Episode V: Enter The Dialogue Catherine Becomes Our Teacher
I loved Catherine before I loved The Dialogue. That is not unusual. You can know a saint’s story and still…
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Episode IV: Truth Without Leaving Catherine and a Church in Crisis
Karen’s Voice Union with Christ did not turn Catherine inward forever. It sent her toward a Church in trouble. For…
View Episode →Episode III : The Bridegroom, the Body, and the Cross Mystical Marriage and Redemptive Suffering
Karen’s Voice We have met the woman. We have seen that she was not a cloistered nun. Now we have…
View Episode →Episode II : She Was Not a Nun Catherine and the Lay Dominican Vocation
Karen’s Voice Last time we left Catherine in the kitchen. She had refused the marriage arranged for her. We said…
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Practical Restoration of the Soul Episode VI
The Quiet Evidence of Grace How to Recognize Genuine Growth I wanted to concretely talk about this a little bit…
View Episode →Episode I: Meet the Woman Before the Saint, Catherine Benincasa
Karen’s Voice I have lived with Catherine of Siena for a long time. She is my patroness. I have studied…
View Episode →Practical Restoration of the Soul Episode V
When We Fail Repentance, Discouragement, and Beginning Agai We have been learning to see the predominant fault, to practice the…
View Episode →Practical Restoration of the Soul Episode IV
A Rule for Ordinary Life Prayer, Order, and the Duties Before Us Restoration does not remain in moments of insight…
View Episode →Practical Restoration of the Soul Episode III
The Interior Battlefield Recognizing Consolation, Desolation, and Temptation As we begin to resist our predominant fault and practice the opposing…
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The Opposing Virtue Fighting Sin by Practicing the Good Once we begin to recognize our predominant fault, the question naturally…
View Episode →Practical Restoration of the Soul Episode I
The Honest Soul Recognizing the Pattern Beneath the Sin A Companion to Discernment in an Age of Disorde In our…
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Discernment in an Age of Disorder Ordering the Soul in an Age of Counterfeits Eps VII
Discernment in an Age of Disorder Ordering the Soul in an Age of Counterfeits Episode VII Restoration: The Renewal of…
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