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Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #168: In the Midst of Chaos We Find the Good Life! 3 True Stories, seemingly everyday experiences, shed light on the Chaos and the answers that we are all looking for.  Of course in God's plan, everyday experiences are more than they  seem. "You know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God!" Scripture Referenced:      Matt 25:14......

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #167: Healing from Addiction; The larger Story, "A Theology of the Body"  Today, Pornhub, one of the leading porn websites--and there are thousands--will have 100 million visitors viewing hardcore pornography.  Millions of those viewers will be between the ages of twelve and seventeen. Pornography addiction is an epidemic in America and we...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #166: THIS IS IT! Simple abandonment is the peak of holiness. Saint Therese of Lisieux, "It is to be disturbed by nothing." (5) Buckle up! Join Mark and Jack for Episode #5 in our series: I Believe in Love, a personal retreat based on the teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux. This is a powerful session as we continue to unpack "Abandonme...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #165: Authentic Love is impossible with a Porn addiction; A young marriage unravels The Heart is a Battlefield between Love and Lust. 100 Million views every day. That is the number of daily visitors to Pornhub.  How many marriages will fail this year because of a Porn Addiction?  Don't forget to sign up for our Newsletter!!  JPll Renewal Center...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #164: Pope John Paul II's 1994 Christmas Message to Children and Families "Dear Children...JESUS IS BORN!!!" --Pope John Paul II John Paul II had declared 1994 as the year of the Family. As the year was coming to a close he shared a Christmas message for children and their families throughout the world! Light the fireplace, grab a blan...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #163: A Crisis of Truth and Courage; C.S. Lewis on The Law of Human Nature and Saint Luke on the Annunciation Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis Luke Chapter 1, the Annunciation Narrative, Saint Luke When God is pushed out what happens? Dysfunction happens. First in the individual human heart, then in marriages, families and the lives of the innocent. Our...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #162: I Believe in Love; "Abandonment to Jesus" Jack and Mark on the practical teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux (4) Getting Real with Saint Therese...healing  individual human hearts, marriages and the universe. Jack is joined by Mark Schmitt of the John Paul II Renewal Center for Episode #4 of the series. We think saints are people who h...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #161: A Crisis of Truth and Courage; a Different Kind of Advent Message (1) A different kind of Advent calls for a different kind of Advent Message. This Advent we are experiencing the burning of Christmas Trees, Desecration of Statues and Christmas Mangers. An Advent where  Christ has been pushed out of not only the public square, but out of individ...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #160: God, Sex and the Universal Longing; the Banquet (are you a Stoic, an Addict or a Mystic?) Join Jack and Gerry Ayala for Episode # 3 of God, Sex and the Universal Longing...The Banquet.     Ask yourself where you fall on this spectrum: are you a Stoic, an Addict or an aspiring Mystic? Resource: Fill These Hearts by Christopher West, "This b...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #159: Urgent call to love our neighbor; The True Story of Holy Rosary Academy Holy Rosary website can be found here: https: //www.hraak.org/ .  Dr. Mark Newcomb wrote, "We just completed a series of blog posts on classical, Catholic education that your subscribers might really enjoy reading, and they can be found here": https://www.hraak.or...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #158: Something "Big" is Brewing; I can feel it and it's time for action! "The false charity and empty spirituality of those who mouth pious platitudes over the broken bodies and souls of the innocent is an affront to the martyrs and missionaries who gave their lives to share the true faith. I have seen, up front and personal, the...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #157: Newsflash! God, Sex and the Universal Longing; Jack and Gerry Ayala (2) The Key!! Open your Passions and Desires to the Banquet! Resource: Fill These Hearts by Christopher West, "This book is about desire. Not trivial desires. Not superficial wants...but about the atomic energy of our souls--that universal "Ache" and longing we f...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #156: Archbishop Vigano, Thanksgiving Proclamation by our 19th President, the Great Sin of our age Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn came to realize that the great dividing line between good and evil lies within every single individual human heart. John Paul II said, "men and women of our time find it difficult to be converted, to repent, and to do penance...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #155: "Build Back Better"; Pope Francis and many Bishops have joined the mantra Don't forget to sign up for our Newsletter!!  JPll Renewal Center email list Please consider being a Sponsor of the show! "We need You!" Email me with questions! Reference for Daily Scripture Reading: The Magnificat Pray the Rosary Every Day! See...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #154: To Pope Francis and the Bishops;  just speak the truth, its your job ! (2) Don't forget to sign up for our Newsletter!!  JPll Renewal Center email list Please consider being a Sponsor of the show! "We need You!" Email me with questions! Reference for Daily Scripture Reading: The Magnificat Pray the Rosary Every Day! See Podcast #...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #153: To Pope Francis and the Bishops; this isn't brain surgery, just speak the truth, its your job Don't forget to sign up for our Newsletter!!  JPll Renewal Center email list Please consider being a Sponsor of the show! "We need You!" Email me with questions! Reference for Daily Scripture Reading: The Magnificat Pray the Rosary...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #152: I Believe in Love; "Unshakeable Confidence" Jack and Mark on the practical teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux Jack is joined by Mark Schmitt of the John Paul II Renewal Center for Chapter 3 We think saints are people who have overcome their human brokenness. Nope. Saints are people who have opened their human brokenness to the mercifu...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #151: God, Sex and the Universal Longing; Jack is joined by Gerry Ayala (1) Fill These Hearts by Christopher West, "This book is about desire. Not trivial desires. Not superficial wants...but about the atomic energy of our souls--that universal "Ache" and longing we feel as human beings for something ... Ephesians 5:25-33 Don't fo...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #150: I Believe in Love; "Humble Confidence" Jack and Mark on the teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux  Jack is joined by Mark Schmitt of the John Paul II Renewal Center for Chapter 2 Based on "I Believe in Love", Fr Jean C.J. D'Elbee  published by Sophia Institute Press Don't forget to sign up for our Newsletter!!  JPll R...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #149: "Call Me They" Helping Parents Navigate Gender Confusion within the Family and Beyond Don't forget to sign up for our Newsletter!!  JPll Renewal Center email list Please consider being a Sponsor of the show! Email me with questions! Reference for Daily Scripture Reading: The Magnificat Pray the Rosary Every Day! See Podcast #&apo...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #148: Friday Morning Musings; The Road Not Taken, Praying with Temptations and more! Robert Frost, Lewis Carroll, Jillian, Jesus, Fr. Ryan Browning, The Father of Mercy, Praying with Temptations, Saint Teresa and Saint Faustina Don't forget to sign up for our Newsletter!!  JPll Renewal Center email list Please consider being a Sponsor of the sho...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #147: Marriage..."When the Flame has Grown Cold" The German poet, Rainer Maria Rilke, identified very keenly this drama in loving relationships, sensing that ending up in this spiral cannot be the only way out. "This is the paradox of love between man and woman: two infinities meet two limitations, two infinite needs to be loved meet t...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #146: I Believe in Love; A personal Retreat Based on the teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux (1) Jack is joined by Mark Schmitt of the John Paul II Renewal Center. Based on "I Believe in Love", Fr Jean C.J. D'Elbee  published by Sophia Institute Press Don't forget to sign up for our Newsletter!!  JPll Renewal Center email list Plea...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #145: How Abortion and Covid-19 are linked in the final battle between good and evil "Covid is being used for the 'Great Reset' to attack 'freedom' and 'families'--Cardinal Raymond Burke Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone criticized Nancy Pelosi for her strong support of legalized abortion. He said, "a child is no...

Love to hear from you; “Send us a Text Message” #144: Archbishop Vigano; "The pandemic is being used to bring about the Great Reset" "What we see happening corresponds to an inhuman project by forces who hate not only the health of the body, but also and above all the salvation of the soul."--Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano Join Jack as he addresses Archbishop Vigano's video...