Poco a Poco Podcast
Join Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, Fr. Pierre Toussaint, and Fr. Mark-Mary, priests of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, each week to discuss authentic faith in today's world as they share stories and wisdom from years of prayer, community life, and work with the poor.
It all comes back to this: finding deep friendship with Jesus. Seeing him work in our lives everyday. Through topics as varied as mental health, the confessional, and NYC neighbors, the Poco A Poco Podcast is here to accompany all pilgrims as they walk step by step, little by little, poco a poco on their pilgrimage to the Father's house.
The Franciscan Friars of the Renewal are a Catholic religious order founded in the South Bronx, NY. Learn more or subscribe to their updates at https://www.franciscanfriars.com
286 sesiones
1Searching and Fearless (2022)After a time of rest and renewal during the Jubilee Year, Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT are returning on November 5th. As we look forward to their return, enjoy re-listening to this previously released episode and join us in gratitude for the ways God has been at work during their time away.
The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!
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God wants to go back into our lives and our stories—and start speaking light, redemption and truth over that.
There's the need for us to have a radical opening of our hearts and honesty to what really is happening in our lives. We have to be searching and fearless to admit what's inside our "junk room" and bring that to the Lord.
Whatever makes our lives unmanageable is just a symptom of something else.
We not only need to look at the things that make our lives unmanageable but also we look at the things that drive them and the ripple effect that it had caused.
This episode focuses on the gift and highlights of the remaining step.
Poco a Poco Podcast44 min
2I Can't He Can (2022)After a time of rest and renewal during the Jubilee Year, Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT are returning on November 5th. As we look forward to their return, enjoy re-listening to this previously released episode and join us in gratitude for the ways God has been at work during their time away.
The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!
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When we struggle it can be really difficult, and sometimes we even face impossible situations that may feel like there's no answer.
In our poverty, there's the need to admit we're powerless—that life is not okay anymore and figure out what do we do with that.
And as we are brought to our kness—utterly defeated. We can let go of ourselves as our own authority and give ourselves to a greater power, to Christ.
Only then can we make a daily decision to turn our will to the care of God—say Yes to the connection we have with Him every day, even with all the craziness that's going on.
This episode talks about the first three steps of The Twelve Steps that allow the foundation of our lives and our hearts to be set in experiencing renewal and recovery. And it is a reminder that tells us when we can't, Jesus can. We just have to let him.
The Poco a Poco Podcast46 min
312 Step Wisdom (2022)As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God’s will and heed the call of the Jubilee.
The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!
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At some point, our lives are unmanageable and we need help.
When we want to turn away from sin and our struggles, we turn to God to save and heal us.
We are given clarity to open our eyes and see our life in a new or different way. And while we're accepting reality as it is, we recognize what we can and cannot control, we realize what is asked of us everyday.
When we live that reality one moment at a time, that's the time we can accept life in a particular way and enjoy it!
This episode talks about the Serenity Prayer and what it means to be in recovery and seek healing and conversion.
The Poco a Poco Podcast54 min
4Recieving Mary's Hospitality (2023)As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God’s will and heed the call of the Jubilee.
The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!
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Do you wonder about Mary's firsthand memory or experience of God?
We can relive Mary's memory and experience of God through the rosary. Rosary is like experiencing God with Mary—in her heart, her hospitality.
Mary is the most perfect Christian, the most perfect woman who's all about Jesus, and in this month of the Rosary, we are invited to take time and be with Her more and be able to love Jesus a lot more through her.
In this episode, we're gonna dive deep and talk about the Rosary, Mary, and Marian Devotion, and how we can open ourselves up to receive the hospitality of Mary.
The Poco a Poco Podcast44 min
5Blessed Are The Poor (2023)As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God’s will and heed the call of the Jubilee.
The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!
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What makes us most free, is this submitting to God and this dependence on Him.
Yes, freedom is actually dependent on obedience rather than kind of doing whatever I want.
When we fall in love with God and we experience that love, this deep interior freedom takes place and it becomes the most important thing of our lives—even to a point that is greater than our circumstances.
This episode is the first part of our series on Interior Freedom by Fr. Jacque Philippe that talks about what it means to live in freedom as sons and daughters of God and how this freedom can become greater than the circumstances of our lives.The first of the nine beatitudes of Matthew said, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
The world is constantly trying to define us—it tries to tell us who we are. Our successes, belongings, talents, people in our lives, our jobs, culture and technology, all these things tends make us who we are. We beclothed ourselves with these things and we are tempted to find our identity in them.
But again, "Who Is God and Who Am I?". To understand what it means to be truly free and live in freedom as sons and daughters of God, we have to keep this question before us.
We have to let go of other worldly things and not be afraid of staying in the place of spiritual poverty before the Lord.
This episode is the fourth and last part of our series on Interior Freedom by Fr. Jacque Philippe that talks about freedom in spiritual poverty. An invitation for us to remain in this place of poverty and let God define us, give us everything and ultimately lead us to the kingdom of heaven.
The Poco a Poco Podcast57 min
6Hope For Everything (2023)As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God’s will and heed the call of the Jubilee.
The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!
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What makes us most free, is this submitting to God and this dependence on Him.
Yes, freedom is actually dependent on obedience rather than kind of doing whatever I want.
When we fall in love with God and we experience that love, this deep interior freedom takes place and it becomes the most important thing of our lives—even to a point that is greater than our circumstances.
This episode is the first part of our series on Interior Freedom by Fr. Jacque Philippe that talks about what it means to live in freedom as sons and daughters of God and how this freedom can become greater than the circumstances of our lives.We cannot grow in freedom unless we grow in faith, hope and love—that's the recipe for freedom.
Faith, hope and love are the three theological virtues that connect us to God. As Christians, we are people who believe in God, hope everything from Him, and want to love Him with all their hearts and to love their neighbors.
This episode is the third part of our series on Interior Freedom by Fr. Jacque Philippe that talks about the key role of theological virtues in acquiring internal freedom with a particular focus on the importance of Hope.
An invitation to freedom for those who feel defeated and those who might've lost a sense of hope in the Lord.
The Poco a Poco Podcast49 min
7Realities Not Fantasies (2023)As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God’s will and heed the call of the Jubilee.
The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!
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What makes us most free, is this submitting to God and this dependence on Him.
Yes, freedom is actually dependent on obedience rather than kind of doing whatever I want.
When we fall in love with God and we experience that love, this deep interior freedom takes place and it becomes the most important thing of our lives—even to a point that is greater than our circumstances.
This episode is the first part of our series on Interior Freedom by Fr. Jacque Philippe that talks about what it means to live in freedom as sons and daughters of God and how this freedom can become greater than the circumstances of our lives.
We think we're most free when we can kind of be in control.
"I'm free when I get to get up every day and just have control over my life and my circumstances."
That's not a Catholic freedom according to Jacque Philippe, but it is actually being able to accept reality as it is.
We struggle with freedom because it's hard to accept our weakness. It's quite difficult to accept our sinfulness—it's hard to accept these different parts of our lives. But if we don't accept ourselves, our realities, we either live in memories or fantasies where Jesus can't reach us.
This episode is the second part of our series on Interior Freedom by Fr. Jacque Philippe that talks about and the importance of acceptance towards being truly free.
The Poco a Poco Podcast52 min
8A Freedom Greater Than Circumstances (2023)As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God’s will and heed the call of the Jubilee.
The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!
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What makes us most free, is this submitting to God and this dependence on Him.
Yes, freedom is actually dependent on obedience rather than kind of doing whatever I want.
When we fall in love with God and we experience that love, this deep interior freedom takes place and it becomes the most important thing of our lives—even to a point that is greater than our circumstances.
This episode is the first part of our series on Interior Freedom by Fr. Jacque Philippe that talks about what it means to live in freedom as sons and daughters of God and how this freedom can become greater than the circumstances of our lives.
The Poco a Poco Podcast65 min
9The Asceticism of Silence (2023)As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God’s will and heed the call of the Jubilee.
The Poco a Poco podcast happens because of many generous donors, including recurring monthly donations of any amount. Thinking about helping out? You can give at https://spiritjuice.org/supportpoco. Thank you!
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What's the most prevalent voice that you hear in your life? Is it God's or someone's/something else?
We long to teach people how to pray and contemplative silence, inner recollection, and interior stillness are ways we can live in a relationship with God. But, there's a silver bullet to make people live in chaos and noise whether exteriorly or interiorly.
Every single day through general media we are bombarded with chaos and noise and there's this turmoil all the time both internal and external that's a direct attack on how God speaks and how He wants to give Himself.
Today, in the next part of this mini-series, we'll dive deeper into the importance and experience of silence and attempt to stir people's hearts to recognize that this silence is against under direct attack and identify ways to defend against these attacks.
DISCLAIMER: We apologize in advance that you can't see Br. Kolbe video like you usually do in some parts of this episode. Unfortunately, we've had some technical difficulties with his camera during the recording session that rendered some of Br. Kolbe's footage unusable.
The Poco a Poco Podcast44 min
10The Battle (2023)As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God’s will and heed the call of the Jubilee.
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How are you able to receive and communicate with God?
Silence is the divine language. God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit love and communicate in eternal silence and if we want to look at and learn about God, we have to let ourselves be moved by that.
However, the world has become a place of radical noise, trying to rob us of the experience of God and there's always been an inner battle to stay in contemplative silence.
Today, we'll talk about the realities and dynamics of silence as God's language and how we can win the battle and be able to stay in this silence with Him.
The Poco a Poco Podcast48 min
11Believe That God Is Enough (2021)As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God’s will and heed the call of the Jubilee.
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“I haven’t believed enough that he is enough.” That’s what Br Angelo says as a guest on this episode, and how true is it for each of us? Even when we experience God’s goodness, repeatedly and in big and small ways, it can be a struggle to keep believing that God is enough. He is LORD.
He is enough, and we only have to give him permission to work. It sounds simple, but it can be tough when we’ve faced rejection in other areas of our lives. How do we believe? How do we find the courage and take the risk—to learn he always shows up?
Surrender to the Lordship of Jesus. It can be a struggle, but while we might have many struggles, this is the right one.
The Poco a Poco Podcast49 min
12Trust Is Hard for Everyone (2021)As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God’s will and heed the call of the Jubilee.
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Trust is hard for everybody. The grace to trust—especially for the long haul—is always given to us by the Lord. There’s always human effort in the spiritual life, but it’s all gift; all grace.
It can feel like we’re never going to be able to trust; that we’re so “bad” at trusting, particularly in the beginning, that we’re just never going to be able to let go, no matter how badly we long to do exactly that. We think to ourselves, “I’m powerless.” But here’s the thing: he is not.
There is someone looking back at us at every moment of the day. And through concrete experiences, sometimes very little ones, he invites us to trust. We’ve got to lean into those little moments of trust.
The Poco a Poco Podcast53 min
13Trust That Mercy Is Greater (2021)As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God’s will and heed the call of the Jubilee.
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There are some sins that we just can’t seem to shake—habitual sins that keep us coming back to the confessional over and over (and over) again. But no matter how consistent this sin seems, there’s one who is more consistent: the Lord.
His mercy and grace are greater than our sins and failings.
Maybe you’re discouraged. Frustrated. Worn down. That experience is real, but it’s not who you are; it’s not your identity. The truest, most real thing about your experience is his mercy.
So don’t settle for your sin. Don’t believe that well, this is the way it’s going to be. No! Return to the confessional, where the grace that’s poured out is restorative to that specific wound, and begin again.
The Poco a Poco Podcast39 min
14Trust God With Your Past (2021)As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God’s will and heed the call of the Jubilee.
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Grace is in the present; there is no grace in the past or in the future. The challenge, though, is that we’re all professional escape artists. We can get antsy and we don’t know how to be present, which means we don’t know how to receive God’s grace.
We’ve got to give up the hope of a better past—it has happened and there’s nothing we can do about it. We also have to stop living in a fantasy future that doesn’t exist—there’s no grace there, either.
Jesus is Lord of our lives; the past, the present, the future. Trust him, and allow yourself to embrace today and all the grace he is waiting to give you here.
The Poco a Poco Podcast44 min
15Trust Comes From Relationship (2021)As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God’s will and heed the call of the Jubilee.
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There are some virtues we can work on and grow in—but trust isn’t like that. It’s not your own project. You don’t work on it directly, because it’s the fruit of relationship with the Lord. If you want to develop more trust, focus first on that relationship; on conversion, on healing, on experiencing his goodness alive in you.
Because the more you get to know God, the more you find that he is good and worthy of your trust. When you have a chance to trust him (you know the kind of moment), hear him speak gently to you through this line from Sr Faustina: “I don’t want you to give you ‘yes’ to a set of circumstances, but to me.”
The Poco a Poco Podcast50 min
16Ordinary But Extraordinary (2022)As Fr. Mark-Mary mentioned, the friars will be taking a meaningful break to embrace the rest and the joy of the Jubilee Year. While they are away, please enjoy listening (or re-listening) to this previously released episode, and join us in continuing to pray for Fr. Mark-Mary, Fr. Innocent, Fr. Angelus, and Fr. PT as they follow God’s will and heed the call of the Jubilee.
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It is easy to fall into the temptation and believe that we can't do it, that we can't live a holy life.
Although the ordinary life is simple, hidden, and seems kind of normal, there's so much sanctity in our vocations that are being lived faithfully. It might not be flashy or spectacular, but it's one of the most real ways we can grow in holiness.
We may not be in the chapel or church making a eucharistic holy hour, but no matter what our day-to-day experiences look like or what daily lives we are accustomed to, God is there.
There's something extraordinary in our ordinary experiences.
It is possible to be in relationship with God, amidst everything that we do. We just need to make the space and time, no matter how small, and let Him enter into our lives
The Poco a Poco Podcast59 min
17End of the SeasonEpisode 269 - End of the Season
What would the Jubilee rest look like on your end?
After 269 episodes, the friars are stepping away for a season of Jubilee, renewal, and obedience.
In this heartfelt season finale, they share honest life updates, reflect on God’s invitation to deeper trust, and remind us that real rest isn’t about burnout. It’s about surrender. This one’s full of laughter, brotherhood, and real discernment.
Thank you so much! See you in Season 2!
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The Poco a Poco Podcast44 min
18The BeatitudesEpisode 268 - The Beatitudes
Is following Jesus just another self-help plan?
The Beatitudes flip that idea upside down. This isn't about fixing yourself, it's about letting God meet you in your need.
In this episode, the friars unpack how the Beatitudes aren't a checklist for spiritual success, but an invitation to deep dependence on God. They explore how true blessings often look like weakness, surrender, and a poverty of spirit because that's where grace breaks in.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast41 min
19Intentional and Wanted by GodEpisode 267 - Intentional and Wanted by God
Were you just a surprise, or were you really wanted by God?
In this episode, the friars speak into the quiet questions many carry, especially those born outside traditional circumstances.
They unpack the pain, confusion, and identity struggles that can come with that and speak truth into it all that no matter how you came into the world, whether your story includes surprise, brokenness, or uncertainty, one truth stands firm: Your life is not an accident. You are intentionally created, deeply known, and unconditionally loved by God. Let's talk about what that really means.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast31 min
20Joy and the Valley of TearsEpisode 266 - Joy and the Valley of Tears - Series on Jesus and the Jubilee (Part 14)
Ever feel too tired, too broken, or too behind to be joyful?
You’re not alone. But the gift of Paschal Joy isn’t about having it all together—it’s about Jesus coming to you right where you are. This joy isn’t manufactured; it’s a gift rooted in the Resurrection. Even in our weakness, Jesus says: “It’s not about you—it’s about Me.”
In this episode, the friars talk about joy in the midst of suffering and how the Jubilee year reminds us that joy is something to receive, not achieve.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast40 min
21The Fullness of GodEpisode 265 - The Fullness of God - Series on Jesus and the Jubilee (Part 13)
Can we let God be the one who provides, who carries us, who fills us with His presence and love?
This week, the friars reflect on the heart of the Jubilee rest. True rest isn’t just doing less or stopping work—it’s a radical shift in mindset and posture from striving to receiving. The invitation is clear—come home to the Father and let Him be enough.
This podcast episode invites you into the deep rest your heart’s been craving—not just a pause from work, but a return to the Father’s arms.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast41 min
22Jubilee and the Good SamaritanEpisode 264 - Jubilee and the Good Samaritan
Why do we leave what’s good and go searching for answers in places that break us?
This week, the friars unpack the story of the Good Samaritan through the lens of the Jubilee year. What draws us away from the peace and identity we have in God—toward places that leave us wounded and empty? Whether it’s the orphan mindset, performance pressure, or endless distractions, we all carry brokenness. But Jesus meets us there, not with judgment, but healing. He carries us home, restoring what’s been lost.
This episode talks about the Good Samaritan and how it relates to the heart of the Jubilee.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast38 min
23Freed by the CrossEpisode 263 - Freed by the Cross
How can the wounds of Jesus at the cross set us free?
Could the cross be more than a symbol—could it be an exorcism, a place of real freedom and healing? His open heart invites us to lay down our disordered loves and be delivered from the false attachments that enslave us.
Could the cross be where we find freedom, not just from sin, but from the Egypt still within us? This is the freedom Jesus offers: deep, lasting, and born from love.
Join us as we explore how the heart of Christ transforms and frees us at the deepest level.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast49 min
24Jubilee and ProphetsEpisode 262 - Jubilee and Prophets - Series on Jesus and the Jubilee (Part 11)
What does our identity as prophets really mean?
We are baptized in Jesus and called to be prophets as well, meaning that we are called to reveal the Father in everything we do. In our words, our actions, our personalities, our vocations, our mission, in everything we are and everything God has given us, we are called to reveal God.
In this podcast episode, we're talking about living the Jubilee and restoring our identities as prophets.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast46 min
25Jubilee and KingshipEpisode 261 - Jubilee and Kingship - Series on Jesus and the Jubilee (Part 10)
What makes a king in the Kingdom of God?
Looking to Jesus, the Son who reigns with mercy and strength, we reflect on how true kingship flows from sonship. As we journey through this Jubilee, we continue uncovering the identities we’re meant to live. Today, we explore what it means to live out our kingly identity
This episode dives into what it means to have a kingly heart—what it means to lead, heal, and restore like Jesus.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast51 min
26Jubilee and Christ the High PriestEpisode 260 - Jubilee and Christ the High Priest - Series on Jesus and the Jubilee (Part 9)
What if your true identity is more sacred than you ever imagined?
Jesus is the High Priest, the one mediator who intercedes for us at the right hand of the Father, offering not just prayers but our wounds, our brokenness, and all of humanity's sins back to God. As His followers, we are invited to imitate and be conformed to this sacred role—offering spiritual sacrifices and living lives marked by worship, intercession, and transformation.
In this episode, we dive deep into our priestly identity—a calling not reserved for a few, but extended to all who follow Christ. We explore what it means to be guardians of worship, to beautify the liturgy, and to walk with a priestly heart, especially as we enter into the profound moments of Holy Week.
Join us in this episode as we talk about the characteristics of a priestly heart and how, through Jesus, we are called to reclaim our identity, not just as believers, but as guardians of what is holy.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast54 min
27Jubilee and Christ the BridegroomEpisode 259 - Jubilee and Christ the Bridegroom - Series on Jesus and the Jubilee (Part 8)
Who do we belong to?
God shows us that from the beginning, Adam and Eve were bride and bridegroom. There's an original identity that God holds, which is super important for the meaning of our lives as men and women, for the meaning of our lives as sons and daughters. The covenant of marriage is established in the garden as something deeply meaningful. It's like it's a commentary on what we're made for. We belong to God and to each other.
As a part of our journey to restore our identities during this Jubilee year, we're diving deep into the identity of Christ as the bridegroom.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast53 min
28Jubilee and IdentityEpisode 258 - Jubilee and Identity - Series on Jesus and the Jubilee (Part 7)
Have you ever felt disconnected from your true purpose, your true identity?
If you never felt security and safety in your sonship or daughterhood, or never felt at home anywhere in the world, or never experienced the truest form of love from The Father. We want to let you know that Jesus has a personal, unique desire to restore you back to the relationship with the Father.
Jesus is the person of Jubilee, and he ushers us back to restoration to the Garden, where Adam and Eve lived in perfect communion with The Father, where people knew who they were and who God was.
The real invitation for the gift of this Jubilee year is to put Jesus and his heart in front of us and to live in our deepest identity as sons and daughters of the Father. In this episode, we're gonna talk about the Jubilee and our identity.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast54 min
29Jesus and Jubilee ft. Dr. John BergsmaEpisode 257 - Jesus and Jubilee ft. Dr. John Bergsma - Series on Jesus and the Jubilee (Part 6)
What does Jesus want for us this Jubilee?
This Jubilee year, Jesus extends a heartfelt invitation to us all to experience His boundless mercy, forgiveness, and love—to share in His life. Join us as we reflect on His call to renewal, reconciliation, and deeper faith. Let this sacred time be a journey of spiritual transformation and a reminder of God's grace in our lives.
In this episode, together with our special guest, Dr. John Bergsma, we will bring it home and discuss Jesus and the Jubilee and what He invites us to in this consecrated time.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast48 min
30Patriarchs, Prophets and Jubilee ft. Dr. John BergsmaEpisode 256 - Patriarchs, Prophets and Jubilee ft. Dr. John Bergsma - Series on Jesus and the Jubilee (Part 5)
What role do the prophets play in this Jubilee?
The heart of the Jubilee is spiritual freedom and spiritual reconciliation, and the prophets saw that. They saw that the Jubilee is a year to recall ourselves to our fundamental relationship with God.
Once again, this year, we are invited to reconcile with God and dive into this virtuous circle of reconciliation, forgiveness, and freedom so that we can be relieved of our sins and internal struggles that enslave us and ultimately express the same circle with others. God continues to send prophets to try and keep calling us back to relationship with Him.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast48 min
31The Exodus and Jubilee ft. Dr. John BergsmaEpisode 255 - The Exodus and Jubilee ft. Dr. John Bergsma - Series on Jesus and the Jubilee (Part 4)
What does true freedom look like, and how can we restore what was lost?
In the Book of Exodus, the Israelites' journey from slavery to freedom is a profound story of spiritual liberation. Led by Moses, they confront the oppressive forces of Egypt and experience God's miraculous intervention through the plagues, ultimately leading to their escape and journey toward the Promised Land.
This story is not just about historical events but also about humanity's ongoing struggle for freedom, forgiveness, and a deeper relationship with God. The Exodus story reminds us that liberation is possible and that through God, we can reclaim what was lost—freedom, family, and fullness.
In this episode, together with our special guest, Dr. John Bergsma, we will reflect on the importance of the Exodus story in relation to this Jubilee year.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast44 min
32The Garden and Jubilee ft. Dr. John BergsmaEpisode 254 - The Garden and Jubilee ft. Dr. John Bergsma - Series on Jesus and the Jubilee (Part 3)
What is restored during the Jubilee?
The Jubilee reminds us that hope is available to us, a hope that we can be restored to our original state and roles as it was in the Garden of Eden before sin came into the world.
In this episode, together with our special guest, Dr. John Bergsma, we will discuss the Jubilee's gift and invitation and how it relates to the reality of the Garden of Eden.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast43 min
33Lent Prep: Desert SpiritualityEpisode 253 - Lent Prep: Desert Spirituality
Why does the desert during Lent matter?
Why do we journey there every year for three weeks, alongside our brothers in faith?
The desert isn't just a place of physical challenge or adventure—it's a biblical invitation to encounter God in a profound way. It’s a place where we can strip away distractions, face our vulnerabilities, and open ourselves to God's transformative presence. The desert is both a terrifying and purifying place, just as it is for Jesus.
In this episode, we dive deep into the spiritual significance of the desert during the Lenten season. Join us as we explore the desert’s deep spiritual meaning, and how this sacred journey is not just for the body but also for the spirit.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast53 min
34Lent Prep: On FastingEpisode 252 - Lent Prep: On Fasting
What does fasting in Lent mean to you and to Jesus?
Fasting from food for the sake of health benefits is good, however fasting to bring us closer in relationship with Jesus, now that's something else entirely. Fasting is also an opportunity to feel the hunger in our bodies so that God can come and fulfill our hunger in the deepest ways.
In this episode, we'll dive deeper into what fasting truly means and how we can say No to ourselves, through simple sacrifices and say Yes to create more space for intimacy with Jesus.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast55 min
35Jesus's Favorite Things: Seeing the UnseenEpisode 251 - Jesus's Favorite Things: Seeing the Unseen, Series on Jesus's Favorite Things (Part 6)
How do you think Jesus sees us?
Jesus's heart desires to see us, to have the unseen be seen. But he doesn't just want us to be seen as collected and consumed. Jesus likes us for us and sees us for who we are and how we want to be truly seen.
This episode talks about how Jesus sees us, particularly the person or parts of our lives that are overlooked and the unseen.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast53 min
36Jesus's Favorite Things: FaithEpisode 250 - Jesus's Favorite Things: Faith, Series on Jesus's Favorite Things (Part 5)
Why is Faith so important to Jesus?
Faith is the proof of our belief in God's goodness. It's seeing that God is all-seeing, all-powerful, and all-good. Ultimately, faith shows that we have complete trust and confidence in Him and that He matters more to us than anything else. These are some of the reasons why Faith means so much to Jesus.
In this episode, we'll dive deep into the definition of Faith, learn what it truly means, and why it's one of Jesus's favorite things.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast52 min
37Jesus's Favorite Things: RepentanceEpisode 249 - Jesus's Favorite Things: Repentance, Series on Jesus's Favorite Things (Part 4)
What does repentance truly look like?
A good way to look at repentance is that it brings us back to love. It's one of Jesus's favorite things because he sees our hearts and desires change so that we do not live sinfully anymore.
Repentance is not just about wanting to change our behaviors, it's about wanting to change because we love God, it's being sorry because we love God and that we don't want to live our old lives with sin because we love God. We repent because we love God and we want to be with him.
In this episode, we'll dive deep into what the true meaning of repentance looks like and learn why it's one of Jesus's favorite things.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast58 min
38Jesus's Favorite Things: Quality TimeEpisode 248 - Jesus's Favorite Things: Quality Time, Series on Jesus's Favorite Things (Part 3)
Do you also spend quality time with Jesus?
We believe part of Jesus's favorite thing is to be with us. He desires to be with us and wants to spend time with us. He chooses people to be with Him as He's with His Father.
Jesus has given himself to us in the most holy Eucharist. It's a true testament that He chooses to give himself, his love and that he desires to spend quality time with us and a way in which we can love Him is by receiving him, coming to him, and spending quality time with Him in prayer.
In this episode, we'll talk about another part of Jesus's favorite things, quality time, and how we can be renewed on receiving Jesus's presence in our lives and desire to spend time with Him.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast44 min
39Jesus's Favorite Things: LowlinessEpisode 247 - Jesus's Favorite Things: Lowliness, Series on Jesus's Favorite Things (Part 2)
What does lowliness mean to you and to God?
The experience of lowliness can sometimes be what we dislike about ourselves. These are times when we're not doing great, or when we're not rich or not attractive—these are usually the parts that we reject about ourselves.
But part of the mystery is that in this lowliness is where God mostly manifests His love for us and where he reveals His heart for us and Jesus embodies this kind of lowliness.
In this episode, we're gonna talk about Jesus's next favorite thing which is lowliness, and how we can have a different meaning to our lowliness.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast45 min
40Jesus's Favorite Things: The FatherEpisode 246 - Jesus's Favorite Things: The Father, Series on Jesus's Favorite Things (Part 1)
Have you ever wondered how Jesus experienced The Father?
What was it like for Him to be in His Father's presence in the temple? What was it like to offer himself and suffer for the Father? What was it like for Him as he loved the Father with his every being?
The Father was the center of everything for Jesus—He is most likely His most favorite thing, His most favorite person. Jesus deeply desires to actually give us a share of His Father's heart. Ultimately, we are invited to have Jesus's favorite things be our own favorite things.
In this episode, we're gonna dive into the depth of Jesus's love, offering and suffering by leaning into his experiences with the Father and see how we can grow in relationship with The Father too.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast49 min
41Jubilee YearEpisode 245 - Jubilee Year
Where is your focus set on this new year, 2025?
This year we begin a jubilee year in the church. It is a consecrated time, a special year to stop and take a step back—it's a year of rest to reset while inviting the Lord into it. It is also a year to make a breakthrough or a major shift in our lives with an invitation to a greater intensity of prayer and hope.
In this episode, we're going to talk about the principles of the jubilee year and how they can be a good starting point to focus on as we go into this new year.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast56 min
42Merry ChristmasEpisode 244 - Merry Christmas
What does Christmas offer to the reality of our lives?
The reality of holidays and people's lives is not always as happy or merry as we've hoped. But amidst all that, the invitation is to be with Jesus and go through whatever the reality of Christmas is with Him.
The Lord desires to be born even in the mess of our lives or our hearts and during Christmas, we are invited to come closer to Jesus. This is why Christmas can be a good source of grace and connection-it's a reason for hope in the darkness.
In this episode, we dive a little bit deeper into the reality of Christmas.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast47 min
43Hot Takes 7Episode 243 - Hot Takes 7
We have to understand that we are going through different journeys. God is doing something completely different in each of our lives and we have to be attentive to that. Let us not be so quick to judge—everything is not as simple as it may seem. As we continue our journeys through life, we will constantly encounter our own and other people's struggles, flaws, weaknesses, and even sins.
In our Catholic life, there will be a lot of questions that will come our way and in this episode, we'll try to answer a few of them.
Here is another one of our Hot Takes episodes that talks about some essential topics that most of us can relate to. In this episode we'll be going through the following topics:
1️⃣ An Individual Who Lives In a Society
2️⃣ Can Men and Women Be Friends?
3️⃣ Jesus' 5 Favorite Things
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The Poco a Poco Podcast63 min
44Marian ConsecrationEpisode 242 - Marian Consecration, Series on the Sons in the Son (Part 7)
What does it mean to be consecrated to Our Lady and what do we do after that?
We've been on this journey of restoration in preparation for this consecration, so what should we expect during this consecration and the days after that?
What happens next doesn't have to be super unreachable, but in the simpleness of our lives, it's having Our Lady be part of our days whether it's good or bad. It's learning to reference her more, make room for her in our hearts, and welcome her into our lives.
In today's episode, we're gonna dive deeper into what Marian consecration looks like.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast45 min
45Mary As MotherEpisode 241 - Mary As Mother, Series on the Sons in the Son (Part 6)
What does your relationship with Mary look like?
As we draw closer to the consecration of Our Lady of Guadalupe, we believe it's a good time to reflect and look at our relationship, journey, and encounter with Mary. We are invited to dive deeper into our relationship with her, our personal love for her, and some moments of grace along the way.
Today, we'll go in a slightly different and more personal direction and talk about how we encountered and grew in our personal relationship with Mary. We'll dive deeper into how Mary is with us and wants to be a mother to all of us.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast47 min
46Restoring Our MissionEpisode 240 - Restoring Our Mission, Series on the Sons in the Son (Part 5)
What's the mission that Jesus is calling you to do?
We all have a mission that we are picked to do and that mission should be something that we share with Jesus. We are invited to love like Jesus and ultimately, love like The Father-we are invited to live in greatness and give our lives to something that matters.
In this episode, we look into what it means to be restored as sons and daughters who are given a mission in life towards fulfillment and fullness and how we can remain faithful to that mission.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast47 min
47Restoring Our Actions and AttitudesEpisode 239 - Restoring Our Actions and Attitudes, Series on the Sons in the Son (Part 4)
How do we act? What are our attitudes toward our relationships, our lives, and our vocations?
The invitation to restoration this week is to start to live like Jesus, and we present the Beatitudes as a way to make this happen in our lives. Beatitudes are the actions and attitudes of Jesus. It's a reflection of His own heart—a reflection of living in relationship with Him and being ultimately transformed into Him.
The hope for this week's episode is that we could receive a new grace in our lives where we can look at the beatitudes in a new way as an invitation to restoration and conversion in being sons and daughters of God.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast54 min
48True Masculinity and FemininityEpisode 238 - True Masculinity and Femininity, Series on the Sons in the Son (Part 3)
What does it mean to be sons and daughters who are living true masculinity and femininity?
In a world that has kind of a broken understanding of masculinity and femininity, it seems that our identities as sons and daughters of God—the idea of masculinity and femininity, have been hijacked and somehow misunderstood. This is why it's just so important to understand our hearts and reorient ourselves to what we are supposed to be doing as a man or a woman.
This episode was originally meant for men and masculinity but some of the topics also apply to women and femininity. With that said, today we are going through the different facets of what it means to have a redeemed masculinity or femininity and how that aids in the restoration of our sonship or daughtership.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast55 min
49Restoring CommunionEpisode 237 - Restoring Communion, Series on the Sons in the Son (Part 2)
What does it mean to be restored, sons and daughters? How do we begin?
Jesus was always in prayer, and we are invited to do the same. This is why restoration should begin with the gift of prayer and communion with God. We would also need to create a space for restoration and have the sensitivity and receptivity to be in a deeper communion with God.
In this episode, we continue our 40-day journey to the reconsecration of Our Lady of Guadalupe and try to learn how we can listen to God more deeply and restore our realities as sons and daughters of God.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast46 min
50Rebuild to ReconsecrateEpisode 236 - Rebuild to Reconsecrate, Series on the Sons in the Son (Part 1)
What does restoration or reconsecration look like, why do we need it?
Restoration and reconsecration mean finding our lives once again in Christ and putting Jesus right at the center of our lives. It means to desire to grow, go deeper, and learn again that God is our Father and that Jesus can lead us to a deeper way of being sons and daughters.
If you're currently facing the reality of your brokenness, waywardness, or exile, wherever you find yourself right now—that's okay. The gift of our baptism can be restored and renewed through Jesus and Our Lady is gonna help us to do that. Just as Our Lady of Guadalupe restored Juan Diego’s hope, she can help you restore your sonship or daughtershhip in God the Father.
In this episode, we're gonna look into how we can rebuild and reconsecrate the chapel of our hearts as we start a 40-day journey to the reconsecration of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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51How To Go To Spiritual DirectionEpisode 235 - How to Go to Spiritual Direction
What is spiritual direction really about and how do we do it?
Nowadays it seems that there is an increasing trend of people who are seeking spiritual direction however there aren't a lot of spiritual directors to help us with that.
In today's episode, we're gonna try and explain what spiritual direction is, who needs it, and what would be the best way to do it, to try and bridge that gap.
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52On BeautyEpisode 234 - On Beauty
How do you experience beauty and how are you moved by it?
God presents to us the gift of the beauty of the world. Beauty is usually in the eye of the beholder, and we all experience and see beauty differently. But at the same time, it is commonly an experience of awe and wonder before the other or before the world.
We are invited to be more open to the beautiful things in our lives, be moved by different expressions of beauty, and allow our hearts to be expanded to acknowledge what's truly beautiful through our own lenses and others as well.
In this episode, we will talk about the gift of beauty, how we can see it differently, and how we can be more open to how beauty calls us to love and communion.
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53Know Your HeartEpisode 233 - Know Your Heart
If you don't value something, does it mean it's not really valuable to others or to the world?
Our life experiences form us and our hearts respond in different ways particularly where there are areas of something that we didn't experience or something that we grew up without in our life.
We can have a coping mechanism or a defense mechanism of numbing and closing that part of our hearts so that it doesn't become an open lifelong wound, which then becomes somewhat naturally, a value. A value that tells us which is important and which is not important, and which we can project onto other people as well.
So we want to be open to discerning those realities at play, in this episode, we are invited to know our own hearts through a healthy self-awareness and self-doubt along with the openness to receive what others value.
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54San FrancescoEpisode 232 - San Francesco
What's your experience of St. Francis?
You might know St. Francis differently or may have a different experience of St. Francis, but in this episode, we're gonna look at the life of St. Francis through the lens of the CFR brothers themselves and highlight what part of St. Francis' life stands out in their own lives.
This episode gives a deeper insight into who St. Francis is, how he lived and followed Jesus, and what his interior life looked like.
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55Discerning God's Work in YouEpisode 231 - Discerning God's Work in You
How does Jesus come alive in you?
We are invited to share in the heart of Jesus who wants to heal the world and do His works even now. And there are patterns and consistencies in how He works in our lives that are also personal and particular. These are revelations that are not something abstract or different but unique and personal to each one of us.
In this episode, we're gonna try explaining that concept, share what it looks like, and see what we can do with it to be instruments of God's work in the world.
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56Discerning God's VoiceEpisode 230 - Discerning God's Voice
How do I hear and know God's Voice?
God desires to break into our lives and speak with us—to communicate with us. But most of the time, what that looks like can be quite unclear. That is why it's important that we are able to discern how God speaks. In this episode, we're gonna look at some practical ways to hear and know the voice of God and see how we can receive what He speaks to each of us.
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57Learning God's VoiceEpisode 229 - Learning God's Voice
How can we bring our feelings to the Lord?
Once we have a sense of what we are feeling and why we are feeling that way, this would be the next step that we're invited to do—to turn to Jesus in prayer in great faith and trust then relate and bring these feelings to him and let him respond to it.
In this episode, we'll talk about how we can relate our emotions to the Lord and what it would look like to let Him speak His words into those feelings.
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58Building On RockEpisode 228 - Building on Rock
Why do we feel a certain way?
This would be a great question to ask ourselves once we identify and name what we feel.
It's good to learn what's ultimately at stake in every emotion, test, or situation we encounter and understand why it's so important to us. This episode talks about some practical examples and applications of how we can dive deeper into that and how we can use that to grow and build our lives on rock of what it means to be beloved children of God.
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59Emotions and JesusEpisode 227 - Emotions and Jesus
How do you feel? And why do emotions matter?
Valuing the emotional life as important, they are an intrinsic part of us. Emotions are neutral in nature but how we respond to them can be both fruitful and dangerous, this is why knowing how to navigate them is vital in our human life.
In this episode, we'll talk about the importance of emotions, the right word and place for them, and how they integrate with the spiritual life.
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60Know ThyselfEpisode 226 - Know Thyself
How much do you know about yourself?
This might be a good starting point to ask ourselves in our interior life pilgrimage. From self-protection to self-acceptance, to self-possession, and ultimately to self-gift, it's a journey to know oneself. And the beauty of being in prayer with the Lord is that we're growing in self-knowledge and self-acceptance, self-possession with Jesus.
In this episode, we'll talk about the importance of self-knowledge and self-acceptance and how we can identify what we need to grow and/or accept throughout our interior life pilgrimage.
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61SEEK 2024Episode 225 - SEEK 2024
What do you do when God comes to you in mystery?
If we are willing to search for God in the mysteries of suffering, the ordinary, and the sacraments, hidden somewhere in there, we can find medicines.
God uses these mysteries to communicate medicines, for our transformation, our holiness, the things we most deeply need to grow, change, heal, and become the children of God he made us to be.
In this special episode with Spoke Street at SEEK 24, we'll talk about, reflect, and dive deeper into Fr. Isaiah's "Mysteries & Medicine" album by Fr. Isaiah and what it means to find God through the mysteries.
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62He Knows Your NameEpisode 224 - He Knows Your Name, Series on "Mysteries & Medicine" by Fr. Isaiah, CFR (Part 4)
Are you able to see the goodness of God?
We are invited to trust and surrender that God is good and is always with us, to be rooted in the truth that God is Father, that He knows us, that He is good, and that He loves us.
This is the fourth and last episode on the Mysteries & Medicine album which teaches us how we can call out to Him and ask for the grace to trust Him and to be reunited in our identity, but most importantly, first and foremost, His identity—a deeper dive into our life journey, our pilgrimage with the one who is always with us, loves us and knows us by name.
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63From Me to YouEpisode 223 - From Me to You, Series on "Mysteries & Medicine" by Fr. Isaiah, CFR (Part 3)
Have you experienced being confined in self-centeredness?
Sometimes we can have a pretty self-focused approach to our lives where it's all about what we need or what we want.
But the invitation for us in this Exodus is to always move towards someone else, towards relationship, towards God—to be totally out of ourselves and make a self-gift back to God and to other people.
This episode is the third part of our series on Fr. Isaiah's Mysteries & Medicine which talks about the nature of our desires and how we can transform them from being self-centered to being outer-centered.
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64Desire as a PathwayEpisode 222 - Desire as a Pathway, Series on "Mysteries & Medicine" by Fr. Isaiah, CFR (Part 2)
What do you desire and how do you respond to it?
One reality of our humanity is that we can forever be dissatisfied and expect a different answer to our desires. But we are invited to let this desire, this hunger, become a pathway that brings the Lord closer to us, to offer Him the desire and just to be with Him in it.
This episode is the second part of our series on Fr. Isaiah's Mysteries & Medicine which talks about our desires—the holy, the unmet, and the sinful desires and how we should respond to them.
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65Life and MysteryEpisode 221 - Life and Mystery, Series on "Mysteries & Medicine" by Fr. Isaiah, CFR (Part 1)
Would you agree that life is a journey or a pilgrimage?
The journey to say yes to what God wants for our life, it's not just this thing that happens like a contract and we say, "Yes,", it's a journey. The holiness, the sanctification, the healing, it takes time.
The pilgrimage of life is tough, blindness, poverty and suffering are often a part of it, but Jesus is with us in this pilgrimage and he desires to not just walk along with us but to be the way that we walk to the Father's heart.
This episode is the first part of our series on Fr. Isaiah's Mysteries & Medicine, which talks about life as a pilgrimage, the experience of mystery, and the response of Jesus to this experience.
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66Hot Takes 6Episode 220 - Hot Takes 6
We have to understand that we are going through different journeys. God is doing something completely different in each of our lives and we have to be attentive to that. Let us not be so quick to judge—everything is not as simple as it may seem.
As we continue our journeys through life, we will constantly encounter our own and other people's struggles, flaws, weaknesses, and even sins.
In our Catholic life, there will be a lot of questions that will come our way and in this episode, we'll try to answer a few of them.
Here is another one of our Hot Takes episodes that talks about some essential topics that most of us can relate to. In this episode we'll be going through the following topics:
1️⃣ A Perspective on Differences Between Men and Women
2️⃣ Free People, Free People
3️⃣ Stuff Matters
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67Hot Takes 5Episode 219 - Hot Takes 5
We have to understand that we are going through different journeys. God is doing something completely different in each of our lives and we have to be attentive to that. Let us not be so quick to judge—everything is not as simple as it may seem.
As we continue our journeys through life, we will constantly encounter our own and other people's struggles, flaws, weaknesses, and even sins.
In our Catholic life, there will be a lot of questions that will come our way and in this episode, we'll try to answer a few of them.
Here is another one of our Hot Takes episodes that talks about some essential topics that most of us can relate to. In this episode we'll be going through the following topics:
1️⃣ The Experience of Saul: Aging and Transition
2️⃣ Our Love for Home Through the Quirky and the Positive and How It Relates to God
3️⃣ The Confusion About What Is Sin or Not
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The Poco a Poco Podcast42 min
68For Those Not Accepted to Seminary or Religious LifeEpisode 218 - For Those Not Accepted to Seminary or Religious Life
Have you ever felt rejected by God or the church, as you try to get into religious life?
This can be an utterly heartbreaking experience.
When faced with "No" as a response to the desire to get into religious life, one might feel that they are being rejected by God or the church, that they're undesirable, or too broken for religious life. But in reality, that is not the case.
This decision is actually a culmination of careful assessment of one's discernment, capacity, and the call they felt into religious life. This episode speaks more about that in hopes of explaining the reasons behind those decisions and encountering the hurt and vulnerable in these situations.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast45 min
69Hot Takes 4Episode 217 - Hot Takes 4
We have to understand that we are going through different journeys. God is doing something completely different in each of our lives and we have to be attentive to that. Let us not be so quick to judge—everything is not as simple as it may seem.
As we continue our journeys through life, we will constantly encounter our own and other people's struggles, flaws, weaknesses, and even sins.
In our Catholic life, there will be a lot of questions that will come our way and in this episode, we'll try to answer a few of them.
Here is another one of our Hot Takes episodes that talks about some essential topics that most of us can relate to. In this episode we'll be going through the following topics:
1️⃣ The burden of learning new rules and prohibitions
2️⃣ A healthy consumption of media
3️⃣ The experience of priesthood
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The Poco a Poco Podcast46 min
70The Good ShepherdEpisode 216 - The Good Shepherd, Series on "The Father" by Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR (Part 11)
As a shepherd, what are you willing to lay down for your sheep?
For shepherds nowadays, and even in the times of the Apostle, the sheep are for the shepherd's sake, they serve him. It's not like vice versa, sheep are the product and we get them to pasture so they can grow, so we can slaughter them.
But this wasn't the case for Jesus, He said that "I am the good shepherd "and I lay down my life for my sheep."
Jesus loves us this way. He wants to be so close and hold us so intimately and he doesn't want us to be lost. He doesn't want us to be far away, but he wants to feed, protect, clothe, and hold us.
In this episode, as we bring our series on the book The Father to a close, we will be reflecting upon Jesus as the Good Shepherd and what this reveals to us of the heart of God as we talk about a story of a Father who freely lays down his life to save his son, and in doing so, loses his own life.
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71That None Would Be LostEpisode 215 - That None Would Be Lost, Series on "The Father" by Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR (Part 10)
Can you imagine how it feels for a parent when their child dies?
A father and a mother don't want to lose any of their children and this is an icon of understanding how God doesn't want any of his children to be lost—how passionate God is about our salvation.
God desires none to be lost.
Today we'll talk about how we can walk towards life and away from death as a fruit of sin. We'll dive deeper into how we can keep the life of grace and the heart of God fully alive in our souls.
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72Father of MerciesEpisode 214 - Father of Mercies, Series on "The Father" by Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR (Part 9)
Do you trust God's mercy?
We are invited to bring to light those things that we are keeping in the dark, things that are tough, and trust that God in his mercy will love and care for us there.
When we bring something to the Lord, it's forgiven and it's gone, He no longer sees us with that. He doesn't define us as a son or daughter who did this bad thing. To the Father's eyes, we are not defined by our sin and our weakness but by His love and our capacity to live like His son or daughter. But at the same time, sin still can seriously hurt us and the Father is also zealous to crush it and the things that lead us to them.
Today we're looking at God and His Mercy and try to understand that a little bit. We'll take a look at both the merciful God and the God who is indifferent to sin.
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73Love and The CrossEpisode 213 - Love and the Cross, Series on "The Father" by Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR (Part 8)
What's your initial response to difficulty?
Difficulty and suffering is something that's part of the world we live in and to move forward with the Lord we have to live in this reality, even though it's hard.
God is with us in it!
One of the things a father also has to do is to teach their children and equip their children to do hard things. God the Father equips us and prepares us for what we need to have fulfillment and happiness in salvation, which includes learning how to carry and share in the suffering on the cross.
In this episode, we'll talk about how to persevere in doing hard things for an extended period of time and how to stay steady with the Lord amidst the difficulty.
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74Law and the FatherEpisode 212 - Law and the Father, Series on "The Father" by Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR (Part 7)
What's the role that rules and laws play?
Rules create boundaries and usually define the best way to do things. However, following rules can also NOT lead to freedom, this is why we need to learn to find the right balance in following the rules.
In this episode, we will talk about the spirituality of laws and rules and how we can find balance to be safe, secure, and free in following them.
We are also invited to look at some of these rules that we have established, these etiquettes or cultures that we've put on ourselves, our neighbors, or our pastors.
Let's do some discernment of whether or not these are from God or not. And to also, go deeper and see what's at the heart of why we do that and ultimately, bring that to the Lord.
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https://bit.ly/pocofreedomgraph
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The Poco a Poco Podcast53 min
75On Being SafeEpisode 211 - On Being Safe, Series on "The Father" by Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR (Part 6)
What does it mean to be safe?
Safety is not the absence of suffering, it's not like we're not going to struggle with anything but it's the recognition that when we are vulnerable, we don't have to escape it, because someone wants to be with us and provide for us and that is our Lord, Jesus Christ. This is the safety that we are proposing.
In this episode, we're focusing on the necessity of having sufficient resources and true expectations as we unpack what it really means to be truly safe.
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https://bit.ly/pocofreedomgraph
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The Poco a Poco Podcast46 min
76Loved and CelebratedEpisode 210 - Loved and Celebrated, Series on "The Father" by Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR (Part 5)
What does it mean to be loved and celebrated?
We are favored sons and daughters worthy of celebration—of being served. We are worthy and loved by God and this episode talks about a step in the right direction on what it means to be loved and celebrated.
This is a gentle call to conversion and repentance, an invitation to allow ourselves to be loved sacrificially and give God and others permission to love and celebrate us.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast56 min
77Made for FreedomEpisode 209 - Made for Freedom, Series on "The Father" by Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR (Part 4)
What does it mean to be made for freedom?
We are all called to live in freedom as sons and daughters of God. The reality is we are seen, loved, and chosen by God the Father and there's freedom when we experience that.
In this episode, we're going through the mechanics of freedom and learn more about how the experience of home and trust can help us understand that a little bit deeper.
Here's the link to the graph that we referenced in the video:
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The Poco a Poco Podcast49 min
78The Father's GazeEpisode 208 - The Father's Gaze, Series on "The Father" by Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR (Part 3)
Can you imagine how you would gaze upon your newborn baby for the first time?
This is the way the Father loves everyone. He's constantly looking at us and is constantly delighting in us.
The Father always looks at us with the same delight, love, and rejoicing as a father looks at his newborn for the first time. This is how our Heavenly Father looks at us, delights in us, rejoices in us and contemplates us right now.
When we feel things that we feel far away, or we think we feel that there's such darkness or separation or walls, it's an illusion, it's not true. We are always gazed upon with love and intimacy.
In this episode, we're discussing the intimacy the Father wants to invite us into.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast42 min
79The Father's DelightEpisode 207 - The Father's Delight, Series on "The Father" by Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR (Part 2)
Do you know how much your heavenly Father delights in you?
The part of the heart of the Father is to care for his children in whatever shape or form that would take. It might feel a lot or even tiresome but because of the uncalculated love of the father, the time when he gets to take care of and be with his children in this special way can be the best part of the father's day.
In his children's poverty, in this exchange, and despite the challenges, there are still many things about them that allow the father's heart to well up with delight. The inabilities and imperfections that we have, delight the Father because they are occasions of intimacy and closeness to Him.
This is the purity of the delight we're talking about in today's episode. This is a reminder that God delights in all of us even more than an earthly father delights in his earthly children. The heavenly Father is not burdened by you, but He profoundly delights.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast46 min
80The Father and The Father WoundEpisode 206 - The Father and The Father Wound, Series on "The Father" by Fr. Mark-Mary Ames, CFR (Part 1)
How are you affected by the wounds you had from your earthly father?
The life of St. Francis is a good example of how the wounds we have from our earthly father can be an access point to the heart of God. His wounds led him to embrace the heart of the Father through Jesus Christ.
It is a good reminder for all of us that Jesus is the way to the fatherhood of God, He is the interesession between the Father and our wounds and He wants us to know the presence of the Father, save us, and heal us from those wounds.
This episode is an invitation to hope that we can all experience the goodness of the fatherhood of God.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast48 min
81Holy Week and Total Gift (Lent 2024)Episode 205 - Holy Week and Total Gift (Lent 2024), Series on The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups (Part 7)
This holy week, how do you intend to receive Jesus' total gift for you?
The fast during Lent is not to show Jesus how tough we are, it's to show him how poor we are. It's to be in the space of utter poverty and to trust that receptivity, that He will come.
And what we are celebrating in this holy Triduum, this Holy Week, is Christ, giving himself to us as the bridegroom and espousing himself to us, His bride. We are celebrating Jesus' love and total gift of self that is given to each of us in his passion.
This episode is all about receptivity. As we go through this last week of Lent, we continue to dive into how Jesus is the bridegroom to us and talk about being open to receiving Jesus' love and His total gift.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast50 min
82The Rich Man and Lazarus (Lent 2024)Episode 203 - The Rich Man and Lazarus (Lent 2024), Series on The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups (Part 5)
Does it have to end in just being able to receive God's unconditional love?
Like Lazarus, the guy beat up on the side of the road. We who have been loved in such messiness are also invited to go into the mess, and love. This is a sign that God is alive in us.
We now have the dignity of His beloved sons and daughters, of not just being the recipients of His unconditional love, but now being able to love, not only from our own strength but in response to God being alive in us.
In this episode, we'll talk about the story of the rich man and Lazarus, and its relation to the other parables discussed in the previous episodes.
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83Resurrection and the Reproaches (Lent 2024)Episode 204 - Resurrection and the Reproaches (Lent 2024), Series on The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups (Part 6)
Our expectations and what God is doing can be totally different, so how should we respond to that?
In the raising of Lazarus, the response of the Pharisees was to have Jesus killed. This was the tragic response of the heart when they were not open and unable to receive the mysterious and unconditional love of God.
We can sometimes share the same humanity as the Pharisees too. We sometimes prefer to have Jesus out of our lives completely because of the changes, experiences, and difficult things that are happening in our lives that weren't what we expected them to be.
We want it to be a certain way but then it's not that way.
But despite all that, we are invited to stay in relationship with Jesus through any difficulty, change, or experience. In this episode we're gonna do a recap on the raising of Lazarus and dive into its mysterious reality and our response to that.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast54 min
84The Prodigal Son (Lent 2024)Episode 202 - The Prodigal Son (Lent 2024), Series on The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups (Part 4)
If you were the prodigal son would you receive the Father's unconditional love?
The conversion that the Father wants us to have is to move on from a conditional, perfectionistic way of experiencing God to a place of just being unconditionally loved by Him.
But we can sometimes hold onto shame for security, what is asked of us is to leave behind that shame—let the shame and self-contempt crumble.
We don't need to "pay rent" to be loved by the heavenly Father. Our sonship/daughterhip is not to be paid but is freely given to us. The invitation for all of us is to remain in the forgiveness and mercy of the Father. Let the relationship we have with Him restore and heal us from the place of shame and insecurity that we put ourselves into.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast56 min
85The Good Samaritan (Lent 2024)Episode 201 - The Good Samaritan (Lent 2024), Series on The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups (Part 3)
Are you familiar with the parable of the Good Samaritan?
When we're beat up, when we're in this place of difficulty and shame, He's there, at the side of the road looking at us, desiring to pick us up and saying, "Come with me.". That's Jesus for all of us.
The invitation of this episode is to allow the Lord to get close into our deepest places of darkness and shame so he can help us and love us there. Jesus actually comes into our messiness and He loves us unconditionally.
This Lent, let Jesus unconditionally love you, and let the healing begin.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast59 min
86Christ the Bridegroom (Lent 2024)Episode 200 - Christ the Bridegroom (Lent 2024), Series on The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups (Part 2)
How does a bridegroom love his bride?
That is how Jesus loves each one of us. He meets us wherever we are in our life to be our beloved and for us to be His. The Lord meets us in the desert-our place of poverty where He betroths us to Him and He betroths Himself to us.
In this way, Jesus as the bridegroom reveals to us a quality of love, the way that God loves.
In this episode, our aim is for us to better understand what it means to have Jesus as the bridegroom and the desert as the place of betrothal.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast46 min
87Lent is About Jesus (Ash Wednesday)Episode 199 - Lent is About Jesus (Ash Wednesday), Series on The Ascension Lenten Companion by Fr. Mark Toups (Part 1)
What does Jesus desire for you and Him this Lent?
The temptation during Lent is to make the Lenten journey about us, we can do hard things during Lent that are fueled by our own desires and distractions but Lent isn't supposed to be about ourselves. Lent is also not simply about prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Those disciplines help us to focus on what we need to focus on. This season is about a person and that person is Jesus.
In this episode, we'll talk about the reality of Lent and how we can orient ourselves to our relationship with Jesus as we enter this year's Lenten season.
Happy Ash Wednesday everyone!
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The Poco a Poco Podcast59 min
88Remember Like MaryEpisode 198 - Remember Like Mary, Series on "Mary and the Interior Life" by Fr. Jeremiah Shryock (Part 3)
Do you remember Jesus and what he did?
The most consistent word Mary had spoken to Fr. Jeremiah, was "remember". When we don't know what to do or how to act, Mary tells us to remember her son, Jesus' actions, that was the case for Fr. Jeremiah and this is an invitation that extends to all of us.
There is a richness and importance that Mary plays, for us not to have her be a part of our spiritual life.
We are invited to remember Jesus' constant presence, love, and grace in this episode. Let's allow Mary to teach us to remember Jesus and what he did—to remember Him as Mary did.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast46 min
89Marian PostureEpisode 197 - Marian Posture, Series on "Mary and the Interior Life" by Fr. Jeremiah Shryock (Part 2)
Is your prayer and your life two separate realities?
Mary gives us a ton of hope that the grace of God and the Holy Spirit meet us in reality.
The Marian posture at the core of it is about the reality of the fullness of God. Mary teaches us that The best place to live your spiritual life is in reality—in where you are right now in this moment. It's about living one reality in the presence of God.
This episode is an invitation for us to have confidence in the daily bread and the grace given to us here and now. Let's not spend our time fantasizing about the change out there but try and respond as best as possible to what's currently there. Let's engage every part of our reality with the Lord while having a deep sense of his love and attentiveness as we respond in those moments.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast49 min
90Mary: A Real MomEpisode 196 - Mary: A Real Mom, Series on "Mary and the Interior Life" by Fr. Jeremiah Shryock (Part 1)
How important is Mary, Our Lady, in your spiritual life?
Our Lady is a real woman, a real mother to all of us and Mary's intercession is actually more real than we realize.
The gift of Our Lady is that she looks upon us, she knows our hearts, and her gaze can be the first safe and secure place in a world of filled insecurity. At this same moment, Mary wants us to look upon her and it is in this exchange where we find safety and security in our lives through a contemplative experience with her.
In this episode, as we start our mini-series on Fr. Jeremiah's book, we are going to talk about Mary—a real mom, an invitation to gain a different understanding of Mary and learn about the importance of viewing the world through her eyes.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast51 min
91Hope is PersonalEpisode 195 - Hope is Personal
Do you actually believe and have hope that prayer does something?
Doing things over and over again can lose the awe and wonder of what's going on in our prayer life. There can come a point when we're no longer coming to prayer expecting to hear God's voice or expecting anything at all.
This results in boredom or discouragement—a loss of hope.
In this episode, we're gonna talk about how we can pray for a supernatural hope as the remedy for discouragement and boredom.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast42 min
92The Sweet Way of LoveEpisode 194 - The Sweet Way of Love
How much focused are you toward yourself?
There can be times when we struggle with perfectionism, control, and activism, and this can sometimes rub off on our spiritual life.
Jesus does not demand great actions from us; rather, the invitation is simply to live in surrender and gratitude to Him.
At times, we can take a more Pelagian approach where more emphasis is given to our efforts, initiatives, and self-improvement—our achievement of holiness rather than the primacy being given to God and it being His work.
This gift of grace is the sweet way of love that Jesus sets before the little and the poor and that's what we're gonna talk about in this episode.
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93C'est la confianceEpisode 193 - C'est la confiance
Are you worried for 2024?
Worry is a lack of confidence and we can be worried about a lot of stuff.
The invitation from St. Therese and from our Lord is to have confidence in Him. We who run in the way of love shouldn't be thinking of suffering that can take place in the future. That's a lack of confidence.
The complete confidence that becomes an abandonment in love sets us free from obsessive calculations, constant worry about the future, and fears that take away our peace.
If we are in the hands of a Father who loves us without limits, this will be the case come what may. We will be able to move beyond whatever may happen to us. And in one way or another, his plan of love and fullness will come to fulfillment in our lives.
This episode talks about how we can go into the year 2024 with confidence. And with's God grace, return to the present moment, and be in relationship with Him, with confidence and hope of what he will do in the time to come.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast51 min
94End of Year Identity CheckEpisode 192 - End of Year Identity Check
What was Jesus like for you this year?
As we end the year, let's do a poverty and identity check and put Jesus in the center as we look back to this past year and look forward to the coming year
For this episode, a proposal to reflect on where Jesus has been, how He has been with you, how He loved you, and how He is loving you into this year.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast49 min
95Little Like MaryEpisode 191 - Little Like Mary (Advent 2023), Series on "Prepare Your Heart" by Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR. (Part 4)
How often do you say Yes, without understanding or knowing the outcome?
Sometimes we have to see and understand the plan before we say Yes, that's not our Lady's experience.
She didn't understand but she knew what was proposed to him by God, and despite that, she said Yes. She trusts; she surrenders in this whole experience of her life without knowing what's gonna happen.
This is the fourth part of this year's Advent series where we talk about Mary and her radical littleness and dependence on grace and God. An invitation to how we can become more and more dependent, more and more empty but with the confidence that we can be more and more full of God's grace.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast49 min
96Good St. Joseph (Advent 2023)Episode 190 - Good St. Joseph (Advent 2023), Series on "Prepare Your Heart" by Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR. (Part 3)
What's the best thing you learned from St. Joseph?
Advent teaches us that God has a different way of doing things and St. Joseph is an amazing example and witness of that.
Throughout his life, St. Joseph should've had the opportunity to grasp human comfort or control, but instead, he chose to enter into humility, into silence, he didn't overthink, he didn't overtalk, but rather he trusted and was obedient to God while being completely attentive to Mary and Jesus.
This Advent, just like St. Joseph, we are invited to be radically open to what God wants us to do. Advent is not about evaluating everything but being with those who are most important and anchoring ourselves to God like St. Joseph did.
This is the third part of this year's Advent series where we continue to look into the lives of different saints of Advent and for this episode, we're talking about the heart and experience of St. Joseph.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast42 min
97God is Working (Advent 2023)Episode 189 - God is Working (Advent 2023), Series on "Prepare Your Heart" by Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR. (Part 2)
With what's currently happening in the world, can you believe that God is working??
As exemplified by St. Juan Diego, during this Advent and throughout the year, we are invited to live in relationship with the Lord through Mary, our Mother, our Lady. We can do that by beginning with a humble Yes. Let's say Yes and allow ourselves to be interrupted by her intercession and have confidence in the love and trust she has for all of us—to trust that she is here and very much alive. For as Mary comes, she is with Jesus.
Despite the discouragements in various parts of the world, there's also the truth that in the humblest places, God is working and we are always invited to keep crying out to Him.
This episode is the second part of this year's Advent series, where we begin to look into the lives of different saints of Advent.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast48 min
98Learning from Nazareth (Advent 2023)Episode 188 - Learning from Nazareth (Advent 2023), Series on "Prepare Your Heart" by Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR. (Part 1)
What does Nazareth look like for you and how does it compare to how you encounter Advent?
Nazareth is a place where Jesus, Mary, and Joseph lived—a place of beauty, simplicity, and stillness. Meanwhile, Advent is a season of preparation for the coming of Jesus; For most of us, it is usually one of the busiest times of the year. So how can Advent be an experience of Nazareth during this busy time?
For this first part of this year's Advent series, we will talk about Nazareth and what we can learn from this place as we celebrate the Advent season.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast45 min
99Living Life Not Checking BoxesEpisode 187 - Living Life Not Checking Boxes
What is driving your life? What's the reason you do what you do?
Life can sometimes become a series of boxes to check-we can tend to do things because we should or we have to as opposed to actually living life and doing things because our hearts want to.
What we are proposing in this episode is for us to be more present in the moment and to particularly live from the Trinity dwelling within our hearts. Today, we're gonna talk about how much are we supposed to live from "the outside-in" vs. "the inside-out".
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The Poco a Poco Podcast47 min
100Guidance For The ProphetEpisode 186 - Guidance for the Prophet
Have you encountered prophets in your life?
Prophets are people who have a profound conviction and clarity about a particular component of the faith and those who practice it. Being a prophet is not about opinions, it is an experience or power that you have, given by God to be a prophetic witness in the world. It's about communicating something about who God is through ourselves.
In this episode, we will talk more about what a prophet is. We're gonna dive into how we can take this gift from God—this prophetic call and use it to build up the Kingdom as opposed to something that is a source of division, judgment, and conflict.
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The Poco a Poco Podcast50 min