The Wisdom of Saying No | Providence Podcast
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We're called to be generous, but we're also called to keep our own lights burning. And we don't have to do it all alone.
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Welcome to the Providence Podcast from the Sisters of Divine Providence! Each week, women bring their voices and perspectives to scripture, exploring how ancient stories speak to the questions, joys, struggles, relationships, and hopes of our lives today. Through scripture reflection, contemplative practices, and honest conversations, we explore Catholic faith and spirituality, justice, belonging, and the places where God meets us in ordinary life.
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When the Veil Is Thin: Love, Loss, and Communion | Providence Podcast
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What if we're more deeply connected to one another than we realize—even across the boundary between life and death?
Read MoreYou Shall Not Harm the Immigrant | Providence Podcast
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What does Scripture ask of us when our neighbors are feeling vulnerable and unwelcome? We may never fully understand someone else's experience, but perhaps we can learn to listen more deeply, love more courageously, and see our neighbors in a new light.
Read MoreWhen Hope Is Hard to Find | Providence Podcast
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Come for an honest reflection on Christian hope, perseverance, and trusting God's presence when life gets hard.
Read MoreMany Are Called, All Are Chosen | Providence Podcast
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God’s banquet is open to all. The garments of grace are waiting. We only have to raise our arms and let God put them on us. What garment might God be inviting you to wear today?
Read MoreSurrendering the Vineyard | Providence Podcast
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Maybe peace doesn't come from thinking positive thoughts. Maybe it comes from surrendering all that's within to God.
Read MoreDoes Your Yes Mean Yes? | Providence Podcast 6.6
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Sometimes saying yes is the easiest thing to do—even when we don’t really mean it. But what happens when that yes leads to resentment, burnout, or feeling trapped by commitments we never truly wanted?
Read MoreWhy Does God's Generosity Bother Us? Providence Podcast 6.5
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God is generous. But sometimes God’s generosity bothers us. What might that tell us about ourselves?
Read MoreFrom Followers to Leaders: The Feast of the Ascension, Providence Podcast
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As grown-up disciples in the faith, we also must step up and step out to do the work of love and service that Jesus started. We have a whole lot of proclaiming to do. How is God calling us to serve now? How must we respond to this call?
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Read MoreLet Us Walk in the Light of God, Advent Week 1, Providence Podcast
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To enter this lovely Advent Season of waiting in joyful hope, we're going to mix it up a little on the podcast and offer a guided prayer, a simple reflection on a Scripture passage. I'll share a few of my thoughts and also leave a space of silence for your prayer. I hope Spirit will speak to each of us, and you’re welcome to share your thoughts with me. Let’s hold each other in prayer over these sacred days.
Read MoreChrist the King in an Age of No Kings, Providence Podcast
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I wonder if this feast of Christ the King is as much about Christ’s leadership as it is about our call to serve. As Christ’s disciples, we use our gifts in the service of mission and, like Christ, we use any power we have to serve people.
Read MoreAll Bad Things Come to an End, Providence Podcast Episode
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God is with us however we are — when we feel like quitting or when we persevere, when we feel happy or just way less sad. If the world is ending, God is in that, and if it’s not but it just feels pretty desolate, God’s with us in that too. However we find ourselves these days, I hope we can turn toward God in love and trust.
Read MoreWe Are God's Temple, Providence Podcast Episode
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We are the living, breathing temples of the Holy One, and so we advocate on behalf of the Holy One for the vulnerable and oppressed people around us. We will flip all the tables until everyone has a place at the table.
Read MoreThe Souls of the Just are in the Hand of God, Providence Podcast Episode
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For this week’s reflection, we’re trying something new! Rather than a homily or sermon-type of reflection, Sr. Leslie Keener and Sr. Alice Gerdeman will have a faith-sharing conversation about the First Reading for All Souls Day, which is from the Book of Wisdom. We hope that, as we share, the Holy Spirit speaks to you too!
Read MoreWho Are You Before God? Providence Podcast Episode
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God wants us as we are. No bravado, no discarding our own worth. God receives us – all that we are, our past, our present, our brokenness and giftedness — the whole of each of us. God loves us however we show up. And God always shows up for us.
Read MoreBelonging Wherever We Are, Providence Podcast Episode
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The more that I, and we, live and grow into the fullness of being to which God calls us, the more we belong to God and ourselves. When we belong like that, we’ll find belonging wherever we are.
Read MoreStir into Flame, Providence Podcast
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Even if we aren’t feeling it and we sort of quiet quit for a minute, God never quiet quits on us — or quiet fire us either. The Holy Spirit will stir things up. It will fuel and fan our fires. Stirring into flame is what the Spirit does.
Read MoreAfflicting the Comfortable, Providence Podcast Episode 5.4
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Prophets comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, and maybe that's what our prophets are doing -- afflicting us until we shift our expectations and attitudes. Attitude shifts are often uncomfortable for me, but that’s okay. A little discomfort never hurt me and, in fact, sometimes it helps me to grow.
Read MoreBe Trustworthy and Prudent, Virtuous and Shrewd, Providence Podcast Episode
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There’s probably never been a time when there weren’t deceitful people, but our present age feels particularly corrupt. As we acknowledge this and negotiate it as best we can, we can be single-hearted in following God and loving other people. Thanks be to God for prudence and guidance and for the gift of each other for support and care.
Read MoreWhy Do We Exult in the Cross? Providence Podcast Episode 5.2
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As we commemorate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, we might wonder why we celebrate the cross, a symbol of suffering and death. I don’t know about you, but when I’m in the midst of my own pain, my first reaction is not to praise it. Why would I rejoice in it? Let’s see what the Spirit has to say to us about the crosses in our lives . . .
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