Catholic Women Preach offers the theologically informed perspectives of Catholic women on the Sunday readings readings and on some feast days. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org to view preaching videos, to read preaching texts, and to learn more about the preachers.
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Catholic mom, Catholic women, and ALL friends seeking God- WELCOME! This is a podcast designed to provide my fellow sisters in Christ with encouragement and support for the beautiful and difficult journey of living out our vocations. Truth is that motherhood, marriage, and living out our feminine genius are incredibly hard endeavors. Yet, through the perseverance of pursuing all that is good, true, and beautiful we are tenderly being transformed into vessels of God's love, one tiny dish, mee ...
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Welcome to Catholic Women Lead! Join hosts Elise Gallagher and Taryn DeLong as they share tips, advice, and inspiration from leading Catholic businesswomen to help you grow your career or business faithfully. Our mission at Catholic Women in Business is to provide Catholic women business owners, professionals, and leaders with the educational and spiritual resources they need to excel in their vocation to business. We believe in what Pope John Paul the Great called “the feminine genius,” and ...
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Living Her Purpose with God | Discover Your Purpose, Catholic Women, Hearing God’s Voice, Discerning Your Purpose
Michelle Brannam - Catholic Discernment Mentor, Catholic Spiritual Growth Coach
The Go-to Podcast for Catholic Women Who Want Direction to Discern Their Unique Purpose! Ready to stop feeling without a purpose? Do you feel like you are called for something more, but lack clarity on what it is? Are you praying to God, wishing you could hear His voice to guide you? You are not alone and do not have to stay stuck, feel lost without a purpose. Each week on this podcast, you will discover simple, faith-driven strategies to break free from feeling stuck, gain clarity, and take ...
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Welcome to Good Catholic Women: After Dark (9 Months Later) - an unfiltered discussion between friends in podcast form.
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Preaching for the First Sunday of Lent, Ana Gonzalez, OP, offers a reflection on standing our ground in faith: "Just as Jesus and the Israelites were tempted, we will too be tempted, we will be challenged and we, like Jesus, must respond. We must remember that Satan’s objective is to create division, destroy our faith, and separate us from the love…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! If this episode blessed you, I would be so honored if you shared it with a friend, rated it, or left us a review! Support the show!! If you want to come join our community and help support the show I'd be so blessed! www.patreon.com/latteandlaundrypodcast I always love to connect : suzanne@latteandlaun…
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The Go-to Podcast for Catholic Women Who Want Direction to Discern Their Unique Purpose! Ready to stop feeling lost and discover your true purpose? Do you feel like you are called for something more, but lack clarity on what it is? Are you finding yourself at a crossroad, questioning your purpose and seeking clarity, then you will find this podcast…
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Preaching for Ash Wednesday, Dr. Jessie Thomas offers a reflection on living each day as Ash Wednesday:"While the Lenten journey only lasts for weeks, our journey of life is forever. Every day is an opportunity to ask for God’s forgiveness. Every day you and I must be an outward sign of our faith as well as an expression of our repentance..."Dr. Je…
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Preaching for the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sr. Quincy Howard, OP, offers a reflection on rooting our selves in the "good soil" of love: "Character is either rooted in a foundation of love or else it will bear bad fruit. Good fruit, we learn from Scripture, is seen in words and acts of love, kindness, acceptance, patience, and humility. Bad f…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! "By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.” Hebrews 11:8 We often do not know where our adventures will lead us but what if their final destination was a deep and lasting connection? This …
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Preaching for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Diana Macalintal offers a reflection on loving our enemies, even - and especially - when the stakes are high: "We can choose to love every time, but only if we remember what God has done for us. Choosing to love is powerful. Choosing to love is resistance. Because choosing to love your enemy remove…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! "My little children let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in truth." 1 John 3:18 In this episode, we are continuing our Points of Connection series. Connecting with our children is one of the greatest desires of every momma. So, I wanted to explore the areas of everyday life that …
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Preaching for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Julia Murphy offers a reflection on radical, Resurrection hope:"In these times of uncertainty, violence, and individualism, may we Christians act as if we believe in the Resurrection. José and his Salvadoran community showed my immersion group a model of this lived resurrection hope in their dedicati…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! “Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6. This week I kick off a series I've been dying to create for you! Connecting with our children is one of the greatest desires of every momma. So I wanted to explore the areas of everyday life that …
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Preaching for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Leah Sealey offers a reflection on how story telling can help enhance our lives of faith and discipleship: "What does this gospel reading about “being called” or even the Greek translation of “netting people” enliven in you? Perhaps you can spend some time alone or with a partner, journaling or refle…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap if we do not give up. " Galatians 6:9. If this episode blessed you, I would be so honored if you shared it with a friend, rated it, or left us a review! Support the show!! If you want to come join our community and help support th…
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Preaching for the Feast of the Presentation, Anna Robertson offers a reflection on how the Prophet Anna's role in the readings informs our faith lives today: "[Anna] went forth preaching, carrying the Good News of the Light of the World beyond the walls of the temple to those who yearned for salvation. When we leave Mass on Candlemas, it is not eno…
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Preaching for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Pilar Siman offers a reflection on fostering belonging and solidarity: "As this new year begins, it may seem that you are looking into the horizon at your own large waves, and you may feel currents of uncertainty, anxiety and fear trying to pull you in different directions. Some of us may feel lost o…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” Hebrews 12:1. This week, I am joined by three of my dearest friends, Angela Hoyer, Mackenz…
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Preaching for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Claire Erlenborn offers a reflection on making change in community: "So how do we make real change today? We do it in community. We listen to our elders, the Marys in our lives, who remind us of the gifts we have been bestowed by the Spirit and we continue to slowly chip away at the slow work of the…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! “Train up a child in the way they should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.” -Proverbs 22:6. Have you ever stopped, paused, and considered the question—Why are we educating them? Of course, we want to equip them with the skills and knowledge to be mature and wise adults. Sure, we desire …
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Preaching for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Julia Louise Morrow offers a reflection on living with "holy envy" that allows us to see the Spirit at work in unexpected ways: "Our baptismal calling challenges us to live out this holy envy. Peter’s words—“I see that God shows no partiality”—are as relevant today as they were then, challenging u…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! "Rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” Colossians 2:7 200 episodes, my friends! I am Praising Jesus today for the gift of journeying alongside you all for four years and 200 episodes. In this episode, I dive into my word of the yea…
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Preaching for the Feast of the Epiphany, Elena Dini offers a reflection on embodying faith, charity, and hope: "May we follow at the beginning of this Holy Year, this Jubilee, in which we are called to be pilgrims of hope, the example of these wise men, and all wise men and women of history, Christians and non-Christians, who made themselves pilgri…
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Preaching for The World Day of Peace (also the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God), Marie Dennis offers a reflection on resetting and reimagining in this year of Jubilee:"Sabbath, Sabbatical and Jubilee are rooted in right relationships. Neither people nor the earth were to be exhausted or exploited. The Jubilee year offers a time for the land and th…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! "Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." 1 Co…
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CWIB Presidents Taryn DeLong and Elise Crawford Gallagher’s new book, Holy Ambition: Thriving as a Catholic Woman at Work and at Home, is out and available for purchase! Season 3 of Catholic Women Lead will share excerpts from Elise and Taryn’s interviews with 16 Catholic businesswomen. Their stories are included in the book, but there wasn…
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Preaching for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Sarah Simmons, CSJ offers a reflection on stubborn, sustaining hope: "Mary and Elizabeth’s meeting is the prophetic defiant joy that God is not only among these women, but within these women. They create a space beyond the boxes and are filled with wonder at the miracle of God, the miracle of their bodies …
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Preaching for the Feast of the Holy Family. Ellen Romer Niemiec offers a reflection on mutuality:"In a time when it may seem safest to preserve ourselves as individuals and avoid the risk of vulnerability, may we heed God’s radical invitation to love one another deeply and courageously. May we choose to trust that when we act out of love for one an…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! "So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. But Mary treasured up all these things and po…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins". 1 Peter 4:8. How often our world sneakily distorts our vision. What we see when we look out at our lives, spouses, children, and vocations becomes blurred with fear, anxiety, judgment, pride, and worry. But what if we we…
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CWIB Presidents Taryn DeLong and Elise Crawford Gallagher’s new book, Holy Ambition: Thriving as a Catholic Woman at Work and at Home, is out and available for purchase! Season 3 of Catholic Women Lead will share excerpts from Elise and Taryn’s interviews with 16 Catholic businesswomen. Their stories are included in the book, but there wasn…
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Preaching for the Third Sunday of Advent - Gaudete Sunday - Kate Ward offers a reflection on letting God's joy find us in the stillness: "Joy comes from resting in the presence of what is real: our God, our loved ones, the beauty of God’s creation. God help us to make do with less: less power, less wealth, less busy-ness and activity. On this Gaude…
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Preaching for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dermis de Jesús offers a reflection on Our Lady's message of accompaniment: "Our Lady of Guadalupe recognized the dignity of the people of México, the color of their skin, their language, chose them as messengers. Her message of accompaniment- “Am I not here; I who am your mother?”- resonates with u…
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Preaching for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Jazmin Jimenez offers a reflection on freedom and discernment: "On this feast of the Immaculate Conception, let us remind ourselves that authentic discernment requires freedom and space. Let us ponder how we can imitate the freedom with which Mary discerned a big question. Loving God…
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Preaching for the Second Sunday of Advent, Colleen McCahill offers a reflection on "preparing the way" in our own time and place: "What will we do, this Lukan Advent, to prepare a way in the desert?We will see and seek reasons to rejoice, and we will share them. We will keep kindling even the smallest, and most domestic lights. And in our time and …
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CWIB Presidents Taryn DeLong and Elise Crawford Gallagher’s new book, Holy Ambition: Thriving as a Catholic Woman at Work and at Home, is out and available for purchase! Season 3 of Catholic Women Lead will share excerpts from Elise and Taryn’s interviews with 16 Catholic businesswomen. Their stories are included in the book, but there wasn…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." ~ Romans 12:2. Are you living a radical life? We often hear that we should live radically for the Lord and can be tempte…
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Preaching for the First Sunday of Advent, Valerie D. Lewis-Mosley offers a reflection on hope in God's righteousness and justice: "When we seek a life centered in abiding in God’s way - we are walking humbling with God. It is then that God guides the humble to justice and teaches us in the way of truth."Valerie D. Lewis-Mosely, RN, OPA, is the reti…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap if we do not give up!" Galations 6:9. This week I explore the idea of being farmer strong. What does it mean to live with a persevering abandonment toward the life we have been called to? What does it mean to lay down our lives ev…
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Preaching for the Solemnity of Christ the Kind, Olivia Hastie offers a reflection on belonging: "When Jesus says, 'everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice,' I think he’s asking for more than simple obedience and piety. He’s inviting us to create spaces of true belonging by connecting through shared stories and experiences. I believe h…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! "Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by[a] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part bu…
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CWIB Presidents Taryn DeLong and Elise Crawford Gallagher’s new book, Holy Ambition: Thriving as a Catholic Woman at Work and at Home, is out and available for purchase! Season 3 of Catholic Women Lead will share excerpts from Elise and Taryn’s interviews with 16 Catholic businesswomen. Their stories are included in the book, but there wasn’t…
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Preaching for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Martha Ligas offers a reflection on being open to the Promised One who draws near in times of despair:"Maybe Jesus is reminding us of something that we need to hear when we’re at our lowest. When we feel the most despair, the most fear, the most anxiety, that is when God is the closest to us. That is …
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! "For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee." - Isaiah 54:10. Okay my lovely friends, let's talk about motherhood. Truth is motherhood is magnificently be…
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Preaching for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jen Frazer offers a reflection on the offerings and sacrifices of the two widows in today's readings:"In the end what meaning should we take away from these readings? It is the very generosity of our two widows (in the first reading and in the Gospel) that highlights their social oppression. Even if t…
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CWIB Presidents Taryn DeLong and Elise Crawford Gallagher’s new book, Holy Ambition: Thriving as a Catholic Woman at Work and at Home, is out and available for purchase! Season 3 of Catholic Women Lead will share excerpts from Elise and Taryn’s interviews with 16 Catholic businesswomen. Their stories are included in the book, but there wasn’t…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the day approaching." Hebrews 10:24-25. If this episode blessed you, I would be so honored if you sh…
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Preaching for the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Eilis McCulloh, HM offers a reflection on loving God with our whole being and our neighbor as ourselves:"Before we can love our God with our whole being, we must practice active and holy listening. We must open ourselves to the movements of the Spirit–to the little fires of God around us. This is the …
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Preaching for the Solemnity of All Saints, Christine Firer Hinze offers a reflection on the invitation to live in solidarity today's feast offers: "But let’s be real—the record shows that to live as a finite-sinner-saint -- beatitudinally, in spiritual and practical solidarity with our neighbors and against the powers of sin and death— is beautiful…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! "Jesus entered the synagogue. There was a man there who had a withered hand. They watched Jesus closely to see if he would cure him on the sabbath so that they might accuse him. He said to the man with the withered hand, “Come up here before us.” Then he said to the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to do good …
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Preaching on the healing of the "Daughter of Abraham" (Luke 13:10-17), Sr. Christine Schenk, CSJ offers a reflection on the abundant love and vision of our healing God:"Jesus decries the rigidity of the rule keepers—a perennial affliction of religious leaders of every denomination even to our own day— 'Don’t you understand? Freeing this woman, this…
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Preaching for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Courtney Esteves offers a reflection on the freedom of choice that God gifts to us: "I invite us, on this Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time, to receive this 'What do you want?' question in two ways: First, let’s put ourselves in the place of Bartimaeus and respond through honest prayer – what do we wa…
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Want to connect? Send me a quick message here! "You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book" - Psalm 56:8. If this episode blessed you, I would be so honored if you shared it with a friend, rated it, or left us a review! Support the show!! If you want to come join our com…
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