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Fr. Pine talks about whether an atheist can be saved and what the different types of unbelief are. 🟣 Join Us on Locals (before we get banned on YT): <a href="https://mattfradd.locals.com/">https://mattfradd.locals.com/</a> 📖 Fr. Pine's Book: <a href="https://bit.ly/3lEsP8F">https://bit.ly/3lEsP8F</a> ✝️ Show Sponsor: <a href="https://hallow.com/mattfradd">https://hallow.com/mattfradd</a> 🖥️ Website: <a href="https://pintswithaquinas.com/">https://pintswithaquinas.com/</a> 🟢 Rumble: <a href="https://rumble.com/c/pintswithaquinas">https://rumble.com/c/pintswithaquinas</a> 👕 Merch: <a href="https://shop.pintswithaquinas.com">https://shop.pintswithaquinas.com</a> 🚫 FREE 21 Day Detox From Porn Course: <a href="https://www.strive21.com/">https://www.strive21.com/</a> 🔵 Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd">https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd</a> 📸 Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd">https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd</a> We get a small kick back from affiliate links. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a>

Can Atheists Be Saved? w/ Fr. Gregory Pine

Fr. Mike and Fr. Sean discuss the importance of knowing and loving God simultaneously.

Is Love the 5th Dimension?

The fourth commandment addresses the most universal human relationship: our relationship with our parents. Why does God command us to honor our father and our mother? Fr. Mike explains why this commandment sets the foundation for all the other commandments. He shares the 3 levels of respect and what it looks like to honor our parents despite their brokenness and imperfections. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2196-2200. 

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.

For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/ciy

Please note: The Catechism of the Catholic Church contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children - parental discretion is advised.

Day 284: The Fourth Commandment

<ol><li>Intro: Welcome to the podcast Interior Integration for Catholics <ol><li>Interior Integration for Catholics brings to you in each episode the best psychological information essential for your human formation, knowledge that is fundamental in shoring up the natural foundation for your Catholic spiritual life.  </li><li>Often said that if you want to start an argument, bring up sex, politics or religion.  Those are the tried and true, sure-fire ways to stoke disagreement among people.  </li><li>This podcast helps you focus inward on your interior integration -- to help you bring together the different parts of yourself into unity and harmony with God -- so we're going to leave the politics and social justice questions and societal reform efforts and climate change and all those big-picture, macro-level, externally-focused topics out of our conversation, so that leaves us with sex and religion.  And we're going to take on both of them together because </li><li>In this podcast, we confront the tough internal questions we Catholics have in our day-to-day lives, we confront head-on our struggles in the natural realm, the psychological difficulties that keep us from fully loving our Lord and our Lady in a deep, personal, intimate way and living out our vocations, including our vocation to Catholic marriage which necessarily brings in both sexuality and religion.</li><li>And we're dealing with sexuality and religion in this episode for two primary reasons: first to free you to love God our Father, Jesus our Brother, the Holy Spirit and Our Mother Mary more and more over time and </li><li>Second, to love you neighbor as yourself -- And who is your neighbor?  If you are married, your first neighbor, your closest neighbor, the neighbor toward whom you have the most responsibilities is your spouse.  Because of your marriage vows.  </li></ol></li></ol>I, Roger, take you, Sarah, to be my wife. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honor you all the days of my life. <ol><li>I’m clinical psychologist Peter Malinoski and I am here with you, to be your host and guide.  </li><li>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</li><li>This is episode 58, released on March 8, 2021</li><li>This is the tenth episode in our series on sexuality the second in our subseries on Catholic marriages </li><li>Way back in episode 50, the second one in this series on sexuality, we explored what a healthy, ordered, fully Catholic sexuality looks like.  </li><li>Now we are zeroing in on sexuality within Catholic marriages and we're going diagnose some extremely common relational problems between Catholic spouses that get expressed through how they relate sexually.  </li><li>So this episode is titled The Catholic Marriage Bed.  The Catholic Marriage Bed.</li><li>So get ready, prepare yourself for light bulbs to switch on and shine brightly as we explore new and much clearer ways of thinking about sexual life in Catholic marriages, grounded in the perennial teachings of the Catholic Church and informed by the best of psychology. </li><li>I'm doing this subseries on sexuality within Catholic marriage because I want you to have ways out of the sexual traps that so many Catholic married couple find themselves in, the negative cycles, the problematic repeating patterns that are so frustrating, that cause so much conflict and that harm people, even Catholic spouses who want to do the right thing.   </li><li>And even if you're not trapped, your marriage is sound, love is growing -- there is going to be so much in these episodes to deepen the understanding, the awareness, the empathy, the commitment, and the love.  </li><li>So we are discussing the marriage bed.  I'm using the image of a canopy bed to illustrate all the psychological and relational aspects in the natural realm that go into a vibrant, life-giving Catholic married sexuality.  We're going to be painting a word picture, a conceptual diagram of a canopy bed, with all the pieces of that bed named, labels and defined, and show how all the parts of the bed are essential to a grounded, peaceful, harmonious shared sexual life in Catholic marriage.   </li><li>But first let's review the Lay of the Land, the Current Situation  <ol><li>We are going to start with a broad overview here.  Key Words:  Confusion.  Lot of confusion about sexuality in our culture today  <ol><li>Wider array of generally socially accepted sexual practices in our land than has ever existed before.  <ol><li>Internet has provided a forum to bring together people who practice all kinds of </li></ol></li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Greater amount of disagreement about what healthy sexual life looks like</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Moving away from natural law</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Things that were obvious even 20 years ago, even 10 years are not being questioned  <ol><li>Can a man become a woman? -- now an open question being debated in our society</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Can two men and a woman all be in the same marriage?  Can a woman marry a dolphin?  In 2006, British millionaire Sharon Tendler married a dolphin named Cinderella, at the Eilat Reef.</li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Lot of Confusion about what a healthy, ordered  Catholic Sexuality should look like -- reviewed this in episode 50  <ol><li>Opinions:  Survey data -- wide variety of opinions on sexual morality  <ol><li>Pew 2014 Survey of more than 7200 Catholics, 57% Favor or Strongly Favor Same-sex Marriages </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Pew 2016 survey of 817 Catholics only 8% of Catholics believe using contraception is morally wrong.  41% believe its morally acceptable and 48% believe it's not a moral issue.</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Pew 2019 Survey of 675 adult Catholics -- 62% of Catholic said that casual sex between consenting adults who are not in a committed relationship is always or sometimes acceptable.  Only 22% of Catholics said consensual casual sex never acceptable.  </li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Wide Diversity of Sexual practices among Catholics  <ol><li>Hard to find solid, recent data on this.  Talking to people you find out things. </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>What about oral sex, role-play sex, mutual masturbation, viewing pornography together, using sex toys together, and going beyond into anal sex, fetishes of various kinds, bondage and the list goes on and on.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Global sex toy market -- $34 billion  $4.50 for every man woman and child.  Tens of billions, estimates ranging up to $100 billion per year for porn.   </li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>But much more personally, for many Catholic spouses their sexual experiences in marriage are a great source of distress, pain, confusion  <ol><li>Internal conflicts about what is morally right and wrong</li><li>Disagreements about sexual practices between Catholic spouses -- limited conflict resolutions'</li><li>Inability for Catholic spouses to communicate about intimate sexual matters </li><li>Feeling devalued in the sexual aspects of the marital relationship</li><li>Feeling used sexually, exploited, neglected.  </li><li>High levels of dissatisfaction in the sexual relationship and intimacy more generally</li><li>Not feeling seen, known, heard, understood, accepted as ...</li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol>

58 The Catholic Marriage Bed

Join Fr. Sean and Fr. Jacob as they explore what it truly means to be disciples of Christ—not just within the walls of our parish, but out in the world. Be inspired to win, build and send for Christ.

The Parish and Discipleship

Opening Credits

Preface

The Reading of the New Testament

The Manner of Making the Examen

Thanksgiving

Petition

Examination of Conscience

Pride as a Predominant Fault

Avarice as a Predominant Fault

Lust as a Predominant Fault

Anger as a Predominant Fault

Gluttony as a Predominant Fault

Envy as a Predominant Fault

Sloth as a Predominant Fault

Atonement

Resolution

Faith

Hope

Charity

Prudence

Justice

Fortitude

Temperance

End Credits

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

Repost: Celibatio Celebratio

Episode 124 - Dryness in Prayer Probably the most important relationship in our life is our relationship with God, and we are building that through prayer. Prayer is real—it's for everyone, but we know that prayer is not always easy. Sometimes it can even be really hard. Growing in relationship with God is a journey, there are ups and downs along with some twists and turns. There are good days when you just feel really close to God—days when you feel that you can hear the voice of God and there's so much joy, peace and consolation that goes into that. But in some days, there may be a lot of struggles where we feel far away from God. This episode talks about what happens when prayer is hard and how we go about it. It also serves as an encouragement to be more aware of what's happening in our hearts when we pray. 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!

Dryness in Prayer

In light of the Companions 15th Anniversary, Father Sean and Father John discuss the rule of the companions, specifically the importance of laboring in the field together and the necessity of community in the Christian life.

On Mission Together

Dcn. Jacob and Fr. Mike discuss the apparent paradox of two different scriptures. How can we simultaneously by be still (Exodus 14:14, Psalm 46) while also running so as to win (1 Corinthians 9:24).

Run So As To Be Still

Episode 65 - A Prophetic People We're called to be prophets. Real, recognizable prophets in our day to day. How does that hit you? What does your life look like? Do people around you see it and think, This guy's living it. He communicates in the depths of who he is that Jesus is alive and he's real and he's risen from the dead and this means something for us. He's a prophet. We have to live provocative lives—lives that provoke people to ask questions. We can't be shy about it. At the same time, we have to be the first to ask questions, always quick to be interested in someone, to genuinely listen in a way that makes him or her feel undeniably heard. In this episode, we discuss many aspects of living a prophetic life. 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=1626195075326000&usg=AFQjCNESDWp0kmHZzhdrh-ukQpTLNSgIJQ"> https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco</a>. Thank you!

A Prophetic People

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Is Pub Crawling Intrinsically Evil? | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

Episode 240 - Restoring Our Mission, Series on the Sons in the Son (Part 5) What's the mission that Jesus is calling you to do? We all have a mission that we are picked to do and that mission should be something that we share with Jesus. We are invited to love like Jesus and ultimately, love like The Father-we are invited to live in greatness and give our lives to something that matters. In this episode, we look into what it means to be restored as sons and daughters who are given a mission in life towards fulfillment and fullness and how we can remain faithful to that mission. Check out the Sons in the Son at https://www.kofc.org/poco Get a copy of the Sons in the Son, a 40-day Meditation Resource https://shopcatholicinfo.com/products/sons-in-the-son 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 pocomerch.com!

Restoring Our Mission

Because Someone has to be Dad

In this episode, we discuss the importance of cultivating silence and solitude in a world full of distractions. Our Lord speaks to us in the still small voice of our hearts and we talk about how the goal of silence is ultimately communion with God. We also chat about the difference between solitude versus isolation, reasons why we may be afraid of silence, and provide practical ways to cultivate silence in our daily lives. Jesus is the rest our souls yearn for and it is in the quiet where we meet Him most deeply. Heather's One Thing - <a href= "https://www.ijm.org/">International Justice Mission</a> - IJM's mission is to protect people in poverty from violence by rescuing victims, bringing criminals to justice, restoring survivors to safety and strength, and helping local law enforcement build a safe future that lasts. Sister Miriam's One Thing - <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Philosopher-Who-Ever-Lived/dp/1621644790/theofficiapet-20">The Greatest Philosopher Who Ever Lived</a> by Dr. Peter Kreeft Michelle's One Thing - <a href= "https://www.franciscanfriars.com/pocoapoco">Poco a Poco Podcast</a> Announcement: We are so excited to announce our Advent book study will be: <a href="https://amzn.to/3QnqJXT">The Reed of God</a> by Caryll Houselander You can find it on <a href= "https://amzn.to/3QnqJXT">Amazon</a>, <a href= "https://www.avemariapress.com/products/the-reed-of-god">Ave Maria Press</a>, and <a href="https://amzn.to/494vTiJ">Kindle</a> (for just $1.99!). Your local Catholic bookstore may also carry the book! <a href= "https://www.abidingtogetherpodcast.com/the-reed-of-god">Click here</a> to subscribe to the study on our website and be the first to receive updates! Journal Questions: <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">What are the sources of interior and exterior noise in my life?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">What forms of silence is God inviting me to?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Have I ever been wounded by silence? Have I ever been healed by silence?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Do I approach silence with fear or trust?</li> </ul> Discussion Questions: <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">What is real solitude?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">What scares you most about silence?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Who in your life practices silence excellently? What can you learn from her/him?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">What needs do you need to meet before you can enter into silence (childcare, rest, food, movement)?</li> </ul> Quote to Ponder: "Without solitude, it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life.... We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and listen to him." (Henri Nouwen) Scripture for Lectio: He said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by." Now there was a great wind, so strong that it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. (1 KIings 19:11-13) Sponsor - Saintly Heart and Brother Francis Saintly Heart is a family-owned Catholic Toy company in Phoenix, Arizona creating faith-based, educational toys carefully designed by Speech Pathologist Maggie Jetty. Brother Francis is an animated program created to teach kids the basic principles of the Catholic faith. Along with 22 episodes, there are also books, games, prayer cards and more available to teach kids about their faith. Saintly Heart and Brother Francis teamed up to offer parents an exceptional line of toys that encourage children to learn about their faith through hands-on exploration. Best-selling educational and faith-based toys include: A Church Playset, Stations of the Cross Pray and Play set, a Sacraments Puzzle, a Pray and Play ABC Puzzle, and a Fatima Lacing Set. Introduce children to the beauty of our faith while they are developing key cognitive, physical, and language skills with prayerfully and intentionally designed toys at <a href= "http://www.saintlyheartco.com/">www.saintlyheart.com</a> and <a href="http://www.brotherfrancis.com/">www.BrotherFrancis.com</a> and use code TOGETHER for 15% off

S13 E7 - Cultivating Silence and Solitude

“There are many saints to whom God has given the power to assist us in the necessities of life, but the power given to St. Joseph is unlimited: It extends to all our needs, and all those who invoke him with confidence are sure to be heard.” - Saint Thomas AquinasSaints Alive presents the incredible conclusion of Saint Joseph’s story! This episode weaves through the joyful mysteries through the eyes of Saint Joseph: from a meager stable where the Savior was brought into the world to finding Jesus preaching in the temple. We see the beauty of Jesus’ young life through the eyes of his father, and come to understand the humanity and holiness of this incredible patriarch!  Saints Alive is brought to you by the #1 Catholic Prayer App, Hallow! Sign up today with a <a href='http://hallow.com/saintsalive'>30-day free trial!</a> Please rate, review and share with friends and family! Find out more about Saints Alive at our website: <a href='https://www.saintsalivepodcast.com/'>https://www.saintsalivepodcast.com/</a>

Saint Joseph Part II

Through the lens of reason, history, and personal transformation, this compelling book explores the evidence for the truth of the Gospel and the enduring power of Christ’s message. Written by a former agnostic turned believer, it blends investigative journalism with philosophy, theology, and archaeology to reveal how science, historical accounts, and eyewitness testimonies all point toward the reality of Jesus. With thought-provoking insights on faith, freedom, and the uniqueness of Christianity, it challenges skepticism and invites you to encounter the figure of Christ anew — offering clarity, conviction, and hope for those seeking deeper understanding.

Hypotheses about Jesus | eBook

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86: 5 Tips on prayer from Thomas Aquinas

Episode 33. –  Being Open and Coping Well          September 14, 2020. 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 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 33, released on September 14, 2020 and it is titled: Being Open and Coping Well Today we’re going to explore openness in the natural realm.  And as a special bonus, we will explore closedness.   Abierto Cerrado.   Review:  Episode 32:  Ways to increase trust, especially given the negative experiences.  0-24 months.  Exercise – popular.  Need more of that.   Episode 31  The One Thing You Must Have to Be Resilient.  The one thing that you need, the one prerequisite.  Absolute childlike trust There is one thing that separates those who are resilient from those who are not.   Childlike Trust (particularly in God’s goodness and his Providence for me in particular) separate those who are resilient from those who are not.  Absolute confidence in God.     Episode 30: discussion of why we mistrust God so much, and it is because we are trying to be way too big.  Trying to make it on our own we don’t feel safe.  Trust is faith in action.   We hate and fear the dependency required to be in a real relationship with God.  Reciprocal relationship between openness and trust.    Why do I bring in Non-Catholic ideas:   What makes me different.  Not closed to new ideas.   Catholic with a small c  -- universal.St. Augustine:  On Christian Doctrine (De Doctrina Christiana)  CHAP. 40.—Whatever has been rightly said by the heathen we must appropriate to our uses. Paragraphs 60 and 61  Branches of heathen learning … contain also liberal instruction which is better adapted to the use of the truth, and some most excellent precepts of morality; and some truths in regard even to the worship of the One God are found among them. Not only natural learning, but we can learn truths regarding the worship of God.  Freud.  How many times have I heard Freud being dismissed out of hand by Catholics because of his views on religion.  I get it.  Freud:  God as an illusion, we’re like infants who need a big, strong father to keep us safe and secure.  A big daddy in the sky.   Religion had its uses to keep the unwashed masses subdued so that civilization could develop.  We needed something to help us restrain violent impulses and keep life on earth from turning into an episode from Jerry Springer.  But now we have reason and science.   Reason and Science.   I travel in a lot of traditional Catholic circles, I attend the Latin Mass, love the beauty of the ancient Mass.  Not a lot of traditional Catholic psychologists.  Consulted nationwide, coming to Indianapolis, lot’s of suspicion.   Lots of rejection of psychology But listen to what Freud is saying – we need a father.  We have an infantile need for a Father. He says it more clearly than a lot of Catholic speakers do – which Catholic media personalities have you heard really driving home the point that we are little, like todders, like infants in our need.  Freud found part of the Truth.   Pope Francis.  Not to bash the pope.  Not about that in Souls and Hearts or this podcast or the RCCD community.  September 8, 2017 New Yorker    The Pope’s Shrink and Catholicism’s Uneasy Relationship with FreudPope Francis Sought Psychoanalysis at 42,” the Times headline read. Other outlets treated the news more salaciously—“Pope Reveals,” “Pope Admits.” Some noted that the psychoanalyst in question was Jewish, or that she was a woman. Below the headlines, though, the stories were the same: a French sociologist named Dominique Wolton had published <a href="http://editions-observatoire.com/shop/politique-societe-pape-francois-dominique-wolton/">a book of interviews with the Pope</a>, and, buried on page 385, amid discussions of the migrant crisis and the clash with Islam, America’s wars and Europe’s malaise, was the four-decade-old scoop that had made editors sit up. “I consulted a Jewish psychoanalyst,” Francis told Wolton. “For six months, I went to her home once a week to clarify certain things. She was very good. She was very professional as a doctor and a psychoanalyst, but she always knew her place.”Almost immediately, the news drew venom from the Pope’s detractors. A writer for the Web site Novus Ordo Watch, a mouthpiece of the ultra-conservative Catholic fringe—its slogan is “Unmasking the Modernist Vatican II Church”—insisted that Francis’s treatment by a “female Jewish Freudian” was “a really big smoking gun,” incontrovertible evidence that his “mind is saturated with Jewish ideas.”Jorge Mario Bergoglio appears to have undergone such an experience before he became Pope. When he started psychoanalysis, he was in the last year of his tenure as provincial superior of the Jesuits in Argentina, 1979. The military junta’s <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/03/19/children-of-the-dirty-war">Dirty War</a> was raging, and it had <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/pope-francis-and-the-dirty-war">put Bergoglio to the test</a>. “I made hundreds of errors,” Francis told an interviewer, in 2013. “Errors and sins.” He described the period as “a time of great interior crisis.” Lucky him that he found a therapist who, mostly with the acutely focussed and patently empathetic listening that characterizes a good analyst, could enable his return to wholeness. “She helped me a lot,” he told Wolton.Biology we learned about the double helix structure of DNA.  Beautiful. that James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953.  1962.  Nobel Prize James Watson:  Very anti-Catholic.  Anti a lot of things.  Racism, anti-semitism.  .   He also said that while he wished the races were equal, “people who have to deal with black employees find this not true.” Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Infanticide   “If a child were not declared alive until 3 days after birth, then all parents could be allowed the choice only a few have under the present system. The doctor could allow the child to die if the parents so choose and save a lot of misery and suffering. I believe this view is the only rational, compassionate attitude to have.” Raised Catholic, he later described himself as "an escapee from the Catholic religion."

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Episode 243 - Hot Takes 7 We have to understand that we are going through different journeys. God is doing something completely different in each of our lives and we have to be attentive to that. Let us not be so quick to judge—everything is not as simple as it may seem. As we continue our journeys through life, we will constantly encounter our own and other people's struggles, flaws, weaknesses, and even sins. In our Catholic life, there will be a lot of questions that will come our way and in this episode, we'll try to answer a few of them. Here is another one of our Hot Takes episodes that talks about some essential topics that most of us can relate to. In this episode we'll be going through the following topics: 1️⃣ An Individual Who Lives In a Society 2️⃣ Can Men and Women Be Friends? 3️⃣ Jesus' 5 Favorite Things 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 pocomerch.com!

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Episode 155 - Surrender It All (Lent 2023) Can we allow oursleves to be exposed before the Lord in prayer? Are we able to be before the Lord as we are and not holding anything back of ourselves or hiding ourselves in any way? These are the questions that we are attempting to unpack in this seventh part of our Lenten series. In this episode we are talking about how we can be stripped of all the things we cloth ourselves with—to be clothed with the dignity of the Father's providence and our identity. An invitation to be naked without shame and give the God everything—to be able to surrender the fullness of our past, our lives to Him and firmly trust that he can take it all on himself and let us begin again. 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 pocomerch.com!

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James Day explores the teachings of Pope Benedict XVI, revealing his insights on combating the modern challenges of secularism, materialism, and individualism. With a focus on faith formation, personal vocation, and the New Evangelization, he highlights Benedict’s call for a sacramental return to Christ. Through his writings and wisdom, Benedict offers a clear path forward, presenting a compelling case for the Christian life in an age of increasing godlessness.

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In this thought-provoking work, Vittorio Messori examines humanity’s obsession with distraction and avoidance of mortality, inviting readers to confront life’s ultimate questions through the lens of Pascal’s Wager. Blending history, psychology, culture, and theology, he explores how society’s denial of death fosters spiritual aimlessness, moral confusion, and a culture of escapism. Drawing on philosophy, Scripture, and Christian tradition, Messori highlights the dignity of the human person, the uniqueness of Christian hope, and the necessity of choosing life over despair. These pages challenge, inspire, and equip you to find meaning, embrace faith, and live with purpose now and in eternity.

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Episode 132 - Worship and Warmth In our faith we sometimes find ourselves in the extremes. We become either strict and liturgical or warm and casual but the truth is our faith should not be "either, or" but "both, and". We need to be in this place where we are able to both worship and adore the Lord and at the same time be in relationship with Him and our neighbor with compassion and warmth. When that becomes our reality, we can make a difference—that's why it's important for us to discern where we are in this mix. This episode talks about, how we can assess where we are in this regard and how we can integrate worship and warmth to our faith and our relationship with Jesus. 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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How do we pray? Prayer is essential for our relationship with the Lord. The Catechism teaches that we must study the Scriptures, learn how to pray, and have the will to pray. Fr. Mike shares two different sources of prayer: the Word of God and the Liturgy of the Church. He explains how the Holy Spirit guides us in prayer and teaches us how to speak with God. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 2650-2655. 

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Deepen your love for Christ through reflections on His Sacred Heart, a devotion that draws you into the depth of His human and divine love. These meditations invite you to quiet prayer, trust, and confidence, showing how to live a devout life amid daily demands. Discover practical ways to listen for God’s will, grow in mental prayer, and find your spiritual vocation as you enter more fully into the heart of Jesus and His boundless affection.

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Episode 73 - The Father's Blessing Affirmation feels different when it's public, out loud and in front of everyone—as at the Baptism of Christ and the Transfiguration, where God audibly affirmed Jesus as his beloved Son. That affirmation becomes the foundation that allows Jesus to be free; to weep and be compassionate and angry, to be a revelation of the heart of God. The hearts of the sons and daughters of God long to hear the Father speaking a blessing over them—a blessing that allows them to flourish and give of themselves unto death. This authentic flourishing comes from the grace of knowing who they are. The Father is consistent in his message. Are we consistent in our response?