Spiraling Upwards

Episode 70: Lenten Meditation 3 - The Scourging at the Pillar

This episode continues our meditations on our Lord's Passion, with a meditation on the Second Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary, the Scourging at the Pillar.

Episode 69: Lenten Meditation 2 - The Agony in the Garden

This episode continues our meditations on our Lord's Passion, with a meditation on the First Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary, the Agony in the Garden.

Episode 68: Lenten Meditation 1 - The Last Supper

This episode introduces a series of meditations on the Passion of our Lord through the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, beginning with today's initial meditation on the Last Supper.

Episode 67: Why Do Spiritual Reading?

This episode discusses specific motives for reading spiritual literature, so as to come to a better idea of what to read, given the impact it can have on one's faith and one's prayer life.

Episode 66: What is Spiritual Reading?

In this episode, we open the subject of Spiritual Reading with some thoughts on what Spiritual Reading itself is, under the principle that unless we know what it is, we will not do it very well.

Episode 65: Forming the Imagination

In this episode we discuss the importance of reading material that will really benefit us, especially with regard to the proper formation of the imagination in accord with reality.

Episode 64: Reading, Part 3

Continuing, with the idea that it may be useful to read through a book as a Category 3 book, in order to see the whole, and then to come back to it for study (Category 2) or contemplation (Category 1).

Episode 63: Reading, Part 2

We continue last week's discussion of the three categories of books, and how a book or story may move from one category to another (e.g. the story of David and Goliath).