Raised Catholic

This week we explore one thing I believe we all have in common in these divided times: a feeling of precarity. This common feeling ironically promotes division, but Jesus does have a word for us that we can explore together.

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. Video: Father Greg Boyle on how We Belong to Each Other

2. Scripture: Sermon on the Mount, Matthew chapters 5-7, NIV translation

3. Org: Starts With Us - working to end extreme political and cultural division in America

4. Song: Hold Us Together, by Matt Maher

5. Journal prompts:

After reading the Sermon on the Mount, is there a teaching from Jesus I find there that surprises me?

Is there a group of people that I routinely dismiss or demonize? How can I try to see them as God sees them?

6. Book: Start With Hello - and other simple ways to live with each other as neighbors, by Shannan Martin

Today we take a look at the many places that Jesus met His friends, both before and after the Resurrection, and use these as a sort of map for finding God in all the places He meets us in our everyday lives. Spoiler: He is already there.

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. Open the Eyes of My Heart, by Audrey Assad

2. Book: The Shack, by Wm. Paul Young

3. Movie Trailer: The Way - this beautiful movie on the Camino de Santiago now available in theaters and online

4. Journal prompts:

Has God ever surprised me by showing up unbidden in an everyday experience? How did that feel? How did I recognize God there?

Where has God used me to encounter someone else so that they could experience God's kindness?

5. Book: Drawing God, by Karen Kiefer

This week we'll look at the rich Gospel readings from the Octave of Easter and learn the importance of moving into an understanding of who God actually is rather than the God we make that mirrors us and what we want Him to be. The journey from 'but we had hoped' to 'hearts burning within us' is available to all of 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. Song: Open the Eyes of My Heart, by Audrey Assad

2. Song: Good Good Father, by Chris Tomlin

3. Book: The Return of the Prodigal Son, by Henri Nouwen

4. Journal Prompts:

Have I heard Jesus 'call me by name' through prayer or some other experience? Do I feel known and seen by God? How can I help cultivate this understanding in my spirit and make room for God to speak directly to me?

What biases might be preventing me from seeing God as He actually is?

What parts of my family or church history might be impacting the way in which I understand God today?

5. Daily readings from the Octave of Easter, starting with Easter Monday

6. Animated short: the story of the lead-up and aftermath of the crucifixion and resurrection through the Gospel of Luke from the Bible Project.inter

7. Video podcast: Interview with Fr. Greg Boyle on Jesuitical

As I return from my Lenten break, I'm sharing what I learned from my time away along with parallels to the story of Jesus and his friends during Holy Week and Easter.

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. Daily devotional: Jesus Calling, by Sarah Young

2. Book: Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion, by Fr. Greg Boyle

3. Podcast: Turning to the Mystics with Jim Finley on Thomas Merton from Center of Action and Contemplation - transcript

This week as we make our way toward Palm Sunday and Holy Week, I'd like to offer a replay of a previous episode, way back to number 15: The Happy Fault of Sin. I hope it's a blessing to you and I continue to hold you and yours in prayer as we journey together with Jesus toward Holy Week.

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. If you'd like to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation this week, you should be able to find it offered at a number of area parishes, retreat houses, missions, shrines, Catholic colleges, and hospitals. Check their websites for details and feel free to travel a ways from your home parish - it can be a good opportunity to take some time in silence and prayer. ⁠Here's a primer⁠ on how to receive this Sacrament if it's been a while. 

2. In addition, check your area for Eucharistic Adoration, Stations of the Cross, services for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, and other Lenten programming.

3. Podcast: ⁠That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs, guest John Eldridge⁠. This recent episode helped me gather in my thoughts about the last year and how to bring them to Jesus this week. 

4. Podcast: ⁠That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs, guest Sally Lloyd-Jones⁠. This episode pairs so well with the one before - unknowingly they both spend a good amount of time on psalm 23, the psalm we need this week. 

5. Podcast: ⁠Abiding Together Lenten Study on This Present Paradise. This is part 5,⁠ but you'll want to go back and listen to them all.

6. Video: ⁠Making a Good Confession⁠ with Fr. Mike Schmitz

7. Book: ⁠The Return of the Prodigal Son⁠, by Henri Nouwen

8. Song: ⁠Shadow Step⁠, by Hillsong

9. Song: ⁠Even Unto Death⁠, by Audrey Assad

10: Song: ⁠Run to the Father⁠, by Matt Maher

11. Song: ⁠Untitled Hymn (Come to Jesus⁠), by Chris Rice

12. Song: ⁠Met by Love⁠, by Capital City Music

13. Song: ⁠Mercy,⁠ by Amanda Lindsey Cook

14. Song: ⁠O Happy Fault⁠, by Audrey Assad

15. ⁠Read the Gospel account⁠ of the last days of Jesus. Prayerfully journal or sit in silence as you contemplate just how big His love is for you.

Hi friends, I haven't recorded all of these Lenten reflections, but this one was asking to be read. I hope it's a blessing to you. I continue to hold you in prayer this Lent.

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As you'll hear in the episode, I'm taking a break from the podcast for Lent, but you can catch up with all of my older episodes and writing at my website, kerrycampbell.org, ⁠please subscribe while you're there⁠ so we can stay in touch and you can receive my written short Lenten reflections and my new monthly newsletter in your inbox.

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. Moonrise scene from Joe Versus the Volcano

Hi friends, this week I'm bringing you an episode from last year, episode 65: Slow Lent, primarily because it includes one of my very favorite prayers on this St. Patrick's Day, the Breastplate of St. Patrick. :) I hope it's a blessing to you, and hope you're having a fruitful Lent. 

Today we explore the importance of slowing down, especially in this year's Lent, of leaning on the scaffolding of faith we gained from previous generations, and of ancient prayers and practices.  I hope it's a blessing to you as you move through your Lent. May the road rise up to meet you.

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. Relay - blog post of my process of finding my word for 2022

2. Podcast: The Examen with Fr. James Martin, SJ

3. Lectio Divina: A Beginner's Guide from Busted Halo

4. Video: The Deer's Cry, sung by Rita Connolly and Curtlestown Choir

5. Video: Irish Blessing

6. Breath Prayers for Anxious Times, from Sarah Bessey

7. Song for contemplation: Ave, verum Corpus, Mozart, performed by The Sixteen

8. Recorded rosaries with Fr. Frank McFarland from Boston Catholic Television

9. Journal questions: Who was a faithful person in my history and memory?  What prayers/practices did they use?  How can I make a spiritual discipline more a part of my everyday routine?  What time of day would be the best time for me to pray?

10. Song: I Shall Not Want, by Audrey Assad

11. On revisiting previous generation's faith foundations. Video: Clonmacnoise Monastery, 6th century Ireland

Hi friends, I know I said there'd be no new Lenten episodes, but this one has been bubbling up and just poured out today. I hope it's a blessing to you, and I continue to hold you in prayer this Lent. 

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. Livestream mass from St. Cecilia Boston - 2nd Sunday in Lent

2. Song: New Wine, by Hillsong Worship

3. Song: Be Not Afraid, by Kitty Cleveland

Though the podcast is taking a break during Lent, I'll sometimes share a short Lenten reflection for you as a surprise here in the feed. Surprise! :) 

During Lent, you can always catch up with older episodes of Raised Catholic and all of my writing over at kerrycampbell.org and please know I am praying for your peaceful, clarifying, illuminating, fruitful Lent. Thanks for your prayers for 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!

This week I'm encouraging us to choose our Lenten practices and disciplines by first deciding where we want to be come Holy Week and Easter Sunday. Choosing our 'why' and 'where' will naturally lead us to the 'what' that will best support us to walking our this wilderness with Jesus who came that we might have life and have it more abundantly. Let's trust and walk with Him this Lent toward a more abundant, more holy, more joyful and peaceful life.

As you'll hear in the episode, I'm taking a break from the podcast for Lent, but you can catch up with all of my older episodes and writing at my website, kerrycampbell.org, please subscribe while you're there so we can stay in touch and you can receive my written short Lenten reflections and my new monthly newsletter in your inbox.

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. Children's book: You Are Special, by Max Lucado

2. Came across this article after my podcast episode was written - felt like confirmation for us! 'What should I give up for Lent is the wrong question to start with,' by Joe Laramie, S.J. with America Magazine

3. Lenten Bible reading plan from She Reads Truth

4. Helpful Instagram follows

Kate Boyd: Weary Christians Welcome

Tim Whitaker - The New Evangelicals

Craig Cooney - Daily Prophetic

Lauren Winter - Brick House in the City

Alissa Molina - From Here Media

5. Album: House on a Hill, by Amanda Lindsey Cook

6. Podcast and Lenten Book Study from Abiding Together