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Introduction to the Devout Life: Fourth Part--Chapter 10 6:18

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Including today’s reading, we only have 25 readings left from this book. Isn’t that crazy? We will be done before we know it, but it’s been wonderful having this time to get to know St. Francis and learn from him. So, with 25 readings left, we still have much to learn. Today is the last day where St. Francis will focus o…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Fourth Part--Chapter 9 5:11

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, welcome to another day. We have another short reading today on temptations and, if you remember, that’s what this whole fourth part is about—temptations. So, it’s clearly a topic that St. Francis sees as important to discuss from many different angles. Temptations are the path that sin starts on. If we resist the temptatio…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Fourth Part--Chapter 8 5:41

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to another day where we are learning about resisting temptations. Today, though, St. Francis is talking about resisting small ones. It’s another short reading today. Lately, we’ve had a few quick and concise readings, so let’s go ahead and jump on in and open our books to Chapter Eight of the Fourth Part.…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Fourth Part--Chapter 7 7:56

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, thank you for joining me today. When I was growing up, most people tried to be pretty quiet about their sins or their temptations. There was a real push to seem perfect or as if you didn’t really struggle with anything. We all know that we struggle, but we just didn’t want to appear like we did. Today, we have almost swung…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Fourth Part--Chapter 6 9:34

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, welcome back to another great day to learn from St. Francis. When my girls were little, Taylor Swift broke onto the scene. Taylor’s first cd played almost non-stop in our house and my car for months and months. Some songs were fun, some were sad, but all-in-all they were harmless. They were just a teenage girl singing abou…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Fourth Part--Chapter 5 8:53

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims, and welcome back to another great day. When I was Protestant, growing in holiness was never really something that was talked about. Just being a believer made you righteous in the eyes of God, so that was really all there was to it. I didn’t grow up learning about how suffering can be redemptive or how we can sacrifice to …

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Fourth Part--Chapter 4 7:47

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Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. I’m very glad that you have joined me today. Last time, we heard St. Francis talk about how feeling tempted is not the same as yielding to temptation. Today, we are going to get an example of what that looks like through the experiences of St. Catherine of Siena. So, let’s open our books to Chapter Four of the Fourt…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Fourth Part--Chapter 3 10:26

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Welcome back. Just to refresh our memory, this Fourth Part of the book is all about remedies to temptations. The first thing we heard about in dealing with temptations is to not really care what the world thinks about us when we try to live a more devout spiritual life. The second thing we have to have is courage—courage t…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Fourth Part--Chapter 2 10:14

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Hello, Catholic Pilgrims. Thank you for pressing play and joining me. When we start out on the path to become more devoted to Christ and our Faith, we usually have to leave a lot of things behind. We realize that we need to shed certain sins that have become habitual and in our new fervor, we initially find that very easy to do. Then, however, thos…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Fourth Part--Chapter 1 11:17

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims, to the Fourth Part of our book. I don’t know if you’ve looked at our progress in the book lately, but we’ve definitely covered a lot of ground. The Fourth Part is about “needful remedies against ordinary temptations,” which is an area where we can all use some guidance. To kick us off in this area, St. Francis is going t…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 41 5:13

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Hello, my fellow Pilgrims, welcome back. Today, is our last reading in the Third Part and it’s a short one. We’ve had some pretty long readings lately and, today, you get a bit of a break. St. Francis is going to be giving a word to the unmarried, so let’s open to Chapter Forty-One of the Third Part.…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 40 17:48

26d ago17:48

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Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims, to our second to last reading in the third part. This is a hard one for me, I’m going to admit it. Mostly, because I feel I have an opinion about this topic that nobody else on planet earth has. I’m not saying my opinion or feelings on the matter are right or anything like that, but it is the way I feel. Mostly, I k…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 39 13:29

28d ago13:29

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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 speaking about the intimate side of marriage and, so, if you have little ones around, you may want to chose to listen later. He doesn’t get graphic or anything like that, in fact, he uses eating …

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 38 26:16

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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 afterwards is important. So, let’s jump right in by turning to Chapter Thirty-Eight of the Third Part.By Amy Thomas

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 37 10:11

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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 are definitely not. Sadly, we live in a world that says, “Whatever you desire is fine.” This isn’t true and it gets us into a lot of trouble with temptations and sins. I think this reading tod…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 36 12:06

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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 fits the reading so well. I’ve told you before that I am a very black and white person. What’s wrong is wrong and what is right is right. I’m not super interested in gray areas. I’m a very just…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 35 10:10

1M ago10:10

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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 our kids about working out your discipline muscle. This relates very well to today’s topic which is on being faithful in small and great things. Let’s jump right in today and turn to Chapter …

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 34 7:28

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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 yourself that St. Francis doesn’t want us to have any fun—no dancing, no games of chance, recreation needs to be super limited. I think it’s important to remember that St. Francis isn’t saying th…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 33 12:46

1M ago12:46

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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 have sensitive ears around, this may not be the podcast for them. So, just to warn you before we get started. If I would have read today’s reading back when I was in high school, I would have c…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 32 8:05

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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 subject matter. When I was first reading it, I thought, “Oh, boy, St. Francis is going to have a hard time convincing people of the problem with dice and gambling card games.” But…but…as you…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 31 7:44

2M ago7:44

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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 going well. Everywhere we turn, we hear about stress. People are constantly saying that they are stressed about this and stressed about that. Headlines talk about how stressed everyone is an…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 30 10:02

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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 listen and then think, “That’s nice. I sure do agree.” The point of the book is for us to put into practice what we are reading about here. Obviously, we can’t put all of these into practice all …

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 29 16:01

2M ago16:01

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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 my husband ran for president or if I did, what dirt would they try to dig up in my past to ruin my reputation?" Thank God, I grew up before cell phones, but there are still things that peopl…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 28 17:07

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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. On the one hand, you will have people tell you that we can never judge. And then on the other hand, we have the internet mob that will judge you right, left, up, down, and sideways. You would…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 27 8:57

2M ago8:57

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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 to whatever I wanted. Because I am naturally draw to beautiful expressions of art—be that music, movies, or books—for the most part, I entertained myself with mostly okay things. However, I st…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 26 7:25

2M ago7:25

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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 extremely important to me is that I never sound different than how I really speak. I’m not a “keep it real” potty mouth, but I’m also not someone that sounds like a cheesy TV evangelist. If you we…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 25 8:26

2M ago8:26

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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. If I had to pick a decade from the 1900s that best suits me it would be the 1940s. I love the dresses that the ladies wore. I love the way men wore suits everywhere. I like the music, the aes…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 24 11:29

2M ago11:29

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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 will be starting season five. Five seasons. That’s crazy. I do know who I’m reading for next year, but I’m not ready to disclose yet. I’ll just let your curiosity drive you nuts. :) The other…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 23 16:47

2M ago16:47

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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 today we are reading about external mortifications. This is a longer reading, but an important one as a lot of people are freaked out by external mortifications and in a world that preaches self…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 22 11:35

2M ago11:35

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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 biggest pet peeves is when people say, “Yes, but Jesus ate with sinners.” I get this in response to people trying to defend abortion, LGBT ideology, and the like. They are trying to make the …

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 21 13:59

2M ago13:59

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Welcome, Catholic Pilgrims. Friendship is our topic again for today and today we are focusing solely on evil friendships. (Dracula laugh in the background.) Why is so hard for us to give up a friendship or even a romantic relationship that is not good for us? I think a big part of it is that we all think that we are a good judge of character and we…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 20 12:01

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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 episode, St. Francis really covers this topic very thoroughly. This is good because not enough people talk about healthy and holy friendships. In fact, I think it’s a topic that we don’t talk about…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 19 11:57

3M ago11:57

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Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims, to another reading that covers the topic of friendship. Today, specifically, we will be hearing about true friendship. As you know, my daughter is a Focus Missionary at Berkeley. Most people turn up their nose when they hear that she is a missionary there, writing off the students as utter loss causes. I was worried…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 18 14:46

3M ago14:46

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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 about flirtations. The other night, my family was watching the more recent Jumanji, the one staring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, and Jack Black. In the movie, five high schoolers get sucked into…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 17 12:34

3M ago12:34

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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 important topic and not one that we often hear about. For anyone that currently has or has had teenagers, you know that your kid can be heavily influenced by their friends—for good or for bad. Becau…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 16 9:31

3M ago9:31

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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 were stationed in Turkey. If not, in summary, on October 30th, 2020, Izmir, Turkey was hit with a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that went on for 45 seconds. That is an eternity in earthquake time…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 15 14:19

3M ago14:19

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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 celebration. It’s hard to believe we are already half-way through the book, but when you stick with things and you show up, even in little spurts, you can make it through anything. I’ve neve…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 14 12:55

3M ago12:55

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Welcome back, Catholic Pilgrims. Today is another great day to read and learn from St. Francis. Thomas Sowell, a great American economist, philosopher, and political commentator, writes and says many excellent things. He is truly a brilliant man. One of my favorite quotes of his, is, “I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the mo…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 13 10:32

3M ago10:32

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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 with us the rules for preserving chastity. As like with last time, listener discretion is advised. It is hard in this day and age to cultivate the virtue of chastity. A big reason for that is…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 12 13:57

3M ago13:57

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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 being present. ’ve mentioned before that my Masters is in Applied Behavioral Science where I specialized in studying sexual violence crimes. It would be an understatement to say that I have de…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 11 11:54

3M ago11:54

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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 Commandments" where Moses says to Ramses, played by Yule Brenner, “Here His Word Rameses and obey!” Ramses looks at Moses and says, “Obey?” I just love how he says, “Obey.” Such classic Yule Br…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 10 10:16

3M ago10:16

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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 there seemed to be this huge push to be a multi-tasker. People took great pride if they felt like they could multi-task well. Books were written on it and ways to successfully multi-task were t…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 9 11:14

3M ago11:14

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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 the goal. You, also, know that as a devout Catholic, we all fall short sometimes. And while I’m not one to listen to excuses or give an easy pass, it is important that we be gentle with ourse…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 8 15:13

3M ago15:13

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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 struggled since I can remember. I have gotten better, I will say that, but it’s a work in progress. Early on in my life when people would try to tell me that my anger was getting the better of me, I …

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 7 14:17

3M ago14:17

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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? Has anyone tried to tarnish your good reputation and, if so, how did you deal with it? Does humility demand that we just take it when someone tries to ruin our reputation? Whenever I think of …

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 6 13:42

4M ago13:42

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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. So, sometimes, you'll hear some jet noise in the background. It's the sound of freedom, as we like to say on base, so just enjoy. :) Before we begin, we need to make sure we understand the ter…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 5 15:40

4M ago15:40

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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 another reading. The other day my daughter and I were watching this video of a MadTV skit. The actors were all dressed up in wealthy 1900-period garb and they were standing around in a room as if…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 4 12:07

4M ago12:07

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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 month of June, I think it’s a great time to discuss pride and humility. If you have young listeners, you may want to wait to listen. I wrote something the other day when we entered into the month…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 3 14:46

4M ago14:46

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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. Patience, I believe, is one of the hardest virtues to practice. And to be very honest, there are some things that I just have no patience for, such as most of what the secular culture is pushing…

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Introduction to the Devout Life: Third Part--Chapter 2 11:35

4M ago11:35

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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 refresh, last time St. Francis was talking to us about living out the virtues, which is what he is going to be talking about in the Third Part. He is continuing on with the overview of the virtues…

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