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Virtues on Fire: The Flame of Hope

This first week of Advent we light the first purple candle. This is the Prophecy candle, representing our hope for Christ’s coming and our recollection of the Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah and the hope He brings to the world. How do we cultivate hope in our daily lives so that we ar...

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Holiday Survival Kit: Gratitude

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!! Today we talk about tomorrow's main subject: being thankful. With all the family gatherings kicking up for the holidays, tensions can run high and to-do lists can run away with us. Take a moment to be grateful - for every little thing in your life. Who knows... it ...

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What Even IS a Virtue, Anyway?!

Happy week before Thanksgiving, everybody!!  We are super excited to share today's episode with you because we have our FIRST EVER special guest on the podcast today.  Msgr. Price, our pastor at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, joins us today to explain what virtues are and how we can cultivate them in o...

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Parenting in the Apostolic Age

No matter the ages of our children, parenting is tough. How we prepare our loved ones for life in this new Apostolic Age is crucial to their perseverance in the face of not only differing opinions, but differing "truths." The world, or at least our corner of it, no longer subscribes to Christian ...

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Balancing Prayer

Deciding what is important and then making enough time for it is not always easy.  This week Kendell and Lori offer some ideas to help you balance prayer with the rest of your busy schedule, making sure that most important conversation with God each day is one of the big rocks in your jar! Be su...

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Satan or the Saints

It's almost All Saints Day, y'all! As we approach this holyday of obligation in the Church year, we ask ourselves whose attitudes we are most closely mimicking: Satan's or the holy Saints in Heaven?  Every day presents us with a choice. Do we turn away from God, as Satan did, and say "no" to His ...

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Protect Your Joy: Kick Satan in the Face!

Ever feel like the devil is just TRYING to trip you up? Putting road blocks at every turn, making everything seem so much harder than you know it to be? Don't take this lying down, Christian! Reclaim your peace and protect your joy by kicking Old Scratch in the FACE! Our goal is to get to Heaven....

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Your Sin, My Sin

Sin.  It's a toughie, especially when we realize that criticizing other people's actions as we perceive them to be sin is exactly what the devil wants us to do! In this week's episode, Kendell and Lori unpack the feelings associated with judging what we don't understand and doing spiritual harm t...

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Showing Grace

Today’s episode is all about grace, particularly the grace that we can give to others because we have already received it from the Father. We all have those lovely people in our lives who test us, right? Rather, maybe we should think of it as them sanctifying us - making us holier by giving us op...

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Forgiveness

Forgiveness - often the hardest to give, and even the hardest to receive. What does it mean to forgive someone?  Does it mean we forget? Does it mean we approve of what they did? Not at all.  Forgiveness is simply saying, "You don't owe me anything anymore." Learning to forgive is sometimes a lon...

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The Last Pew Hosts

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LORI MAINIERO