Deb's Podcast

Prayers...How significant are our prayers?  Very significant in saving ones soul.  They open up our mind, heart, and soul, to the Holy Spirit living within us...They awaken us out of our slumber completely!  Prayer is essential to the Christian life.  Prayer is food for the journey for the devout Catholic desiring to live a holy life.  A life totally devoted to Christ.  One of the most important d...

Researching ancient writing has made me realize the importance of delving deeper into the Catholic faith.  One can easily see the contrast in the lives of the saints, the popes, the apostles and the bishops that fought and died to keep the faith alive.  I am no different.  It is a strong desire that has been placed in my heart to rediscover who I am through every person making positive contributio...

Have you experienced this encounter with Christ?  Have you paid attention to his voice that is silent and yet so powerful in that silence you can hear him speaking directly to your heart?  He is that close to us.  He is that intimate. You are his creation and forever you will be his son/his daughter.  He watches and listens/ sees and hears everything within every person living in the universe.  Th...

Prayer.  There are many different ways to enter into deep prayer.  We first decide where we will go to pray.  Finding the right church. Signing up for 1 full hour a week in silent prayer within an adoration chapel.  Attending a weekly bible study class.  Creating a prayer room/ or prayer space within your home.  All of the above are great tools to help you get started in having quality prayer time...

What does it mean to retreat in our Lord?  To set aside a full weekend to be in the great company of God.  To hear the voice of the Lord speak to you an entire weekend in nature, as an early sun begins to rise, as the birds sing, as the salty scented sea fills the air, all senses cease, as I fall into the loving arms of my Lord and his Holy Mother Mary.  I walk on holy ground, meditating upon the...

How to better recognize the presence of sin in your life .  We do this by having an examination of conscience .  We can honestly reflect upon our thoughts, words, deeds, omissions, and place a magnifier over our ourselves, our actions, our inactions, and look with honest eyes, at the person we have become.  Rid ourselves completely of the seven deadly sins :  pride, envy, jealousy, gluttony, sloth...

Reflecting upon the wisdom of faith/love of our creator we can enter into the holiness of our Lord.  He can change us and he can change our very course of life. But we have to first desire it!  Desire to be in Him.  Desire to be in His holy mother.  Desire to surrender ourselves to the most high.  It is then we can grow, mature, and understand the true meaning of our existence, and when we do, we...

Enter into a new year with a newfound appreciation in becoming a stronger faithfilled Catholic.  Why is this one of the most important decisions you will ever make in your entire life?  Because you are made in the likeness and image of our creator.  Our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Before the world was created you were in the mind of Christ.  You still are, its just that he has given you the most...

Sin.  It has a way of taking us down all the wrong paths of life.  Sin keeps us stuck in darkness.  Sin sets our lives back.  Sin must be purged in its entirety in order to move forward in life.  If we hold onto sin it literally paralyzes us.  The good news is in the beautiful Catholic Faith, we do not have to be slaves to sin.  We can go to a really good Catholic church and experience forgiveness...

The words of Saint Benedict come to mind.  I was very fortunate to travel twice to Italy, once with my paternal grandparents in 1983, and once with my mother/father in law/husband in 2003.  We were on a beautiful pilgrimage inside Monte Cassino.  I have in my possession a Saint Benedict Crucifix.  It is known that Saint Benedict made the sign of the cross against the assaults of the demon narrated...

How can we thank our Lord for everything good he has ever done for us? When I take the time to sit in silence and reflect upon his goodness to me, I am amazed everytime by his graciousness...This weekend was no different.  He opened the door wide and I saw his beauty in nature, and in our friendship's blossom!  Old friends, new friends, both are God's friends given to me for a season.  G...

A positive read, can be life changing.  My hope is that you are choosing well.  When we open the bible to read the word, we are putting on Christ Jesus!  We are entering into his powerful realm of knowledge and grace.  He graces us when we are living obediently in him.  Why is this important?  I believe it is because, when we choose to live in Christ Jesus, we are living out our very best life!!! ...

These are truthful words.  Because when we honor our priests who were sent by God to teach all of us "The Way" - we should be more appreciative than we are.  More gracious and grateful when we speak to them or speak of within their company and outside of their company.  The same holds true for all our Catholic Sisters who have sacrificed their entire lives to be teachers of the truth, a...

All of creation, created by God were meant to imitate Christ!  Men and women living etxraordinary lives through their mystical and spiritual practices and experiences who have gone before us leave behind a remenant of truths for us to uncover.  In essence they are our mentors, we look up to them and their great works, I believe they are Gods living treasures withstanding the test of time, given to...

At holy mass, our inner character is disciplined in the knowledge of truth and love of our Lord, we are guided spiritually and devoutly by traditional priests who want each and every one of us to get to heaven.  It is important to have a clean slate.  A Heart Contrite and Humble O'God You Will Not Spurn... and a mind so pure and clean so that Jesus can enter into our midst and we can hear him...

Prayer to Our Lady of Czestochowa (To be said each day upon arising)  Holy Mother of Czestochowa, Thou art full of grace, goodness and mercy. I consecrate to Thee all my thoughts, words, and actions- my soul and body. I beseech thy blessings and especially prayers for my salvation.  Today,I consecrate myself to Thee, Good Mother, totally - with body and soul amid joy and sufferings to obtain for m...

Blessed are they who choose God first!  We all know that God chose us first, so why can't we do the same?  It is possible to choose him, it is possible to live a beautiful new life in his friendship.  If you were to do nothing else in life, but choose to be in Christ, as a faith filled Christian, you are ahead of most people.  I will go as far to repeat what my husband said just today, he sai...

Friday September 12, 2025...Today is a special Feast Day...  "The Holy Name Of Mary"...  A great day to attend holy mass and call upon the intercession of our Holy Mother.  We honor her, we pray to her, we enter into a deeper and more profound relationship with her, through every prayer that we mention, Mary is there to bring that special prayerful request, directly to her Son.  As a Cat...

Saint Mary Magdeline.  Chosen by God to be at the cross, while being crucified.  She was also given the privilege to be present at his resurrection.  I cannot imagine what that would have been like.  But God knew she would be chosen.  And what an honor for Saint Mary Magdeline because she was able to be in our creators presence and be part of Christ's story.  How amazing and awesome is that? ...

Her life deeply reflected her love for our Lord.  Her church ministry and devotion to holy mother Mary led her to become a teacher for our first holy communicants.  A wife, a mother, a grandmother, a powerful convert to the Catholic faith, gifted in using her hands to make beauty come alive through her God given talents.  Whether she was making quilted childrens books for her grandchildren, or mak...

Souls experience sickness, often hidden way deep within a person.  A soul can yearn for healing but it is nearly impossibe to overcome sickness and I will go as far as to say even mastering it.  But without the assistance of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ nothing is possible.  As you already know, our Lord controls everything except for our free will.  We are free to live in a world of light, w...

Father John Paul Mary a Franciscan Priest gave Queen Of Peace Catholic Church Secular Franciscans A weekend retreat May 26, 2019.  The retreat was beautiful and my church family received a beautiful gift, a full weekend focusing on everything Franciscan.  We were given the opportunity to visit their Catholic Book Store, and the overwhelming selection of catholic books, rosaries, holy medals, I rec...

The majority of us will live out our life never recognizing the Christ.  I am honored, greatly honored to be chosen by God, today in bringing this important reality back into your psyche.  How is it that this happens to us as faith filled Catholics?  We were given so much for a reason. To pass on the beautiful Catholic Faith and to preserve it for future generations.  Somehow we have failed in doi...

Jesus.  Jesus, I love you possess us!  Bring the light of your truth into the darkness of our souls and burn away once and for all, the lies we have clung to.  Heal hearts that can forgive but say they can and will never forget.  Jesus, hear my plea.  Come to my assistance, helping not only myself, but my brothers and sisters who are held captive, in the grave darkness of past sin, held tightly in...

This book will touch your soul.  For God's chosen ones heeded the call when it arrived and acted on behalf of our Lord's calling.  Have you been called on by God to serve?  Did you answer that call?  God invites us personally to live in him.  He always wants what is best for us.  When I was given the invitation to discover this book, I was blessed because, I had a choice, to accept or ig...