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Flicker & Burn: Heaven in Stone and Glass
Father Stephen Grunow of Word on Fire joins Flicker & Burn to discuss Catholic media, beauty as evangelization, and the making of Heaven in Stone and Glass.
Why Envy Is Killing You Slowly
Why did Jesus call Peter the rock? Fr. Tim Anastos explores Caesarea Philippi, Matthew 16, and what Christ’s promise reveals about Peter and the Church.
Silence of Judgment
Learn how to quit self-protection and pride, and rest instead in the truth that you are already a beloved son or daughter of God.
Why Did God Put the Tree in the Garden of Eden?
Does Genesis contradict science? Fr. Tim explains how Catholics read Genesis, why genre matters, and how Scripture and sound science fit together.
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When Life Falls Apart, What Do You Hold Onto?
The series explores the everyday person’s struggle with life and faith. Through different characters and stories, each episode examines moments of doubt, hope, loss, and redemption from the perspectives of both the faithful and the faithless.
At its heart, the series asks how people search for meaning in a chaotic world, and how faith can shape, challenge, or sustain the human spirit.
Flicker & Burn: Heaven in Stone and Glass
Father Stephen Grunow of Word on Fire joins Flicker & Burn to discuss Catholic media, beauty as evangelization, and the making of Heaven in Stone and Glass.
Spotlight
Flicker & Burn: Sonja Corbitt
Catholic author, Scripture teacher, and “Bible Study Evangelista” Sonja Corbitt joins Rob Kaczmark for a personal conversation about conversion, suffering, core wounds, boundaries, and healing from trauma.
Raised Southern Baptist, Sonja’s love of Scripture eventually led her to question the divisions she witnessed within her denomination. Her search brought her to the Catechism, the Eucharist, and ultimately the Catholic Church, even as her conversion created years of tension within her marriage and family.
Sonja shares how prayer, patience, Our Lady, and St. Joseph helped move her family toward unity. She also explains why loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength provides a practical framework for healing the whole person.
Together, Rob and Sonja explore recurring emotional triggers, forgiveness, healthy boundaries, and the connection between spiritual, emotional, and physical health. Their conversation offers an honest look at how God restores identity and interior freedom through slow, faithful transformation.
The 10 Commandments Explained (For Kids)
God gave us the 10 commandments to Moses a long time ago to teach us basic rules for living in love, the way God wants us to. Theyre like an instruction guide. And even though they are really old, Jesus thought they were important too. Those rules are still good for each one of us to know and live by today. The first three commandments talk about how you should treat God. The other 7 are for the way you treat others. Lets learn about each commandment and what it means for us!
Believe: Bauer Miracle Story
Based on a true story, Believe: The Bauer Miracle Story follows a Catholic couple facing a devastating prenatal diagnosis. When they turn to prayer, what unfolds is a miraculous healing that no doctor can explain. A powerful short film about faith, family, and the love of a God who still works miracles.
Jesus’s Favorite Things: Repentance
What does repentance honestly look like? A good way to look at repentance is that it brings us back to love. It’s one of Jesus’s favorite things because he sees our hearts and desires change so that we do not live sinfully anymore. Repentance is not just about wanting to change our behaviors; it’s about wanting to change because we love God; it’s sorry because we love God and don’t want to live our old lives…
The Gil Hodges Story | Soul of a Champion
Spirit Juice is proud to present a documentary on the incredible career and inspiring life of Gil Hodges, a baseball legend who was one of the greatest first basemen to play the game. He helped win world championships as a player for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Los Angeles Dodgers, and also as manager of the 1969 New York “Miracle Mets.” But despite all his impressive baseball statistics, accolades, and humble example of leadership off the field, Gil Hodges is not enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Faith in Five Minutes
Keep Your Eyes on Jesus
Getting into heaven is just like slacklining. If you’ve ever been to a college campus, you’ll notice those people who go on tightropes in the quad trying to balance on these slack lines. And so I’ve done it before, and I lasted about two seconds. The key is to keep your eyes forward and on the slack line. As soon as you start turning your head to the side or looking at other things, you lose your balance. You fall, whoa…
Reject the Squidward Within
There is this guy. You may know him, you may not. His name is Squidward Tentacles. Squidward Tentacles is incredibly negative. He is constantly judging, and he is always finding fault in others. He is not a fun person to be around. The thing is, we can do that as well. We are so attracted to negativity. We’re drawn to crazy comments on social media…
Wi-Fi, Faith and Jesus
Faith is a lot like Wi-Fi. It isn’t the internet itself. Rather, it’s the signal that connects us to the source.
In this Sunday’s Gospel, the woman’s faith matters, but her faith is not what heals her daughter. Jesus heals her daughter. Faith connects her to Him, and He is the source of healing, miracles, and mercy.
That takes the pressure off of us. We don’t have to manufacture perfect faith to earn God’s help. We simply bring our faith to Jesus, stay connected to Him, and trust that He is the one who heals.
Eight Words To Reject Satan
Eight simple words can change everything: “In the name of Jesus, I reject temptation.”
In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus confronts temptation directly, and rejects it with clarity and authority. We’re invited to do the same. Whether it’s lust, gossip, pride, anger, or any other struggle, we don’t fight alone. We dare to use His name.
As Pope Benedict XVI taught, Christianity isn’t just an idea, it’s an encounter with a Person. And nothing is more personal than calling on His name. This Lent, make it simple. Use the name of Jesus and reject whatever pulls you away from Him.
Don’t Hoard Your Gifts
This Sunday’s Gospel is about the rich man who accumulates all of this wealth. But he hoards them; he doesn’t give anything away. We are called as Christians to do the opposite. We have accumulated so many skills. The question is, do we hoard it or do we give it away in love? I think a great example of this is Eleven from Stranger Things…
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Stations of the Cross Pray and Play
The Stations of the Cross is the journey Jesus took as he carried his cross and died for each of us. You’ve probably seen all the stations on the walls of your church. I have this Stations of the Cross play set from Saintly Heart. It comes with a guide so you know what’s on each station. Let’s set up and play through each station together.
Stations of the Cross Prayers & Lego Build
Are you familiar with the Stations of the Cross? We went to go visit these life-sized statues that show the stations of the cross, and we also built them out of Legos! Today, we’ll be guiding you through the stations of the cross. Those are special reflections that help us pray and remember what Jesus did on his way to the cross on Good Friday. It was a sad day, but also the day that Jesus showed us how much he loves us. Let’s pray the stations together as we remember what Jesus did on Good Friday.
The 10 Commandments Explained (For Kids)
God gave us the 10 commandments to Moses a long time ago to teach us basic rules for living in love, the way God wants us to. Theyre like an instruction guide. And even though they are really old, Jesus thought they were important too. Those rules are still good for each one of us to know and live by today. The first three commandments talk about how you should treat God. The other 7 are for the way you treat others. Lets learn about each commandment and what it means for us!
Stories of our Blessed Mother Mary
There are so many reasons why Mary is special to us. She is the Mother of Jesus and as disciples of Jesus, we ourselves can also accept Mary as our Mother. Mary continues to inspire us to love Jesus more every day. It’s like if Jesus shines bright like the sun, Mary is like the moon that reflects his light. In this episode, we’ll talk about who Mary is, play out some of our favorite stories about Mary, and show why we love our blessed mother so much. Check the video out and let’s get started!
What is Ash Wednesday? (For Kids)
Have you ever heard of Ash Wednesday? Ash Wednesday seems a little bit strange but it has a really special meaning. Fr. Tim’s gonna tell us all about it in this video. We will explain the significance of Ash Wednesday, why people receive ashes on their foreheads, the meaning behind the ashes, and how Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season.
A Quick Dose of Hope
Silence of Interior Conversations
How much of your day is spent talking to yourself?
Replaying a difficult conversation. Planning what you should have said. Criticizing yourself for a mistake. Imagining what might happen next. Running through the same fears, judgments, and to-do lists again and again. In this episode, the friars explore the constant interior monologue that can fill our minds with noise and leave us anxious, distracted, or stuck within ourselves.
But we were not made to live inside a closed loop. We were made for communion. The invitation is to notice when that interior conversation has turned inward and begin directing it toward God. Instead of merely thinking about a struggle, we can bring it to Jesus. Instead of endlessly processing what happened, we can let Him meet us there. The monologue becomes a dialogue.
The friars offer practical examples of what this can look like in everyday life: after falling into sin, before or after a difficult conversation, when anxiety takes over, or when loneliness and discouragement begin shaping the way we see ourselves. Sometimes the movement toward prayer can be as simple as stopping, looking toward Jesus, and remembering: I am not alone. We are doing this together.
This kind of silence does not mean having no thoughts at all. It means allowing the noise within us to find its proper end in relationship with God. As our interior life becomes less about endlessly speaking to ourselves and more about being with Him, we make room for His presence, His truth, and His peace.
Borrowing Peace
What if peace isn’t something you have to create on your own?
In this episode, the friars reflect on the gift of “borrowing” from Jesus. His peace, His confidence, His mercy, His steadiness, especially when our own hearts feel overwhelmed, anxious, or shaken. Like a child borrowing calm from a loving parent, we’re invited to bring our storms to the One who is never overcome by them.
They explore how Jesus offers us His very life: in prayer, in the Eucharist, and in the quiet steadiness of His presence. When we feel disregulated, afraid, ashamed, or unable to hold everything together, we don’t have to manufacture peace by ourselves. We can receive His.
This conversation is an invitation to return to Jesus in the boat, Jesus in the Eucharist, Jesus who gives His body and His peace to us so that what we receive from Him can become what we offer to others.
Join us as we learn to borrow peace from Jesus, and become a place of calm, mercy, and safety for others.
God Does Not Abandon You
You may have prayed long, asking the Lord to give you a good spouse, but none is coming. Oh, you are married. You have been praying for a child, and none is coming, and you want to get a new job, and there is no job. It seems he’s not hearing you. You ask, “Why me?” I tell you, you’re not alone. It happens every day with many people. But I want to assure you that the Lord did not abandon you. When Christ cried…
Have You Experienced Hopelessness?
We live in a culture of life hacks. We can make anything more effortless and more efficient. There are life hacks for finding flights online, cooking eggs, and dating relationships. And when it comes to your dating relationship, please do not use any hacks. We can make things so easy and comfortable. Do we need the Lord? There will be a moment in our lives…
Hope for a Hard Life
The lived experience of most people is: life is hard. We’re still in this valley of tears. We live it, but might not be relating it in a way that’s helpful…we just drag it around. Enter: Advent. A season of hope and of promises fulfilled. Expectant hope, with confidence that the Lord is good and is at work for our good…
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Flicker & Burn: Heaven in Stone and Glass
Father Stephen Grunow of Word on Fire joins Flicker & Burn to discuss Catholic media, beauty as evangelization, and the making of Heaven in Stone and Glass.
Flicker & Burn: Father Stephen Grunow
Father Stephen Grunow of Word on Fire joins Flicker & Burn to discuss Catholic media, beauty as evangelization, and the making of Heaven in Stone and Glass.
Flicker & Burn: Josue Barron
Kristen Harris shares how New Age spirituality, tarot, a dream of the Blessed Mother, and a search for truth ultimately led her into the Catholic Church.
Colleen and Deanne share how pilgrimages, Marian consecration, personal healing, and quiet obedience prepared them to create SoulCore, an apostolate that integrates the Rosary with functional movement. What began with a simple idea and a small group of friends in a basement grew through their willingness to say yes before they felt fully prepared. Together, they explain how SoulCore engages the whole person, body, mind, and soul, through Scripture, silence, surrender, movement, and rest.
They also reflect on the body as a sacred gift, the slow work of God, and the healing that becomes possible when suffering is surrendered to Him. Their story of transforming a place marked by grief into the Marian House studio reveals the heart of SoulCore: God can restore what feels broken, turn mourning into joy, and accomplish more than we imagine through one small, faithful yes.
Flicker & Burn: Ed Morse
Kristen Harris shares how New Age spirituality, tarot, a dream of the Blessed Mother, and a search for truth ultimately led her into the Catholic Church.
Colleen and Deanne share how pilgrimages, Marian consecration, personal healing, and quiet obedience prepared them to create SoulCore, an apostolate that integrates the Rosary with functional movement. What began with a simple idea and a small group of friends in a basement grew through their willingness to say yes before they felt fully prepared. Together, they explain how SoulCore engages the whole person, body, mind, and soul, through Scripture, silence, surrender, movement, and rest.
They also reflect on the body as a sacred gift, the slow work of God, and the healing that becomes possible when suffering is surrendered to Him. Their story of transforming a place marked by grief into the Marian House studio reveals the heart of SoulCore: God can restore what feels broken, turn mourning into joy, and accomplish more than we imagine through one small, faithful yes.
Flicker & Burn: Kristen Harris
Kristen Harris shares how New Age spirituality, tarot, a dream of the Blessed Mother, and a search for truth ultimately led her into the Catholic Church.
Colleen and Deanne share how pilgrimages, Marian consecration, personal healing, and quiet obedience prepared them to create SoulCore, an apostolate that integrates the Rosary with functional movement. What began with a simple idea and a small group of friends in a basement grew through their willingness to say yes before they felt fully prepared. Together, they explain how SoulCore engages the whole person, body, mind, and soul, through Scripture, silence, surrender, movement, and rest.
They also reflect on the body as a sacred gift, the slow work of God, and the healing that becomes possible when suffering is surrendered to Him. Their story of transforming a place marked by grief into the Marian House studio reveals the heart of SoulCore: God can restore what feels broken, turn mourning into joy, and accomplish more than we imagine through one small, faithful yes.
Catholic Questions. Honest Answers.
Is Genesis Just Another Ancient Creation Story?
Does Genesis contradict science? Fr. Tim explains how Catholics read Genesis, why genre matters, and how Scripture and sound science fit together.
Why Did God Put the Tree in the Garden of Eden?
Does Genesis contradict science? Fr. Tim explains how Catholics read Genesis, why genre matters, and how Scripture and sound science fit together.
Is Genesis True?
Does Genesis contradict science? Fr. Tim explains how Catholics read Genesis, why genre matters, and how Scripture and sound science fit together.
Why Go to Mass If Catholics Are Hypocrites?
Why go to Mass if Catholics are hypocrites? Fr. Tim explains why other Catholics’ failures do not disprove the faith and why Mass is for sinners who need Christ.
Do We Just Forgive and Forget?
Forgot a mortal sin in confession? Fr. Tim explains what happens, when to confess it later, and why honest forgetfulness does not invalidate confession.
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Prayers for Right Now
Prayer For Spouses
Praying together as a couple and praying individually for your spouse is one of the most powerful weapons you have against divorce and for building intimacy in your marriage. Praying together not only brings us closer to each other, it deeply reinforces our relationship with the Lord.
Serenity Prayer
“The Serenity Prayer” is the common name for a prayer written by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, born in 1892. Niebuhr, who first wrote the prayer for a sermon at Heath Evangelical Union Church in Heath, Massachusetts, used it widely in sermons as early as 1934 and first published it in 1951 in a magazine column. The prayer spread through Niebuhr’s sermons and church groups in the 1930s and 1940s, and was adopted and popularized by Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs.
Were You There, When They Crucified My Lord?
“Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)” is an American spiritual that was first printed in 1899.
“Were You There” was likely composed by African-American slaves in the 19th century. It was first published in William Eleazar Barton’s 1899 Old Plantation Hymns. In 1940, it was included in the Episcopal Church hymnal, making it the first spiritual to be included in any major American hymnal. As reported in Howard Thurman’s autobiography, the song was one of Mahatma Gandhi’s favorites. The song has been recorded by artists including Marion Williams, Johnny Cash, Phil Keaggy, Max Roach, Diamanda Galás, Harry Belafonte, The Seldom Scene, Diamond Version (with Neil Tennant), Bayard Rustin, and Rajaton.
Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary
Struggling with the Rosary? Pray along with Kristin from One Hail Mary at a Time. This beautiful, prayerful video goes through all five joyful mysteries: The Annunciation, The Visitation, The Nativity, The Presentation in the Temple, and The Finding in the Temple. Pray through all five, or join us for just a decade or two.
Show Us Your Christ
A short prayer to Mary, asking for the grace to catch a glimpse of her Son, even while we are still on our Earthly journey that “we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.”
When Life Feels Heavy
On Comparison and Insecurity
Have you ever looked at someone else’s gifts, vocation, prayer, family, or life and suddenly felt like you weren’t enough?
In this episode, the friars talk about the very human struggle of comparison and insecurity. Whether it shows up in ministry, community, relationships, social media, or the hidden places of the heart, comparison can quietly pull us away from the truth of who we are in God.
They reflect on how insecurity is often connected to deeper narratives we have picked up along the way, the stories that tell us we are less than, not gifted enough, or somehow behind. But the Father does not compare His children. He sees each of us uniquely, loves us personally, and invites us to live from the truth of our identity instead of the fear of not measuring up.
Join us as we learn to bring comparison and insecurity back to Jesus, and let His voice remind us who we really are.
Is My Past Too Messy for God?
Have you ever looked at your past and wondered, “Could God still use someone like me?”
In this episode of Ask A Priest, Father Tim answers one of the most human questions of faith: what if my past is too messy for God? Looking at figures like David, Moses, Abraham, Peter, and Mary Magdalene, he reminds us that God has always worked through flawed people, not because of their sins, but because they had faith and let God be God.
Your past doesn’t scare Jesus. Your weakness doesn’t disqualify you. God only has flawed instruments to work with, and He can still use your life to build something holy.
You are not too far gone.
You are not too broken.
You are still called to be a saint.
Is your LIFE getting HARD?
Kristin is a mother of seven kids, working full-time in banking, and the founder and creator of One Hail Mary at a Time. This video is an introduction and a beautiful, inspiring story of a Catholic mom who shows us that we are all called to be a saint wherever we are in our lives.
Recover From Failure
Having trouble recovering from a setback? Remember this. Jesus already gave us an example. Do you remember when he was going to Calvary? How many times did he fall on the road? Three good times. And each time, what did he do? He picked up his cross and continued because he aimed to serve and redeem us. So he must pick up his cross and continue. How do you recover from failure? You recover from failure by not…
Joy in the Midst of Suffering
So, have you ever felt like you are going to die after you get a paper cut or stub your toe? Me too. But blessed Chiara Luce Badano, a contemporary teenage saint of the church, teaches us how to have joy amid suffering. She contracted a rare form of cancer as a teenager. But amid her suffering, she knew that Jesus had already won in her heart, and she did not have to be afraid. Today, we celebrate…
Do You Need a Reset?
Silence of the Senses
What if the noise around us is keeping us from hearing the voice of God within us?
In this episode, the friars begin a new series on holy silence, starting with the silence of the senses. They reflect on how our eyes, ears, taste, touch, and even smell are gifts from God, ways we encounter beauty, creation, and one another, but also how easily these senses can become overwhelmed, distracted, or pulled out of order.
This conversation is not about rejecting the world or shutting everything off. It is about learning custody of the senses: allowing the Holy Spirit to bring stillness, freedom, and right order to the ways we see, hear, taste, touch, and receive the world around us.
The friars invite us to consider where our senses may need healing, discipline, or purification, not so we can love less, but so we can love more deeply and become more available to God.
Join us as we learn to quiet the noise, receive the gift of our senses rightly, and make more room for the silence where God speaks.
Prioritize Your Soul
Have you guys ever heard of the term skinny fat? Yeah, it’s a thing. It’s a person who looks pretty normal on the outside, but on the inside, fat is growing over all of their organs. Even though you may look fine on the outside, it’s a silent killer. This weekend, we’re celebrating All Souls’ Day, where if we don’t take care of our souls, that’s like…
Dump The Garbage
Do you know who the unsung heroes of our society are? Garbage men. They do everything that we do not want to do. Garbage men and women, we salute you. In the gospel for this Sunday, Jesus speaks about Gehenna. Gehenna also means hell. But Jesus uses the word Gehenna because Gehenna was the area of Jerusalem that was the garbage dump, and Jews were not allowed to go there. Jesus is…
Start Small
Okay, so if you’ve ever been to the jungle or the rainforest or are just Indiana Jones, you may have used a mosquito net before. The crazy thing about mosquito nets is that the holes of the mosquito net are bigger than the mosquito’s body. A mosquito could crawl through but can’t because it doesn’t know how to fold its wings and crawl through a hole bigger than its body. In this Sunday’s…
Let Jesus Clean House
This happens in professional sports all of the time. A team is on a losing streak. The owner is not happy. And so the owner brings in a new coach to clean house. In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus enters the temple and cleans house. He is not satisfied with his home being violated. The crazy thing is that we are also a home for Jesus. We also have a temple within our hearts for the…
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Music for the Soul
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Originally a hymn written in 1868 written by Henry Baker based on the Welsh version of Psalm 23, we captured Taylor Tripodi performing her rendition of “The King of Love My Shepard Is”.
Vive Jesus El Señor
Amanda Vernon is a recording artist who speaks to authentic beauty through music, the language of the soul. We were fortunate to have her share her talents on an original rendition of the classic hymn “Vive Jesus el Señor”. Translated into English as “Live Jesus, the Lord”, the song was composed by Belgian priest Fr. Lucas Casaert, a well-known missionary who has served in Bolivia for 50 years.
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Recorded live at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, Michigan, a group of incredibly talented seminarians performed their rendition of the traditional classical English Christmas carol, “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”. Gather your friends & family, hot chocolate, and sing along!
What Wondrous Love Is This
“What Wondrous Love Is This” (often just referred to as “Wondrous Love”) is a Christian folk hymn, performed here by Madeleine Puschautz. Its text was first published in 1811, during the Second Great Awakening, and its melody derived from a popular English ballad. Today it is a widely known hymn included in hymnals of many Christian denominations.
Love’s Not
Love is a hard thing to pin down. Mars Ill’s brilliant hip-hop song “Love’s Not” describes everything which is definitely not love. Do you want love? Avoid all the things love’s not.
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Is Genesis Just Another Ancient Creation Story?
Does Genesis contradict science? Fr. Tim explains how Catholics read Genesis, why genre matters, and how Scripture and sound science fit together.