Rooted in the Really Real

In the episode, Fr. Steve and Ashley discuss the beauty, joy, and peace of Easter. After experiencing Lent and entering into Easter, are we changed? Does the reality of Jesus dying and rising from the dead change our lives? How can we experience true joy?

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On Thursday 2/1/24 Fr. Steve gave a talk to the Fishers of Men group from Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Naperville regarding what it means to "be a man" vs. the false masculinity the world teaches us. We must go into the breach in order to bring the light of Christ to others. 

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In this episode, Fr. Steve and Ashley talk about our new series we will be diving into- marriage and family life! The richness and beauty of marriage and family life is essential to the Church, but we realize that not everyone's experience is perfect- we all come from broken families to some degree. We also talk about some fun new changes to the podcast, including lots of new upcoming episodes with Ashley's husband Drew!<...

For the first time on our podcast, we're posting one of Fr. Steve's recent talks!

On Saturday 2/17/24 Fr. Steve gave a talk to the Knights of Columbus from various nearby parishes regarding how to encourage vocations. By modeling conversion, refusing to keep our faith hidden, sharing our testimony, and inspiring others, we each help to encourage vocations to the priesthood, religious life, and marriage in the Chu...

In this episode, Fr. Steve and Ashley talk about diving deeper and leaning into experiencing more in the sacraments, especially the Mass, adoration, confession, and our baptism. What if we tried to give the Lord more of our hearts? What if he showed us a new way to enter into the sacraments? 

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In this episode, Fr. Steve and Ashley discuss the fast-approaching season of Lent. They go over the meaning and purpose of Lent, the three dimensions of Lent (prayer, fasting, and almsgiving), and how to approach Lent differently this year to have it truly contribute to genuine growth in our healing and relationship with the Lord.

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In this episode, Fr. Steve and Ashley discuss specific examples of ways we can incorporate living a liturgical life into our home. Whether it be celebrating our baptism day or name day, intentionally having days of fasting and penance, or creating a space of prayer in the home, the Lord is waiting to invite us deeper into relationship with Him through a liturgical approach to life. 

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In this episode, Fr. Steve and Ashley discuss preparing our hearts for the upcoming season of Advent. We prepare for receiving Jesus as as little baby in the manger, but also anticipate his glorious Second Coming. How can we give Jesus everything and have a fruitful Advent?

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In this episode, Fr. Steve and Ashley talk about sacramental living and liturgical living. What are we bringing to the table when we enter into the Mass? How much intentionality are we bringing to prayer? There are so many ways to order our life, but what happens when we order it according to the liturgical seasons of the Church?

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We're back from an extended break! 

In this episode, Fr. Steve and Ashley catch up on their lives over the last few months, focusing on trying to slow down and listen more clearly to what the Lord is asking. 

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In this episode, Fr. Steve and Ashley talk about listening to the promptings of the Lord and being docile to those promptings. Sometimes we're quick to judge ourselves or we're afraid to do what the Lord asks because of fear, but it helps to turn towards Him and say, "Lord, how do YOU see me?"

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In this episode, Fr. Steve and Ashley talk about the various seasons of life we can find ourselves in and how it's okay for our prayer to change during these times. We aren't always being asked to go back to how our prayer used to be, but to enter into our current transition or season with the Lord and see what He has for us. 

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In this episode, Fr. Steve and Ashley take a short break from the current series on virtue to talk about sanctifying the ordinariness of our everyday life, specifically that of motherhood. Fr. Steve recently gave a talk to the moms group at Ashley's parish, in which this topic was discussed. In this episode, they discuss some of the main points and point to room for more discussion here. 

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