Kendra's husband, Chris Bartlett, is back on the podcast today. We have had several episodes with Chris over the years. He has over 20 years of youth ministry experience in the Catholic Church and is currently the Vice President of Ablaze Ministries. Ablaze Ministries trains and empowers youth ministers across the country in their mission with the teens of their parish. In this conversation Chris shares with us our call as Catholics to share the gospel to people around us and invite them into relationship with Christ and His Church. He tells us an amazing story of when God invited Him to be vulnerable with a man in a mosh pit at a punk concert. He gives us tips of how to be on mission where we live, work and play. It turns out that it doesn't take a lot of programming or training. The most powerful way to evangelize is to live the faith and love people around you. I think we can all do that, don't you? Join us for the Hosanna: Your King Has Come Retreat March 22-23 at Eagle’s Wings Retreat Center in Burnet, TX All women 18 and over are welcome. Click here for more info https://www.hisbelovedoftexas.com/events

The Veil Removed Video- (If we could see what was truly happening in Mass) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOLZDaTgIaM

Catholic Exorcism Prayer App- Prayers for the Laity- Cleansing Prayer https://apps.apple.com/tt/app/catholic-exorcism/id1486636922

Song of Songs from the Passion Translation https://www.bible.com/bible/1849/SNG.INTRO1.TPT

This week we sit down with Deacon Ralph Poyo and dive into evangelization in the church.  He is the founder of New Evangelization Ministries. Many times when we hear the word evangelization we immediately go to programming, events, books, etc.  Deacon Ralph is a fresh voice in our church today, challenging this norm with out of the box thinking. He is  preaching and coaching the faithful to stretch themselves into discipleship in the day to day.  Deacon Ralph does this for a living y’all!  Let’s get equipped together to further the kingdom! 

⁠https://nem.training/

With New Evangelization Ministries, Deacon Ralph seeks to help parishes become agents of self-evangelization, so that the first fruits of their catechetical programs is that of putting their parishioners “not only in touch but in communion, in intimacy, with Jesus Christ…” (Pope John Paul II, Catechesi Tradendae, para. 5).

His methods of evangelization model the personal, one-on-one style of Our Lord; Jesus preached to the multitude, but focused even more time and energy on “the Twelve,” preparing them to spearhead the ministry of evangelization after His passing.  Armed with this knowledge and over twenty years of experience, Deacon Ralph is being sent to teach others how to become evangelists – how to bring others to Jesus and then get out of the way!

Hey there Beloveds! This week will look a little different on the His Beloved Podcast. We put on a retreat a couple of weeks ago about intimacy with God and we felt like you might like to hear those talks. This week is Megan's talk called "Who is He To You?" Megan dives into intimacy with Jesus and who He is to her. We spend a lot of time talking about our identity in Christ. Who are we to Him? For this talk we focus on His identity. Who is He to us? He will be different to everyone. He is the Lion and the Lamb, fierce and gentle, healer, lover, etc. the list could go on and on. We invite you to think about who you see Jesus as. Is He close to your heart? Draw near with Him as you listen to this episode. At the end there is a prayer experience. You can hit pause and join us in that prayer or come back to it later when you have time. Megan accidentally called the prayer the Emmaus prayer, but it actually the Immanuel prayer.

Here is the prayer:

Jesus

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Haley Riney is back!!! If you have listened to last week's episode check that one out first. At the end of the part one episode with Haley we just knew we had to get her in the studio again.  So. Many. Thoughts.  The Lord parted the seas and we were able to connect with her while she was “on location for Jesus”.  The three of us came into this episode completely empty handed and asked Holy Spirit for direction, and as usual, Holy Spirit rocked it.  Haley shared more of her healing journey after her divorce and the powerful (yet brave) prayer that started it all.  We dive deep into healing and how the Lord desires freedom for all of us. We could have kept recording for another hour but all good things must come to an end….in this case because Tessa needed her lunch.  Oh, y’all, Haley is a gift and a flame of honesty, inspiration, truth, knowledge, and freedom and we are so blessed to call her kingdom family.  Stay tuned for an episode 3 to come with Haley. The Lord is not through with her message for us yet.

If you are interested in learning more about the work of Dr. Bob Schutts with the 7 deadly wounds and how to heal them we have several episodes on healing that I recommend you listen to.

57. "Healing Wounds with the Movie Encanto"

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/57-healing-wounds-with-the-movie-encanto/id1533376324?i=1000582637194

51. "Healing Prayer" with Theresa Stephens

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/51-healing-prayer-with-theresa-stephens/id1533376324?i=1000567539354T

The Healing the Whole Person retreat with Dr. Bob and Sister Miriam is coming to Round Rock, TX Nov 9-11. For more info or to register click here

https://jpiihealingcenter.org/event/11-9-23-hwp/

Sometimes when we’re recording, the content feels like it was specifically for our hearts to hear, and that’s exactly what happened with this episode with Haley Riney.  If you only knew how many notes I took while we were recording!  

Haley and Kendra met at the Encounter conference in December of 2023 and immediately she thought two things….1) She is my people! 2) Megan will love her! Haley lives a life of radical dependence on the Father, not in a grasping for breath kind of way, but knowing that every breath comes from the Father and she just wants to live in total union with Him.  She shares her story of how the Lord made beauty from ashes and in her “YES!” to Him she’s gone on the most incredible adventure to places she never thought she would.  Literally y’all.  Grab a cup of coffee and allow yourself to be poured into and inspired!

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Do you ever have those moments when you are listening to a dynamic speaker and wonder “what are they like in real life?”  On this episode we get a glimpse into the authentic world of Catholic speaker, minister, and podcast host, Ryan O’Hara.  Ryan’s life took a pivot in college when he had his conversion, and has been working with youth, and young adults, furthering the kingdom on earth ever since. In this delightful conversation we talk about what it looks like to live an authentic Christian life, not by specifically speaking of strategies per say, but just by hearing how Ryan and his wife live their life fully and sacrificially, seeking God‘s plan and running!  If you want to hear more from Ryan you can check him out at his podcast Better Preach. It has been a tremendous gift to Megan and Kendra and I am sure it will be to you as well!

Follow along with Ryan's podcast

https://www.ryanohara.org/podcast

Ryan mentions the Suscipe prayer from St. Ignatius

https://www.loyolapress.com/catholic-resources/prayer/traditional-catholic-prayers/saints-prayers/suscipe-prayer-saint-ignatius-of-loyola/

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