Journeying With The Saints

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 833-836. As Sister Faustina is lying in the hospital, God gives her a special grace to feel when souls are dying. She realizes that she needs to strengthen them with her prayers. This is just another example of the connection between baptized souls. Our Christian faith is more than just a private, personal relationship with Jesus. Christ gives us to ea...

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 827-832. More and more, we are turning Christ into just a social justice mascot. Political parties like to use Christ to prove a point or try to push an agenda. While it is good and right to make sure that we make society as good as we can, we can't reduce Christ to just the face of our movement. Sister Faustina shows us in her writings today the appro...

This is the half-way point in the year! Congratulations! So, today, we are going to be talking about how religion is not popular. We must remember that this was written in the 1950s when most people would identify themselves as Christians. We just got a new study out that shows that belief in God has been dropping. Only 80% of people identify as being religious whereas that used to be in the high...

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 823-826.  Sister Faustina talks about how it would be a misfortune if she missed Mass. She doesn't want to miss Holy Communion. There was a time in my life when I never once thought of it as a misfortune if I missed going to church. I just didn't care and what an ungrateful attitude I had.   

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 817-822. During Confession, Sister Faustina sees Christ take the place of her confessor. We know, as Catholics, that in Confession the priest is in Persona Christi-- in the Person of Christ. This got me thinking of the much heated debate about how women can't be priests in the Catholic Church. So, we are going to dive into that discussion.  

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 812-816. Satan hates God's mercy. He will do anything to convince us that God's mercy isn't for us: We aren't worthy, our sin is too big. But, none of this is true; the only unforgiven sin is the one we refuse to bring to Christ for forgiveness. Don't ever think that your sin is greater than the mercy of Christ.   

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 805-811. Our readings are longer today, but the overall podcast is shorter. Today we get the promise from Christ that praying the chaplet at the moment of a dying person's hour, it delivers much mercy to them. What a great promise to keep in the back of our mind.    

Milestone Alert: We've made it through another 100 numbers! Also, I goof in this podcast and say that it is day 174 instead of 173. Sorry! Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 800-804.   Sister Faustina's writings today are like quick diary entries. We will take time to reflect on a few of the things that are very noteworthy.    

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 794-799. Sister Faustina meditates on Mary and Joseph's journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem. Her reflection got me thinking about just how strong and courageous Mary was/is. She is such a strong woman and she dealt with so much as the Mother of God, yet she did it will strength and courage. She is such a great example for us and she can always be a sour...

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 787-793. Sister Faustina is on a one day retreat and she's just kind of writing down different musings that come to her mind. I take this time to look at myself and see how well I'm doing with the areas she wants to get better in: Listening better, being patient, not worrying with others judge us, suffering without drawing attention.    

This week we are reading the 25th number from "Way to Inner Peace." Can you believe that we only have one more week to go before we are at the half-way point? We are covering this week when good people do wrong. We will also be talking about when evil people do evil. If you want to hear about the time I interviewed a serial killer and what that was like, you'll definitely want to listen in this we...

Another ten days down! Good job, Catholic Pilgrims! Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 782-786. As we know, Sister Faustina talks a lot about suffering for God and how it is a way to show love. This was an emotional reading today because it caused me to reflect on the suffering I've had being kept from Mass through lockdowns. But, recently, I found out daily Mass is available and I got...

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 777-781. Heaven is about worship of the Almighty for eternity. It is the full union with God and basking in all happiness and glory. There is a tendency, though, of thinking of Heaven as only a place where we will be reunited with our loved ones. While this will be wonderful, too often, we forget that the point of Heaven is to be united with God.   

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 771-776. What if you could gain a greater capacity for happiness and knowledge in Heaven? What if that meant you needed to do the hard work to have a relationship with God here on Earth? Would you do all that you could to be rewarded with a greater capacity for happiness? God gives us graces and we must respond to it and allow those graces to help us g...

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 768-770. Have you found a kindred spirit in Christ? Sister Faustina talks today about how God gives grace to kindred spirits that are united to God. They easily recognize each other. I talk about how connected I felt to other Catholics when I was at the World Meeting of Families.   

Warning: Today's reflection is not appropriate for young ears.   Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 764-767. Christ tells Sister Faustina to "defend children from evil." As you know, I go with what falls on my heart for my reflections. Today, Christ's comment placed on my heart to discuss my experiences of working with children that have sexually abused and those that have been abused....

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 760-763. We will focus on one line from today's readings. A priest tells Sister Faustina not to worry about human opinion when it comes to doing God's Will. This is so hard for all of us. It is hard to deal with people's forceful and negative comments about our Catholic Faith. But, we must remember, Christ's truth always takes precedence over human opi...

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 756-759. Sister Faustina has a vision today of the Upper Room and she sees the institution of the Blessed Sacrament. I describe my experience of being in the Upper Room when I was on pilgrimage in the Holy Land. The Upper Room was utterly different than what I had imagined it to be.   

This week we are reading the 24th number from "Way to Inner Peace." Insincerity is our topic and as I was going through the readings there were parts where I literally laughed out loud. He's so spot on. It's funny when he talks about the "lighter" times when we are being insincere. I think married couples will relate. On a more serious note, I feel like we are living in very insincere times. There...

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 750-755. We have to work with God's grace. If God asks us to do something we must do it and realize that God will do His part to help us fulfill our mission. He will give us graces to help us. Sometimes we will have to be patient and wait as things work themselves out, but if God wills something, He will help it to happen.    

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 745-749. Are we willing to accept ridicule, persecutions, and hatred for Christ? Or, do we try to make Christianity fit the popular culture so as to make it easy for us to live it out, not angering enemies of the Catholic Church. If the popular culture applauds your brand of Christianity, you can be sure it misses the mark. We cannot conform Christiani...

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 742-744. Jesus is going to talk about works today, so we are going to talk about works today. Faith and works are not in conflict with each other. In fact, works arise naturally out of faith. If you love and believe in Christ then you desire to show your love through works. Words only go so far.   

Congrats!  Another ten days down. We are moving right along.  Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 736-741. Let today be a call to evangelization. Sister Faustina visits Hell and her descriptions are horrific. We must live our Catholic Faith with joy and passion so that those who don't believe might see a difference in us. If our lives look just like the culture then we will draw no one t...

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 731-735. In our lives today, entertainment is a top priority. The entertainment mentality has pervaded our faith lives. Too many look to sit back and be entertained by religion. If not, well, then it is time to move on till we find something more entertaining. Sister Faustina shows us a deep spiritual life requires worship and praise even when times ar...

Today's readings are from Notebook 2, numbers 725-730. Who is the number voice that guides your life? Is it your spouse? Your best friend? Your favorite politician? Is it your own voice? Sister Faustina shares how Christ's voice is the only voice she wants to hear. He is her number one. There are many, many voices that influence our life but the voice we should put the most stock in is Christ's.  ...