Above is the Fearless Documentary that we saw some clips from and below is the short 3 minute testimony from Curry Blake about praying for his own daughter to raise from the dead. Scriptures for Personal Prayer Time this WeekPrayerfully read these scripture and meditate on them with lectio divina, engage with God in conversation about how He healed and raised the dead and how He wants you to do th...  Read More

Check out this homily from last year from Fr. Alex that really correlates with the New life in Christ, life in the Spirit that we talked about the first week of this series! Scriptures for Personal Prayer Time this Week2 Corinthians 5: 17-20John 3: 1-17John 14: 12-141 John 5: 1-14John 1: 12Matthew 28: 16-20Mark 16: 14-20Acts 1: 1-8...  Read More

3 Minute Mini Retreat ....Below is one of the most powerful art/music pieces about Jesus' love for us.  We encourage you to watch this with full attention and prayerfully...let the Holy Spirit touch you and let it be a launch pad for deeper prayer, mediation and scripture prayer... Increase your personal prayer time by 30 minutes each day.  Spend extra time thanking Jesus and meditating on Jesus' ...  Read More

Watch the full testimony of Michael Ketterer and his wife below.... Also, check out Fr. Alex's Our Father talk from last year's OCIA below! Matthew 6: 9-13Luke 11: 2-41 John 3Psalm 103Psalm 68John 20: 1-18John 16John 17...  Read More

Last night Rafa gave us a great teaching on Catholic Morality -- the heart and logic behind all the "rules"...check it out below! In the past we've had a whole four part series on morality and "the hard sayings of Jesus".  The topics involved with Catholic morality are vast and it would be impossible for us to cover them all in depth even in a four week series.  I encourage you to take a look at t...  Read More

You can also find below other resources on Catholic moral teaching on Fr. Tad's websites linked below.  You'll find nuanced and detailed answers to the following topics and more -- Fr. Tad is a great resource to understand the why behind the what of Catholic moral teaching. AbortionContraceptionStem Cell ResearchIn-Vitro FertilizationTransgender issuesEnd-of-Life IssuesComplex ethics within medica...  Read More

Here's the audio from class... The following are very short (1 min each) videos we would have watched yesterday, had the projector been working....Dr. Mary Healy on the reality of the demonic kingdom of the authority we have over it in Jesus' MIGHTY name! James 4: 7-8John 12: 27-31John 14: 29-31Matthew 12: 28John 18: 36Luke 18: 20-21Mark 1: 14-15Colossians 1: 13Colossians 3: 9-15Galatians 5: 16-26...  Read More

Here's the audio from class---it's in  three parts In addition to a lot of reflection time and small group discussion, we also watched this short 12 minute video together... Colossians 1: 1-231 Corinthians 15: 1-341 Corinthians 15: 35-58Acts 4: 1-22Philippians 2: 1-11Ephesians 1: 1-232 Thessalonians 2: 13-17Acts 10: 34-48John 17: 1-26...  Read More

Unfortunately there is no audio from class, but you can check out last year's here for another perspective if you like...and lots of Lenten resources below! This 6 Minute Video below from Dr. Brant Pitre is the one caught on the audio above, that we watched during class.  Joel 2: 12-18Psalm 51Matthew 6: 1-18Deuteronomy 30: 15-20Luke 9: 22-25Luke 4: 1-13Matthew 25: 31-46 The below video series is f...  Read More

You can listen to what Deacon Kevin & Yvette Shared about the Sacrament of Marriage and also to our bonus round of questions with our panel, including Destiny and Andrew Salasek -- just 8 months in!:0) Here are the key Scriptures about the Sacrament of Marriage in the Old and New TestamentsMatthew 19: 1-12Mark 10: 1-121 Peter 3: 1Ephesians 5: 22-33Colossians 3: 1-21Psalm 128Proverbs 311 Corinthian...  Read More

We watched the below video and heard from the core team on their experienes of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.  We also heard from Deacon Matt on the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick (unfortunately, audio recording is not available).  James 5: 1-20John 20:19-23Psalm 511 John 1: 5-9Sirach 17-19Sirach 15: 11-20Sirach 17: 24-32Sirach 18: 1-14John 8: 1-11Luke 19: 1-10Luke 7: 36-501 Thessalonians 4:...  Read More

You can listen to the audio from class below...the new ios update made it so that each time we pause recording it's a new recording....so three digestible parts for you. James 5: 1-20John 20:19-23Psalm 511 John 1: 5-9Sirach 17-19Sirach 15: 11-20Sirach 17: 24-32Sirach 18: 1-14John 8: 1-11Luke 19: 1-10Luke 7: 36-501 Thessalonians 4: 1-8Psalm 32Mark 2: 1-12John 4: 4-42Matthew 18: 15-35Hebrews 10: 1-3...  Read More