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Danii and Fr Rob Galea discuss the Sunday Gospel reading, John 3: 16-18, and discuss the context of the words spoken by Jesus, the 'difference' between Old Testament God and New Testament God, and unpack how to understand the mystery of the Holy Trinity. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations....
Danii and Fr Rob Galea discuss the Sunday Gospel reading, John 20:19-23, and talk about living in the presence, power, and glory of the Holy Spirit. Fr Rob shares what it’s like to be a priest in the confessional and why it’s important that we go to the sacrament of reconciliation. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations....
Danii and Fr Rob Galea discuss the Sunday Gospel reading, Matthew 28:16-20, and discuss the Great Commission Jesus gave to his apostles on the mountain, and how we can live out that commission in the 21st century. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.
Danii and Fr Rob Galea discuss the Sunday Gospel reading, John 14:15-21, and discuss who the Holy Spirit is and what it means to have fellowship with the Holy Spirit. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.
Danii and Fr Rob Galea discuss the Sunday Gospel reading, John 14:1-12, and discuss what Jesus meant when he said "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life." and what heaven is like. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.
In this episode of the Catholic Influencer's Podcast Fr Rob hosts solo in isolation as he discusses the scripture for this Sunday's Gospel reading and what Jesus means when he calls himself the shepherd and the gate for the sheep. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.
In this episode of the Catholic Influencer's Podcast Fr Rob hosts solo in isolation as he discusses the scripture for this Sunday's Gospel reading and leads prayer in this time of uncertainty. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.
Danii and Fr Rob Galea discuss the Sunday gospel reading for Divine Mercy Sunday and the role that Doubt has in St. Thomas' life, and the role doubt can play in leading us closer to Jesus in our own lives. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.
Danii and Fr Rob Galea discuss the Sunday gospel reading for Easter Sunday and St. Peter’s leadership. The topic for this podcast is Christian leadership, and three important aspects of it. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.
In this episode Fr Rob Galea and Danii Sullivan look at the the medical side of the crucifixion of Jesus, ahead of Palm Sunday. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.
Fr Rob Galea and Danii look at the Sunday gospel reading for 4th Sunday of Lent, Jn 11:1-45. In this episode we discuss the difference between Mary and Martha and the faith of both these women. The topic this week perseverance, and the importance of continuing to pray, and continuing to believe God is listening to us and working in our lives- even when it might not seem that way to us. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at os...
Fr Rob Galea and Danii look at the Sunday gospel reading for 4th Sunday of Lent, Jn 9:1-41. This episode looks as the beliefs of the origin of illness and suffering in the time of Jesus. The topic this week is ‘Why Does God Allow Suffering?’ and Fr Rob talks about Why God allows suffering, and how we can use suffering to draw closer to God. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conve...
Fr Rob Galea and Danii look at the Sunday gospel reading for 3rd Sunday of Lent, Jn 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42. They discuss Jesus taking the time to have an encounter with and build a relationship with the Samaritan woman at the well, and His desire to have this relationship and encounter with each one of us. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations....
Fr Rob Galea and Danii look at the Sunday gospel reading for 2nd Sunday of Lent, Matthew 17:1-9 and look at the transfiguration of Jesus and how this can relate to our own lives in terms of discernment, surrounding yourself with faithful friends, and the importance of mountaintop experiences and daily faith. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations....
Fr Rob Galea and Danii look at the Sunday gospel reading for 1st Sunday of Lent, Matthew 4:1-11 and discuss the three temptations Jesus faced in the wilderness. And how these temptations might look in our lives. The topic this week is 'Stillness and Silence', and looks at the importance of taking time each day to be silent, still, and give ourselves the opportunity to hear what God is speaking to us in that silence. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, ...
Fr Rob Galea and Danii look at the Sunday Gospel Reading for 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time Matthew 5:38-48 and discuss the extravagant love of God. This weeks podcast look at the context, audience and purpose of Jesus addressing the crowds. And how we, as Christians, are called to imitate the extravagance of God. The topic this week is 'God Loves Everyone, Not Just Christians', and how we, as Christians, are called to imitate the extravagance of God and not set conditions on who we love....
Fr Rob Galea and Danii look at the Sunday Gospel Reading for the 6th Week of Ordinary Time, Matt 5:20-22A, 27-28, 33-34A, 37. This weeks topic is Chastity. Danii and Fr Rob discuss the difference between chastity and celibacy, purity of heart, and Theology of the Body. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations....
In the first episode of Season Three of the Catholic Influencer's Podcast Fr Rob Galea and Danii look at the Sunday Gospel Reading for the 5th Week of Ordinary Time, Matt 5:13-16. And then look at this weeks topic, gifts and talents. They discuss the unique gifts each person has, the difference between supernatural and natural gifts, and the way in which we're called to use them for the good of the kingdom of God and for each other. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover mo...
Fr Rob Galea and Danii unpack the Gospel reading from the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Matthew 1:18-24 and discuss the #howtoadvent activities for the first week of Advent. Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations.
Fr Rob Galea and Danii unpack the Gospel reading from the Third Sunday of Advent, Matthew 11:2-11 and discuss the #howtoadvent activities for the first week of Advent. Activity- An act of service Saint of the week- Mary Mother of God Prayer- Hail Mary Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversations....
Fr Rob Galea and Danii unpack the Gospel reading from the Second Sunday of Advent, Matthew 3:1-12 and discuss the #howtoadvent activities for the first week of Advent. Activity- Write and send a physical Christmas card to someone. Saint of the week- St John the Baptist Prayer- Lord, Advent is here, but so is family tension. Advent is here, but so are dysfunctional relationships. Advent is here, but so are old habits. Advent is here, but gone are people we love. Advent is here, but old baggage st...
Fr Rob Galea and Danii unpack the Gospel reading from the First Sunday of Advent, Matthew 24:37-44 and discuss the #howtoadvent activities for the first week of Advent. Activity- Put a nativity set up in your home Saint of the week- St Francis of Assisi Prayer- For the grace to transform our lives this lent and become more like Jesus Support the show An OSV Podcasts partner. Discover more ways to live, learn, and love your Catholic faith at osvpodcasts.com. Sharing stories, starting conversation...
The people stayed there before the cross watching Jesus. As for the leaders, they jeered at him. ‘He saved others,’ they said ‘let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.’ The soldiers mocked him too, and when they approached to offer vinegar they said, ‘If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.’ Above him there was an inscription: ‘This is the King of the Jews.’ One of the criminals hanging there abused him. ‘Are you not the Christ?’ he said. ‘Save yourself and us as ...
When some were talking about the Temple, remarking how it was adorned with fine stonework and votive offerings, Jesus said, ‘All these things you are staring at now – the time will come when not a single stone will be left on another: everything will be destroyed.’ And they put to him this question: ‘Master,’ they said ‘when will this happen, then, and what sign will there be that this is about to take place?’ ‘Take care not to be deceived,’ he said ‘because many will come using my name and sayi...
Some Sadducees – those who say that there is no resurrection – approached Jesus and they put this question to him, ‘Master, we have it from Moses in writing, that if a man’s married brother dies childless, the man must marry the widow to raise up children for his brother. Well then, there were seven brothers. The first, having married a wife, died childless. The second and then the third married the widow. And the same with all seven, they died leaving no children. Finally the woman herself died...
Jesus entered Jericho and was going through the town when a man whose name was Zacchaeus made his appearance: he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man. He was anxious to see what kind of man Jesus was, but he was too short and could not see him for the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to catch a glimpse of Jesus who was to pass that way. When Jesus reached the spot he looked up and spoke to him: ‘Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I must stay at your house to...
Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. "Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, 'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity -- greedy, dishonest, adulterous -- or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.' But the tax col...
Jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. ‘There was a judge in a certain town’ he said ‘who had neither fear of God nor respect for man. In the same town there was a widow who kept on coming to him and saying, “I want justice from you against my enemy!” For a long time he refused, but at last he said to himself, “Maybe I have neither fear of God nor respect for man, but since she keeps pestering me I must give this widow her just rights, or she ...
As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance from him and raised their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!" And when he saw them, he said, "Go show yourselves to the priests." As they were going they were cleansed. And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked hi...
The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’ The Lord replied, ‘Were your faith the size of a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, “Be uprooted and planted in the sea,” and it would obey you. ‘Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, “Come and have your meal immediately”? Would he not be more likely to say, “Get my supper laid; make yourself tidy and wait on me while I eat and drink. You can eat and drink you...
