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Latest Episodes
Headaches and Hair Shirts: Choose Your Mortifications Wisely
“When we take on what seems like a good thing, and other important things begin to crumble? It’s time to re-evaluate.”- Claire Dwyer
My Toughest Lent Ever: 5 Spiritual Lessons from Severe Pain
“As I lay there, I visualized Jesus on the cross. I meditated on the soldiers hammering the nail into His foot, since that was the epicenter of my pain.” – Leslie Rowe
The Holy Spirit, the Intellect, and Progress in the Interior Life
Join us for this episode of Divine Intimacy Radio “The Holy Spirit, the Intellect, and the Progress in the Interior Life” as we speak with Dr. Alphonso Pinto about the relationship between the Holy Spirit moving in our lives and
How do Penance and Mortification Differ?
“The only way that mortification and penance really help advance Christ’s Kingdom is if we are united to Christ.” -Fr. John Bartunek
Flames of Love: Candles in the Devotional Life
” Being raised Protestant, candlelighting had not been a part of our family’s religious practices.”- Ann Radtke
What Does it Really Mean to Love Your Enemies?
“We are called to sacrifice our anger, frustration, resentment, or hurt feelings in order to pray for that person’s soul.” – Jen Arnold
Raising Kings
“I’m here to proclaim the goodness of God. To remind you—and myself—that it doesn’t all depend on us.” – Erin Franco
Lent as Training for Spiritual War – the Great Fight Back
“One of the reasons Evagrius can help us is that he names eight recurring thought-patterns by which temptation operates. If we are going to use Lent properly, we ought to allow ourselves to receive some training in recognising them early — and answering them quickly.” – Gavin Ashenden
God Alone Suffices
A Reflection from “Meditations for Lent” by Bishop Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet “Lord, show us the Father, and we shall be satisfied” (John 14:8). God alone suffices, and all we need to possess him is to see him, because in seeing
From Dust to Glory
“Humility opens up space for Hope, which is how we abide in the tension. We may be from the soil of the earth, but God has planted a divine seed within us.” – Fr. Derek Sakowski