Cari and Fr. Ryan discuss Pope Leo's recent encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas and spend time reflecting on what it means to be human, and what it means for us as a society in the time of AI.  By reflecting on these questions and this document, we can be well informed as we use AI on what to use it for, and what to avoid it with. 

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We have been asked by our Bishop to give the Lord 15 minutes a day in silent prayer. How many of us shrug that off saying that we are "busy" or "not a prayer person." Jesus, Himself, took time away to pray.  Let us take the time in prayer, boring, fruitful, awkward, wonderful, and everything in between and give it to Him as a gift. 

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In this episode, Pete shares his story with Fr. Liptak of seeking the truth, finding it in the Catholic Church, going through the OCIA process at St. Basil, being welcomed into the Church, and living His Catholic faith after the Easter Vigil. 

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So often we let the summer fly by, saying we are "so busy." But do we need to be? Do we need to be on our phones all the time, constantly replying to texts and emails, or are we able to say "this can wait." This August, Fr. Ryan challenges us to slow down to a quieter pace of life, and allow more time for the Lord to work in our hearts. 

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Joe and Jacob share the awesome things that our Life Teen High School Youth Ministry has been up to this summer and how the Lord has worked in their hearts and the hearts of the teens of our parish.  

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Jesus teaches us in His parables that He is giving us the greatest gift, the pearl of great price, a gift great enough to sell all for the treasure in the field, but do we understand what that gift is? Do we know how to share it with others?

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There are people we meet and situations we encounter everyday that test us as Christians.  Can we say the kind thing instead of sarcastic remark? Can we offer a smile when we want to look away? In each of these moments we have the opportunity to bring Christ into this world more and more and show the world who Jesus is, and who we are, made in His image. 

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We see ads everywhere of how to be better and improve ourselves, but that is not the Gospel.  The Gospel is sitting with the Lord, realizing He is wild about you, wants to be near to you, and learning how to live life walking with Him. 

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Gracie and Miller, our summer interns from the Mary the Mother of the Good Shepherd Institute join Cari to share about their internship at St. Basil this summer, their discernment in working in parish ministry, and the ways the Lord has blessed them.

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Fr. Ryan preaches at a retreat day for Parish workers throughout the Diocese, inviting them to look inward at the walls that they have put up and allow the Lord to transform and break down the walls they have built in order to be even greater ministers. 

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