Creo En Dios! Podcasts

This podcast is a recording of a talk I gave at the University of St. Thomas School of Law on the subject, Sprituality Across Faith Traditions.  The talk identifies three dynamics that find expression in all major world religions.  (The podcast runs for 32:45.)

This podcast is the third in a series drawn from an 8-day guided retreat I gave at St. Ignatius Retreat House this summer on the theme of The Gift of an Awakened Heart.  It addresses our need to get in touch with those wounded areas of ourselves that prevent us from opening ourselves fully to God's love.  The length of the podcast is 14:59.

This is a recording of a talk I gave at the University of St. Thoams at the fifth session there of a Fall Prayer Series I'm offering both at UST and at St. Hubert's this fall.  During this talk, I explain what focusing prayer and what are its underpinnings. I then lead the participantes in a guided meditation of this form of prayer.  The podcast runs for 27:01; the guided meditation begins at about 11:45.

This is a recording of a talk I gave at the University of St. Thomas at the fourth session there of a Fall Prayer Series I'm offering both at UST and at St. Hubert's this fall.  During this talk, I explain what this form of meditation is and why and how it might be used by Christians in their prayer.  The podcast runs for 31:56, that last 10 minutes or so of which is a guided meditation.

This podcast is the second in a series drawn from an 8-day guided retreat I gave at St. Ignatius Retreat House this summer on the theme of The Gift of an Awakened Heart.  It talks about the miconceptions that prevent us from opening ourselves fully to God's love and that inhibit awakening our hearts.  The length of the podcast is 15:51.

This week's session of the Fall Prayer Series at St. Thomas focused on Centering Prayer.  Because Centering Prayer is not a regular part of my own prayer practice, the session was facilitated by Jennifer Wright.  This podcast (which runs for 26:22) is a recording of the talk she gave.

This is a recording of a talk I gave at the University of St. Thoams at the second session there of a Fall Prayer Series I'm offering both at UST and at St. Hubert's this fall.  During this talk, I address why poetry, art and music can be useful elements of our prayer and suggested some ways of using them in our prayer. The podcast runs for 15:37.

This is a recording of a talk I gave at the University of St. Thoams at the first session there of a Fall Prayer Series I'm offering both at UST and at St. Hubert's this fall.  During this talk I give a brief introduction to the series and some basic instrucion in two methods of praying with Scripture.  The podcast runs for 22:22.

This podcast is the first in a series drawn from an 8-day guided retreat I gave at St. Ignatius Retreat House this summer on the theme of The Gift of an Awakened Heart.  Drawn from two of the talks I gave, it first identifikes the qualities of awakened heart and then talks about what it means to live out of that awakened heart.  The length of the podcast is 22:03.

Many people struggle with feelings of unworthiness, worrying that they are not really lovable by God. During a retreat several years ago, I had a powerful experience praying with the Hymn to Love in St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. I talk about the experience and the use of this passage as way of lessenting this struggle in this brief reflection.  The length of this podcast is 9:26.

This podcast offers a brief reflection of Jesus instruction to his disciples in Matthew's Gospel to be "the light of the world."  The podcast runs for 7:44.

This is a recording of the brief talk I gave at the University of St. Thomas at the final group session of the Lenten Retreat in Daily Living I gave at UST and at St. Hubert’s.  In it I talked a little more about praying with the resurrected Christ and about the Contemplatio, a prayer exercise that comes at the end of the Spiritual Exercises.  The podcast ends with a short guided reflection on the graces of the retreat.  The podcast runs for 14:51.

This is a recording of the talk I gave during this week's session of the Lenten Retreat in Daily Living I’m giving at UST and at St. Hubert’s. The talk addresses Ignatius' approach to decisionmaking. (The podcast runs for 26:21.)

This is the fifth and last in the series, Reclaiming Who I Am, based on a 3-day women's retreat I gave at St. Ignatius Retreat House in February 2008. The first two podcasts in this series focused on the myths we live with as humans and as women that prevent us from seeing ourselves as God sees us.  They represent what we must “lay down.”  The next three podcasts in the series address what we need to reclaim.  Having talked in about our need to see ourselves as the beloved of God and to recognize our giftedness, this final podcast reflects on what it means to say that each of us is individually called by God.  The length of this podcast is 15:56.

This is a recording of the talk I gave during the fourth weekly group meeting of the Lenten Retreat in Daily Living I’m giving at the University of St. Thomas.  The talk addresses spiritual consolation and spiritual desolation.  ( podcast runs for 14:56.)

This is a recording of the talk I gave during the third week of the Lenten Retreat in Daily Living at the University of St. Thomas.  During this past week, the prayer focused on sin (Week One of the Spiritual Exercises). This week, the prayer moves into Week 2 of the Spiritual Exercises, which is all about seeking the grace fo know, love and follow Jesus more closely.  The talk briefly addresses the early discourgement that sometimes arises during a retreat like this, introduces the Ignatian Triple Colloquy and then talks about the transition between Week 1 and Week 2 of the Spirtiual Exercises. Near the end of the talk, I also speak a little about the prayer material for the upcoming week. The podcast runs for 23:40.

Marian Apparitions, is the sixth and final podcast in a series drawn from an 8-day guided retreat I gave at St. Ignatius Retreat House in June 2007, on the theme of Embracing Mary. The podcast relates the story of two of the more famous Marian apparitions and reflects on both Mary\’s message and our reaction to the stories of her appearances.  The podcast runs for 14:58.

This is a recording of the talk I gave during the the second meeting of the Lenten Retreat in Daily Living at UST.  This week, the retreatant's prayer moves into Week 1 of the Spiritual Exercises, which focues on sin. This talk briefly addressing certain dynamics of Ignatian prayer and then giving instruction in praying a daily examen, a prayer that is a useful addition to everyone’s daily prayer, but that is particularly recommended by St. Ignatius during Week 1 of the Exercises. Toward the end, I also speak a little about the prayer material for the upcoming week.  The podcast runs for 19:41.

This is a recording of the talk I gave at the opening session of the Retreat in Daily Living I am giving at the University of St. Thomas.  It provides an introduction to St. Ignatius and the Spiritual Exercises, the scheme of which is followed during these weeks of prayer.  It also gives some basic instruction in praying with scripture and some other dynamics of Ignatian prayer.

This is a recording of the talk I gave during a mid-day student reflection at the University of St. Thomas law school earlier this week.  It attempts to identify some of the things that block us from receiving God's love, that prevent us from being all we can be for the life of the world.