Liturgical Seasons

Liturgical Seasons
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Saying “Yes” to God

12-05-2019

The greatest faith story ever told is unfolding in our hearts this Advent. During this season, we are filled with boundless anticipation as we hold the Blessed Mother Mary in prayer while we wait just a couple of weeks longer for the imminent birth of the Christ Child.

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Embracing Lent

04-17-2019

Who could possibly prefer Lent? I do now. But it took the worst time of my life to get there.

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Father Casey Beaumier, S.J.

Finding God In The Examen with Father Casey Beaumier, S.J.

03-06-2019

Ignatian spirituality offers us the vision that we can “find God in all things.” In this episode, we will continue to explore how we can find God during Lent.

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Haley Stewart

Finding God By Living With Less with Haley Stewart

03-06-2019

“So what are you giving up?” That’s the proverbial question that Catholics face during Lent. While fasting from some material thing can be done as an act of penance, it also has real spiritual perks.

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Kerry Weber

Finding God Through Mercy with Kerry Weber

03-06-2019

Prayer and fasting are two of the practices we intentionally incorporate into our Lenten practice. But what about that third practice, almsgiving? How can we better incorporate acts of charity into the 40 days of Lent?

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Gretchen Crowe

Finding God In The Rosary with Gretchen Crowe

03-06-2019

In 2017, Gretchen wrote her first book, Why the Rosary? Why Now? published by Our Sunday Visitor. Her second book, available this October, is a devotional called, “Praying the Rosary with St. John Paul II.” If anyone can speak to the power of praying the Rosary this Lent, it’s our guest today.

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Ordinary Time, Extraordinary Days

02-19-2019

The liturgical season of Ordinary Time, reminds me of my ordinary black sweater. How something ordinary can become extraordinary over time.

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Living the Epiphany

01-04-2019

Beyond the next set of frosted glass doors, there were individuals, including a family member, fighting for their lives. They were fighting for the gift of more time on God’s earth. This reality stirred in me the epiphany that time is God’s magnificent gift.

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Rejoicing in Santa

12-19-2018

It was December of 1969. Mitch Miller’s Christmas tunes were blaring from the record player in the living room, but Mom didn’t hear a sound. The holidays were here and she was someplace else. It’s the place most mothers head unwillingly during the harried holiday season—the land of preoccupation.

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We All Feel Vulnerable

11-07-2018

This probably isn’t the right time for Catholics to talk about feeling vulnerable. We feel vulnerable now for all the wrong reasons. There are virtues of vulnerability (the way we respond with tenderness and openness to each other), but now isn’t the right time to talk about that, either.

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