The Providence Podcast
Welcome to the Providence Podcast! With each episode, we deepen our spirituality and connect it with our lives as we reflect on Scripture and what it mean to us. The Providence Podcast is brought to you by the Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky, an international community of Catholic Sisters with a mission to be witnesses of God's Providence, extending God's love and through the works of mercy. Connect with the sisters at CDPKentucky.org and through our outreach ministry, God Space, a spiritual community that builds connection through prayer, sharing, and service.
Episodes
All things are possible with God, and people can change if we want to. If we’re open, we can grow into the people God calls us to be. It’s not something we can do on our own, but with God’s help, all things are possible.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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There’s a lot going on in this Gospel, and the quick pace makes it seem like Jesus’s life is an action-packed adventure with lots of people who need help. Are these encounters just part of a busy day in the life of Jesus, or do they have much to tell us about the healing ministry of Jesus – for those in the story and for us too.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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Whether we stay or go, God is still with us. Christ accompanies us, and we accompany Christ in the company of each other. Yes, sometimes it’s hard. Sometimes we don’t want to persevere, but somehow, by the grace of God, we do. How could we not? To whom shall we go? by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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“There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit.” We tend to use this reading from First Corinthians to affirm community and unity in diversity, and that it does. However, when we think about real life in communities and families, how does a diversity of gifts manifest? Do we really affirm the gifts in each person? And do we appreciate our own gifts?
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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In our Second Reading, Paul reflects back over his life, noting with satisfaction that he has finished the race faithfully. When you look back over your life, what do you notice? We’ll take some time in our reflection this week to look at our lives with God and see how our journey is going.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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The Feast of Corpus Christi may be a good time to reflect on what we are consuming. Is what we’re eating the lift-giving bread of faith and hope? Are we feasting on contemplation, fruitful prayer, and honest self-examination? Are we eating the bread of the life of the world that puts us in touch with reality and people’s needs?
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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As we play, rest, work hard, suffer, and hope, God is present, caring for us with deep tenderness. God comes with us, and we accompany each other too. Like the Trinity, we are one, and we live this life together.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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Happy Pentecost -- this feast of wind and flame and each one hearing the Good News proclaimed uniquely, as only we can hear it. The Spirit is always with us, even when it comes in unexpected ways. How has the Holy Spirit shown up yourlife?by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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When we’re at our best, noticing and appreciating each other’s gifts, and our own gifts too, our community is better for it. Loving the diversity of gifts we have, and the diverse people who have them, makes us one, as God is one.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
This week’s reflection is on the 7th Sunday of Easter, but here are some reflections on the Feast of the Ascension if you’d like to listen to those too. :)
Worthy of the Ca...
In our Gospel reading, Jesus offers his disciples peace and tells them, “Do not let your heart be troubled or afraid.” That sounds nice, but can people really keep emotions like fear or worry from entering our hearts? And how is God with us when we do experience strong feelings?
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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God’s call to us is clear; we are to love one another. But what does that look like as we each try to follow that call in our lives?
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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God cared for the first Christians in their time of distress, and God is caring for us too. We, too, will navigate through it, and as we’re dealing with it all, why not give ourselves over to the comfort of God’s care?
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
Here's a link to the episode of the Hidden Brain Podcast in which Shankar Vedantam interviews psychologist Ethan Kross on “How to Harness Your Feelings.” https://hiddenbrain.org/podcas...
Our times are uncertain and institutions are deconstructing, and we don’t know what’s going to happen, but God has called us into mission. Christ is still saying to each one of us every day: "Do you love me? Follow me."
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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I’ve heard it said that questioning is okay but doubting is wrong, but I think doubting is okay too. God doesn’t seem to mind when we doubt. In fact, doubt can be an opening for God to come closer and show us God’s love and care; it can be a means to transformation.
You can find all of the Scripture readings from the lectionary here: https://bible.usccb.org/readings/calendar
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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Darkness and light are neither good nor bad; they’re both parts of the whole. We can’t consider suffering apart from resurrection, and we can only enter into resurrection joy while bearing the experience of suffering. Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death and resurrection? Christ is with us in darkness and light.
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Maybe we, too, need to move through this time of disintegration. As things unravel and one struggle after another emerges, it can feel disconcerting and frightening. But that doesn’t mean God has abandoned us. We are living into this story, the beauty and the heartbreak and the love and betrayal. Jesus’s story is our story too.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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Not only does transformation always come, whether I want it to or not, but God’s love is in that movement, whether I see it or not. And God invites me to see it. “See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?”
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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What if we stopped worrying about worthiness? God, with great pleasure, wastes God’s big, crazy love on us, like a giant waterfall. What if we were to simply receive God’s abundant love and mercy?
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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Welcome to a special episode of the Providence Podcast. Instead of our usual Scripture reflection, we’ll be doing an interview about engagement, service, and working with nonprofits. I know there are a lot of people who want to get involved with making the world a better place, and Godknows we need that! So we’ll be talking about that today – some of the gifts of volunteering and how to follow a call to get involved, whether that’s...
We stay open to what comes, enjoying the heights, living into the depths, and being present to where God is moment by moment, even when the ground is just . . . level.
by Sister Leslie Keener, CDP
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