Podcast Notes - Virtue Ministry

Episode 24 – Book Study P3

29/06/2022

Chapters 12-14 Imagery of the procession – Glory Imagery – Hell is but a small crack, and not comparable to the enormity of heaven Discussion on Pity and manipulation PRIDE AND SHAME In chapter 12, a conversation between a husband and wife ensues. The wife is now a bright spirit […]

Episode 23 – Book Study : The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis ( Part 2)

22/06/2022

Chapters 7 -11 Chapter 8 – PRIDE AND SHAME A female ghost is hiding and is met by another light spirit. The ghost is so preoccupied with focusing on self, and refuses to step out into the light. The light spirit tries to encourage her, assuring her that everyone here […]

Episode 22 – Book Study : The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis ( Part 1)

15/06/2022

William Blake’s the marriage of heaven and hell. Lewis doesn’t pit himself against Blake, rather against the attempt to marry heaven and hell, good and evil. He writes of the divorce of heaven and hell. He writes that there is a modern belief (bearing in mind he’s writing in the […]

Episode 20 – What happened at Pentecost?

01/06/2022

Reminder: Book Study begins in 2 weeks! In the Acts of the Apostles, we’re reminded that Jesus tells His disciples ‘for John baptized with water, but before many days you shall be baptized with the holy spirit’ Act 1:5. And in John 14:26 we’re told ‘But the counsellor, the Holy […]

Episode 19 – Patrons Choice – Layers of Evangelisation

25/05/2022

This is a Patrons choice episode. When we think of evangelisation, most people generally think BIG like ‘Martin Luther King’ level, or Chris Stefanik level, or even becoming a missionary in some third world country. Some people are called to this, but not everyone. Yet, every Christian has been given […]

Episode 18 – Virtue – Temperance – Sobriety

18/05/2022

This episode is based on one of the workshops we run on Virtue and Temperance, and we’ll focus today on Sobriety. What is sobriety? We often think it’s only about not being drunk. Like we know we shouldn’t be dancing on the line, so, if we just keep dancing near […]

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Episode 17 – Patrons Choice – Friendship with people of different faiths

11/05/2022

This is a Patrons choice episode. To what degree do the people we surround ourselves with influence our way of life? Such an important question to ask. (I become the average of the 5 people I spend the most time with) VS the opposite end – having nothing to do […]

Episode 15 – Scripture Passages and their reactions

27/04/2022

In this week’s episode, we discuss Scripture passages. What is your earliest memory with a scripture passage? Padre: Noah’s ark – the little golden book – And I was inquisitive about the Mary and God the Father Stina: Other than the OT bible stories in children’s books – Passion and […]

Episode 14 – Easter

20/04/2022

At the beginning of Lent we talked about why we needed an Easter, why we needed God to come save us – to take onboard our sin, pay the ultimate price, and overcome death for us to become adopted children of God. Easter is a time of glory! Every thing […]

Episode 13 – Holy Week

13/04/2022

This Episode walks us through what each of the days of Holy Week mean in the Catholic Church and unpacks a symbolism that can be found within the liturgy. Palm Sunday When we read John 12:12-19, we find the crowds were growing in preparation for the feast of the Passover. […]