Spiraling Upwards

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Episode 129: The Seven Sacraments (4): Confession

This episode discusses the "Easter Sacrament," the Sacrament of Confession/Penance, by which we come, contrite and humble to receive the fullness of God's loving mercy.

Episode 128: The Seven Sacraments (3): The Holy Eucharist

This episode delves into the Eucharistic teaching of John, Ch. 6, as a means of opening up the treasures of this Blessed Sacrament by which Jesus Christ gives His very self to us to be our food.