Episode 253 - Lent Prep: Desert Spirituality

Why does the desert during Lent matter? 

Why do we journey there every year for three weeks, alongside our brothers in faith?

The desert isn't just a place of physical challenge or adventure—it's a biblical invitation to encounter God in a profound way. It’s a place where we can strip away distractions, face our vulnerabilities, and open ourselves to God's transformative presence. The desert is both a terrifying and purifying place, just as it is for Jesus.

In this episode, we dive deep into the spiritual significance of the desert during the Lenten season. Join us as we explore the desert’s deep spiritual meaning, and how this sacred journey is not just for the body but also for the spirit.

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Episode 252 - Lent Prep: On Fasting

What does fasting in Lent mean to you and to Jesus?

Fasting from food for the sake of health benefits is good, however fasting to bring us closer in relationship with Jesus, now that's something else entirely. Fasting is also an opportunity to feel the hunger in our bodies so that God can come and fulfill our hunger in the deepest ways.

In this episode, we'll dive deeper into what fasting truly means and how we can say No to ourselves, through simple sacrifices and say Yes to create more space for intimacy with Jesus.

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Episode 251 - Jesus's Favorite Things: Seeing the Unseen, Series on Jesus's Favorite Things (Part 6)

How do you think Jesus sees us?

Jesus's heart desires to see us, to have the unseen be seen. But he doesn't just want us to be seen as collected and consumed. Jesus likes us for us and sees us for who we are and how we want to be truly seen.

This episode talks about how Jesus sees us, particularly the person or parts of our lives that are overlooked and the unseen.

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Episode 250 - Jesus's Favorite Things: Faith, Series on Jesus's Favorite Things (Part 5)

Why is Faith so important to Jesus?

Faith is the proof of our belief in God's goodness. It's seeing that God is all-seeing, all-powerful, and all-good. Ultimately, faith shows that we have complete trust and confidence in Him and that He matters more to us than anything else. These are some of the reasons why Faith means so much to Jesus.

In this episode, we'll dive deep into the definition of Faith, learn what it truly means, and why it's one of Jesus's favorite things.

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Episode 249 - Jesus's Favorite Things: Repentance, Series on Jesus's Favorite Things (Part 4)

What does repentance truly look like?

A good way to look at repentance is that it brings us back to love. It's one of Jesus's favorite things because he sees our hearts and desires change so that we do not live sinfully anymore.

Repentance is not just about wanting to change our behaviors, it's about wanting to change because we love God, it's being sorry because we love God and that we don't want to live our old lives with sin because we love God. We repent because we love God and we want to be with him. 

In this episode, we'll dive deep into what the true meaning of repentance looks like and learn why it's one of Jesus's favorite things.

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Episode 248 - Jesus's Favorite Things: Quality Time, Series on Jesus's Favorite Things (Part 3)

Do you also spend quality time with Jesus?

We believe part of Jesus's favorite thing is to be with us. He desires to be with us and wants to spend time with us. He chooses people to be with Him as He's with His Father.

Jesus has given himself to us in the most holy Eucharist. It's a true testament that He chooses to give himself, his love and that he desires to spend quality time with us and a way in which we can love Him is by receiving him, coming to him, and spending quality time with Him in prayer.

In this episode, we'll talk about another part of Jesus's favorite things, quality time, and how we can be renewed on receiving Jesus's presence in our lives and desire to spend time with Him.

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Episode 247 - Jesus's Favorite Things: Lowliness, Series on Jesus's Favorite Things (Part 2)

What does lowliness mean to you and to God?

The experience of lowliness can sometimes be what we dislike about ourselves. These are times when we're not doing great, or when we're not rich or not attractive—these are usually the parts that we reject about ourselves. 

But part of the mystery is that in this lowliness is where God mostly manifests His love for us and where he reveals His heart for us and Jesus embodies this kind of lowliness.

In this episode, we're gonna talk about Jesus's next favorite thing which is lowliness, and how we can have a different meaning to our lowliness.

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Episode 246 - Jesus's Favorite Things: The Father, Series on Jesus's Favorite Things (Part 1)

Have you ever wondered how Jesus experienced The Father?

What was it like for Him to be in His Father's presence in the temple? What was it like to offer himself and suffer for the Father? What was it like for Him as he loved the Father with his every being?

The Father was the center of everything for Jesus—He is most likely His most favorite thing, His most favorite person. Jesus deeply desires to actually give us a share of His Father's heart. Ultimately, we are invited to have Jesus's favorite things be our own favorite things. 

In this episode, we're gonna dive into the depth of Jesus's love, offering and suffering by leaning into his experiences with the Father and see how we can grow in relationship with The Father too.

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Episode 245 - Jubilee Year

Where is your focus set on this new year, 2025?

This year we begin a jubilee year in the church. It is a consecrated time, a special year to stop and take a step back—it's a year of rest to reset while inviting the Lord into it. It is also a year to make a breakthrough or a major shift in our lives with an invitation to a greater intensity of prayer and hope. 

In this episode, we're going to talk about the principles of the jubilee year and how they can be a good starting point to focus on as we go into this new year.

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Episode 244 - Merry Christmas

What does Christmas offer to the reality of our lives?

The reality of holidays and people's lives is not always as happy or merry as we've hoped. But amidst all that, the invitation is to be with Jesus and go through whatever the reality of Christmas is with Him.

The Lord desires to be born even in the mess of our lives or our hearts and during Christmas, we are invited to come closer to Jesus. This is why Christmas can be a good source of grace and connection-it's a reason for hope in the darkness.

In this episode, we dive a little bit deeper into the reality of Christmas.

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Episode 243 - Hot Takes 7

We have to understand that we are going through different journeys. God is doing something completely different in each of our lives and we have to be attentive to that. Let us not be so quick to judge—everything is not as simple as it may seem. As we continue our journeys through life, we will constantly encounter our own and other people's struggles, flaws, weaknesses, and even sins. 

In our Catholic life, there will be a lot of questions that will come our way and in this episode, we'll try to answer a few of them.

Here is another one of our Hot Takes episodes that talks about some essential topics that most of us can relate to. In this episode we'll be going through the following topics: 

1️⃣ An Individual Who Lives In a Society 2️⃣ Can Men and Women Be Friends? 3️⃣ Jesus' 5 Favorite Things

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