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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Mary & The Lost Ark
April 3rd, 2018 | 17 mins 19 secs
There’s great spiritual power for us in the title “Mary, Ark of the Covenant”—much more than anything Harrison Ford and the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark may have imagined. But what does the ancient Ark of the Covenant have to do with the...
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Simon & The Unexpected Cross
March 27th, 2018 | 14 mins 51 secs
Why is Simon of Cyrene a model of compassion? He didn’t lovingly volunteer to carry Jesus’ Cross. He was forced to do so! The Gospels, however, give us one small detail that indicates Simon was personally transformed through his encounter with the...
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The Palm Sunday Prophecy
March 20th, 2018 | 14 mins 33 secs
Do you know the Palm Sunday Prophecy? Discover the Biblical background to Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Edward Sri unpacks the prophecies fulfilled in this scene and the personal application for our lives today. Finish Lent...
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Giving it All: Gethsemane
March 13th, 2018 | 17 mins 18 secs
"Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass." What did Jesus mean by this prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. Was he trying to back out of the cross at the last minute? This prayer actually offers a window into Jesus' soul, revealing how he...
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The Cry from the Cross
March 6th, 2018 | 18 mins 26 secs
What did Jesus mean when he cried out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Did Jesus really think he was abandoned by the Father? Far from a cry of despair, Jesus' words are a prayer of great hope in the midst of great darkness. Jesus quotes...
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Surprised by Silence - with Beth Sri
February 27th, 2018 | 22 mins 58 secs
Finding silence in a house with 8 kids and a busy apostolic life is not easy. But Beth and I both felt drawn this Lent to turn off the noise, be more unplugged and more tuned in to God in silent stillness. In the silence, we encounter our true selves...
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The Battle for Your Mind
February 20th, 2018 | 16 mins 31 secs
Right now there's a battle going on for your mind - for how you look at reality. What is love? What brings happiness? What is a successful life? The secular world is doing everything it can to get you to look at these fundamental questions a certain...
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The Romance of Lent: 3 Ways to Start Lent Well
February 13th, 2018 | 14 mins 24 secs
The words "Lent" and "Romance" typically don't go together. Lent brings to mind drudgery, sacrifice and slogging through the dreary days of February without your favorite treats. What's romantic about that? At its essence, however, Lent is all about...
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When You Hit the Wall: Struggles in the Spiritual Life
February 6th, 2018 | 15 mins 36 secs
A crucial moment in the spiritual life comes when we hit the wall: when we experience our weaknesses and sins and fear that we'll never get better - we'll never change. In those low moments, we might be tempted to give up trying and settle for...
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More Than Groundhog's Day: The Presentation of Our Lord & Prophecy Fulfilled
January 30th, 2018 | 17 mins 24 secs
The Feast of the Presentation (Feb 2) commemorates a significant turning point in the history of the world: God's glory returning to the temple. Edward Sri unpacks the prophecies fulfilled in this scene to help prepare our hearts for this great feast....
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The Battle for Prayer
January 23rd, 2018 | 16 mins 8 secs
We like to pray when we feel we're getting something out of it. But what do we do when the feelings fade, when we're "too busy" or prayer is dry? Will we still show up? Faithfulness to Jesus in prayer is more important than the feelings we might...
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What We Wish We Knew Before Marriage - with Beth Sri
January 16th, 2018 | 30 mins 17 secs
Nothing can fully prepare you for the real challenges of married life. Edward Sri hosts his first guest, his wife Beth, as they share three things they wish they did before they were married...and they continue to work on today.
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"But I'm Not Hurting Anyone!"
January 9th, 2018 | 18 mins 21 secs
Many say, "What I do in my private life doesn't matter - as long as I'm not hurting anyone." But there are many ways we hurt people simply by failing to be the best we can be. In this week's episode, Edward Sri helps us respond to this objection...
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Who Do You Want to Become?
January 2nd, 2018 | 21 mins 13 secs
Our choices matter. They lead us either to becoming the kind of person we most deeply desire to be or to falling short of the greatness to which God calls us. In this episode, Edward Sri helps us engage the culture of moral relativism with a Catholic...
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What Was Mary Thinking?
December 26th, 2017 | 13 mins 25 secs
What was Mary thinking and going through on that first Christmas night? Recorded on location in Bethlehem, Edward Sri helps us enter into Mary's experience: The joy of giving birth to her son, the messiah, and the bewilderment and sorrow over watching...
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"Do You Hear What I Hear?"
December 19th, 2017 | 15 mins 40 secs
What if we had never heard the Christmas story before? What if we were first-century Jews encountering the story of Jesus' birth for the very first time? In this week's podcast, Edward Sri takes us back into the world of Jesus, Mary and Joseph and...