Creo en Dios! Podcasts
Podcasts for spirtitual reflection

This is a recording of the talk I gave this week at the final session of the Advent Retreat in Daily Living at UST Law School.  The theme was Actively Waiting in Joyful Hope.  The podcast runs for 18:58.

Direct download: ARDL10-4.mp3
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This is a recording of the brief reflection I offered at the St. Hubert's Taize service on December 9.  I spoke on the theme of The Promise of Advent.  The podcast runs for 7:50.

Direct download: December_Taize_Reflection.mp3
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This is a recording of the talk I gave at the third session of the Advent Reteat in Daily Living at the University of St. Thomas School of Law.  The theme of the talk was Preparing Ourselves as a Dwelling for the Lord.  The podcast runs for 19:45.

Direct download: ARDL10-3.mp3
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This is a recording of the talk I gave at the second session of the Advent Retreat in Daily Living at the University of St. Thomas School of Law.  The theme of the talk was Models of Advent.  The podcast runs for 18:22.

Direct download: ARDL10-2.mp3
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This is a recording of the talk I gave at the opening session of the University of St. Thomas Advent Retreat in Daily Living.  The theme of the talk was The Promise of Advent.  The podcast runs for 23:21.

Direct download: ARDL10-1.mp3
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This is a recording of a talk I gave at St. Peter's church in St. Paul, Minnesota.  The aim of the talk, CST 101, was to provide a basic introduction to the foundations and basic principles of the social teachings of the Catholic church.  The podcast runs for 49:49.

Direct download: CST101.mp3
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This is a recording of a talk I gave at the November 9 Mid-Day Reflection at UST Law School on the theme of Living with Purpose.  The podcast runs for 21:28.  There are several places where I paused the recording during an exercise the participants engaged in.

Direct download: Values.mp3
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This is a recording of the talk I gave at the third session of the Fall Reflection Series at St. Hubert's on the topic of the Eucharist.  (I previously posted Jennifer Wright's talk on the Eucharist, which she gave at the third session of this program at UST.)  This podcast runs for 20:25.

Direct download: FRS_-_Eucharist.mp3
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This is a recording of the talk I gave at the final session of the Fall Reflection Series at UST Law School.  The theme for this final week was Growing in Discipleship.  The podcast runs for 20:22.

Direct download: FRS_-_Discipleship.mp3
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This is a recording of a talk I gave to high school students preparing for their receipt of the sacrament of Confirmation.  Confirmation is an invitation to begin the process of growing into a mature faith - growing from the faith given to them by their parents to one they freely chose.  I used my own faith journey, and my conversion from Catholicism to Buddhism and back to Catholicism as a way to understand the uniqueness of each person's process.  The podcast runs for 29:22. 

Direct download: St._Peters_confirmation_talk.mp3
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This is a recording of the third talk I gave during a women's retreat day at St. Hubert's on October 9, 2010.  It focused on our need to recognize our unique giftedness so that we can discern our individual vocation.  The podcast runs for 15:01.

Direct download: WRD-_Individual_Giftedness.mp3
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This is a recording of a talk I gave during the first segment of a women's retreat day I gave at St. Hubert's on October 9, 2010.  It focuses on several messages or minconcepetions that we pick up over our lives that cause us to lose sight of who we are.  The podcast runs for 25:36.

Direct download: WRD_-_Inhibitors.mp3
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This is a recording of the talk I gave at the fourth session of the Fall Reflection Series at UST Law School.  The subject was "Giving Up What We Cling To."  The podcast runs for 16:18.

Direct download: what_we_cling_to.mp3
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This is a podcast drawn from a Red Mass Reflection I gave at St. Thomas More University parish in Norman Oklahoma on September 19, 2010.  The primary subject of the talk was Jesus' message in the parable of the steward that one cannot serve both God and mammon.  The podcase runs for 16:16.

Direct download: God_and_Mammon.mp3
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This is a recording of the talk given by Jennifer Wright during the third session of the Fall Reflection Series at UST.  In it she shares some of her reflections on the Scriptural accounts of the Eucharist.

Direct download: Jennifer_Eucharist.mp3
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This is a recording of the talk I gave at the second session of the Fall Reflection Series, "Jesus Speaks." The topic of this week's session was Developing the Beatitudes in Our Lives.  The podcast runs for 19:27.

Direct download: beatitudes.mp3
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This is a recording of the talk I gave at the first session of a Fall Reflection Series (titled "Jesus Speaks") at the University of St. Thomas School of Law.  In my talk, I gave a brief introduction to the series and offered a brief commentary on the Lord's Prayer, the subject of this week's session.  The podcast runs for 22:25. 

Direct download: Lords_Prayer.mp3
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This podcast is drawn from a reflection I gave to the Conference of Catholic Legal Thought at our annual gathering in Chicago in May of this year.  It reflects on discipleship and our experiences of consolation that motivate us in our discipleship.

Direct download: Discipleship_and_Consolation.mp3
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This podcast is drawn from a reflection I gave at a Taize Prayer Service at St. Hubert in Chanhassen on June 16.  If offers some thoughts on the basic Chrisitan practices of fasting, almsgiving and prayer.  The podcase runs for 13:36.

Direct download: Fasting_Almsgiving_and_Prayer.mp3
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This podcast is the fifth and final in a series of podcasts drawn from a retreat I gave at St. Ignatius in the summer of 2009 on the theme of The Gift of an Awakened Heart.  The podcast is on the role of desire in shaping our response to the world and how we get in touch with our deepest root desires.  The podcast runs for 15:30.

Direct download: Getting_in_Touch_With_Our_Desires.mp3
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This is a recording of the talk I gave at St. Hubert at the final session of the Lent Retreat in Daily Livign which I offered this year at UST and at St. Hubert.  The talk, which runs for 23:13 addresses weeks 3 and 4 of the spiritual exercises and some final prayer material to conclude the retreat.

Direct download: LRDL7.mp3
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This is a recording of the talk I gave at St. Hubert during the sixth session of the Lent Retreat in Daily Living I'm offering at St. Hubert and at University of St. Thomas.  During my talk, I spoke about the movement from Week 2 to Week 3 of the exercises. I also reviewed a number of the dynamics of Ignatian prayer. Finally, I talked about the prayer material for the upcoming week.

Direct download: LRDL6.mp3
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This is a recording of a talk I gave at St. Peter's parish in North Saint Paul on March16 on the Catholic Social Thought principle of solidarity and how it impacts our views of issues of law and public policy.  The podcast runs for 27:26.

Direct download: Solidarity.mp3
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This is a recording of a reflection I gave at a Taize prayer service at St. Hubert's on March 11, on the theme of reconciliation.  The podcast runs for 7:03.

Direct download: taize_reflection.mp3
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This is a recording of the talk I gave at UST at the fourth gathering of the Lent Retreat in Daily Living I'm giving at UST and at St. Hubert's.  Talk addresses both sources of discouragment and the Ignatian concepts of consolation and desolation.  The podcast runs for 19:05.

Direct download: LRDL4-2010.mp3
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This is a recording of the talk I gave at UST during the third session of the Lent Retreat in Daily Living I'm giving at UST and at St. Hubert.  The talk addressed the question of evaluating religious experience as well as  the movement from Week 1 to Week 2 of the Spiritual Exericses.  The podcast runs for 19:32.

Direct download: LRDL3-2010.mp3
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This is a recording of the talk I gave at UST during the second group meeting for the Lent Retreat in Daily Living I'm giving at UST and at St. Hubert.  The focus of my talk was on sin.  The podcast runs for 25:14.

Direct download: LRDL2-2010.mp3
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This is a recording of the talk I gave at the opening session of the Lent Retreat in Daily living at St. Thomas Unversity School of Law.  I talked a little bit about Lent and about the format and flow of the retreat (which follows the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius).  I then spent some time going through the prayer material for this first week of prayer.  The podcast runs for 33:58.

Direct download: LRDL12.mp3
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