Why do you feel so invisible and spiritually depleted? You need a daily LOVE encounter with Jesus. You need daily nourishment from the "one table of the Lord" (CCC 103).  “You are invited to an encounter with Jesus, Word of God made flesh, as an event of grace that runs through the reading and the hearing of the Sacred Scriptures” (The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church). L - listen: Reading seeks for the sweetness of a blessed life, O - observe: meditation perceives it, V - verbalize: prayer asks for it, E - entrust: contemplation tastes it. L - listen: Reading, as it were, puts food whole into the mouth, O - observe: mediation chews it and breaks it up, V - verbalize: prayer extracts its flavor, E - entrust: contemplation is the sweetness itself which gladdens and refreshes. L - listen: Reading works on the outside, O - observe: meditation on the pith, V - verbalize: prayer asks for what we long for, E - entrust: contemplation gives us delight in the sweetness which we have found. Adapted from The Ladder of Monks, Guigo (LOVE acronym added) Click here for the previous series mentioned in this episode, Healing the Father Wound. Summary video of Healing the Father Wound   Enjoy this episode from a previous series while we prepare for the next series Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Lisa S, Sandy M, Janette S, and Katy M, for loving and lifting me! :) Friends of the Show get all Premium Content!  Help us decide our next Monthly Meetup Bible study topic! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary.   L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.) O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) “If you abide in my word you are my disciples indeed” (Joh 8:31). Spend some time emphasizing each word of this verse in turn, like this: “If you abide in my word you are my disciples indeed” (Joh 8:31). “If you abide in my word you are my disciples indeed” (Joh 8:31). “If you abide in my word you are my disciples indeed” (Joh 8:31). “If you abide in my word you are my disciples indeed” (Joh 8:31). “If you abide in my word you are my disciples indeed” (Joh 8:31). After you have emphasized each word, return to the Listen section and read it again. Where do you sense this verse is speaking about the events of your own life? What is God saying to you through this verse? Does it connect at all to what you have sensed through His word in other areas recently? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Kyrie, Eleison – Lord, Have Mercy ….‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ Luke 18:13 “Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.” Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing.  What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – LOVE the Word summary; the "one table of the Lord" (CCC 103) Minutes 12:01-24:00 – get answers to direct questions with LOVE the Word, such as, "What should the next podcast series be?"; Healing the Father Wound previous series; discerning through seemingly contradictory messages Minutes 24:01-36:00 – navigating through a difficult publishing contract; long term messages from LOVE the Word; Listen, Observe,

Faith cannot simply be belief – in God, or in a set of teachings – for “even the demons believe and tremble” (James 2:19). In this show, we discern what faith is, by looking at what it isn’t. This show is from the previous LOVE the Word® series, the Entrust episode, available here. next series Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Lisa S, Sandy M, Janette S, and Katy M, for loving and lifting me! :) Friends of the Show get all Premium Content!  Help us decide our next Monthly Meetup Bible study topic! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary.   L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.) O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Hebrews 11:6,  “And without faith it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” Do you really believe God wants to reward you? What do you think He might want to reward you with? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Kyrie, Eleison – Lord, Have Mercy ….‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ Luke 18:13 “Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.” Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing.  What We Discussed | Show Notes This show is from the previous LOVE the Word® series, the Entrust episode, available here. Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – Faith in our amount of faith, trying to manipulate God with our "faith," is not real faith  Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Faith in what we want or think should happen is not real faith Minutes 24:01-36:00 – Faith is not my ability to discern or know God's will  Minutes 36:01-48:00 – Faith is not in my timing; faith is in the Person if the Holy Trinity, His goodness Transcript Friends of the Show, sign in first to download a transcript of this episode: Protected Content. Click Here to sign in

"Silence is the language of God - sanctity's mother tongue" (Lawrence Lovasik, SVD). Learning to be comfortable and still in silence is possibly the most important thing we can foster in the spiritual life, because Mary shows us that listening comes first in prayer - not speaking - and true listening can only happen in silence. Is listening simply reading the scriptures? If I read passage after passage, book after book of the Bible, have I really prayed if I have not discerned God as a Person there, and adjusted my life to what I have heard? Mary goes further than simply hearing or reading the Word in a cerebral way that does not penetrate or move her. She teaches us how to listen to the silence, enflamed with the fire of God's love unto contemplation, union, and incarnation. ___ NOTE: The new 2025 Mary journal I spoke about in this episode will be out in a few weeks at Advent. Until then, you can download a free 2024 journal and guide page in the margin to the right. The book I mentioned in the podcast that I wrote with Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, Ignite, Read the Bible Like Never Before, is also available in the right margin.  This is a re-released, vintage podcast from 2017, but the complete resource on LOVE the Word® is How to Pray Like Mary, available in the right margin, in which you'll learn to approach Scripture and lectio divina with a more open and receptive disposition versus a checklist mentality. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friend of the Show, Penny S and Mona P, for loving and lifting me! :) Friends of the Show get all Premium Content!  Our Monthly Meetup Bible study in John is epic! We're in the Book of Glory! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary.   L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) If you haven't done so already, read the Mass readings for today, available every day, right here. To what is your attention drawn - perhaps a word, phrase, or idea? How is God speaking to you through it? How does His word apply to your circumstances, relationships, and concerns today? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) "May it be done to me according to Your Word" (Luke 1:38). Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community away from social media to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing.  What We Discussed | Show Notes “In an address in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis once compared our ability to hear the voice of God with that of the Blessed Mother and her kinswoman Elizabeth. ‘What gave rise to Mary’s act of going to visit her relative Elizabeth? A word of God’s angel. “Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son . . .” (Lk 1:36). Mary knew how to listen to God. Be careful: it was not merely “hearing” a superficial word, but it was “listening,” that consists of attention, acceptance and availability to God. It was not in the distracted way with which we sometimes face the Lord or others: we hear their words, but we do not really listen. Mary is attentive to God. She listens to God. ‘However Mary also listens to the events, that is, she interprets the events of her life, she is attentive to reality itself and does not stop on the surface but goes to the depths t...

NOTE: The new 2025 Mary journal I spoke about in this episode will be out in a few weeks at Advent. Until then, you can download a free 2024 journal and guide page in the margin to the right. The book I mentioned in the podcast that I wrote with Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, Ignite, Read the Bible Like Never Before, is also available in the right margin.  This is a re-released, vintage podcast from 2017, but the complete resource on LOVE the Word® is How to Pray Like Mary, available in the right margin, in which you'll learn to approach Scripture and lectio divina with a more open and receptive disposition versus a checklist mentality. ___ Prayer is about relationship, not technique. St. Jerome said ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. We pray Scripture, daily, in order to nurture a relationship with Him, to know Him, His purposes, and His ways; to experience Him. From beginning to end, prayer is about LOVE. If you've never experienced God's love, here's how to begin. Mary shows you how. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friend of the Show, Anthony DiM and Shelly M (special thank you), for loving and lifting me! :) Friends of the Show get all Premium Content!  Our Monthly Meetup Bible study in John is epic! We're in the Book of Glory! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary.   L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)   O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) If you haven't done so already, read the Mass readings for today, available every day, right here. To what is your attention drawn - perhaps a word, phrase, or idea? How is God speaking to you through it? How does His word apply to your circumstances, relationships, and concerns today? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) "May it be done to me according to Your Word" (Luke 1:38). Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community away from social media to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing.  What We Discussed | Show Notes “In an address in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis once compared our ability to hear the voice of God with that of the Blessed Mother and her kinswoman Elizabeth. ‘What gave rise to Mary’s act of going to visit her relative Elizabeth? A word of God’s angel. “Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son . . .” (Lk 1:36). Mary knew how to listen to God. Be careful: it was not merely “hearing” a superficial word, but it was “listening,” that consists of attention, acceptance and availability to God. It was not in the distracted way with which we sometimes face the Lord or others: we hear their words, but we do not really listen. Mary is attentive to God. She listens to God. ‘However Mary also listens to the events, that is, she interprets the events of her life, she is attentive to reality itself and does not stop on the surface but goes to the depths to grasp its meaning. Her kinswoman Elizabeth, who is already elderly, is expecting a child: this is the event. But Mary is attentive to the meaning. She can understand it: “with God nothing will be impossible” (Lk 1:37). ‘This is also true in our life: listening to God who speaks to us, and listening also to daily reality, paying attention to people, to events,

NOTE: The new 2025 Mary journal I spoke about in this episode will be out in a few weeks at Advent. Until then, you can download a free 2024 journal and guide page in the margin to the right. I mentioned Unleashed in this re-released, vintage podcast from 2017, but the complete resource on LOVE the Word® is How to Pray Like Mary, available in the right margin, in which you'll learn to approach Scripture and lectio divina with a more open and receptive disposition versus a checklist mentality. ___ Pope Francis called Mary the “mother of listening,” because she didn’t just hear God's word (in our case read, also), she understood how to interpret it in light of her own relationships, circumstances, and habits. Pope Benedict XVI called Mary the "mother of prayer." She is our model for listening to God by praying with Scripture in a way that incarnates it within us.   Modeled on the Annunciation, LOVE the Word® is lectio divina (sacred reading) without the Latin, a prayer method with Scripture that invites our Blessed Mother to guide us in her own personal “listening” practice: L – listen, O – observe, V – verbalize, E – entrust. We learn to listen to and hear God speak like Mary, from Mary. She teaches us to interpret the word we hear and read through the landscape of our lives. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friend of the Show, Isa J, Melanie S, Kathleen G, Joseph A, and Johanne R, for loving and lifting me! :) Friends of the Show get all Premium Content!  Our Monthly Meetup Bible study in John is epic! We're in the Book of Glory! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary.   L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) And the angel came to her and said, “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.  We’ll have to speculate here…How would you connect the angel’s visit to the word you received, and to Elizabeth’s pregnancy? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) "May it be done to me according to Your Word" (Luke 1:38). Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community away from social media to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing.  What We Discussed | Show Notes “In an address in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis once compared our ability to hear the voice of God with that of the Blessed Mother and her kinswoman Elizabeth. ‘What gave rise to Mary’s act of going to visit her relative Elizabeth? A word of God’s angel. “Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son . . .” (Lk 1:36). Mary knew how to listen to God. Be careful: it was not merely “hearing” a superficial word, but it was “listening,” that consists of attention, acceptance and availability to God. It was not in the distracted way with which we sometimes face the Lord or others: we hear their words, but we do not really listen. Mary is attentive to God. She listens to God. ‘However Mary also listens to the events, that is,

The Word of God is the Logos (Jn 1:1-18) - a Person, not a book. Creation is a "book of God's words" brought forth through the wisdom and Person of the Logos. Now, in the spiritual new creation, the Logos gives Himself to us as "seed" and "food" in Scripture and Eucharist, which together are the "one table of the Lord" (CCC 103). Mary, created to be the Seat of Wisdom, shows us how to LOVE the Word so that the Logos is incarnated in us, and we can offer Him to the world with her in wielding the sword of the Spirit that defeats the enemy.    Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friend of the Show, Therese P, Lisa D, Kathy S, Lynne MacL, and Cheri M, for loving and lifting me! :) Friends of the Show get all Premium Content!  Our Monthly Meetup Bible study in John is epic! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary.   L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)    O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Is Jesus as the Logos a new concept for you? How does the relationship between creation, wisdom, and the Person of Christ draw forth your own purpose and the meaning of your life on a daily basis? Or does it? Do you have a habit of praying with Jesus through the daily readings? What did the Holy Spirit say to you about that through this episode? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Kyrie, Eleison – Lord, Have Mercy ….‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ Luke 18:13 “Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.” Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community away from social media to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing.  What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – the sword of the Spirit as THE offensive weapon in the armor of God; the Logos in Greek philosophy and Maximus the Confessor  Minutes 12:01-24:00 – the ten "let there be..." statements in Genesis; the Ten Commandments; the ten plagues Minutes 24:01-36:00 – the primacy of Scripture over private revelations; the inherent power in God's word for healing, guidance, and change; the Logos draws out your life's purpose and meaning Minutes 36:01-48:00 – Mary as Seat of Wisdom, the perfect creation who perfectly expressed her unique createdness through the Logos Transcript Friends of the Show, sign in first to download a transcript of this episode: Protected Content. Click Here to sign in

"Salvation" is not merely a moment of asking Jesus into your heart, at least not according to the Bible. Jesus never said to anyone who asked about salvation, "Ask me into your heart and you will be saved." But He did say, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day" (John 6:53-54). Greek words have motion: I was saved> I am being saved> I will be saved. Salvation begins with baptism, and proceeds along a path of exodus, of healing, of restoration, of transformation. Salvation is only finished at the end, in Him. He is our peace, shalom, rest. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friend of the Show, Kathy M, for loving and lifting me! :) Friends of the Show get all Premium Content!  Our Monthly Meetup Bible study in John is epic! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary.   L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)   O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Do you get impatient with yourself or others that the process of healing and salvation is so slow?  V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Kyrie, Eleison – Lord, Have Mercy ….‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ Luke 18:13 “Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.” Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing.  What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – Flaming arrows and the shield of faith; doubting God's goodness  Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Helmet of salvation; cheek guards Minutes 24:01-36:00 – Is 52 and 58, front and rear  Minutes 36:01-48:00 – What is salvation?  Transcript Friends of the Show, sign in first to download a transcript of this episode: Protected Content. Click Here to sign in

Faith cannot simply be belief – in God, or in a set of teachings – for “even the demons believe and tremble” (James 2:19). In this show, we discern what faith is, by looking at what it isn’t. This show is from the previous LOVE the Word® series, the Entrust episode, available here. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Carolyn McG, Rosella De T, and Maria H, for loving and lifting me! :) Friends of the Show get all Premium Content!  Our Monthly Meetup Bible study in John is epic! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary.   L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)   O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Hebrews 11:6,  “And without faith it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” Do you really believe God wants to reward you? What do you think He might want to reward you with? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Kyrie, Eleison – Lord, Have Mercy ….‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ Luke 18:13 “Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.” Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing.  What We Discussed | Show Notes This show is from the previous LOVE the Word® series, the Entrust episode, available here. Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – Faith in our amount of faith, trying to manipulate God with our "faith," is not real faith  Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Faith in what we want or think should happen is not real faith Minutes 24:01-36:00 – Faith is not my ability to discern or know God's will  Minutes 36:01-48:00 – Faith is not in my timing; faith is in the Person if the Holy Trinity, His goodness Transcript Friends of the Show, sign in first to download a transcript of this episode: Protected Content. Click Here to sign in

I'm convinced that part of why we walk in fear, shame, and guilt for so long as Christians, is that we do not sufficiently understand the Gospel. "Gospel" means "good news." Why is it good news? Because "for freedom He has set you free" (Gal 5:1).  Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Debbie D; Becky W; Evan W; and Keri S, for loving and lifting me! *Extra thank you for your generosity! :) Friends of the Show get all Premium Content!  Our Monthly Meetup Bible study in John is epic! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary.   L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)   O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Does understanding your position with God in Christ feel freeing? Does it give you more confidence to move forward in peace, in mission, and in freedom? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Kyrie, Eleison – Lord, Have Mercy ….‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ Luke 18:13 “Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.” Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing.  What We Discussed | Show Notes So You're Needy episode from the Cherished series Isaiah 52 episode from the Servant Song series Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – Feet symbolism in the Bible; Is 52: "how beautiful are the feet of them..."; the Servant Song  Minutes 12:01-24:00 – What is "the Gospel" and why is it "good news"?; law vs. grace; reconciliation with God Minutes 24:01-36:00 – neediness; freedom from fear, guilt, and shame; freedom from tyranny;  Minutes 36:01-48:00 – freedom from sin, suffering, and death; standing and moving forward in the good news of peace; life and love Transcript Friends of the Show: Protected Content. Click Here to sign in

"Rules" are not righteousness. Rules often become the symbol for righteousness rather than the road to it. Is "righteousness" about keeping rules? What is "sin" anyway? Why shouldn't we, because God will be offended and send us to hell? This episode explores the Breastplate of Righteousness in Ephesians 6:14, what righteousness is, and how to wear the breastplate.  Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Aga T; and Cathy M* for loving and lifting me! *Extra thank you for your generosity! :) Friends of the Show get all Premium Content!  Our Monthly Meetup Bible study in John is epic! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary.   L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)   O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Do you find comfort in Catholic "rules"? Why or why not? Are you flippant about God's commandments? Do you keep them outwardly while your heart is far from them and God? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Kyrie, Eleison – Lord, Have Mercy ….‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ Luke 18:13 “Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.” Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing.  What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – Righteousness defined, God's character, what is sin?, Rom 3:21-31  Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Righteousness is "imputed," or transferred, "filthy rags", Mosaic Law compared to The Beatitudes, natural and moral law  Minutes 24:01-36:00 – Ceremonial Law & Judicial Precepts Minutes 36:01-48:00 – The Law of Love, wearing the breastplate of righteousness Transcript Friends of the Show: Sign in first. Protected Content. Click Here to sign in 

This series, The Armor of God for Healing, is based on Ephesians 6:10-18. Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace; above all taking the shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints" (Ephesians 6:10-18). Series: Understanding the End Times From a Church History and Catholic Point of View Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Debbie D; Chelle S; Rose G; and Rebecca M* for loving and lifting me! *Whoa, extra thank you for your generosity! :) Friends of the Show get all Premium Content!  Our Monthly Meetup Bible study in John is epic! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary.   L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)   O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) What is the role of truth for you and your family in super-charged political and/or religious climates? What about in healing generational wounds? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Kyrie, Eleison – Lord, Have Mercy ….‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’ Luke 18:13b “Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord have mercy.” Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing.  What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – Dreams of evil, the relevant passage, being made strong, stand x 3, End Times from a Catholic Point of View Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Ephesians 6 verses 10-11, deceiving the elect, wiles and subtleties Minutes 24:01-36:00 – Verses 12-14, 7 weapons, Is 59 Minutes 36:01-48:00 – Belt of truth, hip and thigh in OT covenant making, procreative power, protecting descendants Transcript Friends of the Show: Sign in first. Protected Content. Click Here to sign in