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Sacred Healing 12:30

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You’ve heard all your life that the first and greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. But no one ever told you how. Sacred Healing 12:30 will teach you how to live authentically from the wholyistic love of God in Mark 12:30.

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You’ve heard all your life that the first and greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. But no one ever told you how. Sacred Healing 12:30 will teach you how to live authentically from the wholyistic love of God in Mark 12:30.

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09 Ep#502 Back to Thérèse & the Series Takeaway

2/12/2024
The point in "healing the inner child" is illustrated and affirmed by an ancient psychological/mythological idea that the way to full maturity is to find what you lost as a child and regain it. The recovery of the child revivifies the adult by teaching the adult how to play, trust, and wonder without judgment again, but with the added maturity and knowledge of being an adult who knows how to organize and protect oneself in the world. The inner child finally gets to express him/herself from a place of safety rather than fear and danger. In this wrap-up episode, I offer a case study that might help put all the pieces together, and a reminder from St. Thérèse to stay "little," give Jesus your littleness and little sacrifices, and leave the rest to Him. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Barney C; Corinne C; Laurie D; and Lee Ann K, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our Monthly Meetup Bible study in John is epic! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Has this series taught you anything more than you knew about St. Thérèse and being "little"? Are you more comfortable with younger parts of yourself than before? Are there parts that you still have trouble "welcoming"? What do you want to say to the Holy Spirit about that? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Dearest Jesus, my love, in the words of little Therese, "For me to become great is impossible." Help me bear with myself and my many imperfections as I seek to follow her means of getting to heaven by a little way--very short and very straight, The Little Way of the Child. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Thérèse of Lisieux sacrifice beads at Vianney beads on Etsy. Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – Back to Thérèse and her last year; Sister Marie and the linen room Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Case study on the late-life illumination of a personality projection Minutes 24:01-36:00 – Self-sufficiency and Pharisaism block healing Minutes 36:01-48:00 – Seeing and accepting personality projections (underneath behavior issues) without allowing them to rule; how judgments in our vocations are meant to help us "see" and experience ourselves, God, and others in deeper communion Transcript Friends of the Show: Protected Content. Click Here to sign in

Duration:00:48:00

08 Ep#501 How Pharisaism Blocks Healing Communion

2/5/2024
Listen, Pharisee, the reason you're lonely, the reason you don't feel "chosen," the reason God hasn't thrown you a party (Parable of the Prodigal), is because you're full of judgments that block communion within yourself and between you and the Father, so that you can't feel comfortable enough with Him to even ask for a party. And if he threw you one now, in the state of Pharisaism you're in, you'd just condemn yourself for wastefulness and not deserving it. As soon as we turn back to our inner child, as soon as we extend some sympathy, boundaries, and forgiveness - for ourselves and others - the Pharisee steps in to judge: "How dare you let yourself or them get away with that!" Pharisaism is the wound of the world, because while the "sinful" have obvious evidence of their need for healing love, the Pharisee has his shit together, and therefore cannot see the dark, dead judgments inside himself that prevent healing communion. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Clement O; Connie V; Jackie B; Gaylene M; Holly R; Carolyn C; and Mary G, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our Monthly Meetup Bible study in John is epic! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Did the Holy Spirit bring to mind a judgment that you've been projecting onto others or Him in this episode? Can you discern the contradiction underneath with Him? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Dearest Jesus, my love, in the words of little Therese, "For me to become great is impossible." Help me bear with myself and my many imperfections as I seek to follow her means of getting to heaven by a little way--very short and very straight, The Little Way of the Child. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – How the inner Pharisee steps into the Little Way process Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Unforgiveness and Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes; Catholics and Protestants; Pharisaism as anger at self and God Minutes 24:01-36:00 – Psychology 101 on judgments as projections; fear of God as projection of anger Minutes 36:01-48:00 – Seeing and accepting personality flaws (underneath behavior issues) without allowing them to rule; how judgments in our vocations are meant to help us "see" and experience ourselves, God, and others in communion Transcript Friends of the Show: Protected Content. Click Here to sign in

Duration:00:48:02

07 Ep#500 Acknowledging the Darkness

1/22/2024
All of our spiritual and emotional issues stem from an unconscious unwillingness to acknowledge the darkness in ourselves. In order to resist conscious "seeing" and acknowledging and doing something about the ugly truths in ourselves, we project them onto others, we distract ourselves, and in doing so, we disown parts of ourselves and those parts begin their tyranny. When enough of us do this, our world becomes as disordered as we are inside. It's through conflicts and suffering that enough emotion can break through, consciously, to alert us of what we are not seeing. Eden shows us that if we see and acknowledge it - whatever the darkness is - we can take it to the Holy Spirit to help us heal and order it properly. If Adam and Eve had done this, rather than allowing themselves to be distracted by what was easier and more attractive in the moment, they would have had the knowledge of good and evil without the suffering, because the evil was with them in the Garden the whole time; they just didn't notice or acknowledge it as such. Matthew 18, the Beatitudes, and Old Testament Jacob as a case study, help us with proper healing and ordering: working through pop quizzes, "turning back" to acknowledge and rescue the inner child, setting good boundaries for ourselves and others, and forgiveness for all. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our Monthly Meetup Bible study in John is tonight! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Does looking at the Eden story from a psychological point of view help you understand why working through pop quizzes, "turning back" to the inner child, setting good boundaries, and forgiveness are so important to your growth and health? What do you want to say to the Holy Spirit about that? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Dearest Jesus, my love, in the words of little Therese, "For me to become great is impossible." Help me bear with myself and my many imperfections as I seek to follow her means of getting to heaven by a little way--very short and very straight, The Little Way of the Child. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – Review of Matthew 18 concepts, addition of the Beatitudes for understanding of the processes Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Adam and Eve; the "shadow" or darkness inside; Jacob and deceit; Jacob's pop quizzes Minutes 24:01-36:00 – How the processes work for individuals vs. Christian brothers and sisters Minutes 36:01-48:00 – Forgiveness Transcript Friends of the Show: Protected Content. Click Here to sign in

Duration:00:48:00

06 Ep#499 Rescuing the Lost Sheep: Fraternal Correction

1/15/2024
Somehow I suspect you've either recently been in a conflict where you were corrected or have seen a need or opportunity to offer correction to another. If not, perhaps it's just around the corner. How about some guidelines from Jesus about that? Because we are God's children, and He warns us sternly against "despising the little ones." After radical detachment, we have to "turn back" to rescue the lost sheep of our inner child, and the lost sheep in our original and church families when they are also our brothers and sisters in Christ. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Melanie D; Bruce R; Veronica W; Melinda M; Loren G; Tessa W; Lindsay B; Ann C; Carol S; Christina C; Vicki G; Anita C; Christin L; Emily P; Anne B; and Kevin G, for for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our Monthly Meetup Bible study in John is super deep! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Does a confrontation with someone loom in your life? Does having some guidance from Scripture help you navigate the issue? What do you want to say to the Holy Spirit about that? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Dearest Jesus, my love, in the words of little Therese, "For me to become great is impossible." Help me bear with myself and my many imperfections as I seek to follow her means of getting to heaven by a little way--very short and very straight, The Little Way of the Child. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – "turn back": 1) radical detachment, 2) pursue to the lost sheep, 3) correcting offenders Minutes 12:01-24:00 – despise = "to think against"; Jesus' promise of His presence in the process of correction Minutes 24:01-36:00 – personal examples of "fraternal correction" Minutes 36:01-48:00 – Church Fathers on fraternal correction Transcript Friends of the Show: Protected Content. Click Here to sign in

Duration:00:47:58

05 Ep#498 The Child as a Flesh & Blood Parable

1/8/2024
Using Matthew 18 as a touch point for discussion of the inner child is what we call using a "spiritual sense" of Scripture. It's fascinating to me that Jesus emphasized His teaching in 18 and part of 19 by placing children before Him (remember that chapter and verse numbers were not in the original writings, but added for our convenience). Like flesh and blood parables, children bookend His teaching on boundaries, and we learn that not only are healthy boundaries necessary to faith in dealing with one another in the family of God, but they're also necessary in human and faith development, too. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Melanie D; Bruce R; Veronica W; Melinda M; Loren G; Tessa W; Lindsay B; Ann C; Carol S; Christina C; Vicki G; Anita C; Christin L; Emily P; Anne B; and Kevin G, for for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our next Monthly Meetup Bible study in John is January 22 at 6:30 PM CST! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Does learning something about the Stages of Faith development help to ease their inherent tension? What do you want to say to the Holy Spirit about that? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Dearest Jesus, my love, in the words of little Therese, "For me to become great is impossible." Help me bear with myself and my many imperfections as I seek to follow her means of getting to heaven by a little way--very short and very straight, The Little Way of the Child. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – holiday review, psychological/mythological idea that the way to full maturity is to recover childhood, shadow parts Minutes 12:01-24:00 – procedural memory in the brain, "the saints were crazy," two senses of scripture and subdivisions Minutes 24:01-36:00 – hierarchy vs. relationships, characteristics of children Minutes 36:01-48:00 – stages of faith, "fasting" from destructive relationships, detachment Transcript Friends of the Show: Protected Content. Click Here to sign in

Duration:00:48:00

04 Ep#497 Separation Anxiety

11/27/2023
Separation anxiety is when someone fears being apart from or losing a person or other attachment figure, a place, or even an animal. Adults can experience separation anxiety, although it is more common in children. Learning necessary, healthy detachment from parents, relatives, friends, and trauma bonds provokes "separation anxiety," does it not? Severe SA can manifest in physical symptoms, such as nausea and headaches. But separation anxiety is a normal part of both childhood development and adult relationship development. Although it can be unsettling, Jesus teaches separation is necessary for Christians - at least temporarily - in order to bring about the repentance and reconciliation of an offender. If the offender continues without repentance (changing direction), we must detach from ungodly "Christian" relationships, or else we fall into sin ourselves as enablers. Jesus shows us how. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Jaylen M; Rose G; and Monica M, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our Monthly Meetup Bible study in John is epic! You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Tolerance is not patience, it is enabling sin, according to Jesus and interpreted by the Church Fathers. Has the Holy Spirit alerted you through this episode of a relationship with a fellow (professed) Christian in which you need to speak up and erect some boundaries? What do you want to say to Him about that? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Dearest Jesus, my love, in the words of little Therese, "For me to become great is impossible." Help me bear with myself and my many imperfections as I seek to follow her means of getting to heaven by a little way--very short and very straight, the little way. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – the purification of our hearts has to do with paternal and maternal images (CCC 2779); Thérèse of Lisieux's trauma; mother wounds and female physical issues Minutes 12:01-24:00 – self- and interior-abuse; aggressive vs passive temperament; synopsis of Matthew 18; childlikeness, according to Jesus, means boundaries; the difference between boundaries for Christians and non-Christians; Law as gift; guilt and shame; shame vs contrition; no condemnation for those in Christ (Rom 8:1 and Jn 3) Minutes 24:01-36:00 – the forehead as the seat of shame; Ex 28 HOLINESS TO THE LORD; 3 stages of boundaries; Holy Spirit is our wisdom and discernment as we "wrestle" with boundaries; overview of Matt 18; the Fathers on offenses against children and ourselves Minutes 36:01-48:00 – "cutting them off" or no-contact; eyes, hands, and feet; Jesus seeks out the one who has been separated or "lost" Transcript Click here for a transcript of the show.

Duration:00:48:01

03 Ep #496 The Distressed Inner Child and a Holiday Navigation Guide

11/20/2023
Don't all of your issues seem to be exacerbated by the holiday season? We're spending increased amounts of time with people and/or family who may have wounded us or still do. We may feel pressured and obligated by Great Expectations for how things "should" be. Perhaps we labor under the financial burden such expectations add; the sometimes extreme changes in environment, sleep, and schedules at work and with travel that can cause burnout; the many occasions for over-stimulation for us or our kids; the sheer amounts and types of food; stifling grief while feeling forced to put on the happy face; sibling rivalries; inferiority complexes; self-medication and addiction triggers; seasonal depression and lack of sunlight; questions and insinuations from others about "where you are" in life. If all of that feels overwhelming to you, perhaps you can see why the holiday season causes your inner child to feel distressed and begin "acting out" in order to get your attention? And why all the guilt for simply wanting to hibernate until the whole season is over, or needing to limit exposure to the entire bit? What if the guilt is driven by a trauma bond? Here are six Ps for navigating the holidays and making them more peaceful and happy: Predict, Prepare, Plan, Priorities, Peace, Pivot. Here's the Anxiety Checklist referred to in the episode. Abusive behavior does not always involve tangible violence. Distinctions must be made between physical violence/abuse—traditionally, the most researched and detectable form—and emotional, or psychological, abuse. Emotional abuse is any nonphysical behavior or attitude that is designed to control, subdue, punish, or isolate another person through the use of humiliation or fear (Engel, 2002). . . . Emotional abuse can include verbal assault, dominance, control, isolation, ridicule, or the use of intimate knowledge for degradation (Follingstad, Coyne, & Gambone, 2005). It targets the emotional and psychological well-being of the victim, and it is often a precursor to physical abuse. . . . Some types of physical behavior can be considered emotional abuse in that they represent physical violence (Marshall, 1996). Examples include: throwing objects, kicking a wall, shaking a finger or fist at the victim, driving recklessly while the victim is in the car, or threatening to destroy objects the victim values. Property damage is a form of emotional abuse considered “symbolic violence” (Engel, 2002) that results in serious psychological, social, and economic costs. Harm inflicted on victim’s pets can be emotionally abusive, causing suffering in both humans and animals (Faver & Strand, 2007). Link to study, above. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Lidia M; Carl O; Juana N; and Cheryl B (extra thank you!), for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our Monthly Meetup Bible study is tonight at 6:30 PM Central in the Community. You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Where did you identify instances of abuse in your life? Have you been an abuser? Where do you need better boundaries, either as one who has been abused or as an abuser? Spend some time talking with the Holy Spirit about a peace-plan for this holiday season. V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Dearest Jesus, my love, in the words of little Therese, "For me to become great is impossible.

02 Ep #495 The Little Way Visualization Exercise for Your Inner Child

11/13/2023
Are you curious? What does your inner child's voice sound like? This episode, perhaps more than any other I've ever done, has the power to change your life. Ask Little Therese for that grace. When we protect and provide love and radical acceptance for our inner child, she glows and warms up inside. We have the inner freedom to breathe more easily and try new things. We know we can tolerate failure or mess ups. We can deal with minor amounts of guilt or shame without getting eaten up with fear. We don't get stuck desperately needing approval from others. Our inner child needs to find safety in the world so she can come out and play and be an active part of our life. It's the child parts that allow us to be creative and wondrous, as the psalmist says. So let's do it. First, we need a few guide bumpers and a grounding technique in case we encounter emotions that threaten to take over. Next, we need to breathe and relax into our inner prayer space. Then we visualize. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Cynthia R, Cynthia C, Katy P, Joan R, and Jennifer S, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our Monthly Meetup Bible study series on the Gospel of John is out of this world. You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) As you worked through the relaxation and visualization exercises, what did you notice in your mind, body, emotions, and memory? Were you surprised to realize through this show that your inner child is in distress? What do you want to say to the Holy Spirit about that? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Dearest Jesus, my love, in the words of little Therese, "For me to become great is impossible." Help me bear with myself and my many imperfections as I seek to follow her means of getting to heaven by a little way--very short and very straight, the little way. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – What to do if this "little" talk is too weird; importance of healing the inner child; how to know if your inner child is in distress Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Dorothy Day and Therese; the importance of fun and play; how to check in with your body and breathing in preparation for The Little Way Prayer Minutes 24:01-36:00 – Grounding for panic and overwhelm; the need for patience and radical acceptance; preparing your environment for The Little Way Prayer Minutes 36:01-48:00 – 3-2-1 Relaxation technique; The Little Way Prayer/Visualization Exercise; afterward Transcript Click here for a transcript of the show.

Duration:00:48:00

01 Ep #494 St. Thérèse of Lisieux and The Little Way

11/6/2023
Healing the heart is about memory and emotion. Whatever and wherever our painful memories and emotions from the past are, they influence our present and future through our inner child. Learning to love the demanding, controlling little you that still screams for attention and protection in your present and future can be challenging, but it is possible, and Jesus teaches it is necessary. "Unless you become like little children, you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven" (Matt 18:3). Sometimes your hurt is too early to recall, only feel, as in womb experiences or pre-verbal, pre-self-aware implicit memory. Can we reach that deeply? St. Thérèse Lisieux shows us a way, The Little Way. We become little again. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Cynthia R, Cynthia C, Katy P, Joan R, and Jennifer S, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our Monthly Meetup Bible study series on the Gospel of John is out of this world. You coming? LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) You have an inner child. I have an inner child. We all do. Your inner child has a super-sensitive "antenna" that has been picking up messages way before it was even self-aware or able to fully understand or process events and emotions, mentally and emotionally. Like little Thérèse, your inner child holds emotions, memories and beliefs from the past as well as hopes and dreams for the future. Does St. Thérèse of Lisieux's Little Way sound attractive to you so far? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) May it be done to me according to your Word. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – Thérèse of Lisieux's early years through the trauma of her mother's death Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Christmas conversion, the "little victory" Minutes 24:01-36:00 – The Little Way and the Little Flower Minutes 36:01-48:00 – the convent and her love of and preference for Scripture Transcript Click here for a transcript of the show.

Duration:00:48:00

Ep #493 Healing Is the “Why” of the Bible

10/17/2023
I uploaded the wrong audio file. Please try this one. So sorry! Authentic love treats people better than they deserve, when it is in their best interests. God loves us as His children, despite that we do not deserve it, and He heals us through that love in His Son. "For God so loved [agape] the world that He gave [karis/grace] His only begotten Son, that whosoever should believe in Him will have eternal life [peace, shalom, living water, wholeness, healing, integration, supernatural-forever-LIFE]" (John 3:16). Click the pic for details on the next series Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Jeremy G and Donna H, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our new Monthly Meetup Bible study series on the Gospel of John has just begun! You coming? Click here for Charbel Raish of Parousia Media's Australian Tour highlight video, including Deacon Harold's events and a brief overview of Parousia's ministry. Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers - Dynamic Deacon https://deaconharold.com/ Parousia https://www.parousiamedia.com/ Join the Parousia mailing list at https://www.parousiamedia.com/mailing-list/ Parousia is committed to proclaiming the fullness of truth! If you wish to help us in our mission with a donation please visit our website here https://www.parousiamedia.com/donate/ to learn ways that you can contribute. LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) How intensely do you pursue the promises of God, particularly for healing, heart, soul, mind, and body? Have you considered "leveling up" your efforts, perhaps through a 1:1 consultation or the Sacred Healing 12:30 Masterclass? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) May it be done to me according to your Word. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – review of lectio and/or LOVE the Word, and the who, what, where, when of the Bible Minutes 12:01-24:00 – review of the "how" of the OT, and NT; Minutes 24:01-36:00 – the "why" of the Bible: healing; authentic love and grace Minutes 36:01-48:00 – love heals; God is love; God heals with His love in our hearts, souls, minds, and strength Transcript Click here for a transcript of the show.

Duration:00:48:00

Ep #492 Jesus Heals, Now, through the “How” of the New Testament

10/9/2023
Jesus' public ministry is present with us in our time through the sacraments. We hear Him say to us, "Go, your sins are forgiven"; we feel His touch; we taste, hear, smell, and see Him. Now. The sacraments convey specific healing graces to us when our dispositions are open and seeking. They draw us into the closest possible contact and relationship with Christ, the Healer. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Kim L and John F for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our new Monthly Meetup Bible study series on the Gospel of John has just begun! You coming? Click here for Charbel Raish of Parousia Media's Australian Tour highlight video, including Deacon Harold's events and a brief overview of Parousia's ministry. Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers - Dynamic Deacon https://deaconharold.com/ Parousia https://www.parousiamedia.com/ Join the Parousia mailing list at https://www.parousiamedia.com/mailing-list/ Parousia is committed to proclaiming the fullness of truth! If you wish to help us in our mission with a donation please visit our website here https://www.parousiamedia.com/donate/ to learn ways that you can contribute. LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) How diligently do you go to Jesus in the sacraments for specific healing? Take a look at your disposition. Could a change in your disposition toward their particular graces when receiving the sacraments improve their efficacy in your healing? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) May it be done to me according to your Word. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – 7 covenants, 7 sacraments; new Moses, new people, new Exodus, new Law, new temple, new worship, new priesthood, new sacrifice, new King Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Jesus expands His universal mission and public ministry, now, through the sacraments; inexhaustible grace; what is "grace"; accessing Jesus' touch in the present Minutes 24:01-36:00 – CCC 1131 and the sacraments Minutes 36:01-48:00 – the specific healing graces of the sacraments Transcript Click here for a transcript of the show.

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Ep# 491 The “How” of the Old Testament

10/2/2023
Worship is healing, because when we worship according to God's prescription, it draws us into the closest possible contact and relationship with Christ, the Healer. The "how" of worship in the Old Testament is essential for understanding the "how" of worship prophesied in the Messianic Temple in Ezekiel 44, worship as it was practiced in the early church and is practiced in the Catholic Church now, and the worship occurring in heaven that St. John reveals to us in Revelation. This episode is from my Australian Tour, July 2023, in which I spoke from Chapter 6 of "Ignite, How to Read the Bible Like Never Before." Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Sylvia R; Kathy K; and Karen A-S, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our new Monthly Meetup Bible study series on the Gospel of John has just begun! Next meeting September 25th. You coming? Click here for Charbel Raish of Parousia Media's Australian Tour highlight video, including Deacon Harold's events and a brief overview of Parousia's ministry. Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers - Dynamic Deacon https://deaconharold.com/ Parousia https://www.parousiamedia.com/ Join the Parousia mailing list at https://www.parousiamedia.com/mailing-list/ Parousia is committed to proclaiming the fullness of truth! If you wish to help us in our mission with a donation please visit our website here https://www.parousiamedia.com/donate/ to learn ways that you can contribute. LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Does the Mass seem arbitrary to you, as though the Catholic Church "invented" worship liturgy, rites, and ceremonies? What did you learn about how you practice your faith from this episode? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) May it be done to me according to your Word. Amen + It's Time for You to Be Loved Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – tabernacle as God's "dwelling place" with men; liturgical year ; priesthood Minutes 12:01-24:00 – brazen altar and cross; daily sacrifices Minutes 24:01-36:00 – laver and baptism; menorah and Magisterium; bread of the presence and Eucharist Minutes 36:01-48:00 – incense altar and prayer; veil and the flesh; ark of the covenant and Mary; every Christian is a tabernacle; all Christians collectively are a tabernacle or temple Transcript Click here for a transcript of the show.

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Ep #490 The Time is Now

9/25/2023
One of the most-asked questions I get is, "How can I know my purpose"? Watching current events unfold sometimes causes us to wonder how or if we fit. We might look back at "the good 'ol days," or forward to better days. Why was I born now, at this time in history?, we might ask. And it's a good question. You won’t understand your own story and times and current events unless you understand your story and times and current events through His eyes. Because while we often believe sacred history is tangential to the action while secular history is central, the opposite is true from God's point of view. His-story, and our story, revolves around His Messiah, Jesus, and our relationship to Him. You and I are somewhere in the pages of the Grand Book of Life spoken of in the Bible. Although it omits great events in human history which would feature prominently in any world history account written solely by men, the sweep of sacred history is magnificent - the good, the bad, and the ugly - and is preserved for us by the Holy Spirit in the Bible and Tradition. "Those who do not know history are bound to repeat it," so they say, and that's also why we are surveying this sacred biblical history of man from the beginning when "God created the heavens and the earth" to the end when he will create a "new heaven and new earth." Because time is limited for each of us, and knowing why you live at this spot on the timeline could and should help you know your purpose and make all the difference to history for yourself and those you love, in the final analysis. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Stuart L, Michaia R, and Lauren H, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our new Monthly Meetup Bible study series on the Gospel of John has just begun! Next meeting September 25th. You coming? Click here for Charbel Raish of Parousia Media's Australian Tour highlight video, including Deacon Harold's events and a brief overview of Parousia's ministry. Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers - Dynamic Deacon https://deaconharold.com/ Parousia https://www.parousiamedia.com/ Join the Parousia mailing list at https://www.parousiamedia.com/mailing-list/ Parousia is committed to proclaiming the fullness of truth! If you wish to help us in our mission with a donation please visit our website here https://www.parousiamedia.com/donate/ to learn ways that you can contribute. LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Have you given any thought to why God's providence placed your life in this particular time in human history? What light might that consideration shed on your purpose? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) May it be done to me according to your Word. Amen + It's Time for You to Be Loved Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – biblical chronology; challenges to dating events in the Bible; creation of the cosmos; creation of man Minutes 12:01-24:00 – creation to the Flood; "when the land was divided"; the Patriarchs through the OT

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Ep #489_”Where” Matters, The Place of the Bible

9/18/2023
"Where" matters, because places make people, and people matter. Where they live tells us many things about who they are. God's purpose to call out from the world a people for himself began to unfold on a particular part of the world's surface during a particular period of the world's history. That purpose continued unto the Incarnation, which happened in that same part of the world. Almost every one of the Bible's human authors lived in the Holy Land for some period of time. Almost all were Jewish. It is not possible to understand the Bible's people, its meaning, or its message without some knowledge of its historical and geographical setting. God revealed Himself in a particular time, to a particular race of people, at a particular geographical location. Just like He did in the times and people of the Scriptures, God wants to speak to us through our own time, work, relationships, and geographical location. But to understand His ways with us, we must understand His ways with them. For that, we must know something of the when and where and through whom it all happened. We must be able to visualize the places, because the people and time and land constitute the arena in which God chose to uniquely speak, act, and intervene. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Rachel M, and Renee K, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our new Monthly Meetup Bible study series on the Gospel of John has just begun! Next meeting September 25th. You coming? Click here for Charbel Raish of Parousia Media's Australian Tour highlight video, including Deacon Harold's events and a brief overview of Parousia's ministry. Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers - Dynamic Deacon https://deaconharold.com/ Parousia https://www.parousiamedia.com/ Join the Parousia mailing list at https://www.parousiamedia.com/mailing-list/ Parousia is committed to proclaiming the fullness of truth! If you wish to help us in our mission with a donation please visit our website here https://www.parousiamedia.com/donate/ to learn ways that you can contribute. LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) What is your "promised land"? Is it healing? Financial freedom? A restored relationship? Children coming home to the Church? How far have you come? How far is left to go? What can you discern that the Holy Spirit wants you to know about your promised land? Perhaps you'd like to make a virtual pilgrimage to a site in the Holy Land. Why do you think it’s important for people to make such pilgrimages? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) May it be done to me according to your Word. Amen + It's Time for You to Be Loved Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – Jesus wants you to know His "place" Minutes 12:01-24:00 – overview of the languages of the Bible and its authors; the olive and fig trees Minutes 24:01-36:00 – people of the Land; the belly button of the world; Palestine and Israel Minutes 36:01-48:00 – overview of the geographic locations and some of their familiar...

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Ep #488_”What” Is Salvation?

9/11/2023
The word "salvation" is a big, full word, meaning peace, wholeness, (eternal) life, healing, bliss. When we know what salvation is, we understand what Jesus came to do for us, heart, soul, mind, and strength. Full revelation and knowledge of salvation comes from the Word through Scripture and Tradition, according to St. Paul (2 Thess 2:15). Isn't one of the first issues anyone confronts when beginning to ready, study, and love the Bible some confusion regarding what it's about? Understanding the Bible's purpose explains to us why and how we should read it, because a person's approach and expectations have a lot to do with what he or she gets out of Scripture. Ultimately, salvation is about wholeness and healing - heart, soul, mind, and strength - from eternity past, and for all eternity future, beginning now. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Laura E; and Rob S, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our new Monthly Meetup Bible study series on the Gospel of John has just begun! Next meeting September 18. You coming? Click here for Charbel Raish of Parousia Media's Australian Tour highlight video, including Deacon Harold's events and a brief overview of Parousia's ministry. Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers - Dynamic Deacon https://deaconharold.com/ Parousia https://www.parousiamedia.com/ Join the Parousia mailing list at https://www.parousiamedia.com/mailing-list/ Parousia is committed to proclaiming the fullness of truth! If you wish to help us in our mission with a donation please visit our website here https://www.parousiamedia.com/donate/ to learn ways that you can contribute. LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Has anything in this episode changed what you believe about what God wants for you, physically, emotionally, spiritually, and/or intellectually? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) May it be done to me according to your Word. Amen + It's Time for You to Be Loved Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – The Bible contains them all, but is not a book of literature, history, or science. Minutes 12:01-24:00 – the Bible is a Book of salvation; a Book of love, OT - NT Minutes 24:01-36:00 – defining "salvation"; "His - story Minutes 36:01-48:00 – the seven covenants of love Transcript Click here for a transcript of the show.

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Ep #487_”Who” Heals You through Scripture?

9/4/2023
For us the Bible is a single book, but it's really a Book of Books. The Bible is a library of books, from "biblios," meaning books. These books were written at different times that are sometimes separated by millennia; by different authors with various writing styles, proficiencies, and personalities; to different audiences. Is it any wonder that it can be hard to read and understand? This episode tackles the two Testaments, the genres of the Books, and the "who" of the Bible, so we have a basic understanding of how to approach each Book. But more than that, the consistency of the Bible is one of its miracles. Part of its consistency is the "who" of the Bible. Who heals through Scripture, and who is being healed? Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Rodney J; Katherine K; Deb F; Kathleen F; Kristy O; nancy K and Jowella M, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! Our new Monthly Meetup Bible study series on the Gospel of John has just begun! You coming? Click here for Charbel Raish of Parousia Media's Australian Tour highlight video, including Deacon Harold's events and a brief overview of Parousia's ministry. Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers - Dynamic Deacon https://deaconharold.com/ Parousia https://www.parousiamedia.com/ Join the Parousia mailing list at https://www.parousiamedia.com/mailing-list/ Parousia is committed to proclaiming the fullness of truth! If you wish to help us in our mission with a donation please visit our website here https://www.parousiamedia.com/donate/ to learn ways that you can contribute. LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Can you already see how a general overview of the Bible helps it make sense and draws one into relationship with the God Who is revealed there? What was the most surprising or impactful thing you learned from this episode? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) May it be done to me according to your Word. Amen + It's Time for You to Be Loved Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for healing prayer livestreams, Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – updates on new name, refresh, and upgrades; how the John Bible study dovetails with Ignite series; Word, logos, shekinah, Moses and Old Testament in John and today's episode Minutes 12:01-24:00 – explanation of many Catholics' view of the Bible; some history of how and why Bibles were once chained to the podium, or ambo Minutes 24:01-36:00 – GELND; Pharisees' and Sadducees' approach to Pentateuch; remaining genres; I AM Minutes 36:01-48:00 – I AM will be with His people; person to person Transcript Click here for a transcript of the show.

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Ep# 486_How to Heal with Scripture & Love the Word®

8/21/2023
No matter how well you know the Bible, Ignite will offer you something new, both as a hermeneutic and in its practical, personal approach to Scripture. The first chapter is Lectio Divina (meaning holy reading). It covers the ancient Christian practice of daily prayer with Scripture that we Baptist's called the "daily quiet time." We start with lectio divina in the book, because that's the usual way to learn to hear God speak in and through the Bible. Nothing heals like God's Word, because only love heals, and there is no way to heal fully without an intimate relationship with the Healer, Jesus Christ, in which He pours His love into you and your suffering. He does that, every single day, by speaking to you through the daily readings. The best way to begin healing is to hear God speak, experience His presence, and discern His will for your life through the daily readings of the Church. How? Modeled on the Annunciation, the LOVE the Word® method invites Our Lady to guide each of us in her own personal prayer practice: L – listen, O – observe, V – verbalize, E – entrust. We learn how to LOVE the Word® like Mary, from Mary. She teaches us to interpret the word we hear and read through the landscape of our lives. Through my own practice of lectio divina, Mary shared with me her own love of and prayer practice with Scripture - an earlier form of lectio divina - and an acronym for her process called LOVE the Word®. In this episode I share it with you, along with Chapter One of Ignite, using the last three years' daily readings as a general guide, and the last week's daily readings as a specific guide. Click here for more on LOVE the Word®. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Pat L; Christina N; Suzanne H; Petra K; Julie B*; Patricia H; Rebecca S; Claudia P; Rosanne B; Mary Z; Suzanne JK; Natalie C; Patricia B; Jeannette H; Sarah F; Gabriela M; Rosemary W; Yolanda J; Rebecca M; Kathleen F; Marina S; Erin R; Chloe F; Carolyn McG; Brigitte E; and Michael W, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! *Extra thank you! Our new Monthly Meetup Bible study series on the Gospel of John for monthly Friends of the Show begins August 21st! Click here for Charbel Raish of Parousia Media's Australian Tour highlight video, including Deacon Harold's events and a brief overview of Parousia's ministry. Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers - Dynamic Deacon https://deaconharold.com/ Parousia https://www.parousiamedia.com/ Join the Parousia mailing list at https://www.parousiamedia.com/mailing-list/ Parousia is committed to proclaiming the fullness of truth! If you wish to help us in our mission with a donation please visit our website here https://www.parousiamedia.com/donate/ to learn ways that you can contribute. LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) What have you been receiving from God over the last three years - since, during, and after Covid and the election - in your LOVE the Word® practice? Come share it with us in the community, here. If you do not have a LOVE the Word® practice, have you been plagued with anxiety and fear over the last three years and all the political and social upheaval? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) May it be done to me according to your Word. Amen + It's Time for You to Be Healed Connect Join me, here, in the Sacred Healing community for healing prayer live...

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EP# 485_Ignite, Australian Tour Highlights

8/14/2023
Months ago, while thinking of what my next Friend of the Show Monthly Meetup study might be, I realized we really need a primer on how to study and interpret the Bible before we dive into a writing as rich as the Gospel of John. I suggested Ignite, then, and John's Gospel prevailed in the group vote. Returning from my July tour in Australia, I was also thinking of how to share the trip and all that Parousia Media, Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, and I shared there, while also gearing up for my next podcast series (I had not definitively decided what the subject of the next series should be). I got to digging backward in my archives, and I HAVE NEVER DONE AN IGNITE SERIES. I have never done a hermeneutic study; never taught people how to approach the Bible; never given you a map for how to study and interpret the Bible! I was stunned; I cannot believe it; I feel like a terrible daughter of the King! SO! This next series will be on Ignite. Get your signed copy here, or buy it on Amazon (unsigned, because I can't sign what doesn't ship from me), or if you're in Australia, get it at Parousia Media. I'll be sharing my whole trip, and how to study and interpret the Bible. Whether you're a beginner or student, this will be your hermeneutic - a Catholic standard for how to study and interpret what you read with the mind and heart of the historical Church - so you don't get lost in the genres or history timeline or geography or idioms or incomplete interpretations while reading and studying. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Christina N; Suzanne H; Petra K; Julie B*; Patricia H; Rebecca S; Claudia P; Rosanne B; Mary Z; Suzanne JK; Natalie C; Patricia B; Jeannette H; Sarah F; Gabriela M; Rosemary W; Yolanda J; Rebecca M; Kathleen F; Marina S; Erin R; Chloe F; Carolyn McG; Brigitte E; and Michael W, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content! *Extra thank you! Our new Monthly Meetup Bible study series on the Gospel of John for monthly Friends of the Show begins August 21st!  Click here for Charbel Raish of Parousia Media's Australian Tour highlight video, including Deacon Harold's events and a brief overview of Parousia's ministry. Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers - Dynamic Deacon https://deaconharold.com/ Parousia https://www.parousiamedia.com/ Join the Parousia mailing list at https://www.parousiamedia.com/mailing-list/ Parousia is committed to proclaiming the fullness of truth! If you wish to help us in our mission with a donation please visit our website here https://www.parousiamedia.com/donate/ to learn ways that you can contribute. LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.) O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) E | Entrust (May it be done to me according to your word!) It's Time for You to Be Healed Connect Join me in the Sacred Healing community for healing prayer livestreams, Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Minutes 24:01-36:00 – Minutes 36:01-48:00 – Transcript Click here for a transcript of the show.

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06_Koinonia

6/27/2023
Koinonia is a transliterated form of the Greek word, meaning fellowship, solidarity, partnership, fullness of love, sharing all things in common, a gift jointly contributed, a collection, or a contribution. Koinonia is the state of fellowship and unity that should exist within the Christian church, the Body of Christ. It includes spiritual gifts from the Holy Spirit who embraces and empowers you to do all things. The Eucharist is the sacrament of communion with one another in the one Body of Christ. This was the full meaning of eucharistic koinonia in the early Catholic Church. St. Thomas Aquinas wrote, "the Eucharist is the sacrament of the unity of the Church, which results from the fact that many are one in Christ." Thank you to my newest Friends of the Show, Dianne S; Jim & Bella O'H; Bonnie C; Mary McG; Dawn M; Jeanne F; Gae C; Carlene G; Allison K; Madison T; Eileen N; Sarah R; Katie R, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content and monthly meet-ups with Sonja in a monthly Bible study on the Book of John! LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Is there a Christian brother or sister with whom you need to make an attempt at reconciliation? Are you being called to full communion with the Catholic Church in the Eucharist? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (May it be done to me according to your word!) Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created, and you shall renew the face of the earth. Amen. + It's Time for You to Be Healed Connect Join me in the Sacred Healing community for healing prayer livestreams, Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – HS makes alive the "dead" abstracts of the Creed and the Bible: they become personal, Jesus becomes present; they have power; LOVE as flame, living water; dead OT vs alive NT Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Trinity as unity; no divisions; koinonia = fellowship, reciprocity and mutuality, solidarity, sharing all things in common, fullness of love; spiritual gifts; what unity looks like Minutes 24:01-36:00 – unity in the Eucharist, liturgy, communal life; Protestant vs Catholic community Minutes 36:01-48:00 – HS moves us to respect diversity and differences, not erase them; forgiveness and reconciliation; a current "difference of opinion" in the Church; unity + community = koinonia = HS Transcript Click here for a transcript of the show.

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05_Our Rule of Life, Discernment

6/12/2023
Discernment of spirits used to solely mean "diagnosing" whether someone was led by the Holy Spirit or the enemy. But it's more complicated than that, isn't it? The same person, even holy people, can be influenced by both the Holy Spirit and the enemy. Ignatius of Loyola compiled and systematized the Desert Fathers' tradition of discernment, so that now we understand "discernment of spirits" to mean deciding for oneself or another what must be attributed to the Holy Spirit, and what comes from one's own imagination or the suggestion of the enemy. Because St. Ignatius of Loyola's rules for discernment are so substantial, I have included a simplified version specific to discerning whether we are hearing from the Holy Spirit or not. (Copy, paste, print, and share!) Thank you to my newest Friends of the Show, Sarah S; Michael T*; Sheila I; and Roger L, for loving and lifting me! Friends of the Show get all Premium Content and monthly meet-ups with Sonja in a monthly Bible study on the Book of Romans! *Whoa, thank you! LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) What decision are you trying to make right now for which you can use the Rules for Discernment to determine how the Holy Spirit is leading you? Are you also looking for His answer in your circumstances and in the daily readings? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (May it be done to me according to your word!) Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, enkindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created, and you shall renew the face of the earth. Amen. + It's Time for You to Be Healed Connect Join me in the Sacred Healing community for healing prayer livestreams, Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – what it means to pray "in Jesus' Name"; rules of life and faith in religious communities and for each of us; how the Holy Spirit reveals Himself in Scripture and teaches through the Church Minutes 12:01-24:00 – the Church as the "pillar and foundation of truth," not the Bible (1Tim 3:15); "no Scripture is of private interpretation" (2Pet 1:20); the HS preserves the Church and us from error Minutes 24:01-36:00 – love and obedience first: 1) Choose, 2) Deny Him nothing, 3) Remember the seasons; two types of HS inspirations; good and bad vs good and best Minutes 36:01-48:00 – rules for discerning the HS's voice Transcript Click here for a transcript of the show.

Duration:00:48:00