{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Heart of the Ark","home_page_url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org","feed_url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/json","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.","_fireside":{"subtitle":"Knowledge and Courage for the Voyage as Missionary Disciples of Our Lord Jesus Christ","pubdate":"2026-05-21T21:00:00.000-04:00","explicit":false,"owner":"Office For Evangelization - Archdiocese of Newark","image":"https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images-2024/podcasts/images/9/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/cover.jpg?v=7"},"items":[{"id":"c947c7ac-a03a-47e0-85c3-836c4572950b","title":"Episode 104: Evangelization - The Heartbeat of the Church with Fr. Cesar Jaramillo, JCL","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/104","content_text":"Jen sits down with Fr. Cesar Jaramillo, JCL and Pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Pequannock New Jersey (Diocese of Paterson) to discuss what it Evangelization is, and how it may be lived out in a parish context. \n\nFr. Cesar Jaramillo is an Adjunct Professor for the Catholic Studies Program at Seton Hall University and for Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology’s Center for Diaconal Formation. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Paterson on July 1, 2017. Fr. Jaramillo currently serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Parsippany, New Jersey. He also serves as the Defender of the Bond for the Ecclesiastical Tribunals of the Diocese of Paterson and the Archdiocese of Boston. He is a member of the Presbyteral Council and College of Consultors for the Diocese of Paterson. Fr. Jaramillo has taught as an Adjunct Professor at St. Elizabeth University in Madison, NJ in the Evangelization Certificate Program, which is a collaboration between St. Paul Inside the Walls and St. Elizabeth University to equip lay leaders with the necessary tools for the efforts of the New Evangelization.\n\nIn 2013 he earned a B.A. in Catholic Studies from Seton Hall University. Father Jaramillo earned the S.T.B. (Theology) and the J.C.L. (Canon Law) degrees from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 2016 and 2019 respectively. He also earned a Diploma in Administrative Canonical Praxis from the Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy in 2018. Fr. Jaramillo is a member of the Canon Law Society of America.\n\nWatch Fr. Cesar's Homily on YouTube\n\nLetter of Diognetus - from New Advent\n\nReadings from Ascension Sunday 2026\n\nJulianne Stanz - author, Consultant for USCCB on Evangelization\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen sits down with Fr. Cesar Jaramillo, JCL and Pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Pequannock New Jersey (Diocese of Paterson) to discuss what it Evangelization is, and how it may be lived out in a parish context. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFr. Cesar Jaramillo is an Adjunct Professor for the Catholic Studies Program at Seton Hall University and for Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology’s Center for Diaconal Formation. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Paterson on July 1, 2017. Fr. Jaramillo currently serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Parsippany, New Jersey. He also serves as the Defender of the Bond for the Ecclesiastical Tribunals of the Diocese of Paterson and the Archdiocese of Boston. He is a member of the Presbyteral Council and College of Consultors for the Diocese of Paterson. Fr. Jaramillo has taught as an Adjunct Professor at St. Elizabeth University in Madison, NJ in the Evangelization Certificate Program, which is a collaboration between St. Paul Inside the Walls and St. Elizabeth University to equip lay leaders with the necessary tools for the efforts of the New Evangelization.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2013 he earned a B.A. in Catholic Studies from Seton Hall University. Father Jaramillo earned the S.T.B. (Theology) and the J.C.L. (Canon Law) degrees from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 2016 and 2019 respectively. He also earned a Diploma in Administrative Canonical Praxis from the Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy in 2018. Fr. Jaramillo is a member of the Canon Law Society of America.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWatch \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/Zh9tTDIoDHg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eFr. Cesar's Homily \u003c/a\u003eon YouTube\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0101.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eLetter of Diognetus\u003c/a\u003e - from New Advent\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReadings from \u003ca href=\"https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051726-Ascension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eAscension Sunday 2026\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.juliannestanz.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eJulianne Stanz\u003c/a\u003e - author, Consultant for USCCB on Evangelization\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen sits down with Fr. Cesar Jaramillo, JCL and Pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Pequannock New Jersey (Diocese of Paterson) to discuss what it Evangelization is, and how it may be lived out in a parish context. ","date_published":"2026-05-21T21:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/c947c7ac-a03a-47e0-85c3-836c4572950b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":61584971,"duration_in_seconds":2565}]},{"id":"846ccdfa-9074-4617-8c79-22b4769d0338","title":"Episode 103: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 47 - In Communion of Service","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/103","content_text":"Pope Francis ends Dilexit Nos with a final word about the importance of mission as the visible embodiment of our response to the relationship with God. Mission cannot be accomplished apart from God's love, and a Christian can not live God's love without loving his neighbor. Pope Francis final prayer for the love of Christ to be known through the work of every Christian active in his or her own vocation, is the universal task that we are born into at our baptism. Chapter 5 Paragraphs 212-220\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 212-220\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis ends Dilexit Nos with a final word about the importance of mission as the visible embodiment of our response to the relationship with God. Mission cannot be accomplished apart from God's love, and a Christian can not live God's love without loving his neighbor. Pope Francis final prayer for the love of Christ to be known through the work of every Christian active in his or her own vocation, is the universal task that we are born into at our baptism. Chapter 5 Paragraphs 212-220\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 212-220\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis ends Dilexit Nos with a final word about the importance of mission as the visible embodiment of our response to the relationship with God. Mission cannot be accomplished apart from God's love, and a Christian can not live God's love without loving his neighbor. Pope Francis final prayer for the love of Christ to be known through the work of every Christian active in his or her own vocation, is the universal task that we are born into at our baptism. ","date_published":"2026-02-14T18:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/846ccdfa-9074-4617-8c79-22b4769d0338.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":6747927,"duration_in_seconds":841}]},{"id":"771a9d4e-5192-464d-9639-6c26a295812e","title":"Episode 102: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 46 - Bringing Love to the World","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/102","content_text":"\"Mission, as a radiation of the love of the heart of Christ, requires missionaries who are themselves in love and who, enthralled by Christ, feel bound to share this love that has changed their lives.\" Pope Francis examines the innate connection between discipleship and missionary outpouring, as a desire to unite oneself with the pattern of self-donation, Jesus Christ. He elucidates the character of evangelization by recognizing the attractiveness, and invitation to marvel at love. Chapter 5, pp 205-211\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 205 - 211\n\nLetter of St. Pope John Paul II - On 100th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII conscration to the Sacred Heart \n\nMeditation of St. Bonaventure\nA reflection on the Sacred Heart from St Bonaventure\nTake thought now, redeemed one, and consider how great and worthy is he who hangs\non the cross for you. His death brings the dead to life, but at his passing heaven and\nearth are plunged into mourning and hard rocks are split asunder.\nIt was a divine decree that permitted one of the soldiers to open his sacred side with a\nlance. This was done so that the Church might be formed from the side of Christ as he\nslept the sleep of death on the cross, and so that the Scripture might be fulfilled: 'They\nshall look on him whom they pierced'. The blood and water which poured out at that\nmoment were the price of our salvation. Flowing from the secret abyss of our Lord's\nheart as from a fountain, this stream gave the sacraments of the Church the power to\nconfer the life of grace, while for those already living in Christ it became a spring of living\nwater welling up to life everlasting.\nArise, then, beloved of Christ! Imitate the dove 'that nests in a hole in the cliff', keeping\nwatch at the entrance 'like the sparrow that finds a home'. There like the turtledove hide\nyour little ones, the fruit of your chaste love. Press your lips to the fountain, 'draw water\nfrom the wells of your Saviour; for this is the spring flowing out of the middle of paradise,\ndividing into four rivers', inundating devout hearts, watering the whole earth and making\nit fertile.\nRun with eager desire to this source of life and light, all you who are vowed to God's\nservice. Come, whoever you may be, and cry out to him with all the strength of your\nheart. \"O indescribable beauty of the most high God and purest radiance of eternal light!\nLife that gives all life, light that is the source of every other light, preserving in\neverlasting splendour the myriad flames that have shone before the throne of your\ndivinity from the dawn of time! Eternal and inaccessible fountain, clear and sweet stream\nflowing from a hidden spring, unseen by mortal eye! None can fathom your depths nor\nsurvey your boundaries, none can measure your breadth, nothing can sully your purity.\nFrom you flows 'the river which gladdens the city of God' and makes us cry out with joy\nand thanksgiving in hymns of praise to you, for we know by our own experience that\n'with you is the source of life, and in your light we see light’.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\"Mission, as a radiation of the love of the heart of Christ, requires missionaries who are themselves in love and who, enthralled by Christ, feel bound to share this love that has changed their lives.\" Pope Francis examines the innate connection between discipleship and missionary outpouring, as a desire to unite oneself with the pattern of self-donation, Jesus Christ. He elucidates the character of evangelization by recognizing the attractiveness, and invitation to marvel at love. Chapter 5, pp 205-211\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 205 - 211\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/letters/1999/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_19990611_consagrazione-sacro-cuore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eLetter of St. Pope John Paul II\u003c/a\u003e - On 100th anniversary of Pope Leo XIII conscration to the Sacred Heart \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.sswsh.com/uploads/Sacred_Heart_of_Jesus_Devotions_and_Prayers.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eMeditation of St. Bonaventure\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA reflection on the Sacred Heart from St Bonaventure\u003cbr\u003e\nTake thought now, redeemed one, and consider how great and worthy is he who hangs\u003cbr\u003e\non the cross for you. His death brings the dead to life, but at his passing heaven and\u003cbr\u003e\nearth are plunged into mourning and hard rocks are split asunder.\u003cbr\u003e\nIt was a divine decree that permitted one of the soldiers to open his sacred side with a\u003cbr\u003e\nlance. This was done so that the Church might be formed from the side of Christ as he\u003cbr\u003e\nslept the sleep of death on the cross, and so that the Scripture might be fulfilled: 'They\u003cbr\u003e\nshall look on him whom they pierced'. The blood and water which poured out at that\u003cbr\u003e\nmoment were the price of our salvation. Flowing from the secret abyss of our Lord's\u003cbr\u003e\nheart as from a fountain, this stream gave the sacraments of the Church the power to\u003cbr\u003e\nconfer the life of grace, while for those already living in Christ it became a spring of living\u003cbr\u003e\nwater welling up to life everlasting.\u003cbr\u003e\nArise, then, beloved of Christ! Imitate the dove 'that nests in a hole in the cliff', keeping\u003cbr\u003e\nwatch at the entrance 'like the sparrow that finds a home'. There like the turtledove hide\u003cbr\u003e\nyour little ones, the fruit of your chaste love. Press your lips to the fountain, 'draw water\u003cbr\u003e\nfrom the wells of your Saviour; for this is the spring flowing out of the middle of paradise,\u003cbr\u003e\ndividing into four rivers', inundating devout hearts, watering the whole earth and making\u003cbr\u003e\nit fertile.\u003cbr\u003e\nRun with eager desire to this source of life and light, all you who are vowed to God's\u003cbr\u003e\nservice. Come, whoever you may be, and cry out to him with all the strength of your\u003cbr\u003e\nheart. \"O indescribable beauty of the most high God and purest radiance of eternal light!\u003cbr\u003e\nLife that gives all life, light that is the source of every other light, preserving in\u003cbr\u003e\neverlasting splendour the myriad flames that have shone before the throne of your\u003cbr\u003e\ndivinity from the dawn of time! Eternal and inaccessible fountain, clear and sweet stream\u003cbr\u003e\nflowing from a hidden spring, unseen by mortal eye! None can fathom your depths nor\u003cbr\u003e\nsurvey your boundaries, none can measure your breadth, nothing can sully your purity.\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom you flows 'the river which gladdens the city of God' and makes us cry out with joy\u003cbr\u003e\nand thanksgiving in hymns of praise to you, for we know by our own experience that\u003cbr\u003e\n'with you is the source of life, and in your light we see light’.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"\"Mission, as a radiation of the love of the heart of Christ, requires missionaries who are themselves in love and who, enthralled by Christ, feel bound to share this love that has changed their lives.\" Pope Francis examines the innate connection between discipleship and missionary outpouring, as a desire to unite oneself with the pattern of self-donation, Jesus Christ. Chapter 5, pp 205-211","date_published":"2026-02-11T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/771a9d4e-5192-464d-9639-6c26a295812e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31450546,"duration_in_seconds":1309}]},{"id":"4459d599-b5c9-497e-8be2-efe50c0b870e","title":"Episode 101: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 45 - Integrity and Harmony","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/101","content_text":"In his concluding paragraphs, Pope Francis draws us back to the catechesis of St. Pope John Paul II, and gives a natural recapitulation of the major themes of this document. Through the five statements of Pope St. John Paul the Great, we see that the plan of salvation, to unite the human heart to the love of the Father is through the Sacred heart of Jesus and the action of the Holy Spirit. Our natural pattern for our hearts, in union with His heart is one of meekness, and lowliness... that we may imitate the true pattern of Love perfectly given through Jesus Christ. Chapter 5, paragraphs 200-204.\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 200 - 204\n\nCatechesis at the General Assembly - 20 June 1979\n\nLitany of the Sacred Heart - from EWTN \nTHE LITANY OF THE SACRED HEART\nPresider People Respond:\nLord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy\nChrist, have mercy. Christ, have mercy\nLord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy\nChrist, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. \nGod the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us\nGod the Son, Redeemer of the world,\nGod the Holy Spirit,\nHoly Trinity, One God,\nHeart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father,\nHeart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother,\nHeart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God,\nHeart of Jesus, of Infinite Majesty,\nHeart of Jesus, Sacred Temple of God,\nHeart of Jesus, Tabernacle of the Most High,\nHeart of Jesus, House of God and Gate of Heaven,\nHeart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness,\nHeart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins,\nHeart of Jesus, loaded down with opprobrium,\nHeart of Jesus, bruised for our offenses,\nHeart of Jesus, obedient to death,\nHeart of Jesus, pierced with a lance,\nHeart of Jesus, source of all consolation,\nHeart of Jesus, our life and resurrection,\nHeart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation,\nHeart of Jesus, Victim for our sins,\nHeart of Jesus, salvation of those who trust in You,\nHeart of Jesus, burning furnace of charity,\nHeart of Jesus, abode of justice and love,\nHeart of Jesus, full of goodness and love,\nHeart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues,\nHeart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise,\nHeart of Jesus, King and center of all hearts,\nHeart of Jesus, in Whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,\nHeart of Jesus, in whom dwells the fullness of divinity,\nHeart of Jesus, in Whom the Father was well pleased,\nHeart of Jesus, of Whose fullness we have all received,\nHeart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills,\nHeart of Jesus, patient and most merciful,\nHeart of Jesus, enriching all who invoke You,\nHeart of Jesus, hope of those who die in You,\nHeart of Jesus, delight of all the Saints,\nLamb of God, You who take away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.\nLamb of God, You who take away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.\nLamb of God, You who take away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.\nV. Jesus, meek and humble of heart. R. Make our hearts like Yours.\nLet us pray Almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of Your most beloved Son and upon the\npraises and satisfaction which He offers You in the name of sinners; and to those who implore Your\nmercy do You of Your great goodness grant forgiveness in the Name of the same Jesus Christ, Your\nSon, Who with You lives and reigns world without end. Amen. \n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn his concluding paragraphs, Pope Francis draws us back to the catechesis of St. Pope John Paul II, and gives a natural recapitulation of the major themes of this document. Through the five statements of Pope St. John Paul the Great, we see that the plan of salvation, to unite the human heart to the love of the Father is through the Sacred heart of Jesus and the action of the Holy Spirit. Our natural pattern for our hearts, in union with His heart is one of meekness, and lowliness... that we may imitate the true pattern of Love perfectly given through Jesus Christ. Chapter 5, paragraphs 200-204.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 200 - 204\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/audiences/1979/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_19790620.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eCatechesis at the General Assembly\u003c/a\u003e - 20 June 1979\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/teachings/litany-to-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus-270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eLitany of the Sacred Heart\u003c/a\u003e - from EWTN \u003cbr\u003e\nTHE LITANY OF THE SACRED HEART\u003cbr\u003e\nPresider People Respond:\u003cbr\u003e\nLord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy\u003cbr\u003e\nChrist, have mercy. Christ, have mercy\u003cbr\u003e\nLord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy\u003cbr\u003e\nChrist, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. \u003cbr\u003e\nGod the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us\u003cbr\u003e\nGod the Son, Redeemer of the world,\u003cbr\u003e\nGod the Holy Spirit,\u003cbr\u003e\nHoly Trinity, One God,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, Son of the Eternal Father,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, formed by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mother,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, substantially united to the Word of God,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, of Infinite Majesty,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, Sacred Temple of God,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, Tabernacle of the Most High,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, House of God and Gate of Heaven,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, fountain of life and holiness,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, propitiation for our sins,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, loaded down with opprobrium,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, bruised for our offenses,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, obedient to death,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, pierced with a lance,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, source of all consolation,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, our life and resurrection,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, our peace and reconciliation,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, Victim for our sins,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, salvation of those who trust in You,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, burning furnace of charity,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, abode of justice and love,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, full of goodness and love,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, abyss of all virtues,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, most worthy of all praise,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, King and center of all hearts,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, in Whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, in whom dwells the fullness of divinity,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, in Whom the Father was well pleased,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, of Whose fullness we have all received,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, desire of the everlasting hills,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, patient and most merciful,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, enriching all who invoke You,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, hope of those who die in You,\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart of Jesus, delight of all the Saints,\u003cbr\u003e\nLamb of God, You who take away the sins of the world, Spare us, O Lord.\u003cbr\u003e\nLamb of God, You who take away the sins of the world, Graciously hear us, O Lord.\u003cbr\u003e\nLamb of God, You who take away the sins of the world, Have mercy on us.\u003cbr\u003e\nV. Jesus, meek and humble of heart. R. Make our hearts like Yours.\u003cbr\u003e\nLet us pray Almighty and eternal God, look upon the Heart of Your most beloved Son and upon the\u003cbr\u003e\npraises and satisfaction which He offers You in the name of sinners; and to those who implore Your\u003cbr\u003e\nmercy do You of Your great goodness grant forgiveness in the Name of the same Jesus Christ, Your\u003cbr\u003e\nSon, Who with You lives and reigns world without end. Amen. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In his concluding paragraphs, Pope Francis draws us back to the catechesis of St. Pope John Paul II, and gives a natural recapitulation of the major themes of this document. Through the five statements of Pope St. John Paul the Great, we see that the plan of salvation, to unite the human heart to the love of the Father is through the Sacred heart of Jesus and the action of the Holy Spirit. Our natural pattern for our hearts, in union with His heart is one of meekness, and lowliness... that we may imitate the true pattern of Love perfectly given through Jesus Christ. ","date_published":"2026-01-30T14:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/4459d599-b5c9-497e-8be2-efe50c0b870e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":39121638,"duration_in_seconds":1593}]},{"id":"2460f30c-d62a-47ea-88e9-de86ca3b96a6","title":"Episode 100: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 44 -An Oblation to Love","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/100","content_text":"Pope Francis clarifies the concept of reparation through the spirituality of St. Therese of Liseux's Oblation to love. Therese became a martyr for love, without risking the spiritual dangers of taking on further punishments for any other reason than love. In order to make certain that our interior life is rightly ordered in its purpose. Jen draws parallels in this from the spiritual handbook \"Practice of the Presence of God\" to clarify the importance for emptiness, and allowing oneself to offer personal sufferings to God. Chapter 5, paragraphs 195-199\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 195 - 199\n\nAn Oblation to Love - Carmelite Spirituality\n\nThe Practice of the Presence of God - Brother Lawrence\n\nMonthly Prayer from Pope Leo XIV - January 2026 - \nFor Prayer with the Word of God\n\nO Lord Jesus Christ, open the eyes of my heart that I may hear your Word,\nand understand and do your will, for I am a sojourner upon the Earth.\nHide not your commandments from me, but open my eyes, that I may perceive the wonders of your Law.\nSpeak unto me the hidden and secret things of your wisdom.\n\nOn you do I set my hope, O my God, that you shall enlighten my mind and understanding with the light of your knowledge; not only to cherish those things which are written, but to do them; For you are the enlightenment of those who lie in darkness, and from you comes every good deed and every gift.\n\nAmen.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis clarifies the concept of reparation through the spirituality of St. Therese of Liseux's Oblation to love. Therese became a martyr for love, without risking the spiritual dangers of taking on further punishments for any other reason than love. In order to make certain that our interior life is rightly ordered in its purpose. Jen draws parallels in this from the spiritual handbook \"Practice of the Presence of God\" to clarify the importance for emptiness, and allowing oneself to offer personal sufferings to God. Chapter 5, paragraphs 195-199\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 195 - 199\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.carmelitaniscalzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/EN_Scheda-1-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eAn Oblation to Love\u003c/a\u003e - Carmelite Spirituality\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.basilica.ca/documents/2016/10/Brother%20Lawrence-The%20Practice%20of%20the%20Presence%20of%20God.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eThe Practice of the Presence of God\u003c/a\u003e - Brother Lawrence\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMonthly Prayer from Pope Leo XIV - January 2026 - \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://popesprayerusa.net/2026/01/01/monthly-prayer-for-january-2026-for-prayer-with-the-word-of-god/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eFor Prayer with the Word of God\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eO Lord Jesus Christ, open the eyes of my heart that I may hear your Word,\u003cbr\u003e\nand understand and do your will, for I am a sojourner upon the Earth.\u003cbr\u003e\nHide not your commandments from me, but open my eyes, that I may perceive the wonders of your Law.\u003cbr\u003e\nSpeak unto me the hidden and secret things of your wisdom.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn you do I set my hope, O my God, that you shall enlighten my mind and understanding with the light of your knowledge; not only to cherish those things which are written, but to do them; For you are the enlightenment of those who lie in darkness, and from you comes every good deed and every gift.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis clarifies the concept of reparation through the spirituality of St. Therese of Liseux's Oblation to love. Therese became a martyr for love, without risking the spiritual dangers of taking on further punishments for any other reason than love. In order to make certain that our interior life is rightly ordered in its purpose. Jen draws parallels in this from the spiritual handbook \"Practice of the Presence of God\" to clarify the importance for emptiness, and allowing oneself to offer personal sufferings to God.","date_published":"2026-01-26T14:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/2460f30c-d62a-47ea-88e9-de86ca3b96a6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":10053097,"duration_in_seconds":1218}]},{"id":"b6b327a5-1d75-449f-b968-dabea975c324","title":"Episode 99: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 43 - Reparation: An Extension of the Heart of Christ","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/99","content_text":"Pope Francis brings all of his prophetic and theological writings to the fore as he draws from the Catechism, the Conciliar Documents and Ignatian Spirituality to summarize the true freedom of living out the will of God in one's own personal life. It is only through the inner contemplative life in practice that a missionary action can be truly said to work out the will of the Holy Spirit. Chapter 5, paragraphs 191-195.\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 191 - 195\n\nLaudato Si - Pope Francis Encyclical on Care for our Common Home\n\nKarl Rahner, SJ -  The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola\n\nGod of My Life - Karl Rahner, SJ - \n\nPrayer of Karl Rahner, SJ\n\nGod of my life, only in love can I find You, my God.\nIn love, the gates of my soul spring open, allowing me to breathe a new air of freedom and forget my own petty self.\nIn love, my whole being streams forth out of the rigid confines of narrowness and anxious self-assertion, which makes me a prisoner of my own poverty and emptiness.\nIn love, all the powers of my soul flow out toward You, wanting never more to return, but to lose themselves completely in You, since by Your love, You are the inmost center of my heart, closer to me than I am to myself.\nBut when I love You, when I manage to break out of the narrow circle of self and leave behind the restless agony of unanswered questions, when my blinded eyes no longer look merely from afar and from the outside upon your unapproacheable brightness, and much more when You Yourself, O Incomprehensible One, have become through love the inmost center of my life, then I can bury myself entirely in You, O mysterious God, and with myself all my questions.\nAmen. \n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis brings all of his prophetic and theological writings to the fore as he draws from the Catechism, the Conciliar Documents and Ignatian Spirituality to summarize the true freedom of living out the will of God in one's own personal life. It is only through the inner contemplative life in practice that a missionary action can be truly said to work out the will of the Holy Spirit. Chapter 5, paragraphs 191-195.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 191 - 195\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eLaudato Si \u003c/a\u003e- Pope Francis Encyclical on Care for our Common Home\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKarl Rahner, SJ -  \u003ca href=\"https://archive.org/details/spiritualexercis0000rahn/page/272/mode/1up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eThe Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://stanthonyofpaduanh.org/reflections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eGod of My Life - Karl Rahner, SJ\u003c/a\u003e - \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer of Karl Rahner, SJ\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGod of my life, only in love can I find You, my God.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn love, the gates of my soul spring open, allowing me to breathe a new air of freedom and forget my own petty self.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn love, my whole being streams forth out of the rigid confines of narrowness and anxious self-assertion, which makes me a prisoner of my own poverty and emptiness.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn love, all the powers of my soul flow out toward You, wanting never more to return, but to lose themselves completely in You, since by Your love, You are the inmost center of my heart, closer to me than I am to myself.\u003cbr\u003e\nBut when I love You, when I manage to break out of the narrow circle of self and leave behind the restless agony of unanswered questions, when my blinded eyes no longer look merely from afar and from the outside upon your unapproacheable brightness, and much more when You Yourself, O Incomprehensible One, have become through love the inmost center of my life, then I can bury myself entirely in You, O mysterious God, and with myself all my questions.\u003cbr\u003e\nAmen. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis brings all of his prophetic and theological writings to the fore as he draws from the Catechism, the Conciliar Documents and Ignatian Spirituality to summarize the true freedom of living out the will of God in one's own personal life. It is only through the inner contemplative life in practice that a missionary action can be truly said to work out the will of the Holy Spirit. ","date_published":"2025-12-31T13:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/b6b327a5-1d75-449f-b968-dabea975c324.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":10745779,"duration_in_seconds":1341}]},{"id":"a1ce39a3-c095-4622-81e6-a43d91738929","title":"Episode 98: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 42 - Mending Broken Hearts","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/98","content_text":"Pope Francis defines Chrisitian reparation as the \"acknowledging the intention to make amends, and to do so in a concrete way, is essential for the process of reconciliation and a return to peace of heart\". He outlines the two essentials for reparation, acknowledging our guilt, and asking for forgiveness. \nChapter 5, Paragraphs 185-190\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 185 - 190\n\nAddress of Pope Francis to the participants in \"RÉPARER L'IRRÉPARABLE\"\n\nThe Third Sorrowful Mystery  - Crown of Thorns\n\nCatechism of the Catholic Church - The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation\n\nStay with me, lord Padre Pio’s prayer after holy communion\nStay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have\nYou present so that I do not forget You.\nYou know how easily I abandon You.\n\nStay with me, Lord, because I am weak\nand I need Your strength,\nthat I may not fall so often.\n\nStay with me, Lord, for You are my life,\nand without You, I am without fervor.\n\nStay with me, Lord, for You are my light,\nand without You, I am in darkness.\n\nStay with me, Lord, to show me Your will.\n\nStay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice\nand follow You.\n\nStay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You\nvery much, and always be in Your company.\n\nStay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.\n\nStay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is,\nI want it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of love.\n\nStay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close, and life passes;\ndeath, judgment, eternity approaches. It is necessary to renew my strength,\nso that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need You.\nIt is getting late and death approaches,\nI fear the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows.\nO how I need You, my Jesus, in this night of exile!\n\nStay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all its dangers. I need You.\n\nLet me recognize You as Your disciples did at the breaking of the bread,\nso that the Eucharistic Communion be the Light which disperses the darkness,\nthe force which sustains me, the unique joy of my heart.\n\nStay with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to You,\nif not by communion, at least by grace and love.\n\nStay with me, Jesus, I do not ask for divine consolation, because I do not merit it,\nbut the gift of Your Presence, oh yes, I ask this of You!\n\nStay with me, Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart,\nYour Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more.\n\nWith a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth\nand continue to love You perfectly during all eternity.\nAmen.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis defines Chrisitian reparation as the \"acknowledging the intention to make amends, and to do so in a concrete way, is essential for the process of reconciliation and a return to peace of heart\". He outlines the two essentials for reparation, acknowledging our guilt, and asking for forgiveness. \u003cbr\u003e\nChapter 5, Paragraphs 185-190\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 185 - 190\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAddress of Pope Francis to the participants in \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2024/may/documents/20240504-reparer-irreparable.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e\"RÉPARER L'IRRÉPARABLE\"\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/special/rosary/documents/popup/popup03_dol_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eThe Third Sorrowful Mystery\u003c/a\u003e  - Crown of Thorns\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P4B.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eCatechism of the Catholic Church\u003c/a\u003e - The Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://padrepio.com/2020/03/padre-pio-prayers-for-healing-and-miracles/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eStay with me, lord Padre Pio’s prayer after holy communion\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nStay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have\u003cbr\u003e\nYou present so that I do not forget You.\u003cbr\u003e\nYou know how easily I abandon You.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStay with me, Lord, because I am weak\u003cbr\u003e\nand I need Your strength,\u003cbr\u003e\nthat I may not fall so often.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStay with me, Lord, for You are my life,\u003cbr\u003e\nand without You, I am without fervor.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStay with me, Lord, for You are my light,\u003cbr\u003e\nand without You, I am in darkness.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStay with me, Lord, to show me Your will.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice\u003cbr\u003e\nand follow You.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You\u003cbr\u003e\nvery much, and always be in Your company.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is,\u003cbr\u003e\nI want it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of love.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close, and life passes;\u003cbr\u003e\ndeath, judgment, eternity approaches. It is necessary to renew my strength,\u003cbr\u003e\nso that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need You.\u003cbr\u003e\nIt is getting late and death approaches,\u003cbr\u003e\nI fear the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows.\u003cbr\u003e\nO how I need You, my Jesus, in this night of exile!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all its dangers. I need You.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLet me recognize You as Your disciples did at the breaking of the bread,\u003cbr\u003e\nso that the Eucharistic Communion be the Light which disperses the darkness,\u003cbr\u003e\nthe force which sustains me, the unique joy of my heart.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStay with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to You,\u003cbr\u003e\nif not by communion, at least by grace and love.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStay with me, Jesus, I do not ask for divine consolation, because I do not merit it,\u003cbr\u003e\nbut the gift of Your Presence, oh yes, I ask this of You!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStay with me, Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart,\u003cbr\u003e\nYour Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth\u003cbr\u003e\nand continue to love You perfectly during all eternity.\u003cbr\u003e\nAmen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis defines Chrisitian reparation as the \"acknowledging the intention to make amends, and to do so in a concrete way, is essential for the process of reconciliation and a return to peace of heart\". He outlines the two essentials for reparation, acknowledging our guilt, and asking for forgiveness. \r\nChapter 5, Paragraphs 185-190","date_published":"2025-12-15T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/a1ce39a3-c095-4622-81e6-a43d91738929.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":40224554,"duration_in_seconds":1675}]},{"id":"33d21b12-314f-4084-afbd-b6d324a78dc9","title":"Episode 97: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 41 - Reparation - Building on the Ruins","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/97","content_text":"Pope Francis explores the visionary insight of Pope St. John Paul II in his recognition that the only way to build a \"civilization of love\" is through Gospel based understanding of reparation through a true devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pope Francis's own understanding of how to communicate authentic reparation in a secular context this Gospel of Love in order to effect the possibility of more freedom and justice to society is through interior relationship and moral authority grounded in the Heart of Jesus, pierced while He was nailed to the cross, which pours out grace and mercy. Chapter 5, Paragraphs 181-184\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 181 - 184\n\nCentesimus Annus of John Paul II, 1991  - 100 years of Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII\n\nGeneral Audience of 8 June 1994 - John Paul II on Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Civilization of Love\n\nPope Francis General Audience of Young People of Canada - 29 July 2022\n\nConsecration of India to the Sacred Heart of Jesus - Pope St. John Paul II - 1986\n\nLord Jesus Christ,\nRedeemer of the human race,\nto your most Sacred Heart\nwe turn with humility and trust,\nwith reverence and hope,\nwith a deep desire to give to you\nglory and honour and praise.\n\nLord Jesus Christ,\nSaviour of the world,\nwe thank you for all that you are\nand all that you do for the little flock\n(and all the twelve million people\nliving in this Archdiocese of Delhi,\nwhich includes those entrusted\nwith the stewardship of this nation.)\n\nLord Jesus Christ,\nSon of the Living God,\nwe praise you for the love\nthat you have revealed\nthrough your Sacred Heart,\nwhich was pierced for us\nand which has become the fountain\nof our joy, the source of our eternal life.\n\nGathered together in your Name,\nwhich is above all other names,\nwe consecrate ourselves to your most Sacred Heart,\nin which dwells the fullness of truth and charity.\n\nIn consecrating themselves to you,\nthe faithful renew their desire\nto respond in love\nto the rich outpouring of your merciful love.\n\nLord Jesus Christ,\nKing of love and Prince of peace,\nreign in our hearts and in our homes.\n\nConquer all the powers of evil\nand bring us to share in the victory of your Sacred Heart.\n\nMay all we say and do give glory\nand praise to you and to the Father and the Holy Spirit,\none God living and reigning for ever and ever.\nAmen.\n\n(Said on the occasion of a trip to India, in 1986)\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis explores the visionary insight of Pope St. John Paul II in his recognition that the only way to build a \"civilization of love\" is through Gospel based understanding of reparation through a true devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pope Francis's own understanding of how to communicate authentic reparation in a secular context this Gospel of Love in order to effect the possibility of more freedom and justice to society is through interior relationship and moral authority grounded in the Heart of Jesus, pierced while He was nailed to the cross, which pours out grace and mercy. Chapter 5, Paragraphs 181-184\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 181 - 184\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_01051991_centesimus-annus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eCentesimus Annus\u003c/a\u003e of John Paul II, 1991  - 100 years of Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/it/audiences/1994/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_19940608.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eGeneral Audience of 8 June 1994\u003c/a\u003e - John Paul II on Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Civilization of Love\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2022/july/documents/20220729-giovani-anziani-iqaluit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePope Francis General Audience of Young People of Canada\u003c/a\u003e - 29 July 2022\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://40horas.org/en/consecration-to-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus-by-saint-john-paul-ii/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eConsecration of India to the Sacred Heart of Jesus\u003c/a\u003e - Pope St. John Paul II - 1986\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLord Jesus Christ,\u003cbr\u003e\nRedeemer of the human race,\u003cbr\u003e\nto your most Sacred Heart\u003cbr\u003e\nwe turn with humility and trust,\u003cbr\u003e\nwith reverence and hope,\u003cbr\u003e\nwith a deep desire to give to you\u003cbr\u003e\nglory and honour and praise.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLord Jesus Christ,\u003cbr\u003e\nSaviour of the world,\u003cbr\u003e\nwe thank you for all that you are\u003cbr\u003e\nand all that you do for the little flock\u003cbr\u003e\n(and all the twelve million people\u003cbr\u003e\nliving in this Archdiocese of Delhi,\u003cbr\u003e\nwhich includes those entrusted\u003cbr\u003e\nwith the stewardship of this nation.)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLord Jesus Christ,\u003cbr\u003e\nSon of the Living God,\u003cbr\u003e\nwe praise you for the love\u003cbr\u003e\nthat you have revealed\u003cbr\u003e\nthrough your Sacred Heart,\u003cbr\u003e\nwhich was pierced for us\u003cbr\u003e\nand which has become the fountain\u003cbr\u003e\nof our joy, the source of our eternal life.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGathered together in your Name,\u003cbr\u003e\nwhich is above all other names,\u003cbr\u003e\nwe consecrate ourselves to your most Sacred Heart,\u003cbr\u003e\nin which dwells the fullness of truth and charity.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn consecrating themselves to you,\u003cbr\u003e\nthe faithful renew their desire\u003cbr\u003e\nto respond in love\u003cbr\u003e\nto the rich outpouring of your merciful love.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLord Jesus Christ,\u003cbr\u003e\nKing of love and Prince of peace,\u003cbr\u003e\nreign in our hearts and in our homes.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConquer all the powers of evil\u003cbr\u003e\nand bring us to share in the victory of your Sacred Heart.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMay all we say and do give glory\u003cbr\u003e\nand praise to you and to the Father and the Holy Spirit,\u003cbr\u003e\none God living and reigning for ever and ever.\u003cbr\u003e\nAmen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e(Said on the occasion of a trip to India, in 1986)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis explores the visionary insight of Pope St. John Paul II in his recognition that the only way to build a \"civilization of love\" is through Gospel based understanding of reparation through a true devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pope Francis's own understanding of how to communicate authentic reparation in a secular context. Chapter 5, Paragraphs 181-184","date_published":"2025-12-09T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/33d21b12-314f-4084-afbd-b6d324a78dc9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":14290406,"duration_in_seconds":1784}]},{"id":"0cd89320-039d-4131-be90-494eba5330a0","title":"Episode 96: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 40 - Fraternity and Mysticism","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/96","content_text":"Pope Francis sketches the ripples of devotion to the Sacred Heart through the eyes of five French men religious with deep theological underpinnings who either inspired, reformed or began movements within the church to minister to the poorest through fraternity, solidarity and accompaniment of the poor and marginalized throughout history. Chapter 5 Paragraphs 177-180\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 177 - 180\n\nThe Life and Thought of Charles de Foucauld thesis by A. Patey\n\nA quote by Abbot Henri Huevelin - If you meet someone who is searching, don’t preach a sermon at him, just show him you love him. \n\nPope's Prayer Intention for November 2025 - Lord Jesus,\nYou who invite the weary and burdened\nto come to You and rest in Your Heart,\nwe ask You this month for all the people\nwho live in darkness and despair,\nespecially for those struggling\nwith suicidal thoughts.\n\nMay they always find a community\nthat welcomes them, listens to them, and accompanies them.\nGive all of us an attentive and compassionate heart,\ncapable of offering comfort and support,\nalso with the necessary professional help.\n\nMay we know how to be close with respect and tenderness,\nhelping to heal wounds, build bonds, and open horizons.\nTogether may we rediscover that life is a gift,\nthat there is still beauty and meaning,\neven in the midst of pain and suffering.\nWe are well aware that those who follow You\nare also vulnerable to sadness without hope.\n\nWe ask You to always make us feel Your love\nso that, through Your closeness to us,\nwe can recognize and proclaim to all the infinite love of the Father\nwho leads us by the hand to renew our trust in the life You give us.\n\nAmen.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis sketches the ripples of devotion to the Sacred Heart through the eyes of five French men religious with deep theological underpinnings who either inspired, reformed or began movements within the church to minister to the poorest through fraternity, solidarity and accompaniment of the poor and marginalized throughout history. Chapter 5 Paragraphs 177-180\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 177 - 180\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://charlesdefoucauld.info/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Patey-A-Thesis.compressed-pg-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eThe Life and Thought of Charles de Foucauld\u003c/a\u003e thesis by A. Patey\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA quote by \u003ca href=\"https://www.aprayerdiary.net/daily-quote/abbe-henri-huvelin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eAbbot Henri Huevelin\u003c/a\u003e - If you meet someone who is searching, don’t preach a sermon at him, just show him you love him. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/AcME5I05LOg?si=EUavM9XdZ2SDrM1K\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePope's Prayer Intention for November 2025\u003c/a\u003e - Lord Jesus,\u003cbr\u003e\nYou who invite the weary and burdened\u003cbr\u003e\nto come to You and rest in Your Heart,\u003cbr\u003e\nwe ask You this month for all the people\u003cbr\u003e\nwho live in darkness and despair,\u003cbr\u003e\nespecially for those struggling\u003cbr\u003e\nwith suicidal thoughts.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMay they always find a community\u003cbr\u003e\nthat welcomes them, listens to them, and accompanies them.\u003cbr\u003e\nGive all of us an attentive and compassionate heart,\u003cbr\u003e\ncapable of offering comfort and support,\u003cbr\u003e\nalso with the necessary professional help.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMay we know how to be close with respect and tenderness,\u003cbr\u003e\nhelping to heal wounds, build bonds, and open horizons.\u003cbr\u003e\nTogether may we rediscover that life is a gift,\u003cbr\u003e\nthat there is still beauty and meaning,\u003cbr\u003e\neven in the midst of pain and suffering.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe are well aware that those who follow You\u003cbr\u003e\nare also vulnerable to sadness without hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe ask You to always make us feel Your love\u003cbr\u003e\nso that, through Your closeness to us,\u003cbr\u003e\nwe can recognize and proclaim to all the infinite love of the Father\u003cbr\u003e\nwho leads us by the hand to renew our trust in the life You give us.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis sketches the ripples of devotion to the Sacred Heart through the eyes of five French men religious with deep theological underpinnings who either inspired, reformed or began movements within the church to minister to the poorest through fraternity, solidarity and accompaniment of the poor and marginalized throughout history. Chapter 5 Paragraphs 177-180","date_published":"2025-12-01T14:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/0cd89320-039d-4131-be90-494eba5330a0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":33231685,"duration_in_seconds":1384}]},{"id":"b787af3a-85cd-4ad4-9773-0658d5faa0b8","title":"Episode 95: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 39 - Being a fountain from which others can drink","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/95","content_text":"Pope Francis traces the work of the Holy Spirit, pouring forth from the Sacred Heart of Jesus can be received in the heart of the believer as a river, or fountain that pours from His Love to our hearts, and by our goodness out through the entire human family. From the early church fathers, Pope Francis traces the spirituality of the Christian disciple as a fountain of living water.  Paragraphs 172-176\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 172 to 176\n\nSaint Ambrose: Holy Spirit, River of Grace from EWTN article\n\nSaint Ambrose's letter to St. Ireneus refrenced in this section\n\nPrayer of St. Ambrose hosted by Ascension\nO loving Lord Jesus Christ,\nI, a sinner, not presuming on my own merits,\nbut trusting in Your mercy and goodness,\nwith fear and awe approach the table of Your most sacred banquet.\nFor I have stained both my heart and body with many sins,\nand have not kept a strict guard over my mind and tongue.\nWherefore, O gracious God, O awful majesty, I, a wretched creature,\nentangled in difficulties, have recourse to You, the fount of mercy;\nto You I fly for healing and take refuge under Your protection,\nand I ardently desire to have Him as my Savior whom I am unable to face as my Judge.\nTo You, Lord, I show my wounds, to You I lay bare my shame.\nI know that my sins are many and great and on their account I am filled with fear.\nBut I trust in Your mercy, which is endless.\nLook down on me, therefore, with the eyes of mercy, Lord Jesus Christ, eternal King,\nGod and Man, crucified for men. Hear me, for my hope is in You;\nhave mercy on me, for I am full of sin and wretchedness,\nYou who never cease to let flow the fountain of mercy.\nHail Victim of Salvation, offered for me and for all mankind on the tree of the cross.\nHail, noble and precious Blood, flowing from the wounds of my crucified Lord Jesus Christ\nwashing away the sins of the whole world.\nRemember, Lord, Your creature, whom You have redeemed with Your Blood.\nI am grieved because I have sinned. I desire to make amends for what I have done.\nTake away from me, therefore, O most merciful Father, all my iniquities and my sins,\nthat, being purified both in soul and body, I may worthily partake of the Holy of Holies;\nand grant that this holy oblation of Your Body and Blood, of which though unworthy I purpose to partake,\nmay be to me the remission of my sins, the perfect cleansing of all my offenses,\nthe means of driving away all evil thoughts and of renewing all holy desires,\nthe accomplishment of works pleasing to You,\nas well as the strongest defense for soul and body against the snares of my enemies.\nAmen.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis traces the work of the Holy Spirit, pouring forth from the Sacred Heart of Jesus can be received in the heart of the believer as a river, or fountain that pours from His Love to our hearts, and by our goodness out through the entire human family. From the early church fathers, Pope Francis traces the spirituality of the Christian disciple as a fountain of living water.  Paragraphs 172-176\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 5, Paragraphs 172 to 176\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/teachings/st-ambrose-holy-spirit-river-of-grace-192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSaint Ambrose: Holy Spirit, River of Grace\u003c/a\u003e from EWTN article\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/ambrose_letters_03_letters21_30.htm#Letter29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSaint Ambrose's letter to St. Ireneus\u003c/a\u003e refrenced in this section\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ascensionpress.com/pages/prayer-of-st-ambrose?srsltid=AfmBOopVYvnZaDC8yIY_7XUGljJQ4pYB5p4Jtrfixf_-juhE9uNDaOiW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePrayer of St. Ambrose\u003c/a\u003e hosted by Ascension\u003cbr\u003e\nO loving Lord Jesus Christ,\u003cbr\u003e\nI, a sinner, not presuming on my own merits,\u003cbr\u003e\nbut trusting in Your mercy and goodness,\u003cbr\u003e\nwith fear and awe approach the table of Your most sacred banquet.\u003cbr\u003e\nFor I have stained both my heart and body with many sins,\u003cbr\u003e\nand have not kept a strict guard over my mind and tongue.\u003cbr\u003e\nWherefore, O gracious God, O awful majesty, I, a wretched creature,\u003cbr\u003e\nentangled in difficulties, have recourse to You, the fount of mercy;\u003cbr\u003e\nto You I fly for healing and take refuge under Your protection,\u003cbr\u003e\nand I ardently desire to have Him as my Savior whom I am unable to face as my Judge.\u003cbr\u003e\nTo You, Lord, I show my wounds, to You I lay bare my shame.\u003cbr\u003e\nI know that my sins are many and great and on their account I am filled with fear.\u003cbr\u003e\nBut I trust in Your mercy, which is endless.\u003cbr\u003e\nLook down on me, therefore, with the eyes of mercy, Lord Jesus Christ, eternal King,\u003cbr\u003e\nGod and Man, crucified for men. Hear me, for my hope is in You;\u003cbr\u003e\nhave mercy on me, for I am full of sin and wretchedness,\u003cbr\u003e\nYou who never cease to let flow the fountain of mercy.\u003cbr\u003e\nHail Victim of Salvation, offered for me and for all mankind on the tree of the cross.\u003cbr\u003e\nHail, noble and precious Blood, flowing from the wounds of my crucified Lord Jesus Christ\u003cbr\u003e\nwashing away the sins of the whole world.\u003cbr\u003e\nRemember, Lord, Your creature, whom You have redeemed with Your Blood.\u003cbr\u003e\nI am grieved because I have sinned. I desire to make amends for what I have done.\u003cbr\u003e\nTake away from me, therefore, O most merciful Father, all my iniquities and my sins,\u003cbr\u003e\nthat, being purified both in soul and body, I may worthily partake of the Holy of Holies;\u003cbr\u003e\nand grant that this holy oblation of Your Body and Blood, of which though unworthy I purpose to partake,\u003cbr\u003e\nmay be to me the remission of my sins, the perfect cleansing of all my offenses,\u003cbr\u003e\nthe means of driving away all evil thoughts and of renewing all holy desires,\u003cbr\u003e\nthe accomplishment of works pleasing to You,\u003cbr\u003e\nas well as the strongest defense for soul and body against the snares of my enemies.\u003cbr\u003e\nAmen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis traces the work of the Holy Spirit, pouring forth from the Sacred Heart of Jesus can be received in the heart of the believer as a river, or fountain that pours from His Love to our hearts, and by our goodness out through the entire human family. From the early church fathers, Pope Francis traces the spirituality of the Christian disciple as a fountain of living water.  Paragraphs 172-176","date_published":"2025-11-25T13:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/b787af3a-85cd-4ad4-9773-0658d5faa0b8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26273285,"duration_in_seconds":1094}]},{"id":"1a407fe7-3a61-42b1-b470-8aaac64be630","title":"Episode 94: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 38 - EXTENDING CHRIST’S LOVE TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/94","content_text":"In Chapter 5, Pope Francis gives us insight into the ramifications of the church's view of Human Dignity, and the way that the call of the Sacred Heart of Jesus necessitates the response to His Love to the entire human family. From the early church, Christian communities recognized the reason and the fundamental duty to love all because \"He Loved us first\". Paragraphs 167-171\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 167 to 171\n\nDignitas Infinita - DICASTERY FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH - DECLARATION “DIGNITAS INFINITA”\nON HUMAN DIGNITY - 2 April 2024\n\nSt. Ireneus Prayer -\n\nIt is not thou that shapest God\nit is God that shapest thee.\nIf thou art the work of God\nawait the hand of the artist\nwho does all things in due season.\nOffer Him thy heart,\nsoft and tractable,\nand keep the form\nin which the artist has fashioned thee.\nLet thy clay be moist,\nlest thou grow hard\nand lose the imprint of his fingers.\n\n\nST IRENAEUS OF LYONS (c. 130 – c. 203)\n\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIn Chapter 5, Pope Francis gives us insight into the ramifications of the church's view of Human Dignity, and the way that the call of the Sacred Heart of Jesus necessitates the response to His Love to the entire human family. From the early church, Christian communities recognized the reason and the fundamental duty to love all because \"He Loved us first\". Paragraphs 167-171\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 167 to 171\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20240402_dignitas-infinita_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDignitas Infinita\u003c/a\u003e - DICASTERY FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH - DECLARATION “DIGNITAS INFINITA”\u003cbr\u003e\nON HUMAN DIGNITY - 2 April 2024\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://bdrc.org/prayer-of-st-irenaeus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSt. Ireneus Prayer\u003c/a\u003e -\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not thou that shapest God\u003cbr\u003e\nit is God that shapest thee.\u003cbr\u003e\nIf thou art the work of God\u003cbr\u003e\nawait the hand of the artist\u003cbr\u003e\nwho does all things in due season.\u003cbr\u003e\nOffer Him thy heart,\u003cbr\u003e\nsoft and tractable,\u003cbr\u003e\nand keep the form\u003cbr\u003e\nin which the artist has fashioned thee.\u003cbr\u003e\nLet thy clay be moist,\u003cbr\u003e\nlest thou grow hard\u003cbr\u003e\nand lose the imprint of his fingers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eST IRENAEUS OF LYONS (c. 130 – c. 203)\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In Chapter 5, Pope Francis gives us insight into the ramifications of the church's view of Human Dignity, and the way that the call of the Sacred Heart of Jesus necessitates the response to His Love to the entire human family. From the early church, Christian communities recognized the reason and the fundamental duty to love all because \"He Loved us first\". Paragraphs 167-171","date_published":"2025-11-18T13:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/1a407fe7-3a61-42b1-b470-8aaac64be630.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":33514434,"duration_in_seconds":1395}]},{"id":"86f232a7-8c3e-465d-9332-a6874dee7bf6","title":"Episode 93: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 37 - Love for Love","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/93","content_text":"Pope Francis begins the explanation of the practice of the devotion of the Sacred Heart with the call for universal understanding of the Church's concept of Reparation. Reparation is not a quid pro quo, it is a fundamental recognition of the transformation that needs to happen in each of us in order to address the root of the evil. Unlike a secular understanding, it is not a one-and-done repayment, or showing of performative sacrifice. It is a habit cultivated in order to change the practice to conform to justice and right order. Since this is a introductory segment, Jen offers the opportunity to read and understand the full Act of Reparation written by Pope Pius XI in 1928. Dilexit Nos paragraphs 164 - 167.\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 164 to 167\n\nAnnum Sacram - \n\nMargaret Mary Alacoque - Letter to Fr. Croisset\n\nAct of Reparation - Pope Pius XI - Miserentissimus Redemptor\n\nO sweet Jesus, Whose overflowing charity for me is requited by so much forgetfulness, negligence and contempt, behold us prostrate before Your altar (in Your presence) eager to repair by a special act of homage the cruel indifference and injuries, to which Your loving Heart is everywhere subject.\n\nMindful alas! that we ourselves have had a share in such great indignities, which we now deplore from the depths of our hearts, we humbly ask Your pardon and declare our readiness to atone by voluntary expiation not only for our own personal offenses, but also for the sins of those, who, straying far from the path of salvation, refuse in their obstinate infidelity to follow You, their Shepherd and Leader, or, renouncing the vows of their baptism, have cast off the sweet yoke of Your Law.\n\nWe are now resolved to expiate each and every deplorable outrage committed against You; we are determined to make amends for the manifold offenses against Christian modesty in unbecoming dress and behavior, for all the foul seductions laid to ensnare the feet of the innocent, for the frequent violations of Sundays and holidays, and the shocking blasphemies uttered against You and Your Saints.\n\nWe wish also to make amends for the insults to which Your Vicar on earth and Your priest are subjected, for the profanation, by conscious neglect or terrible acts of sacrilege, of the very Sacrament of Your Divine Love; and lastly for the public crimes of nations who resist the rights and teaching authority of the Church which You have founded.\n\nWould, O divine Jesus, we were able to wash away such abominations with our blood. We now offer, in reparation for these violations of Your divine honor, the satisfaction You once made to Your eternal Father on the cross and which You continue to renews daily on our altars; we offer it in union with the acts of atonement of Your Virgin Mother and all the Saints and of the pious faithful on earth; and we sincerely promise to make recompense, as far as we can with the help of Your grace, for all neglect of Your great love and for the sins we and others have committed in the past.\n\nHenceforth we will live a life of unwavering faith, of purity of conduct, of perfect observance of the precepts of the gospel and especially that of charity. We promise to the best of our power to prevent others from offending You and to bring as many as possible to follow You.\n\nO loving Jesus, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, our model in reparation, deign to receive the voluntary offering we make of this act of expiation; and by the crowning gift of perseverance keep us faithful unto death in our duty and the allegiance we owe to You, so that we may one day come to that happy home, where You with the Father and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, God, world without end. Amen.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis begins the explanation of the practice of the devotion of the Sacred Heart with the call for universal understanding of the Church's concept of Reparation. Reparation is not a quid pro quo, it is a fundamental recognition of the transformation that needs to happen in each of us in order to address the root of the evil. Unlike a secular understanding, it is not a one-and-done repayment, or showing of performative sacrifice. It is a habit cultivated in order to change the practice to conform to justice and right order. Since this is a introductory segment, Jen offers the opportunity to read and understand the full Act of Reparation written by Pope Pius XI in 1928. Dilexit Nos paragraphs 164 - 167.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 164 to 167\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_25051899_annum-sacrum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eAnnum Sacram\u003c/a\u003e - \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMargaret Mary Alacoque - \u003ca href=\"https://fsspx.news/en/news/st-margaret-mary-alacoque-her-life-and-missions-2-48561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eLetter to Fr. Croisset\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=235\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eAct of Reparation\u003c/a\u003e - Pope Pius XI - Miserentissimus Redemptor\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eO sweet Jesus, Whose overflowing charity for me is requited by so much forgetfulness, negligence and contempt, behold us prostrate before Your altar (in Your presence) eager to repair by a special act of homage the cruel indifference and injuries, to which Your loving Heart is everywhere subject.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMindful alas! that we ourselves have had a share in such great indignities, which we now deplore from the depths of our hearts, we humbly ask Your pardon and declare our readiness to atone by voluntary expiation not only for our own personal offenses, but also for the sins of those, who, straying far from the path of salvation, refuse in their obstinate infidelity to follow You, their Shepherd and Leader, or, renouncing the vows of their baptism, have cast off the sweet yoke of Your Law.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are now resolved to expiate each and every deplorable outrage committed against You; we are determined to make amends for the manifold offenses against Christian modesty in unbecoming dress and behavior, for all the foul seductions laid to ensnare the feet of the innocent, for the frequent violations of Sundays and holidays, and the shocking blasphemies uttered against You and Your Saints.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe wish also to make amends for the insults to which Your Vicar on earth and Your priest are subjected, for the profanation, by conscious neglect or terrible acts of sacrilege, of the very Sacrament of Your Divine Love; and lastly for the public crimes of nations who resist the rights and teaching authority of the Church which You have founded.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWould, O divine Jesus, we were able to wash away such abominations with our blood. We now offer, in reparation for these violations of Your divine honor, the satisfaction You once made to Your eternal Father on the cross and which You continue to renews daily on our altars; we offer it in union with the acts of atonement of Your Virgin Mother and all the Saints and of the pious faithful on earth; and we sincerely promise to make recompense, as far as we can with the help of Your grace, for all neglect of Your great love and for the sins we and others have committed in the past.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHenceforth we will live a life of unwavering faith, of purity of conduct, of perfect observance of the precepts of the gospel and especially that of charity. We promise to the best of our power to prevent others from offending You and to bring as many as possible to follow You.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eO loving Jesus, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, our model in reparation, deign to receive the voluntary offering we make of this act of expiation; and by the crowning gift of perseverance keep us faithful unto death in our duty and the allegiance we owe to You, so that we may one day come to that happy home, where You with the Father and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, God, world without end. Amen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2025-11-11T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/86f232a7-8c3e-465d-9332-a6874dee7bf6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25226592,"duration_in_seconds":1015}]},{"id":"dc69d7c8-e9b2-4ccd-b97d-cb0b36bef305","title":"Episode 92: A Torrent of Grace: Turning our wounds into Sacred Gifts with Jesus","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/92","content_text":"Mark Joseph Williams, who serves the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, as Special Advisor to Cardinal Joseph Tobin is a licensed clinical social worker and author of the book, \"A Torrent of Grace\". When Mr Williams was a young teen, he was victimized by clergy sexual abuse. The trauma and ensuing feelings of shame took years to come to grips with, and Mark's journey of faith back to the healing through the Catholic church is one of grace and accompaniment. He now works with and advocates for people who suffer from mental health issues stemming from abuse and trauma, and has dedicated his life to bringing witness to the redeeming grace of accompaniment and vulnerability he has found in Jesus.\nJen speaks with Mark and Gina Criscuolo, LCSW, and coordinator for the Office of Accompaniment at the Deparment of Protection of the Faithful for the Archdiocese of Newark. \n\nJersey Catholic article about \"A Torrent of Grace\" and Mark Joseph Williams. \n\nDepartment of Protection of the Faithful at Archdiocese of Newark. \n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eMark Joseph Williams, who serves the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, as Special Advisor to Cardinal Joseph Tobin is a licensed clinical social worker and author of the book, \"A Torrent of Grace\". When Mr Williams was a young teen, he was victimized by clergy sexual abuse. The trauma and ensuing feelings of shame took years to come to grips with, and Mark's journey of faith back to the healing through the Catholic church is one of grace and accompaniment. He now works with and advocates for people who suffer from mental health issues stemming from abuse and trauma, and has dedicated his life to bringing witness to the redeeming grace of accompaniment and vulnerability he has found in Jesus.\u003cbr\u003e\nJen speaks with Mark and Gina Criscuolo, LCSW, and coordinator for the Office of Accompaniment at the Deparment of Protection of the Faithful for the Archdiocese of Newark. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://jerseycatholic.org/clerical-abuse-survivor-shares-his-journey-from-trauma-to-hope\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eJersey Catholic article about \"A Torrent of Grace\" and Mark Joseph Williams\u003c/a\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://rcan.org/protection-of-the-faithful/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDepartment of Protection of the Faithful\u003c/a\u003e at Archdiocese of Newark. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Mark Joseph Williams, who serves the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark, as Special Advisor to Cardinal Joseph Tobin is a licensed clinical social worker and author of the book, \"A Torrent of Grace\". Jen speaks with Mark and Gina Criscuolo, LCSW, and coordinator for the Office of Accompaniment at the Deparment of Protection of the Faithful for the Archdiocese of Newark. ","date_published":"2025-11-04T10:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/dc69d7c8-e9b2-4ccd-b97d-cb0b36bef305.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":67672062,"duration_in_seconds":2819}]},{"id":"74ac31fe-9ca9-467c-87e6-92faa0451193","title":"Episode 91: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 36 - Hearts opened to the working of the Holy Spirit","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/91","content_text":"Pope Francis ends Chapter 4 with the two last Spiritual Fruits to be gained from devotion to the Sacred Heart, namely Compunction and Consolation. In referencing his own homily for Mass of Chrism 2024, Pope Francis sees an ordered understanding of compunction as the natural remedy for both hearts heardened towards the world, and indeed the remaining notions of clericalism. Through consolation, God's heart has the means to work its remedies upon our woundedness in order that we have a rightly ordered understanding of what God's love demands of us in regards to worship and service.  Dilexit Nos paragraphs 158 - 163.\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 158 to 163\n\nHomily for the Mass for Holy Chrism - 2024\n\nSpiritual exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola 203 (p 35 in this edition)\n\nIgnatian Prayers - O Deus Ego Amo Te\n\nO Deus Ego Amo Te - St. Francis Xavier, translated by Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.\n\nO God, I love thee, I love thee,\nNot out of hope of heaven for me,\nNor fearing not to love and be,\nIn the everlasting burning,\nThou, thou, my Jesus, after me\nDidst reach thine arms out dying,\nFor my sake sufferedst nails, and lance,\nMocked and marred countenance,\nSorrows passing number,\nSweat and care and cumber,\nYea and death, and this for me,\nAnd thou couldst see me sinning:\nThen I, why should not I love thee,\nJesus, so much in love with me,\nNot for heaven's sake;\nNot to be out of hell by loving thee;\nNot for any gains I see;\nBut just the way that thou didst me\nI do love and I will love thee:\nWhat must I love thee, Lord, for then?\nFor being my king and God.\n\nAmen.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis ends Chapter 4 with the two last Spiritual Fruits to be gained from devotion to the Sacred Heart, namely Compunction and Consolation. In referencing his own homily for Mass of Chrism 2024, Pope Francis sees an ordered understanding of compunction as the natural remedy for both hearts heardened towards the world, and indeed the remaining notions of clericalism. Through consolation, God's heart has the means to work its remedies upon our woundedness in order that we have a rightly ordered understanding of what God's love demands of us in regards to worship and service.  Dilexit Nos paragraphs 158 - 163.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 158 to 163\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2024/documents/20240328-omelia-crisma.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eHomily for the Mass for Holy Chrism - 2024\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://cis-esercizispirituali.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/The-Spiritual-Exercises-of-Saint-Ignatius-EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSpiritual exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola \u003c/a\u003e203 (p 35 in this edition)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.xavier.edu/jesuitresource/online-resources/prayer-index/ignatian-prayers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eIgnatian Prayers\u003c/a\u003e - O Deus Ego Amo Te\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eO Deus Ego Amo Te - St. Francis Xavier, translated by Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eO God, I love thee, I love thee,\u003cbr\u003e\nNot out of hope of heaven for me,\u003cbr\u003e\nNor fearing not to love and be,\u003cbr\u003e\nIn the everlasting burning,\u003cbr\u003e\nThou, thou, my Jesus, after me\u003cbr\u003e\nDidst reach thine arms out dying,\u003cbr\u003e\nFor my sake sufferedst nails, and lance,\u003cbr\u003e\nMocked and marred countenance,\u003cbr\u003e\nSorrows passing number,\u003cbr\u003e\nSweat and care and cumber,\u003cbr\u003e\nYea and death, and this for me,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd thou couldst see me sinning:\u003cbr\u003e\nThen I, why should not I love thee,\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, so much in love with me,\u003cbr\u003e\nNot for heaven's sake;\u003cbr\u003e\nNot to be out of hell by loving thee;\u003cbr\u003e\nNot for any gains I see;\u003cbr\u003e\nBut just the way that thou didst me\u003cbr\u003e\nI do love and I will love thee:\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat must I love thee, Lord, for then?\u003cbr\u003e\nFor being my king and God.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis ends Chapter 4 with the two last Spiritual Fruits to be gained from devotion to the Sacred Heart, namely Compunction and Consolation. In referencing his own homily for Mass of Chrism 2024, Pope Francis sees an ordered understanding of compunction as the natural remedy for both hearts heardened towards the world, and indeed the remaining notions of clericalism. Through consolation, God's heart has the means to work its remedies upon our woundedness in order that we have a rightly ordered understanding of what God's love demands of us in regards to worship and service. ","date_published":"2025-11-03T13:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/74ac31fe-9ca9-467c-87e6-92faa0451193.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":41812590,"duration_in_seconds":1741}]},{"id":"719c06f1-ec95-4d58-ac2d-28ff419abe15","title":"Episode 90: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 35 - Reasons of the Heart","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/90","content_text":"Pope Francis continues with the spirituality of consolation in the writings of Pius XI and giving us theological backing for the understanding of mystical knowledge and spiritual knowledge as separate and distinct between science and opinion. Quoting Thomas Aquinas, we see how things can be seen in complexity or simplicity at the same time when viewed from a human or divine perspective. Jen quotes both St. Padre Pio and St. John Paul II on their mystical experiences of the understanding of the mystical consolation of the Sacred Heart, as well as the notion of time travelling through the union of one's sufferings to those of Christ's Passion. Chapter 4 paragraphs 154-157.\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 154 to 157\n\nMiserentissimus Redentor - Pope Pius XI See paragraph 14\n\nSumma Theologica - Thomas Aquinas\n\nPadre Pio and the Sacred Heart of Jesus from EWTN - Most Rev. Paolo Carta, Bishop Emeritus of Foggia\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis continues with the spirituality of consolation in the writings of Pius XI and giving us theological backing for the understanding of mystical knowledge and spiritual knowledge as separate and distinct between science and opinion. Quoting Thomas Aquinas, we see how things can be seen in complexity or simplicity at the same time when viewed from a human or divine perspective. Jen quotes both St. Padre Pio and St. John Paul II on their mystical experiences of the understanding of the mystical consolation of the Sacred Heart, as well as the notion of time travelling through the union of one's sufferings to those of Christ's Passion. Chapter 4 paragraphs 154-157.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 154 to 157\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19280508_miserentissimus-redemptor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eMiserentissimus Redentor - Pope Pius XI\u003c/a\u003e See paragraph 14\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://freddoso.com/summa-translation/Part%202-2/st2-2-ques01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSumma Theologica\u003c/a\u003e - Thomas Aquinas\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/padre-pio-and-the-sacred-heart-13848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePadre Pio and the Sacred Heart of Jesus\u003c/a\u003e from EWTN - Most Rev. Paolo Carta, Bishop Emeritus of Foggia\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis continues with the spirituality of consolation in the writings of Pius XI and giving us theological backing for the understanding of mystical knowledge and spiritual knowledge as separate and distinct between science and opinion. Quoting Thomas Aquinas, we see how things can be seen in complexity or simplicity at the same time when viewed from a human or divine perspective","date_published":"2025-10-24T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/719c06f1-ec95-4d58-ac2d-28ff419abe15.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":12107000,"duration_in_seconds":1511}]},{"id":"610f01f8-32f8-49f6-8c6a-df343b699d3a","title":"Episode 89: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 34 - THE DEVOTION OF CONSOLATION","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/89","content_text":"Pope Francis spends some time with the mechanics of the Devotion of the Sacred Heart, in looking at the writing of Pope Pius XI, who clearly recognizes the mystical possibility of consoling the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the time of His passion, through our own offering of suffering united with the cross. St. Margaret Mary got this idea from the Divine Revelations she received, and the church has approved exactly this concept ever since. Chapter 4 paragraphs 151-153.\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 151 to 153\n\nMiserentissimus Redentor - Pope Pius XI See paragraph 13\n\nConsoling the Sacred Heart of Jesus through our own actions today - The Divine Mercy\n\nCan We Change the Past? - NPR article about quantum physics and time travel \n\nMorning Offering USCCB\nO Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary,\n\nI offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day\n\nfor all the intentions of your Sacred Heart\n\nin union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world,\n\nfor the salvation of souls, the reparation of sins, the reunion of all Christians,\n\nand in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father this month.\n\nAmen.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis spends some time with the mechanics of the Devotion of the Sacred Heart, in looking at the writing of Pope Pius XI, who clearly recognizes the mystical possibility of consoling the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the time of His passion, through our own offering of suffering united with the cross. St. Margaret Mary got this idea from the Divine Revelations she received, and the church has approved exactly this concept ever since. Chapter 4 paragraphs 151-153.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 151 to 153\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19280508_miserentissimus-redemptor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eMiserentissimus Redentor - Pope Pius XI\u003c/a\u003e See paragraph 13\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.thedivinemercy.org/articles/consoling-heart-jesus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eConsoling the Sacred Heart of Jesus through our own actions today\u003c/a\u003e - The Divine Mercy\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/02/21/587249333/can-we-change-the-past\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eCan We Change the Past?\u003c/a\u003e - NPR article about quantum physics and time travel \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.usccb.org/prayers/morning-offering\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eMorning Offering USCCB\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nO Jesus, through the Immaculate Heart of Mary,\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI offer you my prayers, works, joys, and sufferings of this day\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003efor all the intentions of your Sacred Heart\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ein union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world,\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003efor the salvation of souls, the reparation of sins, the reunion of all Christians,\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eand in particular for the intentions of the Holy Father this month.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis spends some time with the mechanics of the Devotion of the Sacred Heart, in looking at the writing of Pope Pius XI, who clearly recognizes the mystical possibility of consoling the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the time of His passion, through our own offering of suffering united with the cross. St. Margaret Mary got this idea from the Divine Revelations she received, and the church has approved exactly this concept ever since. Chapter 4 paragraphs 151-153.","date_published":"2025-10-17T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/610f01f8-32f8-49f6-8c6a-df343b699d3a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":37233429,"duration_in_seconds":1550}]},{"id":"b150bb1c-c33b-47d9-90c0-842bd1943bed","title":"Episode 88: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 33 - Christ's Heart and Your Interior Life","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/88","content_text":"Pope Francis traces a few currents of religious communities that have developed spiritual practices or charisms directly impacted by devotion to the Sacred Heart. Pope Francis highlights a number of saints whose intimate relationship with the source of Divine Love shaped the trajectory of their evangelizing witness or their congregation's vocation. Jen shares how merely showing up to lead the Sacred Heart devotion shaped her life and has had a deep impact in the lives of her children. Chapter 4, paragraphs 148 - 150.\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 148 to 150\n\nArticle from Aletea about John Paul II and the Litany of the Sacred Heart\n\nJohn Paul II - Society of Jesus on his pilgrimage to Paray le Monial - Sacred Heart Devotion\n\nVincentian Act of Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Society of St. Vincent de Paul\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis traces a few currents of religious communities that have developed spiritual practices or charisms directly impacted by devotion to the Sacred Heart. Pope Francis highlights a number of saints whose intimate relationship with the source of Divine Love shaped the trajectory of their evangelizing witness or their congregation's vocation. Jen shares how merely showing up to lead the Sacred Heart devotion shaped her life and has had a deep impact in the lives of her children. Chapter 4, paragraphs 148 - 150.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 148 to 150\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArticle from Aletea about \u003ca href=\"https://aleteia.org/2017/06/23/how-john-paul-ii-can-help-us-really-pray-the-litany-of-the-sacred-heart/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eJohn Paul II and the Litany of the Sacred Heart\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Paul II - \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/it/letters/1986/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_19861005_preposito-francia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSociety of Jesus on his pilgrimage to Paray le Monial\u003c/a\u003e - Sacred Heart Devotion\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://members.ssvpusa.org/information-for-members/vincentian-prayers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eVincentian Act of Consecration\u003c/a\u003e to the Sacred Heart of Society of St. Vincent de Paul\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2025-10-06T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/b150bb1c-c33b-47d9-90c0-842bd1943bed.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":37368848,"duration_in_seconds":1556}]},{"id":"be128bc8-6499-4092-8a0f-aeb61282174e","title":"Episode 87: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 32 - Resonance with the Heart of Christ","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/87","content_text":"Pope Francis elucidates why the contemplative practices codified by St. Ignatius of Loyola, are such a natural fit to the devotion to the Sacred Heart, that beginning with St. Claude de Colombiere, and down through the centuries, the devotion has taken a special meaning and become a banner for the Society of Jesus. As someone who makes Ignatian spiritual practices a daily part of her day, to deepen her relationship with the living God who communicates His Word of Love, Jen offers a brief personal witness to the efficacy of lectio divina and examen of consciousness. Chapter 4, paragraphs 143 - 147\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 143 to 147\n\nHow Jesuit's Spread the devotion to the Sacred Heart - by the Pillar\n\nSpiritual Toolkit for We Are His Witnesses - from the Archdiocese of Newark\n\nFall in Love with God - by Joseph Whelen, SJ - From Finding God in All Things: A Marquette Prayer Book © 2009 Marquette University.\n\nNothing is more practical than\nfinding God, than\nfalling in Love\nin a quite absolute, final way.\nWhat you are in love with,\nwhat seizes your imagination, will affect everything.\nIt will decide\nwhat will get you out of bed in the morning,\nwhat you do with your evenings,\nhow you spend your weekends,\nwhat you read, whom you know,\nwhat breaks your heart,\nand what amazes you with joy and gratitude.\nFall in Love, stay in love,\nand it will decide everything.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis elucidates why the contemplative practices codified by St. Ignatius of Loyola, are such a natural fit to the devotion to the Sacred Heart, that beginning with St. Claude de Colombiere, and down through the centuries, the devotion has taken a special meaning and become a banner for the Society of Jesus. As someone who makes Ignatian spiritual practices a daily part of her day, to deepen her relationship with the living God who communicates His Word of Love, Jen offers a brief personal witness to the efficacy of lectio divina and examen of consciousness. Chapter 4, paragraphs 143 - 147\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 143 to 147\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/how-jesuits-spread-devotion-to-the\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eHow Jesuit's Spread the devotion to the Sacred Heart \u003c/a\u003e- by the Pillar\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://rcan.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/WAHW-Lectio-Nightly-examen-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSpiritual Toolkit for We Are His Witnesses\u003c/a\u003e - from the Archdiocese of Newark\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/prayers-by-st-ignatius-and-others/fall-in-love/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eFall in Love with God\u003c/a\u003e - by Joseph Whelen, SJ - From Finding God in All Things: A Marquette Prayer Book © 2009 Marquette University.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNothing is more practical than\u003cbr\u003e\nfinding God, than\u003cbr\u003e\nfalling in Love\u003cbr\u003e\nin a quite absolute, final way.\u003cbr\u003e\nWhat you are in love with,\u003cbr\u003e\nwhat seizes your imagination, will affect everything.\u003cbr\u003e\nIt will decide\u003cbr\u003e\nwhat will get you out of bed in the morning,\u003cbr\u003e\nwhat you do with your evenings,\u003cbr\u003e\nhow you spend your weekends,\u003cbr\u003e\nwhat you read, whom you know,\u003cbr\u003e\nwhat breaks your heart,\u003cbr\u003e\nand what amazes you with joy and gratitude.\u003cbr\u003e\nFall in Love, stay in love,\u003cbr\u003e\nand it will decide everything.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis elucidates why the contemplative practices codified by St. Ignatius of Loyola, are such a natural fit to the devotion to the Sacred Heart, that beginning with St. Claude de Colombiere, and down through the centuries, the devotion has taken a special meaning and become a banner for the Society of Jesus. As someone who makes Ignatian spiritual practices a daily part of her day, to deepen her relationship with the living God who communicates His Word of Love, Jen offers a brief personal witness to the efficacy of lectio divina and examen of consciousness. ","date_published":"2025-09-29T12:30:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/be128bc8-6499-4092-8a0f-aeb61282174e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":14832929,"duration_in_seconds":1852}]},{"id":"c7a263f5-bed3-4a0c-9893-8adacb8421b5","title":"Episode 86: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 31 - St.Thérèse of Lisieux (2 of 2)","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/86","content_text":"Pope Francis spends significant time in Chapter 4, paragraphs 138-142, fleshing out the spirituality of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, for whom the Sacred Heart was a fundamental part of her devotional practice in both familial practice and mystical experience. Pope Francis recalls the importance of abandon, trust and confidence in the inexhaustable love of God for each of us, as likened unto a devoted parent whose love gives courage to a precocious toddler. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 138 to 142\n\nThe Spirituality of St. Therese of Lisieux\n\nThe Carefree Abandon of Saint Therese of Lisieux by Mary-Elizabeth Peters, Ph.D., T. 0. CARM.\n\nAbandonment is the delicious fruit of love - PN 52 by Therese of Lisieux\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis spends significant time in Chapter 4, paragraphs 138-142, fleshing out the spirituality of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, for whom the Sacred Heart was a fundamental part of her devotional practice in both familial practice and mystical experience. Pope Francis recalls the importance of abandon, trust and confidence in the inexhaustable love of God for each of us, as likened unto a devoted parent whose love gives courage to a precocious toddler. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 138 to 142\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.thereseoflisieux.org/spirituality/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eThe Spirituality of St. Therese of Lisieux\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://mary-elizabeth.freeservers.com/abandon1.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eThe Carefree Abandon of Saint Therese of Lisieux by Mary-Elizabeth Peters, Ph.D., T. 0. CARM.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://archives.carmeldelisieux.fr/en/archive/pn-52/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eAbandonment is the delicious fruit of love - PN 52 by Therese of Lisieux\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis spends significant time in fleshing out the spirituality of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, for whom the Sacred Heart was a fundamental part of her devotional practice in both familial practice and mystical experience. Pope Francis recalls the importance of abandon, trust and confidence in the inexhaustable love of God for each of us, as likened unto a devoted parent whose love gives courage to a precocious toddler. ","date_published":"2025-09-22T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/c7a263f5-bed3-4a0c-9893-8adacb8421b5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8609726,"duration_in_seconds":1074}]},{"id":"203a45c9-a879-4fe4-9f5a-389989a8397c","title":"Episode 85: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 30 - St.Thérèse of Lisieux (1 of 2)","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/85","content_text":"Pope Francis spends significant time in Chapter 4, paragraphs 133-137, fleshing out the spirituality of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, for whom the Sacred Heart was a fundamental part of her devotional practice in both familial practice and mystical experience. We read how she does not understand the Heart of Jesus as demanding reparation, but as \"burning with tenderness.\"\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 133 to 137\n\nI Believe in Love by Fr. Fr. Jean C. J. d'Elbée: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux\n\nSt. Therese and the Sacred Heart of Jesus poem written for her sister, Sr. Marie of the Sacred Heart \n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis spends significant time in Chapter 4, paragraphs 133-137, fleshing out the spirituality of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, for whom the Sacred Heart was a fundamental part of her devotional practice in both familial practice and mystical experience. We read how she does not understand the Heart of Jesus as demanding reparation, but as \"burning with tenderness.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 133 to 137\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://sophiainstitute.com/product/i-believe-in-love/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eI Believe in Love by Fr. Fr. Jean C. J. d'Elbée\u003c/a\u003e: A Personal Retreat Based on the Teaching of St. Therese of Lisieux\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://leoniemartin.org/my-blog-about-st-therese/2009/6/18/st-therese-of-lisieux-and-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSt. Therese and the Sacred Heart of Jesus\u003c/a\u003e poem written for her sister, Sr. Marie of the Sacred Heart \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis spends significant time fleshing out the spirituality of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, for whom the Sacred Heart was a fundamental part of her devotional practice in both familial practice and mystical experience. We read how she does not understand the Heart of Jesus as demanding reparation, but as \"burning with tenderness.\"","date_published":"2025-09-12T14:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/203a45c9-a879-4fe4-9f5a-389989a8397c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":11167780,"duration_in_seconds":1309}]},{"id":"f6dfb3b8-d30c-480c-a0ee-604f0ad4df40","title":"Episode 84: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 29 - St. Charles de Foucauld","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/84","content_text":"Pope Francis leans into Chapter 4, paragraphs 129 to 132, and gives us the example of the French Trappist and hermit Charles de Foucauld as one who renewed the evangelizing power of devotion to the Sacred Heart to bring all to know the Love of Christ poured out for us and made manifest in the Blessed Sacrament. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 129 - 132\n\nBiography of Charles de Foucauld \n\nPrayer of Abandonement\n\nFather,\n\nI abandon myself into your hands;\ndo with me what you will.\n\nWhatever you may do,\nI thank you.\n\nI am ready for all, I accept all.\nLet only your will be done in me,\nand in all your creatures.\nI wish no more than this, O Lord.\n\nInto your hands I commend my soul;\nI offer it to you\nwith all the love of my heart,\nfor I love you, Lord,\nand so need to give myself,\nto surrender myself into your hands,\nwithout reserve,\nand with boundless confidence,\nfor you are my Father.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis leans into Chapter 4, paragraphs 129 to 132, and gives us the example of the French Trappist and hermit Charles de Foucauld as one who renewed the evangelizing power of devotion to the Sacred Heart to bring all to know the Love of Christ poured out for us and made manifest in the Blessed Sacrament. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 129 - 132\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.charlesdefoucauld.org/en/biographie.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eBiography of Charles de Foucauld \u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.charlesdefoucauld.org/en/priere.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePrayer of Abandonement\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFather,\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI abandon myself into your hands;\u003cbr\u003e\ndo with me what you will.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhatever you may do,\u003cbr\u003e\nI thank you.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI am ready for all, I accept all.\u003cbr\u003e\nLet only your will be done in me,\u003cbr\u003e\nand in all your creatures.\u003cbr\u003e\nI wish no more than this, O Lord.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInto your hands I commend my soul;\u003cbr\u003e\nI offer it to you\u003cbr\u003e\nwith all the love of my heart,\u003cbr\u003e\nfor I love you, Lord,\u003cbr\u003e\nand so need to give myself,\u003cbr\u003e\nto surrender myself into your hands,\u003cbr\u003e\nwithout reserve,\u003cbr\u003e\nand with boundless confidence,\u003cbr\u003e\nfor you are my Father.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis gives us the example of the French Trappist and hermit Charles de Foucauld as one who renewed the evangelizing power of devotion to the Sacred Heart to bring all to know the Love of Christ poured out for us and made manifest in the Blessed Sacrament. ","date_published":"2025-09-05T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/f6dfb3b8-d30c-480c-a0ee-604f0ad4df40.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8225413,"duration_in_seconds":1026}]},{"id":"e3fd13ca-0b1e-41b5-a797-ba0b03c8a211","title":"Episode 83: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 28 - St. Claude de la Colombière","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/83","content_text":"Pope Francis, in paragraphs 125-128, seeks to place the devotion to the Sacred Heart which was inspired by the apparitions of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary within the obedience of the Catholic church, by including St. Claude de la Columbière, the French Jesuit who became confessor and spiritual advisor to St. Margaret Mary. By keeping us obedient to the gospel and connected to the sacramental life and church, we can ensure that the devotion is not a means for personal complacency, but an active and life giving call to follow in the Love that God wants for each of us. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 125- 128 - St. Claude de la Columbière\n\nJesuit's global article for background on St. Claude de la Columbière\n\nPrayer of Trust and Confidence by St. Claude la Columbière\n\nACT OF HOPE AND CONFIDENCE IN GOD\nSt. Claude de la Colombiere\n\nMy God, I believe most firmly that You watch over all who hope in You,\nand that we can want for nothing when we rely upon You in all things.\nTherefore I am resolved for the future...to cast all my cares upon You...\n\nPeople may deprive me of worldly goods and status.\nSickness may take from me my strength and the means of serving You.\nI may even jeopardize our relationship by sin, but my trust shall never leave me.\nI will preserve it to the last moment of my life, and the powers of hell shall seek in vain\nto grab it from me.\n\nLet others seek happiness in their wealth and in their talents. Let them trust in the purity of their lives, the severity of their mortifications, in the number of their good works, the enthusiasm of their prayers,\nas for me, my Rock and my Refuge, my confidence in you fills me with hope. For You, my Divine Protector, alone have settled me in hope.\n\n\"This confidence can never be vain. No one, who has hoped in God, has ever been confounded.\"\n\nI am assured, therefore, of my eternal happiness, for I firmly hope in it and all my hope is in You. \"In You, O loving God, have I hoped: let me never be confounded.\"\n\nI know too well that I am weak and changeable. I know the power of temptation against the strongest virtue.\nI have seen stars fall and foundations of my world crack; these things do not alarm me. While I hope in You, I am sheltered from all misfortune, and I am sure that my trust shall endure, for I rely upon You to sustain this unfailing hope.\n\nFinally, I know that my confidence cannot exceed Your generosity, and that I shall never receive less\nthan I have hoped for from You. Therefore I hope that You will sustain me against my evil inclinations,\nthat You will protect me against the deceitful attacks of the evil one, and that You will cause my weakness\nto triumph over every hostile force. I hope that You will never cease to love me and that I shall love You unceasingly.\n\n\"In You, O loving God, have I hoped: let me never be confounded.\"\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis, in paragraphs 125-128, seeks to place the devotion to the Sacred Heart which was inspired by the apparitions of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary within the obedience of the Catholic church, by including St. Claude de la Columbière, the French Jesuit who became confessor and spiritual advisor to St. Margaret Mary. By keeping us obedient to the gospel and connected to the sacramental life and church, we can ensure that the devotion is not a means for personal complacency, but an active and life giving call to follow in the Love that God wants for each of us. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 125- 128 - St. Claude de la Columbière\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.jesuits.global/saint-blessed/saint-claude-la-colombiere/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eJesuit's global article\u003c/a\u003e for background on St. Claude de la Columbière\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.piercedhearts.org/treasures/devotions/to_saints/claude_colombiere.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePrayer of Trust and Confidence\u003c/a\u003e by St. Claude la Columbière\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eACT OF HOPE AND CONFIDENCE IN GOD\u003cbr\u003e\nSt. Claude de la Colombiere\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMy God, I believe most firmly that You watch over all who hope in You,\u003cbr\u003e\nand that we can want for nothing when we rely upon You in all things.\u003cbr\u003e\nTherefore I am resolved for the future...to cast all my cares upon You...\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeople may deprive me of worldly goods and status.\u003cbr\u003e\nSickness may take from me my strength and the means of serving You.\u003cbr\u003e\nI may even jeopardize our relationship by sin, but my trust shall never leave me.\u003cbr\u003e\nI will preserve it to the last moment of my life, and the powers of hell shall seek in vain\u003cbr\u003e\nto grab it from me.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLet others seek happiness in their wealth and in their talents. Let them trust in the purity of their lives, the severity of their mortifications, in the number of their good works, the enthusiasm of their prayers,\u003cbr\u003e\nas for me, my Rock and my Refuge, my confidence in you fills me with hope. For You, my Divine Protector, alone have settled me in hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"This confidence can never be vain. No one, who has hoped in God, has ever been confounded.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI am assured, therefore, of my eternal happiness, for I firmly hope in it and all my hope is in You. \"In You, O loving God, have I hoped: let me never be confounded.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI know too well that I am weak and changeable. I know the power of temptation against the strongest virtue.\u003cbr\u003e\nI have seen stars fall and foundations of my world crack; these things do not alarm me. While I hope in You, I am sheltered from all misfortune, and I am sure that my trust shall endure, for I rely upon You to sustain this unfailing hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, I know that my confidence cannot exceed Your generosity, and that I shall never receive less\u003cbr\u003e\nthan I have hoped for from You. Therefore I hope that You will sustain me against my evil inclinations,\u003cbr\u003e\nthat You will protect me against the deceitful attacks of the evil one, and that You will cause my weakness\u003cbr\u003e\nto triumph over every hostile force. I hope that You will never cease to love me and that I shall love You unceasingly.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"In You, O loving God, have I hoped: let me never be confounded.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis seeks to place the devotion to the Sacred Heart which was inspired by the apparitions of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary within the obedience of the Catholic church, by including St. Claude de la Columbière, the French Jesuit who became confessor and spiritual advisor to St. Margaret Mary. By keeping us obedient to the gospel and connected to the sacramental life and church, we can ensure that the devotion is not a means for personal complacency, but an active and life giving call to follow in the Love that God wants for each of us. ","date_published":"2025-08-22T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/e3fd13ca-0b1e-41b5-a797-ba0b03c8a211.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":9599108,"duration_in_seconds":1197}]},{"id":"20ddb3c4-5764-4a2f-9fc3-346fc44b37e0","title":"Episode 82: \"Mama said don't give up\" - Mission Rosary with Robert Ramos","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/82","content_text":"Jen sits down with Robert Ramos, husband, dad, Knight of Columbus, and lay minister leading his family in faith, and founder of Mission Rosary. Born out of the desire to keep serving in faith, despite the darkness of the pandemic, Robert responded to a desire to keep showing up in faith for his family and uses his story and his desire to share the Good news with others as a means for healing. His latest campaign is called \"Your Life Matters\", and is changing lives in his community.\n\nRobert has seen how his faith has helped him overcome childhood traumas, and deal with the stresses as a military veteran, dad and husband doing his best. We talk through a lot of the ways God shows up in his life, and the ways he leads his family in prayer and faith. \n\nRobert Ramos's Mission Rosary Prayer Journal \nOr check out the whole Mission Rosary Etsy Shop\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen sits down with Robert Ramos, husband, dad, Knight of Columbus, and lay minister leading his family in faith, and founder of Mission Rosary. Born out of the desire to keep serving in faith, despite the darkness of the pandemic, Robert responded to a desire to keep showing up in faith for his family and uses his story and his desire to share the Good news with others as a means for healing. His latest campaign is called \"Your Life Matters\", and is changing lives in his community.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRobert has seen how his faith has helped him overcome childhood traumas, and deal with the stresses as a military veteran, dad and husband doing his best. We talk through a lot of the ways God shows up in his life, and the ways he leads his family in prayer and faith. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Ramos's \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/missionrosaryprayerjournal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eMission Rosary Prayer Journal \u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOr check out the whole \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/missionrosaryetsyshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eMission Rosary Etsy Shop\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen sits down with Robert Ramos, husband, dad, Knight of Columbus, and lay minister leading his family in faith, and founder of Mission Rosary. Born out of the desire to keep serving in faith, despite the darkness of the pandemic, Robert responded to a desire to keep showing up in faith for his family and uses his story and his desire to share the Good news with others as a means for healing. ","date_published":"2025-08-19T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/20ddb3c4-5764-4a2f-9fc3-346fc44b37e0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":32298397,"duration_in_seconds":4035}]},{"id":"a09abcf1-9cc4-4247-959a-382b42a97657","title":"Episode 81: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 27 - A New Declaration of Love","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/81","content_text":"At just exactly passed the midpoint of the encyclical, Pope Francis in Chapter 4, paragraphs 119 - 124, finally gets to the apparitions of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the Visitation nun who in 1673 through 1675 received private revelation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pope Francis clarifies the significance of private revelations, as well as the connection between the Sacred Heart and Jesus's Eucharistic presence. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 119- 124 - A New Declaration of Love\n\nHoly Mass and Ordinations, Feast of the Sacred Heart, June 27 2025 - Pope Leo XIV\n\nPrayer for Mutual Coexistence - August 2025\nJesus, Lord of our history,\nFaithful companion and living presence,\nYou who never tire of coming to meet us,\nHere we are, in need of Your peace.\n\nWe live in times of fear and division.\nSometimes we act as if we were alone,\nBuilding walls that separate us from one another,\nForgetting that we are brothers and sisters.\n\nSend us Your Spirit, Lord,\nTo rekindle within us\nThe desire to understand one another, to listen,\nTo live together with respect and compassion.\n\nGive us the courage to seek paths of dialogue,\nTo respond to conflict with gestures of fraternity,\nTo open our hearts to others without fear of differences.\n\nMake us builders of bridges,\nAble to overcome borders and ideologies,\nAble to see others through the eyes of the heart,\nRecognizing in every person an inviolable dignity.\n\nHelp us create spaces where hope can flourish,\nWhere diversity is not a threat\nBut a richness that makes us more human.\n\nAmen.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eAt just exactly passed the midpoint of the encyclical, Pope Francis in Chapter 4, paragraphs 119 - 124, finally gets to the apparitions of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the Visitation nun who in 1673 through 1675 received private revelation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pope Francis clarifies the significance of private revelations, as well as the connection between the Sacred Heart and Jesus's Eucharistic presence. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 119- 124 - A New Declaration of Love\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/homilies/2025/documents/20250627-omelia-giubileo-sacerdoti.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eHoly Mass and Ordinations, Feast of the Sacred Heart\u003c/a\u003e, June 27 2025 - Pope Leo XIV\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/mU2JBABYZhA?si=eoDLJoK-9vjDU0Zh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePrayer for Mutual Coexistence\u003c/a\u003e - August 2025\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, Lord of our history,\u003cbr\u003e\nFaithful companion and living presence,\u003cbr\u003e\nYou who never tire of coming to meet us,\u003cbr\u003e\nHere we are, in need of Your peace.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe live in times of fear and division.\u003cbr\u003e\nSometimes we act as if we were alone,\u003cbr\u003e\nBuilding walls that separate us from one another,\u003cbr\u003e\nForgetting that we are brothers and sisters.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSend us Your Spirit, Lord,\u003cbr\u003e\nTo rekindle within us\u003cbr\u003e\nThe desire to understand one another, to listen,\u003cbr\u003e\nTo live together with respect and compassion.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGive us the courage to seek paths of dialogue,\u003cbr\u003e\nTo respond to conflict with gestures of fraternity,\u003cbr\u003e\nTo open our hearts to others without fear of differences.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMake us builders of bridges,\u003cbr\u003e\nAble to overcome borders and ideologies,\u003cbr\u003e\nAble to see others through the eyes of the heart,\u003cbr\u003e\nRecognizing in every person an inviolable dignity.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHelp us create spaces where hope can flourish,\u003cbr\u003e\nWhere diversity is not a threat\u003cbr\u003e\nBut a richness that makes us more human.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"At just exactly passed the midpoint of the encyclical, Pope Francis finally gets to the apparitions of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the Visitation nun who in 1673 through 1675 received private revelation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pope Francis clarifies the significance of private revelations, as well as the connection between the Sacred Heart and Jesus's Eucharistic presence. ","date_published":"2025-08-16T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/a09abcf1-9cc4-4247-959a-382b42a97657.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":13159944,"duration_in_seconds":1095}]},{"id":"7f593dbc-a08d-4025-9b85-1ebf4547df2d","title":"Episode 80: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 26 - St. Francis de Sales","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/80","content_text":"Pope Francis dives into the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jean Francis de Chantal in Chapter 4, paragraphs 114-118, who together established the Order of the Visitation. St. Francis de Sales profound imagery of the Sacred Heart being engraved with the names of each of us to love individually and profoundly is a powerful one, which certainly laid the ground for St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, who was a professed Visitation nun. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 114 - 118 - St. Francis de Sales.\n\nJohn Abruzzese article on St. Francis de Sales -  meditation about the heart of Jesus the infant in the straw. \n\nThe Prayer of St. Francis de Sales \n\nBe at peace.\nDo not look forward in fear to the changes of life;\nrather look to them with full hope as they arise.\nGod, whose very own you are, will deliver you from out of them.\nHe has kept you hitherto, and He will lead you safely through all things;\nand when you cannot stand it, God will bury you in his arms.\nDo not fear what may happen tomorrow;\nthe same everlasting Father who cares for you today\nwill take care of you then and every day.\nHe will either shield you from suffering, or give you unfailing strength to bear it.\nBe at peace, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imagination.\nSt. Francis de Sales  1567-1622\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis dives into the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jean Francis de Chantal in Chapter 4, paragraphs 114-118, who together established the Order of the Visitation. St. Francis de Sales profound imagery of the Sacred Heart being engraved with the names of each of us to love individually and profoundly is a powerful one, which certainly laid the ground for St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, who was a professed Visitation nun. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 114 - 118 - St. Francis de Sales.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://hosted.desales.edu/files/salesian/library/Abruzzese-Heart.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eJohn Abruzzese article on St. Francis de Sales\u003c/a\u003e -  meditation about the heart of Jesus the infant in the straw. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.sistersofthedivinesavior.org/pray_archive/the-prayer-of-st-francis-de-sales/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eThe Prayer of St. Francis de Sales \u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBe at peace.\u003cbr\u003e\nDo not look forward in fear to the changes of life;\u003cbr\u003e\nrather look to them with full hope as they arise.\u003cbr\u003e\nGod, whose very own you are, will deliver you from out of them.\u003cbr\u003e\nHe has kept you hitherto, and He will lead you safely through all things;\u003cbr\u003e\nand when you cannot stand it, God will bury you in his arms.\u003cbr\u003e\nDo not fear what may happen tomorrow;\u003cbr\u003e\nthe same everlasting Father who cares for you today\u003cbr\u003e\nwill take care of you then and every day.\u003cbr\u003e\nHe will either shield you from suffering, or give you unfailing strength to bear it.\u003cbr\u003e\nBe at peace, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\nSt. Francis de Sales  1567-1622\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis dives into the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jean Francis de Chantal, who together established the Order of the Visitation. St. Francis de Sales profound imagery of the Sacred Heart being engraved with the names of each of us to love individually and profoundly is a powerful one, which certainly laid the ground for St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, who was a professed Visitation nun. ","date_published":"2025-08-08T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/7f593dbc-a08d-4025-9b85-1ebf4547df2d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":9962784,"duration_in_seconds":1207}]},{"id":"b7a3d183-1897-446a-9766-47796a69f60e","title":"Episode 79: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 25 - The Spread of Devotion to the Heart of Christ","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/79","content_text":"Pope Francis continues in Chapter 4, paragraphs 103-113, outining major medieval saints who prefigure the modern devotion to the Sacred Heart, through mystical and prayer experioences that helped to inform and inspire deeper understanding of the love of Christ. There is something important in this notion that the Holy Spirit reveals truths over time, and that we are all inheritors of grace through the traditons of the Church as well as through our sacramental bonds.\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 109 - 113 - The Spread of the Devotion to the Heart of Christ.\n\nSt. Gertrude's Prayer on the Titles of Christ\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis continues in Chapter 4, paragraphs 103-113, outining major medieval saints who prefigure the modern devotion to the Sacred Heart, through mystical and prayer experioences that helped to inform and inspire deeper understanding of the love of Christ. There is something important in this notion that the Holy Spirit reveals truths over time, and that we are all inheritors of grace through the traditons of the Church as well as through our sacramental bonds.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 109 - 113 - The Spread of the Devotion to the Heart of Christ.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.ldysinger.com/@texts2/1290_gert-gr/00a_start.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSt. Gertrude's Prayer on the Titles of Christ\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis continues in Chapter 4, paragraphs 103-113, outining major medieval saints who prefigure the modern devotion to the Sacred Heart, through mystical and prayer experioences that helped to inform and inspire deeper understanding of the love of Christ. There is something important in this notion that the Holy Spirit reveals truths over time, and that we are all inheritors of grace through the traditions of the Church as well as through our sacramental bonds.","date_published":"2025-08-02T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/b7a3d183-1897-446a-9766-47796a69f60e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":16040591,"duration_in_seconds":1335}]},{"id":"7bd3fdfb-6223-4165-bf01-641bf232b050","title":"Episode 78: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 24 - Echoes of the Word in History","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/78","content_text":"Pope Francis continues in Chapter 4, paragraphs 102-108, with presenting the ways in which our Spiritual heritage and church traditions have understood God's Love throughout the two millennia of Christendom. How saints and scholars have expressed the all consuming love of God poured out from the wounded side of Christ are the active healing power of Christ given through the Holy Spirit in the graces of the Sacraments.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 102 - 108 - Echoes of the Word in History\n\nCatechism of the Catholic Church - 1114 - 1116 - The Sacraments of Christ\n\nThomas Merton - Come, My Love\nCome, my love\n\nCome, my love,\nPass through my will\nAs through a window\nShine on my life\nAs on a meadow\nI like the grass to be consumed\nBy the rays of the sun\nOn a late summer’s morning\n\nCome, my love,\nAll through the night\nI lay longing\nEagerly to wait\nFor love’s union\nLike dawn’s flower awaits\nFor the wedding with the sun\nConsummated in the light\n\nYour light, my love,\nIs stealing my heart\nAs a secret\nI’m left\nLike a vanishing form\nThat leaves no shadows\nExposed naked, alone\nBetween the heavens and the earth\nLifted high on the cross with the Savior\n\nO life-giving tomb,\nPrepared through the night\nFor dawn’s dying\nLike a moon\nLike the mansions of heaven\nAwait the rebirth of a child\nNew Jerusalem\nSo come to my life, Light of Heaven\n\nCome, my love,\nPass through my will\nAs through a window\nShine on my life\nAs on a meadow\nI like the grass to be washed\nBy the rays of the sun\nOn the late summer’s morning\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis continues in Chapter 4, paragraphs 102-108, with presenting the ways in which our Spiritual heritage and church traditions have understood God's Love throughout the two millennia of Christendom. How saints and scholars have expressed the all consuming love of God poured out from the wounded side of Christ are the active healing power of Christ given through the Holy Spirit in the graces of the Sacraments.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 102 - 108 - Echoes of the Word in History\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCatechism of the Catholic Church - \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_two/section_one/chapter_one/article_2/i_the_sacraments_of_christ.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e1114 - 1116 - The Sacraments of Christ\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Merton - Come, My Love\u003cbr\u003e\nCome, my love\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCome, my love,\u003cbr\u003e\nPass through my will\u003cbr\u003e\nAs through a window\u003cbr\u003e\nShine on my life\u003cbr\u003e\nAs on a meadow\u003cbr\u003e\nI like the grass to be consumed\u003cbr\u003e\nBy the rays of the sun\u003cbr\u003e\nOn a late summer’s morning\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCome, my love,\u003cbr\u003e\nAll through the night\u003cbr\u003e\nI lay longing\u003cbr\u003e\nEagerly to wait\u003cbr\u003e\nFor love’s union\u003cbr\u003e\nLike dawn’s flower awaits\u003cbr\u003e\nFor the wedding with the sun\u003cbr\u003e\nConsummated in the light\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYour light, my love,\u003cbr\u003e\nIs stealing my heart\u003cbr\u003e\nAs a secret\u003cbr\u003e\nI’m left\u003cbr\u003e\nLike a vanishing form\u003cbr\u003e\nThat leaves no shadows\u003cbr\u003e\nExposed naked, alone\u003cbr\u003e\nBetween the heavens and the earth\u003cbr\u003e\nLifted high on the cross with the Savior\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eO life-giving tomb,\u003cbr\u003e\nPrepared through the night\u003cbr\u003e\nFor dawn’s dying\u003cbr\u003e\nLike a moon\u003cbr\u003e\nLike the mansions of heaven\u003cbr\u003e\nAwait the rebirth of a child\u003cbr\u003e\nNew Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e\nSo come to my life, Light of Heaven\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCome, my love,\u003cbr\u003e\nPass through my will\u003cbr\u003e\nAs through a window\u003cbr\u003e\nShine on my life\u003cbr\u003e\nAs on a meadow\u003cbr\u003e\nI like the grass to be washed\u003cbr\u003e\nBy the rays of the sun\u003cbr\u003e\nOn the late summer’s morning\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis continues in Chapter 4 with presenting the ways in which our Spiritual heritage and church traditions have understood God's Love throughout the two millennia of Christendom. How saints and scholars have expressed the all consuming love of God poured out from the wounded side of Christ are the active healing power of Christ given through the Holy Spirit in the graces of the Sacraments.","date_published":"2025-07-26T08:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/7bd3fdfb-6223-4165-bf01-641bf232b050.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":9751712,"duration_in_seconds":1180}]},{"id":"cf9bd72b-13c7-44a1-acc8-96b3535296b8","title":"Episode 77: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 23 - A God who Thirsts for Love","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/77","content_text":"Pope Francis in Chapter 4 sets paragraphs 98 - 101, in using the prophets of the Old Testament that spoke of the love of God for His beloved people of Israel with the consolation of springs in the desert and waters flowing to satiate the thirsty. We dive into a letter of Pope St. John Paul II to the Society of Jesus which helps us contextualize the importance of understanding our own belovedness first, as a first step in understanding our path for discipleship. \nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 98 - 101 - A God who Thirsts for Love\n\nLetter to the Superior General at Paray-le-Monial - 7 October 1986 - Pope St. John Paul II\n\nAnima Christi Prayer\nSoul of Christ, sanctify me.\nBody of Christ, save me.\nBlood of Christ, inebriate me.\nWater from the side of Christ, wash me.\nPassion of Christ, strengthen me.\nO Good Jesus, hear me.\nWithin your wounds hide me.\nPermit me not to be separated from you.\nFrom the wicked foe, defend me.\nAt the hour of my death, call me\nand bid me come to you\nThat with your saints I may praise you\nFor ever and ever. Amen.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis in Chapter 4 sets paragraphs 98 - 101, in using the prophets of the Old Testament that spoke of the love of God for His beloved people of Israel with the consolation of springs in the desert and waters flowing to satiate the thirsty. We dive into a letter of Pope St. John Paul II to the Society of Jesus which helps us contextualize the importance of understanding our own belovedness first, as a first step in understanding our path for discipleship. \u003cbr\u003e\nPrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html#_ftnref84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 98 - 101 - A God who Thirsts for Love\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/fr/letters/1986/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_19861005_preposito-francia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eLetter to the Superior General at Paray-le-Monial\u003c/a\u003e - 7 October 1986 - Pope St. John Paul II\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/prayers-by-st-ignatius-and-others/anima-christi/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eAnima Christi Prayer\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSoul of Christ, sanctify me.\u003cbr\u003e\nBody of Christ, save me.\u003cbr\u003e\nBlood of Christ, inebriate me.\u003cbr\u003e\nWater from the side of Christ, wash me.\u003cbr\u003e\nPassion of Christ, strengthen me.\u003cbr\u003e\nO Good Jesus, hear me.\u003cbr\u003e\nWithin your wounds hide me.\u003cbr\u003e\nPermit me not to be separated from you.\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom the wicked foe, defend me.\u003cbr\u003e\nAt the hour of my death, call me\u003cbr\u003e\nand bid me come to you\u003cbr\u003e\nThat with your saints I may praise you\u003cbr\u003e\nFor ever and ever. Amen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis in Chapter 4 sets paragraphs 98 - 101, in using the prophets of the Old Testament that spoke of the love of God for His beloved people of Israel with the consolation of springs in the desert and waters flowing to satiate the thirsty.","date_published":"2025-07-18T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/cf9bd72b-13c7-44a1-acc8-96b3535296b8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":10511649,"duration_in_seconds":1312}]},{"id":"9af4c066-1e85-46be-8069-fae2fdc99203","title":"Episode 76: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 22 - A Love that Gives Itself as Drink","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/76","content_text":"Pope Francis begins Chapter 4 with paragraphs 92 - 97, in using the scriptures of the Old Testament that foretold of the water that will satisfy the land, and bring everlasting life and abundance to the people of Israel. The prophet Ezekiel and the Psalms give us glimpses into the salvific promises of the Messiah which are intertextually related to the Gospel of John. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 92 - 97 - A Love that Gives Itself as Drink\n\nMishnah Sukkot \n\nPope Leo XIV’s prayer for discernment\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis begins Chapter 4 with paragraphs 92 - 97, in using the scriptures of the Old Testament that foretold of the water that will satisfy the land, and bring everlasting life and abundance to the people of Israel. The prophet Ezekiel and the Psalms give us glimpses into the salvific promises of the Messiah which are intertextually related to the Gospel of John. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 4, Paragraphs 92 - 97 - A Love that Gives Itself as Drink\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.sefaria.org/English_Explanation_of_Mishnah_Sukkah.4.6.2?lang=bi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eMishnah Sukkot\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-07/pope-leo-xiv-july-prayer-intention-formation-discernment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePope Leo XIV’s prayer for discernment\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis begins Chapter 4 with the scriptures of the Old Testament that foretold of the water that will satisfy the land, and bring everlasting life and abundance to the people of Israel. The prophet Ezekiel and the Psalms give us glimpses into the salvific promises of the Messiah which are intertextually related to the Gospel of John. ","date_published":"2025-07-11T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/9af4c066-1e85-46be-8069-fae2fdc99203.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":9614448,"duration_in_seconds":1165}]},{"id":"8ea0f12f-c004-4c82-b4f8-edb9a4d33d25","title":"Episode 75: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 21 - Further Reflections and Relevance for our times (2 of 2)","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/75","content_text":"Pope Francis concludes Chapter 3 with paragraphs 87 - 91 the reflections of recognition that only through simple trust in the mercy and reality of love contained in the \"the incarnate synthesis of the Gospel\" that the words of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and St. Faustina Kowalska come to be understood. He has laid the groundwork for the understanding of personal spiritual experience and communal missionary commitment found uniquely through the Sacred Heart of Christ, and that this is the missional foundation of all pastoral conversion that needs to be effected throughout our church. \nAs we will begin the next chapter on the Precious Blood and since we have entered this month of July devoted to the Precious Blood of Christ, Jen leads us in understanding the nurturing symbology of the Pelican in the prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas \"Adoro te Devote\".\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 87 - 91 - Further Reflections and Relevance for our times (2 of 2)\n\nC'est la confiance - Pope Francis on the 150th anniversary of the birth of St. Therese of the child Jesus\n\nSpiritual meaning of the Pelican article from St. Catherine Church\n\nAdoro te Devote from Preces Latinae\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis concludes Chapter 3 with paragraphs 87 - 91 the reflections of recognition that only through simple trust in the mercy and reality of love contained in the \"the incarnate synthesis of the Gospel\" that the words of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and St. Faustina Kowalska come to be understood. He has laid the groundwork for the understanding of personal spiritual experience and communal missionary commitment found uniquely through the Sacred Heart of Christ, and that this is the missional foundation of all pastoral conversion that needs to be effected throughout our church. \u003cbr\u003e\nAs we will begin the next chapter on the Precious Blood and since we have entered this month of July devoted to the Precious Blood of Christ, Jen leads us in understanding the nurturing symbology of the Pelican in the prayer of St. Thomas Aquinas \"Adoro te Devote\".\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 87 - 91 - Further Reflections and Relevance for our times (2 of 2)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20231015-santateresa-delbambinogesu.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eC'est la confiance - Pope Francis on the 150th anniversary of the birth of St. Therese of the child Jesus\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.stcatherinercc.org/single-post/2018/03/14/what-is-the-spiritual-meaning-of-a-pelican\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSpiritual meaning of the Pelican\u003c/a\u003e article from St. Catherine Church\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/Hymni/AdoroTe.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eAdoro te Devote\u003c/a\u003e from Preces Latinae\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis concludes Chapter 3 with the reflections of recognition that only through simple trust in the mercy and reality of love contained in the \"the incarnate synthesis of the Gospel\" that the words of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and St. Faustina Kowalska come to be understood. ","date_published":"2025-07-04T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/8ea0f12f-c004-4c82-b4f8-edb9a4d33d25.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":30384756,"duration_in_seconds":1265}]},{"id":"5e49a73e-d843-4ac4-8c44-3c94e6be2dc4","title":"Episode 74: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 20 - Further Reflections and Relevance for our times (1 of 2)","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/74","content_text":"Pope Francis concludes Chapter 3, paragraphs 82-86 with the reflections of Pope Pius XII and Pope Benedict XVI in addressing the ways in which in a special way the Eucharistic and scriptural aspects of the devotion to the Sacred Heart address the heresies that are still prevalent in modern society, in particular the Janeists and also certain sects that have an understanding of further public revelation, past what is Biblical. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs82 - 86 - Further Reflections and Relevance for our times (1 of 2)\n\n[Encyclical Letter Haurietis Aquas - Pope Pius XII 15 May 1956\n\nApostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini Pope Benedict XVI 2010\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nConsecration to the Sacred Heart by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque\nO Sacred Heart of Jesus, to Thee I consecrate and offer up my person and my life, my actions, trials, and sufferings, that my entire being may henceforth only be employed in loving, honoring and glorifying Thee. This is my irrevocable will, to belong entirely to Thee, and to do all for Thy love, renouncing with my whole heart all that can displease Thee.\n\nI take Thee, O Sacred Heart, for the sole object of my love, the protection of my life, the pledge of my salvation, the remedy of my frailty and inconstancy, the reparation for all the defects of my life, and my secure refuge at the hour of my death. Be Thou, O Most Merciful Heart, my justification before God Thy Father, and screen me from His anger which I have so justly merited. I fear all from my own weakness and malice, but placing my entire confidence in Thee, O Heart of Love, I hope all from Thine infinite Goodness. Annihilate in me all that can displease or resist Thee. Imprint Thy pure love so deeply in my heart that I may never forget Thee or be separated from Thee.\nI beseech Thee, through Thine infinite Goodness, grant that my name be engraved upon Thy Heart, for in this I place all my happiness and all my glory, to live and to die as one of Thy devoted servants.\n\nAmen.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis concludes Chapter 3, paragraphs 82-86 with the reflections of Pope Pius XII and Pope Benedict XVI in addressing the ways in which in a special way the Eucharistic and scriptural aspects of the devotion to the Sacred Heart address the heresies that are still prevalent in modern society, in particular the Janeists and also certain sects that have an understanding of further public revelation, past what is Biblical. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 3, Paragraphs82 - 86 - Further Reflections and Relevance for our times (1 of 2)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e[Encyclical Letter Haurietis Aquas - Pope Pius XII \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_15051956_haurietis-aquas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e15 May 1956\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20100930_verbum-domini.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eApostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini Pope Benedict XVI 2010\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConsecration to the Sacred Heart by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque\u003cbr\u003e\nO Sacred Heart of Jesus, to Thee I consecrate and offer up my person and my life, my actions, trials, and sufferings, that my entire being may henceforth only be employed in loving, honoring and glorifying Thee. This is my irrevocable will, to belong entirely to Thee, and to do all for Thy love, renouncing with my whole heart all that can displease Thee.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI take Thee, O Sacred Heart, for the sole object of my love, the protection of my life, the pledge of my salvation, the remedy of my frailty and inconstancy, the reparation for all the defects of my life, and my secure refuge at the hour of my death. Be Thou, O Most Merciful Heart, my justification before God Thy Father, and screen me from His anger which I have so justly merited. I fear all from my own weakness and malice, but placing my entire confidence in Thee, O Heart of Love, I hope all from Thine infinite Goodness. Annihilate in me all that can displease or resist Thee. Imprint Thy pure love so deeply in my heart that I may never forget Thee or be separated from Thee.\u003cbr\u003e\nI beseech Thee, through Thine infinite Goodness, grant that my name be engraved upon Thy Heart, for in this I place all my happiness and all my glory, to live and to die as one of Thy devoted servants.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis concludes Chapter 3 with the reflections of Pope Pius XII and Pope Benedict XVI in addressing the ways in which in a special way the Eucharistic and scriptural aspects of the devotion to the Sacred Heart address the heresies that are still prevalent in modern society, in particular the Janeists and also certain sects that have an understanding of further public revelation, past what is Biblical. ","date_published":"2025-06-27T18:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/5e49a73e-d843-4ac4-8c44-3c94e6be2dc4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":10182290,"duration_in_seconds":1234}]},{"id":"e15448db-eb21-4eeb-bc1f-ad3bf42c6f63","title":"Episode 73: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 19 - Recent teachings of the Magisterium","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/73","content_text":"Pope Francis starts wrapping up Chapter 3 in paragraphs 78 - 81, with reflections on his recent predecessor's teachings and recommendations regarding the importance of devotion to the Sacred Heart. Tracing from Pope Leo XIII, Pius XI, and XII, Pope St. John Paul II, and Pope Benedict XVI. As a closing meditation, Jen brings in the most recent reflection and prayer from Pope Leo XIV in a prayer for compassion and mission through knowing intimately the Sacred Heart of Jesus.\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 78-81 - Recent Teachings of the Magesterium\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\n[Encyclical Letter Annum Sacrum - Pope Leo XIII 25 May 1899\n\n[Encyclical Letter Miserentissimus Redemptor  - Pope Pius XI 8 May 1928\n\n[Encyclical Letter Haurietis Aquas - Pope Pius XII 15 May 1956\n\nCatechesis - Pope St. John Paul II - 8 June 1994 - \n\nAngelus - Pope Benedict XIV - 1 June 2008\n\nPope Leo XIV - Prayer to the Sacred Heart - 11 June 2025\n\nLord, I come to your tender heart today,\nto you who have words that set my heart ablaze,\nto you who pour out compassion on the little ones and the poor,\non those who suffer, and on all human miseries.\n\nI desire to know you more, to contemplate you in the Gospel,\nto be with you and learn from you\nand from the charity with which you allowed yourself\nto be touched by all forms of poverty.\n\nYou showed us the Father’s love by loving us without measure\nwith your divine and human heart.\nGrant all your children the grace of encountering you.\n\nChange, shape, and transform our plans,\nso that we seek only you in every circumstance:\nin prayer, in work, in encounters, and in our daily routine.\n\nFrom this encounter, send us out on mission,\na mission of compassion for the world\nin which you are the source from which all consolation flows.\nAmen.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis starts wrapping up Chapter 3 in paragraphs 78 - 81, with reflections on his recent predecessor's teachings and recommendations regarding the importance of devotion to the Sacred Heart. Tracing from Pope Leo XIII, Pius XI, and XII, Pope St. John Paul II, and Pope Benedict XVI. As a closing meditation, Jen brings in the most recent reflection and prayer from Pope Leo XIV in a prayer for compassion and mission through knowing intimately the Sacred Heart of Jesus.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 78-81 - Recent Teachings of the Magesterium\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e[Encyclical Letter Annum Sacrum - Pope Leo XIII \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_25051899_annum-sacrum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e25 May 1899\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e[Encyclical Letter Miserentissimus Redemptor  - Pope Pius XI \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19280508_miserentissimus-redemptor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e8 May 1928\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e[Encyclical Letter Haurietis Aquas - Pope Pius XII \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_15051956_haurietis-aquas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e15 May 1956\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/it/audiences/1994/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_19940608.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eCatechesis - Pope St. John Paul II - 8 June 1994\u003c/a\u003e - \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/angelus/2008/documents/hf_ben-xvi_ang_20080601.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eAngelus - Pope Benedict XIV - 1 June 2008\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://popesprayerusa.net/2025/06/05/that-the-world-might-grow-in-compassion-the-pope-video/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePope Leo XIV - Prayer to the Sacred Heart - 11 June 2025\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLord, I come to your tender heart today,\u003cbr\u003e\nto you who have words that set my heart ablaze,\u003cbr\u003e\nto you who pour out compassion on the little ones and the poor,\u003cbr\u003e\non those who suffer, and on all human miseries.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI desire to know you more, to contemplate you in the Gospel,\u003cbr\u003e\nto be with you and learn from you\u003cbr\u003e\nand from the charity with which you allowed yourself\u003cbr\u003e\nto be touched by all forms of poverty.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou showed us the Father’s love by loving us without measure\u003cbr\u003e\nwith your divine and human heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nGrant all your children the grace of encountering you.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChange, shape, and transform our plans,\u003cbr\u003e\nso that we seek only you in every circumstance:\u003cbr\u003e\nin prayer, in work, in encounters, and in our daily routine.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom this encounter, send us out on mission,\u003cbr\u003e\na mission of compassion for the world\u003cbr\u003e\nin which you are the source from which all consolation flows.\u003cbr\u003e\nAmen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis starts wrapping up Chapter 3 with reflections on his recent predecessor's teachings and recommendations regarding the importance of devotion to the Sacred Heart. Tracing from Pope Leo XIII, Pius XI, and XII, Pope St. John Paul II, and Pope Benedict XVI. ","date_published":"2025-06-20T15:15:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/e15448db-eb21-4eeb-bc1f-ad3bf42c6f63.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34674552,"duration_in_seconds":1432}]},{"id":"fb3fadc5-2e29-4073-9704-42997ebe8bb8","title":"Episode 72: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 18 - Trinitarian Perspectives (2 of 2)","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/72","content_text":"Pope Francis stresses the importance of the Trinity in Chapter 3, exploring the active agency of the Holy  Spirit in the salvific and adoptive work accomplished through Jesus' Sacred Heart. God the Father pours out the Holy Spirit in Love to Jesus Christ and that one and the same spirit is poured into the hearts of all believers. Pope Francis references the words of St. John Paul II at the turn of the third millenium,  and his own homily for the recognition of the work of the Holy Spirit. We close with the words of our own Cardinal Tobin in his Trinitarian message published today, as well as the new prayer of the Sacred Heart from Pope Leo XIV offered just this morning.\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 75-77 - Trinitarian Perspectives\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nPope St. John Paul II - Angelus 23 June 2002\n\nSAINT JOHN PAUL II, Message on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Consecration of the Human Race to the Divine Heart of Jesus\n\nPope Francis Homily at Gemelli Hospital 27 June 2014\n\nCardinal Tobin Rejoice in the Lord - June 13, 2025 - The Trinity is the central mystery of Christian Life and Belief\n\nPope Leo XIV - Sacred Heart Prayer - June 2025 \n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis stresses the importance of the Trinity in Chapter 3, exploring the active agency of the Holy  Spirit in the salvific and adoptive work accomplished through Jesus' Sacred Heart. God the Father pours out the Holy Spirit in Love to Jesus Christ and that one and the same spirit is poured into the hearts of all believers. Pope Francis references the words of St. John Paul II at the turn of the third millenium,  and his own homily for the recognition of the work of the Holy Spirit. We close with the words of our own Cardinal Tobin in his Trinitarian message published today, as well as the new prayer of the Sacred Heart from Pope Leo XIV offered just this morning.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 75-77 - Trinitarian Perspectives\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/angelus/2002/documents/hf_jp-ii_ang_20020623.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePope St. John Paul II - Angelus 23 June 2002\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/letters/1999/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_19990611_consagrazione-sacro-cuore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSAINT JOHN PAUL II, Message on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Consecration of the Human Race to the Divine Heart of Jesus\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/homilies/2014/documents/papa-francesco_20140627_omelia-ospedale-gemelli.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePope Francis Homily at Gemelli Hospital 27 June 2014\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCardinal Tobin Rejoice in the Lord - June 13, 2025 - \u003ca href=\"https://rcan.org/cardinal-tobin-the-trinity-is-the-central-mystery-of-christian-life-and-belief/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eThe Trinity is the central mystery of Christian Life and Belief\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePope Leo XIV - \u003ca href=\"https://popesprayerusa.net/2025/06/05/for-compassion-in-the-world-monthly-prayer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSacred Heart Prayer\u003c/a\u003e - June 2025 \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis stresses the importance of the Trinity in Chapter 3, paragraphs 75-77, exploring the active agency of the Holy Spirit in the salvific and adoptive work accomplished through Jesus' Sacred Heart. God the Father pours out the Holy Spirit in Love to Jesus Christ and that one and the same spirit is poured into the hearts of all believers. ","date_published":"2025-06-13T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/fb3fadc5-2e29-4073-9704-42997ebe8bb8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":10254125,"duration_in_seconds":1243}]},{"id":"23b77446-4ea8-4d03-a4e6-100336c4b094","title":"Episode 71: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 17- Trinitarian Perspectives (1of 2)","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/71","content_text":"Pope Francis recgnizes the importance of the Trinity in Chapter 3, exploring the unique relationship that God the Father desires with each individual through Jesus Christ, his Son.  Pope Francis uses scriptural sources, as well as tradition of the church through St. Ignatius of Antioch and St. Ireneus to recognize the central place within humanity that God's love has. We read the words of St. John Paul II at the turn of the third millenium, Pope Leo XIV's homily last week, and conclude with a prayer by St. Ephraem Syrus who lived in the 4th century for our meditations on accompaniment and vocation. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 70-74 - Trinitarian Perspectives\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nJohn Paul II's \"Tertio Millennio\"\n\nPope Leo XIV \"Homily on the Jubilee of Families\"\n\nJessica French's \"Strengthen for Service\"\n\nStrengthen for service, Lord, the hands\nThat holy things have taken;\nLet ears that now have heard thy songs\nTo lesser things never waken.\n\nLord, may the tongues which \"Holy\" sang\nBe free from all deceiving;\nMay eyes which saw Thy love be bright\nThy blessèd hope perceiving.\n\nMay feet that tread Thy holly courts\nFrom Thy true light never be banished;\nMay bodies by Thy body fed\nWith Thy new life be replenished.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis recgnizes the importance of the Trinity in Chapter 3, exploring the unique relationship that God the Father desires with each individual through Jesus Christ, his Son.  Pope Francis uses scriptural sources, as well as tradition of the church through St. Ignatius of Antioch and St. Ireneus to recognize the central place within humanity that God's love has. We read the words of St. John Paul II at the turn of the third millenium, Pope Leo XIV's homily last week, and conclude with a prayer by St. Ephraem Syrus who lived in the 4th century for our meditations on accompaniment and vocation. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 70-74 - Trinitarian Perspectives\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1994/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_19941110_tertio-millennio-adveniente.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eJohn Paul II's \"Tertio Millennio\"\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/homilies/2025/documents/20250601-omelia-giubileo-famiglie.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePope Leo XIV \"Homily on the Jubilee of Families\"\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/hz-6TNB6vag?si=INE116Z5QXfCkFnI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eJessica French's \"Strengthen for Service\"\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStrengthen for service, Lord, the hands\u003cbr\u003e\nThat holy things have taken;\u003cbr\u003e\nLet ears that now have heard thy songs\u003cbr\u003e\nTo lesser things never waken.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLord, may the tongues which \"Holy\" sang\u003cbr\u003e\nBe free from all deceiving;\u003cbr\u003e\nMay eyes which saw Thy love be bright\u003cbr\u003e\nThy blessèd hope perceiving.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMay feet that tread Thy holly courts\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom Thy true light never be banished;\u003cbr\u003e\nMay bodies by Thy body fed\u003cbr\u003e\nWith Thy new life be replenished.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"","date_published":"2025-06-07T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/23b77446-4ea8-4d03-a4e6-100336c4b094.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8270278,"duration_in_seconds":995}]},{"id":"1adfc8d3-52e0-45f2-a58f-9e3f6432845b","title":"Episode 70: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 16 - A Threefold Love","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/70","content_text":"Pope Francis explains further in Chapter 3, the depths of the passionate love that Jesus expresses, using the ancient language of the Hebrew scriptures \"Song of Songs\" and how that has inspired saints including St. John of the Cross to help us throughout the church's history to re-encounter this desire of God for each of us.\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 64-69 - A Threefold Love\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nSt. John of the Cross - Spiritual Canticle translated by Rhina P. Espaillat\n\nI Am the Rose of Sharon by Wiliam Billings\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis explains further in Chapter 3, the depths of the passionate love that Jesus expresses, using the ancient language of the Hebrew scriptures \"Song of Songs\" and how that has inspired saints including St. John of the Cross to help us throughout the church's history to re-encounter this desire of God for each of us.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 64-69 - A Threefold Love\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://firstthings.com/a-spiritual-canticle-of-the-soul-and-the-bridegroom-christ/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSt. John of the Cross - Spiritual Canticle translated by Rhina P. Espaillat\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9p8qBCgkj0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eI Am the Rose of Sharon by Wiliam Billings\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis explains further in Chapter 3, the depths of the passionate love that Jesus expresses, using the ancient language of the Hebrew scriptures \"Song of Songs\" and how that has inspired saints including St. John of the Cross to help us throughout the church's history to re-encounter this desire of God for each of us.","date_published":"2025-05-31T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/1adfc8d3-52e0-45f2-a58f-9e3f6432845b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":11671695,"duration_in_seconds":1457}]},{"id":"c1ebcc71-d9ea-4a4c-b70a-67bfe0423972","title":"Episode 69: \"The Mystery story that feeds our entire being\" - Discipleship and music with Mark Haas","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/69","content_text":"Jen speaks with Mark Haas, composer, lecturer, music director and husband and father about the \"treasure of inestimable value\" that is the music composed throughout the centuries for Catholic worship. Mark's reversion to Catholicism lead him to learn more about what Vatican II's writers intended for the music at worship, and how we can be authentic with passing the patrimony on to future generations. \n\nMark Haas is composer and speaker who promotes sacred music within the Catholic tradition. His liturgical music has been sung in over 600 parishes, in 10 countries, including musical settings for various ordinations and dedications. In 2017, his orchestration of Michael Accurso’s I Will Praise Your Name Forever was presented by the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra during the Dedication of Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh, NC.\n\nMark has also contributed nearly 30 articles promoting various Catholic topics published by Aleteia.org, ChurchPOP.com, CatholicExchange.com, and Corpus Christi Watershed. Various pieces have been featured on CatholicVote.org, and The Patrick Madrid Show on Relevant Radio.\n\nIn 2016, his original choral piece, Prayer of St.  Francis, was sung for Mass at the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy. In 2024, his instrumental arrangement of Faith of Our Fathers was played during Mass at the FOCUS/SEEK Conference in St. Louis, MO. Mark holds a BFA in Music Composition from Marshall University, and an MFA in Composition from UNC School of the Arts. He currently serves as the Director of Music at the Ave Maria Parish in Ave Maria, FL where he lives with his wife Renae and their seven original compositions.\n\nMore information is available on [www.markhaasmusic.com](www.markhaasmusic.com)\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen speaks with Mark Haas, composer, lecturer, music director and husband and father about the \"treasure of inestimable value\" that is the music composed throughout the centuries for Catholic worship. Mark's reversion to Catholicism lead him to learn more about what Vatican II's writers intended for the music at worship, and how we can be authentic with passing the patrimony on to future generations. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMark Haas is composer and speaker who promotes sacred music within the Catholic tradition. His liturgical music has been sung in over 600 parishes, in 10 countries, including musical settings for various ordinations and dedications. In 2017, his orchestration of Michael Accurso’s I Will Praise Your Name Forever was presented by the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra during the Dedication of Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral in Raleigh, NC.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMark has also contributed nearly 30 articles promoting various Catholic topics published by Aleteia.org, ChurchPOP.com, CatholicExchange.com, and Corpus Christi Watershed. Various pieces have been featured on CatholicVote.org, and The Patrick Madrid Show on Relevant Radio.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2016, his original choral piece, Prayer of St.  Francis, was sung for Mass at the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Assisi, Italy. In 2024, his instrumental arrangement of Faith of Our Fathers was played during Mass at the FOCUS/SEEK Conference in St. Louis, MO. Mark holds a BFA in Music Composition from Marshall University, and an MFA in Composition from UNC School of the Arts. He currently serves as the Director of Music at the Ave Maria Parish in Ave Maria, FL where he lives with his wife Renae and their seven original compositions.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore information is available on [\u003ca href=\"http://www.markhaasmusic.com%5D(www.markhaasmusic.com)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.markhaasmusic.com](www.markhaasmusic.com)\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen speaks with Mark Haas, composer, lecturer, music director and husband and father about the \"treasure of inestimable value\" that is the music composed throughout the centuries for Catholic worship. Mark's reversion to Catholicism lead him to learn more about what Vatican II's writers intended for the music at worship, and how we can be authentic with future generations. ","date_published":"2025-05-28T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/c1ebcc71-d9ea-4a4c-b70a-67bfe0423972.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":28090372,"duration_in_seconds":3509}]},{"id":"15648c78-7f21-43d6-85ad-bcd237022237","title":"Episode 68: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 15 - A Love that is Tangible","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/68","content_text":"Pope Francis continues Chapter 3, presenting the reality of Jesus's love in human and divine terms as a tangible love with affections, passions, and corporal understandings of all that it means to be human and yet divine in nature, eternal and unwavering.  This section gets to the fundamental truth of Christ as the unique incarnation and salvation of the God of Love. Once for all, born in time, and yet unbounded by it, that we all might experience intimately and readily. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 59-63 - A Love that is tangible\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis continues Chapter 3, presenting the reality of Jesus's love in human and divine terms as a tangible love with affections, passions, and corporal understandings of all that it means to be human and yet divine in nature, eternal and unwavering.  This section gets to the fundamental truth of Christ as the unique incarnation and salvation of the God of Love. Once for all, born in time, and yet unbounded by it, that we all might experience intimately and readily. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 59-63 - A Love that is tangible\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis continues Chapter 3, presenting the reality of Jesus's love in human and divine terms as a tangible love with affections, passions, and corporal understandings of all that it means to be human and yet divine in nature, eternal and unwavering. ","date_published":"2025-05-23T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/15648c78-7f21-43d6-85ad-bcd237022237.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":9361321,"duration_in_seconds":1131}]},{"id":"27a2b917-ddbc-4e16-9621-02544baaab50","title":"Episode 67: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 14- Venerating His Image","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/67","content_text":"Pope Francis continues Chapter 3 of Dilexit Nos with paragraphs 52-58, recognizing the importance of right order for worship. Apart from the person of Jesus Christ, the image of His heart is not meant to be a image of worship, especially not in the context of liturgy. But is to only and always be a devotional symbol meant to bring us to recognize the Divine Love incarnate in all aspects of His divinity and humanity. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 52-58 Venerating His Image\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis continues Chapter 3 of Dilexit Nos with paragraphs 52-58, recognizing the importance of right order for worship. Apart from the person of Jesus Christ, the image of His heart is not meant to be a image of worship, especially not in the context of liturgy. But is to only and always be a devotional symbol meant to bring us to recognize the Divine Love incarnate in all aspects of His divinity and humanity. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 52-58 Venerating His Image\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis continues Chapter 3 of Dilexit Nos with paragraphs 52-58, recognizing the importance of right order for worship. Apart from the person of Jesus Christ, the image of His heart is not meant to be a image of worship, especially not in the context of liturgy. But is to only and always be a devotional symbol meant to bring us to recognize the Divine Love incarnate in all aspects of His divinity and humanity. ","date_published":"2025-05-16T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/27a2b917-ddbc-4e16-9621-02544baaab50.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31199184,"duration_in_seconds":1299}]},{"id":"d7487b35-4891-469f-a22d-9609d464293e","title":"Episode 66: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 13 - Worshiping Christ","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/66","content_text":"Pope Francis begins Chapter 3 of Dilexit Nos with paragraphs 48-51, clarifying the church's historical precedence for preferring the devotion to the Sacred Heart above other devotions as it is the inseparable from the person of Jesus Christ and the unbounded love of Christ for us. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 48-51 Worshiping Christ\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nPIUS VI, Constitution Auctorem Fidei (28 August 1794), 63: DH 2663.\n\nAnnum Sacram - Leo XIII - Annum Sacram - Consecration of the World to the Sacred Heart of Jesus - 1899\n\nPrayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart by Pope Leo XIII\n\nIssued with the Encyclical Letter Annum Sacrum, 25 May 1899\n\nMost sweet Jesus, redeemer of the human race, look down upon us, humbly prostrate before your altar. We are yours and yours we wish to be; but to be more surely united with you, behold each one of us freely consecrates himself today to your most sacred heart. Many, indeed, have never known you, many too, despising your precepts, have rejected you. Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to your sacred heart. Be you king, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken you, but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned you; grant that they may quickly return to their father's house, lest they die of wretchedness and hunger. Be you king of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions, or whom discord keeps aloof, and call them back to the harbor of truth and unity of faith, so that soon there may be but one flock and one shepherd. Be you king also of all those who sit in the ancient superstition of the Gentiles, and refuse not you to deliver them out of darkness into the light and kingdom of God. Grant, O Lord, to your Church, assurance of freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all nations, and make the earth resound from pole to pole with one cry: Praise to the divine heart that wrought our salvation; to it be glory and honor forever.\nAmen.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis begins Chapter 3 of Dilexit Nos with paragraphs 48-51, clarifying the church's historical precedence for preferring the devotion to the Sacred Heart above other devotions as it is the inseparable from the person of Jesus Christ and the unbounded love of Christ for us. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 3, Paragraphs 48-51 Worshiping Christ\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://novusordowatch.org/pius6-auctorem-fidei/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePIUS VI, Constitution Auctorem Fidei\u003c/a\u003e (28 August 1794), 63: DH 2663.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_25051899_annum-sacrum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eAnnum Sacram\u003c/a\u003e - Leo XIII - Annum Sacram - Consecration of the World to the Sacred Heart of Jesus - 1899\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resource/55304/prayer-of-consecration-to-the-sacred-heart-by-pope-leo-xiii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ePrayer of Consecration to the Sacred Heart by Pope Leo XIII\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIssued with the Encyclical Letter Annum Sacrum, 25 May 1899\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost sweet Jesus, redeemer of the human race, look down upon us, humbly prostrate before your altar. We are yours and yours we wish to be; but to be more surely united with you, behold each one of us freely consecrates himself today to your most sacred heart. Many, indeed, have never known you, many too, despising your precepts, have rejected you. Have mercy on them all, most merciful Jesus, and draw them to your sacred heart. Be you king, O Lord, not only of the faithful who have never forsaken you, but also of the prodigal children who have abandoned you; grant that they may quickly return to their father's house, lest they die of wretchedness and hunger. Be you king of those who are deceived by erroneous opinions, or whom discord keeps aloof, and call them back to the harbor of truth and unity of faith, so that soon there may be but one flock and one shepherd. Be you king also of all those who sit in the ancient superstition of the Gentiles, and refuse not you to deliver them out of darkness into the light and kingdom of God. Grant, O Lord, to your Church, assurance of freedom and immunity from harm; give peace and order to all nations, and make the earth resound from pole to pole with one cry: Praise to the divine heart that wrought our salvation; to it be glory and honor forever.\u003cbr\u003e\nAmen.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis begins Chapter 3 of Dilexit Nos with paragraphs 48-51, clarifying the church's historical precedence for preferring the devotion to the Sacred Heart above other devotions as it is the inseparable from the person of Jesus Christ and the unbounded love of Christ for us. ","date_published":"2025-05-09T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/d7487b35-4891-469f-a22d-9609d464293e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8719355,"duration_in_seconds":1051}]},{"id":"0d00dff3-a4f7-4178-8592-5839a32a5c51","title":"Episode 65: \"Seeing God Face to face\" - Catholic funerals and evangelization with Fr. Peter Wehrle","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/65","content_text":"Jen takes a trip to Our Lady of the Lake in Verona, and speaks to Fr. Peter Wehrle about facing grief, which can be one of the most challenging moments in life, and offering families accompaniment, listening, and Christ's welcome from darkness to light. \n\nOur Lady of the Lake \n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen takes a trip to Our Lady of the Lake in Verona, and speaks to Fr. Peter Wehrle about facing grief, which can be one of the most challenging moments in life, and offering families accompaniment, listening, and Christ's welcome from darkness to light. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ollverona.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eOur Lady of the Lake\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen takes a trip to Our Lady of the Lake in Verona, and speaks to Fr. Peter Wehrle about facing grief, which can be one of the most challenging moments in life, and offering families accompaniment, listening, and Christ's welcome from darkness to light. ","date_published":"2025-05-06T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/0d00dff3-a4f7-4178-8592-5839a32a5c51.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":14495435,"duration_in_seconds":1810}]},{"id":"263c74e4-5c4f-4569-9678-fb1761b14ea4","title":"Episode 64: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 12 - Jesus' Words","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/64","content_text":"Pope Francis concludes Chapter 2 of Dilexit Nos with paragraphs 43-47, highlighting Jesus' words of love and expressions of deep emotion, passion, and compassion in the gospel accounts. From scriptures, we can be assured of Christ's love for us in word and deed, as it was in the beginning, now, and for all the ages to come. Christ loves us. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 2, Paragraphs 43-47 Jesus' Words\n\nEvangelii Gaudium - Chapter IV. Paragraph 160\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nClosing prayer - \nDay 7 of the Novena in Memory of Pope Francis\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope Francis concludes Chapter 2 of Dilexit Nos with paragraphs 43-47, highlighting Jesus' words of love and expressions of deep emotion, passion, and compassion in the gospel accounts. From scriptures, we can be assured of Christ's love for us in word and deed, as it was in the beginning, now, and for all the ages to come. Christ loves us. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 2, Paragraphs 43-47 Jesus' Words\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html#:%7E:text=%22Evangelii%20Gaudium%22%3A%20Apostolic%20Exhortation,(24%20November%202013)%20%7C%20Francis\u0026amp;text=1.,sorrow%2C%20inner%20emptiness%20and%20loneliness.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eEvangelii Gaudium\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter IV. Paragraph 160\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClosing prayer - \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.usccb.org/novena-memory-pope-francis#tab--day-7-%E2%80%94-peter-the-first-of-the-apostles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDay 7 of the Novena in Memory of Pope Francis\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis concludes Chapter 2 of Dilexit Nos with paragraphs 43-47, highlighting Jesus' words of love and expressions of deep emotion, passion, and compassion in the gospel accounts. From scriptures, we can be assured of Christ's love for us in word and deed, as it was in the beginning, now, and for all the ages to come. Christ loves us. ","date_published":"2025-05-02T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/263c74e4-5c4f-4569-9678-fb1761b14ea4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8403511,"duration_in_seconds":1012}]},{"id":"ebc78e2f-a8e7-4aa7-95d5-e64affc045f8","title":"Episode 63: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 11 - Jesus' Gaze ","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/63","content_text":"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. The Gospel accounts emphasize the importance of beholding each unique person as a further expression of love, tenderness, and closeness that we are to emulate in our service to others. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 2, Paragraphs 39-42 Jesus' Gaze\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nSung by Shepherds - Virgil Thomson (1896 - 1989)\n\nWelcome all wonders in one sight!\nEternity shut in a span!\nSummer in winter! day in night!\nHeaven in earth! and God in man!\nGreat little one, whose all-embracing birth\nLifts earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to earth!\n\nWelcome, tho' nor to gold, nor silk\nTo more than Cæsar's birthright is:\nTwin sister seas of virgin's milk\nWith many a rarely-temper'd kiss\nThat breathes at once both maid and mother\nWarms in the one, cools in the other\n\nShe sings Thy tears asleep, and dips\nHer kisses in Thy weeping eye:\nShe spreads the red leaves of Thy lips\nThat in their buds yet blushing lie\nShe 'gainst those mother diamonds tries\nThe points of her young eagle's eyes.*\n\nWelcome—tho' not to those gay flies\nGilded i' th' beams of earthly kings\nSlippery souls in smiling eyes—\nBut to poor shepherds, homespun things\nWhose wealth's their flocks, whose wit's to be\nWell read in their simplicity\n\nYet, when April's husband show'rs\nShall bless the fruitful Maia's bed\nWe'll bring the first-born of her flowers\nTo kiss Thy feet, and crown Thy head\nTo Thee, dread Lamb ! whose love must keep\nThe shepherds while they feed their sheep\n\nTo Thee, meek Majesty, soft King\nOf simple graces and sweet loves!\nEach of us his lamb will bring\nEach his pair of silver doves!\nAt last, in fire of Thy fair eyes\nOurselves become our own best sacrifice!\n\nA Christian prayer in union with creation from LAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS\n\nFather, we praise you with all your creatures.\nThey came forth from your all-powerful hand;\nthey are yours, filled with your presence and your tender love.\nPraise be to you!\n\nSon of God, Jesus,\nthrough you all things were made.\nYou were formed in the womb of Mary our Mother,\nyou became part of this earth,\nand you gazed upon this world with human eyes.\nToday you are alive in every creature\nin your risen glory.\nPraise be to you!\n\nHoly Spirit, by your light\nyou guide this world towards the Father’s love\nand accompany creation as it groans in travail.\nYou also dwell in our hearts\nand you inspire us to do what is good.\nPraise be to you!\n\nTriune Lord, wondrous community of infinite love,\nteach us to contemplate you\nin the beauty of the universe,\nfor all things speak of you.\nAwaken our praise and thankfulness\nfor every being that you have made.\nGive us the grace to feel profoundly joined\nto everything that is.\n\nGod of love, show us our place in this world\nas channels of your love\nfor all the creatures of this earth,\nfor not one of them is forgotten in your sight.\nEnlighten those who possess power and money\nthat they may avoid the sin of indifference,\nthat they may love the common good, advance the weak,\nand care for this world in which we live.\nThe poor and the earth are crying out.\nO Lord, seize us with your power and light,\nhelp us to protect all life,\nto prepare for a better future,\nfor the coming of your Kingdom\nof justice, peace, love and beauty.\nPraise be to you!\nAmen.\nGiven in Rome at Saint Peter’s on 24 May, the Solemnity of Pentecost, in the year 2015, the third of my Pontificate.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope 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. The Gospel accounts emphasize the importance of beholding each unique person as a further expression of love, tenderness, and closeness that we are to emulate in our service to others. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 2, Paragraphs 39-42 Jesus' Gaze\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSung by Shepherds - Virgil Thomson (1896 - 1989)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome all wonders in one sight!\u003cbr\u003e\nEternity shut in a span!\u003cbr\u003e\nSummer in winter! day in night!\u003cbr\u003e\nHeaven in earth! and God in man!\u003cbr\u003e\nGreat little one, whose all-embracing birth\u003cbr\u003e\nLifts earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to earth!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome, tho' nor to gold, nor silk\u003cbr\u003e\nTo more than Cæsar's birthright is:\u003cbr\u003e\nTwin sister seas of virgin's milk\u003cbr\u003e\nWith many a rarely-temper'd kiss\u003cbr\u003e\nThat breathes at once both maid and mother\u003cbr\u003e\nWarms in the one, cools in the other\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe sings Thy tears asleep, and dips\u003cbr\u003e\nHer kisses in Thy weeping eye:\u003cbr\u003e\nShe spreads the red leaves of Thy lips\u003cbr\u003e\nThat in their buds yet blushing lie\u003cbr\u003e\nShe 'gainst those mother diamonds tries\u003cbr\u003e\nThe points of her young eagle's eyes.*\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome—tho' not to those gay flies\u003cbr\u003e\nGilded i' th' beams of earthly kings\u003cbr\u003e\nSlippery souls in smiling eyes—\u003cbr\u003e\nBut to poor shepherds, homespun things\u003cbr\u003e\nWhose wealth's their flocks, whose wit's to be\u003cbr\u003e\nWell read in their simplicity\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet, when April's husband show'rs\u003cbr\u003e\nShall bless the fruitful Maia's bed\u003cbr\u003e\nWe'll bring the first-born of her flowers\u003cbr\u003e\nTo kiss Thy feet, and crown Thy head\u003cbr\u003e\nTo Thee, dread Lamb ! whose love must keep\u003cbr\u003e\nThe shepherds while they feed their sheep\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo Thee, meek Majesty, soft King\u003cbr\u003e\nOf simple graces and sweet loves!\u003cbr\u003e\nEach of us his lamb will bring\u003cbr\u003e\nEach his pair of silver doves!\u003cbr\u003e\nAt last, in fire of Thy fair eyes\u003cbr\u003e\nOurselves become our own best sacrifice!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA Christian prayer in union with creation from \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eLAUDATO SI’ OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFather, we praise you with all your creatures.\u003cbr\u003e\nThey came forth from your all-powerful hand;\u003cbr\u003e\nthey are yours, filled with your presence and your tender love.\u003cbr\u003e\nPraise be to you!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSon of God, Jesus,\u003cbr\u003e\nthrough you all things were made.\u003cbr\u003e\nYou were formed in the womb of Mary our Mother,\u003cbr\u003e\nyou became part of this earth,\u003cbr\u003e\nand you gazed upon this world with human eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\nToday you are alive in every creature\u003cbr\u003e\nin your risen glory.\u003cbr\u003e\nPraise be to you!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHoly Spirit, by your light\u003cbr\u003e\nyou guide this world towards the Father’s love\u003cbr\u003e\nand accompany creation as it groans in travail.\u003cbr\u003e\nYou also dwell in our hearts\u003cbr\u003e\nand you inspire us to do what is good.\u003cbr\u003e\nPraise be to you!\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTriune Lord, wondrous community of infinite love,\u003cbr\u003e\nteach us to contemplate you\u003cbr\u003e\nin the beauty of the universe,\u003cbr\u003e\nfor all things speak of you.\u003cbr\u003e\nAwaken our praise and thankfulness\u003cbr\u003e\nfor every being that you have made.\u003cbr\u003e\nGive us the grace to feel profoundly joined\u003cbr\u003e\nto everything that is.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGod of love, show us our place in this world\u003cbr\u003e\nas channels of your love\u003cbr\u003e\nfor all the creatures of this earth,\u003cbr\u003e\nfor not one of them is forgotten in your sight.\u003cbr\u003e\nEnlighten those who possess power and money\u003cbr\u003e\nthat they may avoid the sin of indifference,\u003cbr\u003e\nthat they may love the common good, advance the weak,\u003cbr\u003e\nand care for this world in which we live.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe poor and the earth are crying out.\u003cbr\u003e\nO Lord, seize us with your power and light,\u003cbr\u003e\nhelp us to protect all life,\u003cbr\u003e\nto prepare for a better future,\u003cbr\u003e\nfor the coming of your Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\nof justice, peace, love and beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\nPraise be to you!\u003cbr\u003e\nAmen.\u003cbr\u003e\nGiven in Rome at Saint Peter’s on 24 May, the Solemnity of Pentecost, in the year 2015, the third of my Pontificate.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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.","date_published":"2025-04-25T14:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/ebc78e2f-a8e7-4aa7-95d5-e64affc045f8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27520725,"duration_in_seconds":1114}]},{"id":"0613da24-97b4-4614-90f1-6b7595f45734","title":"Episode 62: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 10 - Actions and Words of Love","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/62","content_text":"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. He speaks about the science of true love having two natures, \"deeds and gift of self.\"\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 2, Paragraphs 32-38 Actions and Words of Love\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nThe Difficult Science of Love - Pope Francis\n\nTake Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, \nand my entire will, all that I have and possess. \nThou hast given all to me. To Thee, O Lord, I return it.\nAll is Thine, dispose of it wholly according to Thy will. \nGive me Thy love and thy grace, for this is sufficient for me.  - \nSt.Ignatius Loyola\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope 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. He speaks about the science of true love having two natures, \"deeds and gift of self.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 2, Paragraphs 32-38 Actions and Words of Love\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/cotidie/2013/documents/papa-francesco-cotidie_20130607_science-love.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eThe Difficult Science of Love - Pope Francis\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTake Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, \u003cbr\u003e\nand my entire will, all that I have and possess. \u003cbr\u003e\nThou hast given all to me. To Thee, O Lord, I return it.\u003cbr\u003e\nAll is Thine, dispose of it wholly according to Thy will. \u003cbr\u003e\nGive me Thy love and thy grace, for this is sufficient for me.  - \u003cbr\u003e\nSt.Ignatius Loyola\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2025-04-18T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/0613da24-97b4-4614-90f1-6b7595f45734.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":9065929,"duration_in_seconds":1131}]},{"id":"58e65f34-b352-454a-b9f5-a5d45678db34","title":"Episode 61: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 9 - The world can change, beginning with the Heart","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/61","content_text":"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. In the presence of the heart of Christ,Francis asks the Lord to have mercy on this suffering world in which he chose to dwell as one of us, so that our world, which presses forward despite wars, socio-economic disparities and uses of technology that threaten our humanity, may regain the most important and necessary thing of all: its heart.\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 1, Paragraphs 28-31 THE WORLD CAN CHANGE, BEGINNING WITH THE HEART\n\nPastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 82; 10; 14. 26\n\nDICASTERY FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH, Declaration Dignitas Infinita (2 April 2024).\n\nSAINT JOHN PAUL II, Angelus, 28 June 1998\n\nEncyclical Letter Laudato Si’ (24 May 2015), 83: AAS 107 (2015), 880.\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\n1 John 4:7-21\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePope 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. In the presence of the heart of Christ,Francis asks the Lord to have mercy on this suffering world in which he chose to dwell as one of us, so that our world, which presses forward despite wars, socio-economic disparities and uses of technology that threaten our humanity, may regain the most important and necessary thing of all: its heart.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 1, Paragraphs 28-31 THE WORLD CAN CHANGE, BEGINNING WITH THE HEART\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePastoral Constitution \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eGaudium et Spes\u003c/a\u003e, 82; 10; 14. 26\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDICASTERY FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH, \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_ddf_doc_20240402_dignitas-infinita_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDeclaration Dignitas Infinita\u003c/a\u003e (2 April 2024).\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/angelus/1998/documents/hf_jp-ii_ang_28061998.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSAINT JOHN PAUL II, Angelus, 28 June 1998\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEncyclical Letter \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eLaudato Si\u003c/a\u003e’ (24 May 2015), 83: AAS 107 (2015), 880.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20John%204%3A7-21\u0026amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003e1 John 4:7-21\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2025-04-11T16:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/58e65f34-b352-454a-b9f5-a5d45678db34.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8901917,"duration_in_seconds":1074}]},{"id":"8854e7c8-26dd-42ff-a0d2-894dc0144a50","title":"Episode 60: \"The God who never breaks His promises\" with Fr. Alex Gaitan","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/60","content_text":"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. \n\nFrom JerseyCatholic - \nFather Alex Gaitan has worked to curtail gang activity within Chicago’s immigrant community; brought to the forefront the mental health crisis among immigrants in Atlanta, Ga.; aided in citizenship classes and passport processing for immigrants at the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in San Gabriel, Cali.; and helped hundreds of Mexican farmers experiencing food insecurity during the pandemic in Fresno, Cali.\nIn 2022, Father Gaitan, a Claretian devoted to justice and peace, was called to the Archdiocese of Newark’s St. Joseph’s Church in Jersey City, where he has been part of a United Nations Ministry. Recently, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R, Archbishop of Newark, appointed Father Gaitan to head the archdiocese’s newest ministry to support immigrants through local church communities.\n\nImmigration Ministry Webpage at Archdiocese of Newark \n\nRead the full article about Immigration Ministry from JerseyCatholic\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen 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. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom JerseyCatholic - \u003cbr\u003e\nFather Alex Gaitan has worked to curtail gang activity within Chicago’s immigrant community; brought to the forefront the mental health crisis among immigrants in Atlanta, Ga.; aided in citizenship classes and passport processing for immigrants at the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in San Gabriel, Cali.; and helped hundreds of Mexican farmers experiencing food insecurity during the pandemic in Fresno, Cali.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2022, Father Gaitan, a Claretian devoted to justice and peace, was called to the Archdiocese of Newark’s St. Joseph’s Church in Jersey City, where he has been part of a United Nations Ministry. Recently, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R, Archbishop of Newark, appointed Father Gaitan to head the archdiocese’s newest ministry to support immigrants through local church communities.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://rcan.org/immigration-ministry/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eImmigration Ministry Webpage at Archdiocese of Newark\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://jerseycatholic.org/new-archdiocesan-immigration-ministry-and-coordinator-support-growing-needs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eRead the full article about Immigration Ministry\u003c/a\u003e from \u003ca href=\"https://jerseycatholic.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eJerseyCatholic\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2025-04-11T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/8854e7c8-26dd-42ff-a0d2-894dc0144a50.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":20487914,"duration_in_seconds":2440}]},{"id":"902d952d-245c-4357-b78c-799669c5b561","title":"Episode 59: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 8 - Seek not for the light, but for the fire","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/59","content_text":"Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 7 - Chapter 1 Paragraphs 24-27\nPope 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. The understanding of the heart is achieved with the fire of faith, and encompasses the contemplative and meditative mind, in order to listen to the heart of God. It is the Christian's duty to seek this contemplative mind in order to discern the heartbeat of Christ, or the voice and will of the God.\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 1, Paragraphs 24-27 FIRE\n\nItinerarium Mentis in Deum, VII, 6.\n\nMichel de Certeau and the Spirituality of St Ignatius - Dominique Salin\n\nBenedict XVI - on St. Bonaventure 3\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nThe Pillar of the Cloud - St. John Henry Newman\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eDilexit Nos in a Year - Session 7 - Chapter 1 Paragraphs 24-27\u003cbr\u003e\nPope 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. The understanding of the heart is achieved with the fire of faith, and encompasses the contemplative and meditative mind, in order to listen to the heart of God. It is the Christian's duty to seek this contemplative mind in order to discern the heartbeat of Christ, or the voice and will of the God.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 1, Paragraphs 24-27 FIRE\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/1221-1274,_Bonaventura,_Itinerarium_Mentis_in_Deum,_EN-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eItinerarium Mentis in Deum, VII, 6.\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.theway.org.uk/back/553Salin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eMichel de Certeau and the Spirituality of St Ignatius - Dominique Salin\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/audiences/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20100317.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eBenedict XVI - on St. Bonaventure 3\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.newmanreader.org/works/verses/verse90.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eThe Pillar of the Cloud - St. John Henry Newman\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2025-04-04T17:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/902d952d-245c-4357-b78c-799669c5b561.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8254877,"duration_in_seconds":1029}]},{"id":"9a80f67c-6b78-4a2e-99ea-a698d44736e6","title":"Episode 58: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 7 - We were made to love and to be loved","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/58","content_text":"Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 7 - Chapter 1 Paragraphs 20-23\nPope 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'. In offering the antithesis to artificial intelligence, Pope Francis sees the heart as the authentic core of understanding for life's large and small moments. He offers the example of weeping elderly women, who have lived lives of dignity that now weep at the uselessness of war and tragedy. Finally he asks us to ask ourselves if we have hearts.\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 1, Paragraphs 20-23\n\nO Christ Your Heart, Compassionate\n\nPrayer\n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eDilexit Nos in a Year - Session 7 - Chapter 1 Paragraphs 20-23\u003cbr\u003e\nPope 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'. In offering the antithesis to artificial intelligence, Pope Francis sees the heart as the authentic core of understanding for life's large and small moments. He offers the example of weeping elderly women, who have lived lives of dignity that now weep at the uselessness of war and tragedy. Finally he asks us to ask ourselves if we have hearts.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 1, Paragraphs 20-23\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://hymnary.org/text/o_christ_your_heart_compassionate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eO Christ Your Heart, Compassionate\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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'.","date_published":"2025-03-28T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/9a80f67c-6b78-4a2e-99ea-a698d44736e6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":17064225,"duration_in_seconds":710}]},{"id":"e2d94323-0ec9-43f3-abe4-026885a588cb","title":"Episode 57: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 6 - The Heart unites the fragments","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/57","content_text":"Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 6 - Chapter 1 Paragraphs 17-19\nPope 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. Jen uses the Lenten hymn \"Again we Keep this solemn fast\" as a meditation to recognize when we should use our voices in truth, and when we should remain silent in order not to do otherwise. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope. \n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 1, Paragraphs 17-19\n\nSpeaking with the Heart in Truth and Love - 57th World Communication day - \n\nEx more docti mystico - Pope St. Gregory the Great\n\nPrayer \n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart. \nJesus, make our hearts more like your own. \n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eDilexit Nos in a Year - Session 6 - Chapter 1 Paragraphs 17-19\u003cbr\u003e\nPope 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. Jen uses the Lenten hymn \"Again we Keep this solemn fast\" as a meditation to recognize when we should use our voices in truth, and when we should remain silent in order not to do otherwise. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics covered in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 1, Paragraphs 17-19\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/communications/documents/20230124-messaggio-comunicazioni-sociali.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eSpeaking with the Heart in Truth and Love - 57th World Communication day -\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/Hymni/Exmore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eEx more docti mystico - Pope St. Gregory the Great\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart. \u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 6 - Chapter 1 Paragraphs 17-19\r\nPope 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.","date_published":"2025-03-21T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/e2d94323-0ec9-43f3-abe4-026885a588cb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":7169447,"duration_in_seconds":894}]},{"id":"4d4e3723-e93c-4755-9ff2-f5ebdeba144e","title":"Episode 56: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 5 - Why are you here, Elijah?","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/56","content_text":"Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 5 - Chapter 1 Paragraphs 13-16\nPope 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. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics coverred in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope. \n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 1, Paragraphs 13-16\n\nStill, Small Voice - Thomas Enwright - https://www.theway.org.uk/websubs/623.pdf\n\nPrayer \n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart. \nJesus, make our hearts more like your own. \n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eDilexit Nos in a Year - Session 5 - Chapter 1 Paragraphs 13-16\u003cbr\u003e\nPope 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. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics coverred in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 1, Paragraphs 13-16\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStill, Small Voice - Thomas Enwright - \u003ca href=\"https://www.theway.org.uk/websubs/623.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.theway.org.uk/websubs/623.pdf\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart. \u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2025-03-14T15:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/4d4e3723-e93c-4755-9ff2-f5ebdeba144e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":6980529,"duration_in_seconds":870}]},{"id":"a01c6c0d-6f3c-4a79-9346-c15a2faa5858","title":"Episode 55: \"The Lord wants you to know that He is yours, and He wants to know- Will you be His?\"","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/55","content_text":"Jen speaks with Sr. Rita Clare Yoches and Sr. Sarah Rose Dent 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. \n\nFranciscan Sisters T.O.R. of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother are based in Steubenville, OH \nhttps://www.franciscansisterstor.org/\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen speaks with Sr. Rita Clare Yoches and Sr. Sarah Rose Dent 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. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFranciscan Sisters T.O.R. of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother are based in Steubenville, OH \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.franciscansisterstor.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.franciscansisterstor.org/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2025-03-12T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/a01c6c0d-6f3c-4a79-9346-c15a2faa5858.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29008735,"duration_in_seconds":2416}]},{"id":"c2ac8aa9-098a-44e2-9f49-f6ca4b847d10","title":"Episode 54: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 4 - Returning to the Heart","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/54","content_text":"DIlexit Nos in a Year - Session 4 - Chapter 1, Returning to the heart - Paragraphs 9-13.\nPope 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. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics coverred in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope. \n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 1, Paragraphs 9-12\n\n8 June 1994 - Pope St. John Paul II Audience - https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/it/audiences/1994/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_19940608.html\n\nPrayer \n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart. \nJesus, make our hearts more like your own. \n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eDIlexit Nos in a Year - Session 4 - Chapter 1, Returning to the heart - Paragraphs 9-13.\u003cbr\u003e\nPope 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. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics coverred in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 1, Paragraphs 9-12\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e8 June 1994 - Pope St. John Paul II Audience - \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/it/audiences/1994/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_19940608.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/it/audiences/1994/documents/hf_jp-ii_aud_19940608.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart. \u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2025-03-07T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/c2ac8aa9-098a-44e2-9f49-f6ca4b847d10.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":10499157,"duration_in_seconds":873}]},{"id":"7c485e96-239e-4d7f-aa93-e2745f496ab5","title":"Episode 53: \"It's not about the color or the nationality, it's about loving God\" with Rahsaan Garlin","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/53","content_text":"\"It's not about the color or the nationality, it's about loving God\" with Rahsaan Garlin, Coordinator of African American, African and Caribbean Apostolate in the Archdiocese of Newark speaks with Jen about the importance of representation, and assisting Black families in building community to create strong families of faith for the younger generations. \nRahsaan spearheaded the Archdiocese of Newark's Black History Month Jubilee Mass on February 16, 2025, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, N.J which was concelebrated by Wilton Cardinal Gregory, and Joseph Cardinal Tobin. \n\nFor more information, or upcoming events sponsored by the AAACA, please check out: https://rcan.org/aaaca/\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003e\"It's not about the color or the nationality, it's about loving God\" with Rahsaan Garlin, Coordinator of African American, African and Caribbean Apostolate in the Archdiocese of Newark speaks with Jen about the importance of representation, and assisting Black families in building community to create strong families of faith for the younger generations. \u003cbr\u003e\nRahsaan spearheaded the Archdiocese of Newark's Black History Month Jubilee Mass on February 16, 2025, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, N.J which was concelebrated by Wilton Cardinal Gregory, and Joseph Cardinal Tobin. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor more information, or upcoming events sponsored by the AAACA, please check out: \u003ca href=\"https://rcan.org/aaaca/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://rcan.org/aaaca/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"\"It's not about the color or the nationality, it's about loving God\" with Rahsaan Garlin, Coordinator of African American, African and Caribbean Apostolate in the Archdiocese of Newark speaks with Jen about the importance of representation, and assisting Black families in building community to create strong families of faith for the younger generations. ","date_published":"2025-03-04T11:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/7c485e96-239e-4d7f-aa93-e2745f496ab5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":12457257,"duration_in_seconds":1555}]},{"id":"ac55c793-eecc-4897-94a7-bc13211bfc61","title":"Episode 52: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 3 - Like Grandma's cookies","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/52","content_text":"Dilexit Nos in a Year session 3 - Chapter 1 paragraphs 5 through 8. - Like Grandma's Cookies\nPope Francis continues with the symbolic meaning of the heart as a locus of sincerity. He asks us questions about the nature of the way we see ourselves authentically, and how we live in the world.\nHe explores the idea behind deceit, falsehood, pretense and lies, versus living an authentic life full of the leaven of truth. Using scriptural passages from Samson and Delilah, and Luke's gospel. \n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics coverred in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope. \n\nDilexit Nos - Chapter 1, Paragraphs 5-8\n\nPrayer \n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart. \nJesus, make our hearts more like your own. \n\nPope Francis - Like Grandma's cookies - Morning Meditation 14 October 2016 - https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/cotidie/2016/documents/papa-francesco-cotidie_20161014_like-grandma-s-cookies.html\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eDilexit Nos in a Year session 3 - Chapter 1 paragraphs 5 through 8. - Like Grandma's Cookies\u003cbr\u003e\nPope Francis continues with the symbolic meaning of the heart as a locus of sincerity. He asks us questions about the nature of the way we see ourselves authentically, and how we live in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\nHe explores the idea behind deceit, falsehood, pretense and lies, versus living an authentic life full of the leaven of truth. Using scriptural passages from Samson and Delilah, and Luke's gospel. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics coverred in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/20241024-enciclica-dilexit-nos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eDilexit Nos\u003c/a\u003e - Chapter 1, Paragraphs 5-8\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart. \u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePope Francis - Like Grandma's cookies - Morning Meditation 14 October 2016 - \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/cotidie/2016/documents/papa-francesco-cotidie_20161014_like-grandma-s-cookies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/cotidie/2016/documents/papa-francesco-cotidie_20161014_like-grandma-s-cookies.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Pope Francis continues with the symbolic meaning of the heart as a locus of sincerity. He asks us questions about the nature of the way we see ourselves authentically, and how we live in the world.","date_published":"2025-02-28T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/ac55c793-eecc-4897-94a7-bc13211bfc61.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8257146,"duration_in_seconds":686}]},{"id":"2c3cfe39-94a1-4997-a3e0-955e666d8b80","title":"Episode 51: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 2 ","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/51","content_text":"This is Session 2 of Dilexit Nos in a Year from the Heart of the Ark Podcast. In the first Chapter of Dilexit Nos, Pope Francis traces the historical and philosophical idea of the heart as locus of reason and desire that forms the core of being of a human. We explore Chapter 1 - Paragraphs 2-4.\n\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics coverred in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope. \n\nPrayer \n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart. \nJesus, make our hearts more like your own. \n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis is Session 2 of Dilexit Nos in a Year from the Heart of the Ark Podcast. In the first Chapter of Dilexit Nos, Pope Francis traces the historical and philosophical idea of the heart as locus of reason and desire that forms the core of being of a human. We explore Chapter 1 - Paragraphs 2-4.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics coverred in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart. \u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"In the first Chapter of Dilexit Nos, Pope Francis traces the historical and philosophical idea of the heart as locus of reason and desire that forms the core of being of a human. We explore Chapter 1 - Paragraphs 2-4.","date_published":"2025-02-21T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/2c3cfe39-94a1-4997-a3e0-955e666d8b80.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":10285695,"duration_in_seconds":855}]},{"id":"04450c9e-86e9-4166-8d59-e4e8d9059e1e","title":"Episode 50: Dilexit Nos in a Year - How is this going to work?","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/50","content_text":"It is through the Dilexit Nos in a Year from the Heart of the Ark, that we will seek to ask questions and pray together that Jesus Christ may do the transformative work in our hearts necessary to move from initiated believer, to abiding discipleship, to dwelling place of the spirit which serves in sacrificial self-gift.  Borrowing from the Monastic tradition, we will read, ponder some questions and pray for God to work in our hearts. The scriptural texts will relate directly to the citations Pope Francis uses in Dilexit Nos.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eIt is through the Dilexit Nos in a Year from the Heart of the Ark, that we will seek to ask questions and pray together that Jesus Christ may do the transformative work in our hearts necessary to move from initiated believer, to abiding discipleship, to dwelling place of the spirit which serves in sacrificial self-gift.  Borrowing from the Monastic tradition, we will read, ponder some questions and pray for God to work in our hearts. The scriptural texts will relate directly to the citations Pope Francis uses in Dilexit Nos.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"It is through the Dilexit Nos in a Year from the Heart of the Ark, that we will seek to ask questions and pray together that Jesus Christ may do the transformative work in our hearts necessary to move from initiated believer, to abiding discipleship, to dwelling place of the spirit which serves in sacrificial self-gift.  ","date_published":"2025-02-20T03:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/04450c9e-86e9-4166-8d59-e4e8d9059e1e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":12795317,"duration_in_seconds":1065}]},{"id":"6a6d1ecc-0392-4578-90c6-866cf9c6d5c5","title":"Episode 49: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Why do it? ","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/49","content_text":"Dilexit Nos in a Year - Why read it? Why did Pope Francis write it? What does it have to do with Evangelization? Post-COVID-19 ministry is an evolving process, Dilexit Nos, speaks right into the heart of our communities' issues and provides a framework for rebuilding a discipleship culture. As the pastoral conversion process seeks to address the multiplicity of love spoken about in John's gospel, the individual work of transformation is one that we will endeavor to do together throughout the Dilexit Nos in a Year from the Heart of the Ark.  This holistic perspective is crucial for our community to make ethical decisions that align with our discipleship culture. \n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eDilexit Nos in a Year - Why read it? Why did Pope Francis write it? What does it have to do with Evangelization? Post-COVID-19 ministry is an evolving process, Dilexit Nos, speaks right into the heart of our communities' issues and provides a framework for rebuilding a discipleship culture. As the pastoral conversion process seeks to address the multiplicity of love spoken about in John's gospel, the individual work of transformation is one that we will endeavor to do together throughout the Dilexit Nos in a Year from the Heart of the Ark.  This holistic perspective is crucial for our community to make ethical decisions that align with our discipleship culture. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Dilexit Nos in a Year - Why read it? Why did Pope Francis write it? What does it have to do with Evangelization?","date_published":"2025-02-19T03:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/6a6d1ecc-0392-4578-90c6-866cf9c6d5c5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":10880696,"duration_in_seconds":905}]},{"id":"fbe9b712-1641-4d04-8403-ab3a7debe6cb","title":"Episode 48: Dilexit Nos in a Year - What is it? ","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/48","content_text":"Dilexit Nos, We Are His Witness, and the spiritual and communal work of responding to the heartbeat of Jesus.  In October 2024, Pope Francis issues his fourth encyclical, Dilexit Nos “ON THE HUMAN AND DIVINE LOVE OF THE HEART OF JESUS CHRIST”. Just this past month, Cardinal Tobin, issued a Pastoral reflection “We Are His Witnesses”.  In order to become the individual members of a community in which we can create a culture of evangelization it is our hope to reach the heart of every believer and impress their personal and communal duty of loving service.\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eDilexit Nos, We Are His Witness, and the spiritual and communal work of responding to the heartbeat of Jesus.  In October 2024, Pope Francis issues his fourth encyclical, Dilexit Nos “ON THE HUMAN AND DIVINE LOVE OF THE HEART OF JESUS CHRIST”. Just this past month, Cardinal Tobin, issued a Pastoral reflection “We Are His Witnesses”.  In order to become the individual members of a community in which we can create a culture of evangelization it is our hope to reach the heart of every believer and impress their personal and communal duty of loving service.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Dilexit Nos, We Are His Witnesses, and the spiritual and communal work of responding to the heartbeat of Jesus.  ","date_published":"2025-02-18T03:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/fbe9b712-1641-4d04-8403-ab3a7debe6cb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":7757909,"duration_in_seconds":645}]},{"id":"9e4b9136-1686-4a91-82ce-0e0f90ac666d","title":"Episode 47: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 1","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/47","content_text":"This is Session 1 of Dilexit Nos in a Year from the Heart of the Ark Podcast. \nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics coverred in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope. \n\nPrayer \n\nLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart. \nJesus, make our hearts more like your own. \n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis is Session 1 of Dilexit Nos in a Year from the Heart of the Ark Podcast. \u003cbr\u003e\nEach session of Dilexit Nos in a Year begins by breaking open the scriptures and topics coverred in order to outline the themes of Pope Francis, and frame our conversations for the weekly discussion for the year ahead. For the next 50 weeks, we will work through four to five paragraphs reading of the text of Dilexit Nos, with opening prayer, and short reflection based upon the paragraphs covered and the prayerful discussions of the questions to ponder together as we reflect on the work of spiritual and communal formation and mission in this Jubilee Year of Hope. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrayer \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLove of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, embrace my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nFire of the Heart of Jesus, inflame my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nCharity of the Heart of Jesus, fill my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nStrength of the Heart of Jesus, sustain my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nMercy of the Heart of Jesus, pardon my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nPatience of the Heart of Jesus, do not forsake my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nReign of the Heart of Jesus, establish Yourself in my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nWill of the Heart of Jesus, guide my heart.\u003cbr\u003e\nZeal of the Heart of Jesus consume my heart. \u003cbr\u003e\nJesus, make our hearts more like your own. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"The Title of Dilexit Nos comes directly from this passage of the first letter of John Chapter 4, verse 10. “He Loved Us”.  A meditation for the beginning of the year ahead with the Title and paragraph 1 of Pope Francis's Encyclical Dilexit Nos. ","date_published":"2025-02-14T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/9e4b9136-1686-4a91-82ce-0e0f90ac666d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":6504655,"duration_in_seconds":540}]},{"id":"53b9a614-9aca-4d69-8386-60cb9baa6bfa","title":"Episode 46: Ep 46: Live life well - A Story of Resilience in Adversity with Howard Walker","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/46","content_text":"Jen visits Dr. Howard Walker, a Catholic husband and father, and elementary school principal and educator who wants to spread wisdom for resilience in the face of adversity. Dr. Walker has struggled with his own childhood trauma and has learned from his own life and career some tips for learning to persevere despite grief. \n\nCONTENT WARNING - this episode covers discussion of childhood trauma and abuse, mental illness, self-harm and suicide. Sensitive listeners please be aware. \n\nNational Suicide helpline - 988\n\nSanctuary Mental Health Ministry  - \"On Peace and Presence\" - https://sanctuarymentalhealth.org/2024/12/13/reflections-on-peace-and-presence/\n\nBlue Christmas presentation from RCAN Ministry of Loss and Healing- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KubAz1ZWag\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen visits Dr. Howard Walker, a Catholic husband and father, and elementary school principal and educator who wants to spread wisdom for resilience in the face of adversity. Dr. Walker has struggled with his own childhood trauma and has learned from his own life and career some tips for learning to persevere despite grief. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONTENT WARNING - this episode covers discussion of childhood trauma and abuse, mental illness, self-harm and suicide. Sensitive listeners please be aware. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNational Suicide helpline - 988\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSanctuary Mental Health Ministry  - \"On Peace and Presence\" - \u003ca href=\"https://sanctuarymentalhealth.org/2024/12/13/reflections-on-peace-and-presence/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://sanctuarymentalhealth.org/2024/12/13/reflections-on-peace-and-presence/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlue Christmas presentation from RCAN Ministry of Loss and Healing- \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KubAz1ZWag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KubAz1ZWag\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen visits Dr. Howard Walker, a Catholic husband and father, and elementary school principal and educator who wants to spread wisdom for resilience in the face of adversity. Dr. Walker has struggled with his own childhood trauma and has learned from his own life and career some tips for learning to persevere despite grief.  CONTENT WARNING - this episode covers discussion of childhood trauma and abuse, mental illness, self-harm and suicide. Sensitive listeners please be aware. ","date_published":"2024-12-17T11:15:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/53b9a614-9aca-4d69-8386-60cb9baa6bfa.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":23980539,"duration_in_seconds":1997}]},{"id":"775637e9-6ad8-4abb-ae8c-d86e5aa8d22a","title":"Episode 45: Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room - A case for taking Advent spiritually seriously","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/45","content_text":"Fr. John and Jen discuss the ways in which we can better prepare for the coming joy of Christmas by fully embracing the Advent practices and prayer time that can help us ready our hearts for the Nativity. \n\nE'en so Lord Jesus quickly come  by Ruth Manz - https://bibleasmusic.com/een-so-lord-jesus-quickly-come-revelation-1-4-4-8-22-20-5-paul-manz/\n\nSt. Andrew Novena - https://ascensionpress.com/pages/st-andrews-christmas-novena?srsltid=AfmBOorRC6SzoO1qaBuIIByOFrbznParZ6KnxT5BWOlyyd5Evh-KOHP0\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eFr. John and Jen discuss the ways in which we can better prepare for the coming joy of Christmas by fully embracing the Advent practices and prayer time that can help us ready our hearts for the Nativity. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eE'en so Lord Jesus quickly come  by Ruth Manz - \u003ca href=\"https://bibleasmusic.com/een-so-lord-jesus-quickly-come-revelation-1-4-4-8-22-20-5-paul-manz/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://bibleasmusic.com/een-so-lord-jesus-quickly-come-revelation-1-4-4-8-22-20-5-paul-manz/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Andrew Novena - \u003ca href=\"https://ascensionpress.com/pages/st-andrews-christmas-novena?srsltid=AfmBOorRC6SzoO1qaBuIIByOFrbznParZ6KnxT5BWOlyyd5Evh-KOHP0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://ascensionpress.com/pages/st-andrews-christmas-novena?srsltid=AfmBOorRC6SzoO1qaBuIIByOFrbznParZ6KnxT5BWOlyyd5Evh-KOHP0\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Fr. John and Jen discuss the ways in which we can better prepare for the coming joy of Christmas by fully embracing the Advent practices and prayer time that can help us ready our hearts for the Nativity. ","date_published":"2024-11-25T14:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/775637e9-6ad8-4abb-ae8c-d86e5aa8d22a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22979388,"duration_in_seconds":1913}]},{"id":"97658aa7-5128-4d58-abe3-b685b0c987c7","title":"Episode 43: Ep 43: The Rosary - The powerful weapon of Saints, and why you need to \"get on the beads\"","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/43","content_text":"Fr. John and Jen share some personal experiences, wisdom from saints and insights into how they both became converted to the power of the Rosary later in life. Through the ages, saints have pointed to the importance of saying the Rosary, but why? What can it teach us today, and how can we make the most of this spiritual practice in our lives. \n\nEucharistic Rosary Congress: www.rosarycongressusa.org\n\nArchdiocese of Newark Rosary Congress: www.rcan.org/rosarycongress\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eFr. John and Jen share some personal experiences, wisdom from saints and insights into how they both became converted to the power of the Rosary later in life. Through the ages, saints have pointed to the importance of saying the Rosary, but why? What can it teach us today, and how can we make the most of this spiritual practice in our lives. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEucharistic Rosary Congress: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rosarycongressusa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rosarycongressusa.org\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArchdiocese of Newark Rosary Congress: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/rosarycongress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/rosarycongress\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Fr. John and Jen share some personal experiences, wisdom from saints and insights into how they both became converted to the power of the Rosary later in life. Through the ages, saints have pointed to the importance of saying the Rosary, but why? What can it teach us today, and how can we make the most of this spiritual practice in our lives. ","date_published":"2024-10-21T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/97658aa7-5128-4d58-abe3-b685b0c987c7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25153971,"duration_in_seconds":2070}]},{"id":"45f367f8-49be-4234-b15e-988a7e55deae","title":"Episode 42: A Sunday Kind of Love - Giving the Lord's Day a Renewed Focus","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/42","content_text":"Fr. John and Jen start season 3 of The Heart of the Ark with a call back to Sunday. Making the Lord's day a priority for our lives and our families in order that we may live Monday through Saturday well. \n\nDomine Dies - (Day of the Lord - Pope St. John Paul II) - https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1998/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_05071998_dies-domini.html\n\nSacramentum Caritatis - (Sacrament of Love - Pope Benedict XVI) - https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis.html\n\nThis is My Body - Cardinal Rainero Cantalamessa - https://www.amazon.com/This-My-Body-Eucharistic-Reflections/dp/0819874159\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eFr. John and Jen start season 3 of The Heart of the Ark with a call back to Sunday. Making the Lord's day a priority for our lives and our families in order that we may live Monday through Saturday well. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDomine Dies - (Day of the Lord - Pope St. John Paul II) - \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1998/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_05071998_dies-domini.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1998/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_05071998_dies-domini.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSacramentum Caritatis - (Sacrament of Love - Pope Benedict XVI) - \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is My Body - Cardinal Rainero Cantalamessa - \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/This-My-Body-Eucharistic-Reflections/dp/0819874159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.amazon.com/This-My-Body-Eucharistic-Reflections/dp/0819874159\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Fr. John and Jen start season 3 of The Heart of the Ark with a call back to Sunday. Making the Lord's day a priority for our lives and our families in order that we may live Monday through Saturday well. ","date_published":"2024-09-17T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/45f367f8-49be-4234-b15e-988a7e55deae.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":27783025,"duration_in_seconds":2313}]},{"id":"b8f4d482-b5cc-4b96-8497-30c317e6670b","title":"Episode 41: Ep 41: Ahhh...September - Back to Seminary? A conversation with James McElroy","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/41","content_text":"Jen and Fr. John team up to speak to James McElroy who began his studies at the Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University this past week. James is a 24 year old \"normal guy\" who has spent a full year of discernment before entering the major seminary. He gives us all a new perspective for tackling the school year ahead. \n\nVocations Office for the Archdiocese of Newark - https://www.newarkpriest.com/\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen and Fr. John team up to speak to James McElroy who began his studies at the Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University this past week. James is a 24 year old \"normal guy\" who has spent a full year of discernment before entering the major seminary. He gives us all a new perspective for tackling the school year ahead. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVocations Office for the Archdiocese of Newark - \u003ca href=\"https://www.newarkpriest.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.newarkpriest.com/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen and Fr. John team up to speak to James McElroy who began his studies at the Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University this past week. James is a 24 year-old \"normal guy\" who has spent a full year of discernment before entering the major seminary. He gives us all a fresh perspective for tackling the school year ahead and inviting God into your life.","date_published":"2024-08-22T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/b8f4d482-b5cc-4b96-8497-30c317e6670b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25508450,"duration_in_seconds":2124}]},{"id":"bb7c3321-2b89-4b1e-8fb8-bae71592f239","title":"Episode 40: A Father's hopes for Summer Vacation - Fun, Faith and New Perspectives with Brian Caldwell","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/40","content_text":"Jen speaks with Brian Caldwell, Director of Family Life Office at the Archdiocese of Newark, and Adjunct Professor at Caldwell University (no relation) about the importance of making faith an integrated part of family life, and not just an add-on once a week for an hour on Sundays. \nBrian oversees the work of the Pre-Cana marraige prep for those beginning married life as well as the anniversary masses that honor couples who have had seen their unions last the test of time. \nBrian is a husband and a father of three, and shares some insight into the ways in which he and his wife's dedication to eachother and their willingness to keep an open dialogue with their kids has helped them to tackle the big events and the in-between times of life. \n\nImage is not actual photo of Caldwell family. \n\nFamily Life Office  - https://rcan.org/family-life/\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen speaks with Brian Caldwell, Director of Family Life Office at the Archdiocese of Newark, and Adjunct Professor at Caldwell University (no relation) about the importance of making faith an integrated part of family life, and not just an add-on once a week for an hour on Sundays. \u003cbr\u003e\nBrian oversees the work of the Pre-Cana marraige prep for those beginning married life as well as the anniversary masses that honor couples who have had seen their unions last the test of time. \u003cbr\u003e\nBrian is a husband and a father of three, and shares some insight into the ways in which he and his wife's dedication to eachother and their willingness to keep an open dialogue with their kids has helped them to tackle the big events and the in-between times of life. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eImage is not actual photo of Caldwell family. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFamily Life Office  - \u003ca href=\"https://rcan.org/family-life/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://rcan.org/family-life/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen speaks with Brian Caldwell, Director of Family Life Office at the Archdiocese of Newark, and Adjunct Professor at Caldwell University about the importance of making faith an integrated part of family life, and not just an add-on once a week for an hour on Sundays. ","date_published":"2024-07-04T13:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/bb7c3321-2b89-4b1e-8fb8-bae71592f239.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":55193248,"duration_in_seconds":2250}]},{"id":"4cbd3ae9-793c-489a-ab7a-019132e750e2","title":"Episode 39: Ep 39: Alan Hommerding - \"There are many gifts including yours. There are many gifts, not only yours.\"","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/39","content_text":"Jen speaks with Award winning composer, Alan Hommerding, whose diverse output as hymn text writer, poet, and Senior Editor at GIA Publications about the disciplines of writing and humility formed throughout a lifetime of ministry work. Alan once referred to himself rather dismissively as a  \"Catechist with a Rhyming dictionary\", but has spent his career striving to bring the work of evangelization and mission to everything he does. \n\nAlan Hommerding - https://giamusic.com/artists/alan-hommerding#:~:text=In%202019%2C%20Alan%20was%20named,the%20Association%20of%20Catholic%20Publishers.\n\nSt. Cecilia's Orchestra - https://www.amazon.com/Cecilias-Orchestra-Michael-ONeill-McGrath/dp/1584594756\n\nO Great Sacred Feast of Life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va2JAiDHm2s\n\nIn Holy Harmony - https://giamusic.com/resource/in-holy-harmony-prayers-for-parish-musicians-book-000701\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen speaks with Award winning composer, Alan Hommerding, whose diverse output as hymn text writer, poet, and Senior Editor at GIA Publications about the disciplines of writing and humility formed throughout a lifetime of ministry work. Alan once referred to himself rather dismissively as a  \"Catechist with a Rhyming dictionary\", but has spent his career striving to bring the work of evangelization and mission to everything he does. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlan Hommerding - \u003ca href=\"https://giamusic.com/artists/alan-hommerding#:%7E:text=In%202019%2C%20Alan%20was%20named,the%20Association%20of%20Catholic%20Publishers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://giamusic.com/artists/alan-hommerding#:~:text=In%202019%2C%20Alan%20was%20named,the%20Association%20of%20Catholic%20Publishers\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Cecilia's Orchestra - \u003ca href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Cecilias-Orchestra-Michael-ONeill-McGrath/dp/1584594756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.amazon.com/Cecilias-Orchestra-Michael-ONeill-McGrath/dp/1584594756\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eO Great Sacred Feast of Life - \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va2JAiDHm2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va2JAiDHm2s\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Holy Harmony - \u003ca href=\"https://giamusic.com/resource/in-holy-harmony-prayers-for-parish-musicians-book-000701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://giamusic.com/resource/in-holy-harmony-prayers-for-parish-musicians-book-000701\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen speaks with Liturgical Composer, Hymn text writer and Senior editor at GIA Publications about the disciplines of writing and humility formed throughout a lifetime of ministry work. Alan once referred to himself rather dismissively as a  \"Catechist with a Rhyming dictionary\", but has spent his career striving to bring the work of evangelization and mission to everything he does. ","date_published":"2024-06-11T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/4cbd3ae9-793c-489a-ab7a-019132e750e2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31426632,"duration_in_seconds":2617}]},{"id":"f794bc3c-2c0d-4b34-8dec-fc110279ae62","title":"Episode 38: Teach a Sister, Touch the World - How Eucharistic devotion can transform the world. ","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/38","content_text":"Jen speaks with Sister Marie Pauline Demek, SCC, President of Assumption College of Sisters in Denville, New Jersey about the work of Evangelization accomplished at ACS as springing from the founder of the Sisters of Christian Charity, Blessed Pauline von Mallinckrodt. Blessed Pauline's Eucharistic devotion spurred her to a lifetime of serving Christ in each person through compassion and education of the poor and needy. Her legacy is manifest today in the College's mission to educate women to a life of Consecration to God for the building up of communities throughout the world. \n\nSisters of Christian Charity: https://sccus.org/\nAssumption College for Sisters: https://acs350.org/\n\nOffice for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen speaks with Sister Marie Pauline Demek, SCC, President of Assumption College of Sisters in Denville, New Jersey about the work of Evangelization accomplished at ACS as springing from the founder of the Sisters of Christian Charity, Blessed Pauline von Mallinckrodt. Blessed Pauline's Eucharistic devotion spurred her to a lifetime of serving Christ in each person through compassion and education of the poor and needy. Her legacy is manifest today in the College's mission to educate women to a life of Consecration to God for the building up of communities throughout the world. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSisters of Christian Charity: \u003ca href=\"https://sccus.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://sccus.org/\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAssumption College for Sisters: \u003ca href=\"https://acs350.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://acs350.org/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen speaks with Sister Marie Pauline Demek, SCC, President of Assumption College of Sisters in Denville, New Jersey about the work of Evangelization accomplished at ACS as springing from the founder of the Sisters of Christian Charity, Blessed Pauline von Mallinckrodt. ","date_published":"2024-05-21T10:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/f794bc3c-2c0d-4b34-8dec-fc110279ae62.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":25668371,"duration_in_seconds":2137}]},{"id":"83a492dd-9b04-48e2-82c4-b99d3a3d639d","title":"Episode 36: Ep: 36: Christ's love is perfect, mine is not - Planning your imperfect Lent","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/36","content_text":"This year, Christians observe Ash Wednesday as secular society celebrates Valentine's Day. The paradox of these two celebrations can help us understand the consolation of God's mercy. We give a brief history of the season of Lent, some biblical and liturgical considerations we will encounter, and the ways in which we can enter deeper into our journey toward an Easter of transformation. \n\nThree times I begged the Lord about this, that it might leave me, but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me.Therefore, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and constraints, for the sake of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong. \n(2 Cor 12:8-10)\n\nMercy House - https://rcan.org/mercy-house/\nCatholic Charities of Northern New Jersey - https://www.ccannj.org/\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eThis year, Christians observe Ash Wednesday as secular society celebrates Valentine's Day. The paradox of these two celebrations can help us understand the consolation of God's mercy. We give a brief history of the season of Lent, some biblical and liturgical considerations we will encounter, and the ways in which we can enter deeper into our journey toward an Easter of transformation. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree times I begged the Lord about this, that it might leave me, but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me.Therefore, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and constraints, for the sake of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong. \u003cbr\u003e\n(2 Cor 12:8-10)\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMercy House - \u003ca href=\"https://rcan.org/mercy-house/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://rcan.org/mercy-house/\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCatholic Charities of Northern New Jersey - \u003ca href=\"https://www.ccannj.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.ccannj.org/\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"This year, Christians observe Ash Wednesday as secular society celebrates Valentine's Day. The paradox of these two celebrations can help us understand the consolation of God's mercy. We give a brief history of the season of Lent, some biblical and liturgical considerations we will encounter, and the ways in which we can enter deeper into our journey toward an Easter of transformation. ","date_published":"2024-02-07T11:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/83a492dd-9b04-48e2-82c4-b99d3a3d639d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":29548006,"duration_in_seconds":2461}]},{"id":"ce369788-319d-4cd8-a08d-c4b0231c0af4","title":"Episode 35: Ep 35: Blessing your house with God's Love and Mercy - with Lisa Lawmaster Hess","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/35","content_text":"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.\n\nLisa 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.\n\nKnow Thyself is available for purchase here: https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/know-thyself-the-imperfectionist-s-guide-to-sorting-your-stuff\n\nEarly Christian House Blessing prayer - https://www.sainttherse.com/early-christian-house-blessing-prayer/\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen 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.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLisa 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.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKnow Thyself is available for purchase here: \u003ca href=\"https://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/know-thyself-the-imperfectionist-s-guide-to-sorting-your-stuff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.osvcatholicbookstore.com/product/know-thyself-the-imperfectionist-s-guide-to-sorting-your-stuff\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEarly Christian House Blessing prayer - \u003ca href=\"https://www.sainttherse.com/early-christian-house-blessing-prayer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.sainttherse.com/early-christian-house-blessing-prayer/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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.","date_published":"2024-01-29T11:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/ce369788-319d-4cd8-a08d-c4b0231c0af4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":39519272,"duration_in_seconds":3291}]},{"id":"3952a9d4-92d7-4b2d-a05e-a2e0678794c2","title":"Episode 34: Ep 34: Perfect Love Drives out Fear - Mercy House and Respect Life with Cheryl Riley","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/34","content_text":"Jen grabs a few moments with Cheryl Riley, the fearless director of the Office of Respect Life and Mercy House initiatives in the Archdiocese of Newark, in between her non-stop ministry to help women and families choose life. Cheryl's own healing came through Rachel's Vineyard retreats, which inform all of her work in ministry. \nCheryl recently travelled to the country of Malta to help establish Rachel's Vineyard ministry in their country, the last place in the European Union where abortion is illegal, but whose people are not without the need for the message of mercy, healing and grace which affects all of those who have been touched by abortion. \n\nJen reads from 1 John 4: 16-21 \n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen grabs a few moments with Cheryl Riley, the fearless director of the Office of Respect Life and Mercy House initiatives in the Archdiocese of Newark, in between her non-stop ministry to help women and families choose life. Cheryl's own healing came through Rachel's Vineyard retreats, which inform all of her work in ministry. \u003cbr\u003e\nCheryl recently travelled to the country of Malta to help establish Rachel's Vineyard ministry in their country, the last place in the European Union where abortion is illegal, but whose people are not without the need for the message of mercy, healing and grace which affects all of those who have been touched by abortion. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJen reads from 1 John 4: 16-21 \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen grabs a few moments with Cheryl Riley, director of the Office of Respect Life and Mercy House initiatives in the Archdiocese of Newark, in between her non-stop ministry to help women and families choose life. Cheryl's own healing came through Rachel's Vineyard retreats, which inform all of her work in ministry. ","date_published":"2024-01-16T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/3952a9d4-92d7-4b2d-a05e-a2e0678794c2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":43593601,"duration_in_seconds":1815}]},{"id":"81311f32-f89c-4d35-a6c5-6e499092ca9e","title":"Episode 33: A Thrill of Hope for the weary world - Letting ourselves be loved as a child of God","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/33","content_text":"Fr. John and Jen sit down together again (finally!) for one last conversation of hope before Christmas.\nFr. John gives us a surefire way to be renewed in hope and joy this Christmas by bringing our repentant hearts to the manger this year. \nJen and Fr. John read from some of the carols of the season that give us strong theology for discipleship once we get past the well-known first verse. \n\nPoem - Christina Rossetti - (1830 - 1894) - A Baby is a Harmless thing - https://tinyurl.com/5y7x9ava\n\nA baby is a harmless thing\nAnd wins our hearts with one accord,\nAnd Flower of Babies was their King,\nJesus Christ our Lord:\nLily of lilies He\nUpon His Mother's knee;\nRose of roses, soon to be\nCrowned with thorns on leafless tree.\n\nA lamb is innocent and mild\nAnd merry on the soft green sod;\nAnd Jesus Christ, the Undefiled,\nIs the Lamb of God:\nOnly spotless He\nUpon his Mother's knee;\nWhite and ruddy, soon to be\nSacrificed for you and me.\n\nNay, lamb is not so sweet a word,\nNor lily half so pure a name;\nAnother name our hearts hath stirred,\nKindling them to flame:\n'Jesus' certainly\nIs music and melody:\nHeart with heart in harmony\nCarol we and worship we.\n\nNarrated by Jen's son IJJ. \n\nSeason/Reason - Wreath Artwork - https://pixels.com/featured/christmas-wreath-reason-tish-wynne.html\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eFr. John and Jen sit down together again (finally!) for one last conversation of hope before Christmas.\u003cbr\u003e\nFr. John gives us a surefire way to be renewed in hope and joy this Christmas by bringing our repentant hearts to the manger this year. \u003cbr\u003e\nJen and Fr. John read from some of the carols of the season that give us strong theology for discipleship once we get past the well-known first verse. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePoem - Christina Rossetti - (1830 - 1894) - A Baby is a Harmless thing - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/5y7x9ava\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/5y7x9ava\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA baby is a harmless thing\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd wins our hearts with one accord,\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd Flower of Babies was their King,\u003cbr\u003e\nJesus Christ our Lord:\u003cbr\u003e\nLily of lilies He\u003cbr\u003e\nUpon His Mother's knee;\u003cbr\u003e\nRose of roses, soon to be\u003cbr\u003e\nCrowned with thorns on leafless tree.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA lamb is innocent and mild\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd merry on the soft green sod;\u003cbr\u003e\nAnd Jesus Christ, the Undefiled,\u003cbr\u003e\nIs the Lamb of God:\u003cbr\u003e\nOnly spotless He\u003cbr\u003e\nUpon his Mother's knee;\u003cbr\u003e\nWhite and ruddy, soon to be\u003cbr\u003e\nSacrificed for you and me.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNay, lamb is not so sweet a word,\u003cbr\u003e\nNor lily half so pure a name;\u003cbr\u003e\nAnother name our hearts hath stirred,\u003cbr\u003e\nKindling them to flame:\u003cbr\u003e\n'Jesus' certainly\u003cbr\u003e\nIs music and melody:\u003cbr\u003e\nHeart with heart in harmony\u003cbr\u003e\nCarol we and worship we.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNarrated by Jen's son IJJ. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeason/Reason - Wreath Artwork - \u003ca href=\"https://pixels.com/featured/christmas-wreath-reason-tish-wynne.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://pixels.com/featured/christmas-wreath-reason-tish-wynne.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Fr. John and Jen sit down together again (finally!) for one last conversation of hope before Christmas.\r\nFr. John gives us a surefire way to be renewed in hope and joy this Christmas by bringing our repentant hearts to the manger this year. \r\nJen and Fr. John read from some of the carols of the season that give us strong theology for discipleship once we get past the well-known first verse. ","date_published":"2023-12-18T15:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/81311f32-f89c-4d35-a6c5-6e499092ca9e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19517606,"duration_in_seconds":1625}]},{"id":"a04e8c14-88e3-421d-868f-8866ae79d3db","title":"Episode 32: Ep. 32 - Leading hope-filled lives: God and my vocation - with Fr. Gino de la Rama, and Fr. Patrick Seo","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/32","content_text":"Jen has her first conversation with two guests, Fr. Gino de la Rama Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of Newark, and Fr. Patrick Seo, Associate Vocations Director, about how to keep the door open for the young people in your life to consider their calling whether it be to marriage, clergy or religious life. \n\nFr. Gino has served as the Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of Newark for the past 7 years, and is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark who grew up in Jersey City. \n\nFr. Andrew Seo was named by Cardinal Tobin just this past summmer as Associate Director of Vocations, and is a native of Bergen County. \n\nOur conversation gives insight into the ways their families helped and sometimes discouraged their vocations, and how important it is to ask Christ to show you His calling for you, in order to live a happier, freer and more fulfilled life. We speak about Advent, Christmas traditions as well. \n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen has her first conversation with two guests, Fr. Gino de la Rama Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of Newark, and Fr. Patrick Seo, Associate Vocations Director, about how to keep the door open for the young people in your life to consider their calling whether it be to marriage, clergy or religious life. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFr. Gino has served as the Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of Newark for the past 7 years, and is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark who grew up in Jersey City. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFr. Andrew Seo was named by Cardinal Tobin just this past summmer as Associate Director of Vocations, and is a native of Bergen County. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur conversation gives insight into the ways their families helped and sometimes discouraged their vocations, and how important it is to ask Christ to show you His calling for you, in order to live a happier, freer and more fulfilled life. We speak about Advent, Christmas traditions as well. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen has her first conversation with two guests, Fr. Gino de la Rama Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of Newark, and Fr. Patrick Seo, Associate Vocations Director, about how to keep the door open for the young people in your life to consider their calling whether it be to marriage, clergy or religious life. ","date_published":"2023-12-01T11:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/a04e8c14-88e3-421d-868f-8866ae79d3db.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35278410,"duration_in_seconds":2938}]},{"id":"ab25270d-d3dc-443f-81a7-02398f798e1c","title":"Episode 31: Ep 31 - Prepare your thankful heart","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/31","content_text":"Fr. John recently attended a prayer meeting with a reflection led by Fred Bunsa. In the midst of all of your holiday preparation this week, we offer a 20 minute practical guide to give the gift of hope to the people whom you spend time with at Thanksgiving and enter the Advent season. \n\nPeople of Hope - https://www.peopleofhope.net/\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eFr. John recently attended a prayer meeting with a reflection led by Fred Bunsa. In the midst of all of your holiday preparation this week, we offer a 20 minute practical guide to give the gift of hope to the people whom you spend time with at Thanksgiving and enter the Advent season. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePeople of Hope - \u003ca href=\"https://www.peopleofhope.net/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.peopleofhope.net/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Fr. John recently attended a prayer meeting with a reflection led by Fred Bunsa. In the midst of all of your holiday preparation this week, we offer a 20 minute practical guide to give the gift of hope to the people whom you spend time with at Thanksgiving. ","date_published":"2023-11-21T11:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/ab25270d-d3dc-443f-81a7-02398f798e1c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":14958151,"duration_in_seconds":1245}]},{"id":"f09992d2-6eea-4f42-b9df-e62274c3f209","title":"Episode 30: Hope for the Holidays: Finding Light at the Darkest time of the year - with author Paul Jarzembowski","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/30","content_text":"Jen interviews Paul Jarzembowski, author and Associate Director for the Laity, oversees USCCB engagement with lay ministry, ecclesial movements, youth, and young adults. Paul's book 'Hope for the Holidays' (Paulist Press 2023) offers practical advice for welcoming our holiday visitors back to church throughout Advent and into the Christmas season, using the secular narratives of the season to draw connections with the unchurched, and a personal and pastoral plan to work to accompany visitors to finding renewed hope in our Catholic church.\n\nPaul Jarzembowski serves on staff for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Washington DC, overseeing the U.S. bishops' engagement with laity ministry, ecclesial movements, youth, and young adults. He is also the author of \"Hope from the Ashes\" (Paulist Press, 2021), on evangelization, pastoral care, and accompaniment of individuals through Catholic moments of return such as Lent. He was the lead staff for the USCCB engagement with the XV Synod of Bishops on \"Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment,\" and its post-synodal exhortation, \"Christus Vivit.\" Paul is also the United States' national coordinator for World Youth Day, and serves as an advisor to the Vatican on ministries with young people.\n\nHope for the Holidays: Finding Light at the Darkest time of the year - \nhttps://www.paulistpress.com/Products/5667-2/hope-for-the-holidays.aspx\n\nHope From the Ashes: https://www.paulistpress.com/Products/5575-0/hope-from-the-ashes.aspx\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen interviews Paul Jarzembowski, author and Associate Director for the Laity, oversees USCCB engagement with lay ministry, ecclesial movements, youth, and young adults. Paul's book 'Hope for the Holidays' (Paulist Press 2023) offers practical advice for welcoming our holiday visitors back to church throughout Advent and into the Christmas season, using the secular narratives of the season to draw connections with the unchurched, and a personal and pastoral plan to work to accompany visitors to finding renewed hope in our Catholic church.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Jarzembowski serves on staff for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Washington DC, overseeing the U.S. bishops' engagement with laity ministry, ecclesial movements, youth, and young adults. He is also the author of \"Hope from the Ashes\" (Paulist Press, 2021), on evangelization, pastoral care, and accompaniment of individuals through Catholic moments of return such as Lent. He was the lead staff for the USCCB engagement with the XV Synod of Bishops on \"Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment,\" and its post-synodal exhortation, \"Christus Vivit.\" Paul is also the United States' national coordinator for World Youth Day, and serves as an advisor to the Vatican on ministries with young people.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHope for the Holidays: Finding Light at the Darkest time of the year - \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://www.paulistpress.com/Products/5667-2/hope-for-the-holidays.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.paulistpress.com/Products/5667-2/hope-for-the-holidays.aspx\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHope From the Ashes: \u003ca href=\"https://www.paulistpress.com/Products/5575-0/hope-from-the-ashes.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.paulistpress.com/Products/5575-0/hope-from-the-ashes.aspx\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen interviews Paul Jarzembowski, author and Associate Director for the Laity, oversees USCCB engagement with lay ministry, ecclesial movements, youth, and young adults. Paul's book 'Hope for the Holidays' (Paulist Press 2023) offers practical advice for welcoming our holiday visitors back to church, using the secular narratives of the season to draw connections with the unchurched, and a personal and pastoral plan to work to accompany visitors to finding renewed hope in our Catholic church.","date_published":"2023-11-08T13:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/f09992d2-6eea-4f42-b9df-e62274c3f209.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":34792945,"duration_in_seconds":2898}]},{"id":"4fae2cb3-33ae-49f2-9694-5d1361fc5613","title":"Episode 28: Ep 28: The Artists way and the Synodal Way with Eric Hunter","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/28","content_text":"Jen speaks with Eric Hunter, pianist, teacher and composer, about the ways in which an artist's outlook and a disciple's outlook overlap. Eric is the composer of our theme song, which has been expanded to a full work and has marked a big change in his compositional voice. \nJen and Eric also speak about the recent papal address to artists in June 2023\nADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS\nTO ARTISTS FOR THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE INAUGURATION\nOF THE VATICAN MUSEUMS’ COLLECTION OF MODERN ART - 23 June 2023\nhttps://tinyurl.com/5n84wyrn\n\nFull version piano only: https://youtu.be/6AmXropGyI0?si=NWxa2wkHR23UVcs7\n\nMeditation on \nSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2UO3ZkUCLRykKb7csvGuyt\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNAIBe5VZts\nApple Music/iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/meditation-for-cello-and-piano-single/1678383947\n\nEric Hunter website: https://www.erichuntermusic.com/","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen speaks with Eric Hunter, pianist, teacher and composer, about the ways in which an artist's outlook and a disciple's outlook overlap. Eric is the composer of our theme song, which has been expanded to a full work and has marked a big change in his compositional voice. \u003cbr\u003e\nJen and Eric also speak about the recent papal address to artists in June 2023\u003cbr\u003e\nADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS\u003cbr\u003e\nTO ARTISTS FOR THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE INAUGURATION\u003cbr\u003e\nOF THE VATICAN MUSEUMS’ COLLECTION OF MODERN ART - 23 June 2023\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/5n84wyrn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/5n84wyrn\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFull version piano only: \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/6AmXropGyI0?si=NWxa2wkHR23UVcs7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://youtu.be/6AmXropGyI0?si=NWxa2wkHR23UVcs7\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeditation on \u003cbr\u003e\nSpotify: \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/album/2UO3ZkUCLRykKb7csvGuyt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://open.spotify.com/album/2UO3ZkUCLRykKb7csvGuyt\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nYouTube: \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNAIBe5VZts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNAIBe5VZts\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nApple Music/iTunes: \u003ca href=\"https://music.apple.com/us/album/meditation-for-cello-and-piano-single/1678383947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://music.apple.com/us/album/meditation-for-cello-and-piano-single/1678383947\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEric Hunter website: \u003ca href=\"https://www.erichuntermusic.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.erichuntermusic.com/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen speaks with Eric Hunter, pianist, teacher and composer, about the ways in which an artist's outlook and a disciple's outlook overlap. Eric is the composer of our theme, which has been expanded to a full work and has marked a big change in his compositional voice. ","date_published":"2023-10-10T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/4fae2cb3-33ae-49f2-9694-5d1361fc5613.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50945312,"duration_in_seconds":2122}]},{"id":"b0e8444d-7ae0-4aec-b523-a4bbd753ff72","title":"Episode 29: Ep 29: A monologue about dialogue - Relationship, trust and spreading the Gospel","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/29","content_text":"Jen shares some thoughts about a year of conversations on the Heart of the Ark podcast, and the role of conversation and dialogue in Evangelization. ","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen shares some thoughts about a year of conversations on the Heart of the Ark podcast, and the role of conversation and dialogue in Evangelization. \u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen shares some thoughts about a year of conversations on the Heart of the Ark podcast, and the role of conversation and dialogue in Evangelization. ","date_published":"2023-10-10T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/b0e8444d-7ae0-4aec-b523-a4bbd753ff72.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35582648,"duration_in_seconds":1481}]},{"id":"b1659ef1-63e2-43b0-a969-550794c5262f","title":"Episode 27: Ep 27: Music as Evangelizer, Liturgy as Catechist - with Richard J. Clark","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/27","content_text":"Jen is joined by Richard J. Clark, eclectic musician — composer, conductor, organist, pianist, and songwriter. He is the Director of Music of the Archdiocese of Boston and the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. He previously served for twenty-eight years at St. Cecilia Parish, Boston. At the age of twenty-three, he was appointed Director of Music in 1992 after serving as Organist since 1989. He has also served as Chapel Organist (Saint Mary’s Chapel) at Boston College from 2004-2020.\n\nRichard J. Clark - https://www.rjcceciliamusic.com/richard-j-clark/\n\nWorks Referenced:\nSing to the Lord: Music in Divine Woship - https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/sacred-music-and-art\nDesiderio Desideravi - https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/20220629-lettera-ap-desiderio-desideravi.html\nLumen Gentitum - https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html\nSacramentum Caritatis - https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis.html\nTra Le Sollecutudini - https://adoremus.org/1903/11/tra-le-sollecitudini/\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen is joined by Richard J. Clark, eclectic musician — composer, conductor, organist, pianist, and songwriter. He is the Director of Music of the Archdiocese of Boston and the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. He previously served for twenty-eight years at St. Cecilia Parish, Boston. At the age of twenty-three, he was appointed Director of Music in 1992 after serving as Organist since 1989. He has also served as Chapel Organist (Saint Mary’s Chapel) at Boston College from 2004-2020.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRichard J. Clark - \u003ca href=\"https://www.rjcceciliamusic.com/richard-j-clark/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.rjcceciliamusic.com/richard-j-clark/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWorks Referenced:\u003cbr\u003e\nSing to the Lord: Music in Divine Woship - \u003ca href=\"https://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/sacred-music-and-art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.usccb.org/prayer-and-worship/sacred-music-and-art\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nDesiderio Desideravi - \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/20220629-lettera-ap-desiderio-desideravi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/20220629-lettera-ap-desiderio-desideravi.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nLumen Gentitum - \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19641121_lumen-gentium_en.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSacramentum Caritatis - \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nTra Le Sollecutudini - \u003ca href=\"https://adoremus.org/1903/11/tra-le-sollecitudini/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://adoremus.org/1903/11/tra-le-sollecitudini/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen is joined by Richard J. Clark, eclectic musician — composer, conductor, organist, pianist, and songwriter. He is the Director of Music of the Archdiocese of Boston and the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. He previously served for twenty-eight years at St. Cecilia Parish, Boston. At the age of twenty-three, he was appointed Director of Music in 1992 after serving as Organist since 1989. He has also served as Chapel Organist (Saint Mary’s Chapel) at Boston College from 2004-2020.","date_published":"2023-09-01T04:15:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/b1659ef1-63e2-43b0-a969-550794c5262f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":79040834,"duration_in_seconds":3292}]},{"id":"9929d5f2-cf55-4bb3-ae97-1e65d77510e0","title":"Episode 26: Ep: 26 Demystifying Discernment with Milissa Else","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/26","content_text":"Jen is joined by Milissa Else, Assistant Coordinator for Parish Strategies, in discussing the importance of discernment when facing personal and interpersonal faith decisions. Milissa has been an invited speaker throughout the Archdiocese of Newark and the Diocese of Metuchen, leading parish communities, and small groups into a deepening of communal prayer and conversations regarding mission and ministry. \n\nPope Francis catechesis on discernment in general audiences beginning August 2022 - January 2023\n\n\nDiscernment What is it? - https://tinyurl.com/3rvr3pya\nExample: Ignatius of Loyola - https://tinyurl.com/4r76tm4v\nElements of Discernment: Familiarity with the Lord - https://tinyurl.com/brvpm24j\nElements of Discernment: Self-Knowledge - https://tinyurl.com/ycknyh2j\nElements of Discernment: The Desire - https://tinyurl.com/4ub6yaer\nElements of Discernment: The Book of One's Own Life - https://tinyurl.com/y465k2u4\nSubject of Discernment: Desolation - https://tinyurl.com/2kbr6j23\n\"Why are we desolate?\" - https://tinyurl.com/2v2m4bw7\nConsolation - https://tinyurl.com/5bchsvtr\nThe True Consolation - https://tinyurl.com/5af9ahjm\nConfirmation of the good choice - https://tinyurl.com/2xyzrehm\nThe Vigilance - https://tinyurl.com/3xaaev7z\nConcluding Catechsis on Discernment - https://tinyurl.com/2s9hstam\nSpiritual Accompaniment - https://tinyurl.com/2zz3j654\n\n\nDiscernment: Theology and Practice, Personal and Communal by Ladislas Orsy, S.J. - https://tinyurl.com/59d6rdsc\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen is joined by Milissa Else, Assistant Coordinator for Parish Strategies, in discussing the importance of discernment when facing personal and interpersonal faith decisions. Milissa has been an invited speaker throughout the Archdiocese of Newark and the Diocese of Metuchen, leading parish communities, and small groups into a deepening of communal prayer and conversations regarding mission and ministry. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePope Francis catechesis on discernment in general audiences beginning August 2022 - January 2023\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscernment What is it? - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/3rvr3pya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/3rvr3pya\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExample: Ignatius of Loyola - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/4r76tm4v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/4r76tm4v\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElements of Discernment: Familiarity with the Lord - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/brvpm24j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/brvpm24j\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElements of Discernment: Self-Knowledge - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/ycknyh2j\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/ycknyh2j\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElements of Discernment: The Desire - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/4ub6yaer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/4ub6yaer\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElements of Discernment: The Book of One's Own Life - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/y465k2u4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/y465k2u4\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubject of Discernment: Desolation - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/2kbr6j23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/2kbr6j23\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Why are we desolate?\" - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/2v2m4bw7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/2v2m4bw7\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConsolation - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/5bchsvtr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/5bchsvtr\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe True Consolation - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/5af9ahjm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/5af9ahjm\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConfirmation of the good choice - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/2xyzrehm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/2xyzrehm\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Vigilance - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/3xaaev7z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/3xaaev7z\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcluding Catechsis on Discernment - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/2s9hstam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/2s9hstam\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpiritual Accompaniment - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/2zz3j654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/2zz3j654\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscernment: Theology and Practice, Personal and Communal by Ladislas Orsy, S.J. - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/59d6rdsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/59d6rdsc\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen is joined by Milissa Else, Assistant Coordinator for Parish Strategies, in discussing the importance of discernment when facing personal and interpersonal faith decisions. Milissa has been an invited speaker throughout the Archdiocese of Newark and the Diocese of Metuchen, leading parish communities, and small groups into a deepening of communal prayer and conversations regarding mission and ministry. ","date_published":"2023-08-28T14:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/9929d5f2-cf55-4bb3-ae97-1e65d77510e0.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":64499502,"duration_in_seconds":2686}]},{"id":"91a6e4d0-e625-47ce-a365-6c2cc5f0ab43","title":"Episode 25: Ep 25: Lord, Teach us to pray! ","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/25","content_text":"Fr. John and Jen discuss the upcoming School of Prayer classes beginning September 20 and continuing for seven sessions through May 2024 to offer fresh insight, experience and opportunities for growing in the spiritual life. \n\nInformation about the School of Prayer on episode 19: https://heartoftheark.fireside.fm/19\nSign up: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/IgrHJtB/SchoolofPrayer\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eFr. John and Jen discuss the upcoming School of Prayer classes beginning September 20 and continuing for seven sessions through May 2024 to offer fresh insight, experience and opportunities for growing in the spiritual life. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInformation about the School of Prayer on episode 19: \u003ca href=\"https://heartoftheark.fireside.fm/19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://heartoftheark.fireside.fm/19\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSign up: \u003ca href=\"https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/IgrHJtB/SchoolofPrayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/IgrHJtB/SchoolofPrayer\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Fr. John and Jen discuss the upcoming School of Prayer classes beginning September 20 and continuing for seven sessions through May 2024 to offer fresh insight, experience and opportunities for growing in the spiritual life. ","date_published":"2023-08-15T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/91a6e4d0-e625-47ce-a365-6c2cc5f0ab43.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50992298,"duration_in_seconds":2124}]},{"id":"01f4f3ff-e543-44bb-a0b7-9db02514fdb5","title":"Episode 24: The Heart of a Priest - with Very Rev. Charles Pinyan, Vicar for Clergy Personnel ","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/24","content_text":"Jen speaks with Very Rev. Charles Pinyan, Vicar for Clergy Personnel and Adjunct Professor of Homiletics at Immaculate Conception Seminary about the ways a priest is called to shape his heart to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, and in so doing open his heart to the people he is called to serve as shepherd and spiritual father. \n\nOffice for Clergy Personnel - https://www.rcan.org/offices-and-ministries/clergy-personnel/archdiocesan-priest-personnel\n\nImmaculate Conception Seminary - https://www.shu.edu/theology/\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen speaks with Very Rev. Charles Pinyan, Vicar for Clergy Personnel and Adjunct Professor of Homiletics at Immaculate Conception Seminary about the ways a priest is called to shape his heart to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, and in so doing open his heart to the people he is called to serve as shepherd and spiritual father. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffice for Clergy Personnel - \u003ca href=\"https://www.rcan.org/offices-and-ministries/clergy-personnel/archdiocesan-priest-personnel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.rcan.org/offices-and-ministries/clergy-personnel/archdiocesan-priest-personnel\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eImmaculate Conception Seminary - \u003ca href=\"https://www.shu.edu/theology/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.shu.edu/theology/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen speaks with Very Rev. Charles Pinyan, Vicar for Clergy Personnel and Adjunct Professor of Homiletics at Immaculate Conception Seminary about the ways a priest is called to shape his heart to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ, and in so doing open his heart to the people he is called to serve as shepherd and spiritual father. ","date_published":"2023-06-30T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/01f4f3ff-e543-44bb-a0b7-9db02514fdb5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":48604070,"duration_in_seconds":2024}]},{"id":"750192b5-bdbe-494f-83b2-d805ca167778","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","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/22","content_text":"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. \n\nDominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary - https://summitdominicans.org/\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen 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. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary - \u003ca href=\"https://summitdominicans.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://summitdominicans.org/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2023-06-16T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/750192b5-bdbe-494f-83b2-d805ca167778.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":52413906,"duration_in_seconds":2183}]},{"id":"d8461691-4b0e-43d4-a35c-d25a97c2f4cc","title":"Episode 23: \"His Heart beats for every single one of us\" - Fr. John and Jen on the Devotion to the Sacred Heart","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/23","content_text":"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. \n\n12 Promises of the Sacred Heart - https://welcomehisheart.com/12-promises\n\nEnthronement of the Images of the Sacred Heart - https://welcomehisheart.com/\n\nConversation with Author Emily Jaminet - https://heartoftheark.fireside.fm/21\n\n12 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. https://tinyurl.com/37rsej5b\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eFr. 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. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e12 Promises of the Sacred Heart - \u003ca href=\"https://welcomehisheart.com/12-promises\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://welcomehisheart.com/12-promises\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEnthronement of the Images of the Sacred Heart - \u003ca href=\"https://welcomehisheart.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://welcomehisheart.com/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConversation with Author Emily Jaminet - \u003ca href=\"https://heartoftheark.fireside.fm/21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://heartoftheark.fireside.fm/21\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e12 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. \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/37rsej5b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/37rsej5b\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2023-06-15T00:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/d8461691-4b0e-43d4-a35c-d25a97c2f4cc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":62640086,"duration_in_seconds":2609}]},{"id":"eda6d91d-8678-4f9d-963b-7adaadb42b82","title":"Episode 21: De-mystifying the Devotion to the Sacred Heart with Emily Jaminet","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/21","content_text":"Jen speaks with author Emily Jaminet about her two recent books \"Secrets of the Sacred Heart\" and \"Holy Habits from the Sacred Heart\", and what it means for us that Jesus loves us so much as to give us His heart. \n\nEmily Jaminet, Author - https://www.emilyjaminet.com/\n\nEmily's books on the Devotion to the Sacred Heart: \nHoly Habits from the Sacred Heart - https://www.avemariapress.com/products/holy-habits-from-the-sacred-heart\nSecrets of the Sacred Heart - https://www.avemariapress.com/products/secrets-of-the-sacred-heart\n\nAll of Emily's books: https://www.emilyjaminet.com/all-books/\n\nWelcome His Heart Enthronment of the Sacred Heart in your home: https://welcomehisheart.com/\n\nSacred Heart Revival beginning June 1, 2023: https://sacredheartrevival.com/\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen speaks with author Emily Jaminet about her two recent books \"Secrets of the Sacred Heart\" and \"Holy Habits from the Sacred Heart\", and what it means for us that Jesus loves us so much as to give us His heart. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmily Jaminet, Author - \u003ca href=\"https://www.emilyjaminet.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.emilyjaminet.com/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEmily's books on the Devotion to the Sacred Heart: \u003cbr\u003e\nHoly Habits from the Sacred Heart - \u003ca href=\"https://www.avemariapress.com/products/holy-habits-from-the-sacred-heart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.avemariapress.com/products/holy-habits-from-the-sacred-heart\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSecrets of the Sacred Heart - \u003ca href=\"https://www.avemariapress.com/products/secrets-of-the-sacred-heart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.avemariapress.com/products/secrets-of-the-sacred-heart\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll of Emily's books: \u003ca href=\"https://www.emilyjaminet.com/all-books/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.emilyjaminet.com/all-books/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome His Heart Enthronment of the Sacred Heart in your home: \u003ca href=\"https://welcomehisheart.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://welcomehisheart.com/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSacred Heart Revival beginning June 1, 2023: \u003ca href=\"https://sacredheartrevival.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://sacredheartrevival.com/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen speaks with author Emily Jaminet about her two recent books \"Secrets of the Sacred Heart\" and Holy Habits of the Sacred Heart, and what it means for us that Jesus loves us so much as to give us His heart. ","date_published":"2023-05-31T14:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/eda6d91d-8678-4f9d-963b-7adaadb42b82.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":62545118,"duration_in_seconds":2605}]},{"id":"12fc0bf9-761c-4e6d-916b-b02ec0e4b3fd","title":"Episode 20: Ep 20: Synod and Evangelization with Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P. Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Newark","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/20","content_text":"Jen speaks with Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P. Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Newark, and head of the Archdiocese Synod on Synodality team about the ways in which we need to grow as church and how we can discern our path forward as the people of God in the Archdiocese of Newark. \n\nSr. Donna Ciangio, was appointed Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Newark by Cardinal Joseph Tobin in 2018. For more information about her appointment or biography: https://tinyurl.com/mt7wjy53\n\nFor links to the parish pastoral planning workshops: https://tinyurl.com/ydw67jf3\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen speaks with Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P. Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Newark, and head of the Archdiocese Synod on Synodality team about the ways in which we need to grow as church and how we can discern our path forward as the people of God in the Archdiocese of Newark. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSr. Donna Ciangio, was appointed Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Newark by Cardinal Joseph Tobin in 2018. For more information about her appointment or biography: \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/mt7wjy53\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/mt7wjy53\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor links to the parish pastoral planning workshops: \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/ydw67jf3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/ydw67jf3\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen speaks with Sr. Donna Ciangio, O.P. Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Newark, and head of the Archdiocese Synod on Synodality team about the ways in which we need to grow as church and how we can discern our path forward. ","date_published":"2023-05-22T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/12fc0bf9-761c-4e6d-916b-b02ec0e4b3fd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":67857326,"duration_in_seconds":2826}]},{"id":"1b7271c1-5e03-453d-8490-27d3e8e04ff2","title":"Episode 19: Ep 19: School of Prayer -Building your spiritual tool box with Fr. John Gordon","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/19","content_text":"Fr. John and Jen introduce the new in person series coming in the Fall from the Office For Evangelization - The School of Prayer. \nBeginning in September 2023 we will offer a 7 session course to enrich your spirital life.\nThe course which meets on the third Wednesday of each month will be offered as a series. \nAs of May 16, 2016 we are still building the backend of the course, but to inquire about the course or to preliminarily reserve your space, please email: evangelization@rcan.org to get on the list today. \nAll information will be posted to our website using this link: \nhttps://lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/IgrHJtB/SchoolofPrayer\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eFr. John and Jen introduce the new in person series coming in the Fall from the Office For Evangelization - The School of Prayer. \u003cbr\u003e\nBeginning in September 2023 we will offer a 7 session course to enrich your spirital life.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe course which meets on the third Wednesday of each month will be offered as a series. \u003cbr\u003e\nAs of May 16, 2016 we are still building the backend of the course, but to inquire about the course or to preliminarily reserve your space, please email: \u003ca href=\"mailto:evangelization@rcan.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003eevangelization@rcan.org\u003c/a\u003e to get on the list today. \u003cbr\u003e\nAll information will be posted to our website using this link: \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/IgrHJtB/SchoolofPrayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/IgrHJtB/SchoolofPrayer\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Fr. John and Jen introduce the new in person series coming in the Fall from the Office For Evangelization - The School of Prayer. ","date_published":"2023-05-19T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/1b7271c1-5e03-453d-8490-27d3e8e04ff2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":44710384,"duration_in_seconds":1862}]},{"id":"054ae8ae-5e17-4c63-9f50-937cf32caa8a","title":"Episode 17: Ep 17: Fatima Part 1: Dear Newark, we have a Mother! ","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/17","content_text":"Jen sits down with Ricardo Casimiro, Campus minister at The Newman Center Montclair State University to discuss the message of Fatima, the apparitions, World Youth Day and the Pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima touring the Archdiocese of Newark this May 2023.\n\nRicardo Casimiro serves as the Campus Minister at Montclair State University, where he is known for his dynamic and captivating speaking style. With a focus on the message of Fatima, he regularly delivers lectures on this topic. In addition, Ricardo has created numerous television productions that delve into the biblical roots of Catholicism and theology. Drawing on more than two decades of leadership, ministry, and teaching expertise, he has a wealth of experience in catechetics and pastoral theology.\n\nPilgrimage of Pope Francis to Fatima May 13, 2017 - https://tinyurl.com/5n73k53a\nHomily of Pope Francis in Fatima - May 13, 2017 - https://tinyurl.com/2rvnt4ab\nPope Francis Urbi et Orbi: March 27.2020 - Christ in the Storm - https://tinyurl.com/5eapf3rr\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen sits down with Ricardo Casimiro, Campus minister at The Newman Center Montclair State University to discuss the message of Fatima, the apparitions, World Youth Day and the Pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima touring the Archdiocese of Newark this May 2023.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRicardo Casimiro serves as the Campus Minister at Montclair State University, where he is known for his dynamic and captivating speaking style. With a focus on the message of Fatima, he regularly delivers lectures on this topic. In addition, Ricardo has created numerous television productions that delve into the biblical roots of Catholicism and theology. Drawing on more than two decades of leadership, ministry, and teaching expertise, he has a wealth of experience in catechetics and pastoral theology.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePilgrimage of Pope Francis to Fatima May 13, 2017 - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/5n73k53a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/5n73k53a\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nHomily of Pope Francis in Fatima - May 13, 2017 - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/2rvnt4ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/2rvnt4ab\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPope Francis Urbi et Orbi: March 27.2020 - Christ in the Storm - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/5eapf3rr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/5eapf3rr\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen sits down with Ricardo Casimiro, Campus minister at The Newman Center Montclair State University to discuss the message of Fatima, the apparitions, World Youth Day and the Pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima touring the Archdiocese of Newark this May 2023. Part 1 of 2 episodes","date_published":"2023-04-28T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/054ae8ae-5e17-4c63-9f50-937cf32caa8a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":48945868,"duration_in_seconds":2038}]},{"id":"0163b971-f8cb-4711-97b5-e24b798bca2c","title":"Episode 18: Ep 18: Fatima  Part 2 - Our Lady's mantle of light and our responsibility","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/18","content_text":"Jen sits down with Ricardo Casimiro, Campus minister at The Newman Center Montclair State University to discuss the message of Fatima, the apparitions, World Youth Day and the Pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima touring the Archdiocese of Newark this May 2023.\n\nRicardo Casimiro serves as the Campus Minister at Montclair State University, where he is known for his dynamic and captivating speaking style. With a focus on the message of Fatima, he regularly delivers lectures on this topic. In addition, Ricardo has created numerous television productions that delve into the biblical roots of Catholicism and theology. Drawing on more than two decades of leadership, ministry, and teaching expertise, he has a wealth of experience in catechetics and pastoral theology.\n\nPilgrimage of Pope Francis to Fatima May 13, 2017 - https://tinyurl.com/5n73k53a\nHomily of Pope Francis in Fatima - May 13, 2017 - https://tinyurl.com/2rvnt4ab\nPope Francis Urbi et Orbi: March 27.2020 - Christ in the Storm - https://tinyurl.com/5eapf3rr\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen sits down with Ricardo Casimiro, Campus minister at The Newman Center Montclair State University to discuss the message of Fatima, the apparitions, World Youth Day and the Pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima touring the Archdiocese of Newark this May 2023.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRicardo Casimiro serves as the Campus Minister at Montclair State University, where he is known for his dynamic and captivating speaking style. With a focus on the message of Fatima, he regularly delivers lectures on this topic. In addition, Ricardo has created numerous television productions that delve into the biblical roots of Catholicism and theology. Drawing on more than two decades of leadership, ministry, and teaching expertise, he has a wealth of experience in catechetics and pastoral theology.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePilgrimage of Pope Francis to Fatima May 13, 2017 - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/5n73k53a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/5n73k53a\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nHomily of Pope Francis in Fatima - May 13, 2017 - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/2rvnt4ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/2rvnt4ab\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPope Francis Urbi et Orbi: March 27.2020 - Christ in the Storm - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/5eapf3rr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/5eapf3rr\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen sits down with Ricardo Casimiro, Campus minister at The Newman Center Montclair State University to discuss the message of Fatima, the apparitions, World Youth Day and the Pilgrim statue of Our Lady of Fatima touring the Archdiocese of Newark this May 2023. Part 2 of 2 episodes","date_published":"2023-04-28T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/0163b971-f8cb-4711-97b5-e24b798bca2c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":72461558,"duration_in_seconds":3018}]},{"id":"6b99c407-ba7d-49df-b218-930aeb0f9951","title":"Episode 16: Ep 16: \"God's Love - We can't even imagine!\" with Sr. Patricia Wormann O.P.","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/16","content_text":"Sr. Pat Wormann, serves as the Delegate for Religious for the Archdiocese of Newark. A member of the Caldwell Dominicans, Sr. Pat has been a nun for 58 years. She shares a piece of her vocation story and the hope and joy she finds in knowing that \"Jesus is right in the midst of our mess\". Lent, Holy Week and Easter meditations\n\nPope Francis Urbi et Orbi: March 27.2020 - Christ in the Storm - https://tinyurl.com/5eapf3rr\nThe Joy of the Gospel - Evangelii Gaudium  - https://tinyurl.com/bdzjk24n\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eSr. Pat Wormann, serves as the Delegate for Religious for the Archdiocese of Newark. A member of the Caldwell Dominicans, Sr. Pat has been a nun for 58 years. She shares a piece of her vocation story and the hope and joy she finds in knowing that \"Jesus is right in the midst of our mess\". Lent, Holy Week and Easter meditations\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePope Francis Urbi et Orbi: March 27.2020 - Christ in the Storm - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/5eapf3rr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/5eapf3rr\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Joy of the Gospel - Evangelii Gaudium  - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/bdzjk24n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/bdzjk24n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Sr. Pat Wormann, serves as the Delegate for Religious for the Archdiocese of Newark. A member of the Caldwell Dominicans, Sr. Pat has been a nun for 58 years. She shares a piece of her vocation story and the hope and joy she finds in knowing that \"Jesus is right in the midst of our mess\"","date_published":"2023-04-04T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/6b99c407-ba7d-49df-b218-930aeb0f9951.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":36588016,"duration_in_seconds":1523}]},{"id":"9dd2a9fd-0e7a-497e-a5c0-13f1612296c9","title":"Episode 15: Ep 15: We should glory in the cross?  Hope is the Christian world-view","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/15","content_text":"Fr. John and Jen talk about the importance of living as people of God who understand that our Hope in Jesus is the only sure thing, and is an outlook that can be strengthened when lived in communion with Him and community with each other. Lent and Easter meditations.\n\nPope Francis - Hope and the apostolic zeal of the believer - March 8, 2023 - General audience https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2023/documents/20230308-udienza-generale.html\n\nPope Benedict - Spe Salvi - https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eFr. John and Jen talk about the importance of living as people of God who understand that our Hope in Jesus is the only sure thing, and is an outlook that can be strengthened when lived in communion with Him and community with each other. Lent and Easter meditations.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePope Francis - Hope and the apostolic zeal of the believer - March 8, 2023 - General audience \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2023/documents/20230308-udienza-generale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/audiences/2023/documents/20230308-udienza-generale.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePope Benedict - Spe Salvi - \u003ca href=\"https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Fr. John and Jen talk about the importance of living as people of God who understand that our Hope in Jesus is the only sure thing, and is an outlook that can be strengthened when lived in communion with Him and community with each other. ","date_published":"2023-03-14T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/9dd2a9fd-0e7a-497e-a5c0-13f1612296c9.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":40995040,"duration_in_seconds":1707}]},{"id":"dd9a385a-4c25-4b4c-b919-34d93a89de31","title":"Episode 14: Ep 14: Ashes speak to the Human Heart - 'Hope from the Ashes' author Paul Jarzembowski","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/14","content_text":"Jen interviews Paul Jarzembowski, author and Associate Director for the Laity, oversees USCCB engagement with lay ministry, ecclesial movements, youth, and young adults. Paul's book 'Hope from the Ashes' (Paulist Press 2021) offers practical advice for welcoming our Lenten visitors back to church, and a pastoral plan to work to keep them.\n\nPaul Jarzembowski serves on staff for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Washington DC, overseeing the U.S. bishops' engagement with laity ministry, ecclesial movements, youth, and young adults. He is also the author of \"Hope from the Ashes\" (Paulist Press, 2021), on evangelization, pastoral care, and accompaniment of individuals through Catholic moments of return such as Lent. He was the lead staff for the USCCB engagement with the XV Synod of Bishops on \"Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment,\" and its post-synodal exhortation, \"Christus Vivit.\" Paul is also the United States' national coordinator for World Youth Day, and serves as an advisor to the Vatican on ministries with young people.\n\nHope From the Ashes: Insights and Resources for Welcoming Lenten Visitors - https://www.paulistpress.com/Products/5575-0/hope-from-the-ashes.aspx\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen interviews Paul Jarzembowski, author and Associate Director for the Laity, oversees USCCB engagement with lay ministry, ecclesial movements, youth, and young adults. Paul's book 'Hope from the Ashes' (Paulist Press 2021) offers practical advice for welcoming our Lenten visitors back to church, and a pastoral plan to work to keep them.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaul Jarzembowski serves on staff for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Washington DC, overseeing the U.S. bishops' engagement with laity ministry, ecclesial movements, youth, and young adults. He is also the author of \"Hope from the Ashes\" (Paulist Press, 2021), on evangelization, pastoral care, and accompaniment of individuals through Catholic moments of return such as Lent. He was the lead staff for the USCCB engagement with the XV Synod of Bishops on \"Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment,\" and its post-synodal exhortation, \"Christus Vivit.\" Paul is also the United States' national coordinator for World Youth Day, and serves as an advisor to the Vatican on ministries with young people.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHope From the Ashes: Insights and Resources for Welcoming Lenten Visitors - \u003ca href=\"https://www.paulistpress.com/Products/5575-0/hope-from-the-ashes.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.paulistpress.com/Products/5575-0/hope-from-the-ashes.aspx\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen interviews Paul Jarzembowski, author and Associate Director for USCCB engagement with laity ministry, ecclesial movements, youth, and young adults. Paul's book Hope from the Ashes (Paulist Press 2021) offers practical advice for welcoming our Lenten visitors back to church, and a pastoral plan to keep them.","date_published":"2023-02-13T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/dd9a385a-4c25-4b4c-b919-34d93a89de31.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":57730524,"duration_in_seconds":2404}]},{"id":"7cc9e4f1-3658-4818-a4dc-aa4fc2429c4f","title":"Episode 13: Ep 13: We are One Body in Christ with Dr. Anne Masters, Ph.D., FAAIDD","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/13","content_text":"Jen is joined by Dr. Anne Masters, Ph.D., FAAIDD - Director of the Office for Pastoral Ministry with Persons with Disabilities, as they discuss belonging and evangelization to and with all members of the Body of Christ. \n\nPastoral Ministry with Persons with Disabilities - https://www.rcan.org/offices-and-ministries/ministry-disabilities\n\nPope Francis - Wednesday address - January 11, 2023  - Catechesis. The passion for evangelization: The believer's apostolic zeal. The call to the apostolate (Mt 9:9-13) - https://tinyurl.com/47xksjva\n\nMusic referenced: \nWe are One Body, Dan Scallon - https://youtu.be/jDRYEwNYOOM\nA Prayer of Compassion, Gwyneth Walker - https://youtu.be/zaEhVkcrxtY\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen is joined by Dr. Anne Masters, Ph.D., FAAIDD - Director of the Office for Pastoral Ministry with Persons with Disabilities, as they discuss belonging and evangelization to and with all members of the Body of Christ. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePastoral Ministry with Persons with Disabilities - \u003ca href=\"https://www.rcan.org/offices-and-ministries/ministry-disabilities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.rcan.org/offices-and-ministries/ministry-disabilities\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePope Francis - Wednesday address - January 11, 2023  - Catechesis. The passion for evangelization: The believer's apostolic zeal. The call to the apostolate (Mt 9:9-13) - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/47xksjva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/47xksjva\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMusic referenced: \u003cbr\u003e\nWe are One Body, Dan Scallon - \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/jDRYEwNYOOM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://youtu.be/jDRYEwNYOOM\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nA Prayer of Compassion, Gwyneth Walker - \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/zaEhVkcrxtY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://youtu.be/zaEhVkcrxtY\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen is joined by Dr. Anne Masters, Ph.D., FAAIDD - Director of the Office for Pastoral Ministry with Persons with Disabilities, as they discuss belonging and evangelization to and with all members of the Body of Christ. ","date_published":"2023-02-02T20:45:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/7cc9e4f1-3658-4818-a4dc-aa4fc2429c4f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":40954840,"duration_in_seconds":1705}]},{"id":"6f7840fa-543f-47ad-a9bf-eb57fb0f5e3b","title":"Episode 12: Ep 12: Fit for Divinity with Fr. Paul Houlis","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/12","content_text":"Jen talks with Fr. Paul Houlis, about the Dignity of the human person and the way Christ redeems humanity in Body and Soul.\n\nFr. Paul Houlis is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark and serves as the chaplain at Gate of Heaven Cemetery and is in residence at Holy Cross Church.\nHe hosts his own podcast called \"A Holy Mess with his HoliMess\" \nhttps://a-holy-mess.captivate.fm/\n\nReferences - \nTheology of the Body  USCCB intro - https://tinyurl.com/2p9etfvw\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eJen talks with Fr. Paul Houlis, about the Dignity of the human person and the way Christ redeems humanity in Body and Soul.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFr. Paul Houlis is a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark and serves as the chaplain at Gate of Heaven Cemetery and is in residence at Holy Cross Church.\u003cbr\u003e\nHe hosts his own podcast called \"A Holy Mess with his HoliMess\" \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"https://a-holy-mess.captivate.fm/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://a-holy-mess.captivate.fm/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReferences - \u003cbr\u003e\nTheology of the Body  USCCB intro - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/2p9etfvw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/2p9etfvw\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jen talks with Fr. Paul Houlis, about the Dignity of the human person and the way Christ redeems humanity in Body and Soul.","date_published":"2023-01-27T18:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/6f7840fa-543f-47ad-a9bf-eb57fb0f5e3b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50304912,"duration_in_seconds":2095}]},{"id":"a255043e-a91f-4cb6-86b4-f80b0167709b","title":"Episode 11: Ep 11: New Year. New me?  - Fr. John and Jen discuss the difference between disciplines and resolutions","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/11","content_text":"Fr. John and Jen discuss some ideas for considering and creating spiritual practices that will lead to a more fulfilling Lent and real conversion of your heart and habits. \n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eFr. John and Jen discuss some ideas for considering and creating spiritual practices that will lead to a more fulfilling Lent and real conversion of your heart and habits. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Fr. John and Jen discuss the difference between disciplines and resolutions and encourage our listeners to start thinking now about our Lenten practices to have longer-lasting spiritual benefits for our lives.","date_published":"2023-01-20T13:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/a255043e-a91f-4cb6-86b4-f80b0167709b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":57806270,"duration_in_seconds":2407}]},{"id":"45699074-0ff9-48ae-8c16-7992ff1acb19","title":"Episode 10: Christmas Traditions - Fr. John and Jen","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/10","content_text":"Fr. John and Jen discuss some of their own holiday traditions, and the ways in which the living out and sharing of these customs shape our faith and our families. \n\nBooks referenced: Practical Theology: On Earth as it is in Heaven - Terry Veling shorturl.at/coK45\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com\n\nSt. Andrew Novena Prayer: \nHail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ, and of His blessed Mother. Amen.","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eFr. John and Jen discuss some of their own holiday traditions, and the ways in which the living out and sharing of these customs shape our faith and our families. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBooks referenced: Practical Theology: On Earth as it is in Heaven - Terry Veling shorturl.at/coK45\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSt. Andrew Novena Prayer: \u003cbr\u003e\nHail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in the piercing cold. In that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, O my God, to hear my prayer and grant my desires through the merits of Our Savior Jesus Christ, and of His blessed Mother. Amen.\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"The Family and Faith traditions of the holiday season which serve to connect us to each other and our Church throughout our lives. ","date_published":"2022-12-20T11:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/45699074-0ff9-48ae-8c16-7992ff1acb19.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":56169783,"duration_in_seconds":2339}]},{"id":"c3744036-06ea-4b1f-b097-92655624ae43","title":"Episode 9: God's desire to know us and to love us - Evangelizing young women","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/9","content_text":"Mary Help of Christians Academy - https://www.maryhelp.org/\nSr. Kelly, a native of Delaware was a Salesian Lay Missioner at Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School in Takoma Park, Md., and became an aspirant to the order in 2014. She now serves as Campus minister and Theology department head at Mary Help of Christians Academy in North Haledon, NJ. Please pray for Sr. Kelly as she is preparing to make her final profession to the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco. \nSr. Kelly speaks to us about her Advent and Christmas messages to her high school students. \n\nMusic referenced: Casting Crowns - Make Room https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYHpJnfy2lQ\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eMary Help of Christians Academy - \u003ca href=\"https://www.maryhelp.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.maryhelp.org/\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSr. Kelly, a native of Delaware was a Salesian Lay Missioner at Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School in Takoma Park, Md., and became an aspirant to the order in 2014. She now serves as Campus minister and Theology department head at Mary Help of Christians Academy in North Haledon, NJ. Please pray for Sr. Kelly as she is preparing to make her final profession to the Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco. \u003cbr\u003e\nSr. Kelly speaks to us about her Advent and Christmas messages to her high school students. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMusic referenced: Casting Crowns - Make Room \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYHpJnfy2lQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYHpJnfy2lQ\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jennifer speaks with Sr. Kelly Schuster, FMA about God's overwhelming desire to know us and to love us, and how she helps her high school students recognize God's love in their own lives.","date_published":"2022-12-16T17:15:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/c3744036-06ea-4b1f-b097-92655624ae43.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":45617441,"duration_in_seconds":1900}]},{"id":"7f395e2e-f21c-4282-82b5-06f12c81a13e","title":"Episode 8: Four P's of Advent and getting beyond commercial Christmas - Evangelizing young men","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/8","content_text":"Recorded live at Seton Hall Preparatory High School - www.shp.org\nFr. Bogumil Misiuk, a native of Lublin, Poland, is the first priest in the Archdiocese of Newark to have been born in the 1990s. He is 32 years old and assigned as campus minister to Seton Hall Preparatory school, the same high school that he graduated from in 2008. \nFr. B, as his students call him, speaks to us about Advent and Christmas and the example of vocations to the students in his charge. \n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eRecorded live at Seton Hall Preparatory High School - \u003ca href=\"http://www.shp.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.shp.org\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFr. Bogumil Misiuk, a native of Lublin, Poland, is the first priest in the Archdiocese of Newark to have been born in the 1990s. He is 32 years old and assigned as campus minister to Seton Hall Preparatory school, the same high school that he graduated from in 2008. \u003cbr\u003e\nFr. B, as his students call him, speaks to us about Advent and Christmas and the example of vocations to the students in his charge. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jennifer speaks with Fr. Bogumil Misiuk, about the Four P's of Advent and the importance of getting beyond the commercial Christmas. ","date_published":"2022-12-16T13:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/7f395e2e-f21c-4282-82b5-06f12c81a13e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":50646725,"duration_in_seconds":2109}]},{"id":"cae8bcd3-be78-428a-a24e-6f4e9d318794","title":"Episode 7: Eucharist means Thankgiving with Bishop Michael Saporito","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/7","content_text":"Bishop Michael Saporito, Auxilliary Bishop of Newark, joins Jennifer to speak about the Eucharist as the ulitmate act of Thanksgiving and the ways we can deepen our relationship with Our Lord truly present in Blessed Sacrament and also in the midst of communities gathered at mass. We cover our hopes for Advent and Christmas seasons. \n\nBishop Michael Saporito, biography - https://tinyurl.com/urkyevsr\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eBishop Michael Saporito, Auxilliary Bishop of Newark, joins Jennifer to speak about the Eucharist as the ulitmate act of Thanksgiving and the ways we can deepen our relationship with Our Lord truly present in Blessed Sacrament and also in the midst of communities gathered at mass. We cover our hopes for Advent and Christmas seasons. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBishop Michael Saporito, biography - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/urkyevsr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/urkyevsr\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Bishop Michael Saporito, Auxilliary Bishop of Newark, joins Jennifer to speak about the Eucharist as the ulitmate act of Thanksgiving and the ways we can deepen our relationship with Our Lord truly present in Blessed Sacrament and also in the midst of communities gathered at mass.","date_published":"2022-11-18T19:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/cae8bcd3-be78-428a-a24e-6f4e9d318794.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":26196094,"duration_in_seconds":2181}]},{"id":"97a44b2c-7c81-469e-b2cf-b132dc6d0a7d","title":"Episode 5: For all the Saints, who from their labors rest.... with Preston Dibble and John Kalinowski","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/5","content_text":"Preston Dibble is the Diocesan Director of Music for the Diocese of Paterson, and the Director of Music at Our Lady of Sorrows in South Orange, he serves in pivotal roles in the American Guild of Organists and the National Association of Pastoral Musicians.\n\nJohn Kalinowski is a Board Certified Hospital Chaplain and the Coordinator for the ministries of Loss and Healing at the Archdiocese of Newark. \n\nBoth men speak of the importance of evangelization and accompaniment of those that they meet especially in times of grief. \nTopics discussed:\nFuneral liturgies as an opportunity for encounter, discernment of what goes into choosing good hymns for liturgies, pastoral considerations with concerns to the music of David Haas. \nHospital Chaplaincy in a Catholic context, the spiritual journey of a chaplain, and the ways in which our Catholic identity shape health care and end of life decisions. \n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003ePreston Dibble is the Diocesan Director of Music for the Diocese of Paterson, and the Director of Music at Our Lady of Sorrows in South Orange, he serves in pivotal roles in the American Guild of Organists and the National Association of Pastoral Musicians.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Kalinowski is a Board Certified Hospital Chaplain and the Coordinator for the ministries of Loss and Healing at the Archdiocese of Newark. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBoth men speak of the importance of evangelization and accompaniment of those that they meet especially in times of grief. \u003cbr\u003e\nTopics discussed:\u003cbr\u003e\nFuneral liturgies as an opportunity for encounter, discernment of what goes into choosing good hymns for liturgies, pastoral considerations with concerns to the music of David Haas. \u003cbr\u003e\nHospital Chaplaincy in a Catholic context, the spiritual journey of a chaplain, and the ways in which our Catholic identity shape health care and end of life decisions. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jennifer sits down with two lay men doing the work of evangelization through their ministries. Pastoral music minister, Preston Dibble and Hospital chaplain, and Loss and Healing minister, John Kalinowski","date_published":"2022-11-11T13:30:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/97a44b2c-7c81-469e-b2cf-b132dc6d0a7d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":32263316,"duration_in_seconds":2687}]},{"id":"dd9aa189-3911-45df-afc2-abee226be1a1","title":"Episode 6: Holiday Conversation tips:  Talking Turkey with compassion","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/6","content_text":"Family gatherings can be wonderful, and stressful. Fr. John and Jen give some insights in ways in which we can keep the peace, and perhaps spread the faith with the people closest to us this holiday season from Thanksgiving, througout Advent to Christmas and beyond. \n\nBooks referenced:\nClear and Simple: https://cedarhouse.co/clear-simple/\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eFamily gatherings can be wonderful, and stressful. Fr. John and Jen give some insights in ways in which we can keep the peace, and perhaps spread the faith with the people closest to us this holiday season from Thanksgiving, througout Advent to Christmas and beyond. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBooks referenced:\u003cbr\u003e\nClear and Simple: \u003ca href=\"https://cedarhouse.co/clear-simple/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://cedarhouse.co/clear-simple/\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Fr. John Gordon and Jennifer Behnke discuss tips for conversation and evangelization during the holidays. We cover ideas for keeping the tension at the table from turning into conflict. ","date_published":"2022-11-11T13:15:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/dd9aa189-3911-45df-afc2-abee226be1a1.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":43223632,"duration_in_seconds":1800}]},{"id":"f01c3a4d-3383-423f-9889-cc6722db3ca4","title":"Episode 4: Rituals give meaning to life... and death. ","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/4","content_text":"Works referenced - \nLiturgy of the Ordinary - https://tishharrisonwarren.com/liturgy-of-the-ordinary\nRitual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living - https://tinyurl.com/mwu85\nContinuing the Journey – Preparing a Catholic Funeral - https://tinyurl.com/yrpy2cv5\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eWorks referenced - \u003cbr\u003e\nLiturgy of the Ordinary - \u003ca href=\"https://tishharrisonwarren.com/liturgy-of-the-ordinary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tishharrisonwarren.com/liturgy-of-the-ordinary\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRitual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/mwu85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/mwu85\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nContinuing the Journey – Preparing a Catholic Funeral - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/yrpy2cv5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/yrpy2cv5\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"As we prepare for the Feasts of All Saints and All Souls, and the secular world puts up spooky decorations, Fr. John and Jen have a coversation about the importance of rituals in every day life, and those that mark significant moments in our journey here on earth and our transition to everlasting life. ","date_published":"2022-10-18T11:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/f01c3a4d-3383-423f-9889-cc6722db3ca4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":16208871,"duration_in_seconds":2024}]},{"id":"11eadea6-a192-43ba-88f8-8756e3d9310e","title":"Episode 3: EVANGELII GAUDIUM with Brian Honsberger","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/3","content_text":"Brian Honsberger - Executive Director of St. Paul Inside the Walls, and Director of Mission and Technology Integregration for the Diocese of Paterson. He also acts as the Administrator of the Certificate in Catholic Evangelizaiton, a master's-level program co-sponsored by the Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University and St. Paul Inside the Walls. He teaches Biblical Studies, Theology and Evangelization courses at the seminary, as well as non-credit courses at St. Paul Inside the Walls. https://insidethewalls.org/people/brian-honsberger\nWorks Discussed - \nEvangelii Gaudium - https://tinyurl.com/yjvdv2fm\nEvangelii Nuntiandi - https://tinyurl.com/2p85acck\nRedemptoris Missio - https://tinyurl.com/ms2s8w6x\nFrom Christendom to Apostolic Mission - https://tinyurl.com/583kndbk\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eBrian Honsberger - Executive Director of St. Paul Inside the Walls, and Director of Mission and Technology Integregration for the Diocese of Paterson. He also acts as the Administrator of the Certificate in Catholic Evangelizaiton, a master's-level program co-sponsored by the Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall University and St. Paul Inside the Walls. He teaches Biblical Studies, Theology and Evangelization courses at the seminary, as well as non-credit courses at St. Paul Inside the Walls. \u003ca href=\"https://insidethewalls.org/people/brian-honsberger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://insidethewalls.org/people/brian-honsberger\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWorks Discussed - \u003cbr\u003e\nEvangelii Gaudium - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/yjvdv2fm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/yjvdv2fm\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nEvangelii Nuntiandi - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/2p85acck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/2p85acck\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nRedemptoris Missio - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/ms2s8w6x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/ms2s8w6x\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom Christendom to Apostolic Mission - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/583kndbk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/583kndbk\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Fr. John Gordon  speaks with Brian Honsberger ","date_published":"2022-10-07T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/11eadea6-a192-43ba-88f8-8756e3d9310e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":60595108,"duration_in_seconds":2524}]},{"id":"171af15a-a4b9-452f-9bc3-9f8988cab58e","title":"Episode 2: Mental and Spiritual Practices for a Healthy start to the school year","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/2","content_text":"Kelly Jenner, https://tinyurl.com/2wty58yw\nOffice for Family Life Ministries https://rcan.org/offices-and-ministries/family-life/mission-staff\nBooks referenced in discussion with Milissa Else:\nThe Awakened Brain - Dr. Lisa Miller - https://tinyurl.com/wkfa65mw\nThe Spiritual Child - Dr. Lisa Miller - https://tinyurl.com/2xvmbayt\nThe Ignatian Spirituality Daily Examen - https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/the-examen/\nClosing prayer offered by Fr. Fichter is from Book of Blessings, Shortened form blessing outside of mass. \nTime stamps: \nConversation with Kelly Jenner - 2:27\nMental Health initiatives with Brian Caldwell - 17:30\nBeginner's guide to Catholic spirituality  with Milissa Else - 20:50\nBlessing for Student, Parents, Teachers and Catechists with Fr. Stephen Fichter - 41:30\n\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eKelly Jenner, \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/2wty58yw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/2wty58yw\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOffice for Family Life Ministries \u003ca href=\"https://rcan.org/offices-and-ministries/family-life/mission-staff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://rcan.org/offices-and-ministries/family-life/mission-staff\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nBooks referenced in discussion with Milissa Else:\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Awakened Brain - Dr. Lisa Miller - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/wkfa65mw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/wkfa65mw\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Spiritual Child - Dr. Lisa Miller - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/2xvmbayt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/2xvmbayt\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Ignatian Spirituality Daily Examen - \u003ca href=\"https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/the-examen/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/the-examen/\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nClosing prayer offered by Fr. Fichter is from Book of Blessings, Shortened form blessing outside of mass. \u003cbr\u003e\nTime stamps: \u003cbr\u003e\nConversation with Kelly Jenner - 2:27\u003cbr\u003e\nMental Health initiatives with Brian Caldwell - 17:30\u003cbr\u003e\nBeginner's guide to Catholic spirituality  with Milissa Else - 20:50\u003cbr\u003e\nBlessing for Student, Parents, Teachers and Catechists with Fr. Stephen Fichter - 41:30\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Jennifer D. Behnke, Associate Director of Evangelization leads discussions with Kelly Jenner, LPC, Brian Caldwell, Director of Family Life Ministries, Melissa Else, Assistant Coordinator for Parish Strategies and Fr. Stephen Fichter, Vicar for Schools","date_published":"2022-09-29T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/171af15a-a4b9-452f-9bc3-9f8988cab58e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":64493432,"duration_in_seconds":2686}]},{"id":"fd4ade06-3b3b-4c50-b09d-a877fd87839f","title":"Episode 1: Episode 1: The Heart of the Ark Crew introductions","url":"https://www.heartoftheark.org/1","content_text":"Office for Evangelization website: www.rcan.org/evangelization\nPope Francis Urbi et Orbi: March 27.2020 - Christ in the Storm - https://tinyurl.com/5eapf3rr\nThe Joy of the Gospel - Evangelii Gaudium  - https://tinyurl.com/bdzjk24n\nFrom Christendom to Apostolic Mission - https://tinyurl.com/583kndbk\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - www.erichuntermusic.com","content_html":"\u003cp\u003eOffice for Evangelization website: \u003ca href=\"http://www.rcan.org/evangelization\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.rcan.org/evangelization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nPope Francis Urbi et Orbi: March 27.2020 - Christ in the Storm - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/5eapf3rr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/5eapf3rr\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe Joy of the Gospel - Evangelii Gaudium  - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/bdzjk24n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/bdzjk24n\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nFrom Christendom to Apostolic Mission - \u003ca href=\"https://tinyurl.com/583kndbk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ehttps://tinyurl.com/583kndbk\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOur original theme music is \"Meditation\" by Eric Hunter. - \u003ca href=\"http://www.erichuntermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"\u003ewww.erichuntermusic.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","summary":"Fr. John Gordon and Jennifer Behnke from the Office for Evangelization in the Archdiocese of Newark introduce themselves, their journeys of faith that brought them to the Office for Evangelization, and the show's premise. ","date_published":"2022-09-20T09:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/9ea89087-0ef2-4a91-9902-2e4255d918e0/fd4ade06-3b3b-4c50-b09d-a877fd87839f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15107306,"duration_in_seconds":1886}]}]}