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LFT-3 The Interior Life – Listening For Truth with Deacon James Keating – Discerning Hearts Podcasts

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Episode 3 -Listening For Truth– This episode, with Deacon James Keating and Kris McGregor, discuss rediscovering the soul through prayer. The interior life. Welcoming the other that lives within us and passing through the wall of suffering.

Deacon James Keating, Ph.D., is a Professor of Spiritual Theology at Kenrick Glennon Seminary, in St. Louis, MO. He previously served as the Director of Theological Formation at the Institute for Priestly Formation located at Creighton University in Omaha, NE.

Listening for Truth leads men and women in a search for a fuller experience of God that begins in prayer, grows in the rediscovery of our spiritual being, and grounds itself in the truth of Jesus Christ. A presentation of the Christian life as an engagement of the whole person — body, mind, and soul — in the challenge of daily living.

LFT-2 The Nature of the Christian Conscious – Praying Our Way to Virtue with Deacon James Keating – Discerning Hearts Podcast

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Episode 2 -Listening For Truth– This episode, with Deacon James Keating and Kris McGregor, discuss conversion and our call to grow in virtue. Obedience. Fortitude and Fidelity are important keys in growing in the moral life. Deacon Keating also talks about the nature of the Christian conscious and it’s role in moral decision making.

LFT-1 Praying Our Way to Virtue – Listening for Truth with Deacon James Keating – Discerning Hearts Catholic Podcast

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Episode 1 -Listening For Truth– This episode, with Deacon James Keating and Kris McGregor, serves as an introduction to the series. They discuss moral judgments: What are the boundaries? They also explore the importance of giving God time to reach us and knowing how we can be properly spiritually guided.

Prayer In This Present Moment part 2 with Deacon James Keating Ph.D. – Discerning Hearts Special Podcast

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Prayer In This Present Moment with Deacon James Keating Ph.D. part 2

Join Kris McGregor in a special conversation with Deacon James Keating Ph.D. about prayer and our spiritual life in this present moment. Learning to listen at the level of the heart is discussed and the crisis today of what Deacon Keating terms the “Triumph of the Journalistic,” which can be found not only in the news media but also in theology and other spiritual arenas. In this episode, he also discusses the importance of identifying ourselves in the heart of the Eucharist.

For the first part of our discussion visit here:

Prayer In This Present Moment part 1 with Deacon James Keating Ph.D. – Discerning Hearts Special Podcast

Deacon James Keating, Ph.D., is a professor of spiritual theology at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary located in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

For many more of Deacon Keating’s podcast series visit his Discerning Hearts Podcast Page

Prayer In This Present Moment part 1 with Deacon James Keating Ph.D. – Discerning Hearts Special Podcast

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Prayer In This Present Moment with Deacon James Keating Ph.D. part 1

Join Kris McGregor in a special conversation with Deacon James Keating Ph.D. about prayer and our spiritual life in this present moment. Learning to listen at the level of the heart is discussed and the crisis today of what Deacon Keating terms the “Triumph of the Journalistic,” which can be found not only in the news media but also in theology and other spiritual arenas. He warns of the spiritual danger of following the latest spiritual “guru.” He points us to those who speak out of real communion with Christ while giving us hallmarks of what true spiritual directors and spiritual leaders look like.

Deacon James Keating, Ph.D., is a professor of spiritual theology at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary located in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

For many more of Deacon Keating’s podcast series visit his Discerning Hearts Podcast Page

WOM18 – The Gift of Grace – The Way of Mystery with Deacon James Keating – Discerning Hearts

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Episode 18 -The Way of Mystery: The Eucharist and Moral Living– The final installment of the series. The challenge of living the moral life and the gift of grace from the sacrament of the Eucharist.

Deacon James Keating, Ph.D., the director of Theological Formation for the Institute for Priestly Formation, located at Creighton University, in Omaha.

The Vatican II documents remind us that the spiritual journey is not made in a vacuum, that God has chosen to save us, not individually, but as The People of God. The Eucharist must help Christians to make their choices by discerning out of Christ’s paschal mystery. For this process to take place, however, Christians must first understand how the Eucharist puts them in touch with Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection, and what concrete implications being in touch with this mystery has for their daily lives.

Check out more episodes at “The Way of Mystery” Discerning Hearts podcast page

WOM17 – Mystical Experience and Consoling Prayer – The Way of Mystery with Deacon James Keating – Discerning Hearts

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Episode 17 -The Way of Mystery: The Eucharist and Moral Living– Mystical experiences and consoling prayer. Prayer is earnestly desired, and prayer because something we delight in. Also, the prayer that will spontaneously occur. Another type of experience is the aspect of the sacramental encounter.

Deacon James Keating, Ph.D., the director of Theological Formation for the Institute for Priestly Formation, located at Creighton University, in Omaha.

Check out more episodes at “The Way of Mystery” Discerning Hearts podcast page

WOM16 – The Internal World and External Presence of God – The Way of Mystery with Deacon James Keating – Discerning Hearts

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Episode 16 -The Way of Mystery: The Eucharist and Moral Living– Deacon Keating and Kris McGregor discuss the internal world and the external presence of God. The importance of silence and recognizing the day of our visitations. Experiencing the love of God internally. We have lived by faith and now move to live by love.

Deacon James Keating, Ph.D., the director of Theological Formation for the Institute for Priestly Formation, located at Creighton University, in Omaha.

Check out more episodes at “The Way of Mystery” Discerning Heart podcast page

WOM15 – The Unitive Way – The Way of Mystery with Deacon James Keating – Discerning Hearts

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Episode 15 -The Way of Mystery: The Eucharist and Moral Living– The journey begins into the unitive way…the beginning of falling in love with God. Combined with the entry into the sacramental life, living out the moral life becomes more than meeting a “goal” but becomes a “way” of life.

Deacon James Keating, Ph.D., the director of Theological Formation for the Institute for Priestly Formation, located at Creighton University, in Omaha.

Check out more episodes at “The Way of Mystery” Discerning Heart podcast page

WOM14 – Transformation – The Way of Mystery with Deacon James Keating – Discerning Hearts

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Episode 14 -The Way of Mystery: The Eucharist and Moral Living– The Eucharist summons us like a beacon. Even in the face of scandal, the moral authority of the Church shines through the Eucharist and challenges us to follow Christ in moving forward and allowing our hearts to be transformed. Mortal sin, what is it and how does it affect our relationship with the Eucharist…with Christ? Being present at mass even if you shouldn’t receive…not allowing yourself to be separated from worship.

Deacon James Keating, Ph.D., the director of Theological Formation for the Institute for Priestly Formation, located at Creighton University, in Omaha.