This episode begins to discover what Pope Saint John Paul II has to say about the sacrament of marriage and interpreting our existence as gift.

To read the original Wednesday audiences featuring the series of Theology of the Body catecheses, see: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/audiences/1979.index.html

For more on Carmelite spirituality and the contemplative itinerary of prayer, see: https://www.amazon.com/Shoeless-Carmelite-Spirituality-Disquieted-World-ebook/dp/B098BD814F/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1660174656&sr=8-1

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This episode explores the classic Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity by Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, OCD.

To read the Prayer to the Most Holy Trinity by Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity, see: https://carmelitesofrochester.org/new-page-82

For more on Carmelite spirituality and the contemplative itinerary of prayer, see: https://www.amazon.com/Shoeless-Carmelite-Spirituality-Disquieted-World-ebook/dp/B098BD814F/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1660174656&sr=8-1

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This episode features the concept of the dark night of the soul within the poetry and commentaries of Saint John of the Cross.

To read more of the writings of Saint John of the Cross, see: https://www.ccel.org/ccel/john_cross

For more on Carmelite spirituality and the contemplative itinerary of prayer, see: https://www.amazon.com/Shoeless-Carmelite-Spirituality-Disquieted-World-ebook/dp/B098BD814F/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1660174656&sr=8-1

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To watch the music video of Kirk Franklin's song "Love Theory," visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aD8OK07iIY 

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This episode showcases Saint Augustine's concept of confession that includes both confession of sin and confession of praise, as a way forward within our postmodern cultural situation.

To read more of Saint Augustine's Confessions, see: https://www.ccel.org/ccel/augustine/confess.html

To read the book Motown Evangelization: Sharing the Gospel of Jesus in a Detroit Style, see: https://www.amazon.com/Motown-Evangelization-Sharing-Detroit-Perspectives-ebook/dp/B0B81DVLSJ/ref=sr_1_12?crid=23XCL5CFU1FCE&keywords=donald+wallenfang&qid=1659529395&sprefix=%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-12 

To read more of Dr. Wallenfang's confessional autobiography, see:

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To read more of Prof. Jean-Luc Marion's analysis of Saint Augustine and his Confessions, see: https://www.amazon.com/Selfs-Place-Approach-Augustine-Cultural-ebook/dp/B009XJ525C/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1659528916&sr=1-10

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This episode explores the question of God's existence with insights from Saints Thomas Aquinas and Edith Stein.

To find out more about the philosophical approach called "metaphysics," see: https://www.amazon.com/Metaphysics-Introduction-Christian-Cascade-Companions-ebook/dp/B07Z6RZWV2/ref=d_pd_sbs_sccl_1_4/143-2377842-2157244?pd_rd_w=fLnSA&content-id=amzn1.sym.2dc9b33d-bf98-4c85-be26-75af626c0551&pf_rd_p=2dc9b33d-bf98-4c85-be26-75af626c0551&pf_rd_r=W0JEP4DWG20E59JY7NMX&pd_rd_wg=rSymK&pd_rd_r=745304da-6dfc-4d99-bfd8-7ca2d82f78b8&pd_rd_i=B07Z6RZWV2&psc=1

To discover more insights from Saint Edith Stein about human and divine being, see: https://www.amazon.com/Human-Divine-Being-Theological-Anthropology-ebook/dp/B0711DLQS7/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=8l5K3&content-id=amzn1.sym.5fe95cd4-8512-42fa-bf21-63d83b898785&pf_rd_p=5fe95cd4-8512-42fa-bf21-63d83b898785&pf_rd_r=TZNP43SK1ZDHWNYGGA7E&pd_rd_wg=bUUvg&pd_rd_r=8fdfc732-764a-448d-9c8a-2def1869294f&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m

To read more of Saint Thomas Aquinas' Summa theologiae, visit: https://aquinas101.thomisticinstitute.org/st-ia-q-2#FPQ2OUTP1

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This episode features commentary on Saint Ignatius of Loyola's rules of discernment from his Spiritual Exercises.

To explore the Ignatian rules of discernment further, visit: https://www.academia.edu/29136628/Discerning_Gods_Will_according_to_Ignatian_Spirituality

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This episode features commentary on Saint Edith Stein's understanding of divine grace and vocation, with reference to her books Potency and Act, Finite and Eternal Being, and The Science of the Cross.

To explore the life and thought of Saint Edith Stein further, visit: https://www.amazon.com/Human-Divine-Being-Theological-Anthropology-ebook/dp/B0711DLQS7/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1657725268&sr=8-7

To read Dr. Wallenfang's book review of Saint Edith Stein's Potency and Act, visit: http://www.catholicbooksreview.org/2009/stein.htm

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This episode features commentary on Karl Rahner's 1976 book Foundations of Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Idea of Christianity, with special attention to his theology of mystery and Incarnation.

To explore Rahner's Foundations of Christian Faith further, visit: https://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Christian-Faith-Introduction-Christianity/dp/0824505239/ref=sr_1_7?crid=29WOSDGVPKOW2&keywords=karl+rahner&qid=1657155660&sprefix=karl+rahner%2Caps%2C95&sr=8-7

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This episode features commentary on Joseph Ratzinger's (Pope Benedict XVI) 1968 book Introduction to Christianity, with special attention to his theology of faith and doubt.

To explore Ratzinger's Introduction to Christianity further, visit: https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Christianity-2nd-Communio-Books/dp/1586170295/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=joseph+ratzinger&qid=1656550401&s=books&sprefix=joseph+rat%2Cstripbooks%2C108&sr=1-3

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This episode features commentary on fragments of two letters by Saint Ignatius of Antioch about Church unity, authority, and sacramental truth.

To access the seven letters of Saint Ignatius of Antioch directly and in full, visit: https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/seven-epistles-of-st-ignatius-of-antioch-20957 

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