TOS143 Prophetic Advice for Difficult Tests of Faith ;
Prophetic Advice for Difficult Tests of Faith is shared by Truth of the Spirit to give the listener comfort and encouragement to persist despite difficult tests of faith. Words are taken from writings by St. Therese of Lisieux, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the New American Bible, and Patti Brunner’s journals.
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Truth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner shares St. Paul and the Corinthians. St. Paul did not follow Jesus but met him is a supernatural encounter. From the day of this conversion he became one the Church’s most important evangelizers and his writings are more than half of the New Testament. His letter to the Corinthians continues to instruct us today.
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Truth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner episode “On Track to Holiness” uniquely uses a banquet table to help you understand God’s gift of holiness. Using the Catechism and Holy Scriptures Patti Brunner describes ways the Church helps us to stay “On Track to Holiness” even after getting derailed.
TOS107 Promises of God; For audio only PPN
Truth of the Spirit with Patti Brunner presents the Promises of God. The intention of identifying the promises of God is so you never run out of things to hope for in your daily life. Patti Brunner shares some of the promises given in Sacred Scripture and during appearances of Jesus and his Blessed Mother.
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Watching the Saints – Lesser Known Saints. Join Patti Brunner to look at the lives of Saint Joseph of Cupertino, Saint Josephine Bakhita and St. John Bosco. It was quite easy for movie makers to choose these three saints as subjects for their movies because of their unique stories: Joseph of Cupertino: a dim-witted flying monk, Bakhita: a tattooed slave, and John Bosco: a gatherer of delinquent boys. The movies artfully portray the lives of these saints and Patti Brunner will give you some of the truth behind the poetic license of the moviemakers about these inspiring saints. This is the final and fourth of a series of movie reviews on movies about saints.
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Episode TOS035 Truth of the Spirit’s “Watching the Saints”. Join Patti Brunner to look at Pope Saint John XXIII and Pope Saint John Paul II. In this modern age we expect to know all about public figures but you may be pleasantly surprised to watch the bio-movies about two popes of modern times who were rather quickly canonized. Exploring their youth and the time of their early priesthood draws us into a friendship with these two men.
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for audio: TOS034: Watching the Saints: Patrick and Augustine – Truth of the Spirit (podcast) | Listen Notes
Episode TOS034 Truth of the Spirit’s “Watching the Saints”. Join Patti Brunner for Christian movies review to look at a couple of saints whose movies are based on their own account of their lives. Today we would call them autobiographies but both St. Augustine’s and St. Patrick’s were called “Confession” and seem to be a “tell all” to the Church. Both of these men had events in their youth that were scandalous which makes their conversion stories more interesting. See the contrasts and similarities of these saints who were contemporaries of one another. A closer look at St. Augustine and St. Patrick shows us how one person who turns their face to God can make a difference as we continue to honor them 1700 years later..
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for audio: TOS033: Watching the Saints: Joan of Arc and Noah – Truth of the Spirit (podcast) | Listen Notes
Truth of the Spirit episode TOS033 Watching the Saints-Noah and Joan of Arc. Join Patti Brunner for an entertaining movie review series that targets saints. Patti has discovered that the ratings given to modern movies by the motion picture industry don’t always give the truth about the moral objections to the screening. She recommends the USSCB Movie Guide. This Truth of the Spirit episode of Watching the Saints finds the glaring flaws as Patti looks at various movie versions about Noah who was instructed by God to build an ark to save mankind from total destruction during a world-wide flood and others about a young teenaged peasant girl, Joan of Arc, who was told by God to save France by standing up for truth above destructive evil and political forces and leading soldiers into battle. By weeding out misleading videos of these characters and watching truthful stories these heroic characters you will be encouraged to follow their examples of obedience to God despite opposition by forces of evil.
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