The Bible Study Evangelista

“Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation” (St. Augustine of Hippo). Welcome Marisa, Monica, Renee, Allyson, Kristen, Tami, Connie, Toni, Millie, and Laura T., Bible Study Evangelista’s newest friends of the show! Thank you for loving and lifting me LOVE the Word™ is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. L – Listen (Receive the Word.) Subscribe to the show. Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Play | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSS | More O – Observe (Choose one or more of the following personality approaches to connect the passage to your life and recent events.) F | Franciscan – Take a long look at a crucifix. Consider the self-control it took to make that sacrifice. I | Ignatian – Imagine your Jeep has broken down in the desert and you are stranded there at mid-day while on your way to a vacation destination. You can make it, but you’ll have to walk the whole day and part of the next morning, and you’re running out of water. Your mouth an...

We interrupt our current Fruit of the Spirit series to bring you special programming. The audio below is a Q & A interview I did this week with a group of women in California who are working through my book, Unleashed. I did this hour-long GoToMeeting webinar with them in anticipation of our event together in June. I found their questions to be insightful; I had to really think about my answers, because it was clear they had really thought out the specifics of the questions. So of course, I knew you’d want to listen in… Come On Over to Instagram and Introduce Yourself! Support this Podcast and the Breadbox Media network with your Premium Membership and unlock your deals today! https://www.breadboxmedia.com/sonjasupport.html

“Be gentle to all and stern with yourself” (St. Teresa of Avila). L – Listen (Receive the Word.) O – Observe (Choose one or more of the following personality approaches to connect the passage to your life and recent events.) F | Franciscan – Take an egg outside and drop it on the ground. Reflect on how damaging an out-of-control temper can be. I | Ignatian – Imagine you are sitting in the spring grass by the Sea of Galilee with Jesus and several hundred others as He teaches the Sermon on the Mount. Remember that another name for The Beatitudes is The Blisses. Do you feel the gentle breeze on your skin as Jesus speaks? How is that breeze teaching you gentleness? Is the sun warm on your face? How many of your senses can feel God’s gentleness as you sit with Jesus and hear His words: “The gentle shall inherit the earth.” A | Augustinian – In what instance this week did your temper get the best of you? Be aware that you may be offered a pop quiz on gentleness in the near future. T | Thomis...

“Jesus is anxious to help the soul, and if it is faithful to this grace from God, it can very soon attain the highest holiness possible for a creature here on earth. God is very generous and does not deny His grace to anyone. Indeed He gives more than what we ask of Him. Faithfulness to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit — that is the shortest route” (St. Faustina, Diary, 291). LOVE the Word™ is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. L – Listen (Receive the Word.) O – Observe (Choose one or more of the following personality approaches to connect the passage to your life and recent events.) F | Franciscan – Make a trip to daily Mass, and thank your priest for his faithfulness. As you receive Jesus in the Eucharistic covenant, thank Him for His faithfulness to you even when you are faithless. I | Ignatian – Right now, where you sit, notice your breathing. As you breathe slowly in and out, pay attention to what you hear, smell, and see around you. F...