The Catholic Lent Podcast

Happy Easter! To wrap up this podcast series, we reflect on the transformational work of Christ in the resurrection, and the invitation to apostolic mission. What will you do now?Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Holy Saturday is a strange and wonderful day. Let's talk about the Easter Vigil Mass, and the movement from darkness to light on this most holy night!Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

On Good Friday, we reflect on the passion, crucifixion, and death of Jesus. On the cross which is "the marriage bed", Jesus speaks words of love to us, His beloved.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

On Holy Thursday, we reflect on the agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. Let's talk about Judas, the friend of Jesus, and the agony he causes to our Lord.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

This is a podcast on the Eucharist and the Last Supper. Today we see the Eucharist as the ratification of a marriage covenant, instituting a real and physical unitive act between God and man.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Ever wondered what spikenard is? Today we reflect on the anointing at Bethany, the alabaster jar, and its significance in the story of Jesus the bridegroom.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Holy Week is called by some "The Week of the Bridegroom". Why? What does it mean, in the context of the biblical story. Who is the bridegroom... and who is the bride?Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Before we begin Holy Week, we're going to take an episode to review and reflect on where we've gone through the biblical story, and what invitations we are supposed to have engaged - to make sure we do Holy Week the best we can!Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

What would it look like if we took prayer, fasting, and almsgiving to the max? Today we look at the evangelical counsels taken by religious brothers and sisters, to see an example of radical holiness and freedom!Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

What does Jesus say about prayer? Today we get some commentary on Jesus' teaching on prayer, and answer the question "what is GOOD prayer?"Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Prayer is the means by which we grow in humility. We let God be God, and come to Him in need. Let's stop being our own god, and find the peace that comes with letting go of control.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Jesus gives us prayer as a tool to conquer pride. Prayer is a chance to stop playing God this Lent. Included here is a 6-step guide to personal relational prayer with God!Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Having a hard time finding opportunities for almsgiving? Here's 2 simple questions to know exactly how you can give. And to be able to say "it is my joy to be inconvenienced by the poor!"Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

The richest man is the one who is fully detached, and has nothing of his own. Today we see how almsgiving grows generosity and detachment with in us, to find ourselves made free in the gift of ourselves.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Jesus gives us the practice of almsgiving to conquer greed, envy, and covetousness. Find out today where you can give alms, and how to squash your possessiveness and control.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Here is why you are doing fasting wrong. Here's why most people fail in their Lent fast. Instead of enduring the fast, begin to embrace it, and to offer it up as redemptive suffering for the world!Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Fasting gives us the freedom of self-control. Without the ability to say no, we become enslaved to our passions and desires for pleasure. By exercising the will, through fasting, we become masters of creation again.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Jesus gives us fasting as a means to conquer our sinful inclination towards sensual pleasure. Find out how to use fasting as a means to overcome your lust and gluttony, however big or small, today!Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

What are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving? Why are they connected with Lent? Today we embark on seeing these as spiritual weapons, specifically designed to conquer the concupiscence of the evil one.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

How can the desert become the garden? By searching the old testament prophets, we see the remarkable redemptive work of God, as He comes to meet us in the wilderness, transforming it into a New Eden.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

What is hidden in each of the devil's temptations? What lies beneath all of Satan's tactics is the same thing he always attacks: TRUST. Jesus shows us the way of trusting the Father in the face of Satan's lies.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Jesus didn't just go into the desert to redeem Israel's failures, but to redeem the fall from the beginning. In a threefold victory, Jesus overcomes concupiscence, and embarks on the first battle to rescue humanity.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Why did Jesus go into the desert? In Jesus' battle with Satan in the wilderness, facing and overcoming his temptations, we see Jesus as the redeemer of the sins of Israel.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Let's talk about the Israelites wandering in the desert. They utterly fail the trial of the Lord, particularly in 3 ways. What do we have to learn from their threefold failure for our Lent journey?Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Our new theme for this week is: the desert. Why does the desert even exist in the first place? And why does Jesus go there? Those are the questions we will answer as we embark on this Lenten desert journey.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Lent is a season of preparation for baptism. In understanding the role of water in the great biblical story, we unlock the fountain of grace, and receive the sanctifying power of baptism to the full at Easter.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Why does water come from Jesus' side on the cross? Today we see how the pierced side of Jesus shows us the mercy and forgiveness of God in baptism.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Today we talk about Jesus' baptism in the Jordan. Jesus sanctifies the waters of baptism, that we might receive what He receives: anointing by the Holy Spirit, and a new identity as beloved sons & daughters of the Father.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Today we talk about the Exodus, and the parting of the Red Sea. Water is now a means of freedom and rescue, as the red sea shows us how baptism saves us from slavery, and gives us access to the promised land.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Today we talk about the flood & Noah's ark. Water now becomes a destructive force... for death. We discover in the flood how baptism brings about death & a new creation.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Our new theme for week 2 of Lent: water and baptism. We will journey through water's role in the Old Testament, and how it prefigures baptism for us now, in the rescue mission of God.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

What is Lent hoping to address? What is the sinful nature we must conquer? Today we introduce the theme of the triple concupiscence, which we will follow through the Biblical story all of Lent.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Have you ever done something even if you know it's wrong or not good for you? Why do we do this? Today we define concupiscence, as an effect of original sin.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

What has the evil one done? He deceived the world with lies, captured the man and woman, and ruined the perfection of Eden. Enter sin into the story...Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Every great heroic story has an evil villain. Today we meet the villain of the biblical story. Who is he, and how did he become evil?The talk by Msgr. Shea: https://youtu.be/JWXVS9yXVo0?feature=sharedGet the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

In the perfection of Eden, man trusted God, and God trusted man. That trust brought communion, and communion brings freedom. Do you trust God?Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

How do you imagine the Garden of Eden? Is it too good to be true? Or is it exactly what we are made for... what does the world say? What do you say?Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠Find me on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLM⁠All inquiries can be made to [email protected]

In the beginning God breathed into the dust, and man was made. What is dust? What is breath? What is man? And what does it have to do with Lent?Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠⁠Looking for what to do for Lent 2025? This is it! Join us from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday to journey through Lent, as we discover prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in the great biblical story!Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLMAll inquiries can be made to [email protected]

We're asking big questions for Lent today: what was I made for? Why do I exist? What is the best possible life I can live? Until we believe that God is the answer to these questions, any Lenten observance will fail due to lack of HOPE.Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠Looking for what to do for Lent 2025? This is it! Join us from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday to journey through Lent, as we discover prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in the great biblical story!Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLMAll inquiries can be made to [email protected]

On Day 2 of Lent, we reflect on repentance. The Greek word "metanoia" reveals its fuller meaning: radical change of mind and heart. Are you ready for this Lent to change your life?Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠⁠Looking for what to do for Lent 2025? This is it! Join us from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday to journey through Lent, as we discover prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in the great biblical story!Find me on YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLMAll inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Day 1 of Lent is Ash Wednesday. What does it really mean when we get ashes on our foreheads and hear "you are dust and to dust you shall return"...Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: ⁠⁠https://a.co/d/hKhazSm⁠⁠Looking for what to do for Lent 2025? This is it! Join us from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday to journey through Lent, as we discover prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in the great biblical story!Find me on YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLMAll inquiries can be made to [email protected]

Looking for what to do for Lent 2025? This is it! Join us from Ash Wednesday to Easter Sunday to journey through Lent, as we discover prayer, fasting, and almsgiving in the great biblical story!Get the book "Dust & Breath: Lent in the Great Biblical Story" HERE: https://a.co/d/hKhazSmFind me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ZachGonringFLMAll inquiries can be made to [email protected]