Deep in Christ

Whether it's an actor, an athlete, an author, or an academic, when someone with a high public profile announces their interest in becoming Catholic, there can often be a wide variety of reactions from both the religious tradition they come from, and the new Church family they're joining. And often they're rushed into the spotlight and encouraged to begin sharing their story immediately. JonMarc Grodi and Matt Swaim share how The Coming Home Network, which was founded by a pastor who left public ministry to become Catholic, thinks about the care of these souls, and how they encourage fellow Catholics to treat them as their new brothers and sisters in the Church. More episodes: https://www.deepinchrist.com [https://www.deepinchrist.com] Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org [https://community.chnetwork.org] Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/donate [https://www.chnetwork.org/donate]

Because faith involves engaging with unseen realities, it can be easy to forget that if it the supernatural world is real, then its truths have implications for the natural world as well. JonMarc Grodi and Kenny Burchard look at what it means to have a Christian worldview that takes seriously the goodness of the physical world, and how God uses it to show us who He truly is, from creation to the incarnation, as well as through the sacraments. More episodes: https://www.deepinchrist.com [https://www.deepinchrist.com] Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org [https://community.chnetwork.org] Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/donate [https://www.chnetwork.org/donate]

In this final installment of our series on prayer, we look further at what the Catechism of the Catholic Church has to say about overcoming distractions in prayer. The proper response to the inevitable reality of distractions is summed up well in Paragraph 2729: "To set about hunting down distractions would be to fall into their trap, when all that is necessary is to turn back to our heart: for a distraction reveals to us what we are attached to, and this humble awareness before the Lord should awaken our preferential love for him and lead us resolutely to offer him our heart to be purified." More episodes: https://www.deepinchrist.com [https://www.deepinchrist.com] Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org [https://community.chnetwork.org] Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org [https://www.chnetwork.org]

Part of the journey of prayer will inevitably involve experiences of apparent failure. The Catechism of the Catholic Church identifies some of these: discouragement, dryness, hesitancy about what God may be calling us to do, and even the darkness within our own hearts. However, it is by exposing these things to the light that we can seek healing and forgiveness. The Church reminds us that it is crucial to anticipate and meet these apparent “failures” in the journey of prayer with a right mind and heart, ready to turn these obstacles into greater victories of humility and faith. More episodes: https://www.deepinchrist.com [https://www.deepinchrist.com] Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org [https://community.chnetwork.org] Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org [https://www.chnetwork.org]

On this episode, we continue our discussion on the journey of prayer. When you begin to make a more conscious and intentional commitment to the journey of prayer, you will become more aware of the spiritual battle that is always raging outside of you as well as inside. The sections of the Catechism that we cover in this episode address some of the common “objections” that will spring up from time to time as temptations to give up in the battle of prayer; but it is a battle that we cannot afford to stop fighting. More episodes: https://www.deepinchrist.com [https://www.deepinchrist.com] Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org [https://community.chnetwork.org] Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/donate [https://www.chnetwork.org/donate]