In this special Holy Week episode, JonMarc Grodi is joined by fellow CHNetwork staff members Ken Hensley and Matt Swaim to discuss their experiences of Lent, Palm Sunday, and the Triduum as converts to the Catholic Faith.

JonMarc Grodi continues to discuss the Catholic perspective on the mystery of suffering with CHNetwork team member Denise Bossert.

JonMarc Grodi continues to discuss the Catholic perspective on the mystery of suffering with CHNetwork team member Denise Bossert.

On this episode, JonMarc Grodi introduces a special guest and new member of the CHNetwork team: Denise Bossert.

On this episode, JonMarc Grodi shares some brief thoughts on Lent and the traditional penitential practice of fasting.

Following Christ’s exhortations in Mathew chapter 6, we must fast in the right spirit (unlike the “hypocrites”) in order to receive the treasure of greater intimacy with our Heavenly Father.

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JonMarc Grodi and Kenny Burchard conclude their discussion of the cruciform shape of discipleship, focusing finally on the mystery of suffering.

All suffering is the result of original and actual sin, but we have two fundamental ways to respond to the suffering of life. Will we flee the cross or follow Christ?

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JonMarc Grodi and Kenny Burchard continue their discussion of cross-shaped discipleship with an exploration of the cross that is temptation.

They reflect on the sources of temptation (the world, flesh, and the devil) and the shapes those temptations take — fears and desires — as a consequence of original sin, and how Christ Himself experienced temptation and conquered it.

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JonMarc Grodi and Kenny Burchard continue the discussion of cross-shaped discipleship, this time widening the scope to include the array of human relationships we live in.

They discuss the call of the Christian to not only defer vengeance to God, but to go outside of themselves to forgive, reconcile, and do good to their “enemies” in imitation of Christ.

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JonMarc Grodi and Kenny Burchard continue to explore the concept of “Cruciform Discipleship,” this time digging further into family life and parenting. They look specifically at the role of the Holy Family — Mary, Joseph, and Jesus — in reversing the fall of our first parents.

The Holy Family models for us what it means to follow Jesus as parents, and what it means to help our children to be prepared to carry their own crosses.

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JonMarc Grodi and Kenny Burchard continue their discussion of the cruciform shape of discipleship, this time focusing on marriage and how husbands and wives are called to image the relationship between Christ and His Church.

Like our savior, spouses are called to enter each others’ suffering and brokenness with love, and help to bring healing and redemption.

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