Truth Of The Spirit

http://PatriarchMinistries.com What does the Paschal Mystery mean for us? Each person’s life is intimately affected. Join Patti Brunner and Truth of the Spirit to explore Basics of Faith with the Basics of the Paschal Mystery. Each of the Gospel writers agree: Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. Baptism is the incorporation into the life of the risen Christ. The suffering servant, Christ, can relate to all suffering by mankind. The kingdom on earth as it is in heaven is shown to us with the glorification of Christ’s body at the resurrection from the dead. Salvation is the gift of the paschal mystery. Salvation is free. It is freely given. It is a gift purchased by the blood of the innocent and blameless Lamb of God, sacrificed to reunite God and Man. The Eucharist, the fruit of salvation, is the reuniting of God and man intimately and completely. It is the completion of the resurrection, the sign of the reunification of God and man and the tangible presence of the almighty God among us a

http://PatriarchMinistries.com Join Patti Brunner and Truth of the Spirit to explore Basics of Faith with the Basics of the Creed. Professions of faith are called creeds from the Latin word ‘credo’ that translates to “I believe”. We are Christians because we believe. Continuing the series on the basics of the Catholic faith, this episode examines the use of statements of belief known as Creeds to keep us on track about the truth. Much of our faith is rather mystical such as ‘One God yet three persons of the Trinity’, and the truth of Jesus being ‘true God and true man’. The Creed specifically points out some of these doctrines that could not be known apart from divine Revelation to the Church. Patti Brunner goes through the main articles of Nicene Creed, to help you understand their basic profession. Learn this Creed and next time someone asks you, “What do you believe as a Catholic?” You’ll have an answer, one that you have professed every Sunday in the public worship of the Mass.

http://PatriarchMinistries.com Join Patti Brunner and Truth of the Spirit to explore Basics of Faith with the Basics to Mass Posture. Most Catholics have been standing or sitting or kneeling at Mass for all of their lives, moving in unison with all around them. If you are new to the Catholic Church, it can be a bit overwhelming. In this episode Patti Brunner will point out the various postures that flow during the Mass and share why each posture and move is important. One of the goals of the Truth of the Spirit podcasts is to remind you of the Spirit filled facets of our Christian faith, sometimes returning to the basics to allow you better access to teachings and actions of those inspired by the Holy Spirit. No matter if you sit, stand, kneel, or lie on the floor in homage before the Lord, know this: God is present in the Eucharist, in the Word, in the priest, in the praise, and in the people. Each of these postures are meaningful as we celebrate the Mass. This moment in time is so special because it is the

http://PatriarchMinistries.com One of the goals of the Truth of the Spirit podcasts is to remind you of the Spirit filled facets of our Christian faith, sometimes returning to the basics to allow you better access to teachings and actions of those inspired by the Holy Spirit. Please join Patti Brunner and Truth of the Spirit to explore Basics of Faith with the Basics to Reading the Bible for Catholics. The Church "forcefully and specially exhorts all the Christian faithful… to learn 'the surpassing knowledge of Jesus Christ‘ (Phil 3:8) by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures” (Catechism #2653). Anybody can pick up a bible, open it, and start reading it. I want to explain to you how the bible is structured so you can understand how wonderful the bible is! The bible teaches us the ancestral history of Jesus true man. But it does more. It helps us to see that Jesus is true God. The Bible is a communication from God to Man. The entire Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit using human writers to record and sha

http://PatriarchMinistries.com I am Patti Brunner and on this episode of Truth of the Spirit I will give you some Basics on Using the Catechism of the Catholic Church. For first time users and beginners it can be a bit confusing. But I assure you after you listen or watch this podcast you’ll be finding nuggets of treasure of the Christian teaching handed down in the Catholic Church in no time! Many Catholics of a certain age grew up with a Baltimore Catechism. This was a “Go To” book for Americans. However, in 1992 a universal catechism was published to be used internationally. A monumental undertaking it is a promulgation of teachings that includes documents of ancient times through modern times. I believe the inspiration of the Holy Spirit helped extract nuggets of truth to share with us in a manageable format of a single volume! I’ll help you explore various ways to find specific teachings and help in using the resource information that you may not even know is included! I have taught these basics to RCIA st

http://PatriarchMinistries.com Join Patti Brunner and Truth of the Spirit for concluding Facing Finals Session 3: Preparing for a Happy Death and Eternal Life. Saint Anthony of Padua wrote that “Nothing is more certain than death and nothing more uncertain than the day and hour of our death.” Sue Yarbrough taught children, “The happiest day of your life is the day you die and get to go to heaven!” In this Facing Finals episode of Truth of the Spirit, Patti Brunner shares that a happy death does not mean an ‘easy’ death. In fact death surrounded by great suffering can still be a happy death. Suffering in this world is not rejection by God. Suffering began by man rejecting God. God so loved the World that He sent his only son to suffer and die in this world so that we could have the opportunity to never suffer again for all eternity—and the person who repents shall live forever in joy. This journey of life is not geared toward a momentary “payoff” like presents on Christmas morning. The joy lasts forever for th

http://PatriarchMinistries.com Join Patti Brunner and Truth of the Spirit guest Dc. Clarence Leis for Facing Finals Session 2: What Do You Leave Behind? & Preplanning Your Funerals. Many of us are heading into our senior season. In the winter of our lives it may be more difficult to complete various  tasks. Take up those challenges and chores and see how completing your own tasks can benefit others. Yet even as one season ends the new is upon us as we reach for eternal life. What do you leave behind? What do you want to hand on to others? How has the paths of others affected you in the journey of life? Would you want others to follow your footprints? Now is the time, before time slips away, to walk in the paths worth following. The steps you must take to prepare for “final days” are similar for everyone. Deacon Clarence Leis has experience in helping people preplan their funerals to reduce the strain on those left behind. As you work on your  planning, and share it with those you will leave behind, it hel

http://PatriarchMinistries.com Join Patti Brunner and Truth of the Spirit guest Dc. John Pate for Facing Finals Session 1: Bucket List & Forgiveness. Do you have a “Bucket List” somewhere that needs to be refreshed? As weather seasons change, we can see the same rhythm take place in our lives. In the winter of our lives it may be more difficult to complete various tasks. Take up those challenges and chores and see how completing your own tasks can then benefit others. The steps you must take to prepare for “final days” are similar for everyone. Not to worry but to prepare. Most people who are healthy plan to live forever—but they don’t really consider the eternal living in the Kingdom of God. Death can catch the unprepared ‘off guard’. People worry about earthly things. Yet most people on their death bed are concerned not concerned about money but about dying. This, if it is a fear, shows that the soul is unprepared, when time for ‘mending fences’ and forgiveness slips away. It is the survivors who focus

http://PatriarchMinistries.com Join Patti Brunner and Truth of the Spirit for the conclusion of Come to the Water retreat given by Fr. Phillip Scott in Arkansas at Subiaco Coury House Retreat Center to the Arkansas Charismatic Leaders. Our nature says “What can I do for God?” To go deeper the Lord asks us: “What can I do for you?” Say “Fiat”, say “Yes”, to his good work in us; it encompasses everything. When we reject or complain we delay his work in us. We are like a tea cup God is making. It starts with a lump of clay and each process seems to hurt and beyond our understanding but after being subjected to firing it is beautiful. Our wounds make us know that we need God. Don’t  desire to trade your experiences; they are allowed and designed and used by God for you to be who you are. Difficulties drive us toward God! Adoration discloses who we really are. Anything good in us is Jesus. Everything else that needs converting is us. James 3:17-18. Righteousness is sown in peacefulness. Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the

http://PatriarchMinistries.com Join Patti Brunner and Truth of the Spirit for Part 4 of the retreat given by Fr. Phillip Scott in Arkansas at Subiaco Coury House  Retreat Center. In this portion of “Come to the Water”, Fr. Philip Scott’s focus is on Blessed Mother Mary and her motherhood, the help of saints, and benefits of adoration. Fr. Philip Scott shares that we are given Blessed Mother Mary as our mother because we need God’s love in a maternal way. When there are problems at home, the children are not noticed. The Lord and Mary will notice us in the adoration chapel. They look at us. To mother others, you have to be  mothered. Our Lady wants to especially be the mother in your mothering. Ask Blessed Mother Mary to mother you. The power of God will come in our admission of weakness. The Saints have chosen us. Fr. Philip Scott says to look at feast days of the saints on the important dates of your life to see which saints have chosen you. Let the saints become your extended family. God is lifting the vei

http://PatriarchMinistries.Com Join Patti Brunner and Truth of the Spirit for Part 4 of the retreat given by Fr. Phillip Scott in Arkansas at Subiaco Coury House Retreat Center. In this episode of “Come to the Water”, Fr. Philip Scott describes the understanding of suffering that souls undergo within the Paschal Mystery. Many people today are stuck fleeing from suffering as the disciples did on the Holy Thursday as Jesus was taken from them in the garden. It seems God has disappeared. Through staying busy, distractions, staying strong, and cover up we avoid suffering. Avoiding suffering creates more suffering. Suffering either clogs you up or opens the airways. Give yourself permission to cry. Suffering reminds us that “this isn’t heaven.” Tears help the exchange from suffering to love. Suffering gets us out of the way.  As you cry on Good Friday, you call it what it is and you need someone who understands to walk with you. As the soul enters Holy Saturday the impact of God’s presence is felt. You sense growt

http://PatriarchMinistries.com Join Patti Brunner for Truth of the Spirit as she shares excerpts of the retreat given by Fr. Phillip Scott in Arkansas for the leaders of the Arkansas Catholic Charismatic Renewal. In this third episode of the series “Come to the Water”, Fr. Philip Scott explains how God finds everything about you exquisite even the way your foot fits in your shoe. He loves you as if nothing existed in the universe but you. The question is not “God, where are you?” but “Where are you not?” Fr. Philip Scott shares he met a cloistered nun who has a gift like St. Anthony of Padua of experiencing becoming a child and playing with the Infant Jesus. Father Philip was with her as she interacted with the Infant Jesus as he visited her for two hours and 50 minutes.  Quoting St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Father Scott shares that our soul is a piece of paradise, a piece of heaven, where the Lord resides. When he was kidnapped he heard the Trinity say to him, “My son what separates you and us, time and eternit

http://PatriarchMinistries.com Join Patti Brunner for Truth of the Spirit as she shares excerpts of the retreat given by Fr. Phillip Scott in Arkansas for the leaders of the Arkansas Catholic Charismatic Renewal. The theme for the retreat is “Come to the Water”. In this second episode of the series, Fr. Philip Scott, explains the importance of saying “Fiat” to the Father’s will for us, even when it involves suffering. He introduces us to the causes of the “Father Wound” and the “Mother Wound”. It is that we never as a son or daughter bonded emotionally with our father and mother, our biological parents. Children spell love T I M E. Fr. Philip Scott also tells us: “Wisdom is seeing life with God’s eyeglasses.” “God has to drench us, and he allows us a difficulty so we will need him and him alone.” And that in “God’s arithmetic, 1+1+1=1”. Say “Fiat” with Fr. Philip Scott and “Come to the Water” (Part 2). Also, for more of Fr. Philip Scott’s great teaching: https://catholicproductions.com/products/powerof- the

http://patriarchministries.com Join Patti Brunner for Truth of the Spirit and a new series that will include excerpts of the retreat given by Fr. Phillip Scott at the beautiful Subiaco Monastery in Arkansas on October 26-29, 2018, for the leaders of the Arkansas Catholic Charismatic Renewal. The theme for the retreat is “Come to the Water”. In this first episode of the series, Fr. Philip Scott, challenges us to imagine one day on earth without sin and leads toward a “doctor degree” in trust. He shares how Jesus is looking to take up his rest within our hearts. He stands at the door and knocks, but we must invite him to come in. Fr. Philip shares visions, stories, scriptures, and his own experiences with us to help us to trust God and keep our eyes and hearts from blindness caused by fear and “Come to the Water”. For more of Fr. Philip Scott’s great teaching: https://catholicproductions.com/products/power-of-the-fathers-blessing-cd To donate to Fr. Philip’s mission or to read more of Fr. Philip Scott’s minist

http://PatriarchMinistries.com Join Patti Brunner for Truth of the Spirit and completion of the series “The Eucharist and Other Sacraments” to find the connection of the power signs from God called Sacraments. The Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life.” “The other sacraments, and indeed all ecclesiastical ministries and works of the apostolate, are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it.” The sacraments all flow from the gift of salvation given to us through the sacrifice of Jesus upon the cross and his resurrection from the dead which is made present during the celebration of the sacrament of Eucharist in a unique way. In the Gospel of John, John identifies the signs Jesus gave us that go beyond themselves. Theses seven signs,that underlie the teachings that the Church, developed as the 7 sacraments. It has always been a matter of conviction in the Catholic Church that by the consecration of the bread and wine a conversion takes place of the whole substance of bread into

Truth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner welcomes Ken Hunter, a deaconate candidate, as he shares (1) the Biblical Roots of Holy Orders, (2) about two priesthoods: the “priesthood of all the faithful” and the “priesthood of the ordained” (3) the origin of Bishop, Priest and Deacon, (4) who may be ordained and (5) the effects/graces of the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Holy Orders is not like “military orders”. Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles is continued to be exercised in the Church until the end of time. It is the sacrament of apostolic ministry. Through it, men are marked with an indelible character and constituted Sacred ministers – in three degrees: bishops, priests and deacons–to teach, sanctify, and govern the faithful in the person of Christ the Head. The priesthood of the Old Covenant finds its perfect fulfillment in the priesthood of Jesus Christ, who is the one Mediator between God and us. “Jesus’ sacrifice of himself on the Cross is a priestly a

http://PatriarchMinistries.com Truth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner welcomes Rick Brunner as he explores for us the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, a sign of God’s presence that brings special healing to those who are seriously sick or frail or dying.  Rick’s example of ministering at the hospital shows the need for a touch from the Lord’s grace when most vulnerable due to illness and old age. He shares the glory of complete cleansing and preparation for glory—no matter the outcome of the situation; all of us eventually will pass on to judgment.  Our love for Christ allows us to step forward to ask for this anointing.  In scripture, James instructs priests to anoint the sick.  Each time a prayer team prays for healing it is under the authority of this sacrament and sign.  This sacrament is a healing—total healing—of the soul.  When healing services tap into the grace of the Holy Spirit for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual healing it is to point the path to fullness of God’s love.  They are

http://PatriarchMinistries.com Truth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner welcomes Sheila Canup for a personal and truth filled look at the Sacrament of Matrimony. She explores the meaning of the Canon Law 1055 quote in the Catechism, “This covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament.” In Genesis “The LORD God said: It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suited to him.” Sheila shares how early in her marriage, she filled the gap, herself, of the needs of her husband but how eventually it became impossible. Only when the Lord was given full permission to enter her marriage did the fullness of covenant love and the Sacrament of Matrimony bring healing and wholeness to the marital relationship and covenant partnership. She demonstrates through the story of the Book of Tobit the importance of obedience to God within a marriage. She brings to life the teachings of the Catechism on the Sacrament of Matrimony. This is the third episode of the

http://PatriarchMinistries.com Join Rebecca Brandes as she speaks about the Sacrament of Reconciliation on the Truth of the Spirit podcast during the series “Eucharist and Other Sacraments”. Dreading confession is a natural thing. Our natural instincts tell us to avoid pain but at the gym you hear “no pain no gain”. In Confession we have to humble ourselves. St. Faustina says we should derive two profits from holy Confession [the Sacrament of Reconciliation]; we come to Confession to be healed and we come to be educated. Like a small child, our soul is in constant need of education. The Catechism of the Catholic Church emphasizes that sacramental confession is the source of spiritual healing and in paragraph In (1421) it says: “The Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our souls and bodies, who forgave the sins of the paralytic and restored him to bodily health, has willed that His Church continue in the power of the Holy Spirit, His work of healing and salvation.”

http://patriarchministries.com Join Patti Brunner for the new Truth of the Spirit series “The Eucharist and Other Sacraments”. This first episode introduces the concept of sacrament and begins with the Sacrament of Confirmation. The flow of the Spirit and the Spirit’s gifts is taught by the Catechism to take root at the decision to be open to God. The sacraments –the signs-of initiation of Baptism and Confirmation witness the choice and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit’s presence. Patti Brunner finds truth within the Catechism; the truth is potential. Each person who receives the sign of the Presence of God among us receives the potential to change the world. Week by week, day by day, hour by hour, the Holy Spirit dwells within those confirmed in the faith. This indelible mark is eternal; it should be clearly visible by the life led by those who have received it. The sign provides power and strength to wall always in the grace of the Lord. The Sacrament of Confirmation is as much a confirmation of His choice