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From best friends and co-authors of the memoir "When God Wrecks Your Romance" comes a podcast that will change your life or at least your day. Amanda Vernon (wife, mom, recording artist) and Matt Fase, CSC (Catholic priest) discuss how prayer transforms tragedy into comedy, by drawing on elements of their unorthodox story. Be prepared to laugh, cry, pray, and to see your own life in a new light.

Amanda Vernon & Matt Fase, CSC


    • Apr 21, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 41m AVG DURATION
    • 34 EPISODES


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    Ep. 31 - Vanity of Vanities

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 40:42


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, we conclude this season of podcasting. And, David bounces. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 30 - Are Promises Made to Be Broken?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2022 42:35


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, we agree perfectly about pretty much nothing. And...pie crusts. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 29 - Find Your Delight in the Lord

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2022 61:05


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, we have a surprise guest: Fr. Matt Hovde. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 28 - Getting Personal (As Though We Haven't Already)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 36:59


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, we use a Supreme Court decision to explain our friendship. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 27 - If Life Isn't What You Imagined

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2022 37:21


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, we witness The Amanda Show. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Advent

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2021 4:07


    Would you please consider becoming an Amanda Vernon Patron? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron Episode artwork: Autumn Irlbeck

    Ep. 26 - What's Bigger Than Karma and Better Than Positivity?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 48:22


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, we talk about giant bonfires hovering over water. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 25 - I Forgive You Immediately

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 39:06


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, Fr. Matt gets stuck in unforgiveness...and also under a porch. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 24 - The Case for Successfully-Integrated Sexuality

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 42:55


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, we look at David from his time as an Abercrombie model. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 23 - Can You Enter Another's Chaos and Emerge Unscathed?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2021 46:55


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, someone jumps into a pit...of despair. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 22 - Assume Best Intent

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021 40:01


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, we talk about assuming best intent. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 21 - Face Your Fears with Joy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2021 38:55


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, we talk about the importance of names, the Care Bear Stare, and Fr. Matt understands how phones work. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 20 - Let Yourself Get Duped

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2021 48:42


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, one of us gets tricked into singing. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 19 - How to Focus On What's in Front of You

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 50:46


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, we are right here. Today, in this moment. And we welcome special musical guest Jesse Manibusan. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 18 - Incarnation in the Age of Isolation

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 35:25


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, Amanda wrote a song. And, they talk about feelings and how to find God in the Age of Isolation. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 17 - Vocation vs. Aspiration

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 58:05


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, we talk about vocation vs. aspiration. Vocation: What God is calling you to. Aspiration: The things that you want to do for yourself. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 16 - “I Was Wrong” and Why Those Words Are (Fill in the Blank)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2021 35:14


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, we are impeccable. We are right all the time about everything. There are no mess ups, no flubs, no phone rings, no mistakes. We are, in this episode, never wrong. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Summer Break

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 0:56


    Would you please consider becoming an Amanda Vernon Patron? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 15 - I've Wanted to Tell You This for So Long...

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2021 60:05


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, we talk about fireworks, Christmas lights, and we have our first guest, Sister Barbara (Amanda's spiritual director). View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 14 - We Should Pray

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2021 51:02


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, we "should" all over the place. We talk about the different cultures in America, how that applies to us, and Amanda sings a song that is heartfelt and horribly embarrassing. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 13 - Bad Timing, Great Writing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 36:26


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, we're going to talk about tragedy, specifically in Fr. Matt's experience as a Lions fan and in his writing of poetry. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 12 - How Humans Make God Visible

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 60:20


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast, one of us gets really nerdy. It's like a thing that only happens in this episode and has never happened before nor ever shall again. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 11 - Overcome Your Distrust of God's Will, Again

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 50:08


    In this episode of the We Should Pray Podcast we get pretty informative about a lot of things: spiritual direction, being a young adult, friend dates, trust falls, and death. View the episode on YouTube Want New Music Every Month from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 10 - God Made Them Male and Female

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 56:28


    In this episode we're going to talk about Manhood, Womanhood, and we're going to show you the funniest video on YouTube. Or at least the most relatable video...well, for some of us. View the episode on YouTube Want a New Song Every Sunday from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 9 - My Best Friend's Wedding: Priest Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 34:24


    Top confusing days of your life....your wedding? View the episode on YouTube Want a New Song Every Sunday from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 8 - My Best Friend's Vows

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 28:27


    In this episode we talk about being super human. No. Super deprived? No. Taking religious vows. View the episode on YouTube Want a New Song Every Sunday from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 7 - Wanna Find Yourself? Lose Yourself.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 64:15


    Wanna Find Yourself? Lose Yourself. What does that mean? That means if you want to be unique, original, exactly who you're meant to be, you have to not grasp at those things. Then how do you get those things? You give yourself away. View the episode on YouTube Want a New Song Every Sunday from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 6 - People Rarely Look Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 37:37


    In this episode we talk about looking up. But what about if you feel too burdened to look up? Well, God wants to take that burden from you. His burden is easy, his yolk is light. Fr. Matt likes his yolks over easy. View the episode on YouTube Want a New Song Every Sunday from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 5 - How Am I Called to Love?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 55:24


    In this episode we talk about how we're called to love. We talk about holding things in tension, but there actually is no tension in this episode :) View the episode on YouTube Want a New Song Every Sunday from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

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    Ep. 4 Who Am I Called to Love (Like, Specifically)?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 51:13


    In this episode I "fan girl" almost the whole time about my friend AC, while we talk about not fan girl-ing. It's about friendship and who we're called to love (like, specifically). View the episode on YouTube Want a New Song Every Sunday from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

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    Ep. 3 - Falling in Love with God

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 37:17


    In this episode we talk about falling in love with God, how beautiful and sad it can be to fall in and out of love. But then we pray, sing, and laugh at the beauty of the continuation of God's love. Plus, some quotes from Chesterton and "modern-day Chesterton." View the episode on YouTube Want a New Song Every Sunday from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 2 - We Keep Saying the Same Words

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 38:39


    In this episode we talk about a bunch of angsty stories and then we pray about them. And then we talk about those stories again...and again...and again. View the episode on YouTube Want a New Song Every Sunday from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    Ep. 1 - Don't Grieve the Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 37:52


    In this episode we discuss how to hold on to the good. We pray about it. And then we do a lot of laughing with a meme and a couple pictures you're not going to want to miss. View the episode on YouTube Want a New Song Every Sunday from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

    We Should Pray - Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 12:28


    We Should Pray, the podcast where we discuss how prayer transforms tragedy into comedy. Coming soon. View the episode on YouTube Want a New Song Every Sunday from Amanda? Become a Patron: amandavernon.com/patron

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