prayer/poem

  • The Good Fruit of Encountering God – Raised Catholic episode 59

    The Good Fruit of Encountering God – Raised Catholic episode 59

    The following is a transcript from a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 59: The Good Fruit of Encountering God Well hello friends.  Today is the third of four episodes in a short series on mysticism.  If you’d like to check out the earlier conversations, there’s episode 57: Into…

  • Mystical Union – Raised Catholic episode 58

    Mystical Union – Raised Catholic episode 58

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 58: Mystical Union  Well, hi friends.  As I said in last week’s episode, here on the Raised Catholic podcast we’re going on a bit of a journey into mysticism as we begin this new year.  Last…

  • Into the Mystic – Raised Catholic episode 57

    Into the Mystic – Raised Catholic episode 57

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 57: Into the Mystic Well, hello friends. Several months ago, a friend called me by a name, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since.  No, it wasn’t an insult, but gosh, it did set…

  • Christmas Blessings – Raised Catholic episode 54

    Christmas Blessings – Raised Catholic episode 54

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 54: Christmas Blessings Hi friends, I hope you had a healthy and peace-filled Christmas. As I record this, it’s about 10pm the night after Christmas and the house is still but the lights are…

  • Say No – Raised Catholic episode 53

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 53: Say No Well hello friends. On last week’s first anniversary episode, we talked about the ways in which we can say yes to the callings of God, even to things that feel uncomfortable…

  • Relay

    Relay

    As I have for some time now, I’ve been prayerfully considering my word for the year ahead.  Last year, the word came to me in a flash: mantle. In all its forms, it just kind of fit and the word has really held up throughout this past year.  The year before, it was ‘walk’, when all I…

  • Say Yes – Raised Catholic episode 52 (1st anniversary episode!)

    Say Yes – Raised Catholic episode 52 (1st anniversary episode!)

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic Podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Oh friends, it’s our first anniversary, and I am so glad that you’re here!  Today is episode 52: Say Yes This Advent we’ve been exploring some seasonal themes, like giving and hospitality, and as we celebrate a…

  • Simple Gifts – Raised Catholic episode 50

    Simple Gifts – Raised Catholic episode 50

    The following is a transcript of an episode of the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 50: Simple Gifts Hello friends. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and a good start to your Advent season.  For many of us, as soon as the last piece of pumpkin…

  • Advent: Behold Your God – Raised Catholic episode 49

    Advent: Behold Your God – Raised Catholic episode 49

    The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 49: Advent: Behold Your God Well, hello friends.  You can feel it in the air, it is that time of the year again. To be honest, the last several years have not found me very…

  • You Are Free – Raised Catholic episode 48

    You Are Free – Raised Catholic episode 48

    The following is a transcript of an episode of the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 48: You Are Free Hello friends. This week the weather and the fall colors are giving me a kind of sense memory of the first time I ever felt free. I was…