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Spiraling Upwards

Fr. Robert Healey

A 15-20 minute weekly Catholic podcast bringing faith and daily life together.

Join Fr. Robert Healey every Wednesday night at 8pm CST, for an exploration of topics aimed at renewing daily prayer, invigorating growth in virtue and holiness, and deepening faith in Jesus Christ. Far from being a mere DIY holiness program, our goal is to attain to intimate union with God through daily fidelity to grace, and a Christian life lived fully in the Catholic Church!

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#150
Thursday · 18 min
Episode 149: Daily Bible Reading
In honor of the Feast of St. Jerome, today we talk about how to make the daily reading of the Sacred Scriptures an integral part of our life of faith.
#149
September 24 · 14 min
Episode 148: Life is Worth Living
In honor of tomorrow's Beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, this episode takes a look at that phrase, "Life is Worth Living," which was the title of his radio and television show, and in many ways, the theme of his life.
#148
September 17 · 15 min
Episode 147: Making Space for Prayer
This episode follows last week's discussion with some practical ideas about how to cultivate an environment in which a constant and regular habit of prayer can grow.
#147
September 10 · 17 min
Episode 146: A Rule of Life
In this episode, we discuss how someone who is living in the world may go about ordering his daily routine so as to put prayer, the communion of mind and will with the living God, in the primary place.
#146
September 3 · 15 min
Episode 145: Busy
Having discussed the freedom that we have to do whatever we deem good, this episode opens a new topic about the idea of being "busy..." and its implications for our spiritual life.
#145
August 27 · 15 min
Episode 144: "The Truth Will Make You Free"
We conclude our multi-episode conversation about the idea of "Freedom" by bringing our focus to the words of our Lord Jesus in John 8:32, and the idea of slavery to sin, which alone prevents us from being truly free.
#144
August 20 · 19 min
Episode 143: Religious Freedom
Continuing our discussion of freedom, we now deal with the point of contact between our human free will and the voice of divinely revealed Truth.
#143
August 13 · 17 min
Episode 142: The Abuse of Freedom
Continuing last week's discussion on the idea of authentic Freedom, today we discuss the consequences upon faith, and society, of having an inadequate working definition of Freedom.
#142
August 6 · 19 min
Episode 141: Free Will and the Saints
In this episode we discuss the idea of human Free Will, and why it is so essential to us that we are capable of freely walking the path to real holiness of life.
#141
July 30 · 17 min
Episode 140: The Heavenly Cornucopia
In this episode we give particular focus to the life of St. Martha, as we consider the abundant harvest which the Lord wishes to bring about through both active and contemplative souls.
#140
July 23 · 14 min
Episode 139: Turning Sinners into Saints
In this episode we consider that hope which St. Mary Magdalene's example gives to us, that by God's grace we too may live in the love of God so as to manifest ourselves an authentic Repentance and a living Faith.
#139
July 16 · 15 min
Episode 138: Saints Make Saints
In this episode we consider the definition of a "saint," and open a conversation about the key role God's "holy ones" play in bringing other souls to salvation, as coworkers in the vineyard with Christ.
#138
July 9 · 13 min
Episode 137: Devotions for Every Month
In this episode, we introduce the idea that each of the twelve months of the year has a particular devotion associated with it, and give a brief summary of each devotion.
#137
July 2 · 15 min
Episode 136: The Most Precious Blood
Today we explore the wondrous gift of Christ's blood poured out, not merely so as to shield us from divine wrath, but as a testament of Divine Love and a fountain of mercy for us.
#136
June 25 · 16 min
Episode 135: St. John the Baptist
On this feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24), we discuss the joy at the heart of our Lord's Precursor and his mission to prepare the way for Christ.
#135
June 18 · 19 min
Episode 134: Mysteries
In this episode we probe the Catholic idea of a "mystery," not as something unknowable, but as something infinitely knowable, which has been revealed specifically so that we can know it.
#134
June 11 · 17 min
Episode 133: The Sacred Heart of Jesus
Tomorrow the Catholic Bishops of the United States will consecrate the USA to the Sacred Heart of Jesus; this episode explores what is meant by this consecration to the Sacred Heart.
#133
June 4 · 17 min
Episode 132: The Seven Sacraments (7): Holy Orders
We conclude our series on the Sacraments by discussing Holy Orders, considering how the handing down of the Apostolic authority, and the mission to teach the nations and sanctify the world, is a special sign of God's love for His Church.
#132
May 28 · 14 min
Episode 131: The Seven Sacraments (6): Holy Matrimony
In this episode, we explore the Sacrament of Christian Marriage, instituted by our Lord Jesus to be a sign of His self-sacrificial love for His Bride, the Church, and of how we should love Him in return.
#131
May 21 · 17 min
Episode 130: The Seven Sacraments (5): Anointing
This episode strives to unveil the richness of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, and explore why it is we should have an ardent desire that we and our loved ones might have access to it.

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