Catholic Immersion

We continue our Lenten series ‘No Greater Love’ with this second episode containing the story of Peter Denying Jesus. The text for this episode comes from Matthew 26:69-75.

Today we start a new series for Lent called ‘No Greater Love.’ Over these next few weeks we are going to follow along with the story of Jesus’ passion and death as related in the Gospels. Today’s episode will focus on Jesus as we see Him in the Garden of Gethsemane. The text for today’s … Continue reading No Greater Love – Jesus in the Garden →

Our experience of transformation is not always going to be comfortable. Lessons from the life of St Paul. Recording is from a teaching given during the 2015 Life in the Spirit retreat at the Community of My Beloved prayer group at St Mary Magdalen’s in San Antonio, TX.

Lessons we can learn from the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30). Recording of the teaching given May 2016 for the Community of My Beloved prayer group at St Mary Magdalen’s in San Antonio, TX.  

Lessons on suffering from Jesus walking on the sea (Matthew 14:22-33). Recording is from the teaching given March 2016 for the Community of My Beloved prayer group at St Mary Magdalen’s in San Antonio, TX.

“The ways of holiness are many according to the vocation of each individual.” – St John Paul II Holiness comes in so many different flavors we can’t name them all. This is because we don’t all have exactly the same vocation. Every single saint is a different flavor of holiness that is different and yet … Continue reading God Broke the Mold →

“A man’s mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps.” Prov 16:9 We have the end of sainthood in mind. Let’s be SMART about the goals we set to get us there.

In this final episode of our Advent series, we join Mary at the birth of Christ. What can we learn from Mary at this moment about welcoming Christ into our lives?

We continue on with Mary as she journeys with St Joseph to Bethlehem. Here in these final days leading up to the birth of the Christ, Mary gets a major curveball thrown her way. How she responds to this contains a great lesson for us as we continue to learn from her how to prepare … Continue reading 11 – Preparing the Way: The Journey to Bethlehem →

We continue our Advent series by joining Mary in the space in between the major event of the Visitation and the time of the journey to Bethlehem. Scripture records the major events we need to know for our salvation. There is nothing recorded about what happens during those six months, and that in itself contains … Continue reading 10 – Preparing the Way: The Space In Between →

We continue with the second part of our Advent series. Today we will be learning from Mary at the time of the Visitation. The scripture for the episode can be found at Luke 1:39-56.

Happy First Sunday of Advent! Today we start a series for Advent: Preparing the Way. We’ll be learning from Mary as we journey with her from the Annunciation to the birth of Christ. Scripture for today’s episode is from Luke 1:26-38.

Heroes don’t come from comfortable, easy situations. It takes real heroism to persist in rooting out vices and planting virtues.

“You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a graven image…you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God…” Ex 20:3-5 & Dt 5:7-9. This first commandment has two parts. The first part is “You shall have no … Continue reading 06 – Getting to the Heart of Idolatry →

There are different types of games. The most common are competitive where the players work against each other trying to win. There are also games which are cooperative where the players work together to try to accomplish an objective in order to win. The process of discernment is more like a playing a cooperative game … Continue reading 05 – Discernment As Cooperative Gameplay →

“So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.” 1 Corinthians 3:7 We need to meet people where they are at. This means understanding it’s often more about progress than immediate perfection. Sins are wounds, and we are all wounded in some way.

“but test everything, hold fast what is good” 1 Thes 5:21. What’s the difference between judging to condemn and judging to discern?

“These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.””  Isaiah 29:13 What is prayer? How do we build a daily prayer life or deepen our prayer life?

“How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!” (Matthew 23:27) Are you chasing a series of encounters or pursuing a relationship?