What is a Jubilee Year?

what does Saint Thomas Aquinas teach us about 

Break 1

Christina

Fr. Robert Kroll joins Patrick to discuss Hope in the Jubilee Year
(2:32) What is a Jubilee Year?
What is hope and how can we grow it during this year?
(19:07) what does Saint Thomas Aquinas teach us about hope?

(27:00) Break 1
What is despair and how does the will play a role in it?
How do we hold onto hope when in mortal sin?
(40:58) Christina - in regards to the brown scapular. is that a way to have hope?
How can we grow in hope in our lives?

Resources:
Spe Salvi

https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html
Spes Non Confundit

https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/bulls/documents/20240509_spes-non-confundit_bolla-giubileo2025.html

Fr. Robert Kroll joins Patrick to discuss Hope in the Jubilee Year
<ul>
<li>(2:32) What is a Jubilee Year?</li>
<li>What is hope and how can we grow it during this year?</li>
<li>(19:07) what does Saint Thomas Aquinas teach us about hope?</li>
</ul>
(27:00) Break 1
<ul>
<li>What is despair and how does the will play a role in it?</li>
<li>How do we hold onto hope when in mortal sin?</li>
<li>(40:58) Christina - in regards to the brown scapular. is that a way to have hope?</li>
<li>How can we grow in hope in our lives?</li>
</ul>
Resources:
<ul>
<li>Spe Salvi
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html">https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Spes Non Confundit
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/bulls/documents/20240509_spes-non-confundit_bolla-giubileo2025.html">https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/bulls/documents/20240509_spes-non-confundit_bolla-giubileo2025.html</a><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/bulls/documents/20240509_spes-non-confundit_bolla-giubileo2025.html"></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

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Hope in the Jubilee Year - The Inner Life - February 6, 2025

What is Gluttony

Why do we overindulge

Ed shares how he was going to fast and then at

How did we get to be a gluttonaus society

Relationship to food disordered

Andrew asks if its a sin of gluttony to be ric

Rich about having lobster dinners during Lent

Mary struggles with unhealthy shopping 

Thomas asks if gluttony could be a sin in mode

Worried about falling back after Let

Is it okay to take a drug to help with glutton

Lena shares about Overeaters Anonymous

Amy asks can you take too much of the Eucharis

Fr. Cater Griffin joins Patrick to discuss Gluttony. 

(4:03) What actually is gluttony? 

(6:15) Why are so easily sucked into overindulging? 

(9:11) Ed – I was going to fast and all of a sudden I was eating 4 donuts.  

(11:15) How did we get to such a gluttonous society? 

(13:14) How do we know if our relationship to food is disordered? 

(16:08) Andrew – Is it a sin of gluttony to be rich or hoard money? 

(20:18) Break 1 

(21:46) Email Can fasting help with gluttony?  

(23:06) Rich - During the Lenten season, we try to eat sparingly, fast, and no meat. So many times we see people go out and embellish and have lobster dinners, and that's not the intent of the season at all. 

(27:05) Mary- I struggle with shopping too much in a way that is not healthy. What can I do? 

(30:18) Thomas - How can it be a sin in modern times?  A mortal sin has to be completely known and deliberate. I have a hard time imagining eating an extra burger can be a sin? 

(35:27) Iris - I'm giving up eating too much for Lent. How do I fall back after Lent is over? 

(39:37) Break 2 

(40:33) Email – I have always struggled with gluttony and want to try a drug that can help but then will I be trading that for vanity? 

(42:42) Lena - There's a 12 step program for people that can't stop eating; Overeaters Anonymous. It saved my life. It's God who does the work. 

(45:50) Amy - When it comes to fasting, is it about how much we eat vs what we eat? Can you take too much of the Eucharist?  

Fr. Cater Griffin joins Patrick to discuss Gluttony.&nbsp;
(4:03) What actually is gluttony?&nbsp;
(6:15) Why are so easily sucked into overindulging?&nbsp;
(9:11) Ed &ndash; I was going to fast and all of a sudden I was eating 4 donuts.&nbsp;&nbsp;
(11:15) How did we get to such a gluttonous society?&nbsp;
(13:14) How do we know if our relationship to food is disordered?&nbsp;
(16:08) Andrew &ndash; Is it a sin of gluttony to be rich or hoard money?&nbsp;
(20:18) Break 1&nbsp;
(21:46) Email Can fasting help with gluttony?&nbsp;&nbsp;
(23:06) Rich - During the Lenten season, we try to eat sparingly, fast, and no meat. So many times we see people go out and embellish and have lobster dinners, and that's not the intent of the season at all.&nbsp;
(27:05) Mary- I struggle with shopping too much in a way that is not healthy. What can I do?&nbsp;
(30:18) Thomas - How can it be a sin in modern times?&nbsp; A mortal sin has to be completely known and deliberate. I have a hard time imagining eating an extra burger can be a sin?&nbsp;
(35:27) Iris - I'm giving up eating too much for Lent. How do I fall back after Lent is over?&nbsp;
(39:37) Break 2&nbsp;
(40:33) Email &ndash; I have always struggled with gluttony and want to try a drug that can help but then will I be trading that for vanity?&nbsp;
(42:42) Lena - There's a 12 step program for people that can't stop eating; Overeaters Anonymous. It saved my life. It's God who does the work.&nbsp;
(45:50) Amy - When it comes to fasting, is it about how much we eat vs what we eat? Can you take too much of the Eucharist?&nbsp;&nbsp;

Gluttony

Reading bringing growth in the spirit

Good books during Lent

What is Lectio Divina

Rebecca recommends He Leadeth Me

Julia asks abut reading Nitzche Kreeft and She

Charles is reading the Catechism of the Cathol

Fr. Illo's books suggestions

Michael's book suggestions

Kyle recommending Life of Moses

John recommending Thomas Merton

What books to stay away from

Tom recommding Fruitful Disciple

Fr. Bill recommending St. Faustina's Diary

Fr. Joseph Illo joins Patrick to discuss Lenten Spiritual Reading 

(3:29) Why can reading bring about growth in the spirit? 

(6:56) What types of books should we be looking for during Lent to help us grow? 

(9:09) What is Lectio Divina? 

(12:44) Rebecca –This is a great book:  He Leadeth Me - Fr. Walter Cizeck. 

(14:31) Julie – Is it okay to read Freidrich Nitzche “The Anti Christ”, “Back to Virtue”, Peter Kreeft or “Lift Up Your Hearts” Fulton Sheen? 

(16:42) Charles –Best book to read I the Catechism of the Catholic Church.  

(20) Break 1 

(22:11) Fr. Illo book suggestions – Bible, Augustine’s Confessions, Story of a Soul. St. Therese Lisieux, “Imitation of Christ” Thomas A Kempis, “Finding and maintaining peace” or “Time for God” Jacques Philippe, “The Way or “The Forge” St. Josemaria Escriva, “Lenten Journey with Mother Mary” Fr. Ed Looney, “33 Days of Morning Glory” Fr. Michel Gaitley. 

(26:31) Michael –My book suggestions:  The Dogma of Hell, The Battle of the Virtue and Vices, and Vibrant Paradoxes. Bishop Robert Barron. 

(28:08) Kyle – My suggestion St. Gregory of Nisus...Life of Moses. Letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch 

Emailer – Lent is a time to read books by Thomas Merton or Leo Tolstoy. 

(36:51) Break 2 

(37:55) Anything in particular we should be mindful to stay away from? 

(41:21) Tom -Suggestion: “7 Story Mountain” Thomas Merton, Sherry Weddell “Fruitful Disciple” 

(44:45) Fr. Bill - Suggestion:  St. Maria Faustina's Diary on Divine Mercy 

Suggestions for Lenten spiritual reading

Please note that some of these were suggested by callers. Content of all books suggested has not been reviewed and may contain errors.
Sacred Scripture (The Bible)
Catechism of the Catholic Church (also, Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, YouCat: Catechism for Youth)
Fr. Walter Ciszek, He Leadeth Me
Peter Kreeft, Back to Virtue
Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Lift Up Your Hearts: Guide to Spiritual Peace
St. Augustine, Confessions
Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ
St. Therese of Lisieux, Story of a Soul
Fr. Jacques Phillippe – any of his little books (Finding and Maintaining Peace, Time for God, Searching for and Maintaining Peace, etc.)
St. Josemaria Escriva, The Way, Furrow, The Forge
Fr. Ed Looney, Lenten Journey with Mother Mary
Fr. Gaitley – any of his books (devotional)
Fr. Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph
Thomas Merton, No Man is an Island, Seven Story Mountain
Sherry Weddell, Forming Intentional Disciples, Fruitful Discipleship
Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime & Punishment
F. X. Schouppe S.J., The Dogma of Hell
Pope Saint Leo IX, The Battle of the Virtues and Vices
Fr. Bishop Barron, Vibrant Paradoxes
St. Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Moses
Thomas Merton, Seven Story Mountain, No Man is an Island
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment
Fiction of Charles Dickens, Willa Cather, Flannery O’Connor
Pope Benedict XVI, Introduction to Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth series
Dr. Thomas McGovern, What Christ Suffered
St. Faustina’s Diary
Corrie Tenboom, The Hiding Place
Sr. Marianne Mayard, Make Friends with the Angels
Scott Hahn, Rome Sweet Home
Bl. Columba Marmion, Christ, The Life of the Soul
Franck Sheed, Theology and Sanity
St. Athanasius, Life of St. Anthony


·         Classics: Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ; Therese of Lisieux, The Story of a Soul; St. Augustine, Confessions.

·         How to pray: little books by Fr. Jacques Philippe, esp Time for God;

·         Testimonials: Sohrab Ahmari, From Fire By Water; Scott Hahn, Rome Sweet Home; Robert Cardinal Sarah, The Day is Now Far Spent

·         Devotionals: St. JoseMaria Escriva, The Way, Furrow, The Forge.

·         Novena books (staged): Fr. Ed Looney, A Lenten Journey with Mother Mary; Fr.  Michael Gaitley’s books, esp 33 Days to Merciful Love; Fr. Donald Calloway, Consecration to St. Joseph,

·         Catechisms: Joseph Ratzinger, Introduction to Christianity; The Compendium of the CCC

·         Just published: Fr. John Nepil, To Heights unto Depths; Dr. Thomas McGovern, What Christ Suffered

 
Our Lady: Andrew Apostoli, Fatima for Today; Fulton Sheen, The World's First Love

Fr. Joseph Illo joins Patrick to discuss Lenten Spiritual Reading&nbsp;
(3:29) Why can reading bring about growth in the spirit?&nbsp;
(6:56) What types of books should we be looking for during Lent to help us grow?&nbsp;
(9:09) What is Lectio Divina?&nbsp;
(12:44) Rebecca &ndash;This is a great book:&nbsp; He Leadeth Me - Fr. Walter Cizeck.&nbsp;
(14:31) Julie &ndash; Is it okay to read Freidrich Nitzche &ldquo;The Anti Christ&rdquo;, &ldquo;Back to Virtue&rdquo;, Peter Kreeft or &ldquo;Lift Up Your Hearts&rdquo; Fulton Sheen?&nbsp;
(16:42) Charles &ndash;Best book to read I the Catechism of the Catholic Church.&nbsp;&nbsp;
(20) Break 1&nbsp;
(22:11) Fr. Illo book suggestions &ndash; Bible, Augustine&rsquo;s Confessions, Story of a Soul. St. Therese Lisieux, &ldquo;Imitation of Christ&rdquo; Thomas A Kempis, &ldquo;Finding and maintaining peace&rdquo; or &ldquo;Time for God&rdquo; Jacques Philippe, &ldquo;The Way or &ldquo;The Forge&rdquo; St. Josemaria Escriva, &ldquo;Lenten Journey with Mother Mary&rdquo; Fr. Ed Looney, &ldquo;33 Days of Morning Glory&rdquo; Fr. Michel Gaitley.&nbsp;
(26:31) Michael &ndash;My book suggestions:&nbsp; The Dogma of Hell, The Battle of the Virtue and Vices, and Vibrant Paradoxes. Bishop Robert Barron.&nbsp;
(28:08) Kyle &ndash; My suggestion St. Gregory of Nisus...Life of Moses. Letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch&nbsp;
Emailer &ndash; Lent is a time to read books by Thomas Merton or Leo Tolstoy.&nbsp;
(36:51) Break 2&nbsp;
(37:55) Anything in particular we should be mindful to stay away from?&nbsp;
(41:21) Tom -Suggestion: &ldquo;7 Story Mountain&rdquo; Thomas Merton, Sherry Weddell &ldquo;Fruitful Disciple&rdquo;&nbsp;
(44:45) Fr. Bill - Suggestion:&nbsp; St. Maria Faustina's Diary on Divine Mercy&nbsp;
Suggestions for Lenten spiritual reading
Please note that some of these were suggested by callers. Content of all books suggested has not been reviewed and may contain errors.
<ul>
<li>Sacred Scripture (The Bible)</li>
<li>Catechism of the Catholic Church&nbsp;(also,&nbsp;Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church,&nbsp;YouCat: Catechism for Youth)</li>
<li>Fr. Walter Ciszek,&nbsp;He Leadeth Me</li>
<li>Peter Kreeft,&nbsp;Back to Virtue</li>
<li>Archbishop Fulton Sheen,&nbsp;Lift Up Your Hearts:&nbsp;Guide to Spiritual Peace</li>
<li>St. Augustine,&nbsp;Confessions</li>
<li>Thomas a Kempis,&nbsp;Imitation of Christ</li>
<li>St. Therese of Lisieux,&nbsp;Story of a Soul</li>
<li>Fr. Jacques Phillippe &ndash; any of his little books (Finding and Maintaining Peace,&nbsp;Time for God,&nbsp;Searching for and Maintaining Peace, etc.)</li>
<li>St. Josemaria Escriva,&nbsp;The Way,&nbsp;Furrow, The Forge</li>
<li>Fr. Ed Looney,&nbsp;Lenten Journey with Mother Mary</li>
<li>Fr. Gaitley &ndash; any of his books (devotional)</li>
<li>Fr. Calloway,&nbsp;Consecration to St. Joseph</li>
<li>Thomas Merton,&nbsp;No Man is an Island,&nbsp;Seven Story Mountain</li>
<li>Sherry Weddell,&nbsp;Forming Intentional Disciples,&nbsp;Fruitful Discipleship</li>
<li>Leo Tolstoy,&nbsp;Anna Karenina</li>
<li>Fyodor Dostoyevsky,&nbsp;Crime &amp; Punishment</li>
<li>F. X. Schouppe S.J.,&nbsp;The Dogma of Hell</li>
<li>Pope Saint Leo IX,&nbsp;The Battle of the Virtues and Vices</li>
<li>Fr. Bishop Barron,&nbsp;Vibrant Paradoxes</li>
<li>St. Gregory of Nyssa,&nbsp;Life of Moses</li>
<li>Thomas Merton,&nbsp;Seven Story Mountain,&nbsp;No Man is an Island</li>
<li>Fyodor Dostoyevsky,&nbsp;The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment</li>
<li>Fiction of Charles Dickens, Willa Cather, Flannery O&rsquo;Connor</li>
<li>Pope Benedict XVI,&nbsp;Introduction to Christianity,&nbsp;Jesus of Nazareth&nbsp;series</li>
<li>Dr. Thomas McGovern,&nbsp;What Christ Suffered</li>
<li>St. Faustina&rsquo;s&nbsp;Diary</li>
<li>Corrie Tenboom,&nbsp;The Hiding Place</li>
<li>Sr. Marianne Mayard,&nbsp;Make Friends with the Angels</li>
<li>Scott Hahn,&nbsp;Rome Sweet Home</li>
<li>Bl. Columba Marmion,&nbsp;Christ, The Life of the Soul</li>
<li>Franck Sheed,&nbsp;Theology and Sanity</li>
<li>St. Athanasius,&nbsp;Life of St. Anthony</li>
<li>
&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Classics:&nbsp;Thomas a Kempis,&nbsp;Imitation of Christ;&nbsp;Therese of Lisieux,&nbsp;The Story of a Soul;&nbsp;St.&nbsp;Augustine,&nbsp;Confessions.
&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How to pray:&nbsp;little books by Fr. Jacques Philippe, esp&nbsp;Time for God;
&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Testimonials:&nbsp;Sohrab Ahmari,&nbsp;From Fire By Water;&nbsp;Scott Hahn,&nbsp;Rome Sweet Home;&nbsp;Robert Cardinal Sarah,&nbsp;The Day is Now Far Spent
&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Devotionals:&nbsp;St. JoseMaria Escriva,&nbsp;The Way, Furrow, The Forge.
&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Novena books (staged):&nbsp;Fr. Ed Looney,&nbsp;A&nbsp;Lenten Journey with Mother Mary;&nbsp;Fr.&nbsp; Michael Gaitley&rsquo;s books, esp&nbsp;33 Days to Merciful Love;&nbsp;Fr. Donald Calloway,&nbsp;Consecration to St. Joseph,
&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Catechisms:&nbsp;Joseph Ratzinger,&nbsp;Introduction to Christianity;&nbsp;The Compendium of the CCC
&middot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Just published:&nbsp;Fr. John Nepil,&nbsp;To Heights unto Depths; Dr. Thomas McGovern,&nbsp;What Christ Suffered
&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Our Lady:&nbsp;Andrew Apostoli,&nbsp;Fatima for Today;&nbsp;Fulton Sheen,&nbsp;The World's First Love</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>

Spiritual Reading for Lent

How do we understand when Jesus says take up y

Nick

Dean

Raul

Break 2

how is the Cross an expression of love?

Lucine

Enjoy this awesome encore show from March 6, 2025

Father Kris Stubna joins Patrick to discuss the Meaning of the Cross
How was the cross understood by the early Christians?
(8:13) How do we understand when Jesus says take up your cross and follow me?
(14:00) Nick - I had an incident in 2016, where I was bleeding profusely and had to get into emergency surgery. Thought I was going to die. Prayed about it and got the inspiration to embrace my cross. We all have these incidents in our life and need to recognize the Lord in them.
Should we just let suffering happen?

(20:14) Break 1
What does it mean to
(25:35) Dean - In my conversion, it was great to be able to go before a Catholic crucifix because Christ was there. The Passion of the Christ movie...the cross. Christ is there to help us carry the cross. His and ours.
(30:37) Raul - 22-year-old special needs daughter. in laws also live with me. We've never had peace. Extreme stress. Only God has been able to help us get through that.

(36:21) Break 2
How does our relationship with Jesus play a crucial role in taking up your Cross?
(39:35) how is the Cross an expression of love?
(44:24) Lucine - If sometimes a cross is not a cross but what Jesus says, the devil comes to kill steal and destroy. Starting to think of this because of a friend who has dementia. Is it a cross or something stolen from her from the evil one?

Enjoy this awesome encore show from March 6, 2025
Father Kris Stubna&nbsp;joins Patrick to discuss the Meaning of the Cross
<ul>
<li>How was the cross understood by the early Christians?</li>
<li>(8:13) How do we understand when Jesus says take up your cross and follow me?</li>
<li>(14:00) Nick - I had an incident in 2016, where I was bleeding profusely and had to get into emergency surgery. Thought I was going to die. Prayed about it and got the inspiration to embrace my cross. We all have these incidents in our life and need to recognize the Lord in them.</li>
<li>Should we just let suffering happen?</li>
</ul>
(20:14) Break 1
<ul>
<li>What does it mean to</li>
<li>(25:35) Dean - In my conversion, it was great to be able to go before a Catholic crucifix because Christ was there. The Passion of the Christ movie...the cross. Christ is there to help us carry the cross. His and ours.</li>
<li>(30:37) Raul - 22-year-old special needs daughter. in laws also live with me. We've never had peace. Extreme stress. Only God has been able to help us get through that.</li>
</ul>
(36:21) Break 2
<ul>
<li>How does our relationship with Jesus play a crucial role in taking up your Cross?</li>
<li>(39:35) how is the Cross an expression of love?</li>
<li>(44:24) Lucine - If sometimes a cross is not a cross but what Jesus says, the devil comes to kill steal and destroy. Starting to think of this because of a friend who has dementia. Is it a cross or something stolen from her from the evil one?</li>
</ul>

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