In this Easter Vigil celebration, Fr. Chris Stanish uses a powerful testimony to talk about how Easter is all about our passage from death to life.

In this commemoration of the Lord's Passion on Good Friday, Fr. Chris Stanish offers a meditation on Christ's thirst for us. The beautiful “I thirst for you” prayer written by Mother Teresa best describes this undying love and how he is always standing there at the door of your heart.

At the Mass of the Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday, Fr. Chris Stanish discusses the five steps of Passover and how they relate to the events leading up to Jesus' own Passion and Death.

Fr. Chris Stanish is facilitating an 8 week class on prayer using Fr. Mark Toups' Oremus: A Guide to Catholic Prayer series. This class uses a series of 8 thirty minute video clips which are available from Ascension Press in DVD format. Fr. Chris introduces the study session with opening remarks, and concludes with remarks at the conclusion of the instructional video. This audio podcast contains Fr. Chris' commentary on the causes of desolation and how to deal with them, with a break at about the 8.5 minute mark for Fr. Mark's video on consolation and desolation.

On this Palm Sunday, Fr. Chris Stanish concludes a preaching series entitled, "Teach Us To Pray." In this homily, Fr. Chris talks about distractions and dryness in prayer. He discusses why this happens and what we can do about it.

Fr. Chris Stanish is facilitating an 8 week class on prayer using Fr. Mark Toups' Oremus: A Guide to Catholic Prayer series. This class uses a series of 8 thirty minute video clips which are available from Ascension Press in DVD format. Fr. Chris introduces the study session with opening remarks, and concludes with remarks at the conclusion of the instructional video. This audio podcast contains Fr. Chris' commentary on distractions and forming a plan of life, with a break at about the 15.5 minute mark for Fr. Mark's video on dealing with distractions.

On this 5th Sunday of Lent, Fr. Chris Stanish continues a preaching series entitled, "Teach Us To Pray." In this homily, Fr. Chris talks about discernment in prayer. How can we know when it is God who is speaking to us in prayer?

Fr. Chris Stanish is facilitating an 8 week class on prayer using Fr. Mark Toups' Oremus: A Guide to Catholic Prayer series. This class uses a series of 8 thirty minute video clips which are available from Ascension Press in DVD format. Fr. Chris introduces the study session with opening remarks, and concludes with remarks at the conclusion of the instructional video. This audio podcast contains Fr. Chris' commentary on the rules of discernment and the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, with a break at about the 23.5 minute mark for Fr. Mark's video on discernment in prayer.

On this 4th Sunday of Lent, Fr. Chris Stanish continues a preaching series entitled, "Teach Us To Pray." In this homily, Fr. Chris talks about our interior, spiritual senses and how they lead us to a style of prayer called imaginative prayer.

Fr. Chris Stanish is facilitating an 8 week class on prayer using Fr. Mark Toups' Oremus: A Guide to Catholic Prayer series. This class uses a series of 8 thirty minute video clips which are available from Ascension Press in DVD format. Fr. Chris introduces the study session with opening remarks, and concludes with remarks at the conclusion of the instructional video. This audio podcast contains Fr. Chris' commentary on the spiritual senses and the Three Ways, with a break at about the 14.5 minute mark for Fr. Mark's video on imaginative prayer.