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Journeying With The Saints
Journeying with the Saints is a podcast that picks a Saint for a year to walk with through their writings. Each week, there will be a short reading and then a reflection. This podcast helps to move through the writings of the Saints and understand how their wisdom applies to our lives today. Each Saint has a unique insight into living out the Catholic Faith well and a deep understanding of how to draw closer to Christ. This podcast offers a great opportunity to learn from them.
Episodes
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 39
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, welcome to another great day. Today, St. Francis is going to continue on with his talk for married couples, but he's going to be…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 38
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims and welcome to our reading on advice to married couples. This is a long reading, but, it's really, really good and what I have to say…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 37
Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. It's a great day to be together with St. Francis. Today, we are going to be talking about desires. Some desires are good and some…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 36
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, and welcome back to another great day with St. Francis. Today, I'm going to get political because, well, what I have to talk about…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 35
Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. I truly appreciate when you join along with me here on the podcast. Over the years, my husband has talked pretty consistently with…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 34
Hello, fellow pilgrims. Welcome back. We've got a super short reading today, a bit of a continuation from last time's reading. Now, you may be thinking to…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 33
Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. We are still learning about how to live virtuously here in the third part of the book. I will start today by saying, if you…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 32
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Thank you for joining me today. I have a feeling today's reading is going to make some roll their eyes or disregard it because of the…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 31
Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. I hope that your day is starting well or ending well. Or, hey, maybe you are in the middle of your day and, if so, I hope it's…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 30
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. We are back to learn more and reflect more on how we can better live a devout life. The point of this book is not for us to just…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 29
Welcome, fellow Pilgrims, to another reading from our wise St. Francis. One day, I was thinking about our current political circus and I thought to myself, "If…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 28
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Thanks for hitting play and joining me. Today, we are going to be talking about rash judgment. Boy, oh boy, is judgment a hot topic…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 27
Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Wherever you are in the world, I hope you are having a good day. When I was a teenager, I pretty much watched, read, and listened…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 26
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back. Today is a super short reading, but a good one nonetheless. One of the things about being on social media that is…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 25
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. What a great day to read St. Francis together. I truly love meeting you hear to read his words. I've been told that I'm an old soul…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 24
Fellow Pilgrims, welcome back. Today, we hit 70 episodes for this season which is amazing. I have felt that this season is flying by and before we know it, we…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 23
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Thank you for joining me today as I read St. Francis' words. We've moved out of the section on friendship which was excellent and…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 22
Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims, to our last reading on friendship. Today, I'm going to say some hard things to hear, but I think they must be said. One of my…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 21
Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Friendship is our topic again for today and today we are focusing solely on evil friendships. (Dracula laugh in the background.)…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 20
Fellow Pilgrims, welcome back for another great reading from St. Francis de Sales. We are still on the topic of friendship and like I said in a previous…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 19
Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims, to another reading that covers the topic of friendship. Today, specifically, we will be hearing about true friendship. As you…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 18
Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to another day of talking about friendship. Today's topic is an interesting one, but I'm glad St. Francis is discussing it. It's…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 17
Hello, fellow Pilgrims, my friends. Today, we start the first of six readings on friendship, so clearly this is something that St. Francis considers an…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 16
Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. We have another day where we are hearing about riches and poverty. Many of you have heard my earthquake story that occurred when we…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 15
Fellow Pilgrims, it's time for another reading. Something I wanted to note last time but forgot is that we hit the half-way mark in the book. That is cause for…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 14
Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. Today is another great day to read and learn from St. Francis. Thomas Sowell, a great American economist, philosopher, and…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 13
Hello, hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back. Last time we talked about the virtue of chastity and why its so important. Today, St. Francis is going to share…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 12
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back to another beautiful day with St. Francis. Today, we are covering chastity, so you may want to be wary of younger ears…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 11
Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, we are talking about obedience, which has become a very distasteful word in our culture. There's a scene in the "Ten…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 10
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Ahhhh….gotta love things that make you feel nostalgic. If you grew up in the 80s and 90s…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 9
Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. I'm so glad to have you with me. If you are a devout Catholic, you know that we are to be striving for holiness. Sainthood is…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 8
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, we are going to dive into one of the things I struggle with the most and that is anger. Anger is an emotion that I've…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 7
Catholic Pilgrims, welcome back. Thank you as always for tuning in today, it really does mean a lot. Do you have a good reputation that you work to preserve?…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 6
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. I'm glad you are here with me today. Just a word before we read: I'm back on a Air Force base and the jets are flying all the time…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 5
My fellow Pilgrims, welcome. How is going today? Good? Not so good? So-so? Well, however you are feeling, I'm glad you showed up here today to join me for…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 4
Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Glad to have you back. Today, our topic is on external humility and while I know not everyone will be listening to this in the…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 3
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, welcome to our reading on patience. I don't think it's a mistake that this is the first virtue St. Francis choose to write about…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 2
How is it going, Catholic Pilgrims? I hope life is treating you well wherever you are in the world. Today, our reading is a continuation of last time. To…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 1
Hello, Pilgrims, welcome back! Today, we are entering into the Third Part and it is all about practicing the virtues. Our first reading today is longer than…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 21
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back to our last reading in the Second Part. In summary, the whole Second Part has been on how to approach prayer and the…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 20
Fellow Pilgrims, welcome to our reading today. Most Catholics know and understand that we need to go to Mass on Sunday. It is an obligation and while that it…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 19
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims! Welcome back to another great day with St. Francis de Sales. When I was around six years old, I became somewhat of a thief. I was…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 18
Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. Oh, I love today's reading. It's so good and a fresh way to look at inspirations. Because it is a longer reading, I don't want…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 17
Hello Catholic Pilgrims, welcome back! When I was younger, I would pick up my Bible, intent on reading it straight through. I'd get through Genesis and Exodus…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 16
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back to another great day with St. Francis de Sales. As you all well know, I grew up Protestant and, because of this, I did…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 15
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Good to have you back with me. I'm going to totally date myself today, that's fine, I don't really worry to much about people knowing…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 14
Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, our reading is on one of my favorite topics—Holy Mass. Recently, my husband has been working with a small-business out…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 13
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, welcome back. Today is our longest read yet, but I don't want that to scare you. It's packed with some really good things. Because it…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 12
Welcome to another reading, Catholic Pilgrims. T Okay, we are going to be talking about spiritual retreats, but not the kind you normally think of. Usually…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 11
How y'all doing, Catholic Pilgrims. I'm working on my Alabama accent there for ya. I was recently giving a talk and I sat down next to this lady before the…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 10
Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims, to another day with St. Francis. When I was working, I couldn't even imagine a morning prayer routine. I was so busy getting…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 9
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Thank you for coming back to join me in another reading. Have you ever looked in the comment's section of a celebrity's social media…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 8
Pilgrims, pilgrims. Welcome back for another reading. What do you do when you are done praying or meditating on some aspect of God? Do you then get up and have…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 7
Welcome, fellow Pilgrims, how is the journey going today? I hope things are well and if not well then I hope God is giving you the grace to shoulder what you…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 6
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. I hope this day is treating you well. So, the last couple of readings, St. Francis has been coaching Philothea, or us, you might say…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 5
My fellow Pilgrims, welcome. We have another very short reading today which is, again, very straightforward. You may be wondering why all these short readings…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 4
Welcome to our reading today, Catholic Pilgrims. Our focus for today is on the third point of preparing to meditate. As a refresher, first we are to recognize…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 3
Hello, hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Today, St. Francis is giving us the second point in preparing to enter into prayer or meditation. Remember last time, he wants…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 2
Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, and welcome. Today, St. Francis is going to be giving us some pointers for preparing to enter into meditation. If you remember last…
Journeying With The SaintsIntroduction to the Devout Life: Second Part--Chapter 1
Welcome, my Catholic Pilgrim friends. We have reached the Second Part of the book, which is a nice milestone for us to celebrate. My son is in his first year…