Meeting With Christ: Meeting Jesus

2/22/2018

Meeting With Christ: Reading The Bible

2/22/2018

Meeting With Christ: The Sacraments

2/22/2018

Meeting With Christ: Baptism

2/22/2018

Meeting With Christ: Confirmation

2/22/2018

Meeting With Christ: The Eucharist

2/22/2018

Meeting With Christ: The Forgiveness of Sins

2/22/2018

Meeting With Christ: The Clergy

2/22/2018

Meeting With Christ: Sickness, Healing & Death

2/22/2018

Meeting With Christ: The Family

2/22/2018

Meeting With Christ: Our Relations With Others

2/22/2018

Augustine The Convert

2/22/2018

The First installment in Fr. Groeschel's Mini-Series on St. augustine

Augustine The Theologian

2/22/2018

The Second installment in Fr. Groeschel's Mini-Series on St. augustine

Augustine The Spirit Guide

2/22/2018

The Third installment in Fr. Groeschel's Mini-Series on St. augustine

Our Call to Seek God

2/22/2018

The Dignity of the Human Person

2/22/2018

Freedom and Morality

2/22/2018

Laws and Virtues

2/22/2018

Sin and Mercy

2/22/2018

The Person In Society

2/22/2018

The Laws of God

2/22/2018

Grace and Justification

2/22/2018

The Church as Teacher

2/22/2018

The Commandments

2/22/2018

The Commandments About God

2/22/2018

The Family Commandments

2/22/2018

Commandments and Society

2/22/2018

Raising Our Hearts and Minds

2/22/2018

Desperate prayer is the most fervent and common - we need God’s help - But we should endeavor to pray “well” - There are four kinds of prayer 1. Adoration 2. Thanksgiving 3. Contrition 4. Petition. Prayer must be from the heart - St. Therese said prayer should be a surge from the heart of recognition and love.

Prayer of the Human Spirit

2/22/2018

Desperate prayer is the most fervent and common - we need God’s help - But we should endeavor to pray “well” - There are four kinds of prayer 1. Adoration 2. Thanksgiving 3. Contrition 4. Petition. Prayer must be from the heart - St. Therese said prayer should be a surge from the heart of recognition and love.

The Prayer of the Hebrew Scriptures

2/22/2018

The Prayer of the Hebrew Scriptures can best be seen in God’s Covenant with Abraham - God asked Abraham to do a very mysterious thing, to sacrifice his son, Isaac. In 1 Kings 19, God’s voice is a still small voice, as the wind. In Maccabees a Mother praises the faith of her sons as each and every one is boiled to death. This is the Prayer of the Hebrews Scriptures.

The Prayer of Jesus

2/22/2018

The perfect prayer of Jesus is the Last Supper, the Agony in the Garden, the Crucifixion and Our Lord saying Father, Thy Will be done.

Who is the Real Jesus?

2/22/2018

Many scholars today try to determine who the real Jesus is by rationalistic thinking, they are bound up in a rationalist way of looking at things. But Jesus is true God and true Man, utterly mysterious. It is stupid to try to look at God and Religion with deductive reasoning, you can’t make any assumptions about Divine power if you can’t prove it - and we can’t prove it. Rationalist deny the signs and wonders because they are prejudiced against the supernatural.

Who is the Real Jesus Part II

2/22/2018

People are confused sometimes by the profound mystery and meaning of the cross. They don’t want to think about it or look at it. How could that be the Son of God crucified? But only the True Son of God was obedient to the will of the Father - obedient unto death.

Prayer of Christ: Obedience

2/22/2018

If we are going to pray, we should try to pray the way Christ prayed - When He spoke to God, His whole being would be caught up in His prayer. At the Council in Constantinople, it was determined that Christ had two wills, a human will and a Divine will. The “human will” prays “Let this cup pass”, but united to the divine will of God, the prayer becomes “Thy will be done.”

Prayer of Christ: Agony

2/22/2018

The Prayer of Jesus is the prayer of the High Priest, he prays for us that we may be united with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in Glory. It is mysterious and unimaginably resplendent . How can we be one with God? Only through Christ and the Cross can we come to the Resurrection.

Adoration and Thanksgiving

2/22/2018

Years ago, Thanksgiving Day had a strong Spiritual component. Unfortunately, it seems that the more one has, the less thankful one can be. We don’t take time to say thanks to God for His many blessings. This is especially evident in the poor inner city - there is no great wealth or affluence, yet the poor are so grateful to God - they have great songs of praise and thanksgiving. We must also say prayers of Adoration - recognizing that we are mere creatures before Our Creator. “All things pass away, behold, I make all things new.”

Prayer of Contrition

2/22/2018

We all have sorrow, need forgiveness and healing - Psalm 51 is a perfect prayer for the forgiveness of sin. In the psalm , the speaker asks for more than forgiveness though - he says “teach me, fill with your joy, create in me a clean heart, give me back the joy of Your salvation.” Our Lord had an eye for sinners, like Peter, Paul , St. Augustine - but He called them to Himself and they became part of the foundation of Christianity.

Prayer of Intercession

2/22/2018

If a child asks for bread, does his father give him a stone instead? Just as you know how to give good things to your children, so The Father will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him - For those who love God, all things come together for good - it may not be what we expect, but we must accept the Divine Will of God, and let God be our God. St. Therese of Lisieux said what God wants to happen will happen and the world cannot stop it - she is now a Doctor of the Church due in great part because she taught the total surrender of the self to God. So, prayers of intercession should always be a surrender to God’s will.

Prayer of Meditation

2/22/2018

The world can be saved by one thing only - that is to worship. Lexio-divine , Divine reading. We must prepare ourselves to pray by reading scripture, listening to sacred music - situating ourselves in a quiet place where we can begin a sincere and fervent invocation of the Holy Spirit. St. Francis prayed “Send the brightness of Your light into the darkness of my soul.” We have to determine a time to pray - is it best in the morning or evening? And when we finally begin to meditate, God will gradually reveal to us the disease of Self-Love , and once we recognize this, God will help us to exterminate it & bring us closer to Him.

Helping The Church: Troubles In Church

2/22/2018

Fr. Groeschel looks at what we can do to help the church in these times of trouble. He starts out with an introduction about the series and then moves on to talk about "what can I do?" He talks about notions of problems identifying parts, and hints on how to be effective helping the church. In identifying the problems in the church, he looks at problems that the church faced from the dark ages until almost 100 years ago. The problems in the church goes back a long time. He briefly talks about the heresies that the church has faced throughout history.

Helping The Church: Understanding Church Leaders

2/22/2018

Fr. Groeschel talks how to respect our church leaders and how to approach them when we disagree with them. He uses scripture references about how we should deal with priests and bishops. He discusses about why the pope might be putting up with all the straying away and disobedience that's going on in the church right now.

Helping The Church: Accentuating The Positive

2/22/2018

Fr. Groeschel looks at trying to work on the good things in the church. To accentuate the positive and the opposite of that which is eliminating the negative. On how to accentuate the positive, it is important to complement on what you like. He talks about how you go about in doing it.

Helping The Church: Exerting Influence

2/22/2018

Fr. Groeschel goes over how you can make your voice heard when you see something wrong in the church. He talks about how you go about writing a letter. He gives "secret weapons" and suggestions in order to be a positive influence in your community. He then goes over how you should write a letter and the guidelines that are helpful when writing the letter. He explains why it is important to avoid demonstrations. He also gives some good ideas on how to deal with the media by writing letters and other get EWTN on you cable system if it's currently not being carried.

Helping The Church: Where It All Begins - Be a true follower of Christ

2/22/2018

Fr. Groeschel talks about the most important thing we can do right now to help the church right now which is to be a true follower of Christ. The way we can know if we are in union with Him is to keep his commandments. He talks about trying to work together in the church and with other churches instead of attacking each other. We need to live as Jesus lived. Being a person of true faith.

What Happened to Virtue?

2/22/2018

Prudence

2/22/2018

Virtues: Justice

2/22/2018

Fr. Groeschel talks about the virtue of Justice. He talks about what the moral virtue of justice is. It seems that God having any rights is lost. He also talks about what justice is in this country and how we have had injustice. He uses scripture to point out references to justice in the Bible. He talks about it as being giving everyone what their due is including God. He also talks about what happens when we lose tract of the supernatural virtue of Justice.

Virtues: Temperance

2/22/2018

Temperance is considered to be one of the worse virtues in this country It is not an easy virtue. He says we are in an intemperate waste oriented society and he explains why. He says we are intemperate but we want to have the benefit of having temperance. Even the pagans understood what temperance was. They have a saying about it, "everything in moderation" Not much about temperance can be found in the Old Testament but it can be found in the Catholic Book of "Wisdom".

Virtues: Courage

2/22/2018

Courage is one of the more popular virtues and Fr. Groeschel explains why it is so. He talks about what natural and supernatural courage is and what the goals of each are supposed to be. He uses the Bible to show an example of what courage is and what type of courage is needed by Christians. He reminds us that the Holy Father wants us to have courage. We all need courage. It might not be what we think it is. A daredevil is not an example of a person having courage. The story of the brothers in Maccabees is an example of courage.

Virtues: Faith

2/22/2018

Fr. Groeschel talks about the first theological virtue which is faith. Faith is a gift of God and Fr. Groeschel talks about why it is. Once faith is received it must be backed up by good deeds. Fr. Groeschel discusses passage James 2:14 that says "faith without works is dead." He also looks at how the church fathers and writers dealt with faith.

Virtues: Hope

2/22/2018

Fr. Groeschel talks about his favorite virtue which is hope. He clarifies what hope is and says that it is closely related to faith. He also talks about the difference between optimism and pessimism and how to tell which are you. Hope is closely related to faith.

Virtues: Charity/Love

2/22/2018

Fr. Groeschel talks about the virtue of charity which is also known as love. He goes over a brief review on the previous episodes about the virtues. He redefines what virtues are and the types of virtues. He talks about what love is and uses CS Lewis' book on love to define the four types of love. He also uses Scripture to point out examples of love.