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95 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago -A Discussion on Faith, Life, Health and Wholeness, of Heart, Mind, Body and Soul
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Love’s vulnerability.
March 26, 2024 15:48 - 23 minutes - 11.3 MBLove desires what is good for the other person; it also embraces and respects his freedom.
No good we do is ever done in vain.
March 23, 2024 14:00 - 19 minutes - 9.18 MBPalm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
Life is short. The time we have is brief. Have no regrets. Seize the day!
September 01, 2023 01:53 - 26 minutes - 12.6 MBLearning lessons from the five unwise virgins of Scripture.
Heaven on Earth: When we discover that happiness has no purpose other than itself.
August 15, 2023 05:36 - 24 minutes - 11.3 MBOn the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary’s Assumption into Heaven
The Power of Affirmation: Strength and Courage for the Great Adventure of Life
August 05, 2023 05:10 - 27 minutes - 13.2 MBThe Father affirms Jesus in the work he has done and in the task that still lies ahead.
Take the good, leave the bad.
August 01, 2023 22:36 - 24 minutes - 11.3 MBSorrow and pain are part of life. Allowing ourselves time to go through them is normal and good, but at some point Jesus invites us to “pick up our mat and walk”. And he’ll be walking with us.
Childlike Wonder and Awe: Keys to Happiness Like No Other
July 19, 2023 15:36 - 23 minutes - 11.1 MBThere’s something hidden deep in the simplicity of ordinary everyday life, something that gives a joy like no other.
When the Lord Comes to Disturb Us
July 17, 2023 12:24 - 22 minutes - 10.7 MBWe have not been called to a life of ease and complacency, but to a life of greatness.
Finding Healing in Christ’s Wounds
April 15, 2023 15:04 - 19 minutes - 8.96 MBIn touching Jesus’ wounds Thomas found healing for his own.
The Disciples on the Emmaus Road and the Greatest Treasure a Christian Possesses.
April 12, 2023 14:33 - 31 minutes - 14.6 MBPeter and John heal a crippled beggar and two of Jesus’ disciples meet him on the road to Emmaus.
Jesus called Mary by name, banishing her sorrow, removing her pain.
April 11, 2023 00:13 - 21 minutes - 9.97 MBWhen the pains and burdens of life overwhelm and even blind, listen to Jesus calling your name.
God’s Empathy, Putting Ourselves in the Other’s Shoes, and Overcoming Fear
April 10, 2023 05:09 - 18 minutes - 8.58 MBGod’s compassion, His empathy for us, is the source of our ability to put ourselves in the other’s shoes and to overcome fear itself.
Today we have been set free.
April 09, 2023 03:14 - 23 minutes - 11.4 MBChrist is risen! The chains that have bound us are broken, the doors of the cells that have imprisoned us have swung wide open. We are free!
“Take courage. I have conquered the world.” (John 26:33)
April 07, 2023 14:43 - 23 minutes - 11.4 MBJesus’ death on the cross is the final unmasking of the world’s pretensions to power and greatness, revealing it to be nothing but a hollowed-out shell.
Only Service, No Ambitions, No Desires for Advancement, No Schemes for Upward Mobility.
April 06, 2023 13:57 - 35 minutes - 17.1 MBJesus forever transformed the meaning of power; he called it ‘service’.
Genuine obedience obliterates fear.
April 04, 2023 23:30 - 23 minutes - 10.9 MBJesus entered his passion without fear, and with full control, laying down his life willingly, because his will was one with the Father’s.
A Morsel of Food and a Final Attempt to Save a Friend
April 03, 2023 23:57 - 27 minutes - 12.9 MBJesus wasn’t just handing Judas a piece of bread, he was handing himself, if only to remind him perhaps, one last time, of their friendship.
Love extravagantly, you’ll have no regrets.
April 02, 2023 21:04 - 25 minutes - 12.1 MBThere’s an extravagance to love that is deep, passionate and complete. It is the key to having no regrets in life.
God’s Vulnerability, Our Vulnerability: Reflections on the Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
April 01, 2023 22:21 - 30 minutes - 14.5 MBGod enters fully into our lives so that nothing about us will be beyond his power to redeem.
Of Kings, Thieves and Prostitutes (A Reflection on the Solemnity of Christ the King)
November 19, 2022 13:58 - 18 minutes - 8.71 MBJesus turned the idea of power on its head, identifying his Kingdom with the poor, the outcast, the lost and the sinner. That’s all of us.
JOY AND OUR ZEST FOR LIVING DISSIPATE WHEN WE LOSE SIGHT OF OUR ‘WHY’.
September 02, 2022 00:14 - 25 minutes - 11.9 MBRoutine is part of life; what shouldn’t be part of it is forgetfulness of the reason and purpose of our life’s routines.
FEED THE GOOD, MAGNIFY THE LIGHT: John the Baptist, Herod, Nietzsche, the Cross & our Inner Battles.
August 28, 2022 23:49 - 28 minutes - 13.5 MBThe tragedy of Herod is that he still had a sliver of goodness in him, this is what drew him to John. But since he neither fed nor nurtured it, it was overwhelmed by darkness.
NO PATH TO GROWTH EXCEPT THROUGH LIFE’S CHALLENGES
August 22, 2022 00:33 - 25 minutes - 12.2 MBThe admonition to “enter through the narrow gate” is an invitation to see life’s challenges and hurdles as instruments God uses to build us up , strengthen us, and make us more resilient.
It is what wealth often does to us that Jesus condemns and warns us against.
August 16, 2022 11:36 - 13 minutes - 6.3 MBJesus condemned, not wealth, but what it often does: making us forget our utter dependence on God.
HAPPINESS IS A CHOICE, AND HEAVEN IS NOW. Reflections on the Blessed Mother’s Assumption into Heaven
August 15, 2022 03:00 - 22 minutes - 10.6 MBHappiness isn’t something that just happens. It is something we must choose, again and again. Heaven doesn’t have to wait till we pass away. It is something we can live even today.
‘In’ the world, but not ‘of’ it: The Saint Benedict Option
July 05, 2022 21:15 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBFinding a Middle Path between Isolation and Loss of Identity in a Post-Christian World
Mary and the ‘Path of the Insignificant Footnote’
March 25, 2022 01:54 - 13 minutes - 6.41 MBMary’s greatness lies in her willingness to be like the moon, merely reflecting the light of Jesus, the Sun.
Service: The Only Language of Power Jesus Spoke to His Disciples
March 20, 2022 15:38 - 24 minutes - 11.5 MB“If I your Master washed your feet, so must you wash one another’s feet. As I have done, so must you do.” (John 13:14-15)
To understand St. Thomas’ thought is to understand how the Catholic ‘mind’ works.
January 28, 2022 12:31 - 24 minutes - 11.5 MBA very brief look into the mind of a titan of the Catholic intellectual and spiritual life.
Learning to bend our will to the Lord’s is a journey of a lifetime.
January 24, 2022 15:43 - 19 minutes - 9.44 MBOn the Damascus road, Jesus speaks to Saul, teaching him the meaning of true obedience.
Finding value in the old, the new, and everything in between.
January 17, 2022 14:01 - 19 minutes - 9.44 MBJesus speaks of new wine and old wine skins, old cloaks and new cloth.
Look for God in the simple and ordinary; you’re sure to find Him there.
January 15, 2022 14:28 - 17 minutes - 8.18 MBJesus changes water into wine at Cana
Don’t calculate. Leap!
January 14, 2022 14:17 - 18 minutes - 8.89 MBJesus calls Levi the tax collector who leaves everything and follows.
People always mattered more to Jesus, not programs, projects, policies or schemes.
January 13, 2022 21:46 - 17 minutes - 8.38 MBJesus heals a paralytic.
Be true to yourself; God would have it no other way.
January 11, 2022 14:18 - 19 minutes - 9.45 MBJesus heals, teaches and speaks with authority.
Overcoming Procrastination
January 10, 2022 13:30 - 15 minutes - 7.36 MBJesus begins his public ministry
Take the leap, God will be there to catch you.
January 09, 2022 12:14 - 17 minutes - 8.41 MBJesus is baptized and begins his public ministry.
Never begrudge others their gifts, lest you lose sight of your own.
January 08, 2022 06:09 - 19 minutes - 9.17 MBJohn the Baptist’s disciples ask him about Jesus.
Prayer is simply talking to the Lord, and listening to Him talking to us.
January 07, 2022 03:13 - 17 minutes - 8.44 MBJesus heals a leper, then withdraws to pray.
Cynicism and jadedness are the greatest enemies of our mission in life.
January 06, 2022 04:06 - 16 minutes - 7.65 MBJesus returns to his hometown to begin his life’s mission.
Thoughtfulness and empathy: hallmarks of true Christian discipleship.
January 05, 2022 05:32 - 16 minutes - 7.9 MBJesus’ amazing concern and care for his disciples.
It’s the size of the heart that gives that counts.
January 03, 2022 23:32 - 16 minutes - 7.9 MBJesus feeds five thousand with five loaves and two fish.
The “Dark Side” of the Immanuel Prophecy: A Warning in the Promise
January 03, 2022 03:39 - 34 minutes - 16.2 MBA quick look at the original prophecy in Isaiah.
Finding God where he loves to veil Himself.
January 02, 2022 03:54 - 34 minutes - 16.2 MBWise men were led by a star, not to a mighty king, but to a poor, helpless child.
Let God write what He wishes on the clean slate of our year!
December 31, 2021 22:59 - 14 minutes - 6.93 MBOn the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God
Our past, present, and future are in God’s hands.
December 31, 2021 07:39 - 15 minutes - 7.31 MBOn the Final Day of Another Challenging Year
If we seek God only in the grand and spectacular, we will never find Him.
December 29, 2021 16:58 - 20 minutes - 9.62 MBSimeon and Ana recognize the Messiah in a child.
Evil may have its hour, but good will have its day.
December 27, 2021 23:16 - 14 minutes - 6.83 MBFeast of the Holy Innocents
It is God’s will that will carry us through.
December 24, 2021 13:20 - 13 minutes - 6.69 MBA Christmas Reflection