Right here and now, the Lord is knocking on the door of your heart. Jesus desires to be at the center of your life and He is offering His love and life to you, fully and forever. Will you open your hands and receive that gift If you want to invite Jesus to be at the center of your life, whether for the first time or to renew your commitment, pray with us now: Father, I believe that You know me and love me. I have not always chosen to love You, and have broken my relationship with You through my sins. Thank You for sending your Son Jesus Who proved Your love for me on the Cross. Lord Jesus, I open the door of my heart and I invite you to be at the center of my life – to be my Savior and my Lord. Direct me and help me to live the Gospel with my whole life. Amen. Shoutout to Catholic Christian Outreach (@ccocampus) in Canada for sharing the Ultimate Relationship prayer and resource. Resources mentioned: Catholic Christian Outreach The Ultimate Relationship How will Jesus be the center of your life this week? Share with us how you met the Lord on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there).  Words from this week’s episode: [one-half-first align="left"][/one-half-first] [one-half align="left"][/one-half]

 Everyone is on a journey. Everyone has their own story on how they meet and come to know the Lord. Meet people where they are at in their walk. Matt Fradd sits down in the studio with us telling us all about how he met the Lord through the brilliant of mind of Saint Thomas Aquinas and how we can come to learn from him. Resources mentioned: Pints with Aquinas Podcast with Matt Fradd Catholic Answers Rise Up Kids Devotional Strive 21 Share with us how you met the Lord on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there).  Words from this week’s episode: [one-half-first align="left"][/one-half-first] [one-half align="left"][/one-half]

 Want to change the world? Pursue holiness. Go deep before you go out. Let His love and friendship change Y O U before you try to change anyone else.Pull up a chair this week as Jenna + Beth talk about diving deep in prayer and letting the Lord take care of everything (and everyone) else. Resources mentioned: Personal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father's Love Spiritual Direction: A Guide for Sharing the Father's Love TGP Podcast Episode with Father Boniface Who can you go deep with this weekend? Share with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there).  Words from this week’s episode: [one-half-first align="left"][/one-half-first] [one-half align="left"][/one-half]

 Father Boniface Hicks joins us in the studio for episode 120 chatting about spiritual direction and evangelization. We have a cause for evangelization when we fall in love with Jesus ourselves and share that with others. Make space for others. Love them. And they will know Jesus. It's not about the project, it's about love. Resources mentioned: Personal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father's Love Through the Heart of Saint Joseph Spiritual Direction: A Guide for Sharing the Father's Love How can you make space for someone in your life this week? Share with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there).  Words from this week’s episode: [one-half-first align="left"][/one-half-first] [one-half align="left"][/one-half]

 Let’s look at where we spend our time, where we give our hearts, where we offer our worship. We are all worshipping something. We are all at the altar of something. Is it our Lord or is it something else? We were made for worship. So let’s give our worship where it is due — to Him. Resources mentioned: Saint Dominic Ways of Prayer What are your favorite worship songs? Share with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there).  Words from this week’s episode: [one-half-first align="left"][/one-half-first] [one-half align="left"][/one-half]

 Sometimes we can look at our lives and ask, "How did I get here?" If you have drifted, you are never too far away for the Lord. Our special guest Christine Caine is here to share with us how we can remember our markers so that we do not drift. We have to have an anchor in this day and that anchor is Jesus Christ. Resources mentioned: Anointing vs. Gifting talk by Christine Caine A 21 Christine's New Book What are your markers? Share with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there).  Words from this week’s episode: [one-half-first align="left"][/one-half-first] [one-half align="left"][/one-half]

 We all have a verse from the Bible that the Lord want's us to know. It's a verse that is just for us. It's not just some words on a page. It is living and active. Jenna and Beth are back talking all about their passages from Scripture inspired by the charism test. Resources mentioned: The Fight of Our Life // TGP Episode 112 with Father Innocent, CFR. Waste Some Time // TGP Episode 111 with Father Innocent, CFR. Poco a Poco Podcast Catherine of Siena Institute: Charism Info Which verse did the Lord put on your heart? Share with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there).  Words from this week’s episode: [one-half-first align="left"][/one-half-first] [one-half align="left"][/one-half]

 Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is JOY! This week on the podcast, join Beth + Jenna and Mike Guizar (Jenna's husband!) for a lot of laughs, Holy Spirit inspired convo, and even more love. Resources mentioned: The Chosen Series Who are you going to tell about Jesus this week? Share with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there).  Words from this week’s episode: [one-third-first align="left"][/one-third-first] [one-third align="left"][/one-third] [one-third-last align="left"][/one-third-last]

 This is the one where Beth and Jenna talk all about how they pray. From Holy Hours to journaling to lots of reading from Personal Prayer, we are so excited to let you in on our prayer time. Resources mentioned: Personal Prayer: A Guide for Receiving the Father's Love Nike Run App What is your favorite way to pray? Share with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there).  Words from this week’s episode: [one-third-first align="left"][/one-third-first] [one-third align="left"][/one-third] [one-third-last align="left"][/one-third-last]

 Father Mark-Mary, CFR. is back on The Gathering Place chatting with us about how we can evangelize in practical ways in our world. Start simply, friend. Pick up the phone and call someone. It's as simple as that. Give it a shot. See what the Lord does. Resources mentioned: Habits for Holiness Poco a Poco Trusting in the Lord's Plan // TGP Episode 107 with Father Mark-Mary We Belong to Each Other // TGP Episode 106 with Father Mark-Mary Who are you going to call this week and listen to? Share with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there).  Words from this week’s episode: [one-half-first align="left"][/one-half-first] [one-half align="left"][/one-half]

 It can be intimidating to pray with people. But think about it, friend. What's the worst thing that can happen? Jenna and Beth sit down this week to chat all about how to pray with people. Resources mentioned: Last Chance U Choose one person to pray with this weekend and let us know how it goes! Share with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there).  Words from this week’s episode: [one-half-first align="left"][/one-half-first] [one-half align="left"][/one-half]

 Father Innocent, CFR. is back for part two talking all about intimacy. The Father desires for us is to be deeply intimate with Him. That is the fight of our life, friends. To know that and to believe it. Resources mentioned: Q&A with Father Innocent, CFR. and Jenna Poco a Poco Podcast Waste Time in Prayer // TGP Episode 111 with Father Innocent Where will you let the Lord in more this weekend? Share with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there).  Words from this week’s episode:

 We are joined by Father Innocent, CFR. to chat all about intimacy with the Lord. If we want to grow in intimacy with God, we have to be willing to waste some time with Him in prayer. Resources mentioned: Saint Theresa Parish Mission with the CFR's Q&A with Father Innocent, CFR. and Jenna Poco a Poco Podcast How are you going to waste some time in prayer this week? Share with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there).  Words from this week’s episode: [one-half-first align="left"][/one-half-first] [one-half align="left"][/one-half]

 We are back for season seven of The Gathering Place and this season we are talking all about evangelization. Jenna and Beth sit down to catch up on life and talk about how different this year looks compared to last year. We can be so tempted after last year to just want to go back to how everything was. But we aren't coming back to normal, friends. We are coming back to life. Resources mentioned: The Living Water Series by Stephanie Landsem Personal Prayer book by Fr. Thomas Acklin + Fr. Boniface Hicks Poco a Poco Podcast The Truth About Catholicism with Father John Parks Are you excited for season 7? Share with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there). Words from this week’s episode: [one-third-first align="left"][/one-third-first] [one-third align="left"][/one-third] [one-third-last align="left"][/one-third-last]

 Suffering and joy aren’t mutually exclusive. You can have joy right in the middle of whatever mess you’re dealing with because He’s with you, right in the middle of it, too. How sweet is that? Come and be encouraged on this week’s bonus episode of the Gathering Place podcast with the Set A Fire Lent devotional narrator and beloved BIS blog editor Olivia Spears. This joy is for Y O U. Resources mentioned: Set a Fire Digital Download What are you giving up or taking up for Lent this year? Share with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there).  Words from this week’s episode: [one-half-first align="left"][/one-half-first] [one-half align="left"][/one-half]

 Did you ever think your weakness, tiredness, and limitations could be a good thing? Let them lead you back to the heart of the Father. He wants to be your everything. This may be the last Gathering Place podcast of the season, but we’re not through hanging out with you! Join us for the next round of #bisvbs starting February 3. We’re reading Saint Paul’s letter to the Ephesians?? Can't wait to see you there! Resources mentioned: BIS VBS on Youtube CCC 301 Catholic and Christian : An Explanation of Commonly Misunderstood Catholic Beliefs What was your favorite episode from season 6? Share yours with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there). Words from this week’s episode: [one-half-first align="left"][/one-half-first] [one-half align="left"][/one-half]

Father Mark Mary of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal is back again for another episode of The Gathering Place! This time we are talking all about suffering & trust in the Lord's will for our lives. Trusting the Lord can be hard, especially when we struggle with trust. But He never lets you down. He is always there. He will never abandon you. Resources mentioned: The Poco A Poco Podcast Franciscan Friars of the Renewal What is one thing you can surrender to the will of God today? Share your stories with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Take a listen below or over on iTunes (and give us a rating while you're over there). Words from this week’s episode: [one-half-first align="left"][/one-half-first] [one-half align="left"][/one-half]