Heart to Heart: Faith Seasons Podcast

What cross are you called to carry who burden you would rather not hold? Luke 9:23-24 “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get each daily Seeds of Hope story by email: htoh.us/lent Seeds of Ho...

Today's scripture and parable remind: Give in secret, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. Who can you bless with a secret gift this Lent? Matthew 6:3-4 “But when you give alms, Do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, So that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.” Learn more about Heart to Heart: htoh.us Get...

When we accept the true and perfect love of God we cannot have fear over what might happen in this life because God's love transcends the physical world and offers an eternal embrace. Join Heart to Heart: https://htoh.us/join Support Heart to Heart: https://htoh.us/donate from Mark 6:45-52 After the five thousand had eaten and were satisfied, Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and pre...

On the Feast of the Epiphany, Fr. Michael reflects on the Magi as the first pilgrims to Christ, following the light that revealed God not only to Israel, but to all nations. Epiphany reminds us that faith is not passive belief, but a living journey with Love made flesh. Join us at Heart to Heart: htoh.us/join Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite...

Fr. Romke reflects on a Christmas spent serving in Moscow, discovering that beyond words, culture, or gifts, the Incarnation teaches us a universal language — the language of love. Join this virtual pilgrimage: htoh.us/christmas Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Submit a prayer request: htoh.us/prayers Support our min...

Fr. Romke reflects on a moment of prayer that revealed the Incarnation as God’s radical gift of His human heart — not merely offered, but given — and invites us to receive the Sacred Heart Jesus continually places before us. Join this virtual pilgrimage: htoh.us/christmas Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Submit a pra...

Reflecting on his own pilgrimage to Bethlehem, Fr. Romke shares how he discovered that Jesus doesn’t always change us by words or actions, but often by the quiet, loving stillness of his presence. View on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a423-UmGizE Join this virtual pilgrimage: htoh.us/christmas Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200...

Reflecting on Dickens, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, and her own story, Rachel invites us to discover and cherish the personal grace Jesus gives each of us at Christmas — a gift meant to be carried throughout the year. Join this virtual pilgrimage: htoh.us/christmas Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Submit a prayer reques...

Reflecting on Christmas with a newborn, Rachel invites us to let go of perfection and learn from Mary and Joseph what it means to show up fully and be lovingly present to Jesus. Join this virtual pilgrimage: htoh.us/christmas Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Submit a prayer request: htoh.us/prayers Support our minist...

Reflecting on family Christmas traditions and personal loss, Rachel invites us to notice how God’s presence and hope remain with us — whether our Christmas feels full of comfort and joy or marked by absence, change or loss. Join this virtual pilgrimage: htoh.us/christmas Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Submit a pray...

On a day of dual feasts — the Feasts of the Holy Family and the Holy Innocents — Fr. Michael reflects on how even the Holy Family experienced the ordinary ups and downs of daily life. They were happy and sad, euphoric and down-trodden, just like us — and in that ordinariness is holiness. Join this virtual pilgrimage: htoh.us/christmas Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 4...

In her final Incarnation reflection, Val invites us to contemplate the startling truth of Christmas: that God did not merely visit humanity, but chose to dwell fully in our flesh, sanctifying ordinary human life from the inside out. Join this virtual pilgrimage: htoh.us/christmas Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Subm...

ValLimar's second Christmas reflection proclaims the heart of the Incarnation: a God who loves without condition, who comes anyway, and whose love took on flesh so that nothing could ever separate us from it. Join this virtual pilgrimage: htoh.us/christmas Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Submit a prayer request...

Reflecting on the name Emmanuel, ValLimar proclaims the heart of the Incarnation: not a distant God who fixes everything from afar, but a God who enters our mess, our pain, and our lives to be with us — always. Join this virtual pilgrimage: htoh.us/advent Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Submit a prayer request: htoh...

Erin shares how an Ignatian practice of prayer breathing centered on the word “among” helped her experience anew the mystery of the Incarnation — Jesus, the Word made flesh, dwelling among us and drawing us into deeper connection with God and one another. Join this virtual pilgrimage: htoh.us/advent Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barri...

Drawing on a family Advent tradition and Ignatian prayer, Erin invites us to imagine the holy night of Jesus’ birth by entering the nativity scene with our senses, memories, and hearts. Join this virtual Advent pilgrimage: htoh.us/advent Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Submit a prayer request: htoh.us/prayers Suppor...

Reflecting on the O Antiphons of Advent, Erin invites us to slow down, speak the many names of Jesus, and ponder anew the question He asks each of us: “Who do you say that I am?” Join this virtual Advent pilgrimage: htoh.us/advent Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Submit a prayer request: htoh.us/prayers Support our m...

Fr. Michael reflects on the dual visits from an Angel to Mary and Joseph. Why does Joseph trust his dream and trust that his wife has not betrayed him? Join this virtual Advent pilgrimage: htoh.us/advent Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Submit a prayer request: htoh.us/prayers Support our ministry with a financial gi...

Reflecting on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Fr. Kubicki invites us to imagine a humble dog alongside the shepherds at the manger, reminding us that the birth of Jesus drew not only people, but all of creation, to adore him. Join this virtual Advent pilgrimage: htoh.us/advent Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Submit a...

Inspired by his time in a Jesuit community that prayed with the characters and items in the manager scene, Fr. Kubicki reminds us that to truly receive Jesus we must be empty of the things which would block His coming into our own hearts. Join this virtual Advent pilgrimage: htoh.us/advent Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL...

Reflecting on nativity scenes and the words of Saint Francis, Father Al Lauer, and Pope Francis, Fr. Kubicki invites us to rediscover the startling truth of Christmas: that the all-powerful God really became a helpless baby out of love for us. Join this virtual Advent pilgrimage: htoh.us/advent Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington...

Paula concludes her Advent reflections on grief and suffering, inviting us to discover a deeper kind of hope — not in outcomes or expectations, but in Jesus, the light who walks with us through darkness and stays when answers do not come. Join this virtual Advent pilgrimage: htoh.us/advent Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL...

Paula reflects on grief during Advent, encouraging those who mourn to honor their limits, be gentle with themselves, and trust that God meets them tenderly as they wait and take heart. Join this virtual Advent pilgrimage: htoh.us/advent Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Submit a prayer request: htoh.us/prayers Support...

Paula reflects on the Longest Night of the year, offering hope to those carrying grief and loss by reminding us that even in our darkest seasons, God has not forgotten us and holds us tenderly in love. Join this virtual Advent pilgrimage: htoh.us/advent Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Submit a prayer request: htoh.u...

Fr. Michael returns to introduce this week's new speakers and to explore what it means that "the desert will exult!" Or put another way, what it means to be joyful when we are grieving. Join this virtual Advent pilgrimage: htoh.us/advent Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Submit a prayer request: htoh.us...