Food for Thought (Spiritually Speaking)

Send us Fan Mail Pope Francis said that the Church is a field hospital for the wounded. Is that how you see your parish? We are all part of the wounded - and part of the hospital staff. This episode is about being healing agents, helping others heal from the trials of life and the effects of our sins. Hear how you can become a healing agent in your family, parish, community, and the world.  Collee...

Send us Fan Mail We plan for many things in our lives: college for our kids, family moves, taking a vacation, and starting a business. Do we have a plan for eternity? Are we as concerned about becoming saints and getting to heaven? This episode is about how to create a plan to grow in holiness and in union with God.  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchania...

Send us Fan Mail Joy is a gift of the Holy Spirit. What's the difference between joy and happiness? How can we be open to the joy God has ready for us?  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual Warfare - Continued. The weapon of the week is detachment. When we are detached from things of this world, the devil has no foothold on us. There are six common areas of attachment to consider: material, comfort, recreation, media, ideology, and people. What are you attached to?  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail How strong are you? In what ways? This episode explores five areas of strength: physical, intellectual, emotional, character, and spiritual.  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual Warfare Continued: This episode explores how sacraments and sacramentals offer grace to fight the spiritual battle. Are you making the most of these powerful weapons?  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual Warfare Continued. This week's episode is about the spiritual tool of love. Do we receive God's perfect love? Are we sharing it with others?  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual Warfare Continued: How does virtue help us fight the spiritual battle? How can we grow in virtue and be battle-ready? ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual Warfare Continued. This week explores the spiritual tool of the communion of saints. How can we enlist people on earth and in heaven to help us in the spiritual battle?  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual Warfare Continued.  This episode explores the spiritual weapon of forgiveness. When we practice radical forgiveness, the enemy loses his foothold in our minds.  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual Warfare Continued. This week's episode describes how spiritual direction can become a powerful weapon to help us resist the attacks of the devil.  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual Warfare Continued. The weapon of the week is truth. Do we speak the truth? Do we speak it with love? How does truth help us fight the spiritual battle? ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual Warfare Continued. This episode covers the spiritual weapon of community. We need others to help us fight the good fight. What makes a good community? How can I find the one that's right for me?  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail (Spiritual Warfare Continued) This episode is about the spiritual weapon of healing. The devil can't attack what is healthy and in union with God. But how do we do that?  A book mentioned in the podcast is Be Healed by Dr. Bob Schuchts, also the John Paul II Healing Center for healing retreats.  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchania...

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual Warfare Continued: This episode explores the spiritual weapon of self-denial. How can penance and mortification help us resist the snares of the devil?  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual Warfare - Weapon Three: Repentance. We can't fight the battle when we are in a state of sin, and we should seek to know our faults, no matter how small. Each fault is a turning away from God.  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual Warfare Continued: This episode explores how prayer can be a powerful weapon in our spiritual arsenal.  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual Warfare Continued: This episode begins the discussion of the weapons we have in our arsenal to fight the spiritual battle. The weapon of the week is the Bible, called the Sword of the Spirit by Paul in Ephesians.  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual Warfare Continued. This episode describes how to do an inventory of the spiritual attacks you face. What is the devil doing in your life? Why is it working?  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Continuing the series on spiritual warfare, this episode examines how the devil targets us during our suffering.  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Continuing the series on spiritual warfare, this episode explores how our vocation or job can become an avenue for a spiritual attack.  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail This episode continues the series on spiritual warfare. The attack highlighted here is spiritual gluttony. What is it? How can we avoid the trap that slows our spiritual progress?  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail Continuing the series on spiritual warfare, this episode explores how the devil uses fear to block God's will in our lives.  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail [Spiritual Warfare Continued] The perfect storm is when a group of people is spiritually attacked individually, in different ways, at the same time. When they come together, their individual attacks are magnified.  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author

Send us Fan Mail (Spiritual Warfare Continued) The attack in this episode is criticism. How does the devil attack when we are criticized? How does he attack when we are called to correct others?  ColleenOrchanian@gmail.com  www. ColleenOrchanian.com  Facebook: Colleen Orchanian, Author