Watch and listen on YouTube or simply listen to the audio podcast. To share this prayer meditation, copy the Share link below. Introduction by Fr. Michael Welcome to Heart to Heart’s reflections for the Third Week of Easter in our series, Season of Joy. This week’s meditations are designed to help lift us from discouragement, restore our joy, and gently remind us of the importance of healthy, holy self-care. In her second meditation, based on 1st Corinthians, Anne reminds us that God has...
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Watch and listen on YouTube or simply listen to the audio podcast. To share this prayer meditation, copy the Share link below. Introduction by Fr. Michael Welcome to Heart to Heart’s reflections for the Third Week of Easter in our series, Season of Joy. This week’s meditations are designed to help lift us from discouragement, restore our joy, and gently remind us of the importance of healthy, holy self-care. Anne Rometty guides us today and Wednesday. She begins with Jesus’ first words to the...
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Watch and listen on YouTube or simply listen to the audio podcast. To share this prayer meditation, copy the Share link below. Introduction by Fr. Michael Welcome to Heart to Heart’s reflections for the Third Week of Easter in our series, Season of Joy. This week’s meditations are designed to help lift us from discouragement, restore our joy, and gently remind us of the importance of healthy, holy self-care. In today's meditation, drawn from Hebrews, chapter 12, Fr. Kubicki invites us to...
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Watch and listen on YouTube or simply listen to the audio podcast. To share this prayer meditation, copy the Share link below. Introduction by Fr. Michael Welcome to Heart to Heart’s reflections for the Third Week of Easter in our series, Season of Joy. This week’s meditations are designed to help lift us from discouragement, restore our joy, and gently remind us of the importance of healthy, holy self-care. We begin with Fr. Jim Kubicki, S.J., who reflects on today’s Gospel story of the...
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Evangelize Seekers. Inspire Believers. Foster Disciples. The Cross of Jesus Reflecting on the 50 days of Easter, Fr. Michael observes that the cross of Jesus is the cross that we too must bear in our own lives. John 3:7-15 SHARE INSTAGRAM YOUTUBE HTOH.US Fr. Michael's Public Schedule 8:15 AM Mass - Most Wednesdays @ St. Anne's in Barrington Tuesday, April 21, 2026To Proclaim A Year of Favor from the Lord: A Day of Healing Prayer May 27-June 4, 2026 Medjugorje Pilgrimage with Fr. Michael and...
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Watch and listen on YouTube or simply listen to the audio podcast. To share this prayer meditation, copy the Share link below. 2nd Meditation by Paula KowalkowskiJoy After Grief, 1 Peter 1:8 Paula reflects on the paradox of Easter joy amidst sorrow and grief the disciples felt and that we feel in our own lives as we suffer our own grief and loss. YouTube Podcast Share this Link Paula Kowalkowski Paula Kowalkowski is an experienced music educator with over 30 years in high school and college...
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Watch and listen on YouTube or simply listen to the audio podcast. To share this prayer meditation, copy the Share link below. 1st Meditation by Paula KowalkowskiJesus, The Risen Christ, Meets His Mother Paula shares her own prayerful vision of what it might have been like when Jesus visited his Mother after rising from the dead. YouTube Podcast Share this Link Paula Kowalkowski Paula Kowalkowski is an experienced music educator with over 30 years in high school and college settings,...
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Watch and listen on YouTube or simply listen to the audio podcast. To share this prayer meditation, copy the Share link below. 2nd Meditation by Nancy HulseboschJohn 21:15-17, Restored in Love It's early in the morning, you are Peter, tired from fishing all night but elated when you realize the risen Lord is waiting for you with a warm fire on the beach...until you get there and He starts grilling you about how much you love Him. YouTube Podcast Share this Link Nancy Hulsebosch Nancy...
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Nancy invites us to imagine being outside the empty tomb of Jesus and to experience what Mary Magdalene felt as Jesus called her by name. 1st Meditation by Nancy HulseboschJohn 20:11-16, Called by Name Watch and listen on YouTube or simply listen to the audio podcast. To read Fr. Michael's introduction to the series, click the "Series Intro" button. YouTube Podcast Series Intro Nancy Hulsebosch Nancy Hulsebosch is a spiritual director trained in the Ignatian tradition. She offers spiritual...
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