Episode 6 and its April 6, 2020, entitled A Call To Arms: Rise Up, Red-Blooded Catholics. I’m clinical psychologist Peter Malinoski with Souls and Hearts at soulsandhearts.com.  Thank you for being here with me.   The stakes are high.  Yes, there is life and death on the line.  But there is more than just life and death.  There is salvation and damnation for souls on the line.  Our parishes are shuttered, we’ve lost the Mass and many of us have lost access to confession unless we are in danger of death. We’ve lost access to the Eucharist.   Now is the time – now is the time for red-blooded Catholic men and women, drinking deeply of God’s grace, to rise to the challenges of these wild times.  There has never been a better time for you to rise up and seize the day. If you are willing to take on this mission, this mission of rising up and shining like a beacon for others, I am here to guide you, step by step and this podcast is for you. I’m here to be with you and walk you through an entire program of human psychological formation to help you triumph in the challenges you are facing, the stresses that confront you.  I am looking for probably less than 1% of Catholics, those that really get that grace builds on nature, the supernatural builds on the natural, and that know they have to work not just on their spiritual life, but also their psychological life.  I’m looking for just a few Catholics, maybe 100 committed souls, maybe more, who want to join me in our online community where we can mutually support each other in becoming unsung heroes in our daily lives.   I’m looking for red-blooded Catholics who want to feast on the nourishing Word of the Gospel as it is, and live it out to the max.  I am looking for Catholics who are tired of the limp-wristed, narrow, timid, lukewarm, worldly approach to our Faith we see all around us.   I am looking for Catholics who are tired of spineless, risk-averse approaches to the faith, masquerading as prudence.  I want Catholics to join me who are ready to be creative, think way outside the box, to find real solutions to real problems, who are willing to make great and small sacrifices, but who just need some guidance, who are looking for some guidance grounded in the perennial teachings of our beloved Church.   And not because we’re great – we’re not great -- but because we want our Lord to live and act through us.   If you engage seriously with what I offer you, my bet is that many of you will grow much more resilient and much better equipped to carry out your mission to answer God’s call for you.  So you might ask: Who are you, Dr. Peter, to volunteer to lead us and why should we follow? My whole career has been focused on bringing people closer to God and Mary through shoring up the natural foundation.  I almost left the field in grad school because I was struggling with how to ground the practice of psychology in an authentic Catholic worldview.  I have decades of experience working with clients, helping them through crises of various kinds.  And I have a wealth of information to share with you.  My spirituality is essentially Carmelite and I’m focused on removing psychological barriers to contemplative union with God.  You can look up my bio on Soulsandhearts.com but this is not really about me.  It’s about you.  If you really engage with what I have to offer you, you’ll know by the fruits you see if this is helpful or not.   So if I commit, how does this work – how are you going to guide us? So we have this podcast, which is twice per week, Mondays and Fridays.  Every week.  You know, a lot of Catholic websites have shut down or reduced the frequency of their offerings.  We’re ramping up and adding resources four or five days per week at Soulsandhearts.com. In each episode, I’ll share some inside information, the same kinds of information that has been helpful to me in and helpful to my clients and friends.  We don’t do psychotherapy.in this podcast or in any of our offerings at Souls and Hearts, but we do share much of the same information.  So there is a teaching element. Often in the podcasts, there will be an experiential part – where I guide you through a process to understand yourself better.  We did one in the last episode, Episode 5 on discovering more about your mindset when you were in your dark place.  The experiential exercises in this podcast are where we learn by doing.  So we have the educational information, we have the experiential exercises – what else?  We will discuss specific challenges that many people face in resiliency in crisis, in seizing the day.  And I will give you specific guidance on how to overcome those challenges.  You see that at the end of this podcast.   If you register for this podcast on the Coronavirus Crisis Carpe Diem page at Souls and Hearts.com you will get a bonus email on Wednesday with some insider tips, sneak peeks at what’s coming up and other resources.  It’s really worth getting that email.   Once we get enough people registered, I will be offering webinars for the registered listeners in our community, in which we have time to go into much more depth into a particular area.   I will make recommendations for reading from time to time – nothing lengthy or academic – no, usually short passages.  We keep it really clear and to the point.   I’m also working on a self-assessment instrument for you to help you identify your relative strengths and weakness is facing crises, and I’m planning to be able to give tailored recommendations as your guide (again it’s not psychotherapy) for how best to change and grow.   We are also working on community resources on our webpages – getting the discussion boards up so we can communicate and connect with each other. &amp;nb...

6 A Call To Arms: Rise Up, Red-Blooded Catholics

Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Why be great? A powerful goal in life is to be great. To be able to say, "I am good at this" regardless of comparison, but with an eye towards real excellence. At the same time, even when we have a goal and have a plan, we all need to be motivated by WHY.<dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from January 19, 2025:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Isaiah 62:1-5</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalm 96:1-3, 7-10</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">1 Corinthians 12:4-11</dt> John 2:1-11

01/19/25 On Purpose: Be Great

In this short bonus episode, I want to share with you 3 really exciting things we're doing here at Pints With Aquinas. You can help make it all happen: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd">https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd</a> Check out the Pints With Aquinas Español Channel here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRMlEcam-zu-maOA718QsFQ">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRMlEcam-zu-maOA718QsFQ</a> 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> 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&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586377974&amp;sr=8-9">https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586377974&amp;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&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586379026&amp;sr=8-4">https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586379026&amp;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> Website - mattfradd.com Facebook - facebook.com/mattfradd/ Twitter - twitter.com/mattfradd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

BONUS: 3 Huge Announcements

In this episode, we discuss how easy it is to settle for less than what God offers by clinging to earthly idols and loving other things more than Him. We share about some of our own idols and how turning to God instead has transformed our hearts. We admit how easy it is to accept less than the fullness of life in Jesus and turn to something or someone else in our sorrows. The truth is that Jesus is the only One who can truly satisfy us and bring real comfort in the broken places. Heather's One Thing - <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LthkibTzuj8">As the Deer</a> Heather's Other One Thing - <a href= "https://www.avemariapress.com/products/return">"Return"</a> by Fr. 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We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased." ― C.S. Lewis, <a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1629232">The Weight of Glory</a> "Let yourself be vulnerable. Let your walls down, your carefully constructed fortresses breached, your fiercely guarded heart laid bare. Let your wounds be touched, your fears revealed, your deepest desires, damaged dreams, and most daring hopes unveiled before the Bridegroom, who has the power to redeem, restore, and resurrect them. Drop your independence and the idea—which you clutch so tightly—that you can do anything to protect and save yourself. And LET HIM LOVE YOU." ― St Elizabeth Scripture for Lectio: "'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws." ―Ezekiel 36:24 - 27 Sponsor - Be Love Revolution: Ten years ago, <a href= "https://www.beloverevolution.com/">Be Love Revolution</a> began with the intention of helping young women know the personal and transformative love of Jesus, and empowering them to be God's love in the world today. Be Love Revolution (BLR), a dynamic Catholic ministry, desires to personally accompany young women on their journey of faith through one-on-one mentoring and discipleship. Be Love Revolution operates in cooperation with <a href= "https://www.renewalministries.net/">Renewal Ministries</a>, a Catholic ministry of evangelization and renewal throughout the world. Be Love Revolution's mission is three-fold: BE HIS: To help young women meet Jesus and grow in a life-long, personal relationship with Him. BE FREE: To help young women live freely and confidently in their identity as beloved daughters of God. BE LOVE: To equip and empower young women to be God's love in the world today. Based in Ann Arbor Michigan, BLR leads weekly bible studies, Adoration Nights, small groups, retreats, service and mission opportunities, and collaborates with two high schools and four middle schools for ongoing evangelization and discipleship. 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S12 E6 - Who Do You Love?

I want to reach out to those suffering from a painful chronic illness and let you know that God will give us the strength to live one day at a time. I know there may be days when you feel you can´t hold on, when you feel like giving up, but let me remind you that even our suffering can glorify God! Hang in there! ____________________________ 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>

224. How Chronic Illness changes your life

Homily from the First Sunday of Advent. We do not know when, but we do know what. Goodbyes can be painful. But what makes goodbyes even more painful is when we are not ready for the leaving or letting go. The goodness of the goodbye comes down to what we do with the time before goodbye.<dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from December 1, 2019:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Isaiah 4:2-6</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 122:1-9</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Romans 13:11-14</dt> Matthew 24:37-44

12/01/19 Before Goodbye

Fr. Mike &amp; Jacob discuss the penitential season of Advent and practicing gratitude throughout the liturgical season.

The Longest Thanksgiving Day Ever

Get your Pints With Aquinas shirt <a href="https://teespring.com/fradd">here!</a> Available for 7 days only. --- It behooved Christ to rise again, for five reasons: First of all; for the commendation of Divine Justice, to which it belongs to exalt them who humble themselves for God's sake, according to Luke 1:52: "He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble." Consequently, because Christ humbled Himself even to the death of the Cross, from love and obedience to God, it behooved Him to be uplifted by God to a glorious resurrection; hence it is said in His Person (Psalm 138:2): "Thou hast known," i.e. approved, "my sitting down," i.e. My humiliation and Passion, "and my rising up," i.e. My glorification in the resurrection; as the gloss expounds. Secondly, for our instruction in the faith, since our belief in Christ's Godhead is confirmed by His rising again, because, according to 2 Corinthians 13:4, "although He was crucified through weakness, yet He liveth by the power of God." And therefore it is written (1 Corinthians 15:14): "If Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and our [Vulgate: 'your'] faith is also vain": and (Psalm 29:10): "What profit is there in my blood?" that is, in the shedding of My blood, "while I go down," as by various degrees of evils, "into corruption?" As though He were to answer: "None. 'For if I do not at once rise again but My body be corrupted, I shall preach to no one, I shall gain no one,'" as the gloss expounds. Thirdly, for the raising of our hope, since through seeing Christ, who is our head, rise again, we hope that we likewise shall rise again. Hence it is written (1 Corinthians 15:12): "Now if Christ be preached that He rose from the dead, how do some among you say, that there is no resurrection of the dead?" And (Job 19:25-27): "I know," that is with certainty of faith, "that my Redeemer," i.e. Christ, "liveth," having risen from the dead; "and" therefore "in the last day I shall rise out of the earth . . . this my hope is laid up in my bosom." Fourthly, to set in order the lives of the faithful: according to Romans 6:4: "As Christ is risen from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life": and further on; "Christ rising from the dead dieth now no more; so do you also reckon that you are dead to sin, but alive to God." Fifthly, in order to complete the work of our salvation: because, just as for this reason did He endure evil things in dying that He might deliver us from evil, so was He glorified in rising again in order to advance us towards good things; according to Romans 4:25: "He was delivered up for our sins, and rose again for our justification." ST III, Q. 53, A. 1. 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. 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100: How do we know Christ rose from the dead?

For many people, the Catholic Church’s teaching on in vitro fertilization and contraception is a hard one, but it is in concordance with the nature of things. The nature of a thing, as Fr. MIke puts it, is its “what-it’s-for-ness”. Sex is for procreation and the unity of the couple. Equally important is the fact that sex, not in vitro fertilization, is the natural way to bring forth a new life. Contraception and in vitro fertilization violate the nature of not only sex, but also the nature of the person and life itself.

If you feel that this teaching prohibits you from being truly happy, Fr. Mike offers encouragement. It may not seem fair to us at first, but the deep abiding peace we acquire from living by God’s plan is better than anything we could acquire by doing things our way.<a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast</a>

Catholic Teaching on IVF and Contraception Explained

We welcome a pretty special guest this week... Br Kolbe, of "He likes cars" renown! Let's get right to it: interior poverty. Facing our own brokenness, weakness, failings. Not the first place we want to go, right? But here's the thing… there's no way around it. The "secret" way to following Jesus is coming to terms with our poverty—with him, as he gives us the grace to be able to see it and not be overwhelmed by it. Getting to that place of emptiness allows him to fill us with peace and trust. There's a divine efficiency to poverty. The Lord can work more directly when we are depending solely on his grace and not on any false securities that get in his way. It's the only way. And that might not sound like good news, but that's because we have worldly ears. Hear it this way: this only way is hard, but it's with Jesus, he who brings sweetness to difficulty. So go there. Don't avoid your spiritual poverty—Jesus meets you there.

There's a Divine Efficiency to Interior Poverty

The Catechism reveals to us its intended readership, structure, and some practical directions for use. Fr. Mike and the Roman Catechism remind us that—above all—”the works of perfect Christian virtue spring from love and have no other objective than to arrive at love.” Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 11-25.

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Day 2: How the Catechism Works (2024)

Resources: <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/blue-collar-apologetics"> Blue Collar Apologetics</a> - John Martignoni</li> <li><a href="http://SpiritualDirection.com/shop">Spiritual Warfare and the Discernment of Spirits</a> - Dan Burke</li> <li><a href= "https://www.sophiainstitute.com/products/item/the-contemplative-rosary"> The Contemplative Rosary</a> - Dan Burke and Connie Rossini</li> <li><a href="http://onelink.to/92tyk4">The Contemplative Rosary App</a> (phones and tablets only)</li> <li><a href="http://SpiritualDirection.com/shop">A Catholic Guide to Mindfulness</a> - Susan Brinkmann OCDS</li> <li><a href= "https://avila-institute.org/events/">Avila-Institute.org/events</a> - website</li> <li><a href="http://avila-institute.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ewtnreligiouscatalogue.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">EWTN Religious Catalogue</a> – online</li> <li><a href="https://www.sophiainstitute.com">Sophia Institute Press</a> - online</li> </ul>

Blue Collar Apologetics

Homily from the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. We will continue walking through this world in which people are better than us. How can we become invincible to comparison?<dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from November 10, 2019:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5</dt> Luke 20:27-38 <a href="https://bulldogcatholic.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/comparisin-incomparable.pdf">Download the Homily Study</a>

11/10/19 CompariSIN: Incomparable

Episode 253 - Lent Prep: Desert Spirituality Why does the desert during Lent matter? Why do we journey there every year for three weeks, alongside our brothers in faith? The desert isn't just a place of physical challenge or adventure—it's a biblical invitation to encounter God in a profound way. It's a place where we can strip away distractions, face our vulnerabilities, and open ourselves to God's transformative presence. The desert is both a terrifying and purifying place, just as it is for Jesus. In this episode, we dive deep into the spiritual significance of the desert during the Lenten season. Join us as we explore the desert's deep spiritual meaning, and how this sacred journey is not just for the body but also for the spirit. 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! 🛒 You can also grab your Poco a Poco Merchandise at https://www.pocomerch.com/ 🛒 In preparation for Lent, check out Jesus and the Jubilee https://stpaulcenter.com/jubilee/ 🛒 Check out some rosaries we made in collaboration with Chews Life https://bit.ly/chewslife-poco

Lent Prep: Desert Spirituality

Is there any hope for unity in the United States of America? Fr. Mike gives a resounding &quot;yes&quot;. But not over politics or policies—but the principles that our country was founded on.

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Politics vs. Principles

Join Dr. Peter and our audience members to experience a guided meditation on your parts’ needs for integrated formation. Guided by John Paul II’s four dimensions of personal formation (human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral) you have an opportunity to see what a part of you needs. Several audience members debrief from the exercise and we all discuss with some Q&amp;A.

140 Your Personal Formation: Experiential Exercises and Q&A

We delve into the cosmic event that will take place at the end of time known as the Last Judgment. Fr. Mike explains the difference between the Last Judgment and our particular judgment at the time of our death. We learn that the Last Judgment will reveal the consequences of all our actions and how God’s justice triumphs over all the injustices we’ve committed and suffered. Fr. Mike emphasizes that the message of the Last Judgment is ultimately one of hope and conversion. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1038-1041.

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Day 141: The Last Judgment (2025)

What does covetousness mean? Today, we launch into the ninth commandment, which deals with carnal concupiscence. This commandment addresses the tension between the “flesh” and the “spirit.” Fr. Mike emphasizes that purity of heart and temperance are crucial to overcoming lust of the flesh. The more we obey God, the more our hearts see others as God sees them. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2514-2519. 

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 324: The Ninth Commandment (2024)

Homily from the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. Mary, the Mother of God is the model for how to live well. Mary is the Mother of God because the baby in her womb was the Second Person of the Trinity. She also shows us how to leave last year in the past and step into the New Year wisely.<dl style="margin : 0; padding-top:0;"><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Mass Readings from January 1, 2023:</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Numbers 6:22-27</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;"> Psalms 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8</dt><dt style="font-weight:normal;">Galatians 4:4-7</dt> Luke 2:16-21

1/1/23 Hold, Reflect, and Remember

Today Fr. Pine and I begin a two part series on Aquinas' understanding of the passions. I've posted a document which will help you better understand what we go into today at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd/posts">https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd/posts</a> So be sure to check that out. Thanks! 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&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586377974&amp;sr=8-9">https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586377974&amp;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&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586379026&amp;sr=8-4">https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586379026&amp;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> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

169: Aquinas on the Passions, W/ Fr. Gregory Pine

What do we need to do as Catholic Christians to convey that the message of our religion is one of pure love? So often we misrepresent what it means to be Christian, causing many people to just see judgment when they see us upholding our principles. In this episode, Fr. Mike emphasizes how important it is to live what we believe, and that means loving people so much that even when they harm us, we continue to love them.<a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast</a>

Is it OK to Hate Someone?

Together, with Fr. Mike, we explore the moral conscience. Fr. Mike emphasizes that even though our intellect has been weakened by sin, we still have some sense, our conscience, that tells us that there is a right and wrong. He also emphasizes the difference between our conscience and our passions. Today&#39;s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1776-1782.

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Day 238: Our Moral Conscience (2024)

Join Matt and Thrsdy for an excellent meme, a diversity worksheet, a short AMA, and a Reading of Thomas Aquinas on Back Biting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, Tolerance, Identity

Sometimes we’re not everything we wish we could be. At times all we can do is act as if we believe, because we’re just not up to truly putting our faith in God​ at that moment​. In this episode, Fr. Mike explains why, in a sense, it’s ​OK to be a ​​“hypocrite” at those times.<a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast</a>

Are All Catholics Hypocrites?

<ol><li>Intro: Welcome to the podcast Coronavirus Crisis: Carpe Diem!, where by God’s grace, you and I rise up and embrace the possibilities and opportunities for spiritual and psychological growth right now, in these days, all grounded in a Catholic worldview.   We are going beyond mere resilience, to rising up to the challenges in our lives and becoming even healthier in the natural and the spiritual realms.  I’m clinical psychologist Peter Malinoski and I am here with you, to be your host and guide.  This podcast is part of Souls and Hearts, our online outreach at soulsandhearts.com, which is all about shoring up our natural foundation for the Catholic spiritual life, all about overcoming psychological obstacles to being loved and to loving God and neighbor -- it short, this podcast is all about relationships -- it's all about becoming much more relational in our lives and in our faith.  <ol><li>This is episode 45, released on December 7, 2020</li><li>Thank you for being here with me.  </li><li>and it is the ninth episode in our series on shame.  </li><li>and it is titled: How Shame Leads Us to Idolatry</li><li>We are now Diving into the spiritual dimension of shame.</li><li>This podcast is all about transformation -- fundamental transformation of all of us -- all parts of us.  Even the parts we keep secret, hidden.  <ol><li>This podcast is all about removing psychological obstacles to following the two great commandments</li><li>Not entertainment.  Not about having a good time, just enjoying a entertaining podcast, funny and distracting.</li><li>No this podcast is about developing a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit, a personal relationship with God our spiritual Father, and a personal relationship with the Blessed Virgin Mary, our spiritual Mother</li><li>Any psychological obstacles you have to relating with others, you will have in relating to God.  <ol><li>You will bring those relational inhibitions, those relational problems into your spiritual life because they are formed into you and they have not been healed through experiencing throughout your whole being who God really is.   </li><li>Spiritual realm is not some special place where the relational limitations you have are just dispensed, you're no longer trouble with them.  No, you are still you in the spiritual realm.  </li></ol></li><li>Any psychological issues you have with your earthly father and mother you will bring into your relationship with God as Father and Mary as Mother.  <ol><li>Child psychologist -- transferences</li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></li><li>Two major assumptions in the natural realm for why we don't have a personal relationship with a loving God.  <ol><li>Assumption 1.  We do not believe that we are worthy to be in relationship with God -- driven by shame</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Assumption 2.  We do not believe that God is worthy to be in relationship with us -- driven by negative God images -- see episodes 23-29  <ol><li>Idolatry.  We are not worshiping God as He is. </li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>And here is the more tragic part:  We stay with those assumptions, even though they are so manifestly problematic and harmful.  We don't seek, we assume that assumptions one and two are true.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Her is the great offer I am making to you.  I am inviting you on an adventure, an adventure to discover who you really are, an adventure to discover who God really is, and adventure in learning to relate and to connect with our God, our God who is personal, who is relational, who is loving, who is Love Himself.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>If you really knew who God was and you really knew who you are, and you really knew how God truly saw you -- you would always run to His loving arms.  You really would.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>But you don't know these realities at a deep, integrated level.  We know them to some degree in our heads, in a theological way, in an abstract way, we can quote the Catechism.  But not in our hearts, our souls, and our bones.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>In fact, at a gut level, at an intuitive level  the vast majority of us have varying degrees of certainty or confidence in very warped assumptions about ourselves and assumptions about God.  These assumptions are wildly different from what God reveals to us about who he is and who we are through Scripture, through Tradition, and through the perennial teachings of our Catholic Church.  In our hearts, in our bodies, in the depths of our souls, in our unconscious, We believe in lies.  This is so common.  And it's deadly and so much of it is driven by shame.  </li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Review of Shame  <ol><li>Definition of Shame  <ol><li>Explored this in a lot of detail in Episode 37, the first in our series on shame.  Shame is: <ol><li>The primary problem we have in the natural realm -- foundational problem.  Grace perfects nature, if our natural foundation is infused with shame, it makes the foundation for our spiritual life shaky, unreliable, uncertain.  </li><li>That gives birth to so many secondary problems -- we tend to focus on the secondary problems, the problems that are further downstream -- so we are not getting to the root.  </li></ol></li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Shame is:  a primary emotion, a bodily reaction, a signal,  a judgement, and an action. (Click to episode 38 for a summary)</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Qualities of shame  <ol><li>Shame is hidden.  Hidden from others, hidden from God, often hidden from the therapist, hidden from self.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>  Shame inhibits positive emotions</li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Strategies for coping with shame</li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Chronic shame needs to be attenuated, reduced, titrated, ordered, regulated. <ol><li>Chronic shame develops when a little boy or little girl has a sense of being rejected, unwanted, a burden.  </li><li>When the child changes behaviors, does what he can to be better in the eyes of the adult and still is rejected, he can conclude that he just is a bad kid.  </li><li>The difficulty is in the response of the others -- the caregivers.  </li><li>But the child bears the burden of shame caused by the shaming of the caregivers.  </li><li>Child sees parts of himself that are unacknowledged and unacceptable</li><li>Ostracized or invaded.  </li></ol></li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>And we assume that God responds to us like our shaming caregivers -- soulset.  We generalize from our experiences of shame and assume that God is like those caregivers.  This is called a transference.  <ol><li>Transference is a phenomenon within psychotherapy in which the feelings a person has about their parents, as one example, are unconsciously redirected or transferred onto the therapist. It usually concerns feelings from a primary relationship during childhood.</li></ol></li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Ubiquity of Shame.  </li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Shame as the silent killer -- Episode 37  <ol><li>Shame can lead to spiritual death. </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Shame is the Silent Killer who Stalks you from inside  (episode 37) and despair is the murder weapon. </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Spiritual view on this  <ol><li>Primary struggle is against powers and principalities. </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Satan's goals -- personal relationship with you. <ol><li>Satan is real, folks.  Big effort in certain very mainstream Christian c...</li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol>

45 How Shame Leads Us to Idolatry

If you’re wondering about the difference between jealousy and envy, Fr. Mike clears up the confusion in this video. Simply put, jealousy is not wanting to share something or someone you possess or hope to possess, and envy is resentment toward the possessions of someone else. There can be some intersecting of the two, because it is possible to have an excessive or distorted kind of jealousy that’s actually based in envy, but jealousy can be good while envy is always sinful. 

This is an important distinction because on the one hand we have God who is jealous about us. Likewise, a husband and wife should be jealous about each other. 

On the other hand, St. Augustine described envy as the diabolical sin, basing his reasoning on Scripture: “through the devil’s envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his party experience it” (Wisdom 2:24).

Worthy of note is the fact that good translations of the Bible translate 1 Corinthians 13:4 to say “love does not envy.” 

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The Difference Between Jealousy and Envy

Join Fr. Sean and Fr. Jacob as they explore the seven key biblical covenants and how these promises shape our faith today.

The Covenants of Old

"In this episode we talk about Pentecost, the birthday of the Church, and how we can prepare our hearts for a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit. We focus in on 2 Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom". ​ <a href= "http://www.praymorenovenas.com/novena-to-the-holy-spirit/">Pentecost Novena</a> Links mentioned in the conversation: <ul> <li>Heather: <a href= "http://thewildgooseisloose.com/series-segments">Fr. Dave Pivonka - Wild Goose free video series</a></li> <li>Michelle: <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxbCHn6gE3U&t=11s">TED TALK: Adam Grant</a></li> </ul> One Thing We Love This Week: <ul> <li>Heather's one thing – Music by Joe Zambon (<a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/joe-zambon/id302526021">iTunes</a>) (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8EQcKM1qpY">"Jesus I Love You" video</a>)</li> <li>Michelle's one thing – <a href="http://amzn.to/2qyX66t">Book "Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World" by Adam Grant</a> Sr. Miriam's one thing – <a href= "https://www.wordonfire.org/resources/blog/free-daily-gospel-reflections-from-bishop-barron/5315/"> Bishop Robert Barron - Free Daily Reflections</a></li> </ul>

S01 Episode 15: Pentecost

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Eating the Sunrise (Christopher West) | Ep. 457

What Are Natural Rights? | Concluding Panel

In this episode, I welcome back Fr. Gregory Pine. Rather than focus on a single topic, we just kick back and talk about all sorts of things, such as: - St. Thomas Aquinas' tips for memory retention. - What priests should—and should not—talk about in their homilies. - The politicization of words such as "mercy." - How to discuss heaven and hell. - Right versus wrong ways to approach tradition. <a href="https://pints.mattfradd.com/pwa-confessions-signup/">Sign up for my free course on St. Augustine's "Confessions"!</a> SPONSORS 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 or Directly: <a href="https://pintswithaquinas.com/support/">https://pintswithaquinas.com/support/ </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 co-producer of the show. LINKS 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> Gab: <a href="https://gab.com/mattfradd">https://gab.com/mattfradd</a> Rumble: <a href="https://rumble.com/c/pintswithaquinas">https://rumble.com/c/pintswithaquinas</a> MY BOOKS Get my NEW book "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1645851311?pf_rd_r=G1VMH792WKT544VHG4CJ&amp;pf_rd_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&amp;pd_rd_r=68b2ceaa-6dec-467b-8cd1-c7f8d1129a35&amp;pd_rd_w=4u4Se&amp;pd_rd_wg=w1Iui&amp;ref_=pd_gw_unk">How To Be Happy: Saint Thomas' Secret To A Good Life</a>," out now! Does God Exist: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586377974&amp;sr=8-9"> https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586377974&amp;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&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586379026&amp;sr=8-4">https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&amp;keywords=fradd&amp;qid=1586379026&amp;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> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Aquinas, Philosophy, and Stuff (Fr. Gregory Pine) | Ep. 289

When so many things are stripped away, we’re left to examine what’s most important. Jeff discusses how we can simplify our lives by discovering the things that are essential, and taking away the things that distract us from what matters most. 

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What Is Essential?

If you’re in any kind of situation in your life where you feel you are limited in what you can control, you may not be as chained to your circumstances as you think. Fr. Mike offers encouragement, saying you can still make interior decisions and have an effect on your circumstances to some extent. You still have agency. 

Even though you may not be able to change everything you want, you can change your heart. Resentment and bitterness can prevent a great deal of needed change, so if they’re in your heart start by surrendering them to the Lord. This will give you internal freedom similar to what Jesus had when he was suffering on the Cross.

Give your circumstances to the Lord and put them under his dominion. This may lead to more pain, but it’s better than staying bitter because if we remain in that bitterness our hearts will become numb and incapable of love. <a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast</a>

What You Can Control

In our 100th episode, we celebrate by going inside in an experiential exercise.  Recorded before a live audience, Dr. Peter guides you through an experiential exercise to help you connect with parts of you that resist God's love.  We create a space where you can much more deeply understand the negative, distorted God images that some of your parts may have -- mistaken ways they see God, and how those misunderstandings came about.  With gentleness, kindness, and love for your parts, your parts might be ready for your innermost self to be a bridge between them and God and Mother Mary.  Come join us on an adventure inside, where we work to overcome the human formation obstacles to embracing God's love for us.  At the end, audience participants share their experiences with Dr. Peter and he answers questions.