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The Providence Podcast
Providence Podcast, from the Sisters of Divine Providence, is a welcoming space where faith meets real life. Each week, women bring their voices and perspectives to scripture, exploring how ancient stories speak to the questions, joys, struggles, relationships, and hopes of our lives today. Through scripture reflection, contemplative practices, and honest conversations, we explore Catholic faith and spirituality, justice, belonging, and the places where God meets us in ordinary life. Rooted in…
Episodes
The Providence PodcastHope Does Not Disappoint, Summer Series
God is present to the reality of who we are, even as God calls us to grow. God is certainly in our midst. Find the Scripture Readings Here…
The Providence PodcastDo You Belong? Summer Series
The more that I, and we, live and grow into the fullness of being to which God calls us, the more we belong to God and ourselves. When we belong like that…
The Providence PodcastGod's Why
There’s a lot going on in this Gospel, and the quick pace makes it seem like Jesus’s life is an action-packed adventure with lots of people who need help. Are…
The Providence PodcastFear and Faith
Uncertainty, difficulty, and change can make us feel disoriented, topsy-turvy, afraid, and vulnerable, not unlike being in a small boat with waves crashing…
The Providence PodcastJesus and the In Crowd
Jesus had a close-knit group of people with whom he shared deeply. What would it be like to be in the inner circle of Jesus? And what does it mean for us today…
The Providence PodcastWhoever Does the Will of God
There’s a freedom in following God’s will, a loving freedom which we offer to each other that transcends expectations. In fact, God doesn’t have expectations…
The Providence PodcastKeeping Our Covenants
Because of God’s fidelity, we can be faithful too. And in our trying, in all of our little yesses, we grow and get better at saying yes. It’s not because of us…
The Providence PodcastCome with Me
On this Providence Sunday, and always, God invites us to trust God’s love and care, to trust it so deeply that we can surrender to it. How can we do this?…
The Providence PodcastFire, Wind, and Spiritual Adulting
Spiritual adulting can be hard, but it’s how we grow and learn and change. God loves us as we are but rarely leaves us alone to stay the same. God is always…
The Providence PodcastWorthy of the Call You Have Received
What if instead of wondering if someone is worthy, we focus on being humble, knowing that we’re not perfect either? What if we live with patience, trusting…
The Providence PodcastGod Is Love
Love is mutual, and the way we experience God’s love is often through human love. In our giving and receiving love, God’s love becomes real to us too. You can…
The Providence PodcastThe Spirit God Gave Us
We know that Christ remains in us because of the Spirit, and we know the Spirit is with us in the ways it makes itself known. May we trust its presence and…
The Providence PodcastWhat We Shall Be
I can’t predict the future, but if I respond wholeheartedly to life’s events, both good and challenging, I’ll continue to grow into the person God created me…
The Providence PodcastPeace Be with You
Finding peace in a troubled world is a serious challenge. However, Christ does not want us to be troubled. Christ offers us peace and shows us what we need to…
The Providence PodcastIs There a Perfect Community?
Community is one of the best parts of our lives but also one of the hardest parts. Why is that? And if relationships are so hard, why do we keep persevering in…
The Providence PodcastThe Language of the Heart, an Easter Reflection
This week we welcome a special guest to reflect on the Easter story with us. She’ll help us to enter in and experience how it resonates with our own lives. May…
The Providence PodcastHolding Joy and Sorrow, a Palm Sunday Reflection
Palm Sunday shows us the extremes of human experiences as Jesus is celebrated but then betrayed, condemned, and executed. We see how fast things can change –…
The Providence PodcastWhen Darkness Is Coming
Having a troubled heart is a human experience. It comes from looking darkness in the face and moving into it despite how hard it is. Jesus might not have known…
The Providence PodcastWhy Do We Suffer?
Brokenness is real, but it is redeemable. As community, we can bring our woundedness together, owning our incompleteness, and drawing near each other. God is…
The Providence PodcastHope Does Not Disappoint
God is present to the reality of who we are, even as God calls us to grow. God is certainly in our midst. You can read the reflection and sign up to receive…
The Providence PodcastSeen, Known, and Loved
May we journey up to the mountaintop with Jesus and his companions and encounter God too. As Jesus revealed the fullness of who he is, may we reveal the…
The Providence PodcastA God of Love, Not Destruction
God is very close with us always, and in those hard times, God is still there, even when it doesn’t feel like it. God is always talking to us, always trying to…
The Providence PodcastDo You Belong?
The more that I, and we, live and grow into the fullness of being to which God calls us, the more we belong to God and ourselves. When we belong like that…
The Providence PodcastAll Things to All People
In these days of burnout, fatigue, and loneliness, how do we resist the temptation to try to be all things to all people? How do we trust that we’re enough…
The Providence PodcastThe People Were Astonished
I don’t know about you, but I can’t remember the last time I was astonished by something Christ said or did – in Scripture or in my life. But I want to feel…
The Providence PodcastWhat Kind of Prophet Are You?
The Kingdom of God is at hand now, in this moment. All around us there are people with illnesses and struggles, people who are burdened by despair and anxiety…
The Providence PodcastWhat Are You Looking For?
In your heart of hearts, what do you desire? What do you want? Figure out what you desire in the depths of your heart, and you know God’s call. You can read…
The Providence PodcastEpiphany: Let's Be Stars!
Like the Magi, we have each other as travel companions. Community at its best stands together beneath the night sky, gazing at signs from God, and following…
The Providence PodcastRelatives, Chosen Families, and All of the Above
The invitation of this feast of the Holy Family is to celebrate the family of Jesus as well as our own families — our biological and/or chosen ones. We also…
The Providence PodcastShepherds and Angels
In our Gospel, the shepherds hasten to the manger to behold the Christ child. It’s a beautiful, idyllic scene. However, we can learn a lot if we reflect on…
The Providence PodcastMary Said Yes
May we pray to have what Mary did that enabled to say yes to God, her audacity and courage and trust. May we, too, stay open to what God asks of us and risk…
The Providence PodcastJoy
God extends joy to us in abundance, just as God continues to call us and call us and call us to service and justice, healing and consoling. God calls us to do…
The Providence PodcastComfort, Give Comfort
There are lots of us grown-ups running around caretaking, serving, tending to the needs of other people and not experiencing much comfort ourselves. And yet…
The Providence PodcastGratitude and Desire
Are gratitude and desire opposed to each other? Or, do they work together to keep us in balance, to keep us present, to help us to dream and to work to make…
The Providence PodcastThe King of Sheep (and Goats)
It seems that Christ the King is not your average king, and he may even be a better shepherd than he is a king. He’s near to all in need and tells us to move…
The Providence PodcastBe Children of the Light (but God is in the Darkness Too)
God is everywhere that we are. God is wherever we’ve been. God is wherever we’re going. We might distinguish light and darkness, but God is just always fully…
The Providence PodcastWise Women, Slackers, and Sacred Boundaries
We each need to be attentive and responsible, open to God, and true to ourselves. If we discern well, we’ll know whether life circumstances call for generosity…
The Providence PodcastLeaders, Saints, and Servants
As people of faith, we know we’re not alone; we belong to a wide and beautiful community, a communion of holy people. We know, but we have to keep remembering…
The Providence PodcastLove God. Love Your Neighbor. That's All.
It’s not easy, but the essence of God’s call is simple: imitate Christ by loving God and caring for our neighbors with our whole hearts, minds, and souls…
The Providence PodcastEndurance in Hope
Do you feel like you could use a little more hope these days? Who doesn’t? And who doesn’t want to find ways to build endurance and maybe even maintain a sense…
The Providence PodcastAre You Coming to Dinner?
What would it be like to unveil ourselves, to free ourselves from assumptions and suspicions so that we see and love each other as we are? What would it be…
The Providence PodcastThe Peace of God Will Guard Your Hearts and Minds
God doesn’t ask us to deny our heartbreaks, but God does want to protect us from the further harm that comes from ruminating on negativity. Life brings hard…
The Providence PodcastLet Your Yes Mean Yes and Your No Mean No
God calls each of us to authenticity, to discernment, to aligning our words and actions. It’s challenging to live this way, but God is with us, guiding and…
The Providence PodcastI'm Not God (Thanks Be to God)
God is somewhere within me and you, but God is still God. The fullness of God is more than just me, vastly more. I need to be reminded that God is great…
The Providence PodcastHugging Wrath and Anger
Anger is not a bad thing, but wrath -- that can cause some harm. Which kind of anger am I embracing, nourishing, and putting out to the universe? Only when I…
The Providence PodcastWhere 2 or 3 Are Gathered, It Can Be Messy, but God Is There
When I see care and compassion expressed in my communities, I see how community is not about perfection but about love. I am incomplete on my own; I need to be…
The Providence PodcastDon't Conform. Transform!
God’s call is not to conform ourselves to everything happening around us but to allow the vision of God’s kingdom of justice, peace, and love to give us hope…
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Season 3 is coming soon!
Welcome to the Providence Podcast, where we reflect on Scripture and see how it relates to our lives and our faith, and we try to keep it real. We talk about…
The Providence PodcastOne in the Spirit
The beloved community is worth working for. In the spirit of Pentecost, as we celebrate the breath of the Spirit moving over people and drawing them together…
The Providence PodcastAscending into Leadership
As grown-up disciples in the faith, we also must step up and step out to do the work of love and service that Jesus started. We have a whole lot of proclaiming…
The Providence PodcastA Reason for Your Hope
God is the source of my hope, and God shows me how to make a practice of hope. That’s not the same as trying to manufacture hope within myself; it’s more like…
The Providence PodcastA Place to Belong
In God, there are many dwelling places. We dwell there together, and together we belong. Thanks be to God. To listen to Brené Brown reflect on belonging, you…
The Providence PodcastSpiritual Life Hacks?
There are no spiritual life hacks into the Kingdom of God. It's something we work to build bit by bit, something that emerges from within us as we keep growing…
The Providence PodcastWere Not Our Hearts Burning?
Were not our hearts burning within us? Yes, our hearts are burning. They might be big and blaze-y or softly glowing or sputtering with reluctant sparks, but…
The Providence PodcastFear, Doubt, and Transformation
I’ve heard people say that questioning is okay but doubting is wrong, but I think questioning is okay and doubting is okay too. God doesn’t seem to mind when…
The Providence PodcastDarkness and Light, an Easter Reflection
Darkness and light are neither good nor bad; they’re both parts of the whole. We can’t consider suffering apart from resurrection, and we can only enter into…
The Providence PodcastHolding Joy and Sorrow
Palm Sunday shows us the extremes of human experiences as Jesus is celebrated but then betrayed, condemned, and executed. We see how fast things can change –…
The Providence PodcastGrief and Glory
Why is important to hold a space for our grief, sorrow, and pain — especially if we’d rather look away or just go about our lives as if those emotions weren’t…
The Providence PodcastGod Looks into the Heart
We’re called to see as God does, to look beyond appearances into the heart of things, including our own hearts. As we go within, we recognize God working in…
The Providence PodcastIs God in Our Midst or Not?
When we are present to reality instead of resisting, we catch a glimpse of who God is, and we can see God present in our midst. You can read the reflection and…