Hear the Word: Sunday Readings and Guided Meditation

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Catholic Mass Scripture readings for each Sunday. We read the first reading, the Psalm, the second reading and the Gospel for the Sunday Mass.

Gerry Crete, Ph.D.


    • Mar 26, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
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    • 57 EPISODES


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    Hear the Word Episode 71

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 38:19


    Hear the Word Episode 70 - A New Heart

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2021 18:44


    Dr. Gerry reads the Sunday Readings (Fifth Sunday of Lent), discusses the difference between Eastern meditation and Christian (East/West) meditation, and provides a meditation about having a new heart.

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    Hear the Word Episode 69 - Receptivity and Receiving God's Grace

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2021 23:12


    Dr. Gerry reads the readings for the Fourth Sunday of Lent and provides a guided meditation that helps us become more receptive to God's grace. Dr. Gerry also discusses how litanies help us connect with the right side of our brain.

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    Hear the Word Episode 68 - Emotional Regulation

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 18:50


    Dr. Gerry reads the readings for the Third Sunday of Lent and provides a meditation on how to stay emotionally regulated. Dr. Gerry offers ways to "look at things differently" and even possibly bring moments of grace to bear on difficult and challenging situations. 

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    Hear the Word EP 67 Mountain Meditation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 17:49


    In addition to reading the Second Sunday of Lent readings, Dr. Gerry guides the listener on a meditation to discover the vastness of the universe God created and to experience the Transfiguration. 

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    Hear the Word Episode 66 - 1st Sunday of Lent

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 22:10


    Hear the Word – Meditation on Christ as our Path to Reconciliation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2021 15:35


    Dr. Gerry leads you in a meditation to discover how Christ can be a path to reconciliation and reconnection with Him and others. 

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    Hear the Word Episode 64 - Nurturing Figure Meditation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021 19:13


    Dr. Gerry leads you in a meditation to experience a healing and nurturing figure from our faith in order to bring about greater levels of healing and hope, as well as a reduction in anxiety.

    Hear the Word Episode 63 - Releasing Anger Stored in the Body

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2021 19:36


    Dr. Gerry leads you in a meditation to release anger stored in the body. 

    Hear the Word Episode 62 - Openness to Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 21:23


    Dr. Gerry leads the listener in a meditation that invites you to change while attending to our resistance. Jesus is the ultimate empowering “coach” who calls us to repentance, change, and action – but we need to experience His compassion, kindness, and goodness as we learn to adapt in new ways. 

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    Loving our Unlovable Parts: Hear the Word Episode 61

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 23:47


    Dr. Gerry leads you through a guided meditation as he reads the Sunday readings for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time. This meditation helps us love the “unlovable” parts of ourselves in order to heal in a deeper way.

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    Hear the Word Episode 60 - The Baptism of the Lord

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 24:50


    Dr. Crete guides you through an EMDR “Calm Place” exercise integrated with the Sunday Readings on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

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    Hear the Word Episode 59

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2020 20:13


    Topic: Reducing Anxiety: A Christian “Light Stream” ExerciseDr. Gerry leads the listener in a guided meditation where he adapts the EMDR Light Stream technique to the Christian concept of “theoria” (vision of the Light of Christ). EMDR is a trauma therapy and the Light Stream technique has been used to reduce anxiety. Dr. Gerry also reads the Sunday Readings in a way that invites you to allow the Word of God into your heart in a deeper way. Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72; Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12

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    Hear the Word Episode 58

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 23:41


    Dr. Gerry leads the listener in a guided meditation where we attend to the parts of ourselves that are lonely, sad, and/or hurting instead of suppressing them. When we meet our wounded parts with grace, and love, and kindness we can bring them into God's presence and experience consolation. Dr. Gerry then reads the Sunday Readings in a way that invites you to allow the Word of God into your heart in a deeper way. 

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    Hear the Word Episode 57

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 22:16


    Dr. Gerry reads the Sunday readings and provides a guided meditation on how to grow closer to God the Father in prayer. Dr. Gerry explores connecting with God's presence, protection, benevolence, loyalty, security, and how He gives us our identity.

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    Hear the Word Episode 56

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 22:35


    Hear the Word Episode 55

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 22:55


    Dr. Gerry reads the Sunday Readings in a way that invites you to allow the Word of God into your heart in a deeper way.  IS 61:1-2A, 10-11; LK 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54.; 1 THES 5:16-24; JN 1:6-8, 19-28 After the readings, Dr. Gerry discusses what it means to “pray without ceasing” with the Jesus Prayer. Dr. Gerry then leads the listener in a progressive muscle relaxation exercise followed by a guided meditation designed to help relieve both stress and the holiday blues. 

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    Hear the Word Episode 54

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2020 24:52


    Hear the Word Episode 53

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 8:10


    Hear the Word Episode 52

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2020 6:55


    Hear the Word Episode 51

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 7:18


    Hear the Word Episode 50

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 7:04


    Hear the Word Episode 49

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 5:33


    Hear the Word Episode 48

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 5:35


    Hear the Word Episode 47

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 6:51


    Hear the Word Episode 46

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 7:47


    Hear the Word Episode 45

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 6:19


    Hear the Word Episode 44

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 6:35


    Hear the Word Episode 43

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 7:24


    Hear the Word Episode 42

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2020 5:38


    Hear the Word Episode 41

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 5:38


    Hear the Word Episode 40

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 6:01


    Hear the Word Episode 39

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 6:08


    Hear the Word Episode 38

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 6:32


    Hear the Word Episode 37

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 5:59


    Hear the Word Episode 36

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2020 6:19


    Hear the Word Episode 35

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2020 7:26


    Hear the Word Episode 34

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 9:14


    14th Sunday of Ordinary Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 6:27


    13th Sunday in Ordinary Time -- Mass Readings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 5:30


    Dr. Peter Malinoski and Dr. Gerry Crete read the Sunday Mass Readings for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A. Check out our sister podcast Be With the Word for psychological insights into these readings on where secular psychology gets it wrong.

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    12th Sunday of Ordinary Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 5:57


    Dr. Gerry and Dr. Peter ready the Mass readings for the 12th Sunday of Ordinary time, Cycle A

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    Corpus Christi -- The Body and Blood of Our Lord

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 8:13


    Dr. Gerry and Dr. Peter read the Mass readings for Corpus Christi -- The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Our Lord.

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    Holy Trinity Sunday

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2020 5:09


    Dr. Peter and Dr. Gerry give you the Mass readings for Trinity Sunday.

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    Pentecost Sunday

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 7:05


    Dr. Peter and Dr. Gerry bring you the Mass readings for Pentecost Sunday.

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    The Ascension

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 6:31


    Sixth Sunday of Easter Catholic Mass Readings

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 6:05


    Dr. Peter and Dr. Gerry read the Mass readings for the sixth Sunday of Easter.

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    Fifth Sunday of Easter Catholic Mass Readings

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2020 7:38


    Dr. Peter and Dr. Gerry bring you the Mass readings for the Fifth Sunday of Easter.

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    Fourth Sunday of Easter Mass Readings

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 6:54


    Third Sunday of Easter Mass Readings

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 10:28


    Dr. Peter and Dr. Gerry read the Mass readings for the Third Sunday of Easter

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    Divine Mercy Sunday Mass Readings

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 7:07


    Mass readings for Divine Mercy Sunday.

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    Easter Vigil Mass Readings

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2020 36:00


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