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<ol><li>Join Dr. Peter to go way below the surface and find the hidden meanings of obsessions, compulsions and OCD.  Through poetry and quotes, he invites you into the painful, distressing, fearful and misunderstood world of those who suffer from OCD.  He defines obsessions and compulsions, discusses the different types of each, and evaluates two conventional treatments and one alternative treatment for OCD.  Most importantly, he discusses the deepest natural causes of OCD, which are almost always disregarded in conventional treatment, which focuses primarily on the symptoms.  </li><li>Lead-in  <ol><li>OCD is not a disease that bothers; it is a disease that tortures. - Author: J.J. Keeler</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li> “It can look like still waters on the outside while a hurricane is swirling in your mind.” — Marcie Barber Phares</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Poetry or word picture (prayer of the scrupulous)</li></ol></li></ol> Aditi Apr 2017 <ol><li>Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.  OCD.  That is what we are addressing today. <ol><li>Here is what OCD is like for Toni Neville -- she says:  “It’s like being controlled by a puppeteer. Every time you try and just walk away he pulls you back. Are you sure the stove is off and everything is unplugged? Back up we go. Are you sure your hands are as clean as they can get? Back ya go. Are you sure the doors are securely locked? Back down we go. How many people have touched this object? Wash your hands again.” </li></ol></li><li>Introduction  <ol><li>We are together in this great adventure, this podcast, Interior Integration for Catholics, we are journeying together, and I am honored to be able to spend this time with you.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>I am Dr. Peter Malinoski, clinical psychologist and passionate Catholic and together, we are taking on the tough topics that matter to you.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>We bring the best of psychology and human formation and harmonize it with the perennial truths of the Catholic Faith.   </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Interior Integration for Catholics is part of our broader outreach, Souls and Hearts bringing the best of psychology grounded in a Catholic worldview to you and the rest of the world through our website soulsandhearts.com</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Today, we are getting into obsessions and compulsions -- a really deep dive into what's really going on with these experiences.  <ol><li>I know many of you were expecting me to discuss scrupulosity today -- And you know what?  I was expecting I would be discussing scrupulosity well, but in order to have that discussion of scrupulosity  be well-founded, we really need to get into understanding obsessions and compulsions first.  I have to bring you up to speed on obessions and compulsions before we get into scrupulosity, and there is a lot to know</li></ol></li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>The questions we will be covering about obsessions and compulsions.  <ol><li>What are Obsession and Compulsions? Getting into definitions.  <ol><li>Also What are the different types of obsessions and compulsions, the different forms that obsessions and compulsions can take</li><li>What is the experience of OCD like?  From those who have suffered it.  </li></ol></li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Who suffers from obsessions and compulsions -- how common are they?  Who is at risk?</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Why do obsessions and compulsions start and why do they keep going?</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>How do we overcome obsessions and compulsions?  How do we resolve them?  <ol><li>What does the secular literature say are the best treatments"  -- Medication and a particular kind of therapy called Exposure and Response Prevention</li><li>Alternatives  </li><li>Can we find not just a descriptive diagnosis, but a proscriptive conceptualization that gives a direction for healing, resolving the obsessions and compulsions  Not just symptom management.</li></ol></li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Definitions  <ol><li>Obsessions  <ol><li>DSM-5: Obsessions are defined by (1) and (2):  <ol><li>Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or impulses that are experienced, at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and unwanted, and that in most individuals cause marked anxiety or distress.</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>The individual attempts to ignore or suppress such thoughts, urges, or images, or to neutralize them with some other thought or action (i.e., by performing a compulsion).</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Not pleasurable</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Involuntary  <ol><li>My compulsive thoughts aren't even thoughts, they're absolute certainties and obeying them isn't a choice. - Author: Paul Rudnick</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>To resist a compulsion with willpower alone is to hold back an avalanche by melting the snow with a candle. It just keeps coming and coming and coming. - Author: David Adam</li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Individual works to neutralize the obsession with another thought or a compulsion.  </li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>From the International OCD Foundation:  Obsessions are thoughts, images or impulses that occur over and over again and feel outside of the person’s control. Individuals with OCD do not want to have these thoughts and find them disturbing. In most cases, people with OCD realize that these thoughts don’t make any sense.  Obsessions are typically accompanied by intense and uncomfortable feelings such as fear, disgust, doubt, or a feeling that things have to be done in a way that is “just right.” In the context of OCD, obsessions are time consuming and get in the way of important activities the person values. </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Common Obsessions  <ol><li>Sources  <ol><li>What is OCD? Article by the International OCD Foundation on their website</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>WebMD article How Do I Know if I Have OCD? By Danny Bonvissuto February 19. 2020</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Northpointrecovery.com blog What Types of OCD Are There? Get the Breakdown Here by the Northpoint Staff from May 3, 2019</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Article entitled Common Types of OCD: Subtypes, Their Symptoms and the Best Treatment by Patrick Carey dated July 6, 2021 on treatmyocd.com</li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Contamination  <ol><li>Body fluids --- blood, urine, saliva, feces -   I gave my baby niece a serious illness when I held her --  I'm sure I got a disease from using the public restroom.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Germs for communicable diseases -- may be afraid to shake hands, worried about catching gonorrhea</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Environmental contaminants -- radiation, asbestos</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Household chemicals -- cleaners, solvents</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Dirt</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>If you put the wrong foods in your body, you are contaminated and dirty and your stomach swells. Then the voice says, Why did you do that? Don't you know better? Ugly and wicked, you are disgusting to me. - Author: Bethany Pierce</li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Losing Control  <ol><li>Giving in to an impulse to harm yourself --  I could jump in front of this bus right now.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Fear of acting on an impulse to harm others -- what if I stabbed my child with this knife?</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Fear of violent or horrific images in your mind </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Fear of shouting out insults or obscenities -- </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Fear of stealing things</li></ol></li><li>&amp;nbsp...</li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol>

86 Obsessions, Compulsions, OCD and Internal Family Systems

Leaving the Zoo

Episode 210 - Loved and Celebrated, Series on "The Father" by Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR (Part 5) What does it mean to be loved and celebrated? We are favored sons and daughters worthy of celebration—of being served. We are worthy and loved by God and this episode talks about a step in the right direction on what it means to be loved and celebrated. This is a gentle call to conversion and repentance, an invitation to allow ourselves to be loved sacrificially and give God and others permission to love and celebrate us. Here's the link to the graph that we referenced in the video: https://bit.ly/pocofreedomgraph 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! You can get your copy of The Father (by Fr Mark-Mary Ames, CFR) at https://ascensionpress.com/thefather

Loved and Celebrated

These inspiring stories bring to life daring Christians from the early Church to modern times. Discover a pagan actor turned martyr, a blind boy who guided saints, a bishop who stood against an emperor, a monk martyred in the Coliseum, and explorers and warriors who defended the Faith. These tales remind us that God calls each soul to a mission as bold and heroic as any legend, igniting true adventure through Christian courage.

Christians Courageous | eBook

In this bonus episode of The Catechism in a Year, Jeff Cavins joins Fr. Mike to share the connection between Scripture and Tradition, and provide the background on the origin, development, and structure of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. 

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

BONUS: Why Scripture and Tradition? (with Jeff Cavins)

Episode 201 - The Good Samaritan (Lent 2024), Series on The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups (Part 3) Are you familiar with the parable of the Good Samaritan? When we're beat up, when we're in this place of difficulty and shame, He's there, at the side of the road looking at us, desiring to pick us up and saying, "Come with me.". That's Jesus for all of us. The invitation of this episode is to allow the Lord to get close into our deepest places of darkness and shame so he can help us and love us there. Jesus actually comes into our messiness and He loves us unconditionally. This Lent, let Jesus unconditionally love you, and let the healing begin. 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 get a copy of The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups from the link below: https://ascensionpress.com/collections/the-ascension-lenten-companion 🛒 You can also grab your Poco a Poco Merchandise at pocomerch.com!

The Good Samaritan (Lent 2024)

Prof. Thomas Ward explains the classical Christian theory that evil is not a real entity but a privation of goodness, drawing from thinkers like Augustine, Aquinas, and Boethius to address philosophical and theological challenges about the nature of evil. This lecture was given on February 22nd, 2025, at Dominican House of Studies. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at <a href="https://thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events" target="_blank">thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events</a>. About the Speaker: Thomas M. Ward is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He specializes in the history of philosophy and theology of the Middle Ages and has contributed over thirty peer-reviewed articles and book chapters to these fields of study. Ward is the author of After Stoicism: Last Words of the Last Roman Philosopher (Word on Fire, 2024), Ordered by Love: An Introduction to John Duns Scotus (Angelico, 2022), Divine Ideas (Cambridge University Press, 2020), and has translated, with commentary, John Duns Scotus’s Treatise on the First Principle (Hackett, 2024). He has been a NEH Fellow (2022) and Harvey Fellow (2009-2011), and is a past winner of the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy Founder's Award (2013) and the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly Rising Scholar Essay Contest (2018). Before taking up his current post at Baylor, Ward taught in California at Azusa Pacific University (2011-2012) and Loyola Marymount University (2012-2017). He studied philosophy at Biola University (BA 2004) and theology at Oxford University (M.Phil 2006), where he was Head Resident at the Kilns, the former residence of C.S. Lewis. His&nbsp; PhD in philosophy is from UCLA (2011). Ward is married with six children and is a member of St. Peter Catholic Student Center in Waco. Keywords: Augustine, Boethius, Consolation Of Philosophy, Evil As Privation, Moral Philosophy, Ontology Of Evil, Privation Theory, Problem Of Evil, Theodicy, Wickedness

Evil as Privation | Prof. Thomas Ward

Opening Credits

Acknowledgments

Welcome!

Part 1: Introduction

Day 1 - What Is Christian Prayer?

Day 2 - Three Expressions of Christian Prayer

Part 2: Christian Essentials

Day 3 - The Sign of the Cross

Day 4 - Confessing Sin

Day 5 - Receiving Holy Communion

Day 6 - Reading Scripture

Day 7 - Prayer and Fasting

Day 8 - Prayer in Community

Day 9 - Prayer in Action (The Works of Mercy)

Day 10 - Finding God in Silence

Part 3: Sacred and Traditional Methods of Prayer

Day 11 - The Liturgy of the Hours

Day 12 - Lectio Divina

Part 4: Benedictine Spirituality

Day 13 - Gregorian Chant

Day 14 - Ora et Labora

Part 5: Carmelite Spirituality

Day 15 - Finding God in Solitude

Day 16 - Embracing the Little Way

Day 17 - Intercessory Prayer

Day 18 - Practicing the Presence of God

Part 6: Franciscan Spirituality

Day 19 - Embracing Lady Poverty

Day 20 - Encountering God in Nature

Day 21 - Praising God through Song

Day 22 - Becoming an Instrument of Peace

Part 7: Ignatian Spirituality

Day 23 - Imaginative Prayer with Scripture

Day 24 - The Daily Examen

Day 25 - Discerning God's Will for Your Life

Part 8: Dominican Spirituality

Day 26 - Studying Scripture

Day 27 - Teaching the Faith to Others

Part 9: Eastern Catholicism

Day 28 - The Jesus Prayer

Day 29 - Praying with an Icon

Part 10: Other Forms of Prayer

Day 30 - Going on a Pilgrimage

Day 31 - Remembering Your Death (Memento Mori)

Day 32 - Praying for Humility

Day 33 - Spiritual Combat

Day 34 - Praying a Novena

Day 35 - Being Embraced by Divine Mercy

Day 36 - Praying with the Saints

Part 11: Marian Prayer

Day 37 - The Rosary

Day 38 - The Angelus and Regina Caeli

Day 39 - Wearing a Scapular or Miraculous Medal

Day 40 - Marian Consecration

Part 12: Conclusion - Continuing to Build a Vibrant Prayer Life

About the Author

End Credits

Embark on a spiritual journey into God’s Heart and experience some of the most powerful and time-tested expressions of prayer. You will find, together in this one book, all the tools you need to form the daily habit of communing with God, to develop a steady prayer life, and to receive the life-giving water that God offers you at every moment. 

40 Days, 40 Ways to Pray

Fr. Mike offers insights on how to combat despair. If you feel like you've tried everything, see no way out, or think nothing matters, Fr. Mike reminds you of the true meaning of hope. He explains that we can always rely on God's presence. Choosing hope means choosing to act with courage, even if that victory is as simple as getting out of bed.

Finally, he reminds us that one of the best ways to fight despair is to bring that hopelessness to God in Confession.

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Hopeless?

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Devil in the Castle: Chapter Three

Fr. Mike teaches Fr. John about Genesis 32, where Jacob wrestles with an angel and changes the world forever.

Wrestling with Targums

J.R.R. Tolkien’s short story "Leaf by Niggle", reveals that minutia matters: even the little things we do have can have great significance. In this episode, Fr. Mike Schmitz explores how the author of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings shows that having a more complete vision for life can affect our attention to detail. Reflecting on this, Father Mike shows us how the hope of heaven can give eternally deeper meaning to even the most minute tasks in our lives.<a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast</a>

Tolkien's Leaf

Fr. Sean and Fr. Jacob answer a couple of questions from a long time listener about how to bring dead parishes back to life. Tune in to hear their thoughts and how you can help build up your local parish(es).

The Parish - Sojourning Together

Discover St. Thérèse’s secret to deep peace amid suffering: complete trust in God’s loving care. This gentle guide shows how surrendering fears and letting go of control opens the soul to serenity, even in life’s darkest moments. Learn to rest in the Father’s providence like a child cherished and protected, and find the freedom and calm that come when you abandon yourself fully to His love.

Abandonment to God | eBook

As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God's will and heed the call of the Jubilee. 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! --- "I haven't believed enough that he is enough." That's what Br Angelo says as a guest on this episode, and how true is it for each of us? Even when we experience God's goodness, repeatedly and in big and small ways, it can be a struggle to keep believing that God is enough. He is LORD. He is enough, and we only have to give him permission to work. It sounds simple, but it can be tough when we've faced rejection in other areas of our lives. How do we believe? How do we find the courage and take the risk—to learn he always shows up? Surrender to the Lordship of Jesus. It can be a struggle, but while we might have many struggles, this is the right one.

Believe That God Is Enough (2021)

In this video, Fr. Mike explains how prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are the three pillars of a spiritually fruitful Lent. He then challenges us to try new ways to exercise these Lenten practices, sharing several simple strategies for drawing closer to God during this holy season.<a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast</a>

Preparing for Lent

Have you ever faced a major loss, whether it's a relationship, your status, or even your health?

In this video, we explore the 4 typical responses people have when dealing with significant loss. 

Fr. Mike introduces the "4 Rs: Restore, Replace, Redesign, Relinquish." He explains that while there is no right or wrong approach, understanding these responses can help you determine which one suits your situation best. Familiarizing yourself with the "4 Rs" will guide you through the process of dealing with loss and finding healing.<a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast</a>

Coping With Major Losses: 4 Practical Tips from Fr. Mike

Episode 223 - From Me to You, Series on "Mysteries & Medicine" by Fr. Isaiah, CFR (Part 3) Have you experienced being confined in self-centeredness? Sometimes we can have a pretty self-focused approach to our lives where it's all about what we need or what we want. But the invitation for us in this Exodus is to always move towards someone else, towards relationship, towards God—to be totally out of ourselves and make a self-gift back to God and to other people. This episode is the third part of our series on Fr. Isaiah's Mysteries & Medicine which talks about the nature of our desires and how we can transform them from being self-centered to being outer-centered. You can get a physical CD copy of Mysteries & Medicine and the prayer journal at https;//monkmanual.com/friars 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!

From Me to You

Father Jacob and Father John discuss the recent document from the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith regarding Mary, exploring her roles as Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix. They delve into the theological implications of these titles, the understanding of Mary's mediation, and her role in the Church. Their conversation emphasizes the need for a nuanced approach to Mariology.

So Is Mary Still The Co-Redemptrix?

Episode 69 - A Father And Son Moment There's an intense vulnerability to letting people into your most tender moments. Allowing someone to witness a private, cherished part of life is no small thing, and being a witness to one of these moments is an honor. There's a particular part of Jesus's life for which we get to be these witnesses only a few times: his experience of prayer. In these rare instances, we are privileged to see him as he sees the Father look upon him with love and delight. Teach us to pray. When the disciples saw Jesus pray, that's what they asked him. They were totally captivated by the sight of him rejoicing in the presence of the Father. Scripture invites us to be witnesses to this only a few times, but Jesus constantly experienced the Father looking at him with love and delight. We can, too, if we look to the Father. Let the prayer of Jesus inspire you; let him teach you to pray. The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of generous donors like you. You can give at <a href= "https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco">https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco</a>. Thank you!

A Father And Son Moment

Today is the March for Life and Jeff is focusing on the beauty and power humans have to bring forth life! Instead of resisting our God-given ability to have children, let’s celebrate this gift and take seriously our duty to plant a seed of faith in the next generation.

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The Problem with Seedless Grapes: Pro-Life Messages in Scripture

This engaging three-day retreat draws young hearts into the Eucharistic love that set St. Carlo Acutis ablaze, inviting readers to encounter Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and carry His light into the world. Inspired by the Road to Emmaus and the witness of this modern teen saint, it features practical reflections, saintly wisdom, and real-life Eucharistic miracles that help children, teens, families, and catechists understand what it means to center their lives on Christ in the Eucharist and share His love in a world that desperately needs it.

Eucharistic Fire | eBook

Professor Christopher Baglow explores the compatibility of evolutionary science with Catholic faith, focusing on the role of chance and divine providence, and defending the unique creation of the human soul. This lecture was given on October 28th, 2024, at University of Texas at Austin. For more information on upcoming events, visit us at <a href="https://dashboard.cohostpodcasting.com/shows/fedb9eb7-b992-446b-be01-01cd62afd823/episodes/thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events" target="_blank">thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-events</a>. About the Speaker: Dr. Baglow is Professor of the Practice of Theology and the Director of the Science and Religion Initiative of the McGrath Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. His work is the culmination of 19 years of faith and science scholarship and educational program creation, as well as a lengthy career in Catholic theological education spanning high-school, undergraduate, graduate and seminary teaching. For this work, he was co-recipient of an Expanded Reason Award in Teaching from the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Madrid) and the Vatican Joseph Ratzinger Foundation (Rome). Baglow is the author of Faith, Science and Reason: Theology on the Cutting Edge (2nd edition, Midwest Theological Forum, 2019) and Creation: A Catholic’s Guide to God and the Universe (Ave Maria Press, 2021). He serves as theological advisor to the Board of Directors of the Society of Catholic Scientists and as a contributor to the JTF-funded science and religion programming of the Word on Fire Institute. Most recently, he authored the transcripts for Wonder: The Harmony of Faith and Science, a Word on Fire film series directed by Manny Marquez and narrated by Jonathan Roumie. His work has appeared in That Man is You, Crux, Church Life Journal, Culture and Evangelization, and Joie de Vivre Quarterly Journal. Keywords: Chance, Darwinism, Divine Providence, Evolution, Faith and Science, Humani Generis, John Henry Newman, Pope Pius XII, Primary and Secondary Causality, Soul

Evolution and the Soul | Prof. Christopher Baglow

Episode 63 - Learning to Love Like Jesus The fullness of the mission of Christ includes a heart for the poor. This is pretty central, actually, but somehow doesn't always get a lot of air time. This isn't just something we do, but who we are. It's not just a Christian thing—this is being like Jesus. And even once that heart is developed and the desire is there… the how can be unclear. How do we live the Gospel this way? In this episode: examining our heart for the poor, and how to live this out in everyday life. How to love like Jesus. Get your copy of Habits for Holiness (by Fr Mark-Mary Ames, CFR!) at <a href= "https://ascensionpress.com/habits">https://ascensionpress.com/habits</a> The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of generous donors like you. You can give at <a href="https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco">https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco</a>. Thank you!

Learning to Love Like Jesus

The four hosts join together for a discussion on Larry Chapp's Confessions of a Catholic Worker: Our Moment of Christian Witness - the focus of this year's Companion's Summer Conference.

A Night Chapp under the Stars

1.      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 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 spiritual life, all about overcoming psychological obstacles to being loved and to loving.  a.       Thank you for being here with me.  This is episode 37, released on October 12, 2020 b.      and it is titled: The Silent Killer Who Stalks You From Inside.  2.      I want to talk with you about the silent killer, the worst adversary I face clinically, the greatest rival, the greatest opponent to love and life that I have ever met within another person or within myself. 3.      This one is a very stealthy, effective, ruthless killer -- often hidden beneath the surface of our consciousness, in the murky waters deep below where we can see.  But then at times it surfaces, Powerful, moving.  And maybe you think I'm being dramatic -- but I'm not.  I've seen it kill other and I've been seriously wounded by it myself.     a.       Killer on the natural level and also on the spiritual level.  This assassin slays not only hearts, minds and bodies but also souls.  A very comprehensive murderer, very complete, this hitman does his work often slowly but very thoroughly.  b.      Who is this killer?  High blood pressure?  No.  Stroke?  No.  Heart disease?  No.  Diabetes?  No.  Cancer? No.  These can and do kill bodies, but as serious as they are, they are nowhere near as deadly to most people as our silent killer.  c.       Who is this killer?  The devil you say?  Satan?  No.  Not Satan.  Satan cherishes this killer, and prizes the stealthy sneaking, clandestine work.d.      No, it's not Satan because this killer lives within us in a way that demons ordinarily do not.  This killer has a pass to roam within us, to move in our being.  Satan doesn't, unless we are possessed.  Besides, Satan does not have permission to slay us, or to harm us unless God permits it, at least with His passive will, and only then for our greater good.  e.       This killer seems meek and modest, but when it whispers its messages in our ear, it evokes in us fear, anxiety, depression, and efforts to do more and more, and it can also provoke us to anger, aggression, and violence.  Unchecked, this killer can bring us all the way to helpless, despair and suicide.  f.        Some of us try to numb ourselves to distract ourselves from this killer by using alcohol, drugs, food, binging on Netflix, hours of social media, masturbation, porn, shopping, compulsive exercise, gambling, surfing the web, video games, sleeping the day away, dissociating and even cutting and burning our bodies, all in an attempt to escape.g.      Who is this killer?  It is absolutely vital for us to know -- is it guilt -- no.  Depression -- no, Anxiety, Fear, Anger -- no, no, no.  Is it pride?  No, not pride.  But this killer has a close and intimate relationship with pride.  The killer feeds pride and is nourished by pride.  Who is it?  Take a moment and really think about it.  We need to know this killer, this adversary.  And we will.  Today we will be getting to know this silent killer.  But not yet.  We've got to look beyond the killer for a moment.  4.      There is one thing that disarms this killer.  One thing.  And that one thing is Love.  Real authentic Love.  Charity.   Love rescues us from this killer.  It transforms us, makes us immune to the silent killer who no longer has power over us.  So let's talk about love.  5.      Shifting gears.  Two great commandments -- a.       Matthew 22:35-40    And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” And Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.”b.      Main task is to love God and love our neighbor.  With all of ourselves.  All your heart, all your mind, all your soul.  All of us.  c.       And we need to love our neighbor as ourself.  Think about that.  Love our neighbor as ourselves.                                                                                 i.            Jesus doesn't say we need to love our neighbor more than ourselves -- it could be implied, but I wonder about whether that's possible.  d.      So that means we need to be loved                                                                                i.            Reflecting on last week's episode --  Why we flee from real love.  the capacity to receive love --                                                                               ii.             We discussed fear, avoidance, anger                                                                             iii.            We went into how real love burns, it requires us to give up dysfunctional coping mechanisms                                                                            iv.            It can require us to give up good things that are lesser than love.                                                      &amp;n...

37 The Silent Killer Who Stalks You from Inside

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116: Aquinas' 5 Ways, with Robert Delfino

Whether you're cultivating a life of prayer with Jesus for the first time or you're trying to reignite that fire in your soul, the breadth of prayer advice can be dizzyingly overwhelming.

If you're open to it, today, Fr. Mike has one more prayer to try out: T-A-R.

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<li>Tell the Lord what's on your heart</li>
<li>Ask him for what you need</li>
<li>Rely on the Lord to answer your prayer</li>
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Fr. Mike’s Prayer for Beginners

As we step into Part Three of the Catechism on How We Live, we begin with an overview of our high calling as sons and daughters of God. Truly our “first and last point of reference” will always be “Jesus Christ himself, who is ‘the way, and the Truth, and the life.’” Fr. Mike identifies for us that when most people say, “I can’t accept what the Church teaches”, it’s rarely about dogma, like the Trinity or the divinity of Christ. More often than not, it’s about Christian morality, and that’s the journey we’re embarking on. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1691-1698.

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Day 231: Our Calling (2024)

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

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Why Celebrate Mass AD ORIENTEM? | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

It is possible for our moral conscience to remain in ignorance for a variety of reasons. Fr. Mike delves into the sources of errors of judgment in moral conduct and how habitual sin blinds our conscience. As we wrap up this article, Fr. Mike reminds us that a well-formed conscience sets us free and gives us the power to do what we ought. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1790-1802.

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Day 240: Erroneous Judgment of Conscience (2024)

Dr. Edward Sri, Catholic theologian co-founder of FOCUS shares with us the origin story, how young Catholic adults are starving for love and truth. He lays out how FOCUS forms their missionaries to live out the four dimensions of personal formation (human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral) in a “vision for life.” He offers a pyramid model for the integration of formation with human formation as the base, and he describes how open FOCUS is to bringing in other Catholic organizations, apostolates, and professionals to help in the formation of their missionaries and those they serve. And we discuss where FOCUS missionaries can turn when they recognize they need help.

145 Dr. Edward Sri on Personal Formation and FOCUS

<ol><li>Through a dramatic representation, quotes, and examples, I walk you through how six dimensions of what it means for you to love yourself and others.  By bringing in the pioneering work of IFS therapist Derek Scott, we will explore how different parts within you respond to grief and loss in so many different ways.  </li><li>Lead in:  <ol><li>Lead-in Intro</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Letter</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Ron's reactions</li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Intro  <ol><li>We are together in this great adventure, this podcast, Interior Integration for Catholics, we are journeying together, and I am honored to be able to spend this time with you.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>I am Dr. Peter Malinoski, clinical psychologist and passionate Catholic and together, we are taking on the tough topics that matter to you.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>We bring the best of psychology and human formation and harmonize it with the perennial truths of the Catholic Faith.   </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Interior Integration for Catholics is part of our broader outreach, Souls and Hearts bringing the best of psychology grounded in a Catholic worldview to you and the rest of the world through our website soulsandhearts.com</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Today's episode, number 82 is entitled "The Many Faces of Grief Inside Us  and it's released on August 23, 2021</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Heard a reenacted story about Ronald and Vivian Meerkamp, and I’ll be using that clip throughout todays episode to add depth and examples to the concepts </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>In the last episode, Episode 81, we broached There is so much misinformation out there about grief.  So many myths, so many misconceptions to clear up.  Why is that?  We're going to answer that question with the professional research, the best of psychological theory, with Scripture, with poetry, with examples and with quotes to help you understand the experience of grief -- your grief and the grief of others.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Why should we learn about grief?  Earl Grollman sums it up like this:  <ol><li>Grief is not a disorder, a disease or a sign of weakness. It is an emotional, physical and spiritual necessity, the price you pay for love. The only cure for grief is to grieve.</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>If we love, we will grieve.  Part of loving well is grieving well.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>If we flee from grief, we will also flee from love.    You can't love without eventually grieving</li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> </li><li>Last episode, I mentioned how our understanding of grief can be limited by assuming we have a single, homogenous monolithic personality. Today I'm going to share with you a much deeper and richer way to understand grief.  <ol><li>From Episode 72 What Keeps You from Loving?  Is it Really Only Your Vices?  Discussion of Dimensions of Understanding Others or Ourselves.  -- We will get into that more today.  <ol><li>0 Dimensions -- single point in space -- geometry, no dimensionality.  Personalizing it -- you are nothing to me.  <ol><li>No separate identity, not even really human, invisible -- the person doesn't exist for you.  <ol><li>“Love is not cold and what is cold is not love.” ― Marty Rubin </li><li>“Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.”― Helen Keller </li><li>“Indifference is more truly the opposite of love than hate is, for we can both love and hate the same person at the same time, but we cannot both love and be indifferent to the same person at the same time.” ― Peter Kreeft, Prayer For Beginners </li></ol></li><li>Examples:  <ol><li>Emotional detachment:  Ron -- fear of loss.  </li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></li><li> </li></ol> <ol><li>1 Dimension -- line <ol><li> Only one quality -- very self-referential, the person in orbit around me and my needs.  </li><li>Often only a functional dimension, or not meeting a function  <ol><li>“That politicians</li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li></ol>who smiled at us and kissed our babiesblue eyes shining with triumphwell knew we were fallinginto our graveskicked by themas they countedour votes.”― Alice Walker, Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart <ol><li>“What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. ... In the same field the farmer will notice the crop, the geologists the fossils, botanists the flowers, artists the colouring, sportsmen the cover for the game. Though we may all look at the same things, it does not all follow that we should see them.” ― John Lubbock, The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live in </li><li>For Vivian:  In her pain and loneliness, part of her takes over reduces Ron to one dimension:  cold, distant, ignores me -- reduces Ron to one dimension -- in order to protect herself from him.  </li><li>For Ron blended with his angry part who is protecting him from agonizing pain from abandonment:  Vivian is a Betrayer -- She betrayed me, she is a traitor, a backstabber, she hurts me.  </li><li>Still very personalized, very self-referential</li><li>2 Dimensions -- plane -- starts to be a little Less personal, less self-referential  <ol><li>Cardboard Cutout-- person has a shape, not well understood.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Ron ignores me and is self absorbed.  But it's because of his job.  He shuts down emotions because of what he sees as a detective  <ol><li>“It is a well-worn truth that cops grow callous, a cliché so tattered that it is even common on television. All cops face things every day that are so gruesome, brutal, and bizarre that no normal human being could deal with them on a daily basis and stay sane. And so they learn not to feel, to grow and maintain a poker-faced whimsy toward all the surprising things their fellow humans find to do to each other. All cops practice not-feeling, and it may be that Miami cops are better at it than others, since they have so many opportunities to learn.”  Jeff Lindsay, Dexter is Delicious</li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Vivian is a betrayer and a traitor.  But she's misguided -- she's reacting out of ignorance and emotion and because she doesn't understand me. </li></ol></li><li> </li><li>3 Dimensions -- taking into account much more of the person, providing a more complete snapshot of a moment in time  <ol><li>Person has  <ol><li>A whole internal world</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Many dimensions</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Many competing values at one time.</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Needs -- attachment needs and integrity needs</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Emotions</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Belief.  </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Thought</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Intentions </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Desires</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Attitudes</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Impulses.</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>relationships</li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Maybe even multiple points of view inside at the same time.  <ol><li>With conflicts and polarizations inside --</li></ol></li></ol></li><li> </li></ol></li><li> <ol><li>Vivian is betraying me and harming me and she's misguided, reacting out of ignorance and emotion, but she also really loves our kids.  And she's good at her job. </li><li>Vivian has mixed reactions to me.  </li></ol></li><li>4 Dimensions -- out of basic geometry now and into physics.  The four dimension is physics...</li></ol>

82 The Many Faces of Grief Inside Us

&quot;The Eucharist is my highway to heaven!&quot; - St. Carlo AcutisCarlo Acutis seemed like any other boy—he loved soccer, time with friends, and tinkering with computers. Yet beneath this ordinary life burned an extraordinary fire: a fierce devotion to God truly present in the Eucharist. Join Carlo as he tells the story of a doubting doctor who faces an unexplainable Eucharistic miracle. Journey with Dr. Zugibe to Buenos Aires and hear his beautiful conversion story from another incredible Eucharistic Miracle!**This is a special limited time public release of this episode - originally part of the Eucharist Alive Challenge on Hallow. Check out Hallow for the entire 4 part episode series highlighting St. Carlo Acutis!**Parental Guidance: This episode is geared towards kids ages 7+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>

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The Church in its great wisdom has designed the liturgical calendar with the human spirit in mind. In this video, Fr. Mike Schmitz explores the reasons for the seasons in the Church's calendar, with particular attention to the seasons of Advent and Christmas.<a rel="payment" href="https://ascensionpress.com/products/support-ascension">Support The Fr. Mike Schmitz Catholic Podcast</a>

Season for Everything

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

78 The Desperate Inner Experience of Suicidality

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Should Catholics Call Priests Father

The Grand Inquisitor

As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God's will and heed the call of the Jubilee. 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! --- Grace is in the present; there is no grace in the past or in the future. The challenge, though, is that we're all professional escape artists. We can get antsy and we don't know how to be present, which means we don't know how to receive God's grace. We've got to give up the hope of a better past—it has happened and there's nothing we can do about it. We also have to stop living in a fantasy future that doesn't exist—there's no grace there, either. Jesus is Lord of our lives; the past, the present, the future. Trust him, and allow yourself to embrace today and all the grace he is waiting to give you here.

Trust God With Your Past (2021)

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Centering Prayer Deception?

Dedication

Foreword

Introduction

The Perilous Journey

Vision of the Three Swords

The Miraculous Statue

A Truly Devout Catholic President

Prophecies Concerning the Modern Epoch

More Prophecies Concerning the Modern Epoch

The 1941 Miracle

The Restoration

About The Author

When Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres received her astonishing apparitions from Our Lady of Good Success in Quito, Ecuador, four centuries ago, the visions so overwhelmed her that she actually died — until her sisters’ prayers brought her back to life. These approved apparitions, recounting prophecies for our times, speak powerfully of the Church’s present trials: attacks on the sacraments, priesthood, and family. Yet, through warnings of crisis shine promises of hope, urging us to defend the Faith and trust in Mary’s triumph.

Our Lady's Prophecies

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From Mormon to Catholic (Stephen Johnson) | Ep. 417

On the contrary, It is written (Matthew 25:46): "These," namely the wicked, "shall go into everlasting punishment." Further, as reward is to merit, so is punishment to guilt. Now, according to Divine justice, an eternal reward is due to temporal merit: "Every one who seeth the Son and believeth in Him hath [Vulgate: 'that everyone . . . may have'] life everlasting." Therefore according to Divine justice an everlasting punishment is due to temporal guilt. Further, according to the Philosopher (Ethic. v, 5), punishment is meted according to the dignity of the person sinned against, so that a person who strikes one in authority receives a greater punishment than one who strikes anyone else. Now whoever sins mortally sins against God, Whose commandments he breaks, and Whose honor he gives another, by placing his end in some one other than God. But God's majesty is infinite. Therefore whoever sins mortally deserves infinite punishment; and consequently it seems just that for a mortal sin a man should be punished for ever. I answer that, Since punishment is measured in two ways, namely according to the degree of its severity, and according to its length of time, the measure of punishment corresponds to the measure of fault, as regards the degree of severity, so that the more grievously a person sins the more grievously is he punished: "As much as she hath glorified herself and lived in delicacies, so much torment and sorrow give ye to her" (Apocalypse 18:7). The duration of the punishment does not, however, correspond with the duration of the fault, as Augustine says (De Civ. Dei xxi, 11), for adultery which is committed in a short space of time is not punished with a momentary penalty even according to human laws [Cf. I-II, 87, 3, ad 1]. But the duration of punishment regards the disposition of the sinner: for sometimes a person who commits an offense in a city is rendered by his very offense worthy of being cut off entirely from the fellowship of the citizens, either by perpetual exile or even by death: whereas sometimes he is not rendered worthy of being cut off entirely from the fellowship of the citizens. wherefore in order that he may become a fitting member of the State, his punishment is prolonged or curtailed, according as is expedient for his amendment, so that he may live in the city in a becoming and peaceful manner. So too, according to Divine justice, sin renders a person worthy to be altogether cut off from the fellowship of God's city, and this is the effect of every sin committed against charity, which is the bond uniting this same city together. Consequently, for mortal sin which is contrary to charity a person is expelled for ever from the fellowship of the saints and condemned to everlasting punishment, because as Augustine says (De Civ. Dei xxi, 11), "as men are cut off from this perishable city by the penalty of the first death, so are they excluded from that imperishable city by the punishment of the second death." That the punishment inflicted by the earthly state is not deemed everlasting is accidental, either because man endures not for ever, or because the state itself comes to an end. Wherefore if man lived for ever, the punishment of exile or slavery, which is pronounced by human law, would remain in him for ever. On the other hand, as regards those who sin in such a way as not to deserve to be entirely cut off from the fellowship of the saints, such as those who sin venially, their punishment will be so much the shorter or longer according as they are more or less fit to be cleansed, through sin clinging to them more or less: this is observed in the punishments of this world and of purgatory according to Divine justice. We find also other reasons given by the saints why some are justly condemned to everlasting punishment for a temporal sin. One is because they sinned against an eternal good by despising eternal life. This is mentioned by Augustine (De Civ. Dei. xii, 12): "He is become worthy of eternal evil, who destroyed in himself a good which could be eternal." Another reason is because man sinned in his own eternity [Cf. I-II, 87, 3, ad 1]; wherefore Gregory says (Dial. iv), it belongs to the great justice of the judge that those should never cease to be punished, who in this life never ceased to desire sin. And if it be objected that some who sin mortally propose to amend their life at some time, and that these accordingly are seemingly not deserving of eternal punishment, it must be replied according to some that Gregory speaks of the will that is made manifest by the deed. For he who falls into mortal sin of his own will puts himself in a state whence he cannot be rescued, except God help him: wherefore from the very fact that he is willing to sin, he is willing to remain in sin for ever. For man is "a wind that goeth," namely to sin, "and returneth not by his own power" (Psalm 77:39). Thus if a man were to throw himself into a pit whence he could not get out without help, one might say that he wished to remain there for ever, whatever else he may have thought himself. Another and a better answer is that from the very fact that he commits a mortal sin, he places his end in a creature; and since the whole of life is directed to its end, it follows that for this very reason he directs the whole of his life to that sin, and is willing to remain in sin forever, if he could do so with impunity. This is what Gregory says on Job 41:23, "He shall esteem the deep as growing old" (Moral. xxxiv): "The wicked only put an end to sinning because their life came to an end: they would indeed have wished to live for ever, that they might continue in sin for ever for they desire rather to sin than to live." Still another reason may be given why the punishment of mortal sin is eternal: because thereby one offends God Who is infinite. Wherefore since punishment cannot be infinite in intensity, because the creature is incapable of an infinite quality, it must needs be infinite at least in duration. 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25: Does Hell exist? Is it eternal? With Fr. Chis Pietraszko

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 how God often calls us to wait and how we can find Him in the waiting. Sr. Miriam, Michelle, and Heather share insights and personal stories about how they have grown close to God in times of waiting and how the process is actually just as important as the end result. One Thing We Love This Week: <ul> <li>Sr. Miriam's one thing: Scented candles and god's mercy</li> <li>Heather's one thing: Lying down and weakness</li> <li>Michelle's one thing: Gratitude</li> </ul>

S01 Episode 16: Waiting

Put simply, “[e]very person not yet baptized and only such a person is able to be baptized.” The Catechism explains to us the purpose of Baptism for both adults and infants. Fr. Mike doubles down and makes sure we understand that Baptism is for everyone. God wills Baptism for all people. Today’s readings are Catechism paragraphs 1246-1252.

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Day 170: Who Can Be Baptized? (2025)

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Eating the Sunrise (Christopher West) | Ep. 457

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Love is an Ability

Relics from the Crucifixion

The Origin of the Wood of the Cross

The Finding of the Cross

The Recovery of the Cross

The Crusades

Literature on the Cross

The Superscription

The Nails

The Crown of Thorns

The Holy Lance

The Holy Blood

The Volto Santo

The Robe

The Holy Shroud

Biographical Note

Charles Wall’s captivating 1910 account uncovers the riveting history of the relics of Christ’s Passion. From St. Helena’s miraculous discovery of the True Cross to the hidden nails, the Crown of Thorns, the spear of Longinus, and the veil of Veronica, each relic’s survival defies centuries of efforts to erase them. These pages reveal how providence, courage, and faith preserved these holy treasures that continue to draw souls closer to the mystery of Christ’s sacrifice.

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A Meditation for Lent by St. Thomas Aquinas

Episode 149 - Into The Desert (Lent 2023) There are a number of practices that we are preparing to do during this Lent. But this time of year shouldn't only be a project that we need to fulfill but rather an opportunity. Lent is an opportunity to exercise a posture of prayer, fasting, almsgiving and surrender. Surrenderring to someone, to a relationship that matters, to God. This episode is the first part of our Lenten series on Fr. Mark Toups's Lenten Companion. In this episode, we're gonna talk about about how we transform what's being taken from us to something that is offered, how we can make our sacrifices and circumstances, holy. A reminder and an invitation to relinquish control and to entrust everything to the Lord when we cannot control or we don't like the things happening around us. A proposal to trust that the Lord can make something good and beautiful out of it. 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!

Into The Desert (Lent 2023)

Today we'll ask Aquinas about whether or not Mary remained a virgin her entire life. Thanks to the following awesome people who are supporting Pints With Aquinas on Patreon: Jack Buss! ... You're the man, Jack. Tim Davolt, Chris Reintjes, Tom Dickson, David Young, Andrew Kener, Desirae Sifuentes, and Sean McNicholl. James Boehmler, Laura Suttenfield, John Hipp, Kathleen Cory, Sarah Jacobs, Fernando Enrile, Travis Headly, Matthew Lafitte, Russell T Potee III, Jed Florstat, Phillip Hadden, and Katie Kuchar, Tom Clark, Ben Blythe, Trevor Sorensen, Russell Potee III, James Governale, Benjamin Morris, and John Droesch. You can support Pints With Aquinas here: Patreon.com/pwa --- Without any hesitation we must abhor the error of Helvidius, who dared to assert that Christ's Mother, after His Birth, was carnally known by Joseph, and bore other children. For, in the first place, this is derogatory to Christ's perfection: for as He is in His Godhead the Only-Begotten of the Father, being thus His Son in every respect perfect, so it was becoming that He should be the Only-begotten son of His Mother, as being her perfect offspring. Secondly, this error is an insult to the Holy Ghost, whose "shrine" was the virginal womb ["Sacrarium Spiritus Sancti" (Office of B. M. V., Ant. ad Benedictus, T. P.), wherein He had formed the flesh of Christ: wherefore it was unbecoming that it should be desecrated by intercourse with man. Thirdly, this is derogatory to the dignity and holiness of God's Mother: for thus she would seem to be most ungrateful, were she not content with such a Son; and were she, of her own accord, by carnal intercourse to forfeit that virginity which had been miraculously preserved in her. Fourthly, it would be tantamount to an imputation of extreme presumption in Joseph, to assume that he attempted to violate her whom by the angel's revelation he knew to have conceived by the Holy Ghost. We must therefore simply assert that the Mother of God, as she was a virgin in conceiving Him and a virgin in giving Him birth, did she remain a virgin ever afterwards. ST III Q. 28, A. 3.

68: Was Mary always a virgin?

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Can a Non Believer Be Courageous? | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.

In this final episode of Season 11, we chat about our favorite parts of the last year's episodes and have a special announcement about what is coming next for the podcast. We discuss how there is a season for everything and how we are invited to not grasp onto the things that God entrusts to us, but to hold them loosely with a posture of trust and freedom. We also talk about taking time to be quiet and discern what the Lord has for us, what changes need to be made, and what to let go of. We pray that you have a wonderful summer filled with simplicity and moments to spend with Christ. Sister Miriam's one thing - <a href= "https://amzn.to/3t87zcb">Prudence - Choose Confidently, Live Boldly by Fr. Gregory Pine, OP</a> Heather's one thing - <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/playlist/70Qs7jupSFXT8VyzfhcKq6?si=907727920e254fa2"> Heather's playlist - Only Jesus</a> Michelle's one thing - <a href= "https://livetodaywellco.com/creativegod%20https://amzn.to/3xbJdAV">Live Today Well - Creative God</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/3PWH1Vq">Michelle's Summer Reading List</a> Mentioned on the Podcast: <a href="https://youtu.be/uJ9sZIKOcI4">Bryan Stevenson's Talk from Communion and Liberations's New York Encounter</a> <a href= "https://www.abidingtogetherpodcast.com/podcastarchive/s05-e09-lent-book-study-1-battling-for-peace"> Searching for and Maintaining Peace Lenten Series</a> Discussion Questions: <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">What stood out to you in this week's podcast?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">How do you feel when changes occur in your life?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Is it easy or challenging for you to let go of things you might enjoy to make room for something new that God has in store?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Sr. Miriam said, "When we take the next right step, the Lord provides". Do you believe that God will provide what you need if you make a change in your life for Him. Why or why not?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">What are some of the highlights from the podcast in season 10 and 11?</li> </ol> Journal Questions: <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Take some time to reflect, what is the Holy Spirit saying in your life right now? Are there some new things you need to say yes to and some things you need to say no to?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">What are some things that you're grateful for this past school year?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">How has the podcast over the years, taught you more about your own heart and your relationship with God? What are some things you want to never forget?</li> </ol> Quotes to Ponder: If there be among the gifts of God none greater than love, and there is no greater gift of God than the Holy Spirit, what follows more naturally than that He is Himself love…." (Saint Augustine) Scripture for Lectio Divina: Ecclesiastes Chapter 3: 1- 7 For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: 2 a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

S11 E17 - For Everything There Is a Season

Day 231: Our Calling (2025)

Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Imagine living your entire life and not knowing why. The return of the exiled Jews from Babylon was a great gift. But it also highlighted the reality that many of them did not know why they were Jewish. Do Catholics know why they are Catholic? Or do we lose our way precisely because we have lost our why? Mass Readings from January 23, 2022 Nehemiah 8:2-6, 8-10 Psalms 19:8-10, 151 Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21