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This week continues a summer series on a bunch of spiritual takeaways and epiphanies I experienced while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope this one about our musical faith is a meaningful one for you. 

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always 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. John Mulaney clip - And Also With You

2. English translation Pope Francis Pentecost Homily transcript

3. Video: Pope Francis Prayer to the Holy Spirit - Pentecost 2023 - these are the words I quote at the end of today's podcast.

4. Song: Veni Sancte Spiritus, by Taize Session Singers

5. Bernard Pivot's Questionnaire - asked by host James Lipton at the end of each Inside the Actor's Studio (these would make great journaling questions!)

On this holiday, we have a replay of last week's episode for you. As you gather with friends and family this week, I appreciate you sharing this podcast with someone you think might like it, too. Thanks in advance for your help, and enjoy this time with your dear ones!

This week continues a summer series on a bunch of spiritual takeaways and epiphanies I experienced while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope this one all about a shift in view is a meaningful one for you. 

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always 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: ⁠Seasons of Love⁠, from Rent

2. Book: ⁠Light of Assisi: The Story of St. Clare⁠, by Margaret Corney, OSF

3. Article: ⁠St. Francis Basilica basics⁠ from Wikipedia

4. Book: ⁠St. Francis of Assisi: A Biography⁠, by Omer Englebert

5. Video: ⁠Short video guide to St. Francis Basilica⁠ from Rick Steves

6. Article: ⁠A Pilgrimage Can Change Your Life⁠, by Will Peterson

7. Song: ⁠Found⁠, by Amanda Cook

8. Our perfect Assisi lunch restaurant, ⁠Le Terrazze di Properzio

This week continues a summer series on a bunch of spiritual takeaways and epiphanies I experienced while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope this one about the meaning of a heavenly view is a meaningful one for you. 

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always 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: Seasons of Love, from Rent

2. Book: Light of Assisi: The Story of St. Clare, by Margaret Corney, OSF

3. Article: St. Francis Basilica basics from Wikipedia

4. Book: St. Francis of Assisi: A Biography, by Omer Englebert

5. Video: Short video guide to St. Francis Basilica from Rick Steves

6. Article: A Pilgrimage Can Change Your Life, by Will Peterson

7. Song: Found, by Amanda Cook

8. Our perfect Assisi lunch restaurant, Le Terrazze di Properzio

This week continues a summer series on a bunch of spiritual takeaways and epiphanies I experienced while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope this one about our global Church is a meaningful one for you. 

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always 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. Wikipedia basics on:

Manifest Destiny

Christian Dominionism

American Civil Religion

Christian Nationalism

2. Podcast/transcript: Raised Catholic ep. 25, Christian Nationalism

3. Show Notes from Raised Catholic ep. 25, Christian Nationalism

Today we're exploring the challenging topic of Christian nationalism; learning about what it is, the danger of it in the future of our church, and how to discern when this political philosophy is taking the place of our theology.

 ⁠Christians Against Christian Nationalism⁠

 ⁠Where Peter Is⁠, a group of Catholic writers working to re-center our faith back to our authentic teachings

 ⁠From Here Media⁠, a Catholic faith endeavor which seeks to honor our human stories grounded in authentic faith teaching

 ⁠Common Horizon⁠, a print publication dedicated to the exploration of the seven Catholic Social Teachings

 ⁠The Dangers of Christian Nationalism in the United States:⁠ A Policy Statement from the National Council of Churches

 ⁠Upside Down Podcast⁠: Unscripted Conversations on Spirituality, Culture and God's Upside Down Kingdom

 ⁠The Way of Jesus⁠, a talk by Rachel Held Evans

Podcast: T⁠hat Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs and Francis Chan

4. Song: We Are God's People, psalm 100

5. The nationalist "America" Rosary for sale that I reference in today's episode.

This week kicks off a summer series on a bunch of spiritual takeaways and epiphanies I experienced while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope this one about how our lives are woven together by God in love is a meaningful one for you.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always 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 'Word of the Year 2023 - Path' episode and episode transcript

2. Song: The Circle Game, by Joni Mitchell

3. Article: Guide to Vatican Gallery of Tapestries, by Brandon Shaw

4. Journal prompts:

As I look at my life, how can I see the Hand of God weaving my life and experiences with those around me?

Do I believe that we are always 'right where we are meant to be?' Why or why not?

How would I describe the path I am on today? What are the lampposts that show me the light on the good parts of my path?

This week is the first of many episodes on the many rich experiences and epiphanies I had this week while on pilgrimage in Rome. I hope these stories bless you as much as they did me!

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always 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. Pope Francis Angelus prayer translation - Pentecost 2023

2. Homily of His Holiness Pope Francis translation - Pentecost 2023

3. 140 Saint statues on the Colonnades map - St. Peter's Basilica

4. Transcript with audio link: Raised Catholic ep. 118: What I Learned This Lent - An Owl's Surprising Appearance

5. Song: Kingdom (featuring Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore), by Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin

6. Song: Psalm 23, by Poor Bishop Hooper

This week we're taking a look back to episode 77: Pentecost Basics, and remind ourselves of the great gift that it's not all up to us. In a story I'll tell, we'll see that God makes a way, and it's sometimes it's a way we could never have predicted or made on our own, but it's so good.

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This week we're considering some of my favorite takeaways from Pentecost 2022, which this year came right on time. Come, Holy Spirit.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠find me on Instagram⁠ or ⁠on my blog⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠help support this podcast financially⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. ⁠Pentecost 2022 homily transcript ⁠from Pope Francis

2. ⁠Pentecost at the Pantheon: a Rainfall of Rose Petals⁠ - article and video from Italy Magazine

3. Info on ⁠Pando (I Spread)⁠ in Utah from the U.S. Forest Service

4. ⁠Pentecost mass readings⁠ 2022

5. Song: ⁠Send Us Your Spirit⁠, by Dan Schutte

6. Song: ⁠Come Holy Ghost⁠, by Louis Lambilotte, Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles

7. Bible in a Year with Fr. Mike Schmitz ⁠episode 323: Pentecost⁠

8. ⁠Pentecost⁠, from the Bible Project

9. Journal Prompts: 

How can I open myself to receive a new outpouring of God's Spirit?

Is it a time for me to consider trying gathering in a faith community?  What might that look like for me?

How does God's Holy Spirit change people?

10. Song: ⁠Veni Sancte Spiritus⁠ (Come, Holy Spirit), by Taize Session Singers

This week we take a look at revival - some historical context, what revival really is, what it is not, and who is responsible for it.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always 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. Letters: Readers Thoughts on the $28 million Eucharistic Revival, from National Catholic Reporter

3. Album: Survey Part One, from Amanda Lindsey Cook

4. Article: 12 Signs of a Revival, from Northwest University

5. Deconstruction = revival IG Follows: The New Evangelicals and Kate Boyd and The Jesus Lens

In the wake of Mother's Day, I'm sharing this older episode on the holy calling of mothering. If you mother any other person in any way, you help make the world go round and this one is for you.

This week we're exploring the spiritual practice of mothering, a practice that is accessible to all humans as we undergo to care for others and help them grow. We'll examine references in the Bible to God as mother, and look to God's example to lead us forward in the necessary and holy work of mothering and being mothered, too.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠find me on Instagram⁠ or ⁠on my blog⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠help support this podcast financially⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠! Thanks as always for sharing, subscribing, rating, and reviewing, as this helps our community to grow!

Here are some resources I hope will help you to engage with this week's topic in a deeper way for yourself:

1. Song: ⁠A Mother Never Rests⁠, by Lori McKenna

2. ⁠Scriptural references to God as mother⁠, from womensordination.org

3. Song: ⁠Mary⁠, by Patty Griffin

4. Writer ⁠Laura Fanucci⁠, writing @thismessygrace and on her blog, Mothering Spirit: Everyday Parenting as Spiritual Practice

5. Raised Catholic episode: ⁠Mother Mary⁠

6. Podcast: Abiding Together, ⁠part 1 of a 4-part series on spiritual motherhood⁠

7. Song: ⁠Ave Maria by Franz Biebl⁠, performed by Chanticleer

8. Memoir: ⁠Looking for Mary ⁠(The Blessed Mother and Me), by Beverly Donofrio

9. Memoir: ⁠Glitter and Glue⁠, by Kelly Corrigan

10. Children's Book: ⁠What is God Like?⁠, by Rachel Held Evans and Matthew Paul Turner

11. Podcast: ⁠Kelly Corrigan Wonders with guest Dr. Ariel Trost ⁠on Intentional, Self Aware Parenting

12: IG follow: Pamela Henkleman: Coach for Midlife Moms

This week we take a look at the many things that daily fill our ears, and intentionally choose sounds that will help us commune with God who is always seeking to walk with us.

If you'd like to connect with me, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠find me on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at my website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  If you'd like to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠help support this podcast financially⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, there's now a way to do just that, and thank you - visit me ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on my page at buymeacoffee.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Thanks as always 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. The songs I heard after I asked God to pick my playlist from random 'liked' songs on Spotify:

We've Got This Hope, by Ellie Holcomb

Riding in My Car, by Elizabeth Mitchell (This reminded me of the post I had made the day before about the spiritual metaphor of riding with my dog Bailey in the car)

Blessed Always, Donna De Lory

My Lighthouse, by Rend Collective

Pieces, by Amanda Cook

2. The most beautiful version of the song I shared with you at the end of today's episode: We Gather Together, arr. S. Paulus