The Catholic Perspective

Ever wondered how to help young people develop their full spiritual potential, even in a post-Christian world like ours? In this episode, Fr Bartunek explores this topic. The full series  Faithful Unto Death can be found on RCSpirituality.org Here Make sure to share this podcast with friends and family. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Is Christ Really enough? Lection Divina, is a way to let Christ dwell within our hearts through this ancient prayer. In this podcast, Fr. Bartunek shares St Paul’s lessons from his letter to the Colossians to help us practice Lectio Divina. Check out the whole series on RCSpirituality.org  Christ Alone is Enough Here Make sure to share this podcast with friends and family. Follow us on Facebook, I...

How do we accept God’s will? Does it mean I will suffer? Maybe I won’t like God’s will for me. Fr John Bartunek shares the insights of Fr John Pietropaoli’s reflections on St John of the Cross.  Caverns of the Heart can be found on RCSpirituality.org  Here   Please share this podcast with friends and family. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

Failing can create anxiety and a sense of worthlessness. In this podcast, Fr Bartunek shares how Jesus and St. Paul experienced worldly failure and rejection but were transformed by God’s providence.  Check out the whole series on Miracles of Mercy Here Please share this podcast with friends and family. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

In this podcast, Fr John Bartunek explores how we ourselves can become better and better living signs of God’s mercy, living miracles, as it were, by understanding and taming the emotion of anger.  For the whole series visit RCSpirituality.org and see  Miracles of Mercy Here . Please share this podcast with friends and family. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

In this episode, Fr John Bartunek explores celibacy, the priest’s free commitment to a life of chastity while remaining unmarried and how this sacrifice is for the sake of the Kingdom. Access this whole series on RCSpirituality Bridge to Eternity Here  Don’t forget to share this podcast with friends and family. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube

Listen to the inspiration behind Fr. Daniel Brandenburg's newest book, Lessons from the Workshop of St. Joseph. If you want to overcome fear – personal or societal – this is the book for you. In St. Joseph, fear does not have the last word. He experiences and lives the fullness of joy, with Jesus and Mary. Courage, audacity, heroism, and fortitude sparkle in each chapter of his life.

By creating the human family in his own image, God created every one of us with a vocation to love. The better spouses communicate with each other the stronger their marriage will be. Fr. Bartunek shares three challenges to communication among spouses and some practical advice on how to steadily improve spousal communication. For the whole episode on RCSpirituality Three Hearts click  Here   Share...

What does the culture today say about sickness? Reflect with Fr Bartunek on the cultural sickness behind the way we treat those whom society views as useless.  To view the whole episode go to rcspirituality  Here   Share this podcast with friends and family. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube  

The constant flow of images, ideas, opinions, advertisements, chats, noise, music, entertainment, news, and everything else can, if we let it, create such a quantity of traffic in our minds that we become unable to savor truth even if we see it. J oin Fr Bartunek as he shares how to receive the Strength of Thousands. Visit RCSpirituality for the full episode  Here Share this podcast with friends a...

Does Mass seem boring or a waste of time? Fr. John Bartunek shares the Cosmic Characteristics of the Mass that guide the listener to a deeper appreciation and experience of the Eucharist. Visit RCSpirituality for the full Food for the Journey series  Here Share this podcast with friends and family. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.  

Although many Catholics still access this unique gift of God’s Mercy, others have forgotten it. Fr. John Bartunek shares with the listeners ways to remove the obstacles we find to receiving the outpouring of grace that comes to the heart of the penitent in the sacrament of Confession. You can listen to the whole series from Sorrow to Joy on RCSpirituality  Here Share this podcast with friends and...

  How do we develop our Christian identity to the full? In this segment, Fr. John Bartunek explores ways to mature our spiritual DNA and reminds us how to keep our identity in shape so we can flourish as a baptized Christian. The whole series Who you Are can be found at RCSpirituality  Here Share this podcast with friends and family. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube  

In this episode Fr John Bender and Fr John Pietropaoli share best practices in reading the bible. They answer the question where can you find the best information before leaving earth? If I wanted to read the bible, Where do I start? The fathers share a lively discussion in answering these questions and give the listener different resources to help guide you in reading the bible. You can find this...

In this episode, Fr. John Bartunek ponders the question, why is it so hard to maintain peace in our souls?  To access the whole series on Peace of Soul visit RCSpirituality.org Here Share this podcast with friends and family. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

In this episode Fr John Bender and Fr John Pietropaoli answer questions that surface when we try to pray.   What if nothing happens when I pray? Does God hide from us? Is God happy with my prayer? The fathers answer these and other questions in the show. For more shows like this, go to  www. RCSpritiality.org and look for The Catholic Perspective.  

  In this episode, Fr John Bender and Fr John Pietropaoli discuss Brideshead Revisited, a novel set in the time period prior to WWll. The fathers take you through the twists and turns of the plot teasing out the lessons of divine grace and redemption from the varied characters who make choices that bring pain and separation in their lives despite the fact they are Catholic. To find this show and m...

Fr. John Bartunek unpacks the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and shares that at the very heart of this devotion is the conversion of sinners. To listen to this whole series Fire and Thorns visit RCSpirituality.org  Here Share this podcast with friends and family. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

In this episode Fr John Bender and Fr John Pietropaoli discussed the epic series from J.R.R. Tolkein The Lord of the Rings. They explore how the author integrated Catholic truths into the storyline staging an epic battle between good and evil. Both fathers share their personal insights along with unpacking the deeper meaning in several favorite scenes in the book. This show and many others can be...

As baptized Christians, we have a mission. In this episode, Fr. John Bartunek explores the call of each disciple of Christ to apostolate to be sent out to drive out demons and spread the message of Jesus Christ. To hear the whole series, go to RCSpirituality and look for The Complete Christian  Here Share this podcast with friends and family. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.  

In this show, Fr John Bender and Fr John Pietropaoli discuss the lessons of sin and redemption found in the novel, C rime and Punishment whose story follows the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of  its main character in Russia who rationalizes why its ok to commit murder but then can’t live with himself after he does.  An unlikely friend is the instrument God uses to bring about contrition and ev...

In this broadcast, Fr. John Bartunek helps prepare us for spiritual battle by reflecting deeply on some tactics of our spiritual enemies and pondering the anatomy of sin. You can find the whole series The Anatomy of Temptation and the story of David and Goliath by visiting RCSpirituality  Here Share this podcast with friends and family. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.  

Fr. John Bartunek leads the listeners in practical activities including the rosary that help cultivate devotion to the Blessed Mother. To access the whole series River of Wisdom, visit RCSpirituality Here Share this podcast with friends and family. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

In this episode, Fr. John Bartunek brings clarity to the often ignored, exaggerated, or misunderstood reality of the fallen angels—the devil and his demons, and how they try to tangle up human affairs.  To view the whole series on St Michael and Angelic Forces, Invisible Allies Visit RCSpirituality Here Share this podcast with friends and family. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.  

In this episode Fr. John Bartunek explores Saint John Paul II’s teaching on the Trinitarian shape of prayer, helped by one of the greatest icons in Russian history.  He draws out some practical applications for our own lives, as we seek to live in the light of this tremendous mystery of love in whose image we are created. T he full series on The Mystery of Eternal Love written by Fr John Pietropao...