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The Catholic Take on Halloween: Remembering the Dead and Celebrating the Saints | Catholic Saints
Dr. Tim Gray and Dr. Elizabeth Klein, professor of Theology at the Augustine Institute Graduate School, discuss the importance of remembering the dead in purgatory, celebrating the Saints in heaven, and the Catholic perspective on Halloween.
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The Story of Death | Eternal Rest | Episode 1
Where did death come from? What does death mean for the human person? Is it simply just part of life, or is it something else? In this first session, we discuss the story of death and God’s response to it: defeating death by dying and rising from the dead.
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Christ versus Satan in Our Daily Lives by Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ
Spiritual writer, theologian, and philosopher Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D., tackles the topic of recognizing and overcoming spiritual evil. His focus is the human heart. His goal: our spiritual and moral transformation, which leads to true peace and genuine happiness.
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Satan and Demons | Spiritual Beings: Themes | The Bible Project
The storyline of the Bible presents a populated spiritual world, full of creatures who are in rebellion against their Creator, just like humans. For lots of fascinating reasons, our modern conceptions of these spiritual rebels are based on serious misunderstandings of the Bible. So let’s go back ...
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Daily Reflections — St. Anthony Claret — October 24, 2024
Action Item: Imitate Paul, who imitates Christ in interceding for those around us in love.
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October 24, 2024 | Daily Mass Readings
Start your day with God's Word by listening to the Catholic Mass readings. Sign up to receive these videos with reflections from Dr. Tim Gray directly to your inbox by visiting https://daily.formed.org.
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Slaves and Kings: The Story of St. Anthony Mary Claret (Spanish)
Set in Spain in the 1800s, this dramatic feature film tells the compelling story of St. Anthony Mary Claret, an Archbishop, writer, publisher, social reformer, missionary, and confessor to the Queen of Spain. Claret, one of Spain’s most popular preachers, founded the religious congregation of the...
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What is Intercessory Prayer?
What does intercessory prayer do? Can I change God's mind? Dr. Elizabeth Klein and Chris Stefanick discuss Catholic belief.
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Daily Reflections — Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch — October 17, 2024
Action Item: Reflect on the depth of God's love and how you need to put the word of the prophets into action.
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October 17, 2024 | Daily Mass Readings
Start your day with God's Word by listening to the Catholic Mass readings. Sign up to receive these videos with reflections from Dr. Tim Gray directly to your inbox by visiting https://daily.formed.org.
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Saint Ignatius of Antioch | Catholic Saints
A Father of the early Church, St. Ignatius of Antioch is an incredible model of Christian discipleship. He is also one of Dr. Ben Akers' favorite saints. Sit down with Dr. Ben Akers and Taylor Kemp as they discuss this remarkable bishop, who died a martyr for his fidelity to Christ.
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Apostolic Fathers: Handing on the Faith
Stephen Ray takes you on an exciting journey to the Roman Empire and the world of the first Christians. You'll follow in the footsteps of the Church Fathers through Israel, Turkey, France, and Italy as they celebrate the Eucharist while hiding for their lives, and willingly suffer for proclaiming...
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Daily Reflections — October 10, 2024
Action Item: Persevere in the love of prayer because God is your Father.
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October 10, 2024 | Daily Mass Readings
Start your day with God's Word by listening to the Catholic Mass readings. Sign up to receive these videos with reflections from Dr. Tim Gray directly to your inbox by visiting https://daily.formed.org.
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Teacher of Prayer: Saint Teresa of Avila | Catholic Saints
Dr. Ben Akers and Annette Bergeon, Executive Director of Endow, discuss St. Teresa of Avila and her love of conversations with Jesus.
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Daily Reflections — October 3, 2024
Action Item: Patiently trust that God will bring justice to the righteous and wicked in the end.
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October 3, 2024 | Daily Mass Readings
Start your day with God's Word by listening to the Catholic Mass readings. Sign up to receive these videos with reflections from Dr. Tim Gray directly to your inbox by visiting https://daily.formed.org.
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Justice | Themes | The Bible Project
\"Justice\" is a felt need in our world today and a controversial topic. But what is justice, exactly, and who gets to define it? In this video, we'll explore the biblical theme of Justice and discover how it's deeply rooted in the story-line of the Bible that leads to Jesus.
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The Art of Living: Justice (6 of 6)
Dr. Ben Akers welcomes Dr. Edward Sri to discuss his new book, The Art of Living:The Cardinal Virtues and the Freedom to Love, and the virtues generally. In these episodes, viewers will learn what a virtue is, how to grow in them, and how our ability to love is dependent on our pursuit of the vir...
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Daily Reflections — September 26, 2024
Action Item: Contrast Solomon's pursuit of success and Moses' pursuit of God and prayer.
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September 26, 2024 | Daily Mass Readings
Start your day with God's Word by listening to the Catholic Mass readings. Sign up to receive these videos with reflections from Dr. Tim Gray directly to your inbox by visiting https://daily.formed.org.
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Ecclesiastes | Wisdom: Book Collections | The Bible Project
In this book we hear the skeptical voice of “the teacher.” He observes that living by the book of Proverbs doesn’t always bring positive results. Sometimes life is hard and defies neat explanations. How do you live with that tension, and still strive for wisdom? Ecclesiastes is the second of the ...
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The Art of Living: What Is Virtue? (1 of 6)
"Dr. Ben Akers welcomes Dr. Edward Sri to discuss his new book, The Art of Living: The Cardinal Virtues and the Freedom to Love, and the virtues generally. In these episodes, viewers will learn what a virtue is, how to grow in them, and how our ability to love is dependent on our pursuit of the v...
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Daily Reflections — September 19, 2024
Action Item: Consider how much you labor for God and love God.
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