The World Is Noisy – God Whispers®

Episode 115: "To consider with the Lord what the scene of your heart looks like in this season—the good and the bad, the aspects that are going smoothly as well as those you never would have chosen—this can tell us a lot about what's going on with us, and far more importantly, what the Lord is doing in our lives and hearts. So . . . 'What is the landscape of your heart?'" – A...

Episode 114: “I guess when it comes to us knowing and fulfilling our missions, God is a God of ‘just enough.’ Yeah, I guess ‘just enough’ is all we really need.” – Julia Monnin (From Reflection #96 titled “Just Enough” in the book The World Is Noisy – God Whispers: Volume I ) --- Tune in to this episode as author and host Julia Monnin reflects a little on the reality of the feeling of "excess...

Episode 113: "But for me it is good to be near God; / I have made the Lord God my refuge, / to tell of all your works." - Psalm 73:28 --- Do you believe God delights in you? Why not? Join author and host Julia Monnin in this episode as she cries out (quoting St. Elizabeth of the Trinity): "LET YOURSELF BE LOVED!"* --- " . . . not only is love 'enough,' it's really the greatest of all." - Julia Mon...

Episode 112: "A spoonful of honey attracts more bees than a jarful of vinegar." - St. Francis de Sales --- Tune in to this episode as author and host Julia Monnin shares with listeners the LIVE recording of the talk given by Fr. Sean Wilson at the 6th Annual "The World Is Noisy - God Whispers"® Retreat. Fr. Sean's talk is about the friendship between St. Francis de Sales an...

Episode 111: Jesus said to his disciples: "As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love." - John 15:9–10 --- Tune in to this episode as author and host Julia Monnin shares with listeners the LIVE recording of the final talk she gave at the 6th Ann...

Episode 110: "I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father." - John 15:15 --- "This is my Beloved and this is my friend" (from Song of Songs 5:16) is the title for the 6th Annual "The World Is Noisy - God Whispers...

Episode 109: "I must trust that the extraordinary is indeed all around me in what seems to be incredibly (and even painfully) ordinary." --- Join author and host Julia Monnin as she takes a closer look at Reflection #316 ("Remaining Faithful in the Ordinary") found in her book The World Is Noisy - God Whispers: Volume II . --- "The ordinary feels, well, ordinary, Lord. But...

Episode 108: HALLOW: 1: to make holy or set apart for holy use 2: to respect greatly : venerate (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) --- Join author and host Julia Monnin and her son as they invite listeners to join them for one of their homeschool lessons on All Hallows' Eve. ALL YOU HOLY MEN AND WOMEN, SAINTS OF GOD, PRAY FOR US! --- NEW for 2025! Stay in touch with JRM via Flocknote. Subscribe at ⁠...

Episode 107: "Persons who refuse to go out at night in search for the Beloved and to divest and mortify their will, but rather seek the Beloved in their own bed and comfort . . . will not succeed in finding him. . . . she found him when she departed in darkness with longings of love." – St. John of the Cross ( The Dark Night , Book 2, Ch. 24, 4) --- In this episode, author and host Julia...

Episode 106: ". . . Lord, my heart is not proud; / nor are my eyes haughty. / I do not busy myself with great matters, / with things too sublime for me. / Rather, I have stilled my soul, / Like a weaned child to its mother, / weaned is my soul. / Israel, hope in the Lord, / now and forever." – Psalm 131 --- "Oh, how happy I am to see myself imperfect and to have such need of God&#39...

Episode 105: "If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt, / Lord, who would survive? / But with you is found forgiveness: / for this we revere you. . . . Because with the Lord there is mercy / and fullness of redemption" (Psalm 130:3–4, 7). --- What's the greatest gift we can give someone? FORGIVENESS! Join author and host Julia Monnin on this episode as she shares with listeners some tho...

Episode 104: "Now I understand the mystery of the temple, / The hidden words of my Lovable King. / Mother, your sweet Child wants you to be the example / of the soul that seeks Him in the night of faith." – St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Poem 54, "Why I love you, O Mary!")* --- Reflecting some on the mystery of the Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple, author and host Julia Monnin...

Episode 103: "Prayer is the life of the new heart. It ought to animate us at every moment. But we tend to forget him who is our life and our all." – CCC 2697 --- In this episode, author and host Julia Monnin shares with listeners a talk about "The Life of Prayer" as outlined in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraphs 2697–2758. This talk was given in May of 2025 as Ses...

Episode 102: "God did not work . . . in such a way as to make sorrow vanish and to change the system, so that there is no longer any need for consolation. That would be to take away our humanity. And this is what we secretly desire. Yes, being human is too burdensome for us. But if our humanity were taken away from us, we would cease to be human beings and the world would become inhuman. God...

Episode 101: "I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, / if you find my lover— / What shall you tell him?— / that I am faint with love." – Song of Songs 5:8 --- How is author and host Julia Monnin* really doing as she finds her way in the heart of her husband's journey with cancer? Tune in to this episode to find out! In addition to talking briefly about the "Fruitless Search"...

Episode 100: "There is so much healing happening here; mind, body, and soul. This is certainly shaping up to be one of His 'blessings in disguise.'" --- On this 100th EPISODE host Julia Monnin shares with listeners the latest update regarding her husband's "Stage 4 Metastatic Cancer" journey. And, in celebration of this 100th episode, she even welcomes a very special guest to join her. Tune in to...

Episode 99: "Deep waters cannot quench love, / nor rivers sweep it away. / Were one to offer all the wealth of his house for love, / he would be utterly despised." – Song of Songs 8:7 --- In this episode, author and host Julia Monnin shares with listeners a talk about St. Thérèse of Lisieux given by Fr. Jedidiah Tritle at the 5th Annual "The World Is Noisy – God Whispers"® Retr...

Episode 98: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ... And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us..." (John 1:1, 14). --- Tune in to this episode to learn more about St. John the Apostle—"The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved"—and why he is the patron saint of friendship. --- "All my longing was and still is that since He has so many enemies and so f...

Episode 97: "I found the secret of suffering in peace. . . . The one who says  peace  is not saying joy, or at least,  felt  joy. . . . To suffer in peace is enough to will all that Jesus wills. . . . To be the spouse of Jesus we  must  resemble Jesus, and Jesus is all bloody, he is crowned with thorns! . . ." - St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Letter 87) --- How dark did the darkness get for our little, m...

Episode 96: "When I share my story with others, I always like to joke that if I were going to give the really brief, five-second version of my story, I would simply say the title of the Scripture passage of Luke 7:36–50 which reads ‘A Sinful Woman Forgiven,’ and walk away. . . . Yes, if we only had five seconds and you asked me, ‘Julia, what’s your story?’ I would simply answer, ‘I’m a sinful woma...

Episode 95: "Let us line up humbly among the imperfect, let us esteem ourselves as little souls whom God must sustain at each moment." - St. Thérèse of Lisieux --- Celebrate the Feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux with author and host Julia Monnin on this month's episode as she shares with listeners a letter written by Journeys Revealed Ministries writer, Audrey Weatherhead. To learn mor...

Episode 94: "Jesus turned and saw them following him and said to them, 'What are you looking for?'" (John 1:38). "Jesus said to her, 'Woman . . . Whom are you looking for?'" (John 20:15). --- Join author and host Julia Monnin as she talks a little about the connection between St. Mary Magdalene, the Song of Songs, and the Gospel of John. In this episode, Julia a...

Episode 93: "There is an appointed time for everything, / and a time for every affair under the heavens. ... /... A time to rend, and a time to sew; / a time to be silent, and a time to speak." - Ecclesiastes 3:1, 7 --- Have you ever felt like Jesus keeps asking you to simply sit and spend time with Him and you keep insisting the two of you have more to talk about before you do? Julia ha...

Episode 92: "Pilgrimages evoke our earthly journey toward heaven and are traditionally very special occasions for renewal in prayer. For pilgrims seeking living water, shrines are special places for living the forms of Christian prayer 'in Church.'" - CCC, 2691 --- Tune in to this episode as author and host Julia Monnin shares with listeners Reflections #258 and #263 in her book...

Episode 91: “Ah! what a surprise we shall have at the end of the world when we shall read the story of souls!” - St. Thérèse of Lisieux - - - Journeys Revealed Ministries: Glorify the Lord by your life. Founded in 2019, the mission of JRM is "to spread the Love of Jesus by Sharing the Stories of our Souls, One Intimate Moment at a Time". Tune in to this episode to listen to SESSION 6 in...