Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Does LGBTQ+, Critical Race Theory, and life in general have your feeling more than a bit confused and overwhelmed? The solution is not more information. Discover the "Story" that leads you to life! Without it how can you know how to live? Join Mark Schmitt and Jack as they discuss "the meaning of original unity" and why the body matters! In the process we begin to answer the big questions that the whole culture is so confused ab...
Apr 20, 2022•44 min•Ep. 204
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” "If I were to write a play to dramatize God's action in the world it would be named, 'It's Always Been A Love Story', the whole story of creation and redemption is a love story."--Jack Rigert "God is Love...not that we loved God but that He loved us" first (1 John 4:8-10). "Adhering to a mysterious plan all His own, one of wisdom and goodness, the eternal Father created the universe, decided to endow all...
Apr 15, 2022•32 min•Ep. 203
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Discover the map that leads you to life! Without it how can you know how to live? Join Linda and Jack on a fascinating journey and within it you may discover your own heart. Find who you are, become who your are...and you will light the world on fire. This is Pope John Paul II's General Audience #7, "Original Solitude, the depth of the human heart" given on October 31, 1979 We have normalized the fall; "In the Beginning it was n...
Apr 13, 2022•49 min•Ep. 202
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” Jesus insists in the Gospel (Lk 13:1-9) that, without repentance (metanoia), we "will all perish" and be "cut down" like barren fig trees. He's not threatening us or merely requiring us to reject sin. He's lovingly calling us to metanoia as the only way to share His life, bear fruit for the kingdom, and be saved. Despite His urgency, we've widely failed to proclaim and foster metanoia as He intends. This has sever...
Apr 11, 2022•46 min•Ep. 201
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #200: The Deacon and the Doctor; find healing and wholeness after miscarriage and stillbirth The Deacon and the Doctor: A Prescription for Navigating Child Loss provides a spiritual, medical, psychological guide to help families A.C.Q.U.I.R.E peace after child loss. As one in four women experience miscarriage, it is essential to provide resources, bring awareness, and teach the community how to engage appropriately so these families are supported p...
Apr 08, 2022•57 min•Ep. 200
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #199: Who am I really? What the cancel culture doesn't want you to know. John Paul II's Wednesday Audience on Theology of the Body (6) Who am I? What's my purpose? When we are afraid to proclaim the truth of authentic love people will fall for a lie. Young and old are suffering for lack of this truth! Join Mark Schmitt and Jack Rigert as they explore God's plan for life and love! This is Pope John Paul II's General Audience...
Apr 06, 2022•43 min•Ep. 199
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #198: Freedom to Speak the Truth, Paivi Rasanen, Father Walter Ciszek, Forgiveness and Mercy It has happened in a Western Nation; a prominent politician on trial facing fines and two years in prison for quoting the Bible in public. Paivi Rasanen had been charged with 3 counts of criminal behavior after Rasanen, a medical doctor and mother of five, spoke out in defense of traditional Marriage and the Family. Meditation: Father Walter Ciszek, an Amer...
Apr 04, 2022•51 min•Ep. 198
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #197: How can love turn to dislike? The Meaning of Original Solitude; John Paul II's Wednesday Audience on Theology of the Body (5) How can love between two people turn into dislike, even in a sense, into hatred? Here is a clue; you cannot give what you have not first received! We have normalized the fall. If you don't know where you came from how will you know how to live? Join Linda Pieper and Jack Rigert as we explore God's plan f...
Mar 30, 2022•36 min•Ep. 197
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #196: "I am" united to the Love of Jesus Christ who overcame evil with good G.K. Chesterton was asked the question, "what is wrong with Christianity"? He answered, "I am." I would suggest that if asked, "what is the solution to the evil of our day?" He would also answer, "I am." Please consider being a Sponsor of the show! "We need You!" Buckle up! Here is the game plan: 1. Go to Mass, the...
Mar 25, 2022•44 min•Ep. 196
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #195: What is the problem with marriage? Love found, love lost and love redeemed: John Paul II's Wednesday Audience on Theology of the Body (4) General Audience of September 26th, 1979 The State of Innocence to the brokenness of marriage. Someone please tell me what's going on? Why are young people afraid to marry? Why are people considering divorce after twenty years of marriage. How can love turn to dislike and even to hatred? Join Lind...
Mar 23, 2022•45 min•Ep. 195
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #194: Child Sex-Trafficking, Grooming Children; How Many are Lukewarm to the Evil of Our Day Romans 8:26 1. Go to Mass, the most important prayer! Try to make an extra Mass during the week. 2. Take the wedding bath...the Sacrament of Reconciliation at least once per month 3. Read Scripture daily 4. Pray the Rosary Every Day! See Podcast #'s 118, 119, 120, 121 to pray along as a family! See Podcast #'s 108, 110, 111, 112 to to pray the Ros...
Mar 21, 2022•43 min•Ep. 194
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #193: "Jesus, Mary and the Saints"; I Believe in Love, a Retreat based on the writings of St. Therese of Lisieux (Final Episode 11) Join Jack and Mark for the final Episode #11! "I Believe in Love" A personal retreat, based on the teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux Isaiah 53:2-5; Luke 1:35-38; 2:35 Don't forget to sign up for our Newsletter!! JPll Renewal Center email list Please consider being a Sponsor of the show! "...
Mar 18, 2022•45 min•Ep. 193
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #192: You Are Invited! Pope John Paul II's Wednesday Audience on the Theology of the Body! Join Linda and Jack for Audience #3! General Audience (#3) of September 19, 1979 "Second Account of the Creation of Man" Book: Man and Woman He Created Them, A Theology of the Body, Saint John Paul II , translation, introduction and index by Michael Waldstein, Pauline Books and Media, 2006 Th second account of the creation of man is linked with...
Mar 16, 2022•45 min•Ep. 192
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #191: The Mystery of Evil; Some Are Waking up to Satan's War on Humanity Each of us in a sense stands before the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We are participants in a drama between two opposing mysteries. The Mysterium Iniquitatis, the mystery of evil that brings destruction, sin and death, and the Mysterium Pietatis, the Incarnation, Passion, Death, Resurrection and Glorification of Jesus Christ and the Love that does not allow its...
Mar 14, 2022•48 min•Ep. 191
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #190: The Eucharist; "on the night he was betrayed, our Savior instituted the Eucharistic Sacrifice of His Body and Blood" A Retreat with St. Therese of Lisieux (10) At the Last Supper, on the night when He was betrayed, our Savior instituted the Eucharistic Sacrifice of His Body and Blood. He did this in order to perpetuate the sacrifice of the Cross throughout the centuries until He should come again. The Mass commemorates the Sacrifice...
Mar 11, 2022•43 min•Ep. 190
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #189: You Are Invited! Pope John Paul II's Wednesday Audience on the Theology of the Body! Join Linda and Jack for Audience #2! General Audience (#2) of September 12, 1979 "Enter Into the Great Cosmic Stream of Existence" A Message of Love and Hope! "Be not Afraid"...evil exists, but "In the Beginning" it was no so. Jesus does not limit Himself to sin, death and human brokenness. He said, "In the Beginning it...
Mar 09, 2022•45 min•Ep. 189
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #188: Father Dan Leary opens up...following the Heroic Path of Venerable Father Aloysius Schwartz "I was a few years out of Villanova University and had just finished pretheology at seminary when I found myself at Villa de las Ninas (Girlstown) in Chalco, Mexico, in the summer of 1992. I knew almost nothing about the Sisters of Mary or Aloysius Schwartz, who had just died. Right away, the Sisters began to share stories about their spiritual fa...
Mar 08, 2022•36 min•Ep. 188
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #187: The Cross; "I know without asking that you have suffered", what does it mean? Join Jack and Mark for Episode #9; A Personal Retreat based on the teaching of St.Therese of Lisieux. Suppress the Cross in your life, and everything crumbles. The Cross is the structure. As it bore the Savior, it bears salvation, and so it must bear us also, and all our works. I know without asking that you have suffered, and you will suffer again. I am s...
Mar 04, 2022•40 min•Ep. 187
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #186: You Are Invited to Pope John Paul II's Wednesday Audiences on the Theology of the Body! Join Mark and Jack for Audience #1! General Audience of September 5, 1979 "What is meant by "Beginning"? A Message of Love and Hope! "Be not Afraid" Jesus does not limit Himself to sin, death and human brokenness. He said, "In the Beginning it was not so!" And came into our story to redeem what was lost. Scripture Re...
Mar 02, 2022•29 min•Ep. 186
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #185: TOB Parent School! Empowering Parents and Families! Simple, Easy and Fun! Your children no longer have to be a victim of the culture! Jack is joined by TOB Parent School founder Lindsay Caron and Lynda Olsen as they share the reasons why they are excited to help empower families everywhere! What’s for dinner? Can my friend sleep over? Can we get a Nintendo Switch? What sports should I play? How do I fit into this culture as a treasured boy or...
Mar 01, 2022•57 min•Ep. 185
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #184: The City of Man versus the City of God; a man made virus, a man made war, and a God made man solution The invasion of Ukraine, couples in love, a woman about to give birth. The battles we are in are not left versus right, liberal versus conservative, or being optimistic or pessimistic. Human beings are religious beings. The battle is between the forces of Satan as manifested in the City of Man, and the City of God. In Mere Christianity, in th...
Feb 26, 2022•33 min•Ep. 184
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #183: "Dad, I think I'm gay"; a conversation with best selling author AJ Benjamin Jack and best selling author AJ Benjamin discuss same-sex attraction, gender dysphoria and much more. An invitation into the heart of the Gospel message, which is one of love. AJ Benjamins book: "When the Son Frees You: A Catholic Man's Journey of Healing From Same-Sex Attraction" Visit his website! AJ Benjamin's website: http://www....
Feb 25, 2022•50 min•Ep. 183
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #182: You Are Invited to Pope John Paul II's Wednesday Audiences on the Theology of the Body! Premiers Ash Wednesday, March 2! Join Mark Schmitt and I each Wednesday beginning on Ash Wednesday! Each week we will join Pope John Paul II at his Wednesday General Audience in St. Peters Square as he gave 129 short talks beginning on September 5, 1979 and ending November 28, 1984. He was shot in 1981 and was traveling at other times so his life-chan...
Feb 23, 2022•25 min•Ep. 182
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #181: The Apostolate; Tested by evil the burning question is, "What are you doing with your life?" Join Jack and Mark for Episode #8, A Personal Retreat based on the teaching of St.Therese of Lisieux. This is the time of the Laity! When you really encounter Jesus Christ you can never be the same. Christ demands a response--you don't encounter Him and stay neutral. You will go all in or you will pull away. Don't forget to sign up...
Feb 22, 2022•40 min•Ep. 181
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #180: Wake Up! Evil is on the move, and it's going to get worse. "Something is going on, we sense it"... this is a theme I hear over and over again in my conversations. Christine Anderson, a member of the European Parliament said, "In the entire history of mankind, there has never been a political elite sincerely concerned about the wellbeing of regular people. What makes any of us thing that it is different now?" Bishop Fu...
Feb 19, 2022•52 min•Ep. 180
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #179: Woman's Reproductive Health with Dr. Thomas Hilgers, Director of the Saint Paul VI Institute for the study of Human Reproduction in Omaha, Nebraska. "One of the most difficult topics I addressed in my early years sharing John Paul II”s Theology of the Body was the Church’s teaching on IVF (in vitro fertilization, and other artificial reproductive technologies). I say difficult because my heart went out to the parent’s I met who desp...
Feb 18, 2022•46 min•Ep. 179
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #178: Canadian Truckers, Communism and St. John Paul II Karol Wojtyla, who would become Pope John Paul II, was born in a free country. But by the time he was a young man he would be a witness to the horror, the evil, and the violence that man is capable of inflicting on man. At twenty he had already lost his mother, father, and brother when the Nazi’s, followed by the Communists, invaded Poland. Sent to work in a chemical factory young Karol would ...
Feb 15, 2022•45 min•Ep. 178
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #177: Kathleen Cory of Ruah Woods Press; Theology of the Body and Real World Solution! Contact Kathleen Cory at: [email protected] website: ruahwoodspress.org Ruah Woods Press, 6675 Wesselman Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45248 Ruah Woods: 513.906.0882 Ruah Woods supports adults, teachers, students, and parents as we seek to understand the truth about our innate dignity, as image-bearers of God, male or female, called to love one another as God loves. We do...
Feb 11, 2022•36 min•Ep. 177
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #176: Give God the Space; "Fraternal Love" A Personal Retreat with Saint Therese of Lisieux (7) Join Mark Schmitt and Jack as they enter the thought, work and life of Saint Therese of Lisieux guided by a series of retreats that Fr. Jean D'Elbee gave that were put into book form: "I believe in Love." "Love Him, first of all, with an immense love; then read in His eyes and in His heart what you must do for others who, af...
Feb 08, 2022•39 min•Ep. 176
Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #175: Can the Truckers Save Canada? Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano shares a Prophetic Message Time seemed to be running out for North America. Canada and the United States were going the way of Europe. Their greatness passing away right in front of our eyes. The beacon of light and hope that brought hope to our persecuted brothers and sisters all over the world was fading fast. So many fell for the propaganda of the world elite, and like helpless sh...
Feb 03, 2022•35 min•Ep. 175
