Series on Silence Vs. Noise (Part 2 of 2)

What's the most prevalent voice that you hear in your life? Is it God's or someone's/something else?

We long to teach people how to pray and contemplative silence, inner recollection, and interior stillness are ways we can live in a relationship with Go...

Series on Silence Vs. Noise (Part 1 of 2)

How are you able to receive and communicate with God?

Silence is the divine language. God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit love and communicate in eternal silence and if we want to look at and learn about God, we have to let ourselves be moved by that....

Do you set a time in the day to pray? Do you stay in relationship with the Lord throughout the day?

Turns out, we should be doing both! We have an opportunity and even an invitation to remain in this relationship with the Lord throughout our day.

But to be able to do that, we have to make praye...

Do you think God is calling us to be perfect or just to be pretty? Personally, I think not.

I believe what we're called to is not pretty or perfection but perseverance.
Sometimes it's much easier to have a very happy-looking social media feed than to have a happy heart and home in reality. But w...

A person who lives in a place of gratitude usually focuses on what they have.

On the other hand, the person who struggles with greed and lives in that place usually focuses on what they don't have.

Both can have or do not have the EXACT same thing but one person can have an experience of fulln...

What is the place of HOME?

It's a place where we are safe, loved, known, and seen—a place where we are well-received and can be ourselves.

Brokeness may significantly affect our experience of home but ideally home is a place of joy and laughter, a place of communion.

In this episode, we'll tal...

Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 8 of 8)

What happens when we deeply give ourselves to the lives of prayer and the experience of God?

The Fire Within series has been quite intense but it's actually the reality of the depths of the gospel truly lived. It goes beyond the ordi...

Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 7 of 8)

Solitude is not just quiet time for ourselves. It is not running from people, isolation, nor hiding from or avoiding our problems by going off and being by ourselves.

But rather it is avoiding certain behaviors, worldviews, curiositi...

Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 6 of 8)

Humility is a lowliness—lowliness not for its own sake but rather a right understanding of who we are and who we are not.

It's a place where you know more about what everybody is saying in a room, but don't always have to say anythin...

Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 5 of 8)

In reality, suffering's out there, in many ways, and in most ways, it's unavoidable.

So, "Okay, what do we do with it?". This is the question that we'll try to unpack in today's episode.

We are invited to unite our suffering with Je...

Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 4 of 8)

We are all invited to a profound, mystical union with God.

But in order to grow in our spirtual life, Fr. Dubay mentioned in his book that there are certain conditions that we need to understand for our growth in the mystical or spir...

Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 3 of 8)

The medicine for wanting to pray is learning to live in the reality that's most true-God wants to be in communion with us.

Meditation, contemplation, and infused prayer are things that can help us live in this reality and this is wha...

Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 2 of 8)

Growth in spiritual life is never easy.

In the beginning, it's gonna take a LOT of effort. But as it goes on, you'll notice that it becomes more and more the Lord's work and less and less contingent on our human work.

This is the se...

Series on Fire Within by Fr. Thomas Dubay, S.M. (Part 1 of 8)

We are anointed with the power of the holy spirit and this is the fire that we've been given.

With this fire, all of us are called to live a deep union with God—not just to live in mediocrity with our spiritual life but to set ablaze...

Jesus dying on the cross is the symbol of God's victory but is also the consequence to sin.

This is one of the most striking examples that there are things that we can do that are gonna have real concrete consequences in our lives and the lives of others.

As Christians and Catholics, we try to ...

How do we respond to the serious sins in our lives?

For many of us, there is a temptation to be overly critical of ourselves and we let that define us. But, our spiritual life should not be defined by these serious sins.

We are invited to be with the Lord and let him teach us about our hearts i...

Loneliness can make us feel that we're not chosen, it can give us a sense that we are totally in isolation.

And sometimes it's so easy to forget BUT we have to remember what's true—we have a God who loves us and chooses us.

In this episode, we will dive deep into the idea, experience, and desir...

Do we still know deep within ourselves, how amazing the gift of the Eucharist is?
Sometimes, we can forget and take that for granted, but it's awesome how Jesus gives Himself to us, in the form of bread and wine through the Eucharist. In the most humble way, the Lord wants to offer himself to us ...

The Scripture is one of the Lord's best ways to talk to us, a way for us to converse with God.

It is also a good reminder of who Jesus is and who we are to Him.

Most of us say that praying with scriptures is something that's good to do, but how do we actually do that?

In this episode, we're go...

Not every relationship is the same, so not every fraternal correction will be the same. 

This may vary between a parent and a child, between friends, between a boss and his subordinates, between strangers, or between a formator and the people their forming. 

In today's episode, we will discuss ...

Loneliness is a common experience that we all share. 

Whether you're in crowds of people or constantly with other people who are not peers. Maybe you're in a marriage surrounded by kids all day, or you could be in isolation and feel you have not been chosen by people.

Either way, at times we ca...

What do you do after Easter Sunday?

We are invited to be overwhelmed with paschal joy during the Easter season, but instead, we usually resolve to our daily grind like everything isn't transformed by our encounter with the risen Lord. 

So many of us return to our normal ways shortly after the r...

How much do you know about the hosts of the Poco a Poco Podcast?

Some people have been along with the Poco a Poco journey for some time now and may already know certain things about them. On the other hand, some people might also be new to this podcast and may want to know more about our beloved...

"How is Jesus calling you to serve the poor?" This is the question we'll attempt to answer in this episode.

Jesus loved the poor and like Him, we are called to be a lifeline for a person in need.

God sees the poor but we are called to intercede on their behalf—to be somebody who's able to bring...