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Simply Holy 031: What is a Camaldolese Benedictine? A Chat with Author and Speaker Paula Huston

Born and raised in a staunch Norwegian Lutheran family. Paula’s journey led her away from the Lutheran faith and into a long period of spiritual disengagement. A change meeting introduced her to a community of Camaldolese Benedictine monks and the beauty of the Catholic Church was opened up to her. The gentleness and devotion of these holy monks paved the way for her to become a Camaldolese Benedictine Oblate – a decision she not only hasn’t regretted, but whole-heartedly embraces.

The Unspeakable Mystery of the Eucharist

Priests have a unique and important role in the mystery of the Eucharist. As participants in the headship of Christ, they share Christ’s life in a particular way. On this episode of The Road to Emmaus, Scott Hahn is joined by Dr. Lawrence Feingold, author, professor, and scholar. Go deeper into the mystery of the Eucharist and the priest’s relationship to this great sacrament.  

Spirit Of Evangelization And Discipleship With JM Kraemer

My guest this week is friend of the show John (JM) Kraemer.  He is the founder of The Lego Church Project.  We discuss how the pandemic has hampered his project, the state of the faith, how the world needs hope, why we must keep evangelizing, and so much more!  It is always fun to have him on.  Learn for about John and his amazing ministry at https://prayingbricks.blogspot.com/

Addicted To Attention From Boys

This episode Emma goes over her need to be loved. She explains how she made herself miserable by staying in broken relationships, and hopping around from guy to guy so that she wouldn't be alone.

God's Promise: "I am acting" - 7/29/20

Jeannette and I talk today about an experience at prayer and selection of my journal:

I am acting:
within what breaks, I am vast Abyss
within the falling, I am depthless Depth
in the emptying, I am the Silence

Stop
Shed your mind’s unconscious gossip and still your Heart
Touch your forehead to the earth
   …My carpet
       a floral carpet Crimson Red
       on which you bumble and tumble

in My Glory.

___

“Who could have thought my shrivel’d heart
Could have recover’d greennesse?
George Herbert, The Flower

Manage Your Money God's Way - Learning to Be Content

We aren’t born being content and it seems that our culture tries to make us more and more discontent as we grow older. How many commercials are disguised as TV shows and movies targeting the youngsters in our life to get the stuff they are selling? And keeping up with the neighbors can be a lifetime pursuit for some adults.

 

Learning the secret of contentment can free you from all the pressure to spend money in an effort to acquire more and more stuff. Being content is a conscious learned habit!

 

The Compass Catholic Blog has more on learning the virtue of contentment.

Money Stories - Effect of Student Loan Debt on Vocations Part 5

Sister Ignatia Henneberry, with the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration, had student loan debt when she started discerning religious life. She had faith that her debt would not be a barrier. Due to the generosity of others, including her grandmother and the Mater Ecclesiae Fund for Vocations, Sister Ignatia was right. 

Sister Ignatia recently took over the role of Vocations Director with the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration. She's new to her role but she's not naive as to how student loans debt will affect the ability of other young women to say "yes" to their vocation. We were so blessed to have Sister Ignatia share her story as we wrap up this series on student loan debt. 

We challenge you to share at least one of these episodes on the effect of student loan on vocations with a friend or on social media.

 

To sign up for a Faith & Money Matters Bible Study, please visit https://compasscatholic.org.

 

Mater Ecclesiae Fund for Vocations:  https://fundforvocations.org

 

Laboure Society:  https://rescuevocations.org

 

Catholic Answers Live - Pope Peter

The author of Pope Peter: Defending the Church’s Most Distinctive Doctrine in a Time of Crisis explains why unity with the pope is the key mark of the Catholic Faith. He also explains how papal infallibility is a gift to the ordinary Christian, and how misunderstanding papal infallibility can lead to confusion and disappointment.

 

Catholic Answers Live - Pope Peter

The author of Pope Peter: Defending the Church’s Most Distinctive Doctrine in a Time of Crisis explains why unity with the pope is the key mark of the Catholic Faith. He also explains how papal infallibility is a gift to the ordinary Christian, and how misunderstanding papal infallibility can lead to confusion and disappointment.

 

Holy Smokes Catholic Review: Episode 128: From Mormon to Catholic

Join  Fr. Scott Mansfield, Pastor of St. John Vianney, Tony Wilimitis, and Zach Garde as they give an in depth review of the Gospel from the Seventeenth week in Ordinary Time: From Mormon to Catholic.

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Catholic Answers Focus - So What if Religion is for the Weak?

Taking our cue from his new book One Less God Than You, we ask author and apologist John DeRosa how to respond when we are told that religion is for the weak-minded! Also, Cy does some role-playing as a German atheist…

Reality Reflections with Kendra Von Esh - Martha Mary and Love

Love is all you need when you are pulled between Martha and Mary! Listen in to hear more about what I am talking about so you can bring Jesus to the world in all you do! 

Catholic Answers Focus - Joy

Christianity is the religion of Joy, but few people understand what Joy is or how to gain it. Father Hugh Barbour joins us to explain.

Beautiful People Don't Just Happen

When we think of beautiful people we generally think of physical beauty, a beautiful young girl, a smiling baby, a handsome athletic man.  Beauty, as defined by Hollywood, the cosmetics companies, and clothing lines, are now the norm.  Their image is what most people describe as beautiful. In this podcast, Tony talks about real beauty and beautiful people.

Quotes: “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“Do not assume that he who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. His life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, he would never have been able to find these words.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Reflection: How do you define true beauty?  Can you name a beautiful person in your life?  Who would that be and what makes them beautiful?  How does the Hollywood version of beauty fail?

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The Frank Friar - Episode 278: Eyes that See in Wisdom

My mind is still stewing over the Gospel from this past Sunday, the 17^th Sunday in ordinary time year A (Mt. 13: 44-52). We hear about a man finding a treasure in a field and another finding a pearl of great price. I speak about something that appears different about their situations from the parable in the podcast episode today.

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CSR 78 Bill Bommarito

A longtime coach, having done so in football, baseball, soccer, and softball. He is the founder of Coaching Coaches and has had over 70 thousand volunteer coaches and parents participate in his coaching programs and parent programs. He currently has programs with several Archdioceses and several secular athletic programs. He is also the play-by-play announcer for women's volleyball at two universities in the St. Louis area.

122 Pearls of Wisdom

Coach John Wooden said, “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” This is just one pearl of wisdom from the winningest coach in basketball history. In this episode of By Your Life, we talk about the value of wisdom and wisdom in what you value.

Intersection of Sports and Faith (Bruce Wawrzyniak)

EPISODE 448

 

There were some pretty gnarly dudes in the Bible. They never took the easy path in life. In fact Paul likened his journey of faith to an athlete saying he had “fought the good fight and finished the race.” There’s is a great amount we can learn in life from the intersection between sports and faith.  This week we are going to learn a little bit more about our faith journey by taking a look into sports. This week we have an expert on the topic, Bruce Wawrzyniak, the host of Catholic Sports Radio.

How not to become an "injustice collector" - 7/28/20

I’m almost 57. Fifty seven years of people, situations, issues, reaction, desires, disappointment, dreams, loves….This year on my birthday, I’m making the resolution to “not look back.”

To not look back at disappointment.

To not look back at rejection.

To not look back at loss.

Of course, looking back is important to do at times. I actually began to rediscover parts of my life during the imposed solitude of the pandemic that I hadn’t taken the time to integrate precisely because I hadn’t looked back. I needed to take the time to “connect the psychological-emotional-spiritual dots” between what I had experienced and lived through and what I was still carrying today in my heart and mind.

Making the connections is important. By making connections we can surrender to God what he has helped us recognize. We can let it go. We can understand it more deeply, even recognize where we may have been mistaken in our perception of what happened....