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Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 20: Disarming AI In this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, we reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s call to “disarm” artificial intelligence. The Holy Father is not calling for the rejection of technology, but for technological power to be freed from rivalry, secrecy, monopoli...

G. K. Chesterton and The Man Who Was Thursday – Great Works in Western Literature with Joseph Pearce In this episode of The Great Works in Western Literature, Joseph Pearce and Kris McGregor explore G.K. Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, one of the most imaginative and philosophically rich novels of the twentieth century. Through the adventures of Gabriel Syme, a poet recruited a...

Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 19: What AI Can and Cannot Be In this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, we reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s teaching that artificial intelligence can imitate certain functions of human intelligence, while remaining profoundly different from the human person. The Holy Fath...

Listening to God's Voice…Obedience – The Holy Rule of St. Benedict with Fr. Mauritius Wilde O.S.B In this episode of The Holy Rule of St. Benedict: A Spiritual Path for Today’s World, Fr. Mauritius Wilde, OSB and Kris McGregor reflect on one of the central themes of the Rule: obedience as the art of deep listening. Drawing from Chapter 5, St. Benedict teaches that obedience is far more than extern...

Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 18: When Efficiency Becomes the Measure In this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, we reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s warning about the technocratic paradigm. The Holy Father teaches that technology is not simply a tool when it becomes the standard by which everything is...

Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 17: Justice That Begins with the Least Among Us In this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, we reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s teaching that social justice is a concrete way of following Jesus and remaining faithful to the Gospel. The Holy Father reminds us that Christ ide...

This reflection on Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas considers the common good as the social expression of every person’s dignity.

The 14 Rules for the Discernment of Spirits – The First Week Rules as formulated by St. Ignatius of Loyola, Fr. Timothy Gallagher with Kris McGregor Episode Seven: Rule Five – Never Make a Change in Time of Desolation Episode 7 -The Fifth Rule: In time of desolation never to make a change; but to be firm and constant in the resolutions and determination in which one was the day preceding such deso...

This reflection on Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas considers the common good as the social expression of every person’s dignity.

This reflection on Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas considers the common good as the social expression of every person’s dignity.

Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 13: A Dignity That Cannot Be Earned In this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, we reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s teaching that human dignity cannot be earned, purchased, produced, or justified. The Holy Father warns against the dangerous idea that a person’s worth depend...

Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 12: Created for Communion In this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, we enter Chapter Two of Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas and reflect on the human person created in the image of the Triune God. The Holy Father teaches that Catholic Social Doctrine begins with...

Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 11: Interpreting History in the Light of Faith In this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, we reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s teaching that the Church’s Social Doctrine developed through a patient process of reading history in the light of the Gospel. The Church does not c...

Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 10: Truth Shared, Not Possessed In this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, we reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s teaching that truth is “a gift to be shared, not a possession to be monopolized.” The Holy Father reminds us that the Church’s Social Doctrine is not about domina...

Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 9: Listening to the Voices of Our Time In this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, we enter Chapter One of Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas. The Holy Father reminds us that the Church is present in the world as “a sign of unity for the entire human family.” She doe...

The 14 Rules for the Discernment of Spirits – The First Week Rules as formulated by St. Ignatius of Loyola, Fr. Timothy Gallagher with Kris McGregor Episode Six: Rule Four – Understanding Spiritual Desolation Episode 6 -The Fourth Rule: Of Spiritual Desolation. I call desolation all the contrary of the third rule, such as darkness of soul, disturbance in it, movement to things low and earthly, the...

Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 8: The Church Walks with Humanity In this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, we enter Chapter One of Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas. The Holy Father reminds us that the Church is present in the world as “a sign of unity for the entire human family.” She does not...

Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 7: Remaining Human In this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, we reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s call to remain profoundly human in the era of artificial intelligence. The Holy Father warns that human dignity can be threatened by new forms of dehumanization, and he invite...

Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 6: Where Are We Going? In this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, we reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s call for shared discernment in the face of rapid cultural and technological change. The Holy Father invites us to look beneath the surface of constant emergencies, daily p...

Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 5: Who Holds the Power? In this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, we reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s call to face the challenges of technological power with “clarity of thought and responsibility.” The Holy Father invites us to ask not only what new tools can do, but who...

Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 4: The New Things of Our Time n this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, we reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s call to seek wisdom for the “new things” of our time. Just as Pope Leo XIII responded to the social, economic, and industrial upheavals of his age in Rerum Novarum,...

"The Souls Upward Yearning: : Clues to Our Transcendent Nature from Experience and Reason (Happiness, Suffering, and Transcendence)" has become one of my favorite books of all-time!  Fr. Robert Spitzer S.J. once again offers an incredible work that "feeds" not only the mind but also the heart.  As a matter of fact, the beauty of this book, on the transcendental nature of our souls, is that it begi...

Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 3: A Living Wisdom for Discernment In this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, we reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s teaching that the Social Doctrine of the Church is a living “legacy of wisdom.” It is not merely a set of abstract principles, but a gift given to help us see...

The Souls Upward Yearning: Clues to Our Transcendent Nature from Experience and Reason (Happiness, Suffering, and Transcendence) has become one of my favorite books of all-time!  Fr. Robert Spitzer S.J. once again offers an incredible work that "feeds" not only the mind but also the heart.  As a matter of fact, the beauty of this book, on the transcendental nature of our souls, is that it begins w...

 Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart A 30-Day Journey with Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas Episode 2 – Cooperating with Grace In this episode of Magnificent Humanity for the Discerning Heart, Kris McGregor reflects on Pope Leo XIV’s teaching that the Christian life is founded on Christ, the living stone. The Holy Father reminds us that we are not asked to build the good by our own st...