The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska speaks about the years she studied at the University of Notre Dame. She talks about her spiritual formation, her mission work at the University and her studies. She also explains how so much of her life's vocation finds its roots in the time she spent under the Golden Dome. (January 23, 2022)

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska explains how God speaks daily to us at Mass through the Scriptures we read and His Eucharistic Heart which we receive. She explains in general how God speaks and how we should listen, as well as the effects of His word in our lives. She then gives a concrete example by explaining how God speaks to e...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska talks about the lives of several saints who offered their lives in exchange for that of others. She begins by sharing the stories of two mothers who died in order to carry their pregnant children to term. She talks about a young wife who offered her life for her husband, a lay man who sacrificed his...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska talks about her newest book concerning the spiritual formation of children. She holds up models for children and offers suggestions to parents and formators of children as to how they can help their little ones become the saints that God created them to be. (November 26, 2021)

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska explains the power of the Name of Jesus. She guides the listener through a prayerful meditation on the Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus -explaining the deep meaning of each of the Titles of Jesus and each of the invocations prayed to Him.

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska talks about the gift of pilgrimages in the spiritual life of the faithful. Having recently returned from Medjugorje, she discusses the fruits of this modern day pilgrimage site in her own personal life (starting at a young age and continuing to the present). She speaks about Our Lady's messages ther...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska talks about the theology of being an artist. She draws from the Catechism's teachings on Christian art (specifically icons, but embracing paintings, sculptures, music, architecture, poetry, theater and even technological art). Mary also draws heavily from St. Pope John Paul II's 'Letter to Artists'...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska discusses every Christian's call to be a missionary. In Baptism each soul is given a missionary vocation. Some people live this radically in foreign countries or public realms, but just as profound is the effect that hidden souls have living out the missionary mandate of Christ. St. Therese of Lisie...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska talks about the important age-old spiritual practice of tithing 10% of what one has to the Lord and the importance of almsgiving not only for those one helps, but also for the soul of the giver. She goes through the Scriptural basis of tithing, showing where the Lord asks this of us in Scripture (bo...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska talks about the work of spreading the Gospel in the world. She speaks both about the great fortune of having modern technology at our fingertips, but also about the struggle that the world will put up against the Light of Christ. She uses two modern-day saints to show us the way through the web of m...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska takes you inside of her newest book, "Mornings With Mary: A Rosary Prayer Book". She explains the impetus behind bringing such a book to publication and explains about the different prayers that are contained within -praying a few of them along with the listener. She explains the special patrons tha...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska discusses the great spiritual value of the exchange of letters in the lives of the saints. Sometimes written to encourage each other, at other times to admonish, at other times to exchange daily information -the letters of the saints always help the reader know their personality better and bring to...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska takes the listener through the spirituality of two very powerful (yet less well-known) saints. St. Miriam was born in Nazareth and traveled to France where she received her Carmelite vocation. St. Charles was born in France, but it was while living as a hermit in Nazareth that his spirituality was c...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska explains the core of Mother Teresa's spirituality, being Jesus' words on the Cross 'I Thirst.' She explains how Mother Teresa sought to quench this thirst through her personal love for Jesus, through serving the poor, through bringing Him souls and ultimately through suffering His Thirst with Him. S...

In this episode, Mary Kloska speaks about Jesus' powerful words about faith and prayer. After going through Scripture, she shows the power of prayer in the lives of Saints Monica and Augustine. She explains the efficacy that sacrifice adds to prayer, pointing directly to the tears and suffering of heart that St. Monica added to her prayers that eventually won St. Augustine for Christ. (August 29,...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska speaks about the lives of two Peruvian saints who both lived in the early 1600's -St. Rose of Lima and St. Martin de Porres. These two spectacular souls were united not only in their humility, love of the Blessed Sacrament and in service to the sick and poor, but they were also joined by a common Do...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska talks about God's promise to us that 'nothing is impossible for God.' She touches on Scriptures that build our confidence in prayer with faith and hope in Jesus' Own words (and promises) of Love. She talks about saints who are known as patrons 'of the impossible' and she explains why sometimes it se...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska reflects on the lives of several slaves who, through pursuing virtue even in their excruciating circumstances, achieved high levels of sanctity. One of the works of Mercy is to 'ransom the captive' or 'visit the imprisoned' -and Jesus Himself blesses those who do this saying in the Gospel of Matthew...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska explains how one needs to know their identity as a child of God and be single-hearted in their love for Jesus and how through this, nothing can overcome them. A pachyderm is an animal with thick skin (like an elephant, rhinoceros or hippopotamus) -we also are called to have such a love of Christ tha...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska talks about the glorious power of the Precious Blood of Jesus. Taking reflections from Scripture, she explains how the Precious Blood of Jesus delivers, heals, transforms, unites and gives peace. In this month of July (devoted to the Precious Blood) she encourages the listener to invoke the Blood of...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska explains to the listener what a 'cloistered heart' is. Many saints spoke about keeping one's heart as a cell, a cloister, a garden, a sanctuary-where one can meet with God in secret prayer-even in the midst of an active life and daily duties. Drawing from Scripture and the saints she invites the lis...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelists Mary Kloska guides the listener in a meditation about the gaze (sight) and listening (hearing) of Jesus. She draws attention to the places in Scripture that speak about Jesus' eyes and ears. She explains how His look can purify and heal us and how His ears were always attuned to the will of God -and also how t...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska takes the listener through a prayerful meditation on the Sacrament of Marriage. She begins with stories from Scripture about holy marriages and she continues with teachings from the Catechism on the purpose and effects of living a holy marriage. She then concludes with some teachings from the saints...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska speaks about God's gift of Memory. She explains why it is important in the spiritual life and the process of healing and purifying one's memory on the path to union with God. She also discusses the connection between memory and the theological virtues (Faith, Hope and Love) specifically explaining m...

In this episode of The Heart of Fiat Crucified Love, Catholic missionary and evangelist Mary Kloska talks about the three things that God has asked of the human person, which come forth from His Own Identity: speaking Truth, creating Beauty, and (receiving and then) offering and answering God (and neighbor) with Love. She explains how the source of these three great gifts -Truth, Beauty and Love -...