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If you are seeking more of God, this podcast is for you. Each talk addresses a specific aspect of the spiritual life from a Christian perspective to nourish your soul. Questions for prayer are provided to help you ponder how the ideas can be applied to your unique situation.
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The addiction series continues by exploring how we can make spiritual progress through the cross of addiction - the addiction of someone we love. Five beliefs show progress, but how do we get there?
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The addiction series continues. How do we have healthy conversations with an addict and others who are affected by him or her? How do we identify unhealthy patterns and change them so that our conversations bring us more peace?
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The addiction series continues with a discussion about when we come to believe that there will not be recovery. Even so, we surrender all to God and have peace at the cross.
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The addiction series continues with a discussion of the time when the addict is in sustained recovery. They have a God-centered life that is reflected in personal healing, emotional maturity, and spiritual peace. What is our role now that the addict we love is doing so well?
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Continuing the series on addiction, this episode explores early recovery, when the addict is clean and sober but still struggling with the challenges that led to the addiction. What can you do to nurture your own healing while the addict is struggling to maintain sobriety? It's a very challenging time!
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Addiction Series: This episode explores the complexities we face when addiction ends in death. How do we grieve? How do we fight the spiritual battle? How can we open our hearts to the healing grace of God?
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In this series on addiction, we explore the struggles and opportunities that come when an addict we love is in jail or court-ordered rehab.
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The Addiction Series Episode 6. What happens when we are estranged from the addict? How can we more willingly surrender the addict to God? Who can help us through this suffering?
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This is part of a series on addiction. Stagnation is a time in the addiction relationship when nothing is happening. It's dark, smelly, and lifeless. How can this dead time bear spiritual fruit? There are three ways to make that happen.
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This episode continues the series on addiction, exploring the hard decisions we must make in our relationship with the addict. How do we make a decision we can live with?
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Continuing the series on addiction, this episode explores the challenges when we are on the rehab roller coaster with the addict we love. They enter rehab, are clean for a while, then relapse. This is repeated over and over. How do we live and love and hope through this season of ups and downs?
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Addiction: What do we do when we find out there is a problem? How can I have spiritual peace in the midst of the storm? This episode explores how we can respond when we find out that someone we love has an addiction.
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This is the beginning of a series on addiction - for those who love an addict. How do we navigate the turbulence of addiction? How do we fight the spiritual battle when the one we love is addicted? Learn about the nine seasons we can experience when in a relationship with an addict. Future episodes will explore each season in depth.
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Is your life disordered? What does that mean? How can we identify the disorders that keep us from God? How can we bring God's perfect order into our lives?
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This final episode on healing offers 5 steps for creating a plan for your healing journey. You can download a Healing Plan Worksheet at my website: https://colleenorchanian.com/resources
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[Continuing the healing series] This episode presents five healing resources: Humility, Charity, Staying in the Present, Retreats, and Body Health. All of these can foster continued healing in mind, body, and spirit.
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How can prayer, fasting, and almsgiving help me have a fruitful Lent? This episode presents many ways to live those Lenten disciplines.
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Continuing the series on healing, this episode explores 3 more healing resources: forgiveness, repentance, and book discussion groups.
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Be Healed by Dr. Bob Schuttes
Abide by Heather Khym
Loved As I Am by Sister Miriam Heidland
Forgiveness Prayer: https://prayersroom.com/fr-robert-de-grandis-ssj-forgiveness-prayer/
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What resources are available for the healing journey? In this episode, you'll hear about six powerful resources: prayers of petition, communion with God, professional help, prayers of renunciation, spiritual warfare, and community.
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Healing Part 3: What obstacles block the healing we desire? How can we remove those obstacles and be open to the healing touch of Jesus?
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We need healing in body, mind, and soul. Each affects the other. When we identify all of our healing needs, we are open to complete healing from the Divine Physician.
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The first in a series on healing, this episode summarizes healing. What is it? Why do we need it? What are the signs that we need healing?
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Have you ever had a spiritual word of the year? Why not choose a word for Advent? Here are some possibilities and some ideas for living the word during this season of anticipation.
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How open are you to the gifts God has for you? Do you try to rush God? This episode is about being receptive and overcoming the habits of grasping and rejecting.
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What does it mean to surrender? There are many false ways to surrender in faith, but what is the proper way?
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Pope Francis said that the Church is a field hospital for the wounded. Is that how you see your parish? We are all part of the wounded - and part of the hospital staff. This episode is about being healing agents, helping others heal from the trials of life and the effects of our sins. Hear how you can become a healing agent in your family, parish, community, and the world.
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We plan for many things in our lives: college for our kids, family moves, taking a vacation, and starting a business. Do we have a plan for eternity? Are we as concerned about becoming saints and getting to heaven? This episode is about how to create a plan to grow in holiness and in union with God.
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Joy is a gift of the Holy Spirit. What's the difference between joy and happiness? How can we be open to the joy God has ready for us?
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Spiritual Warfare - Continued. The weapon of the week is detachment. When we are detached from things of this world, the devil has no foothold on us. There are six common areas of attachment to consider: material, comfort, recreation, media, ideology, and people. What are you attached to?
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How strong are you? In what ways? This episode explores five areas of strength: physical, intellectual, emotional, character, and spiritual.
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Spiritual Warfare Continued: This episode explores how sacraments and sacramentals offer grace to fight the spiritual battle. Are you making the most of these powerful weapons?
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Spiritual Warfare Continued. This week's episode is about the spiritual tool of love. Do we receive God's perfect love? Are we sharing it with others?
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Spiritual Warfare Continued: How does virtue help us fight the spiritual battle? How can we grow in virtue and be battle-ready?
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Spiritual Warfare Continued. This week explores the spiritual tool of the communion of saints. How can we enlist people on earth and in heaven to help us in the spiritual battle?
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Spiritual Warfare Continued. This episode explores the spiritual weapon of forgiveness. When we practice radical forgiveness, the enemy loses his foothold in our minds.
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Spiritual Warfare Continued. This week's episode describes how spiritual direction can become a powerful weapon to help us resist the attacks of the devil.
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Spiritual Warfare Continued. The weapon of the week is truth. Do we speak the truth? Do we speak it with love? How does truth help us fight the spiritual battle?
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Spiritual Warfare Continued. This episode covers the spiritual weapon of community. We need others to help us fight the good fight. What makes a good community? How can I find the one that's right for me?
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(Spiritual Warfare Continued) This episode is about the spiritual weapon of healing. The devil can't attack what is healthy and in union with God. But how do we do that?
A book mentioned in the podcast is Be Healed by Dr. Bob Schuchts, also the John Paul II Healing Center for healing retreats.
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Spiritual Warfare Continued: This episode explores the spiritual weapon of self-denial. How can penance and mortification help us resist the snares of the devil?
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Spiritual Warfare - Weapon Three: Repentance. We can't fight the battle when we are in a state of sin, and we should seek to know our faults, no matter how small. Each fault is a turning away from God.
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Spiritual Warfare Continued: This episode explores how prayer can be a powerful weapon in our spiritual arsenal.
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Spiritual Warfare Continued: This episode begins the discussion of the weapons we have in our arsenal to fight the spiritual battle. The weapon of the week is the Bible, called the Sword of the Spirit by Paul in Ephesians.
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Spiritual Warfare Continued. This episode describes how to do an inventory of the spiritual attacks you face. What is the devil doing in your life? Why is it working?
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Continuing the series on spiritual warfare, this episode examines how the devil targets us during our suffering.
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Continuing the series on spiritual warfare, this episode explores how our vocation or job can become an avenue for a spiritual attack.
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This episode continues the series on spiritual warfare. The attack highlighted here is spiritual gluttony. What is it? How can we avoid the trap that slows our spiritual progress?
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Continuing the series on spiritual warfare, this episode explores how the devil uses fear to block God's will in our lives.
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[Spiritual Warfare Continued] The perfect storm is when a group of people is spiritually attacked individually, in different ways, at the same time. When they come together, their individual attacks are magnified.
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(Spiritual Warfare Continued) The attack in this episode is criticism. How does the devil attack when we are criticized? How does he attack when we are called to correct others?
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Spiritual Warfare Continued... This episode is about the spiritual attacks we face when someone we love has an addiction.
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This episode addresses the spiritual attack of confusion that keeps us from following God's plan in our lives.
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Continuing the series on spiritual warfare. This attack is Satan's con game that relies on our pride. Listen to eight ways he traps us in our pride.
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Satan tempts us to sin, and he's very clever about it. We may not recognize our behavior as sin because we have a good reason for it, but he makes sin appear irresistible.
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[Continuing the series on spiritual warfare]
As disciples, we have an apostolate - the work we do for God and the salvation of souls. Satan attacks us in our apostolate so that our work does not bear fruit. How does he do it? How can we respond?
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[Spiritual Warfare Series continued] Sometimes Satan attacks us with spiritual cataracts that distort the truth about who we are, our image of God, and our relationships with others.
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Continuing the series on spiritual warfare, this episode covers the diversions of our plugged-in world: social media, entertainment, and current events.
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Spiritual Warfare Continued. How does the devil attack in our conversations? What can we do to have more holy conversations?
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Spiritual Warfare Part 5: Isolation and Loneliness. How Satan uses these to pull us away from God and distort our God-given image.
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Spiritual Warfare Part 4: Discouragement. How Satan uses discouragement to keep us from doing God's will.
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(Spiritual Warfare Part 4) How does Satan attack us through our relationships and what can we do about it?
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Continuing the series on spiritual warfare, this episode is about the lie of God's identity. When we don't know the truth about God, we can't trust Him.
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Satan is an identity thief, trying to steal from us our God-given identity as a beloved child of God. Why does that work? How can we overcome this attack?
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This is the first in a series of episodes about spiritual warfare. What is it? How do I know I'm under attack?
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When we listen well to God we are unstoppable!
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Do you ever feel like the bad dog who has misbehaved - ashamed and embarrassed? We come to God bowed down, needing mercy. And he lifts us up to praise His name.
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Do our actions reflect our Christian beliefs? If not, it's like asking "So What" when we claim to be people of faith. This episode is about walking the talk.
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Do you like a good fight? Do you get defensive and raise your shield and sword? How can we overcome our need to preserve our ego and instead respond with love in difficult situations?
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Sometimes the way of God doesn't make sense. This episode includes some thoughts about the book Humility Rules by Augustine Wetta. How can humility lead to self-esteem?
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We are in a spiritual battle. Satan, the enemy of our soul, wants to prevent us from growing closer to God and finding new life in Jesus Christ. How can we recognize the attack and fight the battle?
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Do you have a bucket list of things to do before you die? Why not make a spiritual bucket list of the ways you want to experience God before you die?
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How good are you at self-care? We are called to love others as ourselves - which means loving ourselves is okay. How can you care for yourself so that you are able to love others?
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Are you rushing through life - and through your prayer time? Why do we do that? How can we slow down and rest with God?
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God has unlimited grace for us, but sometimes we put up obstacles and reject His grace. What are those obstacles? How can we remove them?
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Do you sometimes say, "My plate is too full!" Maybe it's not full of the right stuff. How do you know?
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Have you had days when you are completely spent - all energy is gone? God calls us to love Him with all our strength, but sometimes that's hard. What does it mean to spend ourselves for God?
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In the Rite of Ordination for Deacons, they are given the Book of the Gospels and told: Believe what you read. Teach what you believe. Live what you teach. Those words apply to every Christian believer.
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God calls us to be His hands and feet. How can we allow God to love others through us?
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Distractions are frustrating. We want to do one thing but get sidetracked and waste time. This episode explores the spiritual attack of distractions and some remedies to overcome it.
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Have you experienced the sacred? What does that mean? When we enter sacred time or space, God is there to meet us.
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Did you know that you have been given power by God? It's true! Are you using that power or is there an obstacle that keeps you from embracing it?
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Do you think - if you try harder - you can make spiritual progress? The problem with that thinking is that you are forgetting that our progress comes through God's grace.
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Do you wonder if you are lukewarm, like the church in Laodicea? This episode explores the notion of being lukewarm - how it develops and what we can do to resist the spiritual laziness that comes as a temptation from the enemy of our souls.
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We are God's workmanship. His signature is on our hearts. What about our signature? It's on the work we do, the words we speak, and the thoughts we entertain. How does our work reflect the workmanship of God?
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Have you felt unqualified to tackle a call from God? You're in good company. He calls us regardless of our qualifications and then works through us to do great things.
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We have spiritual relationships in life that help us grow closer to God. We may be a spiritual parent, a spiritual sister or brother, or a spiritual child. What does it mean to fill one of these roles? How can we do it well?
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"My pleasure" is something you hear a lot at Chick-fil-A. This episode is about cheerfully responding to God's call in our lives. Are we cheerful givers? If not, why not, and how can we come to serve with more joy?
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It's important to tell the whole truth about God and the message of salvation. Do we focus on the good and leave out the hard teachings? Or do we focus on repentance without offering love and mercy? We need both - the whole truth.
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John recorded in the book of Revelation seven messages from Jesus to the different churches. Some of those letters can apply to us as well. Which church letter reflects the state of your faith today?
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Do you like to try dangerous things - sky diving, bungee jumping, mountain climbing - or do you tend to protect yourself from danger? We naturally seek ways to protect our bodies, families, and possessions. How about our souls? Living dangerously spiritually is the greatest risk of all.
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Do you like to skip steps - maybe try to do things more efficiently? Sometimes we try to take that approach with our spiritual life, but it won't work. The spiritual journey is a slow process of growth, just like a good marriage.
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Are you close enough to Christ? What might indicate that we are not? How can we grow closer and be a more faithful witness in the world?
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What does it mean if we offend others? Does that make us a bad Christian? Not necessarily. That's the topic for this episode.
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You do you! When is that a good approach to our spiritual life and when is it harmful? We want to be flexible but not casual. What does that look like? Check it out in this episode.
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Everyone needs to be encouraged - those struggling, doubting, suffering, and even thriving. God calls us to encourage each other. What does that look like? How can we do it well?
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Have you ever felt like a failure? Most of us experience that at some time or another. How does God use our failures to bless us? What can we do to cooperate with Him when we fail?
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When actors prepare for a scene, they want to know their motivation. When we have a conversation, we should ask that same question. What is our motivation? Is it good or not? This episode explores our motivations and how we can have conversations more pleasing to God.
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We are called to love others as ourself. Do we love ourselves? What does that mean? How can we grow in healthy self-love?
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Are you on fire for God? Do you want to be? What does that even mean?
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This episode is about how we can cover our day in prayer as we begin morning prayer time. What's happening today? What graces are needed for each activity? How can I invite God into the details of my day every morning?
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What does it mean when we renew our baptismal promises? These promises come from the Creed and express the beliefs of our faith. I believe in God...
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Do you like change or avoid it? God wants to change us - but how? How can we embrace the changes God desires?
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God is greater than... Greater love, greater power, greater mercy, greater faithfulness, and so much more. How can we embrace his greatness?
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God calls us to love others, but what does that mean? How can we bring love into every situation in our lives?
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Being a spiritual director is a great gift, and I have learned much from serving in this way. Here are seven things I've learned along the way.
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We as Christians need to live in solidarity with each other. There is power in numbers! What makes for solidarity in our relationships?
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Jesus prayed, "Thy will be done." Can we do the same? What does that mean and how can we trust God enough to say it with confidence?
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All Christians have the calling to be superheroes. We have superpowers - the supernatural gifts given by God - that allow us to make a difference in the world.
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Have you ever felt that you just don't fit it? Most of us have had that experience at some time in our lives. We are not called to fit in to this world, but into the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Many of us want more in our prayer life. What might that look like? How can we more faithfully lift our hearts and minds to God?
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Do you think you are a good person? Is that why God loves you? This episode challenges those ideas. While still in my sin, God loved me.
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We have all been anointed by God in our baptism. What does that mean? How can we live our anointing and be God's light in the world?
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Every action we take has a ripple effect, expanding outward to others in our life, and from them to people we may have never met. How can we send out positive ripples that change the world?
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Spiritual progress comes from lingering with God. We can linger with His Word, linger with His Presence, linger with His attributes. All of these can lead to transformation in our lives and great spiritual progress.
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We pray for peace. We wish peace to others. But what does that mean? How can we know the interior peace that comes from God? How can we bring peace into the difficult situations of our lives?
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We're told to feed a cold and starve a fever for good physical health. What do we feed and starve to maintain good spiritual health?
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Prayer and fasting are powerful spiritual tools. But how do you do it? What do I ask for? What should I give up? These are questions addressed in this episode.
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People who paint religious icons follow a set of rules as they paint. These rules can be applied to any work that we do - painting, writing, studying, or even cleaning the house. When we apply the rules, we sanctify our work.
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Have you ever looked at God - and felt Him looking back at you? What do you experience in that sacred gaze? Can you feel His love? This episode explores the different ways that we may experience God's look of love.
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Have you ever done a spiritual heart check? Do you have a heart of stone, a divided heart, the heart of a son, a pure heart? God is the great Cardiologist ready to heal your heart.
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Sometimes we think we need to have 100% purity of intention in order to perfectly serve God. But is that really possible? Every good that we do also brings us some kind of benefit, even if only a feeling of satisfaction in a job well done. How can we embrace our imperfect intentions and serve God with more joy?
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Many people like to be in control of every situation. Sometimes we need to surrender that control to God. We need to take our hands off the wheel and let God take over. We can do it if we trust Him.
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Optimism is defined as hopefulness and confidence about the future. Christians have a supernatural optimism called Hope, one of the theological virtues given as a gift from God. What is the reason for our hope? How can we respond to God's grace and grow in hope?
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Have you ever had a child say, "I didn't do it!" when you know they are guilty? This episode is about those times when we "did not do it" and we should have. It about sins of omission, not heeding God's call in our life.
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Kids get put in time out when they need to regain control. Sometimes grown-ups need a time out as well. How can we recognize the need for a spiritual time out and make the most of it?
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Have you ever had a conversation with someone who is distracted? It's hard. Imagine what it's like for God when He tries speaking to us. How can we listen better and learn to recognize God's voice?
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In marriage we are called to give ourselves fully to our spouse. It's the same with God. True union with God demands that I give everything to Him. This episode explores how we can do just that - give "All of Me" to God.
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They say we get wiser as we age, but sometimes that's not true. How can we grow older and wiser in the spiritual life? That's the focus of today's episode.
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Most of us have secrets - personal facts about ourselves that we don't want others to know. The enemy loves when we have secrets and uses them in the spiritual battle, creating fear. We don't have to be prisoners to our secrets. Fight the battle and win!
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God is very patient. He waited for me when I was far from him, and he waits for me now and I stumble through this journey of faith. How is God waiting for you? Are you able to wait on Him - on His perfect timing?
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We are in a spiritual battle, so how do we fight the good fight? What is the devil doing and how can we resist? This episode suggests 8 tactics of the enemy and strategies to manage each of those tactics.
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God made us to need each other. He brings people into our lives for a purpose. Who has he brought into your life? How do they help you grow in faith, hope and love?
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Psalm 78 talks about a rebellious generation. Sometimes I wonder if I am part of that. Rebellion started in the Garden of Eden and continues to this day. We can rebel against the world, authorities, and God. This episode addresses good and bad rebellion.
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St. Augustine said, "Self-knowledge is the crucial first step towards knowledge of God." How can we grow in self-knowledge so that we can know God? That is the subject of today's episode.
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Has someone ever told you to "Take it to prayer?" We hear it often - but what does it mean? What do I take to prayer? How do I actually do that? This episode will give you some ideas.
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Surely you have loved ones who don't seem to know God. We can never give up on them; never surrender to the lie that the situation is hopeless. But what exactly can we do to draw them closer to a relationship with God? I have eight ideas in this episode.
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We are the body of Christ - all of us together. Fr. Mike Schmitz said that Christianity is a team sport. What does that mean for us? How can we be great team players in this journey with our brothers and sisters in the faith? That's the topic for this episode.
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Curiosity can lead us closer to God or distract us from the path of holiness. How can we hold on to the good curiosity and stifle the bad?
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God rested on the seventh day. How about you? Do you make time for holy rest? What does that even mean? How can you make it a reality in the chaos of your life? It is possible. Listen for some ideas.
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Some people are able to create treasure out of what others might see as useless. They see something and think, "I can work with that." God sees us that way. He sees our faults and says, "I can work with that." And so He does. Listen for more!
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God calls us to witness to our faith - in both words and deeds. What does that actually look like? Sound like? How can I overcome the fears that keep me from giving bold witness to the world about my faith in Jesus Christ? Lots of ideas here to ponder!
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In my attempts to be helpful, sometimes I do too much - I do what is not my job. We all have a job as believers. What's in our job responsibilities and what isn't? When we know the difference, we can have greater peace and be a more effective worker in God's vineyard.
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Have you ever felt overwhelmed in the spiritual battle? Do you feel all alone against the evil of the world? You want to fight the enemy but he mocks you saying, "You and what army?" This episode reminds you of the great army behind you in the spiritual battles we face. You are not alone!
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Like Troy Polamalu in the commercial, God is Never Not Working in our lives. When we are the prodigal child, when we are suffering, when we are broken, when we are desiring His presence, God is always there - Never Not Working.
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Sometimes it seems like the world wants us to live in fear. Scripture is filled with verses that say, "Do not be afraid." But we are human and so we fear. The good thing is that the Holy Spirit has given us the gift of courage if only we embrace it. Where do you need courage? Listen and see how to embrace this gift of the Holy Spirit.
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We often hear "Glory to God!" What does that mean? How can I give glory to God? And how can I avoid diverting that glory to myself or another human person?
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God is always wooing us, trying to gain our love so that we (both men and women) can be wed to Him. How has God wooed you? How are you responding? Say YES! Be one with God as a husband and wife are joined together.
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Remember Sgt. Schultz from Hogan's Heroes who used to say "I know nothing!" Sometimes we have to remember that we know nothing. I can be so full of myself that I think I can read minds and judge others, but that's a lie. There are things that I know and things I cannot know. This episode touches on what fits into each of those categories.
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Our God is an awesome God! What does that mean? How can you see that awesomeness in every moment of your day? Praise God for all that He is and all that He does.
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Do you ever hear people say, "I know I shouldn't do that, but..." I've heard it and I've said it. We often seek an exception to the rules for our "unique situation" in life. Those are the big buts addressed in this episode. How often do we use the big but excuse? How can we stop seeking excuses and follow God's law with our whole heart?
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We are all a little rough around the edges. We are, unfortunately, imperfect. But we don't have to stay that way. This episode addresses how we can identify our own rough edges and take steps to smooth them out.
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Do you like to plan everything out? That approach doesn't work so well in our journey of faith. God gives us just one step to take, and we move forward in faith. This episode is about how to embrace the one step God gives each day.
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Most people desire more in their prayer life. We get frustrated because we are so easily distracted. This episode covers three typical causes of distraction in prayer and ideas for overcoming those distractions.
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Have you ever wished you lived more in God's presence throughout your day? That is the subject of this episode. How can we focus on God? What distracts us from the proper focus? What can we do about those distractions?
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Lots of people ask God for a sign - a sign that He is real, a sign of His will, a sign that He is good and loves them. What signs does God give? What signs do we seek? How can we see the signs all around us? That's the subject of today's episode.
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Have you ever taken something personally that wasn't meant that way? Or maybe someone has done that to you? This episode addresses how we can sometimes mistake things that are not really about us and the effect that can have on our spiritual life. Listen to what's not about you - and then what IS about you.
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Did you know that you have a mission from God? Each of us is created for a purpose and given the gifts we need to live that purpose and achieve our unique mission. This episode addresses how we find and live that mission. Enjoy!
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We all know name calling is wrong, but sometimes we direct the name calling to ourselves. We accept a negative identity - a lie about ourselves. This episode addresses the identities we are given by God so that we can stop the self-directed name calling and embrace who we really are in Christ.
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The people in darkness have seen a great light! Jesus is the light, but we are called to be light as well - to shine God's light in the world. How much light do we bring into the world? How much more light can we bring? That's the topic for this episode.
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We tend to judge others and that's not so good. How can we distinguish between fraternal correction and judging? Spoiler alert: It's in the heart! That's the subject of this episode.
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Do you sometimes resist bringing God everything? Do you worry that you are too much for Him? This episode is about God as the ultimate Strong Man. We can bring him our work, burdens, dreams, sin, wounds and more. He can handle it!
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We are made to shine, and to shine we sometimes need to be polished. This episode talks about how God polishes us through the challenges of life and how we can be more open to His work so that we can grow in holiness.
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Are you bilingual? Can you speak your native tongue and the language of God: Godish? This episode explores how we can understand others beyond the words spoken and hear their heart - the language of God. Godish. It's the most valuable language in the world!
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Have you ever re-gifted something? Most of us have. God gives us many spiritual gifts that we can re-gift - and should re-gift. What are they and how do we do it? That is the topic for this episode.
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How sorry are you for your sins? What motivates your sorrow? How do you know if you are sorry enough for God's mercy? This episode tackles how we repent of our sins and God's response, no matter how imperfect our sorrow.
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The rich young man asked Jesus what he needed to do to be saved, and Jesus answered that he should obey the commandments. When the young man said he did that, Jesus said, "There is one thing more," and told him to sell all he had and follow Jesus. God may not be calling you to sell everything you have, but maybe he has one thing more for you right now that will help you grow spiritually. That's what this episode is all about.
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I am a fixer upper. How about you? Do you need some work done by God to grow in your faith? That's what this episode is about. We are all fixer uppers. And God is the one who showers His grace on us to help us become the soul He created us to be.
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Zacchaeus is the tax collector who climbed a tree to see Jesus. His life was transformed, but people rejected him and criticized Jesus for dining with tax collectors and sinners. Do you have a past that embarrasses you? Do people reject you because of who you were without seeing who you are? This episode deals with the greatness of God in transforming our lives like he did for Zaccheaus.
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St. Josemaria Escriva used the metaphor of an envelope to describe how we serve God in the world. We are the envelope carrying God's message of love to the world. How can we be that envelope? How can we better appreciate all those envelopes that have been sent to us throughout our lives? That is the subject for this episode.
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Do you ever have imaginary conversations with others? Maybe relive an argument - and this time you win? Does your imagination take you places that stoke your vanity? That's the subject of this episode - Vain Imaginings. They are not always harmless.
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Jesus is called by many names is Scripture. This episode explores eight names that describe what Jesus does. What can we learn about the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity through the names used in Scripture? This is part 2 of 2 parts. If you are interested, you can download a prayer of the Litany of the Holy Names of Jesus here: https://colleenorchanian.com/podcast
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Jesus is the name that is above all names. This episode takes a look at eight different names of Jesus in Scripture. Each describes an aspect of who Jesus is. Listen and learn more about who Jesus is and grow more deeply in your relationship with Him. This is part 1 of 2.
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What does it mean to have a living faith? Why does it matter? How can we live our faith every moment of every day? How can we be a witness in the world to the joy of faith in Jesus Christ? All of these questions are answered in this episode.
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This episode explores three more paradoxes of Scripture: the last shall be first, giving is receiving, and to lead is to serve. Do you see these things as God does or as the world does? How can you embrace the paradoxes of Scripture and live a more abundant life?
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This second episode on paradoxes looks at three seemingly contradictory perspectives from Scripture: find joy in trials; I am worthless but precious; and the least is the greatest. How can we better live our faith and embrace the paradoxes presented by Jesus?
A paradox is a statement that apparently contradicts itself yet can be true. The paradoxes of Scripture only make sense when we see things from a heavenly perspective. This episode explores three paradoxes: Life is loss - death is gain; weakness is strength; and poor is rich. How do these paradoxes speak to you in your faith journey?
God's not done with me yet! This episode covers how God wants to transform us and what we can do to cooperate with Him - how we can be open to His work in our lives. Where will He take me as I make progress in the spiritual journey?
Ours is a God of Transformation. Metanoia means a fundamental change in character or outlook, especially a spiritual conversion. Listen to some of the ways you make have been transformed by God - or some ways you would like to be transformed.
How do you know when you're advancing in the spiritual life? This episode offers seven ideas for planning your journey and measuring progress. God is working in your life - find out how!
Jesus said that the second greatest Commandment is to love others. How do we do that? This episode offer 7 ideas for making spiritual progress through our relationships - loving and serving others in a way that pleases and honors God. How can your relationships draw you closer to God? How can you help others to draw closer to God? Listen and find out!
The Sacraments of the Church are a powerful source of grace. This episode offers 9 ideas for making the most of the sacraments available to you - even if you aren't Catholic!
We are all called to holiness. This episode offers eight ideas for growing in holiness, for becoming saints. Let God call you deeper into His Heart!
How can we know the One, True God? In this episode you will hear seven ideas for growing in your knowledge of God - the True God - the one who loves you, knows you, and saves you. When we know the One, True God, our lives are enriched and we can experience the joy and peace of Christ.
How can we make progress in the spiritual life? In this episode you will hear eight ideas to improve your prayer practices - a key foundation for the spiritual life. Listen to hear how to better lift your heart and mind to God.
Sometimes the work we do for God seems to being going all wrong. This episode addresses the spiritual attacks common in small faith-based groups and how to fight the spiritual battles we face in serving God. Listen to get a perspective on the challenges you face in serving God.
Part 1 addressed what we are freed from in our spiritual journey (sin, lies, rules, and fears). Part 2 provides eight ways we can use our newfound freedom. Listen to all the great things God has in store for you!
Freedom is a word we hear a lot. Everyone wants to be free. Explore the obstacles to spiritual freedom in four common areas of life. Find out what's holding you back from being the person God created you to be. This is the first in a two-part series.