The scandal of the sale of Indulgences has affected the Church for 500 years yet when they are understood acquiring indulgences is greatly beneficial. Truth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner of Patriarch Ministries shares instruction from the Lord as it describes the teachings of the Church about Indulgences and Action-Packed Promises. For audio and video link and the script of the episode please continue reading.
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Playlist: Sacrament of Reconciliation, Forgiveness of Sin and the Path to Unattachment to Sin. Various facets of Reconciliation
TOS207 Turn and Return – The Glory of Divine Mercy
When Jesus appeared to Faustina, He shared with her His divine plan of Mercy. He made it very easy for His beloved Children to partake of an incredible amount of grace. Since those moments His words have traveled throughout the world to make known His love and mercy. Truth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner offers episode TOS207 Turn and Return – The Glory of Divine Mercy with the Lord’s words and the story of the Divine Mercy Image, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, the Divine Mercy Sunday and the Divine Mercy Novena taken from St. Faustina’s Diary[i]. For video, audio, and script please continue reading.
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Truth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner explores the joy of confession in Confession & Reconciliation Heaven Will Throw a Party! Episode 168 helps you to approach the Sacrament of Reconciliation with anticipation of the underlying result of deepening your relationship with Jesus through repentance and absolution. To listen and watch or read the script, please continue reading below.
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TOS063 Lenten Logos III – Choosing Repentance For audio TOS063: Lenten Logos III – Choosing Repentance – Truth of the Spirit (podcast) | Listen Notes
Everyone wants to go to heaven when they die. Interior conversion and repentance is found by developing relationship with God. One of the deadly effects of sin is that we lose our awareness of sin. We, in our sinfulness, and those who sin against us may be acting out of habit. The more frequently we receive the sacrament of Reconciliation, the more we are aware of our sin. Join us on Truth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner on this episode of the season of Lent series, Lenten Logos III – Choosing Repentance.
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God pours a tremendous amount of grace upon us that we might live peaceful, happy lives, yet the flow of grace is pinched off by the effect of sin like placing a tourniquet on an artery. Barriers keep us from receiving the fullness of God’s grace. This is the Effect of Sin, the subject of part 2 of the Lenten Logos series on Truth of the Spirit. The complex effect of sin in the world causes pain. Every sin, every hurt, every rejection, every ugly word wounds us. We begin to build up protective layers, but unlike a pearl whose finished product is lovely, we are like an onion with layers that bring tears to our eyes.
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TOS038 The Sacraments–Reconciliation with Rebecca Brandes
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Welcome to Truth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner. Join Rebecca Brandes as she speaks about the Sacrament of Reconciliation on the Truth of the Spirit podcast during the series “Eucharist and Other Sacraments”. Dreading confession is a natural thing. Our natural instincts tell us to avoid pain but at the gym you hear “no pain no gain”. In Confession we have to humble ourselves.
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The Breastplate of Righteousness is part 3 of 7 of the series on the Armor of God. In this episode we are reminded of the overall use of spiritual warfare– defend, protect and destroy. We explore the righteousness of Jesus Christ and that the sacraments of Baptism and Reconciliation deliver His righteousness to us. For audio and video links and written script please continue reading.
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