All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri
About the show
Join well-known theologian and author Edward Sri for weekly insights on understanding and living out the Catholic faith. Delve deeper into the Bible, prayer time, virtue, relationships, marriage and family and culture with practical reflections on all things Catholic. Don't just go through the motions. Live as an intentional Catholic, a disciple of Jesus Christ.
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Episodes
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Go Easy On Me? Adele's Quest for Personal Happiness
November 9th, 2021 | 23 mins 45 secs
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What does it mean to be true to yourself? Dr. Sri unpacks Adele's new hit song, Easy On Me, and explains how this popular song expresses an inverted definition of personal happiness. Although we are all tempted to find happiness within our own feelings, Dr. Sri reminds us that true happiness is found when we live for God and for others.
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Fire of Love: The Passion of the Martyrs
November 2nd, 2021 | 26 mins 28 secs
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It's easy for a Christian to feel like an outsider in today's secular age. Dr. Sri draws our attention to the early Christian martyrs and reveals how they can inspire us in our walk with the Lord. We learn that the secret of these martyrs wasn't necessarily their extraordinary strength, but rather, it was their passionate love for Christ.
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All Saints Day: Remembering Ordinary People Who Loved Extraordinarily
October 26th, 2021 | 23 mins 39 secs
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As the Catholic Church gets ready to celebrate All Saints Day, Dr. Sri reminds us that this great solemnity is not just about remembering those great canonized saints, it's also about recognizing all those unknown holy men and women who faithfully followed Jesus throughout the ages. Dr. Sri invites to reflect how God may be calling us to be saints and to love extraordinarily in our ordinary circumstances.
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"Are You Judging Me?" - Resisting the Culture of Relativism
October 19th, 2021 | 25 mins 45 secs
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Have you ever been accused by friends, family, or acquaintances of being judgmental or intolerant because you believe that some things are right and some things are wrong? Try this response from Dr. Edward Sri to flip the conversation around and start challenging the relativist perspective so many people hold today.
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When Parenting Gets Overwhelming
October 12th, 2021 | 23 mins 45 secs
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Feeling overwhelmed in parenting can often be a discouraging experience. Today, Dr. Sri and his wife share openly about the struggle of parenting, and how parents can turn to God in those hard moments when they are tempted to feel disappointed in themselves.
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Giving God Your Nothingness
October 5th, 2021 | 19 mins 57 secs
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Do you ever feel like you have nothing left to give? There are seasons in our lives when we feel like we have nothing left to give to God, to our relationships, or to our jobs. Today, Dr. Sri encourages us to see our nothingness as an opportunity to meet God in humility.
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Why Can't I Change? Wisdom from St.Thérèse
September 28th, 2021 | 25 mins 52 secs
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St.Thérèse of Lisieux spent ten years trying to overcome her deep seated weakness- her sensitivity and inability to control her emotions. Today, Dr. Sri reveals what we can learn from this beautiful saint’s example as we struggle with our own inability to change and overcome our own faults.
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The Extraordinary Soul of Padre Pio
September 21st, 2021 | 23 mins 22 secs
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What was it about Padre Pio that made him so extraordinary? Dr. Sri gives us an insight into the holiness of Padre Pio, and the secret to his incredible life.
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Why Catholics Exalt the Cross
September 14th, 2021 | 23 mins 59 secs
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Why do Catholics exalt the Cross? Today, the Church celebrates the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Dr. Sri explains the history behind this great feast day, and how the Cross reveals the love of Christ and teaches us to lean on our heavenly Father in times of suffering.
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Imagine Mary's First Communion
September 7th, 2021 | 15 mins 52 secs
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Have you ever wondered what it would have been like for Mary to receive her first Holy Communion? Dr. Sri invites us to reflect on the mystery of that moment, and explains the profound connection between Mary carrying Jesus in her womb and a person receiving Communion.
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“Lord, I Am Not Worthy” - Words That Made Jesus Marvel
August 31st, 2021 | 19 mins 20 secs
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Who was the Roman Centurion? What makes his words so remarkable that they amazed Jesus and now precede the most important moment in Mass—the reception of Jesus’ body into our own bodies? Dr. Sri reveals how this surprising figure of faith and humility models the way we should approach our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in Holy Communion—and in all that we do.
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The Wedding Supper of the Lamb
August 24th, 2021 | 21 mins 31 secs
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At every Mass, Jesus invites us to be his bride in the mystical wedding supper of the lamb. Today, Dr. Sri unpacks the biblical significance of the image of the wedding supper of the lamb mentioned in the book Revelation, and helps us see Christ as the bridegroom of our souls.
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Do Not Be Anxious
August 17th, 2021 | 25 mins 14 secs
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Do you easily get anxious about the concerns of this world, or about the future? Drawing from the work of St. Thomas Aquinas, Dr. Sri breaks down the roots of an anxious heart, and how we can overcome anxiety so we can live in Jesus’ peace.
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Overcoming Indecisiveness
August 10th, 2021 | 24 mins 18 secs
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Following through with our decisions can often feel overwhelming and paralyzing. Dr. Sri teaches us today about the virtue of decisiveness, and how God wants us to set us free from the fears that hold us back from committing to our decisions.
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How to Make Good Decisions
August 3rd, 2021 | 26 mins 49 secs
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How do we learn to make decisions we won’t regret? Dr. Sri teaches us about the virtue of prudence, and why this virtue is so important when it comes to making good decisions that orient us towards love and goodness.
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How the Virtues Changed My Life
July 27th, 2021 | 19 mins 34 secs
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How can we possibly learn to love like Christ? Today, Dr. Sri shares a powerful story about how reading Thomas Aquinas' work on the virtues changed his life and helped him to love his wife, his family, and God the way he truly desired.