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Restore the Glory
A podcast about Catholic teaching and why it makes sense.
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Prime Matters
Awakening the Catholic Imaginative Vision.
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Abiding Together
Abiding Together provides a place of connection, rest and encouragement for people who are on the journey of living out their passion and purpose in Jesus Christ.
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Crash Course Catholicism
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Abiding Together: Sr. Miriam James Heidland, Heather Khym, Michelle Benzinger
The Four Places of Advent: Eden (Part 1)
In this episode, we begin our Advent journey in Eden, a place of freedom, communion, and life without shame. Eden is not only a...
Fr. Mike Schmitz
God’s Not Asking You to Be Successful
"God does not ask us to be successful, He asks us to be faithful." - St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Fr. Mike Schmitz reflects o...
Fr. Mike Schmitz
The Reason God Hasn’t Answered Your Prayer Yet
Do you trust God's timing? Fr. Mike Schmitz reminds us that God is never late (and never early). We can trust whole heartedly ...
Fr. Mike Schmitz
Maybe I Should Have Said Something…
When you miss an opportunity to share the faith, what's the next step? Fr. Mike Schmitz reflects on the question, "When should ...
Hannah Jakus
Getting My Heart to Believe My Head
There is a scene in the emotional movie, “Good Will Hunting”, where Will is laid back against a wooden desk and his therapist l...
Christina Eberle, OSV News
This Advent, Let’s Pray With Our Foremothers in the Faith
I fell in love with the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew’s Gospel decades ago, when I encountered it—in rapid succession—in both F...
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Encountering God
Brother Silas Henderson
Preparing for the light of Christmas in the darkness of Advent
“Stay awake! For you do not know on which day the Lord will come… you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, ...
Josh Mcdonald
Patron Saints for Introverts: How to Live Your Best Introverted, Spiritual Life
We live in an extroverted world, and as an introvert and a writer, I love the idea of shutting out the rest of the world for se...
Hannah Chartier
How Do I Abide? A Daily Guide to Abiding in Christ
“Abide in me, and I in you. Just as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so also are y...
Hannah Jakus
Learning to Pray Daily in a Life That Was Always Full
I have always loved routine and habit-forming. I remember having particular routines in late elementary school like packing my ...
Dennis Lambert
What Is Grace? Three Truths That Help Us Understand God’s Favor
Shortly after being ordained a deacon, I was asked by my pastor to put together a presentation on the sacraments. Working my wa...
Fr. Mike Schmitz
What To Do When You Feel Like God’s Not Speaking to You
Do you struggle to get much out of prayer? Do you feel like God’s not speaking to you?Today, Fr. Mike Schmitz invites us to dee...
What does the Catholic Church teach?
Find resources particularly relating to the teachings of the Catholic Church, and her fundamental doctrine.
Building Community
Cecilia Pigg
How to Have a Fruitful Disagreement With Someone You Love, According to St. Ignatius
Whether it’s your boyfriend, sister, or best friend, chances are you’ll disagree with someone about something sometime. What ar...
Fr. Mike Schmitz
Wanting to Fix People
We have a tendency to want to fix the people we love. While delighting in all their good traits, we think, “If only they didn’t...
Fr. Mike Schmitz
Family brings out the worst in you (so that God can heal it)
Fr. Mike explains how being at home with our family is one of God’s favorite ways to make us holy—if we are honest about the ar...
Fr. Mike Schmitz
Is It OK to Hate Someone?
What do we need to do as Catholic Christians to convey that the message of our religion is one of pure love? So often we misrep...
Fr. Mike Schmitz
How to Love Your Difficult Parents
The Ten Commandments tell us to “honor thy mother and father”, but what does that really look like? Especially for adult childr...
Anna Laughery
How to Transform Anger into Mercy
There are many virtues which people of all faiths and backgrounds extol. Courage, kindness, wisdom, love, and hope are recogniz...
Experiencing the Sacraments
Sherry Antonetti
How to Spend an Hour in Adoration
Taking time to be with Jesus in the Eucharist is a recipe for finding the peace your soul needs.Adoration is one of the most be...
James Tynen
The Comfort of Silence: How Adoration Helps Us Pay Attention
For my first attempt at Eucharistic adoration, I was late. I had signed up online for adoration at our church’s chapel. I chose...
Fr. Mike Schmitz
What You Have NOT Been Told About Baptism
Are you a child of the light or a child of darkness? Today, Fr. Mike reminds us that, though we are all born with original sin,...
Aleteia
If feeling guilty is the reason you’re NOT going to Confession: A priest’s advice
“I already feel guilty enough about what I did. I don’t need a priest to make me feel more guilty.” Prayer, fasting, and almsgi...
Theresa Civantos Barber
5 Ways to Rest in Christ This Winter
Quiet. Rest. Stillness. Peace. These aren’t things to which our rat-race culture gives much attention. But in recent years, th...
Laura O'Callaghan
4 Ways to Make Your Life Eucharistic Even if You Can’t Make it to Daily Mass
Do you wish you could get to daily Mass but just can’t?It can be tough to find the time, particularly for busy employees, shift...