The Daily Refill

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Keith Little shares with us his personal experience of slowing down to hear God's voice so that he and his family could discern God's will well together. It's when we slow down that we can hear God speaking and be open to receiving all that he wants to give us. Hear more from Keith Little on The Cordial Catholic Podcast: https://spokestreet.com/the...

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Dom Bettinelli reflects on wisdom his mother left her family before her passing. She shared that surrender to God only leads to tender reception from the one who created us, peace about the past, and hope for the future. Hear more from Dom on The Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Podcast: https://spokestreet.com/jimmy-akins-mysterious-world/ Thanks for...

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Alex Dee reflects on how God meets us in the present moment. This is where God chooses to be and invites us to be with him. When we take time to pause, we can reorient ourselves, and bring our hectic lives into contact with the peace of God in the present moment. Hear more from Alex on The Saints Alive Podcast: https://spokestreet.com/saints-alive/...

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Cindy Black reflects on the times we feel inconvenienced in our lives. Inevitably, it happens to all of us. And we may well be legitimately inconvenienced. However, Cindy reminds us that our inconveniences are always part of a wider perspective-particularly, God's. Our job and prayer is to see with that same perspective God sees, and to live it joy...

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Sofia Carozza reflects on how God meets us through our desires. Jesus proposes himself as the response-the answer-the the desires of our hearts. She invites us to pause with her this Lent to hear the desires of our heart and how God is speaking to us in and through them. Hear more from Sofia Carozza on The Pilgrim Soul Podcast: https://spokestreet....

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Nancy Bandzuch reflects on the disciples courage and humility when they asked the Lord to teach them how to pray. This Lent, Nancy encourages us to pray for that same courage and humility so we can grow closer in relationship with God. Hear more from Nancy Bandzuch on The Catholic Sprouts Podcast: https://spokestreet.com/catholic-sprouts/ Thanks fo...

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Mariam Schmitz shares with us about how the tasks of life and our desire for efficiency can creep up on us. In those times, we tend to make God another task and want him to work just like everything else we can control. But, Mariam reminds us that God is greater than all of those things, and that, if we slow down and trust him, we'll receive the mo...

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Kyle Heimann talks about his first experience of hearing God speak to him. Quiet is the medium through which God likes to talk to us, but we have to give him the chance. Thanks for joining us today! Be sure to check out tomorrow's episode, too, along with all the great content at spokestreet.com !

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Ryan O'Hara shares with us about how God speaks to us in the silence, but he doesn't make us listen. Part of our prayer is quieting ourselves so we can be present to God and hear him talking to us as we talk to him - heart to heart. Hear more from Ryan O'Hara on The Better Preach Podcast: https://spokestreet.com/better-preach/ Thanks for joining us...

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Andrea Serrani shares about how God teaches us with gentle lessons in everyday life. The day-in and day-out tasks that are all around us in our work, families, and relationships are the simple and mundane places that often God is speaking to us - we just have to listen for him. Thanks for joining us today! Be sure to check out tomorrow's episode, t...

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Pat Padley reminds us to take Jesus' yoke upon us and to release everything else to Jesus. After all, it's only in that way that we can find true rest. Thanks for joining us today! Be sure to check out tomorrow's episode, too, along with all the great content at spokestreet.com !

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Mary Jo Parrish shares with us about how God desires to hold us close and let us rest in his love. In doing so, he "recharges" us. He fills us with what we need to be our truest selves - to be his sons and daughters. Hear more from Mary Jo Parrish on The Building Through Him Podcast: https://spokestreet.com/building-through-him/ Thanks for joining...

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Pat Millea shares with us about when our own plans and projects for prayer can actually get in the way of us praying. When those things become the focus of our prayer instead of God, we have to remember the one to whom we are praying is most interested in receiving us how we actually are and loving us there. Hear more from Pat Millea on The This Wh...

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Sarah Christmyer shares with us about how when we fast, we often "hear" the grumblings of our desires: "I'm hungry!", "I'm tired!", "I just want to relax!", etc.. But Sarah reminds us that all the noise from our desires are places we can turn to God and bring him into our experience. She helps us see that we can turn our longings for earthly things...

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Dr. Tom McGovern shares with us about he encounters God best in silence and stillness. Prayer is not so much about "doing" as much as it is about "being". So, while prayer can be written or spontaneous, quiet or vocal, Dr. Tom reminds us that sitting in the stillness with God can be one of the most impactful ways to hear his voice. Hear more from D...

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Zac Coyle shares with us about how God encounters us in our lived experience, especially in the silence. But we have to be sure to quiet down and look for him, which, as Zac explains, the Ignatian examination of consciousness and adoration can help us do. Hear more from Zac Coyle on The Spirit in the Schools Podcast: https://spokestreet.com/spirit-...

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Deacon Charlie Echeverry shares with us how one question from a young school girl prompted him to reflect on the love story between himself and the Lord, and how ultimately, apart from anything he's ever done or will do, God's love has always been and will always be there for him. Hear more from Deacon Charlie on The Living the Call Podcast: https:...

Welcome to the Daily Refill: Lenten Pause! Today, Dr. Lewis Pearson shares with us how the 1 Kings 19 impacts the way he experiences the challenges of life and feeling tired and weary. He reminds us that God is always with us, but that reality doesn't stop him from wanting us to be completely honest with him. Even if we don't magically feel better from knowing that the Lord is always speaking with...

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