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    <title>Heart of the Ark - Episodes Tagged with “Love”</title>
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    <description>The Heart of the Ark podcast is an initiative from the Office for Evangelization in the Archdiocese of Newark. We're coming to you to bring knowledge and courage as we voyage through this life as missionary disciples of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Hosted by Fr. John Gordon, Director of the Office for Evangelization and Secretary of Evangelization for the Archdiocese of Newark, and Jennifer Behnke, Associate Director of Evangelization, our aim is to help equip our listeners to better know, love and serve God. 
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    <itunes:summary>The Heart of the Ark podcast is an initiative from the Office for Evangelization in the Archdiocese of Newark. We're coming to you to bring knowledge and courage as we voyage through this life as missionary disciples of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Hosted by Fr. John Gordon, Director of the Office for Evangelization and Secretary of Evangelization for the Archdiocese of Newark, and Jennifer Behnke, Associate Director of Evangelization, our aim is to help equip our listeners to better know, love and serve God. 
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  <title>Episode 35: Ep 35: Blessing your house with God's Love and Mercy - with Lisa Lawmaster Hess</title>
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  <itunes:episode>35</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>Ep 35: Blessing your house with God's Love and Mercy - with Lisa Lawmaster Hess</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Jen interviews child psychologist, author, college professor and Catholic mom Lisa Lawmaster Hess about taking a Catholic view of organizing yourself and your family in love and mercy. Hess's book "Know Thyself: An Imperfectionist's guide to organizing your stuff" gives practical advice for accepting your own strengths and helping those who share your space work together to identify ways to make our homes places of functional sustainable organization by approaching each other in love and mercy.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>54:51</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Jen interviews child psychologist, author, college professor and Catholic mom Lisa Lawmaster Hess about taking a Catholic view of organizing yourself and your family in love and mercy. Hess's book "Know Thyself: An Imperfectionist's guide to organizing your stuff" gives practical advice for accepting your own strengths and helping those who share your space work together to identify ways to make our homes places of functional sustainable organization by approaching each other in love and mercy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lisa Lawmaster Hess is a transplanted Jersey girl who has lived in Pennsylvania for most of her adult life. In her eighth grade career report, Lisa declared her intention to become a magazine journalist, but, once at Bucknell, she opted to study psychology and education instead. After earning her master's degree, Lisa worked as a school counselor for 27 years. These days, she keeps busy as an adjunct professor of psychology at York College of Pennsylvania and, of course, writing. Currently, she's at work on two non-fiction projects and a variety of articles in addition to revising a novel and writing a third book about Marita, Charli, Angel and friends. For more information about Lisa, check out her blog, The Porch Swing Chronicles, at L2Hess.blogspot.com. Lisa also blogs at Organizing by STYLE (orgbystyle.blogspot.com) and at CatholicMom.com, where she contributes to "Tech Talk" and writes the organizational feature, STYLE Savvy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Know Thyself is available for purchase here: &lt;a href="https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/know-thyself-the-imperfectionist-s-guide-to-sorting-your-stuff" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/know-thyself-the-imperfectionist-s-guide-to-sorting-your-stuff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Early Christian House Blessing prayer - &lt;a href="https://www.sainttherse.com/early-christian-house-blessing-prayer/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.sainttherse.com/early-christian-house-blessing-prayer/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our original theme music is "Meditation" by Eric Hunter. - &lt;a href="http://www.erichuntermusic.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;www.erichuntermusic.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Jen interviews child psychologist, author, college professor and Catholic mom Lisa Lawmaster Hess about taking a Catholic view of organizing yourself and your family in love and mercy. Hess&#39;s book &quot;Know Thyself: An Imperfectionist&#39;s guide to organizing your stuff&quot; gives practical advice for accepting your own strengths and helping those who share your space work together to identify ways to make our homes places of functional sustainable organization by approaching each other in love and mercy.</p>

<p>Lisa Lawmaster Hess is a transplanted Jersey girl who has lived in Pennsylvania for most of her adult life. In her eighth grade career report, Lisa declared her intention to become a magazine journalist, but, once at Bucknell, she opted to study psychology and education instead. After earning her master&#39;s degree, Lisa worked as a school counselor for 27 years. These days, she keeps busy as an adjunct professor of psychology at York College of Pennsylvania and, of course, writing. Currently, she&#39;s at work on two non-fiction projects and a variety of articles in addition to revising a novel and writing a third book about Marita, Charli, Angel and friends. For more information about Lisa, check out her blog, The Porch Swing Chronicles, at L2Hess.blogspot.com. Lisa also blogs at Organizing by STYLE (orgbystyle.blogspot.com) and at CatholicMom.com, where she contributes to &quot;Tech Talk&quot; and writes the organizational feature, STYLE Savvy.</p>

<p>Know Thyself is available for purchase here: <a href="https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/know-thyself-the-imperfectionist-s-guide-to-sorting-your-stuff" rel="nofollow">https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/know-thyself-the-imperfectionist-s-guide-to-sorting-your-stuff</a></p>

<p>Early Christian House Blessing prayer - <a href="https://www.sainttherse.com/early-christian-house-blessing-prayer/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sainttherse.com/early-christian-house-blessing-prayer/</a></p>

<p>Our original theme music is &quot;Meditation&quot; by Eric Hunter. - <a href="http://www.erichuntermusic.com" rel="nofollow">www.erichuntermusic.com</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Jen interviews child psychologist, author, college professor and Catholic mom Lisa Lawmaster Hess about taking a Catholic view of organizing yourself and your family in love and mercy. Hess&#39;s book &quot;Know Thyself: An Imperfectionist&#39;s guide to organizing your stuff&quot; gives practical advice for accepting your own strengths and helping those who share your space work together to identify ways to make our homes places of functional sustainable organization by approaching each other in love and mercy.</p>

<p>Lisa Lawmaster Hess is a transplanted Jersey girl who has lived in Pennsylvania for most of her adult life. In her eighth grade career report, Lisa declared her intention to become a magazine journalist, but, once at Bucknell, she opted to study psychology and education instead. After earning her master&#39;s degree, Lisa worked as a school counselor for 27 years. These days, she keeps busy as an adjunct professor of psychology at York College of Pennsylvania and, of course, writing. Currently, she&#39;s at work on two non-fiction projects and a variety of articles in addition to revising a novel and writing a third book about Marita, Charli, Angel and friends. For more information about Lisa, check out her blog, The Porch Swing Chronicles, at L2Hess.blogspot.com. Lisa also blogs at Organizing by STYLE (orgbystyle.blogspot.com) and at CatholicMom.com, where she contributes to &quot;Tech Talk&quot; and writes the organizational feature, STYLE Savvy.</p>

<p>Know Thyself is available for purchase here: <a href="https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/know-thyself-the-imperfectionist-s-guide-to-sorting-your-stuff" rel="nofollow">https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/know-thyself-the-imperfectionist-s-guide-to-sorting-your-stuff</a></p>

<p>Early Christian House Blessing prayer - <a href="https://www.sainttherse.com/early-christian-house-blessing-prayer/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sainttherse.com/early-christian-house-blessing-prayer/</a></p>

<p>Our original theme music is &quot;Meditation&quot; by Eric Hunter. - <a href="http://www.erichuntermusic.com" rel="nofollow">www.erichuntermusic.com</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 22: "We absorb His Love, and can't help but radiate it out" - Love as a Vocation with Sr. Marie Paul of the Holy Spirit</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2023 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:episode>22</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>"We absorb His Love, and can't help but radiate it out" - Love as a Vocation with Sr. Marie Paul of the Holy Spirit</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Jen travels to the only cloistered monastery in the Archdiocese of Newark, the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary in Summit, to speak about 'Love as a Vocation for Life' with novice extern Sr. Marie Paul of the Holy Spirit. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>36:23</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Jen travels to the only cloistered monastery in the Archdiocese of Newark, the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, to speak about Love as a vocation for life with novice extern Sr. Marie Paul of the Holy Spirit. Sr. Marie Paul gives us insight into her call to take up the contemplative life as a young woman. She will be making her first profession next month, please keep her in your prayers. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary - &lt;a href="https://summitdominicans.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://summitdominicans.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our original theme music is "Meditation" by Eric Hunter. - &lt;a href="http://www.erichuntermusic.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;www.erichuntermusic.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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  <itunes:keywords>evangelization, Catholic, gospel, Jesus Christ, incarnation, Eucharist, Adoration, Sacred Heart, Love, Devotion</itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Jen travels to the only cloistered monastery in the Archdiocese of Newark, the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, to speak about Love as a vocation for life with novice extern Sr. Marie Paul of the Holy Spirit. Sr. Marie Paul gives us insight into her call to take up the contemplative life as a young woman. She will be making her first profession next month, please keep her in your prayers. </p>

<p>Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary - <a href="https://summitdominicans.org/" rel="nofollow">https://summitdominicans.org/</a></p>

<p>Our original theme music is &quot;Meditation&quot; by Eric Hunter. - <a href="http://www.erichuntermusic.com" rel="nofollow">www.erichuntermusic.com</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Jen travels to the only cloistered monastery in the Archdiocese of Newark, the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, to speak about Love as a vocation for life with novice extern Sr. Marie Paul of the Holy Spirit. Sr. Marie Paul gives us insight into her call to take up the contemplative life as a young woman. She will be making her first profession next month, please keep her in your prayers. </p>

<p>Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary - <a href="https://summitdominicans.org/" rel="nofollow">https://summitdominicans.org/</a></p>

<p>Our original theme music is &quot;Meditation&quot; by Eric Hunter. - <a href="http://www.erichuntermusic.com" rel="nofollow">www.erichuntermusic.com</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 23: "His Heart beats for every single one of us" - Fr. John and Jen on the Devotion to the Sacred Heart</title>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
  <author>Office For Evangelization - Archdiocese of Newark</author>
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  <itunes:episode>23</itunes:episode>
  <itunes:title>"His Heart beats for every single one of us" - Fr. John and Jen on the Devotion to the Sacred Heart</itunes:title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Fr. John Gordon and Jen share insight into the great gift of God's Love in the Eucharist and its representation in the devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. They close with the Litany of the Sacred Heart and the Prayer of Reparation to the Most Sacred  Heart of Jesus. </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>43:29</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Fr. John Gordon and Jen share insight into the great gift of God's Love in the Eucharist and its representation in the devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;12 Promises of the Sacred Heart - &lt;a href="https://welcomehisheart.com/12-promises" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://welcomehisheart.com/12-promises&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Enthronement of the Images of the Sacred Heart - &lt;a href="https://welcomehisheart.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://welcomehisheart.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Conversation with Author Emily Jaminet - &lt;a href="https://heartoftheark.fireside.fm/21" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://heartoftheark.fireside.fm/21&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;12 day novena to the Sacred Heart with prayers  and scriptural references for all of the 12 Promises, plus intercultural images of the Sacred Heart, and some traditional hymnody for use in adoration. &lt;a href="https://tinyurl.com/37rsej5b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://tinyurl.com/37rsej5b&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Our original theme music is "Meditation" by Eric Hunter. - &lt;a href="http://www.erichuntermusic.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;www.erichuntermusic.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Fr. John Gordon and Jen share insight into the great gift of God&#39;s Love in the Eucharist and its representation in the devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. </p>

<p>12 Promises of the Sacred Heart - <a href="https://welcomehisheart.com/12-promises" rel="nofollow">https://welcomehisheart.com/12-promises</a></p>

<p>Enthronement of the Images of the Sacred Heart - <a href="https://welcomehisheart.com/" rel="nofollow">https://welcomehisheart.com/</a></p>

<p>Conversation with Author Emily Jaminet - <a href="https://heartoftheark.fireside.fm/21" rel="nofollow">https://heartoftheark.fireside.fm/21</a></p>

<p>12 day novena to the Sacred Heart with prayers  and scriptural references for all of the 12 Promises, plus intercultural images of the Sacred Heart, and some traditional hymnody for use in adoration. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/37rsej5b" rel="nofollow">https://tinyurl.com/37rsej5b</a></p>

<p>Our original theme music is &quot;Meditation&quot; by Eric Hunter. - <a href="http://www.erichuntermusic.com" rel="nofollow">www.erichuntermusic.com</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Fr. John Gordon and Jen share insight into the great gift of God&#39;s Love in the Eucharist and its representation in the devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. </p>

<p>12 Promises of the Sacred Heart - <a href="https://welcomehisheart.com/12-promises" rel="nofollow">https://welcomehisheart.com/12-promises</a></p>

<p>Enthronement of the Images of the Sacred Heart - <a href="https://welcomehisheart.com/" rel="nofollow">https://welcomehisheart.com/</a></p>

<p>Conversation with Author Emily Jaminet - <a href="https://heartoftheark.fireside.fm/21" rel="nofollow">https://heartoftheark.fireside.fm/21</a></p>

<p>12 day novena to the Sacred Heart with prayers  and scriptural references for all of the 12 Promises, plus intercultural images of the Sacred Heart, and some traditional hymnody for use in adoration. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/37rsej5b" rel="nofollow">https://tinyurl.com/37rsej5b</a></p>

<p>Our original theme music is &quot;Meditation&quot; by Eric Hunter. - <a href="http://www.erichuntermusic.com" rel="nofollow">www.erichuntermusic.com</a></p>]]>
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