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S02 Ep. 61 – Becoming Healed in Christ

Reflecting on various stories of healing in the Gospel, particularly the story of the blind man Bartimaeus (Mk 10:46-52), Fr. Eric reflects on what these stories teach us about the reality and process of becoming healed in Christ.
Topics include developing a proper "working image" of God, navigating past various competing voices to focus specifically on the voice of the Good Shepherd, and being patient and learning to persevere in the journey towards becoming healed in Christ.
Fr. Eric speaks also about abandoning sinful habits as a prerequisite to becoming healed in Christ, spiritual blindness caused by sin as being the true evil in life, and the need to appropriate the reality of Christ as Saviour and personal teacher.
As a key example, Fr. Eric refers to a number of quotes by Matt Fradd, which can be found in the context of an episode on battling pornography from the "Restore the Glory" podcast with Dr. Bob Schuchts and Jake Khym. Here is a link to that episode: https://www.restoretheglorypodcast.com/episodes/40.
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S02 Ep. 60 – Working Through Our Anger

Fr. Eric reflects upon a key scene in the film “Little Women” (2019) starring Saoirse Ronan in discussing key tips in dealing with our anger.
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S02 Ep. 59 – Authority in God‘s Providence

Fr. Eric reflects on the role of authority in the context of Divine Providence.  Topics include the proper notion of authority in a Biblical context, the need to be intentional about the use of one's authority, and what it means to respond appropriately to those entrusted with authority in the context of human society.
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S02 Ep. 58 – “No Time to Die” | MOVIE REVIEW

Fr. Eric gives a spoiler-filled review of "No Time to Die" (2021) starring Daniel Craig as British spy, James Bond.
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S02 Ep. 57 – Christianity Without Christ

Reflecting on the Gospel stories of the Rich Young Man (Lk 18:18-30) and Zacchaeus (Lk 19:1-10), Fr. Eric speaks about the recurring temptation to live Christianity apart from the person of Christ.
Topics discussed include the reading Gospel texts in relation to other comparable texts within the same Gospel, the importance of humility in receiving the message of conversion, and the need to be always mindful of the great privilege of being called to friendship and relationship with Jesus Christ.
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S02 Ep. 56 – Tempted to Watch Porn?

Fr. Eric reflects on discerning the voice of the tempter versus that of the Good Shepherd in fighting the battle against pornography.
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S02 Ep. 55 – The Brilliance of Children

Reflecting on how the Lord invites the little children to come to Him and exhorts others to imitate their natural brilliance as a prerequisite for entering the Kingdom of Heaven (Mk 10:2-16), Fr. Eric speaks about the importance of being completely available for God's purposes and learning to say "no" to competing goods such that one might be able to see clearly God's purposes for one's life.
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S02 Ep. 53 – Celebrating the Good, the True and the Beautiful

Fr. Eric speaks about the importance of celebrating good, true and beautiful things both in the context of evangelization and our own interpersonal relationships. Fr. Eric expounds further on this point by doing an extended exgesis with regards to Num 11:25-29 and Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48.
Topics include evangelization as declaring the lordship of Jesus in the culture, which includes both a positive and negative dimension; and the wider responsibility of the Christian community to provide a safe place of love and affirmation for the sake of healing others in their woundedness.
As a key example, Fr. Eric refers to Episode 38 of the "Restore the Glory" podcast with Dr. Bob Schuchts and Jake Khym along with Sr. Miriam James Heidland as the guest speaker.
Here is a link to the episode: https://www.restoretheglorypodcast.com/episodes/38. Fr. Eric refers also to the movie "Twilight" (2008) starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. Here is a link to a trailer from the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxjNDE2fMjI.
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S02 Ep. 52 – ”The Proposal” | RETRO REVIEW

Fr. Eric does a spoiler-filled review of "The Proposal" (2009) starring Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock.⁣

S02 Ep. 51 – The Battle for the Peace of Christ

Fr. Eric reflects on how God calls us to get in the habit of renouncing not just evil things but even all manner of competiting goods to obtain the peace that He wishes to give to us. Reflecting upon Mk 9:30-37, in the context of which Christ urges His disciples to abandon their worldly ambitions in favour of adopting the mindset of a little child, Fr. Eric suggests that the Lord's exhortation is basically to conserve one's limited spiritual energies to serve God's particular purposes for his or her life.
Fr. Eric refers to the Vatican II document, "Gaudium et Spes" (Pastoral Constitution of the Church in the Modern World): https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html. As key example, Fr. Eric cites a May 17, 2018 talk that Bishop Robert Barron gave at the headquarters of Google: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enDhX49F3XI.
Fr. Eric references also the conversion story of a Harvard professor named Roy Schoeman, as documented by Shalom World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWDevlijGUI.
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