Creo en Dios! Podcasts
Podcasts for spirtitual reflection

This podcast is a recording of the final talk I gave at the Advent Retreat in Daily Living I offered at UST law school.  The podcast runs for 16:37.

Direct download: ARDL2011-4.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk I gave at the third meeting of the Advent Retreat in Daily Living I'm offering at UST Law School.  The theme for this week is Participatants in the Fulfillmetn of the Prophesy.  The podcast runs for 19:59.

Direct download: ARDL2011-3.mp3
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This is a recording of Elena singing Schubert's Ave Maria at St. Hubert at the Mass for the feast of the immaculate Conception

Direct download: Elena_Ave_Maria.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk I gave at the second gathering of the Advent Retreat in Daily Living I'm offering at UST Law School.  The theme of today was God's Desire for Incarnation.  The podcast runs for 26:55

Direct download: ARDL2011-2.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk I gave at the first gathering of the Advent Retreat in Daily Living I'm giving at UST Law School.  The theme of our retreat this year is Preparing the Way of Our God.  Our focus this first week is on prophets.  The podcast runs for 25:57.

Direct download: ARDL2011-1.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of a dialogue between Mark Osler and me on the subject of Intercession.  It a part of our series of Mid-Day Dialogues of Faith, where we share thoughts on an issue as to which there is a divergence of views among Christian denominations.  The podcast runs for 49:31.

Direct download: Intercession.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk I gave at a Mid-Day Reflection at UST on All Saint's Day on what it means to call someone a saint and what the saints mean to our lives.  The podcast runs for 20:42.

Direct download: Saints_11.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of a talk I gave at t mini-retreat for law students at the Annual Conference of the Christian Legal Society on October 22 in Chicago.  The theme of my talk was Finding God in All Things.  The podcast runs for 40:52, the last 5-10 minutes of which is a guided reflection.

Direct download: CLS_-_Finding_God.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk I gave at the final session at UST of the fall reflection series on the Creed.  In it, I talk about my understanding of the final portion of the creed, in which we express our belief in the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins and the resurrection of the body and life everlasting.  The podcast runs for 17:06.

Direct download: Creed_5.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk given by Chato Hazelbaker at the fourth gathering at UST of the Fall Reflection Series on the Creed. Today's subject was the portion of the creed in which we express our belief in the Holy Spirit.  The podcast runs for 27:34.

Direct download: Creed_4CH.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk I gave at St. John's Episcopal Church at the fourth session of the Fall Retreat Series on the Creed.  In this podcast, I talk about what it means to proclaim belief in the Holy Spirit.  The pocast funs for 15:15.

Direct download: Creed_4.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of a brief reflection I offered at a Taize service at Summerwood Assisted Living in Chanhassen.  The theme of hte talk was God's presence within us.  The podcast runs for 9:39.

Direct download: taize-dwelling.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of a talk given by Jennifer Wright at the third session of the Fall Reflection Series on the Creed at UST Law School.  In this podcast, Jennifer talks about what it means to proclaim belief in Jesus Christ.  The podcst runs for 14:37.

Direct download: Creed_3J.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk I gave at St.  John's Episcopal during the third session of the Fall Reflection Series on the Creed.  In this talk, I offer six things that are central to me as I reflect on the portion of the creed in which we affirm our belief in Jesus.  The podcast runs for 17:14.

Direct download: Creed3.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk I gave at the second session of the Fall Retreat Series on the Creed at UST.  (I'm giving similar programs at St. John's Episcopal and St. Hubert.)  The talk focused on what it means to express belief in God the Father, Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth.  The podcast runs for 12:59.

Direct download: Creed2.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk I gave at the first session of the Fall Retreat in Daily Living I am giving at UST Law School on the creed.  (I am giving similar programs at St. John's Espiscopal and at St. Hubert Catholic Communit).  I today's talk, I gave an introduction to the program and talked about what it means to have a creed.  The podcast runs for 19:25.

Direct download: Creed_1.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of a talk I gave during a mid-day reflection for incoming first-year law students during orientation week.  In it I discuss three questions helpful to discerning vocation. The podcast runs for 21:01

Direct download: Finding_Purpose.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of a reflection I gave at a Taize prayer service at Summerwood of Chanhassen.  The theme was Age of Integrity and Wisdom.  The podcast runs for 9:54.

Direct download: Summerwood_Taize.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of a reflection I gave at a St. Hubert's Taize service on May 12 on the theme of Transformation.  The podcast runs for 11:24.

Direct download: Transformation.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk I gave at UST at the final session of hte Lent Retreat in Daily living.  It addresses primarily the Agony in the Garden, but offers some refleciton on the other mysteries as well.  The podcast runs for 17:50.

Direct download: LRDL2011-7.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk I gave at the University of St. Thomas School of Law during this week's gathering of the Lent Retreat in Daily Living I'm giving at UST and at St. Hubert.  In that talk, I share some thoughts on each of the last seven Stations of the Cross.  The podcast runs for 20:12.

Direct download: LRDL2011-6.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of a talk I gave at St. Peter's Parish in St. Paul MN, on April 5.  Part of the parish's Adult Lenten Series on World Religions, I spoke about Buddhism, with a comparative emphasis - comparing and contrasting basic Buddhist principles with Christian ones.  The last few minutes of the podcast is a guided meditation on compassion.  The podcast runs for 1:03:29.

Direct download: buddhism.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of that talk I gave at UST at the weekly gathering of the Lent Retreat in Daily Living.  In my talk, I speak about each of the first seven Stations of the Cross, which the partiicpants will be praying with this week.  The podcast runs for 22:43.

Direct download: LRDL2011_-_5.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of a talk I gave at a Women's Lent Retreat at St. Ignatius Retreat House in March 2011.  The theme of the retreat was Lent: A Time of Conversion.  This talk reflects on four women who are models of conversion.  The podcast runs for 28:06.

Direct download: Womens_Lent_-_Latter-Day_Women.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk I gave at UST at the weekly gathering of our Lent Retreat in Daily Living.  The subject is the Seven Sorrows of Mary. The podcast runs fo 13:38.

Direct download: LRDL2011-4.mp3
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This podcast is drawn from a retreat at St. Ignatius Retreat House in March 2011.  It was part of a weekend lent retreat for women, the them of which was Lent: A Time of Conversion.  The focus on this talk is on what conversion might ask us to lay down and what it asks us to pick up.  The podcast runs for 20:00.

Direct download: Lent-Giving_Up.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk I gave at the opening session of a Women's Lent Retreat at St. Ignatius Retreat House in New York on March 11-13.  I spoke about the meaning of conversion and lent as a time of conversion.  The podcast runs for 25:46.

Direct download: Womens_Lent_-_Meaning_of_Conversion.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk I gave at the second sessoin of the Lent Retreat in Daily Living I'm offering at UST and at St. Hubert's.  The talk focuses on Jesus' admonition of the Pharisees that accompanies the call of Matthew in St. Matthew's Gospel.  The podcast runs for 18:00.

Direct download: LRDL2011-2.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the talk I gave at the opening session of the Lent Retreat in Daily Living I'm giving at the University of St. Thomas School of Law (which I'm also offering at St. Hubert).  The focus of my talk was on our need to get in touch with God's love as we begin the retreat process.  I also gave some basic instructions for the retreat.  The podcast runs fo 34:55.

Direct download: LRDL2011-1.mp3
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This podcast is a recording made at a mid-day reflection given by and Mark Osler (i.e., between someone who comes from a credal tradition and someone who comes from a non-credal tradition) at the University of St. Thoams School of Law about the meaning and value of creeds.  The podcast runs for 26:54.  

Direct download: creeds.mp3
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This is a recording of a talk I gave at a weekend retreat for UST undergraduates designed to provide an introduction to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.  This talk addresses Week 4 of the Exercises and also talks a little about the Contemplatio.  The podcast runs for 18:05.

Direct download: Ig_Retr_-_W4.mp3
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This is a recording of a talk I gave at a weekend retreat for UST undergraduate students designed to introduce them to the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius.  This talk address Week 3 of the Exercises.  The podcast funs for 17:18.

Direct download: Ig_Retr_-_W3.mp3
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This is a recording of a talk I gave at an overnight retreat for UST undergraduates to introduce them to the Spiirtual Exercises of St. Ignatius.  This talk, the first of the retreat, gave an introduction to the exercises and addressed the disposition phase and Week 1 of the exercises.  The podcast runs for 37:24.

Direct download: Ig_Retr_-_Intro-Dispo-W1.mp3
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This podcast is a recording of the reflection I gave at a Taize prayer service at St. Hubert on February 10, 2011 on the theme of faith.  The podcast runs for 11:04.

Direct download: taize-faith.mp3
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This is a pocast of a talk I gave at a mid-day reflection at UST Law School on 2/1/11 on the subjct of spirituality across faith traditions.  It talks about the value of inter-faith dialogue and explores common values and understandings shared by different faith traditions.  The podcast runs for 25:15.

Direct download: Inter-Spirituality.mp3
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