Gospel
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Tiny Bible Study (Luke 7) – Raised Catholic episode 110
The following is a transcript of a Raised Catholic podcast episode. To listen to the episode, click here. Today is episode 110: Tiny Bible Study: Luke 7 Hi friends. This week brought me into a little study of one chapter of Luke’s Gospel, and in the next couple of episodes, I thought I’d model for…
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Musings from an Exhausted American Catholic
I’m Catholic, I’m sad, and I’m tired. Anyone else? Is anyone else looking around at the state of things and just finding themselves at a loss for words and energy at the stark dichotomy between the way of Jesus and the way of many public and powerful voices in his church? Catholic clerics who abused…
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When the Wood is Dry
The Passion story is a tale as old as time, and for those of us who were born and raised Catholic, the reading of it each year at Palm Sunday mass can sound familiar, redundant, and…long. This year, a phrase floated to the surface which, for me, brought the story to life anew, and it’s…
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Pass it On – Raised Catholic episode 40
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 40: Pass it On Well, hello friends. This week, as we waited for a yoga class to begin, some of the older ladies in class were talking all about collagen: the brands they’ve tried, the best…
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Christian Sisters (and Brothers, too), oh, the Time Has Come – Raised Catholic episode 24
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 24: Christian Sisters (and Brothers, too) oh the Time has Come Well, hello friends. Today we’re talking about Christian ecumenism and how the current time we find ourselves in is the very perfect time to explore…
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Good News – Raised Catholic episode 16
The following is a transcript from the Raised Catholic podcast. To listen to the podcast, click here. Today is episode 16: Good News Well, Happy Easter, everyone! I hope you had a beautiful day with your dear ones. Um, okay, so in last week’s episode on sin, I told you that this week we would talk…
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Statues
As a lifelong Catholic, statues have been a part of my faith experience from the beginning. I have worshipped in spaces with statues, watched them paraded on feast days, and seen them adorned with flowers. I have stood in front of dozens of Mary statues and prayed to Our Mother, holding hands of stone and…
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Discern
In the past several weeks, it has become clear that American Catholics have both a new opportunity and responsibility to do something with which they may not have a lot of practice: spiritual discernment. In the time since the obligation and practice of mass attendance was suspended in March, individual Catholics have relied on their…
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Call
The readings today are so darned hopeful. In Jeremiah, we hear about how the LORD will deliver his people, bringing them back, the blind and the lame, the mothers and those with child. They departed in tears, but He will bring them back, consoling and guiding them, leading them to brooks of water on a…