Episode Archives

Pray: Resist obstacles to love with new habits

Those on the path toward greater spiritual freedom and love find strength in a very undramatic and almost unnoticeable ways when they avoid letting egos and self-preoccupations to take over.

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Edit negative feelings by offering them to the Holy Spirit

Rewrite a moment, past or present, that leads to discouragement, finding new habits of courage, strength, and tranquility.

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Write: Finding Power in Defeat

In response to this meditation, with an eye toward a new start in the new year, distill your experience with defeat with a statement of power through hope.

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Finding Hope in Encounter with Christ

Thomas Merton reminds us that “True encounter with Christ liberates something in us, a power we did not know we had, a hope.”

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Pray: Untie knots with Mary’s healing

Christine Valter Paintner offers a mediation to soften knots in our heart, body, and soul through vulnerability.

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Write: Let go of a knot in order to “untie” it.

Letting go is just another phrase that means forgiveness, especially for ourselves.

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There is nothing to fear: A meditation on Luke 21

By our perseverance—in faith, not in fear—we will secure our lives.

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Pray: Grace is found in honoring the dead

Christ died and was buried in all of us. Every time you do something physically to honor a deceased person you are performing a work of mercy.

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Write: Compose a prayer for souls

In this season of the Feast of All Souls, write a brief prayer for your own soul, asking God how you might serve Him the rest of your living days.

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Pray: God’s plan evident even in struggle

An essay by Brian Doyle offers an opportunity to meditate on suffering and acceptance.

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