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  • Contribute to our Q&A episode!

    Contribute to our Q&A episode!

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    If you have a question you'd like us to discuss on the episode, please email us by June 21st: [email protected].

  • Mission

    Mission

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    Adrianna, Sofi, and Giuli have a conversation about mission. What is the communal task entrusted to the baptized? What does it look like to live our individual responsibility for the glory of Christ? How does God’s initiative of mercy enable us to embrace the slightest fragment of truth or goodness wherever we find it? //

    Our media recommendation is The Universal Call to Holiness, a relief in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC (virtual tour). And our monthly challenge is to reflect on the apocryphal story of Jesus and the dead dog (cited on page 117 of this PDF), and to ask, in whatever situation of death or emptiness comes to mind, to recognize and embrace the good present there as Christ does. //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //

    Other resources we mention:

    An excerpt from Generating Traces in the History of the World on mission and ecumenism The video The Faith of Fr. GiussaniA speech by Pope Pius XII cited in Pope St. John Paul II’s apostolic exhortation Christifidelis laici Bishop Erik Varden’s April 27 interview in The Pillar on the conclave Fr. Luigi Giussani’s letters to the first missionaries from Communion & Liberation to BrazilThe Ways of the Cross organized by Communion & Liberation throughout the USAPope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium Bishop Erik Varden’s recent talk on “Living with Wounds” at the University of Notre Dame The story of Elvira Parravicini’s work in neonatal palliative careLumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

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  • The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary with Luigi Giussani

    The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary with Luigi Giussani

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    Join Sofia and Adrianna in praying the Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary, guided by reflections from Father Luigi Giussani. We pray this Easter finds you "overcome with Paschal joy" at the presence of the Risen One.

  • Baptism

    Baptism

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    Join Giuli, Sofi and Adrianna for an episode on baptism. Is it true that this is the defining event of our lives? How is baptism relevant to our every day? What are the marks of the new creature created in baptism, the one who belongs to the body of Christ? How can we grow in awareness of our baptism? //

    Our media recommendation is Brideshead Revisited, a novel by Evelyn Waugh. And our monthly challenge is to renew your baptismal promises, and reflecting on what has been given to you in your baptism. //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //

    Other resources we mention:

    Fr. Luigi Giussani’s book Generating Traces in the History of the WorldFr. Luigi Giussani’s book The Religious SenseThe Rite of Baptism of the Catholic Church //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

  • Healing Wounds, with Bishop Erik Varden

    Healing Wounds, with Bishop Erik Varden

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    This month Giuli, Adrianna, and Sofia had the pleasure of interviewing Bishop Erik Varden. Bishop Varden is a Cistercian monk and, since 2019, the bishop of Trondheim in Norway. We met with him to discuss his latest book, Healing Wounds, which is a prayerful exploration of the wounds of the crucified Christ. Bishop Varden invites a contemplation of the vulnerability of God in Christ—which leads to growth in compassion for Christ’s suffering, the wounds of others, and our own wounds. Through revealing the life that flows from Christ crucified, Bishop Varden challenges us to seek and receive the grace of healing. //

    Bishop Varden's media recommendation is Dieterich Buxtehude’s cycle of cantatas Membra Jesu Nostri, specifically as conducted by RenĂ© Jacobs with the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (YouTube). And his monthly challenge is to pray with the story of the healing of the man at the Sheep Gate (John 5:2-9), dwelling on Christ’s question “Do you want to be healed?” and reflecting on our implicit and explicit responses in various areas of our lives. //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //

    Other resources we mention:

    Bishop Varden’s blog, CoramFratribusA Fragment of Being, a conversation from the 2025 New York EncounterThe Rule of St. BenedictBach’s oratorio St. Matthew Passion //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

  • The Gift of Sorrow

    The Gift of Sorrow

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    This month, Giuli, Sofi and Adrianna discuss compunction–a state of abiding sorrow for our sins. How can we distinguish compunction from what St. Paul calls “worldly grief”? What role does compunction play in our relationship with Christ? Have we seen this bear fruit, especially in hope and joy, in our lives? What practices help us beg for this gift from God? //

    Our media recommendation is Antonín Dvoƙák’s arrangement of the Stabat Mater, as conducted by Philippe Herreweghe. The verse we highlighted is the “Fac ut ardeat cor meum” (Spotify and YouTube). You can find the text and translation here. And our monthly challenge is to pray with Peter’s denial of Christ (Matthew 26:69-75) and subsequent reconciliation on the shore of Galilee (John 21), asking for the gift of compunction. //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //

    Other resources we mention:

    Pope Francis’ homily for Holy Thursday 2024 IrĂ©nĂ©e Hausherr’s work The Doctrine of Compunction in the Christian East Dietrich Von Hildebrand’s book The Heart A dialogue with Fr. Luigi Giussani from 1978 entitled “What is Christianity?” Luigi Giussani’s book The Religious Sense //

    For Lent this year, we will be reading Bishop Erik Varden’s new book together. Please join us! You can order Healing Wounds now through Bloomsbury or Amazon. //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

  • Work, Reconsidered

    Work, Reconsidered

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    Join Giuli, Sofi and Adrianna for an episode on work. What is work, beyond our 9-to-5 job? How do instinctive and cultural approaches to work enslave us to our circumstances? Is it possible to instead start from friendship with Christ and obedience to the Father? What helps us approach work in this way? And what are the fruits? //

    Our media recommendation is an excerpt of Charles Peguy’s poem The Portal of the Mystery of Hope, entitled ‘Finding the Eternal in Our Daily Toil’. And our monthly challenge is to spend a day repeating the prayer, “Lord, I am not worthy,” as you go about your daily tasks. //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //

    Other resources we mention:

    Fr. Luigi Giussani’s 1999 talk A New Man Pope St. John Paul II’s encyclical Laborem exercens Fr. Walter Ciszek’s memoir He Leadeth Me Fr. Luigi Giussani’s 1975 talk God is Mercy The Rule of St. Benedict //

    For Lent this year, we will be reading Bishop Erik Varden’s new book together. Please join us! You can pre-order Healing Wounds now through Bloomsbury. //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

  • Givenness

    Givenness

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    Adrianna, Giuli, and Sofi discuss givenness, or God’s gift and entrustment of men and women to each other. What profound truth about God and the cosmos does this givenness reveal? How can a loving preference, or predilection, for one person help us discover the givenness of all others? In the face of the fallenness of our hearts, why does Pope St. John Paul II exhort us not to be afraid to receive this gift? //

    This episode draws on a meditation by Pope St. John Paul II. You can find the text at Communio: https://www.communio-icr.com/files/jpii41-4.pdf and an audio recording on Fr. Mike Cairnes' podcast: on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. //

    Our media recommendation is the novel By What Authority? by Robert Hugh Benson, which is available for free online. And our monthly challenge is to think back to the last five people you spoke to or texted, and ask yourself how they might be a gift to you. //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //

    Other resources we mention:

    Our episode on virginity: Ascending the Ladder of Love The story of Fr. Aldo Trento’s vocation, some of which you can find here: https://www.ilsussidiario.net/news/cronaca/2011/8/27/giussani-2-aldo-trento-la-sua-amicizia-una-domanda-che-fa-risorgere/203098/ The film “Of Gods and Men" St. Edith Stein’s writings “Essays On Woman” //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

  • Invocation

    Invocation

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    Join all three hosts for a discussion of the invocation of the Holy Spirit, which takes place at Mass through the prayer called “epiclesis.” What does the Church beg of God at this moment, and why do we need this? Have we seen the epiclesis transform the way we live the rest of our daily lives? Who are models for us of living in the posture of a beggar? //

    Our media recommendation is the film The Taste of Things (or ‘La passion de Dodin Bouffant’ in the original French). And our monthly challenge is to pray with the Eucharistic prayers, which you can find at www.ibreviary.com/m2/messale.php?s=preghiera_eucaristica. //

    To help us enter into prayer this Advent, Sofia has made another playlist of sacred choral music. You can find it on Spotify at this link: www.tinyurl.com/ymdxma4w or by searching "O founding, unfound Wisdom."

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //

    Other resources we mention:

    Our episode on Creation: www.tinyurl.com/4wjsmxyh Communion & Liberation’s text for Beginning Day 2024: www.tinyurl.com/38k837cj The Rule of St Benedict The testimony of Jone Echarri about her experience of Guillain-BarrĂ© syndrome: www.tinyurl.com/mu26t5k8 Our episode on the Holy Spirit: www.tinyurl.com/mtca9vwt //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

  • Remembrance

    Remembrance

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    Sofi, Adrianna, and Giuli have a conversation about Christian memory–or anamnesis. What is the difference between the secular and Christian conceptions of memory? How does the prayer of anamnesis in the Eucharistic liturgy take up the whole of the Christian life? What changes about our days when we are given the grace to live in the awareness of the continued presence of Christ? //

    Our media recommendation is Arvo PĂ€rt’s setting of St. Patrick’s Breastplate, “The Deer’s Cry”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir3htl3UlBk. And our monthly challenge is to choose a line from scripture in the morning to keep in mind throughout the day, possibly by writing it down. //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //

    Other resources we mention:

    An address by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth The biography of St. Maximilian Kolbe Louis Bouyer’s book “Eucharist” //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

  • Suffering, a Trial of Desire

    Suffering, a Trial of Desire

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    Giuli, Sofi and Adrianna have a conversation about the relationship between suffering and desire. The central claim we discuss is that suffering presents us with an alternative: either my desire is for something impossible and thus life is meaningless, or my desire is undergoing a positive test of its meaning. The Christian proposal is that suffering can be a privileged place of encounter with God.

    This episode was based on an article by Francesco Botturi in the magazine Traces. You can find a PDF on our website at www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com/a-trial-of-desire or an audio recording by our friend Fr. Mike on Apple Podcasts www.tinyurl.com/3w64cts8 or Spotify www.tinyurl.com/4ahbmmzb //

    Our media recommendation is C.S. Lewis' novel The Great Divorce: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Divorce. Our monthly challenge is to pray with Psalm 22 and unite it to your own experience of suffering. //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //

    Other resources we mention:

    Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Spe Salvi //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

  • Unity

    Unity

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    Join all three hosts for an episode on unity. What does it look like to experience unity in our selves, our lives, our families, and the Church? What can generate and sustain unity? How are we tempted to reduce it to a work of our own hands—and what is our calling instead? //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //

    Our media recommendation is Gustav Mahler’s “Resurrection Symphony” (No. 2) as conducted by Leonard Bernstein: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgtSa6XYWdE. You can find a helpful program here: www.tinyurl.com/w68zv3en Our monthly challenge is to pray with the canticle of the three young men in the furnace from the Book of Daniel, specifically the section that invokes all creation in a litany of praise to God: www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=449 //

    Other resources we mention:

    The Fraternity Exercises of Communion and Liberation, a retreat preached in 2021 by Fr. Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori Adrienne Von Speyr’s book “Three Women and the Lord” Hans Urs von Balthasar’s book “Engagement with God” Bishop Erik Varden’s book “Chastity” //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

  • The Starting Point: The Religious Sense

    The Starting Point: The Religious Sense

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    Adrianna, Giuli, and Sofi are joined by Paolo again for a final conversation about The Religious Sense. What does it mean to observe the “I” in action? Why does Giussani exhort us to live in the present moment as we seek answers to our ultimate questions? And how does this follow from his methodological premises about reason?

    If you’re following along with the text, we’re on Chapter 4. You can find the text in PDF form at www.scritti.luigigiussani.org or an audio recording of the chapter at Fr. Mike’s podcast www.tinyurl.com/34vnewy3. //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //

    Our media recommendations are the poems “Letter to the Person Who Carved His Initials into the Oldest Living Longleaf Pine in North America” by Matthew Olzmann (www.tinhouse.com/letter-to-the-person-who-carved-his-initials-into-the-oldest-living-longleaf-pine-in-north-america/) and “Staying Power” by Jeanne Walker Murray (www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/42166/staying-power). And the monthly challenge is to pray a nightly examen, seeking to find the meaning of what you are living now and how the Mystery may be speaking to you through reality. //

    Other resources we mention:

    Sofia’s episode with Catholic Stuff You Should Know: www.catholicstuffpodcast.com/podcast/2024/06/27/farsi-belle.html The podcast of Giussani’s original university lectures called “Il senso religioso” www.english.clonline.org/giussani-podcast-religious-sense Reimagining the Examen App: www.ignatianspirituality.com/reimagining-examen-app/ //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

  • The Impact of Morality on Knowing: The Religious Sense

    The Impact of Morality on Knowing: The Religious Sense

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    We’re back with a third episode on The Religious Sense. This time, we are covering “the impact of morality on the dynamic of knowing.” By this phrase, Don Giussani means that the embodied feelings that objects provoke in us condition our reason’s access to the truth. He suggests that the proper response is not to eliminate our feelings, but to order them to a love of truth.

    You can find the text in PDF form at www.scritti.luigigiussani.org or an audio recording of the chapter at Fr. Mike’s podcast www.tinyurl.com/23nn7ym3. We’ll be back next month with Chapter 4. //

    Our media recommendation is the play Twelve Angry Men, which you can find in movie form on Amazon Prime or YouTube. And the monthly challenge is to identify someone in your life who lives with vivacity: who is moved by what they encounter and forms judgments about things, but orders these ideas to a love of truth. //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

  • Reasonableness: The Religious Sense

    Reasonableness: The Religious Sense

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    Join Adrianna and Sofi for a second episode on The Religious Sense. This time we’re discussing Chapter 2, in which Don Giussani introduces the idea of “reasonableness.”

    You can find the text in PDF form at www.scritti.luigigiussani.org or an audio recording of the chapter at Fr. Mike’s podcast www.tinyurl.com/562pncac. We’ll be back (with Giuli!) next month for Chapter 3. //

    Our media recommendation is the film The Holdovers. And the monthly challenge is to examine your life, especially in your relationships and your faith, and ask whether you are applying a false standard of logic or rational deduction instead of following the method of moral certainty. //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or find us on Instagram at ⁠@pilgrimsoulpodcast⁠. Our website is ⁠www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com⁠. //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

  • Realism: The Religious Sense

    Realism: The Religious Sense

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    In this episode, Giuli, Adrianna, and Sofi talk about “realism,” a concept from Luigi Giussani’s book The Religious Sense. We are joined by a special guest, Sofi and Giuli’s father Paolo! If you’re following along with the text, we’re on Chapter 1. //

    Our media recommendation is the film The Truman Show. And the monthly challenge is to ask yourself why you live the vocation you live. If you are married, why do you stay with your spouse? If you are consecrated, why do you give your life completely to God? For everyone, why do you try to follow Christ? Why do you go to work? Why do you belong to your communities? //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠ or find us on Instagram at ⁠⁠@pilgrimsoulpodcast⁠⁠. Our website is ⁠⁠www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com⁠⁠. //

    Other resources we mention:

    David Ramirez’s song “The Bad Days” Julian of Norwich’s revelations or “Showings” //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

  • Read

    Read "The Religious Sense" with us!

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    We are starting a new mini-series inspired by "The Religious Sense," a book by our spiritual father Don Luigi Giussani. In our next few episodes, we will be discussing Chapters 1, 2, and 3. If you'd like to read with us, you can find a PDF at www.scritti.luigigiussani.org (just make a free account!). Or if you prefer to listen, check out Fr. Mike's recordings on his podcast here.

  • In the Simplicity of my Heart

    In the Simplicity of my Heart

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    In today’s episode Adrianna, Giuliana and Sofia consider simplicity. What is the simple truth of the Christian life? How can we discover every circumstance as a good for us? Where are we experiencing new life through cultivating simplicity of heart? //

    Our media recommendation is a page from Julian of Norwich’s Showings: the 10th revelation of the 24th chapter. In the spirit of accepting the gratuity of salvation, this episode doesn’t have a monthly challenge. //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠ or find us on Instagram at ⁠⁠⁠@pilgrimsoulpodcast⁠⁠⁠. Our website is ⁠⁠⁠www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com⁠⁠⁠. //

    Other resources we mention:

    The Life of Saint Catherine of Siena by Raymond of Capua Luigi Giussani’s address in St. Peter’s Square in 1998: www.english.clonline.org/archive/fr-giussani/in-the-simplicity-of-my-heart-i-have-gladly-given-you-everything T.S. Eliot’s poem The Four Quartets "The Beauty Within", an interview series with Trappistine nuns The Silence of Mary by Fr. Ignacio Larranaga “In the Beginning”, a book of homilies by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Bishop Varden’s reflections on St. Anthony from this interview //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

  • Fellow Pilgrims: Katherine Sheffield

    Fellow Pilgrims: Katherine Sheffield

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    This episode concludes a three-part mini-series in which we put some of you, our listeners, behind the mic. The episode was inspired by our gratitude for the rich friendship and Christian witness that the podcast has brought into our lives.

    Today’s guest is Kathryn Sheffield, a mother and lawyer based in Virginia. Kathryn shares about her conversion to the Catholic faith and the path of mission that she has walked since, in response to the Lord’s invitation to care for vulnerable children. //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //

    Other resources we mention:

    The USCCB Domestic Policy Office www.usccb.org Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, paragraph 180 The Saint Joseph Ministry www.txcatholic.org/stjosephministry/ //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

  • Fellow Pilgrims: Jessica Laenger

    Fellow Pilgrims: Jessica Laenger

    · The Pilgrim Soul

    This episode continues a three-part mini-series in which we put some of you, our listeners, behind the mic. The episode was inspired by our gratitude for the rich friendship and Christian witness that the podcast has brought into our lives.

    Today’s guest is Jessica Laenger, a medical student in Pensacola, Florida. Jess tells us about the early experiences that awakened the ultimate questions in her heart, where she has sought and found answers in the years since, and what her desires are for the future. //

    Jess offered (multiple!) songs as the media recommendations for this episode. Here are the links to each on YouTube:

    O Salutaris Hostia, Erik Esevalds The Ascension, Phil Wickham Hope, Tom Rosenthal A Little Bit of Everything, Dawes (recently covered by Lizzie McAlpine) You Could Start a Cult, Niall Horan and Lizzie McAlpine //

    We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at ⁠[email protected]⁠ or find us on Instagram at ⁠@pilgrimsoulpodcast⁠. Our website is ⁠www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com⁠. //

    Other resources we mention:

    Communion and Liberation’s “Beginning Day” www.english.clonline.org/cl/t218/life-in-the-movement Graham Greene’s novel “The End of the Affair” //

    Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

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