Displaying items 1-10 of 67 in total of Heart of the Ark with the tag "church".
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Episode 105: The still, small voice of calm - Contemplation and Stillness for Communal Discernment with Milissa Else
August 9th, 2026 | Season 5 | 38 mins 8 secs
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The still, small voice of calm - Intentional practices of stillness in prayer and the habits of contemplation for communal discernment. Originally recorded in the fall of 2024, Jen speaks with Milissa Else about her experience of deep prayer and contemplation as the necessary foundational work for communal discernment.
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Episode 104: Evangelization - The Heartbeat of the Church with Fr. Cesar Jaramillo, JCL
May 21st, 2026 | Season 5 | 42 mins 45 secs
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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.
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Episode 103: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 47 - In Communion of Service
February 14th, 2026 | Season 4 | 14 mins 1 sec
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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.
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Episode 102: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 46 - Bringing Love to the World
February 11th, 2026 | Season 4 | 21 mins 49 secs
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"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
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Episode 101: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 45 - Integrity and Harmony
January 30th, 2026 | Season 4 | 26 mins 33 secs
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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.
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Episode 100: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 44 -An Oblation to Love
January 26th, 2026 | Season 4 | 20 mins 18 secs
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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.
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Episode 99: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 43 - Reparation: An Extension of the Heart of Christ
December 31st, 2025 | Season 4 | 22 mins 21 secs
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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.
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Episode 98: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 42 - Mending Broken Hearts
December 15th, 2025 | Season 4 | 27 mins 55 secs
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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.
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Episode 97: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 41 - Reparation - Building on the Ruins
December 9th, 2025 | Season 4 | 29 mins 44 secs
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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
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Episode 96: Dilexit Nos in a Year - Session 40 - Fraternity and Mysticism
December 1st, 2025 | Season 4 | 23 mins 4 secs
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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