Saint Augustine's Confessions: Books 5-7
We continue exploring the Confessions of Saint Augustine – "the Doctor of Grace" – by discussing Books 5, 6 and 7. You can find the text online by clicking here. The music in the introduction and clo...
23 Aug 20221h 4min
Saint Augustine's Confessions: Books 3 & 4
We continue exploring the Confessions of Saint Augustine – "the Doctor of Grace" – by discussing Books 3 and 4. You can find the text online by clicking here.The music in the introduction and close of...
16 Aug 202256min
Saint Augustine's Confessions
We conclude our summer spirituality series with the work that has arguably meant more to more people than any other written work in human history, except only the Scriptures. In his Confessions, St. ...
9 Aug 20221h 8min
St. Thomas Aquinas on Suffering: A Call and Response
We will be considering Saint Thomas Aquinas’s teaching on suffering from his Literal Exposition of the Book of Job. All-but-forgotten today, this monumental text was considered the greatest work of bi...
2 Aug 202257min
The Spirituality of the Mass (Part 2) and the Blessed Sacrament
We continue our spiritual tour through the Holy Mass and give particular emphasis to Jesus’ gift of Himself in the Blessed Sacrament. Our primary text for discussion is a work by the wonderful 19th-c...
19 Jul 202254min
The Spirituality of the Mass and the Eucharist - Part 1
This talk is the first part of a two-part consideration of the spirituality of the Mass and Holy Eucharist. Our primary text for discussion of the Mass is the 20th century classic Meditations Before ...
12 Jul 20221h 7min
The Stages of the Spiritual Life
This session provides a consideration of Catholic spirituality in the contemporary moment by discussing chapters 6, 7 and 8 of the book Spiritual Passages by Father Benedict Groeschel, CFR. The music ...
30 Jun 20221h 3min
The Third to Seventh Mansions in Saint Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle
We complete our brief introduction to Saint Teresa of Avila's writings on prayer, picking up with the Third Mansion in The Interior Castle and continuing on to the Seventh Mansion.The Interior Castle ...
14 Jun 20221h 7min
