Lilies Among Thorns

In this powerful episode of Lilies Among Thorns, Franccesca Sevilla opens up about her journey from being a Culture Catholic to rediscovering the beauty of the traditional Catholic faith. Raised in a lukewarm environment, she thought checking boxes was enough—Mass on Sundays, Catholic in name, but distant from the heart of Christ. Until everything changed.

Hear how God pursued her through the chaos of modern life, how the Latin Mass, Eucharistic Adoration, and a deep hunger for truth led her back home. Franccesca shares the raw truth of walking away from worldly comfort, healing from past wounds, and embracing a faith that’s not just cultural—but convicting, countercultural, and rooted in sacrifice.If you’ve ever wrestled with your identity as a Catholic woman, felt stuck in spiritual lukewarmness, or wanted more than surface-level faith—this episode is for you.

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Timecodes :

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - Late Have I Loved You

3:00 - Searching in protestant Churches but Found Him in the One True Faith

6:45 - Finding the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) - A Return to True Reverence

12:25 - Attack on The One True Faith : The Catholic Church Always Under Fire

19:44 - Delaying Baptism is A Sin

26:30 - Leaving the World for Christ

34:33 - Our Obsession with Praying Novenas

36:53 - Too Shy to Make Christ Centered Friends

45:03 - Our Lady of Guadalupe, Saints, Our Lord...Our Faith Can Not be Mocked

49:08 - All Eyes on The Catholic Church

57:47 - Outro

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In this episode of Lilies Among Thorns, we talk honestly about what it’s like to wait—without the filter. We share the quiet insecurities that rise when you feel hidden… the ache of wondering if God’s forgotten you… the doubt that creeps in when His timing doesn’t match your hope. And then there’s the comparison— Not just of who’s “moving forward,” but of beauty, worth, love, calling, purpose. When it seems like everyone else is seen, chosen, flourishing—and you’re still in the silence. This isn’t a pep talk. Not every episode ends on a high note. Sometimes, God invites us to stay in the ache. There are seasons of joy, but also seasons of sorrow—and even that is part of our purification. If you’re in a waiting season where everything feels uncertain… if comparison is stealing your peace… if you’re tired of pretending you’re okay—this episode is for you. We don’t have all the answers. We’re not here to fix it. We’re just here to be with you in it.

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Timecodes :

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - Lilies Among Thorns

3:26 - Hidden but held

8:40 - Struggling with comparison

15:27 - Cosmetic surgery & Catholic scrupulosity

23:56 - Comparison in your hidden years

27:10 - Still waiting after nine days, nine months... years

31:55 - False humility & despair 33:50 - Catholic eldest daughter

44:48 - The prodigals son's brother

47:20 - Praise God when you're in limbo

51:00 - Catholics don't know how to discern anymore

54:30 - God sees you

59:47 - Hard pill to swallow, your vocation is connected to your salvation

1:02:26 - Sacred heart of Jesus, i trust in you

1:07:39 - Outro

#Catholic #ChristianPodcast #FaithJourney

Todays episode is thanks to "What God is Not" Podcast, our favorite Catholic podcast they have a non-profit "Photina" https://photina.org/A huge thanks to everyone who donated to make this podcast possible!Find More here : ⁠https://linktr.ee/liliesamongthorns⁠We talk about holy friendships and the drought in it. We walk through our own struggles of finding Catholic community. We wanted to call out this problem we have as lay people especially lay women, and also poke fun of ourselves. Hope you all can identify with one of us and find a friend in us. Keep us in your prayers!Instagram: @liliesamongthornspod@juliannarvivas@juliezenethNote : Julie: I truly understand i have my own short comings as a friend, the story i shared about my friendship break up with "c" was to emphisize that friendship break ups are real even in the Catholic space, and how i realized not only do we lack being their for our friends in their sorrows (Everyone talks about friends leaving in their sorrow) But at my most joyful moment when i was going to meet Emmanuel, she could not embrace that joy with me & i realized how a friend should be there in every "mystery" of your life, i needed her in a joyful moment.

Timecodes :

0:00 - Intro

3:10 - Julie’s friendship break up

11:43 - Zeneth’s friendship experience

14:50 - Prudence with Catholic friends

20:30 - Letting go of secular friends

28:22 - What makes a good Catholic friend?

34:32 - Catholic young adult groups

38:42 - The drought in Catholic female friendships

43:15 - Judgement in the Traditional Catholic community

47:15 - Outro

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