Heart to Heart: Faith Seasons Podcast

Today's Season of Joy reflection on John 20:19-23 is by Fr. Sean Grismer.

Father Sean was ordained a priest on June 4, 2016 for the Diocese of Rockford. He served as an associate at St. Mary in Huntley, St. Bridget in Loves Park, and will begin the role of Spiritual Director to Aurora Central Catholic High School this coming school year. He has led several parish missions and continues to lead pilgrimages to Lourdes and Rome. 

from John 20:19-23
...Jesus came and stood in their midst
and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.
As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”
And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,
“Receive the Holy Spirit...

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Today's Season of Joy reflection on John 21:20-25 is by Sr. Sharon Zayac, OP.

Sr. Sharon is a Dominican Sister of Springfield, IL. She has degrees in Secondary Education, Hospital Administration, and Earth Literacy. She is co-founder of Jubilee Farm, her congregation’s 164-acre eco-center, just west of Springfield, IL. She is a writer, speaker, retreat leader both in and outside of the U.S.

from John 21:20-25
...It is this disciple who testifies to these things
and has written them, and we know that his testimony is true.
There are also many other things that Jesus did,
but if these were to be described individually,
I do not think the whole world would contain the books
that would be written.

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Today's Season of Joy reflection on John 17:20-26 is by Susan Carson.

Susan is a writer, speaker, spiritual director and Founder of Roots & Branches Network, a ministry creating safe space for transformational encounters with Jesus through listening prayer. Susan is the author of rooted (IN): Thriving in Connection with God, Yourself, and Others, and host of the rooted (IN).ten.tionally podcast. Find out more at susancarson.net. 

from John 17:20-26
Lifting up his eyes to heaven, Jesus prayed saying:
“I pray not only for these,
but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
so that they may all be one,
as you, Father, are in me and I in you,
that they also may be in us,
that the world may believe that you sent me.
And I have given them the glory you gave me,
so that they may be one, as we are one,
I in them and you in me,
that they may be brought to perfection as one,
that the world may know that you sent me,
and that you loved them even as you loved me...

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Today's Season of Joy reflection on Acts 20:28-38 is by Fr. Terry Charlton, SJ.

Fr. Terry, a Jesuit from Indianapolis, has worked in Nairobi, Kenya, since 1990. He is the Director of Mwangaza Jesuit Spirituality Centre and the Co-Founder, Chaplain, and Director of Development at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School, a fees-free school serving bright students from Kibera slum who are AIDS-affected youth or other orphans and vulnerable children. For more, visit schoolofhopekenya.org.

from Acts 20:28-38
And now I commend you to God
and to that gracious word of his that can build you up
and give you the inheritance among all who are consecrated.
I have never wanted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
You know well that these very hands
have served my needs and my companions.
In every way I have shown you that by hard work of that sort
we must help the weak,
and keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus who himself said,
‘It is more blessed to give than to receive...’”

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Today's Season of Joy reflection on John 15:9-17 is by Father Mitch Pacwa, SJ.

Father Mitch is a Jesuit priest, world renowned lecturer, spiritual director for over fifty Holy Land pilgrimages, respected scripture scholar, published author, and the host of EWTN's television and radio shows. He is also the President and Founder of Ignatius Productions, a Catholic media production apostolate.

from John 15:9-17
Jesus said to his disciples:
“As the Father loves me, so I also love you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father’s commandments
and remain in his love. ...

Read the full scripture passage: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051424.cfm

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Today's Season of Joy reflection on John 16:29-33 is by the Very Reverend Esequiel Sanchez.

Father Esequiel is a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago serving for the past 27 years serving in various capacities and parishes. He is currently the Rector of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines, as well as Dean for Vicariate I in the Archdiocese of Chicago.

from John 16:29-33
The disciples said to Jesus,
“Now you are talking plainly, and not in any figure of speech.
Now we realize that you know everything
and that you do not need to have anyone question you.
Because of this we believe that you came from God...”

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Today's Season of Joy reflection on Acts 1:1-11 is by Emily Jaminet.

Emily is a Catholic author, speaker, radio personality, podcaster, wife, mother of seven children, and the Executive Director of the Sacred Heart Enthronement Network, found at www.welcomeHisHeart.com.  Her most recent book is Holy Habits from the Sacred Heart, Ten Ways to Strengthen More Loving Relationships. Emily can be found at www.EmilyJaminet.com.

from Acts 1:1-11
... When he had said this, as they were looking on,
he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.
While they were looking intently at the sky as he was going,
suddenly two men dressed in white garments stood beside them.
They said, “Men of Galilee,
why are you standing there looking at the sky?
This Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven
will return in the same way as you have seen him going into heaven.”

To read the full scripture passage, please visit: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051224-Ascension.cfm

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Today's Season of Joy reflection on John 16:23b-28 is by Dr. Terry Nelson-Johnson.

Dr. Terry served on the faculty of the Loyola Academy Jesuit High School for eighteen years and is Founder of Soul-Play, LLC. He is Resident Theologian and Animator of Faith at Old St. Patrick’s Church, holds a master’s degree from Loyola University, and a Doctor of Ministry from the University of St. Mary of the Lake.

from John 16:23b-28
“I have told you this in figures of speech.
The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures
but I will tell you clearly about the Father.
On that day you will ask in my name,
and I do not tell you that I will ask the Father for you.
For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me
and have come to believe that I came from God...

To read the full scripture passage, please visit: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052822.cfm

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Today's Season of Joy reflection on John 16:20-23 is by Fr. Richard Bollman, SJ.

Father Richard is a Jesuit priest living in Cincinnati at Xavier University.  He works in retreat and spiritual ministry, and assists with worship at St. Robert Bellarmine parish where he was once pastor.  Ordained in 1969, he also served at the University of San Francisco, and as Director of the Jesuit Renewal Center in Milford. Since his time as a pastor, he has been able to focus more on the ministry of spiritual direction.

from John 16:20-23
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn,
while the world rejoices;
you will grieve, but your grief will become joy.
When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because her hour has arrived;
but when she has given birth to a child,
she no longer remembers the pain because of her joy
that a child has been born into the world...

To read the full scripture passage, please visit: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051024.cfm

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