PODCAST · religion
nourishthesoul
by Nicole
Weekly dose of faith, fun and finding yourself
Episodes
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Beneath her mantle/Ep 5: The Novena devotion
Nicole engages in a lively discussion with Fr Gerard Louis CSsR, who hails from The Redemptorists, a Catholic religious congregation founded by St Alphonsus Liguori. In this series, they delve deep into a lady close to their hearts, Mother Mary. We explore the rich and unique tradition of the...
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Beneath her mantle/Ep 4: Mary, the bridge
Nicole engages in a lively discussion with Fr Gerard Louis CSsR, who hails from The Redemptorists, a Catholic religious congregation founded by St Alphonsus Liguori. In this series, they delve deep into a lady close to their hearts, Mother Mary. We explore Mother Mary's role as bridge to lead all...
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Beneath her mantle/Ep 3: Mary, the Icon
Nicole engages in a lively discussion with Fr Gerard Louis CSsR, who hails from The Redemptorists, a Catholic religious congregation founded by St Alphonsus Liguori. In this series, they delve deep into a lady close to their hearts, Mother Mary. Fr Gerard explains the history and meaning of the...
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Beneath her mantle/Ep 2: Mary, our intercessor
Nicole engages in a lively discussion with Fr Gerard Louis CSsR, who hails from The Redemptorists, a Catholic religious congregation founded by St Alphonsus Liguori. In this series, they delve deep into a lady close to their hearts, Mother Mary. Mary is also known as an intercessor, meaning she...
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Beneath her mantle/Ep 1: Who is Mother Mary?
Nicole engages in a lively discussion with Fr Gerard Louis CSsR, who hails from The Redemptorists, a Catholic religious congregation founded by St Alphonsus Liguori. In this series, they delve deep into a lady close to their hearts, Mother Mary. Known by many titles, Mary plays a key role in...
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Nicole & Delphine: On dating, discernment and discovering God's will for our lives
Nicole has a spirit-filled conversation with Delphine, Catholic writer, speaker and revert to the faith. We talk about the difficult season of singleness, Catholic dating, dropping the hanky and leaning into God's voice in the midst of the storm. Be inspired, take this to prayer and may this...
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The spirituality of waiting Ep4: How can we wait well?
Sarah Jane Lim, joins us on this exciting new collaboration between Nourishthesoul and Lux Veritas where we embark on a series which explores the spirituality of waiting. We embark on a 4 part series - 'The spirituality of waiting' and explore how many spiritual lessons are contained within…
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The spirituality of waiting Ep3: Why is waiting so difficult?
Sarah Jane Lim, joins us on this exciting new collaboration between Nourishthesoul and Lux Veritas where we embark on a series which explores the spirituality of waiting. We embark on a 4 part series - 'The spirituality of waiting' and explore how many spiritual lessons are contained within…
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The spirituality of waiting Ep2: How does God make us wait in our present lives?
Sarah Jane Lim, joins us on this exciting new collaboration between Nourishthesoul and Lux Veritas where we embark on a series which explores the spirituality of waiting. We embark on a 4 part series - 'The spirituality of waiting' and explore how many spiritual lessons are contained within…
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The spirituality of waiting Ep1: Why does God make us wait?
Sarah Jane Lim, joins us on this exciting new collaboration between Nourishthesoul and Lux Veritas where we embark on a series which explores the spirituality of waiting. We embark on a 4 part series - 'The spirituality of waiting' and explore how many spiritual lessons are contained within…
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God is Beauty Ep5: Our inner artist
Talya Jane Shelley, founder of Mind In The Mountains, joins us on this exciting new collaboration between Nourishthesoul and Lux Veritas where we embark on a series which explores the ideas of creativity and the Gospel. We embark on a 5 part series - 'God is Beauty' and explore the role of the...
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God is Beauty Ep4: The secular and the Divine
Talya Jane Shelley, founder of Mind In The Mountains, joins us on this exciting new collaboration between Nourishthesoul and Lux Veritas where we embark on a series which explores the ideas of creativity and the Gospel. We embark on a 5 part series - 'God is Beauty' and explore the role of the...
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God is Beauty Ep3: The Self vs the Creator
Talya Jane Shelley, founder of Mind In The Mountains, joins us on this exciting new collaboration between Nourishthesoul and Lux Veritas where we embark on a series which explores the ideas of creativity and the Gospel. We embark on a 5 part series - 'God is Beauty' and explore the role of the...
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God is Beauty Ep2: The goodness that attracts
Talya Jane Shelley, founder of Mind In The Mountains, joins us on this exciting new collaboration between Nourishthesoul and Lux Veritas where we embark on a series which explores the ideas of creativity and the Gospel. We embark on a 5 part series - 'God is Beauty' and explore the role of the...
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God is Beauty Ep1: What is Beauty?
Talya Jane Shelley, founder of Mind In The Mountains, joins us on this exciting new collaboration between Nourishthesoul and Lux Veritas where we embark on a series which explores the ideas of creativity and the Gospel. We embark on a 5 part series - 'God is Beauty' and explore the role of the...
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Love, sex and everything in between Ep6: Just the way you are
Fr David Garcia, OP joins us on this exciting new collaboration between Nourishthesoul and Lux Veritas where we embark on a series which builds on themes from the earlier Love and Responsibility series. We embark on a 6 part series - 'Love, sex and everything in between' and tap on Fr Garcia's...
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Love, sex and everything in between Ep5: The paradox of freedom
Fr David Garcia, OP joins us on this exciting new collaboration between Nourishthesoul and Lux Veritas where we embark on a series which builds on themes from the earlier Love and Responsibility series. We embark on a 6 part series - 'Love, sex and everything in between' and tap on Fr Garcia's...
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Love, sex and everything in between Ep4: Why do we struggle with commitment?
Fr David Garcia, OP joins us on this exciting new collaboration between Nourishthesoul and Lux Veritas where we embark on a series which builds on themes from the earlier Love and Responsibility series. We embark on a 6 part series - 'Love, sex and everything in between' and tap on Fr Garcia's...
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Love, sex and everything in between Ep3: Am I my body or my soul?
Fr David Garcia, OP joins us on this exciting new collaboration between Nourishthesoul and Lux Veritas where we embark on a series which builds on themes from the earlier Love and Responsibility series. We embark on a 6 part series - 'Love, sex and everything in between' and tap on Fr Garcia's...
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Love, sex and everything in between Ep2: Is it only about love?
Fr David Garcia, OP joins us on this exciting new collaboration between Nourishthesoul and Lux Veritas where we embark on a series which builds on themes from the earlier Love and Responsibility series. We embark on a 6 part series - 'Love, sex and everything in between' and tap on Fr Garcia's...
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Love, sex and everything in between Ep1: What is marriage anyway?
Fr David Garcia, OP joins us on this exciting new collaboration between Nourishthesoul and Lux Veritas where we embark on a series which builds on themes from the earlier Love and Responsibility series. We embark on a 6 part series - 'Love, sex and everything in between' and tap on Fr Garcia's...
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Love and Responsibility Ep10: The vocation of marriage
We begin an exciting series unpacking the wisdom of St John Paul II in his celebrated text, Love and Responsibility. Nicole delves into the 9th sub-chapter, Marriage and Vocation. St John Paul II highlights the indissolubility of the marriage bond as a sacrament within the church and how each and...
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Love and Responsibility Ep9: To love is to control
We begin an exciting series unpacking the wisdom of St John Paul II in his celebrated text, Love and Responsibility. Nicole delves into the 8th sub-chapter, The problems of continence. St John Paul II highlights that chastity is intrinsically linked with the idea of self-control and that...
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Love and Responsibility Ep8: Shame and its discontents
We begin an exciting series unpacking the wisdom of St John Paul II in his celebrated text, Love and Responsibility. Nicole delves into the 7th sub-chapter, The metaphysics of shame. St John Paul II notes that shame arises from the desire to conceal and is closely related with sexual morality. He...
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Love and Responsibility Ep7: The rehabilitation of chastity
We begin an exciting series unpacking the wisdom of St John Paul II in his celebrated text, Love and Responsibility. Nicole delves into the 6th sub-chapter, The rehabilitation of chastity. St John Paul II highlights the current state of chastity and the resentment that surrounds it. It may appear...
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Love and Responsibility Ep6: Love as virtue
We begin an exciting series unpacking the wisdom of St John Paul II in his celebrated text, Love and Responsibility. Nicole delves into the 5th sub-chapter, The Ethical Anaylsis of Love. St John Paul II highlights that love itself is a virtue and entails a sense of responsibility for the other.…
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Love and Responsibility Ep5: Emotions, sensuality and sentimentality
We begin an exciting series unpacking the wisdom of St John Paul II in his celebrated text, Love and Responsibility. Nicole delves into the 4th sub-chapter, The Psychological Anaylsis of Love. St John Paul II highlights the difference between sensuality, a response to the bodily value of a person...
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Love and Responsibility Ep4: The word, love
We begin an exciting series unpacking the wisdom of St John Paul II in his celebrated text, Love and Responsibility. Nicole delves into the 3rd sub-chapter, The Metaphysical Anaylsis of Love. St John Paul II highlights love as attraction which evolves into desire and which is anchored in…
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Love and Responsibility Ep3: Sexual instinct vs urge
We begin an exciting series unpacking the wisdom of St John Paul II in his celebrated text, Love and Responsibility. Nicole delves into the 2nd sub-chapter, Interpretation of the Sexual Urge. St John Paul II notes that the sexual urge is an attribute of the individual and the complementarity...
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Love and Responsibility Ep2: Using vs Loving
We begin an exciting series unpacking the wisdom of St John Paul II in his celebrated text, Love and Responsibility. Nicole delves into the 1st sub-chapter, The analysis of the verb 'to use'. St John Paul II highlights the key difference between loving and using and that when 2 people work…
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Love and Responsibility Ep1: Introduction
We begin an exciting series unpacking the wisdom of St John Paul II in his celebrated text, Love and Responsibility. Nicole provides an overview of the text and the key themes in this introductory episode. Get a copy of the book now and join our book club!
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Courageous Christian Living Ep5: Unbound and restored
Nicole and Sarah conclude the series with the passage of the rising of Lazarus and how very often we find ourselves bound in our personal tombs, instead of venturing out into a life of restoration. We examine our own areas of struggle, learn that there is much grace to being soft in a world that...
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Courageous Christian Living Ep4: Who am I?
Nicole and Sarah reflect on what defines our identity and realise that much of how we see ourselves is shaped by others' perception of us. Rather the Lord sees us in a different light and with the eyes of Love and we are reminded that only with grace can we start to see ourselves in that way too.
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Courageous Christian Living Ep3: Boundaries and why we need them
Nicole and Sarah delve into the importance of boundaries and why they are necessary for us to be authentic and to be able to love others well. We talk about the struggles we face in asserting our personal boundaries and why it takes a lot for us to say "No" when we are used to saying "Yes".
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Courageous Christian Living Ep2: What does it take to forgive?
Nicole and Sarah delve into Henri Nouwen's 'The Return of the Prodigal Son' and shed light on a lesser known quality of what it means to be 'prodigal' - to be lavish and wastefully extravagant. Too often we fix our attention on the figure of the younger and older son and fail to realise that we…
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Courageous Christian Living Ep1: What is forgiveness?
Nicole and Sarah delve into why we find it difficult to forgive others, what it can look like and how it sets us free from the chains of resentment. We recognise that choosing to respond in love, whether that means loving ourselves or loving the other is what we are called to, as part of…
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Conversations, Coffee & the Church Ep6: He is in all things
Nicole and Justin chat over coffee about the distance we feel from God sometimes and how in essence, He is actually in all things. As how 'God is in the rain' in Diana's poem, as how we admire the created world, as how we create social poetry a la Pope Francis' Fratelli Tutti. Discovering His...
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Conversations, Coffee & the Church Ep5: And the greatest is Love
Nicole and Justin chat over coffee about friendship and realise that the basic building block is simple - love! Natasha Lunn offers insights through her volume - Conversations on Love on the many different forms that love can take. We realise that true friendship allows us to stand outside of...
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Conversations, Coffee & the Church Ep4: Dis/this connection
Nicole and Justin chat about the current age of disconnection and examine the iterative quality of true friendship - being able to complete each other's sentences and to continue weaving the shared narrative. We delve into what friendship means, how we maintain friendships and why it is so...
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Conversations, Coffee & the Church Ep3: Are we living in a secular age?
Nicole and Justin chat over coffee about what 'secular' really means and are not surprised to discover Diana's references to 'God' in her poem. She recalls something her sister had said about the rain in California - 'God is in the rain' and we start to see that much of our human experience can…
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Conversations, Coffee & the Church Ep2: Social poetry in motion
Nicole and Justin chat over coffee and discuss the idea of 'social poetry', a term popularised by Pope Francis to refer to how decentralised agents can effect social change. Just as how poetry is a string of words that create meaning, the amalgamation of individuals can create an impact. The…
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Conversations, Coffee and the Church Ep1: Little fires everywhere
Nicole and Justin have a chill conversation over coffee and examine the ongoing dialogue sparked by Pope Francis' Fratelli Tutti. What does an Asian American female poet have to say to Pope Francis and how can one little spark fan a larger flame? We let grace flow, pour coffee and reflect on how...
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Lent Ep3: Living in freedom
Nicole takes a solo trip in this 3rd week of Lent as she reflects on the encounter between the Samaritan woman and Jesus at the well. She delves into the paralysis of shame and how our fear (and desire) to be seen as who we are drives us into the shadows. She realises that there is a lot of…
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Lent Ep2/Beatrice: Living with intention
Nicole and Beatrice find that between the two ends of indulging and full abstinence, there is also a middle way of being intentional and confronting the sources of our temptation head on. Maybe the desert isn't an escape or a place of isolation, but a place where we can journey with others in…
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Lent Ep1/Maureen: Living for the other
Nicole catches up with Maureen about Lent as we start this liturgical season and how more than 'removing' things from our lives, Lent also creates space for us to live for intentionally for others and to place the needs of others at the centre. Rather than a solo trip into the desert, Lent can…
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Be Healed Ep7: Pray without ceasing
Nicole concludes the series on healing by taking a closer look at the importance of persistence in prayer. Indeed, "God wants you to be free. He wants to heal you - spirit, soul and body. However, we can never be completely free and healed until we forgive." Prayer is the gateway to healing and...
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Be Healed Ep6: Unlocking the sacraments
As Father Robert Cantalamessa says "We can compare the sacraments to electrical switches for electrical current that allows the healing power of Jesus to touch each and every Christian in specific ways". Nicole delves into what the sacraments are - a tangible participation in His life, death and...
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Be Healed Ep5: Suffering that redeems
Nicole reflects on the redemptive nature of suffering and reflects on the rejection and abandonment experienced by Jesus in His passion. She is reminded that Jesus knew all too well the depth of human suffering and he too cried out to the Father "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" Perhaps...
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Be Healed Ep4: The anatomy of a wound
Nicole delves into the wounds, beliefs and inner vows that we find ourselves struggling with. The trauma we experience, whether it is through the deprivation of love or via actions that violate our personal boundaries, shape our beliefs on our personal identity and how we relate to others. If we...
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Be Healed Ep3: A tree and its fruit
Nicole reflects on how in order to eradicate sin, we must go to the source (the tree). Unlike the tree of life in which we have an abiding relationship with the Father and bear good fruit, the tree of knowledge and evil is based on our ideas of self-sufficiency. We wage a daily internal battle...
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