Displaying Episode 21 - 30 of 45 in total of Heart of the Ark with the tag “church”.
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Episode 63: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 11 - Jesus' Gaze
April 25th, 2025 | 18 mins 34 secs
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Pope Francis continues Chapter 2 of Dilexit Nos with paragraphs 39-42, highlighting Jesus' modeling of the importance of seeing, beholding, and being present to those we seek to heal and call.
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Episode 62: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 10 - Actions and Words of Love
April 18th, 2025 | 18 mins 51 secs
beauty, catholic, church, evangelization, goodness, ministry, mission, prayer, service, truth
Pope Francis begins Chapter 2 of Dilexit Nos, by speaking about way Jesus embodied closeness and tenderness, in action as much as in speech. He embodied the myriad expressions of touch, tenderness and closeness that we are to imitate in our service of others.
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Episode 61: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 9 - The world can change, beginning with the Heart
April 11th, 2025 | 17 mins 54 secs
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Pope Francis speaks about the radical remaking of the world, which is only possible when the transformational power of God's love is fully embraced and lived in the relationship between Christ and His Disciples.
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Episode 60: "The God who never breaks His promises" with Fr. Alex Gaitan
April 11th, 2025 | 40 mins 40 secs
beauty, catholic, church, evangelization, goodness, ministry, mission, prayer, service, truth
Jen speaks with Fr. Alex Gaitan, who offers a meditation for Holy Week and the cross as the ultimate promise of salvation. Fr. Alex is the Coordinator for the Migrant Ministry in the Archdiocese of Newark and helps us to contemplate the sacredness of God in a profound identification with the suffering and vulnerable.
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Episode 59: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 8 - Seek not for the light, but for the fire
April 4th, 2025 | 17 mins 9 secs
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Pope Francis speaks about the difference between a knowledge of a relationship with heart, versus knowing data with the intellect. He introduces this importance to understanding the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and the writings of St. Bonaventure and St. John Henry Newman.
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Episode 58: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 7 - We were made to love and to be loved
March 28th, 2025 | 11 mins 50 secs
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Pope Francis closes this section of the heart uniting the fragments, by recognizing the profound core of our being in the purpose for which we were 'made to love and to be loved'.
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Episode 57: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 6 - The Heart unites the fragments
March 21st, 2025 | 14 mins 54 secs
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Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 6 - Chapter 1 Paragraphs 17-19
Pope Francis notes the unifying and discerning action of "seeing with the heart." Through the example of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we can begin to put together knowledge and insight to holistically understand the reality of God's presence in our lives. -
Episode 56: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 5 - Why are you here, Elijah?
March 14th, 2025 | 14 mins 30 secs
beauty, catholic, church, evangelization, goodness, ministry, mission, prayer, service, truth
Pope Francis asks us to contemplate a return to the hearts the integrated part of our being, that fully encapsulates all that we are. Beyond any one system of study, we are a complex human being fully integrated as soul, and body, with mind, spirit, thought, will and emotional capabilities. At the center of this authentic, unique system is the fundamental heart of a human.
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Episode 55: "The Lord wants you to know that He is yours, and He wants to know- Will you be His?"
March 12th, 2025 | 40 mins 16 secs
beauty, catholic, church, evangelization, goodness, ministry, mission, prayer, service, truth
Jen speaks with Sr. Rita Clare and Sr. Sarah Rose of the Franciscan Sisters T.O.R. of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother about their conversion to discipleship, vocation call and giving your life to Jesus. Sr. Rita Clare shares her powerful personal call to be Christ's spouse. Sr. Sarah Rose speaks to us about developing a prayer life that fits our own way of being so that we can remain connected to Christ as we encounter others.
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Episode 54: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 4 - Returning to the Heart
March 7th, 2025 | 14 mins 33 secs
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Pope Francis asks us to contemplate a return to the heart in the midst of a world that no longer recognizes authenticity or the need for an interior life, in order to recognize ourselves and be able to grow intimacy with others.