Heart to Heart: Faith Seasons Podcast

Sometimes what we want and what God gives aren't always the same. What prayers has God answered in a way you weren't expecting? John 4:48 Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.” -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories for Lent (Season 3) is a 40-day video parab...

What message has God given that is difficult to hear? John 9:26-27 “How did he open your eyes?” He answered them, “I told you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again?” -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories for Lent (Season 3) is a 40-day video parable series to guide our Lenten journey o...

Cultivate a proper attitude of gratitude for God's gifts. Luke 18:11-12 “The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity — greedy, dishonest, adulterous — or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’” -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of...

Love: Yes, we love each other and we love ourselves, but how do we love God? Matthew 12:30 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,  with all your soul,  with all your mind,   and with all your strength. -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories for Lent (Season 3) is a 40-day video parable series to gu...

God speaks but do we hear? Do we listen for God's voice? Jeremiah 7:28  This is the nation that does not listen to the voice of the LORD, its God, or take correction. Faithfulness has disappeared; the word itself is banished from their speech. -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories for Lent (Season 3) is a 4...

How can I best share my faith with people I love? Deuteronomy 4:9 “…take care and be earnestly on your guard not to forget the things which your own eyes have seen, nor let them slip from your memory as long as you live, but teach them to your children and to your children's children.” View on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UrRplvXuSw -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each da...

A classic parable retold from the eyes of children and a loving father. Matthew 18:32-33 His master summoned him and said to him, “You wicked servant! I forgave you your entire debt because you begged me to. Should you not have had pity on your fellow servant, as I had pity on you?” -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope:...

Just like Jesus returning to Nazareth, sometimes it is hard for us to go back when we have changed but our friends or family have not. Luke 4:24 Jesus said to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth: “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place.” -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories for L...

What have you seen (or not seen) that strengthens your belief in God? John 4:42 “We no longer believe because of your word;  for we have heard for ourselves,  and we know that this is truly the savior of the world.” -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories for Lent (Season 3) is a 40-day video parable series to gui...

We all know the Prodigal Son, but what about the Prodigal Sister? Luke 15:3-38 “My son, you are here with me always; everything I have is yours. But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.” -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories...

No matter our situation, there is always something bigger going on. A deeper truth to realize. Matthew 21:38-39 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and acquire his inheritance.’ They seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh...

When all seems to be going wrong, trusting in God's unwavering love can often be the hardest truth to accept.  Jeremiah 17:7 Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose hope is the LORD. -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories for Lent (Season 3) is a 40-day video parable series to guide our Lenten journ...

When have you had to set your own ego aside to show true leadership? Matthew 20:25-26 “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and the great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant.” -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh....

"Do as I say, not as I do..." Can be so much easier to say than actually following our own advice. Matthew 23:3 “Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice.” -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories for Lent (Sea...

What judgments are best left un-said? Luke 6:37 “Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.” -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories for Lent (Season 3) is a 40-day video parable series to guide our Lenten journey of spiritual renewal a...

Matthew 17:5 “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories for Lent (Season 3) is a 40-day video parable series to guide our Lenten journey of spiritual renewal and preparation for Easter. Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us...

Loving someone when they actively persecute you may be one of the hardest things we Christians are called to do... Matthew 5:43-45 Jesus said to his disciples: "You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise...

Matthew 5:21 "You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to judgment. But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment.” -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories for Lent (Season 3) is a 40-day video parable series to gu...

Fr. Michael recalls the bittersweet memory of his mom's passage into eternal life.  Matthew 7:7-8 Jesus said to his disciples: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each...

Is there a time you have seen false assumptions lead to false division? Jonah 4:4-5 “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be destroyed,” when the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth. -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories for Lent (Season 3) is a...

What sustains you in the face of challenges and hardships? Matthew 7:11-12 “Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us;” -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories for Lent (Season 3) is a 40-day video parable series to guide our Lenten journey of spir...

Fr. Michael learns a lesson in humility and charity as he walks 140 miles of the Camino de Santiago, in northern Spain. Leviticus 19:19 “Take no revenge and cherish no grudge against your fellow countrymen. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” -- Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories for Lent (Season 3) is a...

Temptation can hit us anytime. Sometimes it's easy to spot, but other times the truth is harder to see. Pray, and ask God for clarity. Matthew 4:8-10 Then the devil took Jesus up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence, and he said to him, “All these I shall give to you, if you will prostrate yourself and worship me.” At this, Jesus said to...

Who do you know that could use a kind word, and what would you like to say? Isaiah 58:9-10 Thus says the LORD: If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech; If you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted; Then light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom shall become for you like midday; Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get ea...

Is there some practice or behavior you are being called to fast from this Lent? Isaiah 58:3 “Why do we fast, and you do not see it? Afflict ourselves, and you take no note of it?” Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Hope: Stories for Lent (Season 3) is a 40-day video parable series to guide our Lenten journey of spiritual rene...