Polycarp's Paradigm

Redemptive Suffering and Divinization are two keys of the Gospel that make us fearless and hopeful. When your goal is intimacy with God through Jesus Christ you have nothing to fear! Your suffering and death can be offered up in union with Christ as a means of intimacy with God and for the salvation of the world. When you realize that God's ultimate plan for you is to share in his innermost life of Love, then you have immense hope to endure all things for the prize of Heaven.

Politics and Religion, the two topics most people avoid, are talked about at length by Pat and Eric. In light of the current culture wars, these topics are as relevant as ever.

Eucharistic Poetry is Euchoetry and euchoetry.com is a website for you all to see and share your own poems written in the presence of God.

Today's featured poems on this episode: "I love you Jesus," "Simple Beauty, "Sublime Reality," "Our Father," and "Still My Anxious Heart."

Among many blind, sick, and lame people, Jesus heals one man who had been ill for 38 years on the Sabbath. This triggers an inquisition from the Pharisees on what authority Jesus has to heal on the Sabbath. Jesus simply does what he sees his Father doing. Let's unpack John 5 together!

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Here are the featured poems today: "Devil's Bane," "With and Without You," "Joy in God's Marvelous Work," and "Be that Eucharistic Presence."

Pat and Eric uncover layers of meaning in the story of the woman at the well and talk about the importance of spiritual fatherhood in reflecting upon John chapter 4.

Eucharistic Poetry = Euchoetry.

Continuing my series from https://euchoetry.com/ I share four more poems I wrote: "Wasting Time," "Eucharist So Sweet," "Tortured Love Divine," and "Open Their Eyes."

Our series on the Gospel of John continues with Pat and Eric discussing chapter 3. We cover Baptism, believing in Christ, obeying Christ, and why our current culture hates the Light.

Thus we begin our series on Euchoetry (Eucharistic Poetry - Poems in the Presence of God).

Two weeks ago I announced the launch of euchoetry.com and shared a few of my poems with you. Today I will share more poems to launch a series about Euchoetry. If you would like to see the poems, I will eventually release them on the website:

euchoetry.com

Today's featured poems: "Bread of Angels," "Hidden yet Here," "God, Who Now Appears," and "Powerful Fragility."

The Gospel of John is rich with meaning. Pat and Eric go deep in uncovering some of the hidden gems chapter by chapter of the Gospel of John. May the Spirit enlighten us all to know God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent.

In chapter 2 we uncover Mary's role as an intercessor at the wedding feast at Cana and Jesus performs his first sign turning water into wine. Then he cleanses the temple with dramatic and prophetic intention.