Lift Up Your Hearts Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Why is this verse the most searched from the Bible? What would it have meant if you were there? Explore this with me as we stretch the muscles of our imagination. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail At the readings and the Gospel I will seek the heart of a Disciple at the feet of Jesus.  A Biblical Way of Praying the Mass, Fr. Timothy Gallagher  https://amzn.to/4bD6f65 Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail What was it like the day Jesus cleansed the Temple? How would you have felt if you were there? Confusion? Trust? Join me as we contemplate these things. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Praying the collect with the heart of an ambassador sent by the Church, to God on behalf of the people.  Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Jesus is Transfigured on the mountain and to be honest, that is pretty scary. Sometimes I want a tame Jesus. Join me as I contemplate the mystery of the Transfiguration.  Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Praying with intentionality is the theme of this whole series, but especially today. This is part three of the series A Biblical Way of Praying the Mass, Fr. Timothy Gallagher  https://amzn.to/4bD6f65 Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail This week begins the season of Lent. This first Sunday we hear about Jesus being led into the wilderness to pray and fast for 40 days. But we often forget that 40 days is a long time, so let's go out there in the wilderness with him and experience all the highs and lows.  Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Do you desire to be more fully present at Mass each week? Fr. Timothy Gallagher has a book for you and for the next month or so I will be giving my reflections. Book - https://amzn.to/42rAtV8 Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Jesus heals a leper, but he wasn't just asking to be healed, he was asking to be able to worship? What are some things in your own life that hinder you from worship? Do you want the Lord to heal those things?  Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Do you desire to be more fully present at Mass each week? Fr. Timothy Gallagher has a book for you and for the next month or so I will be giving my reflections. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail The Gospel of Mark gives us a picture of the life of Jesus's ministry, so no better thing to do than to enter into it with our imagination.  Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been blown away by Jesus? I think it is easy to go to church and read the Bible and make everything seem normal, but Jesus entering into our life is anything but normal. It is astonishing and shocking.  Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail What would Jesus have to mean to you to abandon everything? Contemplate this and much more with me this week as we dive into the Gospel of Mark and the calling of the first disciples.  Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Jesus calls His first disciples and asks them what they seek. Their answer and yours might indicate more than we think.  Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail If I have 10 minutes to pray, this is what I do and it is the first 10 minutes of my prayer even if I have more time. This is the primer for my prayer life.  Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Those Magi must have had some expectations when they set out to see a royal king and that is what they saw, but is it what they expected? Is it what you expect? Does that get in the way sometimes for you to be overjoyed at what is really there?  Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail These are my top 4 tips to start a prayer life in 2024.  1. Pray with the Sunday Gospels 2. Pray through one of the Gospels 3. Read a book on prayer 4. Pick a time to pray Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail This passage is where the contemplative prayer journey started for me and I hope it starts for you as well.  Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Merry Christmas! One of the reasons the Gospel of Luke is my favorite is because of this passage. Join me as I contemplate its implications for my life. Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail The Annunciation is one of those beautiful Feast days. But Mary was alone when it happened. Who did she tell first? How did that conversation go? What was she pondering in her heart? What would you be pondering in your heart? Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail The holidays are filled with family, food and a lot of joy, but they can also be full of stress and anxiety. So, don't forget to pray. Here are my top 4 tips on how to pray over the holidays.  Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail Do I have a longing for the Lord that is even close to what the Israelites had? And what did that mean when John the Baptist gives a glimmer of hope for the people? Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail What do you think about when you think of starting a story about Jesus? His birth? Nah, let's start with repentance from sin.  Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail This is the beginning of Season 2. Also the beginning of the Liturgical year. And at the beginning before Christmas Jesus reminds us that sometimes it is tempting to fall asleep.  Support the show Join me again next week as we engage our imagination to explore the Sunday readings. 

Send us Fan Mail This one struck me hard! Some days you just need to show up to prayer and the Lord will do the rest. This is the final episode of Season 1. A new year starts next week as we lead up to Christmas.  Resources I use: Word on Fire Bible: https://www.wordonfire.org/bible/ Roman Missal: https://www.catholiccompany.com/daily-roman-missal-third-edition-i32903/ Meditation and Contemplation...