He Leadeth Me

Everyone experiences discouragement, but do you use your discouragement for the purpose God has allowed it for? 

In this episode, Jessica sits down with Fr. Martin Latiff to discuss why God allows us to go through discouragement and how we can use it to catapult us forward in our spiritual lives.

Fr. Martin Latiff is a priest with the Miles Christi religious order and a FOCUS National Chaplain. He is a popular retreat master and spiritual director.

Many people are surprised to learn that Fr. Doug Grandon is a married Catholic priest!

In our last episode, we left off with Fr. Doug's undercover missionary work in communist Yugoslavia as an Evangelical Christian. In this episode, Fr. Doug shares with us how Jesus took him from sharing the Gospel in Yugoslavia to becoming a priest in the Anglican Church and finally to converting to Catholicism. 

Fr. Doug also shares with us the Biblical concept of the "death and resurrection of a dream". When Fr. Doug converted to Catholicism from the Anglican Church, he thought his dream of being God's priest could never be fulfilled, but God surprised him!

Fr. Doug Grandon is a priest of the Archdiocese of Denver and a FOCUS National Chaplain.

St. Ignatius of Loyola said that there was one prayer a person should never neglect praying: the Examen Prayer. 
In this episode, Jessica and Fr. John Ignatius will discuss:

* How do I pray the Examen prayer?
* Why did St. Ignatius think the Examen prayer was so important?
* What are some common pitfalls in praying the Examen prayer?
* How can I pray the Examen prayer well?

In this pilot episode of He Leadeth Me, Jessica and Fr. John Ignatius discuss Fr. John Ignatius' 5 recommendations for the new school year. His recommendations include:

* Consistency with our Plan of Life
* Practice of the Presence of God
* Praying the Examen Prayer
* Cultivating Virtue
* Spiritual Direction

Fr. John Ignatius is a priest in the Miles Christi religious order and also a FOCUS National Chaplain.
Jessica Navin serves FOCUS as Manager of Spiritual Formation.