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Week Four of Prepare Your Heart: Holding Jesus like Mary in Advent with Sr. Zelie Maria Louis, SV

December 22nd, 2023 | Season 22 | 36 mins 20 secs

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Mary opened her arms to the child Jesus, and we are called to do the same. Sr. Zelie Maria Louis, a Sister of Life serving pregnant women in Manhattan, reflects on how we can look to Mary as a perfect example of holiness and love of the Lord in the final days of Advent.

Week Three of Prepare Your Heart: Building a Home like Joseph with Bobby and Jackie Angel

December 15th, 2023 | Season 22 | 39 mins 16 secs

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Jackie and Bobby Angel, authors, speakers, and podcasters, share how the spirit of hospitality and a charism of welcome are essential in order to enter into Advent. When we open our homes to others, and when we work to build a home of love, we are embracing the spirit of St. Joseph.

Week Two of Prepare Your Heart: Holy Witnesses in Advent with Meg Hunter-Kilmer

December 8th, 2023 | Season 22 | 39 mins 4 secs

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Meg Hunter-Kilmer offers insights into how the stories of the saints can help us more purposefully enter into Advent, preparing our hearts with the witness of faithful men and women who have spent their lives preparing to meet Jesus.

Week One of Prepare Your Heart: Preparing for Nazareth Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR

December 1st, 2023 | Season 22 | 44 mins 49 secs

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Fr. Agustino Torres, CFR, author of Prepare Your Heart, explains how the season of Advent is a chance to enter into the heart of Nazareth, a place of respite, rest, and formation. At the beginning of the liturgical year, it’s so easy to become consumed with the busyness of the season, the work that must be done for Christmas, and we can forget how this is ultimately a time to prepare to welcome Jesus. Fr. Agustino explains how when we purposefully prepare our hearts, we are joyfully anticipating the gift of Christmas in the best way possible.

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