Los personajes del evangelio son históricos, pero también son estados del alma. Todos somos Zaqueo en nuestro deseo de ver a Jesús, y lo hospedamos en nuestra casa. Para eso requerimos humildad: busquemos detectar el orgullo sutil y tenaz que se enrosca en nuestra alma. Nos servirá meditar y repetir la “Letanía de la humildad”.

2024-06-04 Orgullo sutil y tenaz

Originally published in 2021. &quot;Ask, seek, knock.&quot; Jesus gives us great confidence that God always answers our prayers.  Our Lenten penance can make them even more powerful. <a href='https://comeawaybyyourselves.com'>https://comeawaybyyourselves.com</a>

Lent - Day 8

Doug unpacks things you can say during a fight to calm the waters when things get heated. Plus: One minute to a Rekindled Heart. Listener questions and comments: <ul> <li>Dee - My husband and I are separated due to his drug addiction that he kept from me. I thought he was sober the last four years. There are anger issues and he's accused me of stuff. He wants me back. What am I supposed to do? (20:19)</li> <li>Al - My wife and I both work. The bill division is not 50/50. It's more like 95/5. What do you think? (26:53)</li> <li>Ron - My wife has gained a tremendous amount of weight. How do I bring this up without hurting her? I love her very much. (39:26)</li> </ul> Resources: Rekindled Hearts Marriage Bundle <a href="https://relevantradio.store/collections/books/products/marriage-bundle">https://relevantradio.store/collections/books/products/marriage-bundle</a>

Calming the Waters

In the discourse on the bread of life (John 6), some of the disciples are scandalized by the words of Jesus, and no longer go with him. "Will you also go away", he asks the apostles? Peter says: "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." During hard times we realize we have made a commitment, and we must keep our word. Stay faithful, no matter what. Fidelity means a readiness to fight. To struggle. We do so now during the ups and downs of the pandemic. (Preached in Lyncroft centre by Fr. Eric Nicolai)
Music: Adrian Berenguer, Fall (Album Multiplicity, 2017)
Thumbnail: George Bellows, Dempsey and Firpo (1924), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
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Fidelity: Never Give Up

Doug looks at another case study from "Impossible Marriages Redeemed." When you are struggling with your spouse, how can you change your own actions instead of theirs? Plus: what do you do when your spouse is distant?

What Can You Change?

Estando inmersos en un mundo de pecado, procuremos mantener la sensibilidad para no acostumbrarnos a su presencia. La mayor desgracia del mundo es haber perdido el sentido del pecado, porque haciéndolo pierde también la contrición. ¿Para removernos, o para remover a otros? La contemplación de la Pasión del Señor: el amor que asume todo pecado.

2024-09-11 El shock del pecado

Being One with Christ

Originally published in 2021. Forgiveness for our sins is an essential part of Lent.  But to receive forgiveness we must be ready to give it.  <a href='https://comeawaybyyourselves.com'>https://comeawaybyyourselves.com</a>

Lent - Day 6

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A Spiritual Retreat on St. Joseph, Father & Protector

In The Tenth Hour: Ten Transforming Encounters with Jesus in the Gospels, Joe Billmeier guides readers through ten powerful Gospel scenes where ordinary people meet Jesus—and are never the same again. From Bartimaeus the blind beggar who dared to cry out, to Zacchaeus who climbed a sycamore tree, to Simon of Cyrene unexpectedly pressed into carrying the Cross, each story reveals the lasting transformation that comes from meeting Christ face-to-face.

The Tenth Hour

Deacon Patrick Conley joins Doug to discuss his faith journey that led him to the Deaconate. Doug also goes to the mailbag. What can a couple do if the husband is no longer physically able to fulfill his role in the bedroom? &nbsp; Listener questions and comments: &nbsp; <ul> <li>Joan &ndash; Congratulations to Deacon Patrick Conley! (9:12)</li> </ul> &nbsp; Resources: NaPro Technology <a href="https://naprotechnology.com/">https://naprotechnology.com/</a>

Intimacy and Eternity

En la última petición del Padrenuestro pedimos: libera nos a malo, líbranos del malo, es decir, de satanás. El demonio es como un tenista que tiene en un mano la raqueta de la carne y en la otra la del mundo: los tres enemigos del hombre. Tiene también su propia raqueta, que es la del mundo oscuro y de la soberbia. Actúa arteramente, es el seductor que busca apartarnos de Dios.

2025-09-27 Líbranos del maligno

The image of our Lord as Good Shepherd is a challenging one.   It means that we Christians are sheep.  Our pride and self-sufficiency naturally bristle at this image.  Only with deep humility, and contemplating Jesus the Lamb of God, can we embrace being sheep and having a Shepherd.  <a href='https://comeawaybyyourselves.com'>https://comeawaybyyourselves.com</a>

Good Shepherd, Good Sheep

Meditation preached by Fr. Eric Nicolai at Kintore College, Toronto,on January 7, 2026.Mark 6, 45-52: &quot;When it was evening, the boat was far out on the sea and he was alone on shore. Then he saw that they were tossed about while rowing, for the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night, he came toward them walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them. But when they saw him walking on the sea, they thought it was a ghost and cried out. They had all seen him and were terrified. But at once he spoke with them, “Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid!”We cannot let Jesus become for us just a phantom. Something seemingly spiritual, but that we don’t really connect with. Don’t really relate to. This is what happens when our prayer is devoid of a real relational, dialogue aspect.Thumbnail: Rembrandt’s Drawing “Christ Walking on the Water” 1638, from the British Museum.Music: Angelic Choir Library with license, Vienna Phiharmonic Orchestra.

When Jesus Seems like a Ghost

Revela el libro del Génesis que Dios se paseaba por el paraíso al viento de la tarde (3, 8). Conversaba familiarmente con Adán y Eva porque el hombre fue creado para participar de la intimidad divina. Esa verdad, el misterio oculto por los siglos, permaneció velado hasta la Encarnación. En ella se despliega ante nuestros ojos el grandioso proyecto divino: hacernos partícipes, en Cristo, de la misma naturaleza de Dios.