Catholic Audiobook in a Month Podcast

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Join us on a unique spiritual journey each month! In the Catholic Audiobook IN a Month Podcast, we dive into a Catholic book, reading it together day by day. Each month is carefully broken into daily ... more

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The podcast currently has 118 episodes available.

Catholic Audiobook in a Month Podcast episodes:

September 23, 2025Day 23: Pt V Ch 1 — The Practice of Mental Prayer
In today’s episode we hear…
About Active Contemplation
That it’s a type of meditation
That it is based on peace, adoration, and love
That it’s focus is on stirring up love for God
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17min
September 22, 2025Day 22: Pt IV Ch 6 — The Practice of Mental Prayer
In today’s episode we hear about not being able to follow a course of reasoning because…
A person has limited mental capacity
Ill health
A person is naturally given to warm affections
That person is actually in Affective Prayer
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14min
September 21, 2025Day 21: Pt IV Ch 3-5 — The Practice of Mental Prayer
In today’s episode we hear…
When we feel weary in prayer we should remember that we do not pray for “Spiritual Delights”
When we feel discouraged we should remember that the Holy Spirit sometimes delays before visiting the soul in prayer, and how we need to be patient
If we struggle with meditation, a book or a Spiritual Director can be helpful.
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23min
September 20, 2025Day 20: Pt IV Ch 1-2 — The Practice of Mental Prayer
In today’s episode we hear…
How we shouldn’t be surprised by distractions
That usually we just need to return to the subject of the meditation
That when distractions are especially severe we can make acts of faith, hope, charity, adoration, petition, etc.
How dryness can be caused by lack of vigor or as a trial
That there are two kinds of dryness: intermittent and continuous
Suggestions from St. Ignatius’ Discernment of Spirits
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15min
September 19, 2025Day 19: Pt III Ch 3-4 — The Practice of Mental Prayer
In today’s episode we hear…
How ordinary prayer must have acts of the intellect and will, or at least the will, to be fruitful
About raising one’s heart to God throughout the day
Tips on dryness for prayer throughout the day
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17min
September 18, 2025Day 18: Pt III Ch 2 — The Practice of Mental Prayer
In today’s episode we hear…
About the 4 advantages of Affective Prayer:
Abundant Spiritual Consolation
It gives us a high idea of the perfection of God
It leads to union of our will to God’s
It gives fervor for all things connected with God’s service
About 4 precautions about using Affective Prayer before we receive the grace to do so:
Our faults are still corrected with difficulty
Solid virtue has not been acquired
We still struggle to banish human ideas for the Divine perspective
We remain cold in our affections
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18min
September 17, 2025Day 17: Pt III Ch 1 — The Practice of Mental Prayer
In today’s episode we hear…
That Affective Prayer comes after the practice of Meditation
How it has an emphasis on the will
How it greatly shortens the time spent in consideration
That acts of adoration, praise, oblation, etc. come easily in Affective Prayer
How in it, resolutions form spontaneously as opposed to as a result of reflection
How it is a grace
That the soul in Affective Prayer still experiences distractions and the means to dealing with them
How souls will not always be able to make this type of prayer
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16min
September 16, 2025Day 16: Pt II Ch 27-30 — The Practice of Mental Prayer
In today’s episode we hear…
How the entire surrender of ourselves to God is the perfection towards which we ought to strive during life
Of two motives for oblation: justice and love
About Affections: giving thanks for our meditation, offering our resolutions, and asking for the grace to fulfill them
About making a reflection on our prayer, which includes an examination and recapitulation
What are the best time, length, place, and body position for prayer
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18min
September 15, 2025Day 15: Pt II Ch 25-26 — The Practice of Mental Prayer
In today’s episode we hear about 4 ways of praying:
Asking God for particular graces
Prayer to God in a general manner
Offering God motives to hear our prayer
Making No Request
Also the circumstances when petition is fitting:
When urged by the Holy Spirit to ask for a particular grace
With Spiritual Consolation
With Spiritual Desolation
When about to do something “important for God”
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15min
September 14, 2025Day 14: Pt II Ch 23-24 — The Practice of Mental Prayer
In today’s episode we hear…
How prayer must be humble, confident, and persistent
How prayer for temporal favors is good but not infallible
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15min

FAQs about Catholic Audiobook in a Month Podcast:

How many episodes does Catholic Audiobook in a Month Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 118 episodes available.