Discerning Hearts - Catholic Podcasts
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Day 16: Trusting Christ’s Quiet Growth in Us – From the writings of Caryll Houselander – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 16: Trusting Christ’s Quiet Growth in Us It is only necessary to give ourselves to that life, all that we are, to pray without ceasing, not by a...
Day 17 – Suffering – An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. P...
A Christmas Novena Day 1 – Mp3 audio and Text – Discerning Hearts Podcast
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 1 – Joy O Lord, infant Jesus, fill us with Joy! The birth of any child is a cause for joy and so much more is the birth of You our Savior. We pr...
Tuesday of the 3rd Week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday of the 3rd Week of Advent - An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at leas...
DWG8 – Two Modes of Discernment – The Discernment of God’s Will in Everyday Decisions with Fr. Timothy Gallagher – Discerning Hearts Podcast
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fr. Timothy Gallagher’s teaching on St. Ignatius of Loyola’s first and second modes of discernment, exploring clarity beyond doubt, spiritual cons...
Day 15: The Sacred Vigil of Love – From the writings of Caryll Houselander – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 15: The Sacred Vigil of Love The fostering of an infant’s life is a thing of terror as well as of beauty. We are face to face with life at its m...
Day 16 – Weakness – An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. P...
Monday of the 3rd Week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Monday of the 3rd Week of Advent - An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at least...
Day 14: Patience in the Hidden Growth of Sorrow – From the writings of Caryll Houselander – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 14: Patience in the Hidden Growth of Sorrow Sometimes this Advent season of the soul is a recurring rhythm through life, deliberately chosen as ...
Day 15 – Confusion – An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. P...
Sunday of the 3rd Week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sunday of the 3rd Week of Advent - An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at least...
The 3rd Sunday of Advent – Building a Kingdom of Love with Msgr. John Esseff – Discerning Hearts Podcast
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Third Sunday of Advent reflection, Msgr. John Esseff proclaims the joy of Christ’s coming and the deep mystery of Jesus dwelling within thos...
CLJ6 – Joyful Penitence – Come, Lord Jesus: Meditations on the Art of Waiting by Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C. – Discerning Hearts Podcast
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this excerpt from 'Come, Lord Jesus' by Mother Mary Francis, she reflects upon Joyful Penitence The post CLJ6 – Joyful Penitence – Come...
Day 14 – Dryness – An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. W...
Day 13: The True Fruit of Advent in Suffering – From the writings of Caryll Houselander – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 13: The True Fruit of Advent in Suffering “We need the season of Advent; we need it in suffering, in joy, and in thought. We need it in ever...
AR#12 – St. Therese and the Present Moment – Advent Reflections with Deacon James Keating Ph.D.
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
St. Therese of Lisieux said the following: “If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient. But I ...
Saturday of the 2nd Week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Saturday of the 2nd Week of Advent - An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at lea...
Our Lady of Guadalupe – Building a Kingdom of Love with Msgr. John Esseff – Discerning Hearts Podcast
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Msgr. John Esseff explores Our Lady of Guadalupe, her appearance to Juan Diego, the renewal of the Church in the Americas, and Mary’s tender motherh...
Our Lady of Guadalupe – From the Office of Readings – Discerning Hearts Podcast
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the Office of Readings: From a report by Don Antonio Valeriano, a Native American author of the sixteenth century (Nicon Mopohua, 12th ed., 3-9, ...
Day 12: The Virtue of Patience in Small Things – From the writings of Caryll Houselander – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 12: The Virtue of Patience in Small Things “There are things that refuse to be violated by speed, that demand at least their proper time o...
Day 13 – Surrender – An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. W...
AR#11- The Grace to Be Meek – Advent Reflections with Deacon James Keating Ph.D.
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The patient one is also the meek one. In meekness, we have received God’s love so deeply, that we securely possess our own identities. Meekness is n...
Friday of the 2nd Week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Friday of the 2nd Week of Advent - An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at least...
VEC7 – Valentinus – Villains of the Early Church with Mike Aquilina – Discerning Hearts Podcast
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Aquilina’s discussion on Valentinus, an early Gnostic teacher whose exclusive doctrines challenged the Church and helped clarify core Christian...
Day 11: Letting Christ Grow Within Us – From the writings of Caryll Houselander – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 11: Letting Christ Grow Within Us “We ought to let everything grow in us, as Christ grew in Mary. And we ought to realize that in everythi...
Día 9 – Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe – Podcasts De Corazones Discernidores
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo. Amén. “Señor mío, Jesucristo, Dios y Hombre verdadero, cr...
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe – Day 9 – Discerning Hearts Podcast
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe – Day 9 Day Nine Mother of our Savior, the conversion of your Aztec children brought an end to infant sacrifice ...
Day 12 – Interior Movement – An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. W...
AR#10 – Receiving Love Deeply – Advent Reflections with Deacon James Keating Ph.D.
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the area of the new evangelization, we need to receive more in prayer. Even more than give witness to an action or word. The deeper we receive his ...
Thursday of the 2nd week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thursday of the Second Week of Advent - An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at ...
WOM17 – Mystical Experience and Consoling Prayer – The Way of Mystery with Deacon James Keating – Discerning Hearts Podcast
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A short conversation with Deacon James Keating and Kris McGregor on how ordinary prayer, the sacraments, and daily choices shape deeper union with Chr...
CLJ5 – A Cleaned Heart – Come, Lord Jesus: Meditations on the Art of Waiting by Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C. – Discerning Hearts Podcast
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this excerpt from 'Come, Lord Jesus' by Mother Mary Francis, she reflects upon A Cleaned Heart The post CLJ5 – A Cleaned Heart – Come, ...
Day 10: Faith in the Hidden Christ – From the writings of Caryll Houselander – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 10: Faith in the Hidden Christ “This time of Advent is absolutely essential to our contemplation too. If we have truly given our humanity ...
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe – Day 8 – Discerning Hearts Podcast
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bring unity, Mother, to the various factions within the Church and the wider public so that all may work to establish a culture of life. The post Nove...
Día 8 – Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe – Podcasts De Corazones Discernidores
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo. Amén. “Señor mío, Jesucristo, Dios y Hombre verdadero, cr...
Day 11 – Guidance – An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. W...
AR#9 – The True Way of Love – Advent Reflections with Deacon James Keating Ph.D.
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The impatient one, above all, desires to speed up time and to get what he wants, when he wants it. In this way, impatience is related to violence....
Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Advent - An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at le...
DWG7 – Trusting God in Vocation Discernment – The Discernment of God’s Will in Everyday Decisions with Fr. Timothy Gallagher – Discerning Hearts Podcast
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Discover Fr. Timothy Gallagher’s guidance on discerning God’s will in vocation, especially in choosing marriage or religious life. This Discerning...
Día 7 – Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe – Podcasts De Corazones Discernidores
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo. Amén. “Señor mío, Jesucristo, Dios y Hombre verdadero, cr...
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe – Day 7 – Discerning Hearts Podcast
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe – Day 7 Mystical Rose, your miraculous signs of Castilian roses in winter and your image on the tilma of Juan Di...
Day 10 – Peace – An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. W...
AR#8 – The Art of Waiting – Advent Reflections with Deacon James Keating Ph.D.
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The art of waiting is really the cultivation of the virtue of love. I will wait, and wait, and wait with the Lord. I will wait with and in the Lord, r...
Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Advent - An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at leas...
The Immaculate Conception – Building a Kingdom of Love with Msgr. John Esseff – Discerning Hearts Podcast
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A short reflection from Msgr. John Esseff on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, exploring humanity’s fall, God’s eternal plan in Christ, and ...
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception - An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at...
Day 9: The Silent Growth of Divine Love – From the writings of Caryll Houselander – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 9: The Silent Growth of Divine Love “Advent is the season of the secret, the secret of the growth of Christ, of divine love growing in sil...
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Advent, and Caryll Houselander – a reflection by Deacon Omar Gutierrez – Discerning Hearts Podcast
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Advent, and Caryll Houselander – a reflection by Deacon Omar Gutierrez – Discerning Hearts Podcast Join Omar Guti...
Day 9 – Courage – An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. W...
“Virgin Mary, all nature is blessed by you” – St. Anselm from the Office of Readings
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To Mary God gave his only-begotten Son, whom he loved as himself. Through Mary God made himself a Son, not different but the same, by nature Son of Go...
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe – Day 6 – Discerning Hearts Podcast
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day Six Holy Mary, comfort of the troubled, you sought out Juan Diego when in fear and confusion he took a different route to avoid encountering you. ...
Día 6 – Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe – Podcasts De Corazones Discernidores
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo. Amén. “Señor mío, Jesucristo, Dios y Hombre verdadero, cr...
The 2nd Sunday of Advent – Building a Kingdom of Love with Msgr. John Esseff – Discerning Hearts Podcast
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Advent reflection, Msgr. John Esseff turns to the figure of John the Baptist and the call to repentance that prepares the way for the Lord. He...
St. Ambrose of Milan, Part 2 – The Doctors of the Church: The Charism of Wisdom with Dr. Matthew Bunson – Discerning Hearts Podcast
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
St. Ambrose of Milan, Part 2 - The Doctors of the Church with Dr. Matthew Bunson Dr. Matthew Bunson and Kris McGregor discuss St. Ambrose, the catechu...
St. Ambrose of Milan, Part 1 – The Doctors of the Church: The Charism of Wisdom with Dr. Matthew Bunson – Discerning Hearts Podcast
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
St. Ambrose of Milan, Part 1 - The Doctors of the Church with Dr. Matthew Bunson Dr. Matthew Bunson and Kris McGregor discuss St. Ambrose, the catechu...
AR#7 – Confidence in God – Advent Reflections with Deacon James Keating Ph.D. – Discerning Hearts Podcast
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since we are God’s creation, we have come from God and we are returning to God; God has great confidence in His own grace. He has great confidence t...
A Novena to the Immaculate Conception – Day 9
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
O Mother of the King of the Universe, most perfect member of the human race, "our tainted nature’s solitary boast," we turn to you as mother, advoca...
Día 5 – Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe – Podcasts De Corazones Discernidores
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo. Amén. “Señor mío, Jesucristo, Dios y Hombre verdadero, cr...
Day 8: Transformed by Divine Love – From the writings of Caryll Houselander – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 8: Transformed by Divine Love “When God enters into our passions, joys, desires, sorrows, into our relationship with one another, our nature...
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe – Day 5 – Discerning Hearts Podcast
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe - Day 5 Day Five Virgin gentle in mercy, in Juan Diego’s anxiety, to bring a priest to his dying uncle he failed to ...
CLJ4 – Faith, Hope, Love – Come, Lord Jesus: Meditations on the Art of Waiting by Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C. – Discerning Hearts Podcast
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this excerpt from 'Come, Lord Jesus' by Mother Mary Francis, she reflects upon Faith, Hope, Love The post CLJ4 – Faith, Hope, Love – Co...
Day 8 – Hope – An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. W...
Sunday of the 2nd Week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sunday of the 2nd Week of Advent - An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at least...
Unveiling the Light of St. Nicholas – Advent Reflections with Dr. Anthony Lilles – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Unveiling the Light of St. Nicholas – Advent Reflections with Dr. Anthony Lilles Dr. Anthony Lilles offers a captivating exploration of the spir...
A Novena to the Immaculate Conception – Day 8
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
O Most gracious Virgin Mary, beloved Mother of Jesus Christ, our Redeemer, intercede with him for us that we be granted the favor which we petition fo...
Día 4 – Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe – Podcasts De Corazones Discernidores
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo. Amén. “Señor mío, Jesucristo, Dios y Hombre verdadero, cr...
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe – Day 4 – Discerning Hearts Podcast
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 4 Virgin most wise, you chose a humble farmer to announce your motherly concern to the people of Mexico. Although Juan Diego felt unequal to the m...
Day 7 – Trust – An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. W...
Day 7: Embracing God’s Vision for Us – From the writings of Caryll Houselander – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 7: Embracing God’s Vision for Us “I often think that the ideal of our perfection that we set up, and often go through torture to achieve...
Saturday of the 1st Week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Saturday of the 1st Week of Advent - An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at lea...
A Novena to the Immaculate Conception – Day 7
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Glorious and immortal Queen of Heaven, we profess our firm belief in your Immaculate Conception preordained for you in the merits of your Divine Son. ...
Día 3 – Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe – Podcasts De Corazones Discernidores
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo. Amén. “Señor mío, Jesucristo, Dios y Hombre verdadero, cr...
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe – Day 3 – Discerning Hearts Podcast
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe – Day 3 Mother of God, your ribboned sash identified you as a pregnant woman, a woman who bore the Christ Child ...
CLJ3 – Giving Evidence – Come, Lord Jesus: Meditations on the Art of Waiting by Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C. – Discerning Hearts Podcast
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this excerpt from 'Come, Lord Jesus' by Mother Mary Francis, she reflects upon The post CLJ3 – Giving Evidence – Come, Lord Jesus: Med...
Day 6 – Conversion – An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. W...
AR#6 – Do Not Lose Courage – Advent Reflections with Deacon James Keating Ph.D. – Discerning Hearts Podcast
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One of our greatest sufferings as Christians, is our own impatience with ourselves. We want to be good and holy immediately. St. Francis de Sales said...
Friday of the 1st Week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Friday of the 1st Week of Advent - An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at least...
Day 6: A Home for Christ Within – From the writings of Caryll Houselander – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 6: A Home for Christ Within “Christ asks for a home in your soul, where he can be at rest with you, where he can talk easily to you, where you ...
Embracing Hope and Presence – Advent Reflections w/ Dr. Anthony Lilles – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Advent #2 – Embracing Hope and Presence – Advent Reflections w/ Dr. Anthony Lilles – Discerning Hearts Podcasts In this episode of t...
Thursday of the 1st Week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thursday of the 1st Week of Advent - An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at lea...
A Novena to the Immaculate Conception – Day 6
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Glorious and immortal Queen of Heaven, we profess our firm belief in your Immaculate Conception preordained for you in the merits of your Divine Son. ...
Keep Watch – St. Ephrem from the Office of Readings – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To prevent his disciples from asking the time of his coming, Christ said: About that hour no one knows, neither the angels nor the Son. It is not for ...
Día 2 – Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe – Podcasts De Corazones Discernidores
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo. Amén. “Señor mío, Jesucristo, Dios y Hombre verdadero, cr...
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe – Day 2 – Discerning Hearts Podcast
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mary, Mother of divine grace, you appeared to Juan Diego standing on the moon and robed in a royal mantle adorned with stars The post Novena to Our La...
Day 5 – Stillness – An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. W...
AR#5 – God’s Patience – Advent Reflections with Deacon James Keating Ph.D. – Discerning Hearts Podcast
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As human beings, we tend to sin. We all know this about our characters. And many times, it moves us to despair. God sees our sin, but He never loses h...
Day 5: Seeing God’s Love in the Ordinary – From the writings of Caryll Houselander – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 5: Seeing God’s Love in the Ordinary “Every ordinary thing in your life is a word of God’s love: your home, your work, the clothes you ...
Día 1 – Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe – Podcasts De Corazones Discernidores
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novena a la Virgen de Guadalupe En el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo. Amén. “Señor mío, Jesucristo, Dios y Hombre verdadero, cr...
VEC6 – Marcion – Villains of the Early Church with Mike Aquilina – Discerning Hearts Podcast
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Discover how second-century figure Marcian used wealth and personal interpretation to reshape Christianity, creating a parallel movement that rejected...
Day 4: Bringing Christ to the Everyday – From the writings of Caryll Houselander – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 4: Bringing Christ to the Everyday “Sometimes it may seem to us that there is no purpose in our lives, that going day after day for years to t...
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe – Day 1 – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe – Day 1 Pray to Our Lady of Guadalupe (Pope John Paul II, January 25, 1979) O Immaculate Virgin, mother of the t...
“The Three Comings of the Lord” – St. Bernard from the Office of Readings – Discerning Hearts Podcast
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From a sermon by Saint Bernard, abbot The Three Comings of the Lord We know that there are three comings of the Lord. The third lies between the other...
Dec. 3 St. Francis Xavier – “Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel” from the Office of Readings
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A letter from St Francis Xavier to St Ignatius Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel We have visited the villages of the new converts who accepted t...
AR#4 – The Only Pleasure That Lasts – Advent Reflections with Deacon James Keating Ph.D. – Discerning Hearts Podcast
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Human beings are called by God, to find their fulfillment patiently, to a life of cultivating virtue. We don’t become saints immediately, we don’t...
A Novena to the Immaculate Conception – Day 5
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
O Lord, who, by the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, did prepare a fitting dwelling for your Son, we beseech you that as by the foreseen deat...
Day 4 – Openness – An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. W...
Wednesday of the 1st Week of Advent – An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wednesday of the 1st Week of Advent - An Advent Lectio Divina for the Discerning Heart As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly. For at l...
WOM16 – The Internal World and External Presence of God – The Way of Mystery with Deacon James Keating – Discerning Hearts
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Explore Deacon James Keating’s insights on experiencing God’s love through silence, prayer, the Eucharist, and fidelity to conscience. Learn how s...
Day 3: The Word of Love in Our Humanity – From the writings of Caryll Houselander – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Day 3: The Word of Love in Our Humanity “Christ used the flesh and blood of Mary for his life on earth, the Word of love was uttered in her heartbe...
Day 3 – Desire – An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart – Discerning Hearts Podcasts
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An Advent Journey for the Discerning Heart: Prepare your heart for Christ through Scripture, the saints, and the gentle practice of daily listening. W...