Episode 180 - The Battle, Series on Silence Vs. Noise (Part 1 of 2) How are you able to receive and communicate with God? Silence is the divine language. God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit love and communicate in eternal silence and if we want to look at and learn about God, we have to let ourselves be moved by that. However, the world has become a place of radical noise, trying to rob us of the experience of God and there's always been an inner battle to stay in contemplative silence. Today,...
Oct 04, 2023•43 min
Episode 179 - Pray Always Do you set a time in the day to pray? Do you stay in relationship with the Lord throughout the day? Turns out, we should be doing both! We have an opportunity and even an invitation to remain in this relationship with the Lord throughout our day. But to be able to do that, we have to make prayer important, make prayer a priority, and formally make God a part of our lives. In this episode, we're going to talk about how we can sanctify our day by praying without ceasing a...
Sep 27, 2023•53 min
Episode 178 - Perseverence Not Pretty Do you think God is calling us to be perfect or just to be pretty? Personally, I think not. I believe what we're called to is not pretty or perfection but perseverance. Sometimes it's much easier to have a very happy-looking social media feed than to have a happy heart and home in reality. But we're not going for things to look good, instead what we're going for is to be good and to persevere in this goodness. In this episode, we are going to highlight the i...
Sep 20, 2023•50 min
Episode 177 - Gratitude vs Greed A person who lives in a place of gratitude usually focuses on what they have. On the other hand, the person who struggles with greed and lives in that place usually focuses on what they don't have. Both can have or do not have the EXACT same thing but one person can have an experience of fullness and gratefulness while one person, has an experience of emptiness, and disappointment, discouragement. So in our lives, what are we focusing on—what are we paying attent...
Sep 13, 2023•47 min
Episode 176 - Make a Home What is the place of HOME? It's a place where we are safe, loved, known, and seen—a place where we are well-received and can be ourselves. Brokeness may significantly affect our experience of home but ideally home is a place of joy and laughter, a place of communion. In this episode, we'll talk about hospitality, what home is, what it can be, and how we can make it a place where we can joyfully experience living in relationships with love. The Poco a Poco podcast happen...
Sep 06, 2023•49 min
Episode SEEK - Holiness is Possible What is that SEEK episode, what happened in there? In the previous episodes, you might have heard that we referenced a SEEK episode a few times. Today's episode is pretty unique—a throwback episode that we wanted to share with you to give you an idea about our SEEK episode but at the same time we're gonna talk about following Jesus. We're gonna talk about what you want and how you want to get it. Holiness, happiness, and fullness of life are possible, but it d...
Aug 30, 2023•47 min
Episode 175 - Detest Sin, Love Your Neighbor, Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 8 of 8) What happens when we deeply give ourselves to the lives of prayer and the experience of God? The Fire Within series has been quite intense but it's actually the reality of the depths of the gospel truly lived. It goes beyond the ordinary simply because living out the Gospel wholeheartedly is NOT ordinary—but extraordinary. And little by little, Poco a Poco, it's the place that we want to b...
Aug 23, 2023•49 min
Episode 174 - Mind Your Business, Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 7 of 8) Solitude is not just quiet time for ourselves. It is not running from people, isolation, nor hiding from or avoiding our problems by going off and being by ourselves. But rather it is avoiding certain behaviors, worldviews, curiosities, and distractions that take our focus on the Lord. According to Fr. Dubay, authentic solitude is the healthy turning towards one's beloved. It is an authentic pursuit o...
Aug 16, 2023•50 min
Episode 173 - Humility, Obedience, and Prayer, Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 6 of 8) Humility is a lowliness—lowliness not for its own sake but rather a right understanding of who we are and who we are not. It's a place where you know more about what everybody is saying in a room, but don't always have to say anything or don't need to be someone who wants to seem smarter than everybody else. In this sixth episode of our Fire Within series, we're gonna talk about the impor...
Aug 09, 2023•54 min
Episode 172 - Suffering and Prayer, Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 5 of 8) In reality, suffering's out there, in many ways, and in most ways, it's unavoidable. So, "Okay, what do we do with it?". This is the question that we'll try to unpack in today's episode. We are invited to unite our suffering with Jesus and offer it to Him. As we suffer generously and give that to the Lord, one of the fruits of it is that it creates the space and cultivates the soul for profound unio...
Aug 02, 2023•58 min
Episode 171 - Conditions for Growth, Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 4 of 8) We are all invited to a profound, mystical union with God. But in order to grow in our spiritual life, Fr. Dubay mentioned in his book that there are certain conditions that we need to understand for our growth in the mystical or spiritual life. In this fourth episode of our series on the Fire Within, we'll try to reflect upon and respond to the 8 conditions for spiritual growth. This also is an in...
Jul 26, 2023•48 min
Episode 170 - Experiencing God, Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 3 of 8) The medicine for wanting to pray is learning to live in the reality that's most true-God wants to be in communion with us. Meditation, contemplation, and infused prayer are things that can help us live in this reality and this is what we're gonna talk about in this third episode of our series on the Fire Within. This episode also aims to present before us, an authentically Catholic understanding of expe...
Jul 19, 2023•55 min
Episode 169 - Prayer and Repentance, Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 2 of 8) Growth in spiritual life is never easy. In the beginning, it's gonna take a LOT of effort. But as it goes on, you'll notice that it becomes more and more the Lord's work and less and less contingent on our human work. This is the second episode of our series on the Fire Within that talks about how St. Theresa sees the "giftness" of advanced prayer and the relationship between prayer and the profoun...
Jul 12, 2023•54 min
Episode 168 - Serious Prayer and Serious Joy, Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 1 of 8) We are anointed with the power of the holy spirit and this is the fire that we've been given. With this fire, all of us are called to live a deep union with God—not just to live in mediocrity with our spiritual life but to set ablaze with love for the Lord. This is the first episode of our series on the Fire Within which reminds us of the importance of being given to prayer and the importa...
Jul 05, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Episode 167 - Actions and Consequences Jesus dying on the cross is the symbol of God's victory but is also the consequence to sin. This is one of the most striking examples that there are things that we can do that are gonna have real concrete consequences in our lives and the lives of others. As Christians and Catholics, we try to memorialize this consequence through the crucifix. But in reality, there's still a real struggle in surrendering to the fact that our actions have real consequences. ...
Jun 28, 2023•51 min
Episode 166 - More Than My Sin How do we respond to the serious sins in our lives? For many of us, there is a temptation to be overly critical of ourselves and we let that define us. But, our spiritual life should not be defined by these serious sins. We are invited to be with the Lord and let him teach us about our hearts in the place of sin. In this episode, we'll unpack and attempt to answer this question. A reminder that you are more than your sins. The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of...
Jun 21, 2023•52 min
Episode 165 - On Being Chosen Loneliness can make us feel that we're not chosen, it can give us a sense that we are totally in isolation. And sometimes it's so easy to forget BUT we have to remember what's true—we have a God who loves us and chooses us. This is the first part of our series on Fr. Dubay's The Fire Within where we dive deep into the idea, experience, and desire of being chosen—a reminder that despite the difficulties in our life experiences, we are chosen, desired, and pursued by ...
Jun 14, 2023•58 min
Episode 164 - The Body and Blood of Christ Do we still know deep within ourselves, how amazing the gift of the Eucharist is? Sometimes, we can forget and take that for granted, but it's awesome how Jesus gives Himself to us, in the form of bread and wine through the Eucharist. In the most humble way, the Lord wants to offer himself to us and be with us ALWAYS. In celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi, we're going to dive deeper into the Eucharist and its importance—an attempt to remind ours...
Jun 07, 2023•59 min
Episode 163 - Praying with Scripture The Scripture is one of the Lord's best ways to talk to us, a way for us to converse with God. It is also a good reminder of who Jesus is and who we are to Him. Most of us say that praying with scriptures is something that's good to do, but how do we actually do that? In this episode, we're going to offer some initial guidance on praying with scriptures and provide some good practices that might be helpful for us to have a more fruitful relationship with God ...
May 31, 2023•49 min
Episode 162 - My Brother's Keeper? Not every relationship is the same, so not every fraternal correction will be the same. This may vary between a parent and a child, between friends, between a boss and his subordinates, between strangers, or between a formator and the people their forming. In today's episode, we will discuss essential distinctions when it comes to fraternal correction and try to shed some light on what would be our responsibilities or what we are supposed to do when we encounte...
May 24, 2023•52 min
Episode 161 - Dealing with Loneliness Loneliness is a common experience that we all share. Whether you're in crowds of people or constantly with other people who are not peers. Maybe you're in a marriage surrounded by kids all day, or you could be in isolation and feel you have not been chosen by people. Either way, at times we can experience loneliness at some point. Instead of trying to escape it or fill that void with other things, what exactly do we need to do with that loneliness? This is w...
May 17, 2023•57 min
Episode 160 - Prayer, Presence, Party (Easter Things) What do you do after Easter Sunday? We are invited to be overwhelmed with paschal joy during the Easter season, but instead, we usually resolve to our daily grind like everything isn't transformed by our encounter with the risen Lord. So many of us return to our normal ways shortly after the resurrection—we can sometimes take comfort in that. In today's episode, we're gonna talk about the importance of Easter and how we can allow the liturgy ...
May 10, 2023•1 hr
Episode 159 - Our Stories How much do you know about the hosts of the Poco a Poco Podcast? Some people have been along with the Poco a Poco journey for some time now and may already know certain things about them. On the other hand, some people might also be new to this podcast and may want to know more about our beloved brothers. So in today's episode, the Poco a Poco squad is going to share a little bit of their stories—their testimonies about what God has done to their lives and how they got ...
May 03, 2023•55 min
Episode 158 - The Options Not Optional "How is Jesus calling you to serve the poor?" This is the question we'll attempt to answer in this episode. Jesus loved the poor and like Him, we are called to be a lifeline for a person in need. God's sees the poor but we are called to intercede on their behalf—to be somebody who'e able to bring them to Him. This episode talks about the importance, necessity and the beauty of having hearts that are mindful of those who are most in need. An invitation to li...
Apr 26, 2023•51 min
Episode 157 - Hot Takes 3 We have to understand that we are going through different journeys. God is doing something completely different in each of our lives and we have to be attentive to that. Let us not be so quick to judge—everything is not as simple as it may seem. As we continue our journeys through life, we will constantly encounter our own and other people's struggles, flaws, weaknesses, and even sins. In our Catholic life, there will be a lot of questions that will come our way and in ...
Apr 19, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Episode 156 - I Am The Resurrection Do we live our lives believing—having faith in the ressurection? In this ongoing journey of stripping the things we clothe ourselves with, Jesus wants us to give him the things that hold us back and desires to give himself in return. We have sins that isolates and causes us to go into hiding, but the gift of the resurrection breaks it all open. This episode focuses on the importance of the resurrection. An invitation to allow the hope of the resurrection to en...
Apr 12, 2023•55 min
Episode 155 - Surrender It All (Lent 2023) Can we allow oursleves to be exposed before the Lord in prayer? Are we able to be before the Lord as we are and not holding anything back of ourselves or hiding ourselves in any way? These are the questions that we are attempting to unpack in this seventh part of our Lenten series. In this episode we are talking about how we can be stripped of all the things we cloth ourselves with—to be clothed with the dignity of the Father's providence and our identi...
Apr 05, 2023•51 min
Episode 154 - Surrender Authority (Lent 2023) How does Jesus have authority? It is through His obedience to the Father. But one incredible reality of Jesus is that, in His authority He takes all the stench to the cross where it will be killed in His crucifixion. His authority is not one that lords it over us. It's not one that forces us to bow down and tremble before Him. But it's one that allows Himself to be emptied and clothed with all the messiness, struggles, confusion and pain so he can ta...
Mar 29, 2023•51 min
Episode 153 - Surrender the Stench (Lent 2023) "Have I told Jesus all of my story?" That's the question that we are going to unpack in this episode. Most of us have confessed and have sought healing in particular places of our lives, but there are still parts of who we are now that we keep in the dark—the stench. The reality of that stench is that it is discouraging and it is despairing, but Jesus comes and He's not afraid of that. This episode is the fifth part of our Lenten series on Fr. Mark ...
Mar 22, 2023•56 min
Episode 152 - Surrender the Script (Lent 2023) There's this simplicity that when we encounter Jesus, our lives become different. We may not understand it and it might not look the same for each of us, but our lives becomes different. Just like the story of the man born blind, before he met Jesus and hoped in Him, he was living in darkness unable to see. After his encounter there had been healing and he was finally able to see. Things changed. We know that there's an absolute vulnerability and st...
Mar 15, 2023•57 min
