The Restless Hearts Podcast

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily from The Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph on December 31, 2023. You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at  usccb.org .

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily from The Nativity of the Lord, Christmas Day, December 25, 2023. You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at  usccb.org .

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily from The Fourth Sunday of Advent on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2023. You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at  usccb.org .

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily from The Third Sunday of Advent on December 17, 2023. You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at  usccb.org .

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily from The Second Sunday of Advent on December 10, 2023. You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at  usccb.org .

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily from The First Sunday of Advent on December 3, 2023. You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at  usccb.org .

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily from The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe on November 26, 2023. You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at  usccb.org .

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily from the Thirty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time on November 19, 2023. You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at  usccb.org .

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily from the Thirty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time on November 12, 2023. You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at  usccb.org .

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily from the Thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time on November 5, 2023. You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at  usccb.org .

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily from the Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time on October 29, 2023. You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at  usccb.org .

The tenth and final conference of the retreat briefly touches on the significant roles of women in shaping the tradition and life of the Church through peacemaking, study, prayer, actions for justice and holding male power accountable to the fulness of the mystery of God. 

The ninth conference of the retreat sifts through the Acts of the Apostles and the Letters of St. Paul to take note of the many women given passing mention in these texts while revealing the highly significant roles of leadership, influence, and service played by women in the foundation and spread of the Church.

The eighth conference of the retreat explores the women of the parables of Jesus and how their actions reveal God’s ways to us. After starting with the parables of the woman leavening wheat with yeast, searching for the lost coin, the conference invites us to allow the parables of the persistent widow demanding justice and the ten virgins awaiting the bridegroom to challenge us. Finally, although...

This seventh conference of the retreat brought to light encounters that Jesus had with particular women in the Gospels that reveal God’s ways in unique and invaluable ways. These women include the sinful woman in the house of Simon the Pharisee; Mary of Magdala; the sisters, Martha and Mary; the Samaritan woman at the well; the woman caught in adultery; the women at the cross of Jesus; and the wom...

The sixth conference of the retreat turns to the New Testament and begins with a reflection of the very unique and ordinary role of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and of her cousin Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist, and their joyful experience and expression of knowing the ways of God in our lives. It continues with an exploration of how Jesus, a human male, reveals how the fullness of humanit...

The fifth conference of the retreat explores the challenges of imaging a personal God as the fullness of gender rather than as either male or female. It calls upon images from the Old Testament, especially Wisdom Literature and the Prophets, to open our imaginations to receive the fullness of the revelation of God’s being in relationship with us.

The fourth conference of the retreat explores the actions of women in the history of Israel from the time of the Judges, the transition to the twin institutions of Monarchy and Prophecy, as well as how heroism displayed by women during times of foreign conquest, exile, and persecution allowed God’s people to cling to freedom. Click here to hear the podcast of this session.

The third conference of the retreat offers reflections on the heroic and essential actions of women making possible the salvation of God’s people from oppressive slavery in Egypt to freedom as portrayed in the Book of Exodus including courageous acts of civil disobedience, calculated risks, compassion and love overpowering oppression, and the hidden but essential role of Miriam; the sister of Mose...

This second conference of the retreat explores the very messy narratives of the Book of Genesis which set the stage for all of the subsequent actions of God’s revelation in history. It explores the roles of Eve, the mother of all the living; Sarah and Hagar, the mothers of the children of Abraham; Leah and Rachel, sisters who were the wives of Jacob; and the very curious but pivotal role of Tamar,...

This and the following nine episodes of the Restless Hearts Podcast were recorded between June 26 and July 1, 2023 at the Dominican Retreat and Conference Center in Niskayuna, NY. During that week, Fr. Ray Dlugos offered a preached retreat for women who are vowed members of Religious Communities. The overall theme of the retreat was “God’s Ways Revealed through Women in Scripture and Tradition.” T...

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time on October 22, 2023. You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at  usccb.org .

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time on October 15, 2023. You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at  usccb.org .

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time on October 8, 2023. You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at  usccb.org .

This episode of the Restless Hearts Podcast includes the Proclamation of the Gospel and Father Ray's homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time on September 24, 2023. You can view the full liturgy of the Word for this Sunday under Daily Readings at  usccb.org .