Right Now with Ralph Martin

"Meditate on the shortness of life and learn wisdom of heart." This week Ralph comments on a few scriptures that urge young people to choose the Lord while they are still young and not be allured by what may be a false hope that there will be an opportunity later. Scriptures in this episode: Ps 90:12 Ecclesiastes 11:9 - 12:8 Ps 119:9

In this episode, Ralph speaks on the startling messages of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three young children at Fatima, Portugal in 1917, and how relevant and important it is for us today.

In our final night of the Advent Mission, we continued to delve into the wisdom of the saints, who are great spiritual masters of the interior life. We will pick up our study of The Fulfillment of All Desire again in Lent; we hope you will join us! Among many rich topics, in night four Ralph looks at a principle of the Christian life rooted in Acts 14:22 - “Through many tribulations we must enter...

Last night was night three of the Advent Mission . It was a joy to continue our Advent journey and to look closely at the challenges we can face on the path to holiness, particularly the dangers of sin. Join us for the final night on Sunday, December 20th at 8 p.m. ET. Register for free today: https://event.webinarjam.com/register/111/zyklza03 . Ralph mentions a few YouTube videos in this episode....

The wrath of God is mentioned numerous times in the Old Testament but also in the Gospels, Epistles and Book of Revelation. What is the wrath of God? How can we flee it? Why is it urgent that we understand this important biblical concept for our lives today?

During Advent, Renewal Ministries is hosting a free digital Advent Mission each Sunday at 8 p.m. ET based on Ralph's best-selling book "The Fulfillment of All Desire." This week's podcast features Ralph's talk from the second session of the mission, entitled "Important Practices." Ralph spoke about some of the most important practices in our spiritual lives, including total dependence on God's gra...

For the first time ever, Renewal Ministries is hosting a free digital Advent Mission each Sunday in Advent at 8 p.m. ET based on Ralph's best-selling book "The Fulfillment of All Desire." This week's podcast features Ralph's talk from the first session of the mission, entitled "Basic Decisions." Ralph shares about the foundations of the spiritual journey and invites us to make two basic, but essen...

Happy Thanksgiving brothers and sisters! This week Ralph has an extra Thanksgiving episode where he shares about the scriptural exhortations to always give thanks and explains how and why this is both possible and good; and how we owe it to God.  “Paul says, ‘Rejoice in the Lord always.' How we can do that? Because no matter what our sufferings are, no matter what our disappointments are, no...

This week, in part two on avoiding deception, Ralph unfolds the Catechism’s teaching on serious sin and the many scriptural warnings against deceiving ourselves. We are encouraged to cling to the Word of God as our lifeline in order to be protected against the tidal wave of deception that is sweeping over the world today. "If we are now addicted to serious sin… we need to ask God to have mercy on...

This week, in part one of a two-part series, Ralph talks about the numerous warnings in scripture to not be deceived, and focuses on the huge deceptions in our culture, and even in the Church, concerning the area of sexual morality. "The Word of God is our lifeline. The words of Jesus are the only way that we can really know who he is and what his will is. It’s the only way that we can know the tr...

This week Ralph describes the two signs that the apostle Paul declares will precede the return of the Lord and considers whether we are seeing these signs fulfilled today or not. In any case, he describes what our response needs to be to pass the test of the last days. Scripture in today's episode : 2 Thessalonians 2: 1-12.

Ralph shares how the New Testament itself doubles down on shocking warnings and actual historical manifestations of the consequences of ignoring them. He also offers some powerful encouragement that provide us great hope and confidence.

In a special bonus episode, this week Ralph shares his shock at reading page after page of severe punishments and warnings in the prophet Jeremiah and how the New Testament guides us in understanding these warnings.

This week, Ralph meditates on a meditation of St. John Henry Newman about how God alone is our happiness – and our most intimate friend. “Let’s make our souls a welcoming home for God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Let’s prepare a dwelling place for the Lord in our own soul. Let’s turn away from sin. Let’s turn away from inordinate, disordered attachment to the things of this wo...

Welcome to Right Now 's first bonus episode! This special episode marks the arrival of Ralph's new book, A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward , his first major book in 7 years. This week, Ralph shares an in depth summary of what is in the new book, presented to Renewal Ministries' country coordinators all over the world in a zoom conference. Get your copy of the book here: https://www.renewalminis...

This week Ralph shares that no matter what the outcome of the election is, we still have our work cut out for us, and we still have great reason to hope and rejoice. “It’s election day… whatever we see, we need to remember that Jesus is the Lord and there is nothing that is going to happen today, or in the days following, that are outside of his control.” -Ralph Martin

One of the functions of prophecy is to call us back to relationship with God. . . . to call us back to remember his Word and to take this Word seriously. For the next few episodes, Ralph will talk about how we can respond to these prophecies and actually build our lives on a dependency on the Lord and not on the passing structures of this world—so that whatever happens in our country, whatever hap...

We don't want to be in a situation where the Lord says, "You maybe came to church occasionally . . . but you didn't pay attention to how I was asking you to make Me the very center of your life. You didn't pay attention to how I told you to put yourself into this wholeheartedly in order to get connected with Me in the right way. And you didn't pay attention to Me when I told you at a certain point...

You can't get in to heaven on somebody's else's relationship with the Lord. You can be inspired by their relationship, you can be called by their relationship, but you need to respond and have the relationship yourself. . . . You need to have the oil of the Holy Spirit in your soul. You need to have the living presence of God in your soul. And the way we do that is through faith, repentance, sacra...

Ephesians 6 says the devil is shooting fiery darts all day long into our hearts and souls, and it says the thing that can protect us from the deception of the evil one is the shield of faith. But so many people don't have the shield of faith! The shield of faith is being in Jesus Christ, loving Jesus Christ, and knowing his Word. So when a lie comes to us, we say, "That's not true. This is what th...

Ralph Martin reflects on a prophecy given by Fr. Michael Scanlan in 1976 and its importance and relevance today. When Ralph recently came across this prophecy, it left him “almost breathless” due to the amazing accuracy with which it describes so much that is occurring now: “Do you see those churches which you can go to so easily now? Are you ready to see them with bars across their doors, with do...

Ralph Martin reflects on a question he has been receiving a lot lately: "What is prophecy?" He also discusses a prophecy Fr. Michael Scanlan shared in 1980 and discusses its relevance today. "Our prosperity has been a tremendous blessing from the Lord, but many of us have responded to prosperity by saying, "We've got things under control. We've got what we need. We don't need God." And rather than...

Ralph talks about the issues at stake in the upcoming American election – and it’s not just abortion, as important as that issue is – but also the future of the family, sexuality, and the freedom of Catholics to believe and profess their faith. He also shows why this is more broadly connected to the same issues at work throughout the world in a move towards a secular elite control of government, e...