Lent - Day 18
Originally published in 2021 Looking for something to let go of? Let's start with our grudges. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 22, 2022•4 min
Come Away By Yourselves
"Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while." These words of Jesus Christ are an invitation to personal and intimate prayer. The meditations offered in this podcast are intended to help the listener enter into his own prayerful relationship with God. By reflecting on scenes from the Gospel, on other passages from Scripture, and on the insights of saints and spiritual writers, we can strengthen our faith in Jesus and our love for God. In the Gospel of John, Jesus says, "I have called you my friends." By regular meditation and dialogue with Our Lord in prayer, our life can be transformed into an ever deepening and loving friendship with God.
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Lent - Day 17
Originally published in 2021 Are we rejecting Jesus? https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 21, 2022•3 min
Lent - Feast of St. Joseph
Originally published 2021 (when the feast of St. Joseph fell on a Friday) St. Joseph is a man on a mission. His life is all about just one thing. Ours should be too. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 18, 2022•4 min
St. Joseph: Life as a Sacred Trust
God entrusts St. Joseph with his most precious possessions, his mother and his Divine Son. We too are entrusted with a sacred responsibility in life: to care for and love God's children. Everything and everyone in our life--including ourselves--is a gift from God, something valued by God himself. This calls for a great reverence and respect on our part. We can't "do whatever we want" with ourselves or others. Like King David, our reverence for what belongs to God gives us pause whenever we are t...
Mar 18, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 13
Lent - Day 15
Originally published in 2021 In the parable of the vineyard, Jesus reveals the radical nature of our redemption. God turns our rejection of Him into his acceptance and forgiveness of us. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 18, 2022•5 min
Lent - St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick was the apostle of Ireland. What about you and me? https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 17, 2022•4 min
Lent - Day 13
Originally published 2021 If God thinks you can do something, you certainly can do it. And He thinks you can be a saint! https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 16, 2022•5 min
Lent - Day 12
Originally Published in 2021 For Jesus, true greatness means great service. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 15, 2022•4 min
Lent - Day 11
Originally published in 2021 "Judge not." Rash judgment is a very easy way to lack charity. Fighting it is a good Lenten practice. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 14, 2022•5 min
Rebroadcast: Second Sunday of Lent -- From Mount Thabor to Mount Calvary
First published 2/28/2021 Shortly before his death on Calvary Jesus is transfigured in glory on Mount Thabor. Our spiritual lives have similar peaks and valleys. This is no accident but an important part of God's will for us. Learning how to use the peaks to navigate the valleys is a lesson we can learn from Jesus and the apostles' experience on Thabor and on Calvary. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 13, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 12
Lent - Day 10
Originally published in 2021. "Love your enemies, pray for those who persecute you." God wants us to imitate and have a share in Jesus' own merciful love. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 12, 2022•4 min
Lent - Day 9
Originally published in 2021. To be truly righteous, we need to recognize our sinfulness and strive for inner goodness. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 11, 2022•4 min
Lent - Day 8
Originally published in 2021. "Ask, seek, knock." Jesus gives us great confidence that God always answers our prayers. Our Lenten penance can make them even more powerful. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 10, 2022•4 min
Lent - Day 7
Originally published in 2021. Jesus laments the lack of response from his hearers. Lent is a time for us to be a good audience. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 09, 2022•5 min
Lent - Day 6
Originally published in 2021. Forgiveness for our sins is an essential part of Lent. But to receive forgiveness we must be ready to give it. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 08, 2022•5 min
Lent - Day 5
"What you did to the least of these my brethren, you did to me." The final exam of our life will have only one question. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 07, 2022•4 min
"Make Love your Aim": The Point of Lenten Self-Denial
The Lenten practices of prayer and self-denial should increase our Christian charity. Without an increase in love of God and others, Lenten sacrifices risk becoming self-righteous and egotistical. Charity, as described by St. Paul, demands a patient process of growth and self-mastery. The Cross of Christ, which we look forward to at the end of Lent and which we are called to take up daily, is a radical act of trust and selfless love. Practicing such trust and love entails a lively battle against...
Mar 06, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Lent Day 4
Originally published 2021. In order to have Jesus as savior, we have to admit our need for salvation. Unless we realize we are spiritually sick, he cannot save and heal us. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 05, 2022•4 min
Lent Day 3
Originally published 2021. The Church only requires two days of fasting each Lent. If we can, it's good to do more. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 04, 2022•6 min
Lent Day 2
Originally published 2021. "Whoever saves his life will lose it." A huge task in life is giving up control. For more visit https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 03, 2022•5 min
Lent - Day 1
The first daily Lenten Homily. Originally published 2021. For more information, visit https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Mar 02, 2022•4 min
Lent: In the Desert with Jesus
Jesus' forty days in the desert serve as a model for Lent. Detached from normal necessities, Jesus fasts, prays, and battles the devil. Our Lenten sacrifices help us to live more dependent on God, focusing on the “one thing necessary.” Fasting and self-denial give life and energy to the spirit. A generous and fruitful Lent takes insight and courage. The reward for our spiritual life is more than worth the effort.
Mar 02, 2022•29 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Living a Life of Faith
The Sermon on the Mount is the core of Jesus's teaching on how to live with faith. At once challenging and comforting, Jesus's vision of faith calls us to a radical dependence on God and detachment from all other goods. At the heart of faith is an unshakable trust in God's infinite love for us. This conviction frees us to live without fear and to strive for virtue without anxiety. To have a living faith, however, takes personal prayer: times in which we apply the basic truths of our faith in God...
Feb 19, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Touching Jesus with Desperate Faith
A woman suffering from a hemorrhage fights through a crowd to touch Jesus with faith. This Gospel story teaches a great deal about our own relationship with Jesus. Her miracle has three key ingredients: need, faith, and contact with Christ. Our own encounters with Christ will be more impactful and fruitful the more we need him, trust him, and have direct contact with him. Like this woman, we are all spiritually bleeding and wounded. By contact with Christ--in communion, confession and prayer--we...
Feb 13, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 8
The Parable of the Prodigal Son: Freedom and the Father
The parable of the prodigal son is a parable of freedom and filiation. The prodigal son and his older brother both misuse their freedom. They mistakenly feel constrained by their relationship with their father and end up rejecting him. The prodigal son rediscovers his sonship by reflecting on the truth of his situation. This speaks to a close connection between true freedom and the truth itself. The elder son acts correctly for the most part, but does so without charity, without an identificatio...
Feb 05, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Special Episode: Class on the Real Presence of Jesus in The Eucharist
This is the audio of a Zoom class given last year to a women's group at a local parish. The topic is The Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. We review the basic theology of this wonderful doctrine: why we believe it, where it comes from in the Bible, why it's possible, how it works, and its import for our spiritual life. There are about 30 minutes of lecture followed by a time of Q and A. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Feb 04, 2022•45 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Rebroadcast: Detoxing from Idols (originally published 9/23/20)
Originally published 9/23/20 Having the true God as our personal God is a great accomplishment and privilege. The worship of false gods can take various forms. In order to be truly human and to love God as he deserves, we need to identify and cast out our idols. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com
Jan 29, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Needing and Loving Jesus
Jesus is the anointed one, sent by God to preach good news to the poor, to liberate captives, to give sight to the blind, and to free the oppressed. Believing this means bringing all of our problems to him. If we don’t depend on Christ in this way, he is not truly Christ for us. Our souls also need to grow in loving Jesus above everything and everyone else. St. Paul is a model of loving Christ in this way. By reading about and meditating on Christ, conversing with him in our prayer, we grow to l...
Jan 22, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 4
"Do whatever he tells you": Learning from Our Lady
At the wedding feast of Cana, a young couple is privileged with the presence of Jesus and Mary. Mary's interaction with Jesus shows us the power of her intercession and teaches us to have a great trust in God. Our Lady's advice, 'do whatever he tells you,' is at once practical and profound. Coming from her own experience of fruitful submission to God's will, this piece of advice is a foolproof way to grow in holiness and in love. https://comeawaybyyourselves.com...
Jan 15, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Rebroadcast: A Love Beyond Rights and Duties: The Baptism of Jesus
First published 1/11/21: In Jesus's Baptism we see Jesus doing something unnecessary and in a sense unfair. He takes on the role of a sinner, allowing John to baptize him with his baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. At the beginning of his public life, this event foreshadows our redemption at the end of Jesus's life--his death on the cross. Jesus loves us by lowering himself, forgetful of his status and his rights, giving himself in a way that is beyond all necessity and human log...
Jan 08, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 2
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