Say Yes to Holiness
By Christina Semmens
Say Yes to HolinessFeb 19, 2022
Day 45--Love Like A Saint--Epilogue--Humility
Day 45--Love Like A Saint--Epilogue--Humility
Day 44--Love Like A Saint--In Her Own Words
Day 44--Love Like A Saint--In Her Own Words
Day 43--Love Like A Saint--The Leading Lady of Penitence
Day 43--Love Like A Saint--The Leading Lady of Penitence
Day 42--Love Like A Saint--Lacordaire's Magdalen
Day 42--Love Like A Saint--Lacordaire's Magdalen
Day 41--Love Like A Saint--Exit Stage Left
Day 41--Love Like A Saint--Exit Stage Left
Day 40--Love Like A Saint--Modern Magdalene
Day 40--Love Like A Saint--Modern Magdalene
Day 39--Love Like A Saint--Who Needs Your Love?
Day 39--Love Like A Saint--Who Needs Your Love?
Day 38--Love Like A Saint--Saint Mary Magdalene
Day 38--Love Like A Saint--Saint Mary Magdalene
Day 37--Love Like A Saint--In Her Own Words
Day 37--Love Like A Saint--In Her Own Words
Day 36--Love Like A Saint--In Christ Alone
Day 36--Love Like A Saint--In Christ Alone
Day 35--Love Like A Saint--The Way of the Cross
Day 35--Love Like A Saint--The Way of the Cross
Day 34--Love Like A Saint--Converging Hopes
Day 34--Love Like A Saint--Converging Hopes
Day 33-Love Like A Saint--Cross Bearer
Day 33-Love Like A Saint--Cross Bearer
Day 32--Mary of the Cross, Mary MacKillop
Day 32--Mary of the Cross, Mary MacKillop
Day 31--Love Like A Saint--In Her Own Words
Day 31--Love Like A Saint--In Her Own Words
Day 30--Love Like A Saint--Beloved Brown Mother
Day 30--Love Like A Saint--Beloved Brown Mother
Day 29--Love Like A Saint--Forward Out of Love
Day 29--Love Like A Saint--Forward Out of Love
Day 28--Love Like A Saint--Conversion and Coraggio
Day 28--Love Like A Saint--Conversion and Coraggio
Day 27--Love Like A Saint--Hidden Mystery, New Master
Day 27--Love Like A Saint--Hidden Mystery, New Master
Day 26--Love Like A Saint--A Shattered Little Heart
Day 26--Love Like A Saint--A Shattered Little Heart
Day 25--Love Like A Saint--Saint Josephine Bakhita
Day 25--Love Like A Saint--Saint Josephine Bakhita
Day 24--Love Like a Saint--In Her Own Words
Day 24--Love Like a Saint--In Her Own Words
Day 23--Love Like A Saint--A Silent Heart is a Loving Heart
Day 23--Love Like A Saint--A Silent Heart is a Loving Heart
Day 22--Love Like A Saint--Reviving Poustinia
Day 22--Love Like A Saint--Reviving Poustinia
Day 21--Love Like A Saint--The Silence of Lover
Day 21--Love Like A Saint--The Silence of Lover
Day 20--Love Like A Saint--Catherine de Hueck Doherty
Day 20--Love Like A Saint--Catherine de Hueck Doherty
Day 19--Love Like A Saint--In Her Own Words
Day 19--Love Like A Saint--In Her Own Words
Day 18--Love Like A Saint--She Knew How To Wait
Day 18--Love Like A Saint--She Knew How To Wait
Day 29--Love Like A Saint--Forward Out Of Love
Day 29--Love Like A Saint--Forward Out Of Love
Day 17--Love Like A Saint--The Powerful Arms of Patience--Part 2
Day 17--Love Like A Saint--The Powerful Arms of Patience--Part 2
Day 16--Love Like A Saint--The Powerful Arms of Patience
Day 16--Love Like A Saint--The Powerful Arms of Patience
Day 15--Love Like A Saint--A Note of Clarification
Day 15--Love Like A Saint--A Note of Clarification
Day 14--Love Like A Saint--Blessed Elizabetta Canori Mora
Day 14--Love Like A Saint--Blessed Elizabetta Canori Mora
Day 13--Love Like A Saint--Holding Jesus in the Palm of her Hand
Day 13--Love Like A Saint--Holding Jesus in the Palm of her Hand
Day 12--Love Like A Saint--Friendship in Letters
Day 12--Love Like A Saint--Friendship in Letters
Day 11--Love Like A Saint--Little Still Host on the Altar
Day 11--Love Like A Saint--Little Still Host on the Altar
Day 10--Love Like A Saint--An Enchanted Heart
Day 10--Love Like A Saint--An Enchanted Heart
Day 9--Love Like A Saint--Looking Through Death
Day 9--Love Like A Saint--Looking Through Death
Day 8--Love Like A Saint--Blessed Benedetta Bianchi Porro
Day 8--Love Like A Saint--Blessed Benedetta Bianchi Porro
Day 7--Love Like A Saint--And A Child Shall Lead Them
Day 7--Love Like A Saint--And A Child Shall Lead Them
Day 6--Love Like A Saint--Going to the Angels
Day 6--Love Like A Saint--Going to the Angels
Day 5--Love Like A Saint--The Beauty in Obedience
Day 5--Love Like A Saint--The Beauty in Obedience
Day 4--Love Like A Saint--From Little Tyrant to Little Lamb
Day 4--Love Like A Saint--From Little Tyrant to Little Lamb
Day 3--Love Like A Saint--The Little Girl Who Lived in a Castle
Day 3--Love Like A Saint--The Little Girl Who Lived in a Castle
Day 2--Love Like A Saint--Venerable Anne de Guigne
Day 2--Love Like A Saint--Venerable Anne de Guigne
Day 1--Love Like A Saint--Introduction
Day 1--Love Like A Saint--Introduction
Preparation Day--Love Like A Saint
Preparation Day for Love Like A Saint Online Retreat
Episode #206--"Loving God in the Trials and Sufferings"
In this episode of the Say Yes to Holiness podcast, Christina shares Food for the Head, Heart, Hands and Feet to help inspire, encorage and accompany you on the journey towards holiness... Christina speaks about:
- Why carrying the cross before us helps us grow in holiness
- What we should be doing instead of worrying or feeling anxious
- How we can find love in all that we do
May this podcast help inspire, encourage and accompany you in doing WHATEVER IT TAKES so that you may continue to grow in holiness as we tell the Master of Death, “Not Today!”
Episode #205--"The Power of Pilgrimage"--1:1 Conversation with Rebecca Simmons, Executive Director, El Camino de San Antonio Missions
In this Say Yes to Holiness 1:1 Conversation podcast, Christina speaks with Honorable Rebecca Simmons, Executive Director of El Camino de San Antonio Missions, a new evangelization program of the Archdiocese of San Antonio Texas that encourages pilgrimages to the four eighteenth century Spanish Colonial Mission churches and San Fernando Cathedral located in the archdiocese.
Rebecca and I spoke about her faith journey, and how she desired to be a missionary when she was a child, but pursued a career in law where she served as a district and appellate judge. Rebecca is also a recognized author and speaks on a variety of topics.
Rebecca shared that she developed her interest and love of the missions by leading her sixth-grade religious education groups on pilgrimages to the missions on bicycle. And, then, over the years, the group grew to include over 100 adults and children of the parish. The interest prompted her to become a National Association of Interpreters Certified Interpretive Guide, and she continues to use her certification to accompany pilgrims along the river trail that links the missions and Cathedral.
When I asked about the connection between the Camino in Spain and in San Antonio, she spoke about the great honor and privilege that is available for anyone who makes the Camino in San Antonio can receive credit towards their compostela if they then continue their journey in Spain.
For anyone who makes a pilgrimage discovers the power that comes from making the journey, particularly by learning how to slow down and express gratitude for all of God's gifts. But even if you are unable to walk or bike the Camino, you can still make an "armchair pilgrimage" that can make you a powerful intercessor for others, especially when partnering with the Blessed Mother.
Our conversation was both illuminating and inspiring and I hope that you find it to be the same so as to encourage you to comontinue doing WHATEVER IT TAKES so that together we can tell the Master of Death, "Not Today!"
To learn more about Rebecca and the El Camino de San Antonio Missions go to: https://caminosanantonio.org/el-camino/
Episode #204--"Resolutions, Plan of Life & Our Baptismal Call"
In this episode of the Say Yes to Holiness podcast, Christina shares Food for the Head, Heart, Hands and Feet to help inspire, encorage and accompany you on the journey towards holiness...
In this episode, Christina speaks about:
- Why spiritual reading needs to become a habit
- What our baptismal call is all about
- How a Plan of Life can transform your life
May this podcast help inspire, encourage and accompany you in doing WHATEVER IT TAKES so that you may continue to grow in holiness as we tell the Master of Death, “Not Today!”