Temporada 1
Celebrating the Ascension at Every Mass
Father Stalla's Vocation Story
Do You Know Him?
Fasting and Prayer
Don't Dialogue with the Tempter
Blooming in the Desert
Anger vs Wrath
Anchor Experiences
Addressing the Voices of Trauma
Father Matthew Cortnick explains the importance of the feast of the Ascension and gives us a deeper understanding of how we are invited to participate in Christ's Ascension during every Holy Mass. You can find all the Hope's Garden podcasts, our resources on the Song of Songs and Christ the Bridegroom, and more spiritual direction from Father Michael Stalla and Father Matthew Cortnick at our website hopesgarden.com.
Father Michael shares with us how he heard and responded to the Lord's call to the priesthood. The Lord has a mission, a call, for each of us. Father Michael's story can help us in our discernment.
This episode is Father Matthew Cortnick's homily from Sunday April 14, 2024. Father asks us to ponder how well we really know Jesus. Do we have an intimate friendship with Him? When we arrive at Heaven's doorstep will He welcome us as His friends or shut the door on us because we are strangers to Him?
Father Michael Stalla, spiritual director of Hope's Garden, explains the spiritual discipline of fasting. Learn more about Christ the Bridegroom at hopesgarden.com
"From my very first session of spiritual direction with Father Michael in 2016, he has continually impressed upon me the need to discern everything and to reject all that is not from Jesus. Learning to distinguish the voice of the tempter from the voice of my Bridegroom has been life-changing. I highly recommend listening to this episode of Heart to Heart Spiritual Direction and putting Father Michael's wisdom into practice." - Laura Ercolino, Foundress of Hope's Garden Join our Catholic men's or women's community and participate in live spiritual direction events with Father Michael. https://hopesgarden.com/join-our-community/
Father Michael helps us to understand the differences between clinical depression and desolation.
Anger is the emotion we feel in reaction to an injustice. It is holy when accompanied by courage and hope we direct it toward righting wrongs. But when we allow our anger to cloud our judgment and react with violence or hatred then it becomes the sin of wrath. Father Michael gives us wisdom for being angry and not sinning in this episode of Heart to Heart Spiritual Direction. For more teachings from Father Michael Stalla subscribe to the Hope's Garden YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7wojaqrlARIt2_rdUdIf0A
Father Michael Stalla, spiritual director of Hope's Garden, talks about anchor experiences in our spiritual life and the importance of returning to these moments of consolation again and again. Visit hopesgarden.com and learn more about Christ the Bridegroom.
Father Michael helps us learn to recognize the "voices of trauma" and distinguish them from the voice of Jesus.
Father Michael unpacks the second chapter of Genesis through the lens of St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body.