Lift Up Your Hearts Podcast
If you are feeling stuck in prayer or don't know how to pray at all this is a great place to start. These podcasts are a directed Ignatian style meditation on Sacred Scripture meant to help you go deeper into the life of Christ and His love for you. This meditation style has been an immeasurable blessing to me and I hope to pass those blessings on to as many people as possible. I am simply a poor man who has found of source of bread and want to share that source with everyone. I think this podcast is for everyone, beginner and expert, because the true leader for your prayer is the Holy Spirit.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 109
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Do you see what I see? (Epiphany of the Lord Matthew 2:1-12)
Those Magi must have had some expectations when they set out to see a royal king and that is what they saw, but is it what they expected? Is it what you expect? Does that get in the way…
4 Tips to start praying this year (Season 2 Episode 8)
These are my top 4 tips to start a prayer life in 2024.
1. Pray with the Sunday Gospels
2. Pray through one of the Gospels
3. Read a book on prayer
4. Pick a time to pray
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This is where it all started (Luke 2:22-40)
This passage is where the contemplative prayer journey started for me and I hope it starts for you as well.
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What would you do if you saw an Angel? (Luke 1:8-20)
Merry Christmas! One of the reasons the Gospel of Luke is my favorite is because of this passage. Join me as I contemplate its implications for my life.
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Who did she tell? (Luke 1:26-38)
The Annunciation is one of those beautiful Feast days. But Mary was alone when it happened. Who did she tell first? How did that conversation go? What was she pondering in her heart? Wh…
4 Tips for Praying over the Holidays
The holidays are filled with family, food and a lot of joy, but they can also be full of stress and anxiety. So, don't forget to pray. Here are my top 4 tips on how to pray over the hol…
A Glimmer of Hope (John 1:6-8, 19-28) Season 2 Episode 3
Do I have a longing for the Lord that is even close to what the Israelites had? And what did that mean when John the Baptist gives a glimmer of hope for the people?
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Let's start with sin (Mark 1:1-8)
What do you think about when you think of starting a story about Jesus? His birth? Nah, let's start with repentance from sin.
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Are you Ready for His Coming? (Mark 13:33-37)
This is the beginning of Season 2. Also the beginning of the Liturgical year. And at the beginning before Christmas Jesus reminds us that sometimes it is tempting to fall asleep.
Lord, when did I see you? (Matthew 25:31-46)
This one struck me hard! Some days you just need to show up to prayer and the Lord will do the rest. This is the final episode of Season 1. A new year starts next week as we lead up to …
How do I pray?
The meditation style of St. Ignatius has been one of the biggest blessings of my life and I want to share that blessing with the world. It has taught me the most important lesson in lif…
Lord, what are my talents? (Matthew 25:14-30)
Jesus gives us another parable and the disciples are sitting at His feet. What would it be like for you to sit at His feet as he speaks this parable? What is going through your head? Jo…
Not a bedtime story! (Matthew 25:1-14)
Jesus gives us a parable about staying awake and being ready. Pray along with me and find your material for prayer this week in the scriptures.
Resources I use:
Word on Fire Bible: https…
You are my God, for you I Long! (Psalm 63)
The Psalms can be words that can orient our lives towards God. Psalm 63 is one of those Psalms. Pray with me as try to make Psalm 63 my own prayer.
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I want to look holy (Matthew 23:1-12)
"Whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted says the Lord." What does this mean for me? Do I care about looking holy or am I more worried about b…
The Hinge of My Whole Life (Matthew 22:34-40)
What are the hinge points of our whole life? Jesus responds to those trying to trick him by giving us a way to interpret the whole of the Old Testament and I would argue our own lives a…
The Coin of My Heart (Matthew 22:15-21)
Welcome to my secret public prayer journal as I reflect on scripture using the methods of St. Ignatius of Loyola. This is not a Bible study, but a way to show that a deep prayer life ca…
I Shall Want For Nothing (Psalm 23)
I've heard this one so many times it is easy to not even hear the words and to say "I know that one." But do I know the Shepherd? Can I say this with my own words?
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The King is at it again (Matthew 22:1-14)
The King is at it again. This week he is throwing a wedding feast and none of his guests want to come. What does he do? What do you do? Join me as I use my imagination to pray through t…
Cave-diving with Parables (Matthew 21:33-43)
Explore with me the gems of Jesus' parables. They can often confound us, but we need only to relate them to the Lord.
Join me again next week as we engage our imaginatio…