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This week I bring you the first of a few little epiphanies I gained while on retreat last week. A retreat is a good chance to take a detour from everyday life to hear how God is speaking directly to you, and a great gift to give yourself, too. I hope my takeaways are a blessing to you, and I hope you give yourself a time in retreat soon, too, because you deserve it.
f you'd like to connect with me, find me on Instagram, at my website, or on Substack. If you'd like to help support this podcast financially, there's a way to do just that on my page at buymeacoffee.com! Thanks for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow.
Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.
Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. Stations of the Cross prayers at the Colosseum with Pope Francis Good Friday, 2023
2. Stations of the Cross art and prayers from daylesford.org
3. Song: Circle Game, by Joni Mitchell
4. Song: Like a Circle, by Ben Abraham
5. Art: Stations in the Street, by Scott Erickson
6. Song: Everyday is a Winding Road, by Sheryl Crow
7. Song: Life is But a Dream, by Harpoons
8 Song: The Detour, by FAITHFUL
9. Animated - for all ages (from Veggie Tales): Hope's Song
This week as I'm away on retreat, I thought I'd share an older episode with you from September of 2019, all about the importance of taking time away with God in order to know where and how best to move forward. What a timely reminder for me, and I hope it's a blessing for you.
If you'd like to connect with me, find me on Instagram, at my website, or on Substack. If you'd like to help support this podcast financially, there's a way to do just that on my page at buymeacoffee.com! Thanks for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow.
Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.
Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. My retreat home: Holy Cross Retreat House in Easton, Massachusetts - information on cursillo programs may be found here.
2. To find a cursillo program through you - check in with local Catholic or Protestant parishes and churches, or search 'cursillo weekend near me'
3. Weston Priory, the monastery in Vermont where I went on retreat
4. Miramar - a retreat center in Duxbury, Massachusetts
5. Song: The Detour, by FAITHFUL
6. Song: Nothing to Fear, by The Porter's Gate
7. Video: Love is Moving, by Audrey Assad
8. A description and history of Cursillo, plus the cursillo weekend schedule at my retreat house
This week I bring you a more personal episode about my own prayerful wondering here between the two meetings of the Synod on Synodality. As we as a Church hold our breath looking for change on the horizon, there's one thing I know for sure: God does not equal Church.
If you'd like to connect with me, find me on Instagram, at my website, or on Substack. If you'd like to help support this podcast financially, there's a way to do just that on my page at buymeacoffee.com! Thanks for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow.
Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.
Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. Art print: "It Changes With Time" by Scott Erickson
2. Song: God is Love, by Ginny Owens and All Sons and Daughters
As the Synod participants head home from their month-long meeting, I'll offer a few thoughts on what's next, but the real meat of this episode are in the articles and podcasts which are linked below. Check these out to learn more about the Synod for yourself.
If you'd like to connect with me, find me on Instagram, at my website, or on Substack. If you'd like to help support this podcast financially, there's a way to do just that on my page at buymeacoffee.com! Thanks for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow.
Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.
Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. Article: Synod: Unpause, by Colleen Dulle at Go, Rebuild My House from Sacred Heart University
2. Official Synod 2021-2024 website from the Vatican
3. Summary of the Synod Synthesis Report from the Vatican
4. Article: What to Make of the Synthesis Report, from National Catholic Register
5. Article: Sisters respond to document from Synod's first session, from National Catholic Register
6. Synod Diary from America Media
7. Full text: Pope Francis' homily closing the 2023 Synod
8. Chicago's Cardinal Cupich on his experience of the Synod
9. Podcast: Synod on Synodality Debrief with Fr. James Martin, from Inside the Vatican
10. Podcast: Unpacking the Synod's first letter to the people of God, from Inside the Vatican
11. On when Catholic doctrine can change, on the Jesuitical podcast
This week we contrast what Pope Francis calls the "scourge" of clericalism and the American trend of 'rad-trad' or 'traditional' Catholicism with what Jesus actually taught in the Gospels. I hope this episode is helpful to you.
If you'd like to connect with me, find me on Instagram, at my website, or on Substack. If you'd like to help support this podcast financially, there's a way to do just that on my page at buymeacoffee.com! Thanks for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow.
Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.
Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. Article: On the Pope's comments on clericalism from ABC News
2. Article: Pope Francis intervenes at the Synod, calling clericalism a 'scourge' that 'enslaves' God's people from America Magazine
3. Raised Catholic ep. 4 (link and transcript): Is It Okay to Question
4. Raised Catholic ep. 22 (link and transcript): Deconstructing Catholic
5. Raised Catholic ep. 29 (link and transcript): What is Faith:
6. Raised Catholic ep. 119 (link and transcript): Who God Actually Is
7. Lyric video: Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus, by Lauren Daigle
This week we're exploring mentorship within the Body of Christ. Who are you speaking into, and who is speaking into you? I pray it's a helpful episode for you.
If you'd like to connect with me, find me on Instagram, at my website, or on Substack. If you'd like to help support this podcast financially, there's a way to do just that on my page at buymeacoffee.com! Thanks for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow.
Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.
Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. Article: Three phases of a Paul-Timothy relationship, by Rick Warren
2. Journaling questions:
Who can I identify as a spiritual parent or elder sibling? How has that person spoken into my life and helped to form me?
Who can I identify as a spiritual child or younger sibling? What role can I play in helping that person who is a bit behind me on the road?
3. Podcast: How Do I Find a Mentor, on That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs
4. Podcast: Who is Praying for You, on That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs
5. Video: First Letter of Timothy, from Bible Project
6. Video: Miracle of the Fish, from The Chosen
7. Song: The Body of Christ, by Sarah Hart
8. Song: My Lighthouse, by Rend Collective
9. Deacon Jerry's favorite song: Give Me Jesus, by Fernando Ortega
10: Jesus teaching the Sermon on the Mount to those who would teach it to others, and on and on, from The Chosen
This week we are revisiting ep. 61 from February, 2022: Sandwich Theology. As I was reminded this week, we are made by God with differing interests, ideas, strengths, and talents for a reason and when we come together using all of our strengths on behalf of one another, we are acting as the Body of Christ.
If you'd like to connect with me, find me on Instagram, at my website, or on Substack. If you'd like to help support this podcast financially, there's a way to do just that on my page at buymeacoffee.com! Thanks for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow.
Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.
Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. Find the Green Goddess and other perfect sandwiches at Briggs in North Attleboro, Massachusetts
2. Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat - series, book and more
3. Be the Bridge - book, podcast and more
4. Song: How Beautiful, by Twila Paris
5. Children's book: Hello World, by Kelly Corrigan
6. Song: We Are Many Parts, by Marty Haugen
7. Song: Hold Us Together, by Matt Maher
8. Song: Garden, by Matt Maher
9. Book: Taste and See: Discovering God Among Butchers, Bakers and Fresh Food Makers, by Margaret Feinberg
10. Activity: build a charcuterie board with balance and variety in mind: cheeses, meats, veggies, fruits, nuts, jams, dips and more - share with a new friend!
11. Song: The Body of Christ, by Sarah Hart
This week, we explore the amazing grace of God who is still at work, who continues to intercede and guide us and His Church, the God who is not done. I pray this episode is a blessing for you.
If you'd like to connect with me, find me on Instagram, at my website, or on Substack. If you'd like to help support this podcast financially, there's a way to do just that on my page at buymeacoffee.com! Thanks for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow.
Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.
Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. Podcast: Jesuitical: Everything You Need to Know about the Synod
2. Podcast: Inside the Vatican: The Synod Begins - Inside and Outside of Vatican Hall
3. Article: The Holy Spirit Guides Us Toward Harmony and Respectful Listening, from Vatican News
4. Instagram account: Official Synod account from the Vatican, offering helpful updates
5. Song: More Than Able, by Maverick City Music, featuring Tabitha Cobbs Leonard
6. Song: Done, by One House
7. Song: We Need a Miracle, by Clarity Gayle
8. Song: Brighter Day, by Kirk Franklin
9. Song: Take Me to the King, by Tamela Mann feat. Kirk Franklin
10. Mass: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time at St. Cecilia Boston - don't miss this homily
11. Song: His Eye is on the Sparrow, by Whitney Houston
This week, as we enter into the first Vatican meeting on the Synod on Synodality, a meeting long-time Vatican watchers are saying could be the most significant church event since Vatican II, I am finding myself thinking about Paul's call to 'pray without ceasing'. In our busy lives, what does praying without ceasing actually look like, is it something we would even want to do, and what is the good fruit that comes from prayer for us and for our Church?
If you'd like to connect with me, find me on Instagram, at my website, or on Substack. If you'd like to help support this podcast financially, there's a way to do just that on my page at buymeacoffee.com! Thanks for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow.
Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.
Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. America Magazine coverage on the Synod on Synodality
2. Overview of the Synod from America Media
3. Podcast: Inside the Vatican
4. Podcast: Pope Francis Generation
5. Prayer to the Holy Spirit: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created and you shall renew the face of the Earth. Oh God who, by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolation through Christ our Lord, amen.
6. Song: Down to the River to Pray, by Alison Krauss
7. Song: Garden, by Matt Maher
8. Episodes: The Rosary with Fr. Frank McFarland on Boston Catholic Television
9. Book: Personal Prayer - A Guide for Receiving the Father's Love, by Fr. Thomas Acklin and Fr. Boniface Hicks
10. My little daily devotional book: Jesus Calling, by Sarah Young
11. Book: Help Thanks Wow, by Anne Lamott
This week I'll bring you an older episode on revival along with a reminder about where we've been and where we're going as the Raised Catholic community. You can always listen to older episodes of the podcast for free on Apple or Spotify or wherever you listen, and let's talk about it all over on substack.
If you'd like to connect with me, find me on Instagram, at my website, or on Substack. If you'd like to help support this podcast financially, there's a way to do just that on my page at buymeacoffee.com! Thanks for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow.
Thanks as always to my friend, Peter Vaughan-Vail, for providing the beautiful harp music you hear in this and every episode.
Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:
1. Song: Awakening, by Amanda Lindsey Cook
2. Ongoing coverage on the Global Synod on Synodality from America Magazine
3. Letters: Readers Thoughts on the $28 million Eucharistic Revival, from National Catholic Reporter
4. Album: Survey Part One, from Amanda Lindsey Cook
5. Article: 12 Signs of a Revival, from Northwest University
6. Deconstruction = revival IG Follows: The New Evangelicals and Kate Boyd and The Jesus Lens
7. Song: Common Ground, by Matt Maher, featuring Dee Wilson
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