Best Introduction To The Devout Life Podcasts (2024)

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

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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 (Part 5) 28:38

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"Introduction to the Devout Life" by Saint Francis de Sales is one of the greatest works on the spiritual life ever written. Every page gives great instruction on how to grow in holiness, regardless of one's vocation in life. This is the fifth and final episode of this series exploring some of the great advice found in this book.…

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St. John Damascene - Sermon on the Assumption 39:56

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"And just as the all-holy body of God's Son, which was taken from her, rose from the dead on the third day, it followed that she should be snatched from the tomb, that the mother should be united to her Son; and as He had come down to her, so she should be raised up to Him." John of Damascus, also known as St. John Damascene, was an influential mon…

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

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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

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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

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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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The Fight for Family (Forge) - John Bishop 27:20

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Dr. John Bishop is on the front lines of reclaiming fatherhood and the family. His organization, Forge, is doing incredible work in a very short amount of time to help men become the husbands and fathers they are called to be. Go to www.myforge.org to get involved.By Iowa Catholic Radio

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

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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

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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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St. John Henry Newman - Appearance of the Cross in the Sky to Constantine 21:03

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"Constantine's submission of his power to the Church has been a pattern for all Christian monarchs since, and the commencement of her state establishment to this day; and, on the other hand, the fortunes of the Roman empire are in prophecy apparently connected with her in a very intimate manner, which we are not yet able fully to comprehend. If any…

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The Lyceum Festival of Ideas - Joe Carroll 28:19

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The Des Moines Lyceum's "Festival of Ideas" is coming up in a couple weeks. It is an awesome event that you should check out if you have the opportunity. Joe Carroll joins me to talk about the festival, and what the Lyceum has been up to over the past year.By Iowa Catholic Radio

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

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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

18d 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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St. Aphrahat - On Penitents 35:51

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"So the man whom Satan has smitten ought not to be ashamed to confess his sin, and depart from it, and entreat for himself the medicine of penitence. For gangrene comes to the wound of him who is ashamed to show it, and harm comes to his whole body; and he who is not ashamed has his wound healed, and again returns to go down into the conflict." St.…

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

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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 (Part 4) 29:29

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"Introduction to the Devout Life" by Saint Francis de Sales is one of the greatest works on the spiritual life ever written. Every page gives great instruction on how to grow in holiness, regardless of one's vocation in life. This is the fourth episode exploring some of the great advice found in this book.…

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

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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

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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

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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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St. John Henry Newman - Many Called, Few Chosen 29:53

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"Your very perplexity in reconciling the surface of things with our Lord's announcements, the very temptation you lie under to explain away the plain words of Scripture, shows you that your standard of good and evil, and the standard of all around you, must be very different from God's standard." In this sermon from his Anglican period, Newman refl…

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Introduction To The Devout Life (Part 3) 29:17

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"Introduction to the Devout Life" by Saint Francis de Sales is one of the greatest works on the spiritual life ever written. Every page gives great instruction on how to grow in holiness, regardless of one's vocation in life. This is the third episode exploring some of the great advice found in this book.…

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

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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

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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

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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 (Part 2) 29:08

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"Introduction to the Devout Life" by Saint Francis de Sales is one of the greatest works on the spiritual life ever written. Every page gives great instruction on how to grow in holiness, regardless of one's vocation in life. This is the second episode exploring some of the great advice found in this book.…

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

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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

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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

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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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The Shepherd of Hermas | Pt. 4 (Parables 9-10) 1:12:06

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“Keep his commandments, and you will have a cure for sin.” The Shepherd of Hermas is an apocryphal text written in Rome in the 2nd century. It belongs to the category of "apocalyptic" literature, as it relates a series of revelations given to its titular character, Hermas, who may or may not also have been the work's author. The Shepherd of Hermas …

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Blake Clark - Ut Fidem/Keep the Faith 29:26

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I first met Blake Clark when he was at Dowling Catholic High School as an Ut Fidem participant; today he is a mentor for the program. He joins me to discuss the things in his life that helped him to remain strong in the faith through college, and we can do to help others do the same.By Iowa Catholic Radio

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

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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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