Welcome to another episode of EvangeliNation mini-retreats for your life. Who knows where our musings will take us? Tune in to find out.
We are at war. This has become clear in various subtle or not-so-subtle ways. For example, as a nation, we are battling for our lives via out-of-control health crises. We are also battling for personal integrity, and this battle for the perfection of human temperance comes into focus during Holy Week.
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Today, as we celebrate the great feast of the conversion of Saint Paul, we take a look at the Parable of the Sower and the Seed, that enigmatic story of Jesus that promises an abundant life to those who hear it and are able to apply this wisdom in their day lives. So, what are you waiting for? Find out how to be rich soil that bears fruit--30, 60 or 100-fold!
What do you do when you pray and pray and it just seems that God is not listening or is not sending you the solution you so ardently desire?
Let’s take a look at this universal human experience of (seemingly) unanswered prayer from a few different perspectives, always relying of course on sacred scripture, the inspired Word of God, and the historical events of salvation history that are recorded in the Bible.
So, what do you do when you pray and it seems that your prayers are not being answered? This is the topic of our episode today.
In this episode, we explore the mystery of the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River by John, and we do this with an eye to understanding what it all means for us in the modern world today.
Here are some of the texts referenced in this episode:
Mark 10:38
Matthew 28:19
Matthew 14, Mark 6, Luke 9, John 6 (miracle of loaves & fishes)
Mark 15:39 (Centurion's profession of faith)
Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) 1225
John 3:5
In this episode, we ring in the New Year with reflections on seemingly disparate topics, bringing it all together in a way that compels us to resolve to make better decisions in 2024 and gives us the clarity of a litmus test for making decisions.
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Join me in praying the Patriotic Rosary for the conversion of our nation and the souls within it.
If you are unfamiliar with the Rosary as a form of prayer, please search for and listen to my podcast "The Rosary is Scriptural" to understand more about this powerful means of spiritual battle.
In this episode, EvangeliNation returns to the airwaves in 2023 with a look at the theology of Blessed James Alberione, holy priest and founder of the Pauline Family of religious and secular institutes of consecrated life.
Alberione's theological thought forms the foundation of the whole life of a Pauline, and indeed, I would say of every Christian. Join me today as we begin to drink in the deep reflections of this insightful man's intellectual, spiritual, and moral life through a reading of his collection of notes called Abundantes divitiae gratiae suae, "the abundant riches of His grace."
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This is a reflection on American Independence in 2022.
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Do you know who St. Mary of Egypt is? Find out about this obscure saint and how her story is super important for everyone on the planet today!
Don't miss the deep insights revealed in today's retreat reflection, featuring a reading from Chapter XII of Mystical City of God: The Coronation. In this reading is revealed the inception and reason for the feasts of the Church. You will have a greater appreciation and reverence for them after listening to this episode.
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How do we evangelize the nation? This podcast outlines the blueprint for how we do just that.
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This is the first ever "double episode" produced in honor of the Easter Triduum. Come away on a fisherman's boat into the waters of sunny reflections.
At the time of this recording, Holy Week has begun for Christians all over the world. So, today, we are talking about the 12 Apostles that gathered around Jesus for His Last Supper, the Passover ("Seder") meal that He shared with His Apostles before He laid down His life for His friends . . . and for all of us in a mystical reality that is no less pertinent and profound today than it was back then. Isn't that an extraordinary thing to say?
The meal He shared with His friends was like everything else He did: it had long-lasting phenomenal consequences for the whole world. Who can comprehend the mystery and beauty of even one moment like that shared with the God-Man, Jesus Christ? If we could get even just a little taste of it, I think it would change who we are today forever. I guess that is the aim of this episode. Enjoy.
May you have a holy and blessed Pesach / Pascha / Pascua / Easter Triduum.
The Great Chastisement is coming (cf. Matthew 24). That is not a sensational statement but a fact attested to by many prophetic people and events, one of which is the stigmata-bearing witness of Antonio Ruffini (not the subject of this podcast) and among so many others, one Barnabas Nwoye, a teenager who received "the greatest devotion of all time" from Jesus for the conversion of the world. This happened in Olo, Enugu State, Nigeria. This podcast addresses one aspect of this great Devotion to the Most Precious Blood, and it is the reception of the Seal of the Living God in the context of 5 months of weekly "Gethsemane Hour" devotions entered into from 11:00 p.m. Thursday to 3:00 a.m. Friday of each week.
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In 1983, a prayer group was started in Medjugorje.
LISTEN TODAY to hear Our Lady's rules for the voluntary members of this group.
These rules will help you grow in your spiritual life.
Today's podcast is devoted to sharing Our Lady's weekly messages to the parish of Medjugorje from July through Christmas Day of 1986. These apparitions and messages are 100% approved by the magisterium of the Catholic Church.
Our Lady Queen of Peace has been appearing on earth since 1981 to visionaries from the little town of Medjugorje, Bosnia-Hercegovina. This podcast gives a brief overview of how this started and offers resources you can use to delve more deeply into this great and powerful gift God has given to the world.
The gift of Medjugorje is, first of all, a great display of our Blessed Mother's love for all humanity. She as been visiting the earth tirelessly for 40 years to lead us out of darkness into the wonderful light of Her Son. He who became Incarnate in Her as the Word of God Made Flesh is permitting Her to come to us, to undertake by the power of the divine love flowing through her Immaculate Heart the visitation of Her children like never before in human history. Have we not been very lazy and weak in our response to this great gift? Let's change that! Now is Her time to crush--with Her Son--the head of the ancient serpent.
Join me today to drink in Our Heavenly Mother's messages from Heaven!
As a Church, as a nation, as a world, we are very late in listening to our mother's pleas from Medjugorje. They are pleas for us to open ourselves to God in prayer, so that we can love, experience joy, happiness, and live in peace. These messages are dated from Jan-Jun 1986 and are 100% approved by the Church. Next week, we will meditate upon messages given during the second half of 1986.
Today's message is a poetic winter appeal for the Pauline Community of Saint Joseph and especially the new marriage and family ministries we are launching this year! (To "submit the form below" just click on the link that says "CLICK HERE" below.)
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Drink in the life-saving encouragement and power of Psalm 91 today, and enjoy my fresh rendering of this ancient prayer of David according to the traditional rabbinic interpretation from the Hebrew.
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