SFX Podcast

Meditations on prayer and spirituality from the priests of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Winooski, Vermont.

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Saturday Apr 13, 2024

"I can't say it enough: Stay with it.  When you're bored, and you're still there, it is still pleasing to God. … Your prayer and my prayer do not glorify God the way we think it does. You can't add to God's glory. He already has it. God didn't create us because he was lonesome. He didn't create us because he needed more glory. He can't have more glory than he always has. He never changes. He is infinite - without end. But we glorify Him in our prayer - because his glory shows itself in us." -- Monsignor Lavalley

Friday Apr 12, 2024

"I can't say it enough: Stay with it.  When you're bored, and you're still there, it is still pleasing to God. … Your prayer and my prayer do not glorify God the way we think it does. You can't add to God's glory. He already has it. God didn't create us because he was lonesome. He didn't create us because he needed more glory. He can't have more glory than he always has. He never changes. He is infinite - without end. But we glorify Him in our prayer - because his glory shows itself in us." -- Monsignor Lavalley

Saturday Mar 23, 2024

Monsignor Lavalley weaves two remarkable saints, St. Joseph and St. Peter, into his meditations on the Way of the Cross.

Surrender to the love of God

Monday Mar 11, 2024

Monday Mar 11, 2024

"Surrender to the love of God. That's the heart of contemplative prayer."  In the fifth in Monsignor's continuing talks on silent prayer, he reflects on passages in the Gospel of Mark, where Jesus prays.

Monday Feb 19, 2024

Prayer is a dialogue between God and a human being.  Prayer is not a feeling; it’s opening your heart to God. In this talk, Monsignor Lavalley discusses what Jesus – the ultimate authority – says about prayer in Matthew’s Gospel. 5th in an on-going series of talks.

Embrace the Silence

Wednesday Feb 14, 2024

Wednesday Feb 14, 2024

In his third talk, Monsignor Lavalley distinguishes between two types of silence. One is just a void. The other is contemplation. It's preparing a place where God is in control. Embrace the silence, he urges, where God is in control.

The Imposter

Friday Feb 09, 2024

Friday Feb 09, 2024

In the second of a series on silent prayer, Monsignor Lavalley addresses our felt need to appear better than we are - even when we're alone with God. "You can't earn God's love," he says. "I'm going to repeat that. You can't earn God's love - because you already have it. The imposter does not need to exist in front of God."

God alone - and a few others

Monday Jan 29, 2024

Monday Jan 29, 2024

Today, there's a hunger for God, and a hunger for prayer. With this talk, Msgr. Lavalley begins a series on contemplative prayer. Practicing contemplative prayer is not for the chosen few, an exclusive club, he says. 

Thursday Dec 21, 2023

Getting ready for the Feast of the Nativity

Friday Dec 08, 2023

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