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In this weeks episode we are continuing on to the next transcendental- Goodness .  Goodness something that cannot be made or taken away it simply is what is. All being has an innate goodness but we must recognize that though everything has goodness there is a hierarchy to it. Broccoli, for example, does not have the same goodness as a child. They are profoundly different and we cannot compare them...

This week we are starting a new series. It's a three part series on the Transcendentals: Beauty , Goodness, and Truth . These transcendentals are properties of all being. They reflect the divine origin of all things and the unity of all truth and reality in God. This week we are focusing on beauty. Beauty is meant to lead us to the creator of beauty itself- God. It is argued to be the startin...

We are so excited to kick off season 2 with an incredible guest. Author and speaker Danielle Bean (@daniellebean ) joins us to discuss her newest book-Whisper: Finding God in the everyday. In this episode we talk about how the world  can seem so chaotic, broken, and messy and our days can often feel mundane and wildly busy. It can feel hard in these moments to recognize the touch and voice of God....

This is our FINAL episode of the season! We are ending our first season with an amazing interview with our dear friend Brother Pius Marie, CFR. It has been such a blessing to have him with us throughout the season. In the last four episodes we were able to dive into each virtue: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance.  This week, Br. Pius, helps us wrap up and tie together the cardinal virtu...

In this episode we discuss the last of the cardinal virtues: temperance ! We are so thankful for all of our listeners for walking through each of these amazing virtues with us.  Next week we will wrap up our summer series with an amazing interview with Brother Pius Marie cfr! The catechism of the Catholic Church so beautifully tells us that " temperance: moderates the attraction of pleasures...

This week we are so excited to talk about the cardinal virtue: fortitude . We were so excited to dive into this topic as it has a lot of significance in both our lives. Fortitude ensures firmness in difficulties and is constantly pursing the good (CCC 1808).   It's so important not only for large moments in our lives but it's necessary in every day actions. It helps us resist temptation,...

We are back this week continuing our discussion on the cardinal virtues. This week we are focusing on Justice . Though it was a difficult topic for us to explain and even grasp, we truly fell in love with this virtue as it was so different than what we had originally thought. Justice is the constant and firm will to give our due to God and neighbor (CCC 1807). It has two parts: First, it is knowin...

In this week’s episode we begin our final summer shorts series on the cardinal virtues. This week we will focus on the virtue: prudence . The cardinal virtues are considered the 'hinge' in which all other virtues come from. St. Thomas Aquinas tells us that prudence is " right reason in action” meaning it enables you to do the right thing in a particular situation. It is not only kno...

This episode is an amazing wrap up on the theological virtues with our very dear friend, Brother Pius Marie. We were thrilled to have him in the studio with us and felt like we were on a spiritual retreat listening to his insights. The theological virtues are gifts that are given to us by God at our baptism and what a gift they are. God desires so much for us to know Him in the virtue of Faith, to...

We will be concluding this week's theological virtue series with the virtue of Love/Charity . This is the the most important of the theological virtues because as St. Paul tells us, faith and hope will pass away but love will remain. The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that "Charity upholds and purifies our human ability to love, and raises it to the supernatural perfection of...

This week we are exploring the next theological virtue- Hope. This was certainly an unexpected joy to talk about and learn more about. We both were amazed and surprised by how much we learned and fell more in love with this virtue. Hope sustains in time of abandonment. Hope preserves us from selfishness. Hope leads to happiness that flows from charity. Hope keeps our eyes set on heaven! The hope w...

We are kicking off our first virtue of the summer season with the theological virtue: faith . We have been amazed by each of these virtues, learning so much more about that than we realized we could. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (link to the online version below) has so much wisdom and knowledge about each of the virtues.  The Catechism explains that Faith is belief in God and belief in al...

Welcome to our Summer Shorts Series! We are thrilled to be starting something new.  This summer we will be sharing short episodes on the virtues. In this first episode we begin with a simple explanation of what a virtue is. The Catechism says: A Virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do good (1803). Virtues require not only good habits but also a participation with divine grace. We cannot ha...

We could not think of a better way to wrap up our podcast season than with an interview with one of our favorite podcasters, Nancy Bandzuch from the amazing podcast: Catholic Sprouts! We couldn't think of anyone more fitting for the wrap up of our series on: Raising Children in the Faith. Nancy and her husband Bill have devoted so much of their lives to promoting this very important concept o...

We are continuing on in our conversation of raising children in the faith. In this episode we dive into some of the more difficult aspects that we can face in handing on our beliefs to our children. Many of these difficulties are often rooted in the thought that we are not good enough for this task. Once we see this lie for what it is we can have faith in the truth that God has chosen YOU for this...

There is no better way to end our season than with a series on raising our children in the faith. It's such an important topic, and something we are both so passionate about, that we knew we needed a few episodes to cover it. We end our season with an AMAZING interview that you won't want to miss! Raising children is hard and we crumble, fail, and cry a lot. But if we can remember that G...

Fatherhood is such an important topic and we were delighted to have Tyler Rowley with us to talk about the topic of Fatherhood. The calling and the vocation of fathers is so important and so vital right now and having him with us to talk about this was such a blessing. Tyler Rowley is the author of a new book called Because of our Fathers : Twenty-Three Catholics Tell How Their Fathers Led Them to...

In this weeks episode we are delighted to have in the studio Renzo Ortega from the ministry: Two become Family.  He started a beautiful family ministry with his wife and is a recent publisher of a new book coming out in June called, Go To Joseph: 10 Day Preparation for Consecration to St. Joseph.   It was such a blessing having him in the studio with us and hearing his perspective on the topic of...

A few months ago we were so blessed to give a talk on the topic of Motherhood in Julie’s home town, Madison, Wisconsin. We sadly couldn't be with them in person but were able to join them over zoom and couldn't have been more amazed by all the young adults we were able to meet. We are so passionate about the topic of motherhood and wanted to share this talk with our listeners. This talk...

Vocation: “A call from God to a distinctive state of life, in which the person can reach holiness.” The Second Vatican Council made it plain that there is a "Universal call to holiness in the Church." Therefore, it is precisely through living out our vocation in marriage that we find our unique path to holiness. This week we are excited to wrap up our Marriage series with an amazing gues...

We are diving into part two of our marriage series by looking at the ways we often struggle within our marriages.  Society and media can often skew our perception of a healthy marriage but we talk of ways to help marriages thrive.  We go over different topics like trust and loyalty and how important they are to have a strong relationship with your spouse. Sometimes there are bumps along the way an...

This week we start a new three part series on marriage! We begin by looking at what the Sacrament of Marriage was created for and what God's true intention for it is. Marriage can be beautiful, messy, difficult, and can stretch us in every possible way. Yet, God created marriage to be a saint making machine. If this is where God has called you, then we must remember that the path to heaven an...

We had such a great time recording this episode as it was something on both of our hearts.  We explore the “When I, Then I” lie.  We constantly travel through life believing the lies that only when we obtain our future goals then we will find our happiness. For example: When I get married, then I will be happy. When I have children, then I'll feel complete. When I get that new job or raise, t...

The Lord has risen HALLELUJAH! We have made it through Lent and what a difficult but blessed Lent it was. Christ has truly done so much in our hearts these past weeks and now it is time to celebrate. "For if we have grown into union with Him through a death like His, we shall also be united with Him in the resurrection We know that our old self was crucified with Him, so that our sinful body...

We have made it through Lent and we could not be more grateful to our listeners for going through this journey with us as we explored what it means to find our identity in Christ. This has been such a gift for us and has truly helped us enter more deeply into the season of Lent. We are ending our series with our final Identity: Forgiven and Redeemed. What a beautiful and amazing gift this is for u...