Heart to Heart: Faith Seasons Podcast

Fr. Michael leads a guided imagery prayer for peace inspired by the apparitions of Mary at Medjugorje and his own pilgrimages to that holy site. 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 gift: htoh.us/donate

Prayer for Peace Inspired by the Teachings of Pope Leo XIV Lord Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace and Shepherd of all nations, look with mercy upon this world so often torn apart by pride, indifference, and violence. You who calmed the winds and stilled the waves, speak Your word of peace over our hearts and over every place where hatred has taken root. Send forth Your Holy Spirit, Spirit of truth and...

Fr. Michael leads a guided imagery prayer for peace inspired by the teachings of Pope Leo XIV. 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 gift: htoh.us/donate

Given on the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Fr. Michael shares two images that Jesus gives for His sacred heart: the sun bursting with love and the vulnerable heart, pierced and on fire with love. from Luke 15:3-7 Jesus addressed this parable to the Pharisees and scribes: "What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the dese...

Listen as Fr. Michael guides us in this imagery prayer for peace. 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 gift: htoh.us/donate

Prayer for Peace in a World at War God of All Nations, You created every person in Your image— each one beloved, each one bearing Your breath. Yet today Your world groans under the weight of war. So many lands are scarred with violence, so many hearts torn by loss, so many children know fear instead of play. Lord of Mercy, We cry out to You for peace. Stretch Your hand over the earth, O God. Let Y...

Today marks a powerful convergence of grace—the feast of the birth of Saint John the Baptist, the 24th anniversary of Fr. Jim Willig’s entrance into eternal life, and the anniversary of the Blessed Mother’s first appearance in Medjugorje. In this spirit, Fr. Michael invites you to begin a 40-day novena of prayer and fasting for peace. With heartfelt conviction shaped by his own pilgrimages and dec...

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"It shall come to pass. I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams.  Your young men will see visions." Joel 3:1 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 gift: htoh.us/d...

“Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is great in heaven…”  Matthew 5:12 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 gift: htoh.us/donate

“…Jesus replied… ‘Whoever has seen me has seen the Father…Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak are not spoken of myself; it is the Father who lives in me accomplishing his works.’” John 14:9-11 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 S...

“We do not fix our gaze on what is seen but on what is unseen. What is seen is transitory; what is unseen lasts forever.” 2 Corinthians 4:18 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 gift: htoh.us/donate

"For just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to him who sows and bread to him who eats, so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; it shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.”  Isaiah 55:10-11 Learn More Heart to Heart, a C...

“Love is patient; love is kind. Love is not jealous, it does not put on airs, it is not snobbish. Love is never rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not prone to anger; neither does it brood over injuries.  Love does not rejoice in what is wrong but rejoices with the truth.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-6 Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington...

“But now thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, who formed you, O Israel: ‘Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1 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 gift: htoh.us/donate

“Jesus then said to His disciples: ‘If anyone wishes to come after me, they must deny their very self, take up their cross, and begin to follow in my footsteps. Whoever would save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.’” Matthew 16:24-25 Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010 Submit...

But he said to me, ‘My grace is enough for you, for in weakness, power reaches perfection. And so I willingly boast of my weaknesses instead, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 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...

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted. So, do not be afraid; you are of more value than many sparrows.   Matthew 10:29–31 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 Suppo...

“Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, so that you may judge what is God’s will, what is good, pleasing and perfect.”  Romans 12:2 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 gift: htoh.us/donate

Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous person because they are a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward.  Matthew 10:41   https://youtu.be/bjAceeWe5pM 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/pray...

“If you want to avoid judgment, stop passing judgment. Your verdict on others will be the verdict passed on you. The measure with which you measure will be used to measure you. Why look at the speck in your brother’s or sister’s eye when you miss the plank in your own?”  Matthew 7:1-3 Learn More Heart to Heart, a Catholic Media Ministry: htoh.us 420 W County Line Rd, Suite 200 Barrington, IL 60010...

“…O God, great and mighty, whose name is Lord of hosts, great in counsel, mighty in deed whose eyes are open to all the ways of humans…” Jeremiah 32:18-19 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 gift: htoh.us/donate

"Therefore, comfort and upbuild one another, as indeed you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 https://youtu.be/il5oWloYkOs 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 gift: htoh.us/donate

“Dismiss all anxiety from your minds. Present your needs to God in every form of prayer and in petitions full of gratitude. Then God’s own peace, which is beyond all understanding, will stand guard over your hearts and minds, in Christ Jesus.”  Philippians 4:6-7 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...

“They that hope in the Lord will renew their strength, they will soar as with eagles’ wings; They will run and not grow weary, walk and not grow faint.”  Isaiah 40:31 https://youtu.be/RpblJWzHagw 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 gift: htoh...