Right Now with Ralph Martin

Right Now with Ralph Martin

Join author, speaker, and world-wide renewal leader, Dr. Ralph Martin, as he shares what the Holy Spirit is stirring up in the Church right now: words of encouragement from the Lord to strengthen you for such a time as this.

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May 7, 2025 8 mins

Ralph comments on some surprising remarks of Pope Benedict XVI about how it isn’t the Holy Spirit that chooses popes but the Cardinals.

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Peter Herbeck joins Ralph to talk about God’s plan of salvation through Jesus’ victory over death.

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April 23, 2025 5 mins

When the prophet Isaiah hears the Lord ask, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” he quickly responds, “Here am I. Send me!”

This week, Ralph talks about how each of us should emulate Isaiah's joyous offering to be sent on mission by the Lord.

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Patti Mansfield joins Ralph to talk about true conversion and accepting Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior.

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April 9, 2025 12 mins

Ralph looks at the memoir of Sr. Lucia, the oldest of the three children of Fatima, who was asked by her bishop to remember all she could of St. Jacinta. St. Jacinta is truly amazing and inspiring!

Get a copy of Fatima in Lucia's Own Words in the Renewal Ministries Store.

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Fr. Michael Gaitley joins Ralph to talk about his call to the priesthood and his book, Consoling the Heart of Jesus.

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March 26, 2025 26 mins

Mike Timmis joins Ralph to share about his faith journey: from being a successful businessman to meeting Jesus personally and leaving his career to work in prison ministry.

For a copy of Mike's book, Between Two Worlds, visit https://a.co/d/fpAjrdV.

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The Catholic Church commonly refers to St. Joseph as the foster father of Jesus. As we celebrate his feast day this week, Ralph makes the case that this designation is way too weak given the reality and depth of his fatherhood.

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March 12, 2025 12 mins

The angel who appeared to the children at Fatima in 1916 told them, "Make of everything you can a sacrifice, and offer it to God as an act of reparation for the sins by which He is offended, and in supplication for the conversion of sinners. ..Above all, accept and bear with submission, the suffering which the Lord will send you." When Mary appeared to the children in 1917, she told them the same thing.

This week, Ralph talks about ...

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March 4, 2025 26 mins

As we enter into the season of Lent Peter Herbeck joins Ralph to discuss Church teaching on Original Sin and how we can salve its wound.

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February 25, 2025 16 mins

How can someone be appointed Archbishop of Washington, DC, after expressing views contrary to the Catholic faith? This is the question being raised by many within the American Catholic Church after Cardinal Robert McElroy’s recent appointment as Archbishop of Washington, DC. Appointments like this are causing many Catholics to wonder what is going on that bishops who hold objectively heretical or at least ambiguous views on basic C...

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February 18, 2025 24 mins

Dr. Peter Williamson joins Ralph to share about his conversion to Catholicism and the role of sacred scripture in his daily life.

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February 11, 2025 13 mins

Ralph considers the important role that silence plays in our relationship with the Lord. He recommends a book called Holy Silence to help increase this virtue in our lives. This video complements another recent video, The Case for Loud, in which Ralph considered how Sacred Scripture exhorts us to full-hearted praise and worship and making a joyful noise to the Lord—and how we also should be open to this dimension in our response to...

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Popular speaker Fr. John Riccardo returns to the show to share what has been on his heart about the state of the Church.

For Fr. John's book, Heaven Starts Now: Becoming a Saint Day by Day, visit https://a.co/d/fF9FuIk.

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January 28, 2025 9 mins

Ralph reflects on how it is possible to find true rest for our souls, even amid our many responsibilities and heavy burdens.

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January 21, 2025 20 mins

The founder of From His Heart Ministries relates how she came into the Catholic Church after being a Pentecostal evangelist for years – without losing her ministry.

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January 14, 2025 15 mins

This week, Ralph discusses how the continuous conflict we should expect to face in this life will store up a weight of glory for us, both now and in heaven.

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Catholic Answers apologist Tim Staples talks with Ralph about his conversion to Catholicism.

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December 31, 2024 6 mins

Ralph talks about the striking words of Jesus in Matthew 12 when he declares that those who do his will are his family.

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December 24, 2024 25 mins

Peter Herbeck joins Ralph for a special Christmas episode to encourage us to behold the incredible mystery of the Incarnation, inviting us to respond to the loving gift of God in Jesus.

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