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Super Saints Podcast
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God created us to become Super Saints.
This podcast is about our Journey to Sainthood in these times.
Journeys of Faith Ministry, founded by Bob and Penny Lord is about Evangelization through communications, spreading the Good News of the Gospel especially the Eucharistic Miracles, Marian Apparitions and Lives of the Super Saints.
Our Founders Bob and Penny Lord were dubbed "Experts on the Catholic Saints!"
We are all called to become Saints, and each of us has been created uniquely with special features and gifts by God.
Our goal is to spend eternity in union with Our God in Heaven.
We will focus on the Lives of the Saints, Prayer and testimonies from daily life that will show us how to live as a Christian here and now and become a Super Saint in Heaven
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St. John Fisher And The Courage To Refuse
Jun 2300:23:05Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailWe tell the story of St. John Fisher, the bishop who refuses to place the Crown above Christ when England’s politics demand compromise. His life of prayer, scholarship, and Eucharistic devotion shows how conscience holds firm when the cost becomes personal. • his early life in Yorkshire and a call shaped by prayer and study • Cambridge as a battleground for souls where intellect serves holiness • priestly zeal and a Eucharist-centered ministry • humble leadership as Bishop of Rochester marked by service and reform • clear defenses of Catholic teaching amid rising heresies • unwavering support for Catherine of Aragon and the sacrament of marriage • the King’s Great Matter as a moment of national and personal conscience • refusal of the oath of supremacy and the price of fidelity • isolation in the Tower of London and strength drawn from Christ Visit Journeysawfaith.com today to explore resources and sign up for our newsletter. Open by Steve Bailey Support the showJourneys of Faith brings you Super Saints PodcastsChat with US 24/7 Ask us anything https://chatting.page/mjxs9aerrtgm3lmpndlcepmbyosntrjnDownload Journeys of Faith App for Iphone or Android FREE https://journeysoffaith.com/pages/download-our-appPlease consider subscribing to this podcast or making a donation to Journeys of Faith Help us Grow!Journeys of Faith is blessed to provide Catholic media, including podcasts and inspirational content, free of charge across multiple media platforms for viewers and listeners around the world. While access to this content remains free, there are significant and continually increasing costs associated with producing, hosting, and distributing these programs. Your support helps us continue sharing the beauty of the Catholic faith with souls everywhere. We want to reach more souls and you can help us do that by becoming a Mission Angel. Make a Donation Any AmountRefer a FriendYou can help us ...
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Choosing God First Can Change Everything
Jun 2200:23:09Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailWe trace how St. Thomas More’s courage reshapes what it means to follow Christ when culture and power demand compromise. We connect his stand under Henry VIII to our daily choices, showing how conscience, sacraments, and prayer build joyful integrity in public life. • St. Thomas More as a guide for Catholic discipleship in a secular age • Faith and reason held together through study, law, and prayer • Family life as a real training ground for holiness • Integrity in public life when truth is contested • The Act of Supremacy and the crisis of conscience • “The king’s good servant, but God’s first” as a rule of life • The Tower of London as a school of silence, suffering, and grace • The cost of discipleship today through small and large sacrifices • Fidelity to the Church under political and cultural pressure • The mission of the laity to defend the faith with charity Explore our St. Thomas more resources. Dive into books, devotionals, and prayer materials inspired by his bold witness. Equip your family and friends. Share faith-filled gifts, sacramentals, and practical tools from our curated collection for spiritual growth. Receive encouragement every week. Subscribe to our newsletter for stories of faith, prayers, and practical inspiration rooted in church teaching. Join our prayer community. Bring your intentions to our prayer wall and intercede for others journeying alongside you. Share your own story. Email us or connect on social media. Your testimony might inspire others hungry for hope.Saint Thomas More Store ItemsOpen by Steve Bailey Support the showJourneys of Faith brings you Super Saints PodcastsChat with US 24/7 Ask us anything https://chatting.page/mjxs9aerrtgm3lmpndlcepmbyosntrjnDownload Journeys of Faith App for Iphone or Android FREE https://journeysoffaith.com/pages/download-our-appPlease consider subscribing to this podcast or making a donation to Journeys of Faith Help us Grow!Journeys of Faith is blessed to provide Catholic media, including podcasts and inspirational content, free of charge across multiple media platforms for viewers and listeners around the world. While access to this content remains free, there are significant and continually increasing costs associated with producing, hosting, and distributing these programs. Your support helps us continue sharing the beauty of the Catholic faith with souls everywhere. We want to reach more souls and you can help us do that by becoming a Mission Angel. Make a Donation Any AmountRefer a FriendYou can help us ...
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Saint Aloysius Gonzaga And The Courage To Choose God
Jun 2000:24:25Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailA teenager born into power turns down everything his world calls “success” and that decision still feels disruptive. Saint Aloysius Gonzaga grows up surrounded by armor, palaces, and the expectations of Italian nobility, yet he keeps choosing the chapel over the court. We follow the steady, quiet courage behind his life, the kind that forms through prayer, small renunciations, and a heart that wants Christ more than applause.We talk through the turning points: an early love for the catechism and the Blessed Sacrament, a deep desire for purity, and the shock of renouncing his inheritance when everyone assumes he will carry the family name into military glory. That choice brings real tension at home. The pushback from his father and the pressure of prestige put his vocation to the test, and his response is not dramatic posturing but calm resolve rooted in faith.His path leads into Jesuit formation in Rome, where discipline becomes freedom: obedience, study, humble work, and long hours of prayer shape him from the inside out. At the center is Eucharistic devotion, a living relationship with Jesus in Holy Communion and adoration that fuels everything else. When plague hits, that love becomes action as he serves the sick with mercy, even at great personal risk, showing what it means to see Christ in the suffering.If you are searching for clarity, battling attachment to comfort, or trying to build a stronger spiritual life, this story offers concrete inspiration. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review with one takeaway you want to live this week.Open by Steve Bailey Support the showJourneys of Faith brings you Super Saints PodcastsChat with US 24/7 Ask us anything https://chatting.page/mjxs9aerrtgm3lmpndlcepmbyosntrjnDownload Journeys of Faith App for Iphone or Android FREE https://journeysoffaith.com/pages/download-our-appPlease consider subscribing to this podcast or making a donation to Journeys of Faith Help us Grow!Journeys of Faith is blessed to provide Catholic media, including podcasts and inspirational content, free of charge across multiple media platforms for viewers and listeners around the world. While access to this content remains free, there are significant and continually increasing costs associated with producing, hosting, and distributing these programs. Your support helps us continue sharing the beauty of the Catholic faith with souls everywhere. We want to reach more souls and you can help us do that by becoming a Mission Angel. Make a Donation Any AmountRefer a FriendYou can help us ...
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Saint Paulinus Of Nola
Jun 2000:23:00Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailHe had everything Rome could hand a man: estates, influence, eloquence, and a future that looked untouchable. Saint Paulinus of Nola still felt a quiet ache that success could not fix, and that question drives one of the most compelling Catholic conversion stories in the early Church: what are you chasing, and will it last?We walk through Paulinus’s rise as a poet and statesman, then into the hidden places where God does the deepest work. Marriage to Therasia brings real joy, and the death of their only child brings a grief that strips away illusions. Rather than hardening, they soften. Their home becomes a place of prayer, almsgiving, and hospitality, and the poor stop being an idea and start being their daily responsibility.From catechesis and baptism to a radical decision to renounce wealth, Paulinus shows what Gospel poverty looks like when it is chosen out of love, not guilt. We also explore how spiritual friendship forms saints, with Paulinus’s ties to Augustine, Jerome, and Ambrose, plus the lasting influence of Saint Felix of Nola. The journey culminates in his unexpected call to serve as bishop, where humility, charity, and courage become his real authority.If you’re hungry for a faith that feels concrete, this story offers a map: prayer, sacramental life, simplicity, and generous love that costs something. Subscribe for more saint stories, share this with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review telling us what “true riches” means to you.Open by Steve Bailey Support the showJourneys of Faith brings you Super Saints PodcastsChat with US 24/7 Ask us anything https://chatting.page/mjxs9aerrtgm3lmpndlcepmbyosntrjnDownload Journeys of Faith App for Iphone or Android FREE https://journeysoffaith.com/pages/download-our-appPlease consider subscribing to this podcast or making a donation to Journeys of Faith Help us Grow!Journeys of Faith is blessed to provide Catholic media, including podcasts and inspirational content, free of charge across multiple media platforms for viewers and listeners around the world. While access to this content remains free, there are significant and continually increasing costs associated with producing, hosting, and distributing these programs. Your support helps us continue sharing the beauty of the Catholic faith with souls everywhere. We want to reach more souls and you can help us do that by becoming a Mission Angel. Make a Donation Any AmountRefer a FriendYou can help us ...
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Saint Romuald And The Case For Quiet Prayer
Jun 1900:22:45Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailNoise is not just outside of us, it’s inside of us, and it can smother prayer if we never learn to be still. We turn to Saint Romuald, a 10th century Italian noble whose life flips from privilege and turmoil to radical conversion, monastic discipline, and a relentless search for God. His story is not presented as distant Church history, but as a map for anyone longing for quiet, clarity, and a deeper relationship with Jesus and Mary.We walk through the turning point that drives Romuald toward the Benedictine monastery and then beyond it, into years of reform, wandering, and spiritual fatherhood. That path leads to the Camaldolese Order, a unique blend of hermit solitude and shared liturgy, built to protect silence, simplicity, and contemplative prayer. Along the way, we explore why the desert theme in Catholic spirituality is not about escape, but encounter, letting distractions fall away so the heart can finally listen.Then we bring it home with practical help for a busy schedule: short windows of stillness, quiet prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, an unrushed rosary, Scripture meditation, and the patient habit of returning to God when your mind wanders. We also talk about the balance between action and contemplation, because real Christian charity needs a hidden root. If you’ve been craving a calmer, steadier spiritual life, press play, then subscribe, share this with a friend who feels overwhelmed, and leave a review with the one practice you want to try this week.Open by Steve Bailey Support the showJourneys of Faith brings you Super Saints PodcastsChat with US 24/7 Ask us anything https://chatting.page/mjxs9aerrtgm3lmpndlcepmbyosntrjnDownload Journeys of Faith App for Iphone or Android FREE https://journeysoffaith.com/pages/download-our-appPlease consider subscribing to this podcast or making a donation to Journeys of Faith Help us Grow!Journeys of Faith is blessed to provide Catholic media, including podcasts and inspirational content, free of charge across multiple media platforms for viewers and listeners around the world. While access to this content remains free, there are significant and continually increasing costs associated with producing, hosting, and distributing these programs. Your support helps us continue sharing the beauty of the Catholic faith with souls everywhere. We want to reach more souls and you can help us do that by becoming a Mission Angel. Make a Donation Any AmountRefer a FriendYou can help us ...
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St. Joseph Cafasso And The Art Of Accompanying The Dying
Jun 1700:23:15Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailHe earned a name most priests would never want: the “priest of the gallows.” St. Joseph Cafasso walked into Turin’s darkest prisons to kneel beside the condemned, not to excuse sin, but to prove with his whole life that God’s mercy can reach a person even minutes before death.We tell Cafasso’s story from the inside out: a gentle son of a farming family in 19th-century Italy, formed in an age marked by rigorism and scrupulosity, yet drawn again and again to the tenderness of Christ. His days begin at the tabernacle and end with devotion to Our Lady, and that interior life becomes concrete pastoral care behind iron bars. He listens to histories knotted with violence and despair, invites confession without theatrics, presses a crucifix into shaking hands, and points weary hearts to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Eucharist, Marian prayer, and the simple act of staying present become a path from dread to peace.Along the way, we reflect on what his hidden apostolate still says to us now: how to accompany the suffering, how to talk about repentance without crushing people, and how to face our own fear of judgment with a deeper trust in Divine Mercy. If you’re searching for Catholic inspiration grounded in the sacraments, the saints, and real human pain, Cafasso is a guide worth following.Subscribe for more saint stories and Catholic faith resources, share this with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What’s one place in your life where you need to trust mercy more deeply?Open by Steve Bailey Support the showJourneys of Faith brings you Super Saints PodcastsChat with US 24/7 Ask us anything https://chatting.page/mjxs9aerrtgm3lmpndlcepmbyosntrjnDownload Journeys of Faith App for Iphone or Android FREE https://journeysoffaith.com/pages/download-our-appPlease consider subscribing to this podcast or making a donation to Journeys of Faith Help us Grow!Journeys of Faith is blessed to provide Catholic media, including podcasts and inspirational content, free of charge across multiple media platforms for viewers and listeners around the world. While access to this content remains free, there are significant and continually increasing costs associated with producing, hosting, and distributing these programs. Your support helps us continue sharing the beauty of the Catholic faith with souls everywhere. We want to reach more souls and you can help us do that by becoming a Mission Angel. Make a Donation Any AmountRefer a FriendYou can help us ...
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Saint John Francis Regis And The Mission Field Next Door
Jun 1600:24:39Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailIf you’ve ever wondered how to live a missionary life without leaving your normal responsibilities behind, Saint John Francis Regis offers a surprisingly practical answer. We follow the story of this 17th-century Jesuit priest who chose the remote roads of southern France as his “foreign mission” and helped revive faith in places worn down by war, famine, and spiritual indifference. His legacy still speaks to modern Catholics who want a stronger Catholic identity and a real way to share Christ’s love with a tired world. We talk through what made Regis so effective: a life anchored in the sacraments, long hours before the Blessed Sacrament, and a readiness to respond quickly to God’s call. His evangelization wasn’t flashy. It was personal, relational, and rooted in mercy, from preaching and catechism to reconciliation that could stretch to sixteen hours a day in the confessional. If you care about Catholic evangelization, you’ll hear why patient listening and clear truth belong together. Just as powerful is his commitment to the marginalized. Regis organized shelters for orphans, protected the vulnerable, and poured special care into ministry to women in crisis by opening safe homes and creating paths to dignified work. We also explore the opposition he faced, the sacrifices that sustained him, and the stories of miracles and conversions that point beyond him to God’s providence. Subscribe for more saint-driven Catholic inspiration, share this with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review with one way you want to live the mission this week.Open by Steve Bailey Support the showJourneys of Faith brings you Super Saints PodcastsChat with US 24/7 Ask us anything https://chatting.page/mjxs9aerrtgm3lmpndlcepmbyosntrjnDownload Journeys of Faith App for Iphone or Android FREE https://journeysoffaith.com/pages/download-our-appPlease consider subscribing to this podcast or making a donation to Journeys of Faith Help us Grow!Journeys of Faith is blessed to provide Catholic media, including podcasts and inspirational content, free of charge across multiple media platforms for viewers and listeners around the world. While access to this content remains free, there are significant and continually increasing costs associated with producing, hosting, and distributing these programs. Your support helps us continue sharing the beauty of the Catholic faith with souls everywhere. We want to reach more souls and you can help us do that by becoming a Mission Angel. Make a Donation Any AmountRefer a FriendYou can help us ...
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Saint Marguerite d’Youville And The Courage To Trust God In Suffering
Jun 1400:21:13Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailHope gets hardest right where you need it most, when the bills stack up, grief keeps returning, or you feel judged by people who should understand. Saint Marguerite d’Youville doesn’t offer a tidy answer. She offers a life that proves “hope against hope” is possible, and that Christian faith can stay steady even when everything looks like it’s falling apart.We walk through her true story: born in 1701 in Quebec, marked early by loss and poverty, trapped in an unhappy marriage, then widowed young and left with debt and children to raise, including the heartbreak of losing four of them. Instead of turning bitter, she turns outward. Her radical trust in divine providence becomes practical charity, and that charity grows into the Grey Nuns, the Sisters of Charity of Montreal, serving the sick, the poor, the elderly, and the forgotten.Along the way, we unpack the spiritual engines of her endurance: a Eucharistic heart shaped by Mass and adoration, Marian devotion grounded in the rosary and surrender, and “holy abandonment” that releases control without giving up on love. If you’re searching for Catholic encouragement, a model of perseverance through suffering, or a clearer path for daily prayer and service, this conversation is for you. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs hope, and leave a review so more people can find these stories of faith.Canadian Women SaintsOpen by Steve Bailey Support the showJourneys of Faith brings you Super Saints PodcastsChat with US 24/7 Ask us anything https://chatting.page/mjxs9aerrtgm3lmpndlcepmbyosntrjnDownload Journeys of Faith App for Iphone or Android FREE https://journeysoffaith.com/pages/download-our-appPlease consider subscribing to this podcast or making a donation to Journeys of Faith Help us Grow!Journeys of Faith is blessed to provide Catholic media, including podcasts and inspirational content, free of charge across multiple media platforms for viewers and listeners around the world. While access to this content remains free, there are significant and continually increasing costs associated with producing, hosting, and distributing these programs. Your support helps us continue sharing the beauty of the Catholic faith with souls everywhere. We want to reach more souls and you can help us do that by becoming a Mission Angel. Make a Donation Any AmountRefer a FriendYou can help us ...
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A Practical Guide To Devotion To The Immaculate Heart Of Mary
Jun 1300:21:37Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailA stained glass window. A statue in soft blue. A heart ringed with roses and marked by a sword. Those images show up everywhere in Catholic churches, but they are not just religious art. We walk through why devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary is a practical, deeply personal Catholic devotion that forms the way we pray, trust, and follow Jesus when life gets hard.We ground the conversation in the biblical foundations of the Immaculate Heart, especially Luke’s portrait of Mary as the one who “keeps” and “ponders” God’s mysteries in her heart. That quiet interior life becomes a blueprint for Christian meditation: bringing confusion to prayer without panic, learning patience, and letting grace shape our desires. We also explore how Marian devotion stays Christ-centered, because Mary’s mission is never to hold our gaze but to lift it toward her Son.From there, we connect Catholic tradition, the saints, and the message of Fatima, where the Immaculate Heart is presented as refuge and a sure path of conversion. We break down reparation as a response of love and explain the Five First Saturdays devotion step by step: confession, receiving Holy Communion, praying the rosary, and 15 minutes of meditation that becomes a real heart-to-heart relationship with Mary, always leading to Jesus.If you want a clearer, more grounded way to live Catholic spirituality day to day, press play, then subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review. What part of the Five First Saturdays would you start with first?Open by Steve Bailey Support the showJourneys of Faith brings you Super Saints PodcastsChat with US 24/7 Ask us anything https://chatting.page/mjxs9aerrtgm3lmpndlcepmbyosntrjnDownload Journeys of Faith App for Iphone or Android FREE https://journeysoffaith.com/pages/download-our-appPlease consider subscribing to this podcast or making a donation to Journeys of Faith Help us Grow!Journeys of Faith is blessed to provide Catholic media, including podcasts and inspirational content, free of charge across multiple media platforms for viewers and listeners around the world. While access to this content remains free, there are significant and continually increasing costs associated with producing, hosting, and distributing these programs. Your support helps us continue sharing the beauty of the Catholic faith with souls everywhere. We want to reach more souls and you can help us do that by becoming a Mission Angel. Make a Donation Any AmountRefer a FriendYou can help us ...
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The Sacred Heart Of Jesus And Why It Still Matters
Jun 1200:22:21Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailA heart crowned with thorns, wounded, and still on fire with love is not just a striking Catholic image. For us, the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a doorway into the mercy of Christ, a reminder that his love is personal, costly, and still open to anyone who feels weary, distant, or ready to begin again.We trace the devotion from its biblical foundation in John 19:34, where blood and water flow from Christ’s pierced side, to the way the early Church Fathers connected that moment to the sacraments of the Eucharist and baptism. From there, we follow the historical thread through St Margaret Mary Alacoque’s Sacred Heart revelations, the call to reparation and Eucharistic adoration, and the First Friday devotion that has shaped generations of Catholic spirituality. We also highlight St John Eudes and how he helped bring this devotion into the Church’s public worship and preaching.Then we slow down and make it practical: we explain the Twelve Promises of the Sacred Heart, what they mean, and why they are best received as an invitation to trust rather than a checklist. We also unpack the symbolism in the classic image, from the flames to the wound to the cross, so you can pray with it more intentionally at home, in your parish, or during adoration. If you’re looking for deeper Catholic devotion, consecration, and a clearer path back to hope, press play, then subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.Open by Steve Bailey Support the showJourneys of Faith brings you Super Saints PodcastsChat with US 24/7 Ask us anything https://chatting.page/mjxs9aerrtgm3lmpndlcepmbyosntrjnDownload Journeys of Faith App for Iphone or Android FREE https://journeysoffaith.com/pages/download-our-appPlease consider subscribing to this podcast or making a donation to Journeys of Faith Help us Grow!Journeys of Faith is blessed to provide Catholic media, including podcasts and inspirational content, free of charge across multiple media platforms for viewers and listeners around the world. While access to this content remains free, there are significant and continually increasing costs associated with producing, hosting, and distributing these programs. Your support helps us continue sharing the beauty of the Catholic faith with souls everywhere. We want to reach more souls and you can help us do that by becoming a Mission Angel. Make a Donation Any AmountRefer a FriendYou can help us ...
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